What War Will Do to You
Ch. 2
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Hawkeye and Trapper raced into post op cautiously. They watched quietly as their young friend waved a pistol madly at the two Korean soldiers who had just gotten out of surgery.
Hawkeye made a step towards him but then took it back quickly as Radar swung around aiming the pistol right at him. Trapper grabbed his arm insuring he would indeed take back that step.
"Leave me alone, yea! I know what I'm doing, I aint a kid no more, so don't even think about treating me like one...they're the reason Colonel Blake was shot down, them and all their buddies...well I'm gonna avenge it ! Yeah that's right, Radar O'Reilly is a tough guy when he has a gun huh?" He turned back towards the soldiers and aimed to kill.
"Where the hell is the Father?" Trapper whispered to Klinger who had his rifle aimed at the kid.
"How the heck would I know, I just work here." He said cocking his weapon. This caused Hawkeye to flinch.
"What? You gonna shoot him?" He asked Klinger taking a deep breath.
"If he shoots, I may have to sir...its procedure." He nodded.
"To hell with procedure...go get the Father before I shoot you!"
Klinger jumped. "Yes sir." But before he turned around the Father appeared throwing his glassed on quickly.
"I heard a gun shot, what's all the commotion about?" He said as he walked in, then seeing Radar his mouth fell open.
"My son...what is it you think you're doing?"
"My thoughts exactly...good thing he said them." Trapper said quietly.
Radar turned now aiming at the Father.
"Gee just stay out of this Father; I don't want to have to hurt ya."
The Father always had a sense of calmness in all situations, it was a gift.
"I'm afraid when there are lives of innocent people involved I can't stay out of it." He replied making a few steps toward him.
"They're not innocent Father, they killed the Colonel...ya see, it's their fault he didn't make it home ya know!"
"Radar, Radar, Radar, do you really believe what you're saying?" the priest asked, still as calm as ever.
"Of course I do Father, I was raised never to say anything I didn't believe." He then turned back to the prisoners.
"You were also raised never to take someone else's life, weren't you son?"
Radars face changed. "Yeah, but everyone else here is breaking all the commandments what's one more?"
"Son, it's not about the commandments, it's about doing the right thing, in a world full of wrongs..."
"He's good." Trapper said getting an eye from Hawkeye who up till this point was silent.
"The Father is right Radar, give us the gun and we can all get back to sleep."
"Sleep! How can I sleep, didn't you hear me a little while ago...Colonel Blake is dead! How can I sleep?"
There was distraught in his voice and the Father put his hand up for Hawkeye to back away.
The priest took another step closer, now standing closest to one of the soldiers. Klinger and the other guards stood by ready and waiting for action.
"Radar, these two men did nothing to hurt our Colonel, its war, people do crazy things they don't mean to."
"Well I mean this Father." He aimed at one of the soldiers, and anger filled his eyes. The Father leaped towards Radar as the gun fired twice. As a body fell to the ground, more shots rang out. Two other bodies fell.
The shots finally silenced, and all that was left was blood on the hospital floor.
Hawkeye and Trapper raced into post op cautiously. They watched quietly as their young friend waved a pistol madly at the two Korean soldiers who had just gotten out of surgery.
Hawkeye made a step towards him but then took it back quickly as Radar swung around aiming the pistol right at him. Trapper grabbed his arm insuring he would indeed take back that step.
"Leave me alone, yea! I know what I'm doing, I aint a kid no more, so don't even think about treating me like one...they're the reason Colonel Blake was shot down, them and all their buddies...well I'm gonna avenge it ! Yeah that's right, Radar O'Reilly is a tough guy when he has a gun huh?" He turned back towards the soldiers and aimed to kill.
"Where the hell is the Father?" Trapper whispered to Klinger who had his rifle aimed at the kid.
"How the heck would I know, I just work here." He said cocking his weapon. This caused Hawkeye to flinch.
"What? You gonna shoot him?" He asked Klinger taking a deep breath.
"If he shoots, I may have to sir...its procedure." He nodded.
"To hell with procedure...go get the Father before I shoot you!"
Klinger jumped. "Yes sir." But before he turned around the Father appeared throwing his glassed on quickly.
"I heard a gun shot, what's all the commotion about?" He said as he walked in, then seeing Radar his mouth fell open.
"My son...what is it you think you're doing?"
"My thoughts exactly...good thing he said them." Trapper said quietly.
Radar turned now aiming at the Father.
"Gee just stay out of this Father; I don't want to have to hurt ya."
The Father always had a sense of calmness in all situations, it was a gift.
"I'm afraid when there are lives of innocent people involved I can't stay out of it." He replied making a few steps toward him.
"They're not innocent Father, they killed the Colonel...ya see, it's their fault he didn't make it home ya know!"
"Radar, Radar, Radar, do you really believe what you're saying?" the priest asked, still as calm as ever.
"Of course I do Father, I was raised never to say anything I didn't believe." He then turned back to the prisoners.
"You were also raised never to take someone else's life, weren't you son?"
Radars face changed. "Yeah, but everyone else here is breaking all the commandments what's one more?"
"Son, it's not about the commandments, it's about doing the right thing, in a world full of wrongs..."
"He's good." Trapper said getting an eye from Hawkeye who up till this point was silent.
"The Father is right Radar, give us the gun and we can all get back to sleep."
"Sleep! How can I sleep, didn't you hear me a little while ago...Colonel Blake is dead! How can I sleep?"
There was distraught in his voice and the Father put his hand up for Hawkeye to back away.
The priest took another step closer, now standing closest to one of the soldiers. Klinger and the other guards stood by ready and waiting for action.
"Radar, these two men did nothing to hurt our Colonel, its war, people do crazy things they don't mean to."
"Well I mean this Father." He aimed at one of the soldiers, and anger filled his eyes. The Father leaped towards Radar as the gun fired twice. As a body fell to the ground, more shots rang out. Two other bodies fell.
The shots finally silenced, and all that was left was blood on the hospital floor.