It had been a week since Dani and Alex had arrived, and Colonel Potter
called Hawkeye, BJ, Frank, Margaret, Radar, Alex and Dani into his office
for an announcement.
'I'm going to a meeting in Seoul, and I don't want any trouble while I'm gone. You lot, lay off the jokes, and Frank, I don't want anything military drills while I'm gone. Got it?' Potter barked.
'We'll be as good as Radar's mice,' Alex saluted.
'Dismissed,' Potter said, waving them out.
'What's up with being good as Radar's mice? I want to have some fun while the Colonel's out,' Dani whined as she, Alex, Hawkeye and BJ left, while Radar organised some papers in his office and Frank and Margaret went into Post op.
'Yeah, well, we're going to be as good as Radar's pet mice,' Alex said, heading for the Swamp.
'What the Colonel doesn't know is we found one of them in BJ's breakfast this morning,' Hawkeye grinned. Dani laughed when she realised what this meant.
'How about Frank finds one in his dinner tonight?' she suggested.
**~~*~~*~~*~~**
'Incoming wounded to the compound. Everyone, up and at 'em!'
**~~*~~*~~*~~**
'I didn't want that! I wanted a retractor!' Frank yelled.
'Maybe, but you asked for a retractor,' Alex replied stiffly.
'Don't you dare tell me what I asked for!' Frank fumed.
'Look, Major. Under Major Houlihan, I'm the best nurse here. So unless you want my help, I'll be working with the second best doctor,' Alex said, leaving Frank's table.
'Since I'm the worst nurse, does that mean I have to go work at his table?' Dani asked. Hawkeye grinned under his mask as Alex went to BJ's table to take over from her sister. Radar suddenly rushed into the room, holding a mask over his face.
'We just got orders from HQ. All nurses have to move out for safety reasons. Some of the enemy has got past the front line, and they want the nurses to move back,' Radar said. Alex glanced around. She had never been moved out like this before, although she'd heard of it.
'When do we have to be out of camp?' Margaret asked.
'By oh eight hundred hours tomorrow,' Radar replied.
'Thanks, Radar. Can you give me a little suction here?' Hawkeye said.
**~~*~~*~~*~~**
Alex was in the Swamp alone, packing up her gear and swiping some of the gin from the Still. There was a knock at the door, and Alex glanced over her shoulder.
'Come in,' she called to Margaret.
'This is your first time moving out, right?' Margaret asked.
'Yeah,' Alex said, putting the top on a gin filled flask.
'I don't want you or your sister running off and doing anything stupid, alright?' Margaret said.
'That sounds like an order,' Alex said mildly, glancing around the tent for a sock she had misplaced.
'Well, it can be very dangerous. You don't want the enemy capturing you,' Margaret said.
'I know that, Margaret, I've been captured before. I realise it mightn't work out the same way as it did last time,' Alex said unemotionally, tracing her scar with a finger.
'I'm sorry,' Margaret said, realizing how stupid she'd been. 'I should have known.'
'It's ok Margaret, no harm done,' Alex replied, diving on the sock that was poking out of the pages of a dirty magazine of Hawkeye's.
'Alex,' Margaret asked. 'Do the enemy rape female hostages?' Alex tensed up a little.
'Why ask me?' she asked, shrugging.
'Well, you have been captured before,' Margaret said. Alex didn't answer for a minute.
'Sometimes,' she said eventually, rolling the sock up with it's pair.
'Did they rape you?' Margaret asked. Alex took longer to answer this time. Finally, after a while, she replied.
'Yes.'
'I'm going to a meeting in Seoul, and I don't want any trouble while I'm gone. You lot, lay off the jokes, and Frank, I don't want anything military drills while I'm gone. Got it?' Potter barked.
'We'll be as good as Radar's mice,' Alex saluted.
'Dismissed,' Potter said, waving them out.
'What's up with being good as Radar's mice? I want to have some fun while the Colonel's out,' Dani whined as she, Alex, Hawkeye and BJ left, while Radar organised some papers in his office and Frank and Margaret went into Post op.
'Yeah, well, we're going to be as good as Radar's pet mice,' Alex said, heading for the Swamp.
'What the Colonel doesn't know is we found one of them in BJ's breakfast this morning,' Hawkeye grinned. Dani laughed when she realised what this meant.
'How about Frank finds one in his dinner tonight?' she suggested.
**~~*~~*~~*~~**
'Incoming wounded to the compound. Everyone, up and at 'em!'
**~~*~~*~~*~~**
'I didn't want that! I wanted a retractor!' Frank yelled.
'Maybe, but you asked for a retractor,' Alex replied stiffly.
'Don't you dare tell me what I asked for!' Frank fumed.
'Look, Major. Under Major Houlihan, I'm the best nurse here. So unless you want my help, I'll be working with the second best doctor,' Alex said, leaving Frank's table.
'Since I'm the worst nurse, does that mean I have to go work at his table?' Dani asked. Hawkeye grinned under his mask as Alex went to BJ's table to take over from her sister. Radar suddenly rushed into the room, holding a mask over his face.
'We just got orders from HQ. All nurses have to move out for safety reasons. Some of the enemy has got past the front line, and they want the nurses to move back,' Radar said. Alex glanced around. She had never been moved out like this before, although she'd heard of it.
'When do we have to be out of camp?' Margaret asked.
'By oh eight hundred hours tomorrow,' Radar replied.
'Thanks, Radar. Can you give me a little suction here?' Hawkeye said.
**~~*~~*~~*~~**
Alex was in the Swamp alone, packing up her gear and swiping some of the gin from the Still. There was a knock at the door, and Alex glanced over her shoulder.
'Come in,' she called to Margaret.
'This is your first time moving out, right?' Margaret asked.
'Yeah,' Alex said, putting the top on a gin filled flask.
'I don't want you or your sister running off and doing anything stupid, alright?' Margaret said.
'That sounds like an order,' Alex said mildly, glancing around the tent for a sock she had misplaced.
'Well, it can be very dangerous. You don't want the enemy capturing you,' Margaret said.
'I know that, Margaret, I've been captured before. I realise it mightn't work out the same way as it did last time,' Alex said unemotionally, tracing her scar with a finger.
'I'm sorry,' Margaret said, realizing how stupid she'd been. 'I should have known.'
'It's ok Margaret, no harm done,' Alex replied, diving on the sock that was poking out of the pages of a dirty magazine of Hawkeye's.
'Alex,' Margaret asked. 'Do the enemy rape female hostages?' Alex tensed up a little.
'Why ask me?' she asked, shrugging.
'Well, you have been captured before,' Margaret said. Alex didn't answer for a minute.
'Sometimes,' she said eventually, rolling the sock up with it's pair.
'Did they rape you?' Margaret asked. Alex took longer to answer this time. Finally, after a while, she replied.
'Yes.'