Hawkeye, BJ and most of the men working at the 4077th watched the military
trucks pull away with the nurses inside them.
'I'll miss them,' Hawkeye said, wiping a pretend tear away.
'Bah, they were no fun that lot,' Alex said, coming up beside him.
'Alex?' Hawkeye and BJ asked at the same time.
'I told Hotlips I was staying here. I'm not living in the nurses quarters, so technically, I'm not a nurse. She wasn't happy,' Alex explained.
'You should be with the other nurses,' Hawkeye said.
'I've never been in a move out before, I'm not going to be in one now,' Alex said, crossing her arms. Hawkeye and BJ laughed.
'Frank's not going to be impressed,' BJ said.
'So?'
'He'll order you to move out,' Hawkeye said.
'Like to see him try,' Alex said, a grim smile on her face.
'Alex, what's up?' BJ asked. Alex looked up and gave him a proper smile.
'Nothing,' she said. She headed towards the Swamp.
'She seems a little uptight,' BJ commented.
'You know the scar on her cheek? She was captured. I think that might have something to do with it,' Hawkeye said. 'We'd better leave her alone, though.' BJ nodded and they followed her to the Swamp.
**~~*~~*~~*~~**
'What are you doing here? Nurses were told to retreat!' Frank said when he walked into the Swamp.
'I've decided I'm not a nurse. I'm now a person in the wrong place at the wrong time,' Alex said.
'I order you to retreat with the other nurses!' Frank yelled.
'Make me,' Alex said, standing up and spilling her martini a little.
'What's going on here?' Potter asked.
'You're back, Colonel,' Hawkeye said mildly.
'Yes, and I want to know what all this yelling is all about,' Potter said.
'The nurses were asked to retreat, and lieutenant Dustin stayed behind,' Frank said.
'Tattle tale,' Hawkeye muttered loudly.
'If we were asked, then that means we had a choice. And I choose to stay here,' Alex said.
'Alright, you can stay. It'll be too hard to move you back now anyhow,' Potter said. Alex grinned evilly at Frank as Potter turned to go back outside. Frank stomped a foot and followed the Colonel out. Alex sat down again and the three began laughing.
'I like Potter. I can get away with anything,' she said.
**~~*~~*~~*~~**
'Why would someone stay behind when there's a chance of the enemy attacking?' Flagg mused to himself. Hawkeye, BJ and Alex walked into the officer's club.
'Oh no,' Alex said, turning to walk out again.
'Lieutenant Dustin, I'd like to speak with you,' Flagg called.
'You know him?' Hawkeye asked.
'He won't leave me alone, ever since I refused to take the section DA7 to go home after the first time,' Alex whispered. 'He tried to make a move on me once, I threatened to shoot him if he came within fifty yards of me again.'
'It'd do us all a favour if you did,' Hawkeye muttered.
'Why are you staying here? Are you going to try and get a message to the communists?' Flagg demanded.
'I'm not a communist. Haven't we talked about this before? I think it ended in me pointing a handgun at your head,' Alex said angrily.
'Who's your commander? With that information, I can put a whole stop to this,' Flagg said.
'Colonel Potter is my commander, you better go talk to him,' Alex said, sitting down. 'Three martini's, please.'
'Don't try and kid me! You're working for a North Korean!' Flagg spat.
'I never knew Potter was a North Korean, did you?' Hawkeye asked BJ.
'No, the thought never crossed my mind,' BJ replied as the martini's were delivered.
'Why are you still in Korea?' Flagg asked. Alex stood up and threw her martini at Flagg.
'Because I thought you'd followed me to the states,' Alex yelled as she left. BJ followed her while Hawkeye talked to Flagg.
'She's here because her sister is here,' Hawkeye said.
'Why is her sister here?' Flagg demanded.
'Because she thought it'd be fun,' Hawkeye said. 'And she was in Korea before because her brother was over here.'
'Interesting. Where is her brother?' Flagg asked.
'He died,' Hawkeye said, getting irritated.
'Likely story,' Flagg said. Hawkeye almost did a repeat of what Alex had just done and went to find her and BJ.
**~~*~~*~~*~~**
'Are you ok?' BJ asked.
'That creep didn't follow us, did he?' Alex asked.
'Hawkeye? No, he's still inside, talking to Flagg,' BJ joked.
'He tried to kiss me, you know that? He's disgusting, like a cockroach. I wish he'd leave me alone. The only reason he accuses me of being a communist is because I wouldn't have anything to do with him. Stupid idiot,' Alex muttered.
'You know, you wasted a perfectly good martini in there,' BJ said.
'It was put to good use. Martini's are hard to wash the smell out. People will just think his ramblings are due to drunkenness,' Alex replied moodily. Hawkeye came out.
'We can get rid of him, if you want,' he said. Alex glanced up at Hawkeye.
'Would you do that for me?' she asked.
'Of course. We hate him. Why would we want him to stick around anyway?' BJ asked. Alex smiled.
'You two are idiots,' she said fondly.
'I'll miss them,' Hawkeye said, wiping a pretend tear away.
'Bah, they were no fun that lot,' Alex said, coming up beside him.
'Alex?' Hawkeye and BJ asked at the same time.
'I told Hotlips I was staying here. I'm not living in the nurses quarters, so technically, I'm not a nurse. She wasn't happy,' Alex explained.
'You should be with the other nurses,' Hawkeye said.
'I've never been in a move out before, I'm not going to be in one now,' Alex said, crossing her arms. Hawkeye and BJ laughed.
'Frank's not going to be impressed,' BJ said.
'So?'
'He'll order you to move out,' Hawkeye said.
'Like to see him try,' Alex said, a grim smile on her face.
'Alex, what's up?' BJ asked. Alex looked up and gave him a proper smile.
'Nothing,' she said. She headed towards the Swamp.
'She seems a little uptight,' BJ commented.
'You know the scar on her cheek? She was captured. I think that might have something to do with it,' Hawkeye said. 'We'd better leave her alone, though.' BJ nodded and they followed her to the Swamp.
**~~*~~*~~*~~**
'What are you doing here? Nurses were told to retreat!' Frank said when he walked into the Swamp.
'I've decided I'm not a nurse. I'm now a person in the wrong place at the wrong time,' Alex said.
'I order you to retreat with the other nurses!' Frank yelled.
'Make me,' Alex said, standing up and spilling her martini a little.
'What's going on here?' Potter asked.
'You're back, Colonel,' Hawkeye said mildly.
'Yes, and I want to know what all this yelling is all about,' Potter said.
'The nurses were asked to retreat, and lieutenant Dustin stayed behind,' Frank said.
'Tattle tale,' Hawkeye muttered loudly.
'If we were asked, then that means we had a choice. And I choose to stay here,' Alex said.
'Alright, you can stay. It'll be too hard to move you back now anyhow,' Potter said. Alex grinned evilly at Frank as Potter turned to go back outside. Frank stomped a foot and followed the Colonel out. Alex sat down again and the three began laughing.
'I like Potter. I can get away with anything,' she said.
**~~*~~*~~*~~**
'Why would someone stay behind when there's a chance of the enemy attacking?' Flagg mused to himself. Hawkeye, BJ and Alex walked into the officer's club.
'Oh no,' Alex said, turning to walk out again.
'Lieutenant Dustin, I'd like to speak with you,' Flagg called.
'You know him?' Hawkeye asked.
'He won't leave me alone, ever since I refused to take the section DA7 to go home after the first time,' Alex whispered. 'He tried to make a move on me once, I threatened to shoot him if he came within fifty yards of me again.'
'It'd do us all a favour if you did,' Hawkeye muttered.
'Why are you staying here? Are you going to try and get a message to the communists?' Flagg demanded.
'I'm not a communist. Haven't we talked about this before? I think it ended in me pointing a handgun at your head,' Alex said angrily.
'Who's your commander? With that information, I can put a whole stop to this,' Flagg said.
'Colonel Potter is my commander, you better go talk to him,' Alex said, sitting down. 'Three martini's, please.'
'Don't try and kid me! You're working for a North Korean!' Flagg spat.
'I never knew Potter was a North Korean, did you?' Hawkeye asked BJ.
'No, the thought never crossed my mind,' BJ replied as the martini's were delivered.
'Why are you still in Korea?' Flagg asked. Alex stood up and threw her martini at Flagg.
'Because I thought you'd followed me to the states,' Alex yelled as she left. BJ followed her while Hawkeye talked to Flagg.
'She's here because her sister is here,' Hawkeye said.
'Why is her sister here?' Flagg demanded.
'Because she thought it'd be fun,' Hawkeye said. 'And she was in Korea before because her brother was over here.'
'Interesting. Where is her brother?' Flagg asked.
'He died,' Hawkeye said, getting irritated.
'Likely story,' Flagg said. Hawkeye almost did a repeat of what Alex had just done and went to find her and BJ.
**~~*~~*~~*~~**
'Are you ok?' BJ asked.
'That creep didn't follow us, did he?' Alex asked.
'Hawkeye? No, he's still inside, talking to Flagg,' BJ joked.
'He tried to kiss me, you know that? He's disgusting, like a cockroach. I wish he'd leave me alone. The only reason he accuses me of being a communist is because I wouldn't have anything to do with him. Stupid idiot,' Alex muttered.
'You know, you wasted a perfectly good martini in there,' BJ said.
'It was put to good use. Martini's are hard to wash the smell out. People will just think his ramblings are due to drunkenness,' Alex replied moodily. Hawkeye came out.
'We can get rid of him, if you want,' he said. Alex glanced up at Hawkeye.
'Would you do that for me?' she asked.
'Of course. We hate him. Why would we want him to stick around anyway?' BJ asked. Alex smiled.
'You two are idiots,' she said fondly.