Hochstetter slammed the door shut behind him and Hogan was alone. His mind was racing. What am I going to do now? Hochstetter has got prove now, that I am responsible for al the sabotage activity in this region. How can I save the operation? And, how can I save myself? Crittendon you idiot, what´s the point of this? Why did you do this? Didn´t you think? Ok Robert, calm down now. Nothing has happened to you yet. Concentrate. Think. What does Hochstetter know? Oh this won´t bring me any farther, he knows to much, thats for sure. How can I twist this, so that everybody comes out of it unharmed? Hogan covered his face in his hands, ignoring the pounding headache that had come up. Ok, at least Hochstetter doesn´t know about my men. He only knows about me, so the only one I have to take care about is me, that makes it a lot easier. If I die.... No, I don´t want to die, I need to come out of this and go on with the operation, but how? His mind still full of questions, Hogan laid down on the small bed in the corner. Staring at the ceiling he tried to think of a plan, a really good plan, but nothing came. He had to admit to himself, that the mess was to big, that he did not know a way to save himself. He wanted to go to sleep, but in that moment Schultz burst into the cell and gasped: "Colonel, you-you don´t have anything to do with this, do you? You don´t know anything about this? Please Colonel, you´re innocent, are you?". Almost begging for the answer that Hogan was innocent, Schultz stood in the doorway. Hogan rose up from the bed and facing Schultz he said: "Schultz, do you really want to know this?". Schultz looked at the Colonel and then he shook his head: "Of course not Colonel, I don´t see anything, I don´t know anything. I will tell the boys what happened, maybe they can help you. I will bring your dinner in a moment.". Then he turned around and ran out of the cell, leaving his rifle behind, leaning against the wall. Hogan smiled when he saw this. Maybe he could take the rifle and escape? In the same moment the thought came up, he shook his head. It would be impossible, he would have been shot, before he had walked out of the camp. Again he was disturbed in his thoughts by Schultz, who came in to bring the dinner and retrieve his rifle. With a disgusted look Hogan accepted the plate. What the hell is this? Is this food? He stared at the brown and green mass of what seemed to be some sort of slime. The smell which came from the plate was unbearable so Hogan threw the plate into the corner, which was the most far away corner available. Then he sat down to think again.

Kinch and the others exchanged shocked looks as they turned off the coffeepot. Kinch was the first to refind his speech: "Oh gosh, now the Colonel is really in trouble. What do we do? How do we save him?". Nobody answered, al of them were absorbed in their thoughts. Before anyone could make a suggestion, Schultz rushed into the barrack, totally shocked. Kinch hurried to support the guard, who looked as if he were about to collapse. He was breathing fast, obviously had ran from the solitary confinement to here, and his face was al white. "Schultz, what is it. Come on sit down boy and tell us, what happened?". Schultz finally regained his breath and gasped: "Boys, Colonel Hogan, he was taken prisoner by Hochstetter, he says the Colonel was involved with the sabotage actions here in the area. He-he-he wants to take the Colonel to Berlin to interrogate him at the Gestapo headquarters! ". Before Schultz could go on, Kinch interrupted him: "We know Schultzie, we know.". A startled look from Schultz made Kinch almost grin, but then he realised in which situation they were and he turned serious again. Then he said: "Boys, we have to talk to the Colonel first. He will know what to do. We can´t do anything without asking him so, Newkirk go through the tunnel and talk to him. Ask him what we can do.". Newkirk nodded, walked over to the bed, under which they had hidden the entrance to the tunnel and vanished. Schultz, again wearing a shocked expression on his face sat down at the table and said: "Oh God, I don´t want to see this. I don´t see anything, I don´t know anything!".

Newkirk crouched through the tunnel, untill he finally reached the end. Then he tried to push the stone aside, which hid the entrance from view. To his surprise he discovered, that something was blocking the entrance. Then he heard a whisper: "Newkirk, it´s me, Colonel Hogan. You can´t come in here now. There are guards everywhere. I will try to get permission to come to our barrack in the morning.". "Y-y-es, Sir.". Then Newkirk vanished again. Hogan sighed. He would have really liked to talk to Newkirk, he needed someone to talk to, but he could not take the risk to reveal the secret of their tunnel system. Tired he leaned against the wall and fell asleep.

Newkirk, who had come back told the others what had happened in the solitary confinement. Kinch sighed: "We can´t do anything about it now. Let´s go to sleep, maybe tomorrow we will be able to help him.". Carter protested: "But if we don´t do anything this evening, they will take him away tomorrow. They will take him to Berlin, we will never be able to get hold onto him, when he is there! And-and when he is there, he-he-he might never c-c-ome b-b-ack.". Carter had spoken the fears of all, the fears nobody had wanted to express. Kinch walked over to Carter, patting him on the shoulder and said: "It won´t help the Colonel if we do something stupid now. We will only get him into a much bigger mess than he already is in. We will have to wait, allthough it is difficult. Carter, I assure you, if we can do something we will do it.".Silently Carter nodded, his eyes full of unanswered doubts, but he kept quiet. He did not want the others to worry morte than they already did. Then they al went to bed, but nobody slept this night.

The next morning, Hogan was woken up early, when Schultz came into the cell, carrying a pair of handcuffs. "Colonel, Hochstetter wants to leave for Berlin and he asked me to get you. I am sorry Colonel, but I have to put these onto your wrists, I don´t mean to and I really don´t want to. You must understand Colonel, please don´t make a fuss, let..". Schultz was interrupted by Hogan, who had been holding his wrists under Schultzs nose, for more than a minute. "Of course, Colonel, I was a bit confused, you see and-". Again Hogan interrupted Schultz: "I know Schultz, now let´s go.". Schultz nodded and walked out. Hogan followed him, giving Schultz his rifle back, which he had left in the cell again. Then he said to Schultz: "Look Schultz, could I say goodbye to my boys, I mean it might be the last time for a long time, so-". "Of course Colonel, if it doesn´t take to long....". "Thanks Schultzie.". Then Hogan walked into barrack 2.

Lebeau, Kinch, Carter and Newkirk were very surpirsed by Hogans sudden appearance. Carter smiled and said: "Hey Colonel, did they release you?". Hogan shook his head, showing them the handcuffs. All faces suddenly went dark, because they knew what was going to happen now. If Hogan hadn´t been released, he was here to say goodbye. Then Hogan spoke: "Boys, we don´t have much time. In a few minutes Hochstetter´s taking me to Berling for interrogation. I don´t know if I will come back. If I don´t come back and you think there´s something wrong, don´t stay behind and wait for me. Don´t try to save me. Destroy everything and run! I don´t know how long I can stand the methods of the Gestapo. It won´t help me to have you standing beside me in front of a firing squad.". Hogan turned around. He did not want them to see, that he had difficulty coping with their shocked faces. He did not want them to know, that he was afraid of dying. He did not want them to know that it hurt him to leave them behind, unprotected. When he had got his emotions under control again he faced them again: "Boys, I know you want to come and save me, but this is not going to happen. Save yourself. This is.... an order.". The last words came with difficulty. He looked down at the floor. When he looked up again he looked right into Carters eyes, full of unshed tears, Lebeaus white face, telling him more than thousand words, Newkirks nervous hands, torturing his card game and Kinch, biting his lip. Hogan pulled himself together again, before saying: "Boys, it was an honor for me to have worked with you. I- Oh man, al those meaningless words, you lot are just the best friends a man can have.". Then he turned around and wanted to walk out of the barack, trying to hide his feelings, but he was held back by Carter. "Boy, I mean Colonel, you are the greatest commanding officer a soldier can have and also a friend and-". Unable to find words to express what he felt, Carter just remained silent for the rest of the time they stand facing each other. Then Schultz came to take Hogan away. When he led him out of the barrack, Hogan turned around and smiled, trying to comfort his men. Maybe this is the last time we see him smile, Kinch thought. A moment later, he pushed away the thought. Hogan would return, he had to believe in that or he would not be able to stay in this camp. Silently, they al sat down at the table, thinking. Hogans place was empty. After a minute, everyone was looking at the empty chair. Would there ever be someone sitting there again, joking, laughing?

While Hogan was waiting for the truck to come, Klink came out of his office, shouting: "Schultz, bring Hogan into my office, now. I have to have a quick word with him.".

When Hogan was in Klinks office, Klink started to talk: "Hogan I am sorry I can´t help you. Just show Hochstetter what´s in you. The cognac is waiting for you. Dismissed!". Surprised, Hogan walked out of the office. Klink, a German telling him to stand against Hochstetter? He didn´t have time to wonder, because Hochstetter and his men had come. Hochstetter jumped out of his car and faced Hogan. "Aha, there you are Hogan. Hey what´s that? Schultz, why did you put the handcuffs on like this. He´s got his hands in front of his body. This doesn´t make sense! Turn around Hogan!". Hogan, who realised that it did not make sense to refuse and turned around. In a moment, Hochstetter had put Hogans wrists behind his back. The handcuffs clicked. "Now, get into the truck.". "How should I major? The truck is about a meter above the ground and I can´t use my hands. Don´t ask the impossible from me.". Hochstetter didn´t answer. He just waved his hands to his men. They jumped out of the truck, got hold of Hogan and threw him onto the truck as if he were a suitcase or something. With a loud bam Hogan landed flat on his face. While he was trying to get up again Hochstetters men got onto the truck and it started driving. With al the holes in the street, the truck bumped up and down. Hogan wasn´t able to get up and rolled from one side of the truck to another. After a while, he did not realise it anymore.

Whe they arrived at the Gestapo headquarters, hours later, to Hogan it seemed like days. Hochstetter did not even make the effort to ask Hogan to get out of the truck. Hochstetters men took him and threw him out of the truck. Again he landed flat on his chest, without being able to protect himself with his hands. Tasting the blood, running down his lip, Hogan was carried into the headquarters. When they finally arrived at a prison cell, the took the handcuffs of. The door was slammed shut and Hogan was alone. Rubbing his wrists, he looked around. There was an awful smell in this room, blood mixed with sweat and fear. On the other side of the corridor he heard screams. Tasting the blood from his lip again he thought Just stay alive Robert, al you have to do is to stay alive.