A/N: Oh- my- goodness!! I cannot believe I got 13 reviews for that chapter!!! That's crazy! I went away for a few days, came back and there was thirteen reviews!! Thank you guys SOOO much!! I seriously only expected maybe 2 or 3, but 13! Err-- sorry, :o) Thank you guys a lot, and keep it up! Read and review! ThAnKs!!
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"Colonel, we have to go down there!" BJ shouted loudly over the suddenly busy Mash.
"We can't," Colonel Potter turned his head towards BJ quickly before turning his attention back to Radar, "And I need you to get I-Corps on the phone pronto! I need names of these casualties. Names damn it!"
"Then I'll go myself," BJ fumed, "Radar give me some keys to a jeep."
"Err-" Radar looked around hesitantly.
"Radar! Phone, now!" Colonel Potter snapped.
"Yes Sir," Radar quickly ran to the small radio at the desk as BJ quickly moved in to find some keys for himself.
"And Captain if you even think about taking a jeep and going on a wild goose chase to the 8063rd I'll have your keister busted down to Private before you can count to three!!" Colonel Potter shot out as he hovered over Radar.
BJ stopped in mid-motion, a mixture of anger, worry and apprehension plastered on his face. It was at that time that Charles walked into the room, his eyes wide.
"What's going on?" he asked, "One of the nurses went by in tears crying that Hawkeye was killed."
BJ quickly turned around, "What?! Hawkeye was not killed! He's alive damn it, and I'm going to find him!"
With that BJ bolted out of the room, and Colonel Potter quickly turned from his in-depth phone call and shouted, "Someone stop him!! The last thing we need is two doctors missing!"
Charles quickly left the tent in pursuit of his roommate. He caught up with him directly outside of the nurses shower, and grabbed him by the shoulders to stop his rampage.
"Would you stop," Charles panted, struggling to keep breath.
"No," BJ turned towards the quickly balding doctor, "I need to find him. I need to find Hawkeye."
"You can't just run off there!" Charles attempted to bring some rationalization into the situation, "Now what the hell happened?!"
BJ paused a moment as if struggling to comprehend the question, then spoke very slowly and calmly as if suddenly in a daze, "There was bombing at the 8063rd. Lots- lots of people were killed. Including four doctors. Hawkeye was there."
BJ's wide eyes stared up at Charles like a small child asking for help that couldn't be given. Charles was quiet as he stood there, absorbing the information. He opened his mouth to speak when suddenly another voice shrilled out.
"What are you guys talking about!?" Margaret appeared out from the showers.
Charles looked at BJ to explain it, but he remained standing there silent; lost in his own world where 'war' was a thing you read in books with knights and dragons, and death only happened to those who were old, and lived a long, happy life.
"There was some bombing at the 8063rd," Charles spoke to Margaret, but continued to look at BJ, hoping that he'd jump in and say it was all a joke, "It's believed that Captain Pierce was there, and-" Charles paused, giving a long, hard look to BJ before he continued, "and four doctors were said to have been killed."
Margaret would have fallen to the ground if Charles hadn't moved quickly to support her on her feet.
"What?" Margaret suddenly turned very pale, "No, no. Hawkeye wouldn't die just like that!"
"Margaret calm down," Charles forced his own voice to be calm, "I'm sure he wasn't even there. Radar said that it was past two when he came into the tent trying to get a hold of them, and the bombings happened this morning."
This didn't seem to calm down Margaret at all as she started to shake and mumble things about 'damn war' and 'why'd he go'.
'Would Captain Hunnicut and Major's Houlihan and Winchester report to the office immediately.'
The sudden announcement made Charles jump as suddenly both BJ and Margaret found their legs and started to quickly head towards the office-- forcing Charles to yet again run to catch up. It only took a moment to get to the office, but all three somehow knew what it was about. Colonel Potter had the names. When they entered the office, the scene was something BJ, Margaret and Charles knew they never wanted to see again. Radar was sitting on his cot, getting sick into an old waste basket as Colonel Potter sat in his chair, looking very pale and old as he stared down at a piece of paper in his hand.
"The names?" BJ's voice cracked out.
Colonel Potter silently nodded his head as he handed the paper to BJ.
...........to be continued.............
A/N: There's that chapter! I hope it was good. I'm really trying to make my stories brilliant, and I hope you're enjoying this one as much as I'm enjoying writting it! Well, lemme know what you think of it-- the good, bad or ugly! You've read, now review! ThAnKs!!