"Hello Hawkeye, how are you feeling?" Sidney asked cheerfully as he walked into a small hospital room.

"Hey Sidney, I was hoping to get to see you before I left." Hawkeye struggled to sit up and shake the man's hand.

"How much longer are you going to be here?"

Hawkeye rolled his eyes. "Almost two weeks! I finally get to go home and then they drag it out for an extra month!" Sidney laughed at Hawkeye's exasperated expression.

"Why such a long time?"

Hawkeye smiled sheepishly. "Well, it's actually my own doing. When I go home I want to be able to walk off that plane."

Sidney smiled. "How far along are you?" Hawkeye's smile faded and he shrugged.

"Well let's just say that if I had to choose between physical therapy sessions or being back in that hell-hole I would still choose physical therapy." Hawkeye grinned as Sidney laughed.

"Well then it can't be that bad. But I'll bet you're going to miss all the people from the 4077th."

Hawkeye instantly turned serious and nodded. "You wouldn't happen to know how everyone is, do you?" he asked. "I've called BJ a couple of times but he always seems to be busy." Hawkeye rolled his eyes, knowing that BJ was never that busy.

Sidney saw that Hawkeye wasn't buying the load of bull his friends were trying to pull. "He knew you would ask how everyone was and he didn't want to worry you."

Hawkeye's head jerked up, "So you have heard from them?"

"I just came from there. BJ called me and asked if I could come and check on Margaret." Sidney was surprised with the look on Hawkeye's face. It seemed as if he wanted to ask for details but was afraid to do so. That bothered Sidney a bit; Hawkeye had never been one to be shy about what he wanted.

"The night you left she became hysterical. They had to keep her drugged for about twenty-four hours. She was much better by the time I left, but she's moved into the nurse's tent permanently." Sidney was shocked with Hawkeye's silent gaping. Finally, Hawkeye shook his head and forced his deep frown into a smile.

"Well thanks for stopping by Sidney." Hawkeye leaned forward to shake the man's hand.

Sidney sighed quietly and took the hint. He shook Hawk's hand and quickly exited the room.

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Emily sat down beside Margaret and smiled cheerfully. Hey Margaret, can I ask you a question?" Margaret nodded, staring blankly at her food. "Well we were wondering if Colonel Potter told you who our new surgeons will be."

Margaret sighed; this wasn't a subject she really felt like talking about. "We can't even find one surgeon, much less two."

Emily frowned and began to pick at her food. Kellye sat down across from Margaret, a large grin on her face.

"Well can you do one thing for us?" she asked. Margaret shrugged and nodded absent-mindedly.

"I guess; what is it?"

"Make sure he's single?" for the first time that day Margaret smiled. She looked around at the women's hopeful faces and she began to laugh.

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Radar pulled the jeep to a stop and looked nervously around the small airport.

"Major Winchester?" he called out to a pompous looking fellow standing beside the officer's club. The man nodded and Radar jumped out to place his bags in the jeep. He climbed back inside and they began to pull away. There was a large crash inside the club and Radar felt a queasy feeling in his stomach. He tried to ignore it but then he jammed on his brakes suddenly.

"What on earth are you doing, you dolt?" Major Winchester shouted loudly. As Radar fumbled for an answer, he backed up the jeep slowly. He climbed out and made it to the door, just as a tall man drunkenly stumbled out on a pair of crutches and landing on top of Radar.