BJ and Charles pulled up the compound in the early morning, the sun had barely risen and both men were extremely tired and irritable.
BJ blinked a few times in surprise and then looked towards Charles. "Charles, did we make a wrong turn or are we still in Korea?"
Charles rubbed his forehead in confusion and mumbled something incoherently.
"Tell me if I'm wrong, but it looks like a tornado shot through here!" BJ scratched his head in confusion as he looked around at the broken bottles, papers, and bits of furniture and clothing that were littered across the compound.
"I'm getting O'Reilly," Charles mumbled heading for the office. BJ nodded and began to look around, for any sign of life. He stopped in the swamp, but it was only occupied by a nurse and a man BJ recognized as a chopper pilot.
"He's not there." Charles grumbled, coming in behind BJ.
"Oh god," he moaned, looking down at his foot locker. "What have those imbeciles done?" Most of his clothing had been tossed around the tent, his 'secret' stash of liquor completely gone.
"The still's dry." BJ commented in shock. They had never emptied the still before, even at their most drunken parties.
"I've gotta find Hawk," BJ said, becoming increasingly worried at his friend's state of health. BJ walked towards the mess tent, squinting as the bright morning sun crept over the mountains.
He opened the door and walked in, his mouth dropping open in shock. He was ankle deep in paper streamers, silverware, cups and some things he didn't even know they had at the unit. All but one table was broken, and then benches seemed to be missing entirely. There were a few unfamiliar men spread out across the floor, and BJ finally recognized a familiar face.
"Klinger," he shouted, hurrying towards the man. Charles walked into the mess tent, and watched BJ from a distance, unwilling to wade through the mess.
"Klinger, wake up!" BJ shook him firmly and Klinger's eyes opened halfway. "Klinger, what happened?"
Klinger put a hand to his head and moaned. BJ continued trying to communicate but Klinger only covered his ears, mumbling a few incoherent words.
"There isn't any more scotch, Major." BJ finally heard him say. Charles raised his eyebrows and cautiously made his way towards them.
"Klinger, why is all my scotch gone?" he barked. Klinger's eyes opened more widely and he whimpered pitifully.
"There told me to get it." He whined. "Who am I to refuse the happy couple?"
BJ's head shot up, looking towards Charles questioningly. "What couple Klinger?" he asked.
Klinger only swatted haphazardly at BJ, before lying down against a broken bench.
"Klinger!" BJ shouted, before shaking the man once again.
"Leave him be, Hunicutt." Charles mumbled, shaking his head. "You're not going to get any information out of him."
BJ stood, shaking his head in disbelief. "They must have had one hell of a party."
Charles nodded in agreement. "I wouldn't be surprised if they drained Rosie's entire stock as well."
BJ suddenly broke out in a full run and Charles followed at a much slower pace. BJ quickly reached Rosie's bar and found the woman mumbling to herself while cleaning up the shambles of the building.
""No more!" she shouted firmly when she spotted him. "Get out, you get no more!"
BJ shook his head and approached her desperately. "What happened here?"
"Everyone yell and cheer, I finally leave before they all kill me!" the woman complained. "No more weddings!" she finished emphatically.
"Weddings?" Charles had just reached the building, out of breath and very red. "What wedding?"
"Rosie, who got married?" BJ begged her to tell him.
Rosie sighed, as if it was a huge task to converse with these men. "Your hawk friend." She said, talking to BJ.
"Pierce?" Charles asked, almost laughing aloud. "Good lord, who would marry him?"
"Your flirty nurse. She struts around so pretty I knew he would grab her sooner or later." BJ felt his mouth grow dry. She couldn't mean…
He looked towards Charles whose mouth was hanging open. Their eyes met and BJ shook his head.
"No, it couldn't be."
I know that was a short chapter, but if I hadn't cut it off it would have been pretty long. And I wanted to have twenty five chapters anyway. I hope you enjoyed it!