"You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty." - Mahatma Gandhi.

Hogan and his men loitered in front of Barracks 2 and watched Hochstetter depart Klink's office, ranting. He glared, stomped, waved his arms, then got into his staff car and was whisked away.

"So long, Mary Sunshine," Kinch joked as the car barreled through the gate.

The men all laughed, but Carter quickly turned somber. "He's really bad news," he said.

"Leave off 'news' and you'd have it right," Hogan added. "He's vile."

"Vile's just evil spelled inside out," Newkirk shrugged.

"He's an inspiration," LeBeau said. His friends turned and gaped. "To keep going. He reminds us why we fight."


And that's the end. I previously marked it complete but felt something was missing, so I decided to add a closing chapter focused on the heroes. Thanks, everyone who commented. These quotes were great, but they were not my ideas. I found an eight-year-old challenge on Tumblr.