Title: The Returning Rose
Chap: 3
Author: Bobbleheadcollection
About: Our heroes are having trouble staying busy but when a new prisoner comes in they'll be to busy trying to handle this new situation to be bored.
Before: Hello everyone this story isn't a slash at all, my grammar horrible when it comes to writing slashes, but when it comes to these story that deal with a everyday normal episode, its a lot better. Therefore, I hope you all enjoy the story I know I enjoyed writing it. I DO NOT OWN ANY OF THE CHARACTERS EXCEPT FOR THE NEW ONE.
Hogan couldn't believe his eyes, at what he was seeing. Dress in the Royal blue uniform, like Newkirk, but this was no man. Standing there proudly holding up the handgun was a women. She was no taller then LeBeau it looked. Long blonde cascading hair flowed over her right shoulder. Hogan looked around the room and then returned to her.
"Are you telling me, that you are Captain Red, of the Royal Air force?" Hogan choked out the last word, still not believing this is real. She smiled and nodded. "Oh wow this is a first!" Hogan exclaimed. He strides over to the picnic table and sat down.
"Oh please Colonel Hogan, believe me this was not suppose to happen like this!" The girl walked over to Hogan and sat on the other side of the bench. "I know this, is unusual."
"Unusual? Your kidding right, this is insane. I know for fact that no females are allowed to sign up for combat duty, or even fly a plane!" Hogan had lost it; he threw his hands up in the air as he ranted. "And beside that everyone tell the women not to sign up, and if they do there only used for the radio, or-" Hogan stop dead in his speech, as he turned to face Red. The look that spread over his face was that of fear. "I totally forgot about the-"
"Bugs?" Red cut Hogan off before he had a chance to finish his sentence. Hogan walked over to Red and raises an eyebrow at her. "Don't worry where completely safe to talk. I found all the microphones cut the cords. So you at free to talk about whatever, Colonel Hogan." Red smiled as she watch as Hogan took his hat off and sat it on the table.
"You know, Red you surprise me." Hogan took a deep breath and calmed himself. All sorts of confusing thing ran through his head. He looked at this girl and sighed, her bright blue eyes left him speechless, and concern. "Red, why are you here?" Hogan couldn't think straight now, this was beyond him, he never had to cope with this situation before.
"Well my plane was having trouble, and next thing I know, I've crash landed in a field right outside of Düsseldorf." Hogan looked up at her when she didn't say that she was shot down. "Colonel is something wrong?" Red asks as she saw the look on Hogan's face.
"Yea, are you telling me that, the Gestapo didn't shoot you down?" Hogan was sure that Major Hochstetter said they shot her down.
"Oh goodness no. I got separated from my crew. I was returning to London from a recent mission when the rutty weather turns. My plane went down in a field right outside of Düsseldorf. I guess the Gestapo saw my and they went straight over, before I got a chance to scamper off." Red British accent, astonish Hogan. It made him think of Newkirk's accent, but hers wasn't as thick.
"Well any crash you can walk away from is a miracle." Hogan rested his elbows on the table. The room became inhibit as Hogan, and Red sat there staring at each other. Hogan finally made a motion and started to talk again. "So, do you have a code name?" Hogan needed to make sure she was up to level.
"Yes I do, but I don't think you have received the new code book have you?" Hogan eyes widen.
"New code? There's a New one?" Hogan squeak out the last phrase, "Oh great, now everything we send won't be accounted. Just great." Hogan stood up and started to pace around the room. Red could see the frustration, and signed at this.
"I don't think so colonel Hogan, I think that since you are so far away that they don't dare send it." Red was trying to calm Hogan down, because he paced with never ending frustration. "Colonel, why don't you send my name over your radio, they will surely listen if you send mine." Red thought if she could calm Hogan down she could make Hogan think straight.
"Alright I think we can do that. What's your code name?" Hogan had finally stopped pacing and was leaning against one of the bunks that had been push to the side.
"My code name is Red, Red Riding hood." Hogan nodded and then stops and looked up at her with a funny look.
"You mean Red riding hood?"
"No Colonel, there's a reason why I have another red in front of the phrase Red Riding hood." Red stood up and walked over to Hogan. "The Royal Air force has another unit and that units name can't be denounce to anyone except to the Commanding General of that unit. We're a secret unit, that helps with more dangerous undercover missions, and sabotage." Red explained while see dug around in her bag that she left on her bed. Hogan face showed that he didn't believe this.
"So you're telling me that you aren't regular RAF?" Hogan sat down on the bunk and Red joined Hogan and places a very small notebook on his lap. "What's this?" Hogan held it up and started flipping through the papers.
"It's my conditional. The general told me to keep it hidden and give it to the Commanding officer that I first come in contact with." Hogan nodded and gave Red back the book. "And No I'm not regular RAF, but I'm commanded to do whatever the higher officer tells me. So Colonel is there a chance I could use you radio?"
"Well no, our Radio here is down right now because of the weather." Stretching, Hogan stood up and started to pace again. "So Red, you're here because you need to get back to England."
"No."
"No?" Hogan was surprise with the answer she gave him. "You said that you were heading back to London, and then-"
"And then my plane was blown of course." Red cut Hogan off and stood up to stop Hogan from pacing. "Colonel I was heading back because I needed to retrieve my stuff for my next mission, which is in Hammelburg." Hogan stared at Red; he couldn't shake this feeling that she was hiding something. "Colonel, listen to me. The Gestapo that jumped out of the truck and escorted me in here, where undercover solders. They know who I' am and what my mission is. They'll be coming back in two days, without Hochstetter to drive to a point where they can drop me off and you can escort me back here."
"Why back here?" Hogan was now the curious cat. Red and Hogan stood just a few feet apart as they both glared at each other. Hogan saw something in Red that he hadn't seen in any of the solders, or undercover agents, that had pass through here, and that was no fear of death. "Something tells me, me and my men are involved in this."
"Your correct Colonel. I need the assistant of you and your men for this mission. My team probably made it back to London now, and since you and your men are the closest thing to a sabotage team I need your help." Red explained this in straight voice no emotion derived her. Hogan nodded to Red speech, which left him concern.
"So you need the help of my men." Colonel Hogan repeated this line a several times. Hogan looked up and saw Red piercing blue orbs. "We'll assist you in anyway possible."
"Thank you Colonel Hogan. To let you know you call the shots, since I'm just a captain." Hogan smiled and walked back to the picnic table, and Red followed with a smile on her face.
Back at the barracks, LeBeau and Kinch where pacing about, both where concern about Colonel Hogan. Newkirk awoke to the men consent footsteps, padding along the wooden floor. Newkirk raised himself from his sleeping position to look at the scene before him.
"What are you two doing?" Newkirk asks as LeBeau passed his bunk. LeBeau backed up and looked up at Newkirk.
"The colonel went to the barracks of the captain, but he has yet to return." Newkirk yawn as LeBeau finish his sentence.
"Well, I think the Colonel has a good reason to be late." As Newkirk finish his sentence the tunnel door open and Hogan came climbing out. "See he's fine you two worry for nothing." Newkirk said, receiving a glare from LeBeau. Kinch, LeBeau, and Newkirk greeted Hogan with Hello. Colonel Hogan stopped at Newkirk's bunk.
"Alright listen, our Captain over there is actually on a mission, and on luck or a fluke they ended up here." Colonel Started to explain Red situation, with out giving any indication of that Red was a female.
"Colonel, Hogan what kind of mission." LeBeau ask sitting down on the picnic table.
"Well, I don't know, the Captain can't tell us until they radio London for approval." Hogan leaned up against the bunk, where Newkirk was leaning over to listen to everything. Then Newkirk started to sniff the air. "Hey, Newkirk what's up?"
"Well, it smells like...roses?" Everyone started to sniff the air. As Kinch, LeBeau, and Newkirk sniff they ended up close to Colonel Hogan. Everyone eyed Hogan, before Newkirk spoke up. "Colonel, why is it that you smell like roses?"
"Well that's a good question Newkirk." Colonel Hogan backed away from the men. Newkirk sat up on the bunk and watch as Hogan backs up into a corner. "Now listen, I didn't want to do this but I order you guys back to bed." Hogan was getting nervous because he suspected that his men knew something was up.
"Not until you tell us more about that Captain, Colonel." LeBeau voice was strong and firm, and he didn't back away since he knew that Colonel Hogan was keeping a secret from them.
"Alright I'll tell you." Hogan made his way to Carter bed and awoke him. "Carter gets up." Carter stirred from his sleep and sat up.
"Is it time to get up already?" Carter asks as he stretches.
"No, and yes Carter," Newkirk leaned over the bunk, "See the Colonel is keeping something from us about the our new found friend, Captain Red." As Newkirk finished his sentence he hoped to the floor. He grabbed his blue turtleneck sweater and put it on and started to put on his boots. "Alright Colonel, start explaining." Newkirk said looking up from tying his boots.
Colonel Hogan breathed in and then let it out in kind of a sigh. "Alright our Captain is a very special case. I know why the Gestapo is on edge, I would be to if I just capture a-" Hogan stopped and every man in that barracks eyed him. "If I capture a female Captain." The room went dead, not one of the men spoke up for about two minutes.
"Colonel, did you just say that, Captain Red is a female?" Kinch ask making sure he heard it right. Hogan started to pace again but very slowly, he crossed his hands and stop at picnic table.
"Yes that what I said, our captain is a female and she very, what's the word..." Hogan clicked his fingers together trying to think of the word. Newkirk smiled and in his voice it sound as if he had reverence for the girl. Then his face went serious, and Hogan took notice of this dramatic change in his English friend. "Newkirk is every thing alright."
"Yes, but I just happen to think of something hold on." Newkirk reach over the wooden frame of Carter's bed and open a footlocker. The men looked on in interest at what Newkirk was searching for. Newkirk made a sound of felicitous as he closed the footlocker. Newkirk stood up and walked over to Colonel Hogan and handed him a small bottle filled with something. "Colonel open that up and sniff it please." Hogan did and breath in whatever was in the container.
Hogan face showed shock in what he breath in. "This is the same sent." Newkirk nodded and started over to the tunnel entrance. "Newkirk where you going?" Newkirk turned around and smiled at Hogan.
"I'm going to go have a word with our dear Captain." Hogan ran over and snapped the tunnel door shut. "Colonel Hogan, what's the matter?"
"I'm the only one who going to talk with her." Newkirk glared and grabbed the bottle from the Hogan's hand, grabbed his coat, his cigarettes and went outside. Everyone stared at Hogan, "Fine I'll go talk with him." Hogan made his way to the door and peered out side around the door. Newkirk was lighting a cigarette, Hogan closed the door and settled himself next to Newkirk. "What's up Newkirk?"
Newkirk took a drag of his cigarette and breathed it out. "Colonel, I think I might know who that Captain is, and if it is who I think it is, then this will be the first time in four and half years we will be seeing each other." Hogan's eyes widen, Newkirk looked over at him you couldn't read anything on Newkirk fear except for, fear.
sorry it took me so long i hope the next chap won't take so long to post, but i'm letting you know i'm leaving for georgia for thanksgiving so i won't be on so the chap will be up in two weeks!