A\N: Hi, here come the next chapter, I hope you enjoy it. Thanks for the reviews and keep on sending them in!
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Hogan takes in a deep breath and looks at Carter beside him. He looks back down at his work. Without pausing for a moment he asks, "How much more time?"
Carter stops and looks at his watch. "Ten minutes."
Hogan sighs and drops his chisel. He rubs the reddening sores on his hand.
Carter smiles. "Don't worry, Colonel, I've been working out and I can probably break this rock with this chisels twice as fast."
Hogan chokes out a laugh. "Okay," With that he picks up his chisel and hammer, and begins work again.
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"LeBeau!" Newkirk growls, wiping his dirt covered face and brushing dirt out of his hair. "Will you bloody stop throwing dirt at me?"
LeBeau mutters something in French, then looks at Newkirk. "Will you just work?"
"Will you just stop throwing dirt on me?" Newkirk shoots back, giving LeBeau a nasty look.
"Hey guys, settle down—" Kinch intervenes.
"Stay out of it, Kinch!"
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Hogan looks down at the rocks below him, hearing the fight. "Stop fighting and work!"
"Four minute till roll call, sir."
"I know, I know..." Hogan grumbles, "We'll never make it on time."
"Yeah," Carter sighs, "Shultz will be in here any minute."
"That doesn't matter right now Carter," Hogan says, looking at the Sergeant, "we have to think about getting the guys out the first, and think about getting shot later."
Carter smiles. "At least then we can be shot together."
"Exactly."
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"What is your problem, LeBeau?" Newkirk yells, staring down at LeBeau.
"You are, Englander!"
"Frenchie!"
"Englander!"
"Frenchie!"
"Englander!"
"Guys, hold it!" Kinch yells, "I swear, if you don't shut up, I'll do it for you!"
Newkirk groans, and starts to dig again. Glaring at Kinch he added, "If it wasn't for that Carter—"
"Shut Up!"
Two minutes till roll call, and they finally seem to break through. The rocks collapse, bruising Kinch's leg. Newkirk and LeBeau lift Kinch up, next Newkirk gives LeBeau a boost, and he climbs up himself.
Hogan breaths a sigh of relief as he helps pull them up. "What happened down there?"
Kinch cough out a large cloud off dust and merely shakes his head. Newkirk collapses on the bunk below his own. LeBeau annoying pull Newkirk up, then uttered to Colonel Hogan, "I don't know, mon colonel, after Carter left…weird things happened..." He rubs his aching head.
Hogan pats each of them on the back, "well…I'm just glad that all of you are safe—" He coughs from the dust in the air, then looks at his watch, "but you have to quickly get cleaned up."
They each hastily dust off their uniforms and run to the sink to clean their face.
Hogan takes a deep breath as one of the prisoners announce that Shultz is on his way, "Are you guys ready?"
They each look at they're uniforms, and check their faces in the mirror. "I think so, sir." Newkirk answers as the others nod.
Hogan flickers a smile just as the door swings open and Shultz enters.
"Heya Shultzie!" Newkirk laughs as he whacks Shultz in the stomach playfully.
Shultz lets out a cry of pain. "Watch it, Newkirk! I have a very sensitive stomach."
Newkirk grins. "You'd think all the blubber muffle the impact like Styrofoam!"
All the men in the barracks laugh, as Shultz simply replies, "Jolly jokers…"
Colonel Hogan calms down the laughter and says to Shultz, "Are you here for a reason, Shultz? We don't have all day, you know."
"Orders of the Kommandant," Shultz begins to say, "All prisoners are confined to barracks, until further notice."
"Why?"
"Why should I tell you?" Shultz scoffs.
Hogan signals LeBeau, who pulls a chocolate bar from under his pillow.
LeBeau waves the chocolate bar under Shultz's nose. "Because, Shultzie, we're your friends…and you can trust us…" LeBeau waves the bar under the guard's nose once more.
"Major Hochstetter came last night, and is using the Kommandant's office for a meeting." Shultz quickly grabs the chocolate and opens it up, "That's all I know!"
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A/N: Hey guys! I'm soooooo sorry I took so long to update, but I had mega writers block, and then I got distracted by other things. I hope to get more writing done soon. Don't forget to review!!!!!