B.A. looked back at Murdock, Murdock's expression was calm, unfazed that there was a gun pointed at him. B.A. looked desperately at Hannibal, by the look of Face's expression he felt the same as B.A. Hannibal had the look of concentration on his face. Undoubtedly coming up with a plan. Hannibal made a signal to Murdock, the pilot made a slight nod; he turned away when the leader of the VC group spoke to him. "Any last words Lieutenant?" he sneered,
"Just a quote from my Grandfather's favourite poem, theirs not to make reply, theirs not to reason why, theirs but to do and die" the last part Murdock looked in his teams direction as if to tell them that it was alright that they didn't get to him in time. B.A. looked at Hannibal as he heard him murmur "Into the valley of Death, rode the six hundred" Hannibal looked at Face and B.A. "The charge of the Light Brigade" Face and B.A. nodded. Murdock was always quoting the poem; Murdock said it made him feel better when he was feeling low. The team's attention went back to the situation. The VC leader just chuckled and barked an order at one of his men. Hannibal gave the signal for the team to attack. Just as the team burst through the bushes Murdock lunged himself at the leader and even in his weakened sate he gave a few good punches. However one of the other VC soldiers grabbed Murdock, but B.A. headed straight there and pulled the soldier off Murdock. As he turned round bullets started flying everywhere, he pulled his rifle off his shoulder and called to Murdock "take cover!" but the warning came too late. The leader had grabbed his pistol and fired it at Murdock; B.A. looked on in horror as time seemed to go slower Murdock crumpled to the floor and fell down a small embankment. B.A. saw the leader run away, Hannibal had seen this as well and fired at the leader who fell to the floor and didn't get back up. Face, Hannibal and B.A. ran down the embankment to Murdock's side. Murdock let out a groan; B.A. patted him on the shoulder to let him know he wasn't alone. Murdock looked up at B.A. he tried to smile, but it turned into a grimace. Hannibal had taken a bandage and pressed it on Murdock's abdomen. "Face radio Powell and tell him to land his chopper at the crash site and to make it quick!" ordered Hannibal, Face just nodded.
"Knew… you guys… would… find me…" panted Murdock,
"Shut up fool, you need to save your strength" cut in B.A.
"I heard your… chopper coming… managed to… get out of… the cockpit… but that lot… came over… glad you showed up when… you did… Ahh!" Murdock withered in pain.
"Easy Lieutenant, we'll get you back to base and you can tell General Zachary your tales yourself" said Hannibal, when B.A. looked at him he saw Hannibal's hands covered in red. Murdock was bleeding, bad.
"Hannibal how we gonna get him to the crash site? If we move him to much he'll bleed to death!"
"We haven't got a choice B.A." came the reply. When Murdock let out another groan, B.A. was worried, Murdock's groans were getting weaker. Face turned to Hannibal "Powell says he's just landing" Hannibal nodded; he looked at B.A. and said "carry Murdock quickly but not too fast the bleeding has slowed slightly, just try not to make it start again." B.A. could only nod; he picked Murdock's tall frame up and walked fast back to the crash site. He looked down at Murdock whose brown eyes were looking up at him. Murdock mumbled.
"Theirs… not to reason… why, theirs… but to do and die-"
"You ain't die fool!" argued B.A. Murdock just looked up at him, his expression calm, just like when he heard the order the VC leader had given. It scared B.A., because he knew a bullet wound to the abdomen was very serious, if they didn't get Murdock back to base fast, he would bleed to death. Murdock knew this, that's why Murdock's expression scared him; it was like Murdock knew he was going to die. Not if I can help it B.A. growled to himself.
They reached the crash site, Powell had landed his chopper. His expression was fearful when he saw B.A. carrying Murdock. Hannibal and Face got into the helicopter first and took Murdock from B.A. and laid him on the floor, B.A. climbed in and shouted to Powell "GO!" Powell didn't need telling twice and the chopper took to the air.