Operation: Stalag 13
A/n: I don't own or claim to own any of the Hogan's Heroes Characters
Chapter 6
The sound of alarms going off and the dogs barking told Hogan and his men that Johnson and Thompson had been found by Schultz and were being brought into the camp.
LeBeau headed for the door and looked out just in time to see Schultz ushering two men into Klink's office. He shut the door and turned towards the others.
"They've just gone into Klink's office." He told them.
"Alright let's listen in." Hogan headed straight to the coffee pot in his quarters. It had been turned into a listening device so they could hear what was going on inside Klink's office.
"…And just what were the two of you doing so close to this camp?" Klink voice came through the speaker loud and clear.
"That's none of your business Klink" They heard Johnson say.
"Bad move Adam. Should not have said that." Hogan smiled at the attitude he was giving Klink but knew it would probably cost him at least a day in the cooler, even if he did only just arrive.
"It is my business Sergeant. This is my camp and you will tell me what you were doing." Klink said angrily. "Where you trying to rescue someone who is already here? A friend perhaps?"
"You won't get anything out of us." Came Thompson's voice. "You can try all you like, but you can forget about answers."
"Oh boy, these guys are gonna land themselves in the cooler before they get out of his office. I better get over there." Hogan got up and headed over to Klink's office.
The door to Klink's office opened and Colonel Hogan walked in. "Colonel Klink I wanna talk to you."
"Not now Hogan, can't you see I'm busy?"
"Oh sorry sir, didn't realize you had company." Hogan walked over to his two friends, "Colonel Robert Hogan, senior POW officer." He held out his hand for one of them to take and hoped they would play along. He hadn't intended on coming into Klink's office when they were brought in.
"I'm Sgt. Adam Johnson and this is Sgt. David Thompson." Johnson took the lead and shook Hogan's hand, smiling.
"Nice to meet you fellas. Just got shot down?"
"Yes sir. We had to bail out over Dusseldorf. Must've taken a wrong turn somewhere cause we ended up here instead."
"Hope the Kommandant hasn't been to hard on you."
"Colonel Hogan if you don't mind."
"Hmm? Oh sorry sir, but if you don't say something, how do I know you want to be left alone. Come on fellas, I'll show you the barracks where you'll be staying."
"Colonel Hogan they are not going anywhere with you." Klink said as they three of them turned to leave the office. "They are going to the cooler for 2 days. Schultz take them to the cooler now."
"Now wait a minute colonel." Hogan stopped Schultz from leaving the room. "What for? They didn't do anything wrong."
"For being disrespectful to a superior officer." Klink said smiling slightly.
"Come on colonel you know that that only applies when you're both in the same army."
"One more word out of you Hogan and you will join them. Diss-missed"
"But colonel, How are we supposed to get them out of camp when they have got themselves into the cooler" LeBeau asked as Hogan told them what happened.
"The same way we planned. We can still pull this off, it might even work in our favor."
"What do ya mean guv'nor?" Newkirk asked looking slightly confused.
"Klink thinks they were here to rescue someone in the camp right? Well, Klink is already suspicious of them, so it shouldn't be too hard to convince Klink that the papers Kinch has drawn up are the real thing. And it'll be easier on Carter."
"Yeah but your not the one who's wearing a German uniform...Sir." Carter added quickly.
"Carter you know that you can do a good impression of a German officer, I've seen you do it dozens of times." Kinch spoke up from where he sat on the bunk.
"But that was just for laughs and I wasn't actually wearing this uniform was I?"
"Carter you're not going to be doing this alone. Matthews will be there and so will I. We can do this."
"Okay, I'll do it. But I don't like it one bit."
"Has Carter and Matthews gone out yet?"
"Yes sir, they went out 'bout 10 minute ago" Newkirk said climbing up the ladder followed by Kinch. "They should be coming through the gates any time now."
They all headed outside into the compound. No sooner had LeBeau shut the door behind them, than a truck had pulled up and the gates. They saw the Cpl. Langenscheidt hurry across the camp and into Klink's office.
"Welcome to Stalag 13 Major Schmidt" Klink greeted them once more as he closed the door o his office.
"Danke Klink" Carter said in a German accent. "This is corporal Hans Strasburg. We are here to pick up two of your prisoners. I believe they arrived last night. What are their names again corporal?"
"Sgt. Adam Johnson and Sgt. David Thompson Herr Major" Matthews said in a convincing accent.
"These men will be brought to my truck immediately. Here are my orders." Carter shoved the paper Kinch had made up the previous night into Kilnk's hands.
"But major, why do you want them they only arrived here yesterday and…"
"That is no concern of yours Klink. My orders come from General Von Hoffin. If you have any questions about the orders I have given you, call him now. I will be outside by my truck. If the prisoners are not brought out in five minutes you will be sorry." Carter turned and walked out the door leaving Klink looking very confused.
Carter and Matthews were standing outside waiting. They saw Schultz hurry out of the building and almost run over to the cooler to get Thompson and Johnson. If they had not been so worried about being caught out, they would have found the sight of Schultz running extremely funny, but they were too nervous.
"Hey Carter, how's everything going?" Hogan said quietly as he came to stand beside them.
"Well so far Klink bought it, he never even glanced at the papers I gave him. Schultz just went to the cooler to get them. I think were okay for now."
"Great. Okay now when Klink comes out of the office start yelling at me. When he comes up to you tell him that you're taking me along as well."
"Right. What am I gonna say to him if he asks why?"
"Make something up, here he comes now." Hogan stepped back slightly as Klink approached hem and Carter started yelling at the top of his voice.
"…And it will be the last time you ever insult the father land. It is obvious I will have to teach you to show some respect when you're talking to an officer of the superior race."
"Oh come on Major, you and I both know that your not one of them." Hogan argued back just to make it looked good for Klink.
"What is going on here?" Klink had to shout to be heard or even noticed by them.
"Colonel Klink this man is coming with me. I will bring him back in a few days. Where are the two prisoners I am waiting for?" Carter said loudly to Klink before he had a chance to argue about him taking Hogan along.
"They are here Herr Major." Schultz came up and ushered the two of them into the truck.
"Very good. Strasburg start the truck we are leaving. You in the truck." He said to Hogan as he walked to the passenger side of the truck. Hogan shrugged at Klink and climbed in as the truck started and began to drive out of the camp.
"Kommandant? Why is Colonel Hogan in the truck?"
"Who knows? And who cares?" Klink said as he and Schultz watched the truck makes it's way out of sight. As much as he hated to admit it, he was worried about the American.
"Colonel I gotta hand it to ya, I didn't think it would be that easy to pull off. You made it seem as though you do this all the time."
"You're joking right? You've flown with him long enough to know just what's possible when you're around Papa Bear." Matthews called from the drivers seat.
"Enough with the nick name already." Hogan called, but they just ignored him, as always. "Okay, now the underground are gonna meet us in about half an hour. He'll get you three to the sub and from there they'll get you home."
"But Colonel, what about you? I didn't think you were going to stay here permanently. It was only meant to be temporary…wasn't it?" Johnson asked.
"Look. I'm staying here because London needs this operation to continue. The underground can't handle it on their own, they need us."
"Then we'll stay to. We can help."
"No, you guys need to get back home. We can mange here, besides don't you run the 504th now Matthews?
"Yes sir, but they can manage without us for a while."
"The colonel's right" Carter spoke up after a minute or two. "The best way you guys can help us is to get back up there and fly the planes."
"Colonel…"
"No butts" Hogan cut in before any of them could argue any more. "I don't want to make it an order but I will if I have to."
"Alright, as long as you guys promise to watch your backs."
"You have my word. We'll be careful."
"That's him up ahead colonel." Carter called over his shoulder as he slowed down and pulled over.
"Robin Hood?" Hogan asked getting out of the truck and walking over to a man that had signaled them to stop.
"Yes. Are you colonel Hogan?
"Yeah. Nice to meet you. This is Carter, Matthews, Johnson and Thompson. I need you to get them to the sub safely. Can you do it?"
"Yes, I will take them myself. We can not leave until dark though, it is to risky during the day."
"Thank you." He turned to Carter "Can you give us a minute?"
"Yes sir, I'll be in the truck" Cater walked away and Robin Hood followed him to the truck.
"Okay fellas. I meant what I said earlier. No turning back, you get to the sub and then get home." They were about to argue but Hogan raised a hand to stop them. "Look I need you to do something else for me and you can't do it from here."
"What is it sir?"
"Well, I hear a rumor that my sister started flying again. I need you guys to keep an eye on her for me." Thompson glanced at the other two then back at Hogan, smiling. "What?"
"Well sir. We figured that you would say that to us if you ever found out that Cassie was flying again. We asked General Williams if she could be transferred to our squad. She's been flying with us for at least four months now."
"Well, I'm glad she's with you guys and not some other group. At least now I know she's in the best company you could ask for, even though I don't really want her flying again. Thanks."
"Anytime colonel." Johnson said holding out his hand. Hogan took it and then shook hands with the others.
"Don't forget to write."
"Take care sir."
"Yeah you to. Now get out of here before you get yourselves caught again."
Robin Hood glanced over at Hogan and caught his eye. He walked over to them and shook hands with Hogan. "Do not worry Colonel, they will get there safely, I will make sure of it."
"Thanks." Hogan smiled as they started heading towards the opposite side of the road where a car was parked. He waited until they drove away before turning back to Cater and making their way back to Stalag 13.
Cater, Newkirk, LeBeau and Kinch were sitting by the table down in the tunnel, waiting for the sub's message that they had arrived safely.
"He was pretty upset, he didn't say a word all the way back here."
"Cater would you feel like talking if you said goodbye to three of your mates. I mean from what they told us they were fairly close." Newkirk said. "That's gotta be hard on him."
"What's gonna be hard on who?" Hogan asked as he came down the ladder.
"Nothing' guv'nor, just talking baseball that's all."
"Yeah right, like I'm gonna believe that." Hogan smiled. "Any word from the sub yet Kinch?"
"Not yet colonel, but it's only a couple hours after dark, they wouldn't have had much time to…"
"Goldilocks to Papa Bear and friends. Can you hear me?" Came a voice over the radio. They instantly knew that it was Matthews.
"I thought I told you to cut out that nick name?"
"Come on sir, it's just a bit of fun."
"Yeah yeah, alright fine. I take it you made it safely?
"You bet. We are on our way home. Should be back in about two days. Good luck with everything you got going for ya."
"You to and be careful from now on or I won't buy you three those drinks I promised. Papa Bear out." He looked at the others and smiled. "Okay so I was worried. I tend to worry about the people I work with and care about."
"We noticed" Kinch said as he turned off the radio. "What now Colonel?"
"We keep doing what we're doing and hope that it helps the allies. If we cause a little trouble for the krauts along the way, that's just a bonus for us."
They all laughed and headed up to the barracks. It had been a long week and they were just getting started.