Radar froze as he was handing papers to the Colonel to sign.
"What is it Radar?" Potter asked, seeing that far off look on his clerk's face.
"Incoming helicopter sir." Potter dropped his pen and ran out into the compound and shortly heard the distinct sound of a helicopter approaching. All over the compound, people were emerging from tents to watch the helicopter descend, ready to spring into action should it turn out to be wounded.
"Wounded, Colonel?" BJ's voice asked as he came to stand beside Potter as the helicopter landed out of sight on the pad.
"No warning. And I usually get warning." Potter said. The whole camp seemed to hold its breath, as the helicopter took off again, apparently having completed its mission. Then… there! BJ let out a yell as he recognized the forms of Hawkeye and Margaret. He took off running across the compound, and up the hill towards the pad. The whole camp cheered and clapped and yelled their relief. Their missing family members were back! BJ was the first to reach him, but the rest of the camp wasn't far behind him. BJ enveloped them both in a massive hug which soon turned into a massive camp hug. Everyone was happy to see Hawkeye and Margaret back. Finally things calmed down a little bit, but everyone was still wearing their huge grins of relief.
"Where WERE you guys?" BJ finally demanded, asking the question that was on everyone's mind. Potter finally arrived, having gone up the hill at a slightly slower pace, but he heard the question.
"If I weren't so happy to see you two, I'd have you both busted down to private for scaring us like that! I don't remember giving you permission to go AWOL!" Potter said with a smile.
"Sorry about that Colonel." Hawkeye said. "First we reached the 8063rd only to find they had bugged out! So we got out of their as fast as we could, but then our jeep broke down, and we had to hide from some North Koreans. Then we got hopelessly lost, and Margaret here was leading us in circles!" Hawkeye joked. That's when BJ noticed the bandage on Hawkeye's leg.
"Hawk! You're hurt!" He exclaimed.
"It's fine Beej. Nothing serious. The medic at the aid station took care of it for me." BJ looked slightly mollified, but still not convinced.
"Well, it sure is good to have you two back! Now you are never to do that again! Understood?" Potter exclaimed.
"Yes, sir." Hawkeye and Margaret chorused in unison. The whole camp laughed. Margaret couldn't contain her smile. It was good to be home.