Dr. Klaussner came running down the halls with his assistant, another Underground member, behind him. They hurried into Hogan's room, and Dr. Klaussner rushed to Hogan's bedside and saw his heart monitor continue its rapid, fast motions. Newkirk quickly got out of the way to let the doctor take care of Hogan.
"He's suffering from cardiac arrhythmia! Get me a shot of adenosine, hurry!" Dr. Klaussner ordered his assistant. His assistant ran out of the room to get the vaccination. The old doctor returned his attention to Hogan and took a firm grip of his shoulder. "Come on, Robert; stay with us, now, stay here with us...you got too many people that love you and need you to die now. Don't quit on me, Robert!"
The assistant rushed back with a vaccine filled with clear liquid and handed it to Dr. Klaussner. The doctor quickly took the vaccine and immediately injected it into Hogan's IV stream. Several moments passed by, before Hogan's heart monitor returned back to normal. Dr. Klaussner sighed with relief, and so did Newkirk and LeBeau, who were standing in the corner.
"Thank God," Newkirk sighed, a hand over his chest.
"That'll be all, Doctor." Dr. Klaussner said, dismissing his assistant. The assistant nodded and left the room. Dr. Klaussner rose from his spot after making sure Hogan was again stable and made his way towards Newkirk and LeBeau. He signaled them to follow him into the hall. Both men did and soon the three of them were in the outdoor hallway now talking. Dr. Klaussner softly closed Hogan's door and began talking. "What happened?"
"I don't know...we were telling Colonel what was going on right now, and his heart machine went off its rocker." Newkirk answered.
"What?! Why'd you go and do that; you could've killed the man in his condition!" Dr. Klaussner snarled.
"Wait a minute...does that mean he can hear us?!" LeBeau cried, starting to smile.
Dr. Klaussner sighed and hung his head.
"Possibly...it could've been also his heart being so weak and not enough oxygen and blood is getting to it in time." Dr. Klaussner softly answered.
"No way; Gov'nor's too healthy to have heart problems." Newkirk replied, confident.
"Just keep information like that from now on to yourselves, just until he's a bit stronger."
"Yes, sir,"
"Oui, Dr. Klaussner." LeBeau said softly.
"Doctor," Newkirk started, as Dr. Klaussner was about to leave.
The old man stopped and remained where he was.
"Yes, Newkirk," Dr. Klaussner said.
"Sir, we need to talk to you about something...after we say 'bye' to Colonel, that is." Newkirk answered.
Dr. Klaussner nodded.
"I'll be in my office, when you two are ready." Dr. Klaussner said.
The two men nodded and watched Dr. Klaussner leave. After he was gone, both Newkirk and LeBeau walked back in quietly to Hogan's room and again took their same spots as before.
"Gov'nor...we gotta go, now, but I promise yah we'll be back faster than you know it. Kommandant's letting us come back tomorrow evening after dinner." Newkirk said, softly.
"I'll bring you the most prettiest flowers from Klink's garden, mon Colonel." LeBeau said.
Newkirk patted Hogan's shoulder gently then stood up.
"Bye, Gov'nor." Newkirk said, with a sad smile.
"Au revoir, mon Colonel. Get better real soon." LeBeau said with the same smile.
Both men sadly walked out of the room and made their way towards Dr. Klaussner's office.
Dr. Klaussner was working on paperwork, when there was a knock on the door.
"Come in," Dr. Klaussner greeted, busy with work.
Newkirk and LeBeau quietly came in and sat down in the two chairs in front of him. Dr. Klaussner looked up from his work, set it aside, then turned his attention to his two friends and set his hands in front of him on top of his desk.
"So, what's going on? I assume it's nothing medical with you two, unless it's about Hogan." Dr. Klaussner said.
"First off, how's he doing? Any progress of any kind?" Newkirk asked.
"I wish there were some progress to report. Hogan's been the exact same, since the night you brought him in. If you're going to ask when he may wake up, I don't know that answer. That's up for both God and your Colonel to decide. I can't do anymore for him than what I'm already doing, I'm sorry."
"It's alright, Richard; you're doing everything you can, that's all that matters."
"But you're right about us not being here regarding that." LeBeau added.
"Then what is it?" Dr. Klaussner asked, friendly.
"Do you know a person with the Underground by the name of Barbara Wagner, codename Moonlight?" Newkirk asked.
"I do; have you met her?" Dr. Klaussner asked.
Both Newkirk and LeBeau gulped. Was Dr. Klaussner being tricked, too?
"Yes, sir," Newkirk said, quivering in fear.
Dr. Klaussner chuckled, which concerned both Newkirk and LeBeau.
"What's so funny?" Newkirk asked, starting to get angry.
"I'm assuming you know who her uncle is then, by the looks on your faces." Dr. Klaussner replied, smirking.
"Is she safe, Richard? Can we trust her?" LeBeau asked.
"She's as safe as they come. She may love her uncle, but what he does is completely against her morals. She's a loyal Underground member and has never regretted her choice once." Dr. Klaussner said.
"How sure are you about her?" Newkirk asked.
Dr. Klaussner smiled.
"As certain as I am that you two, Carter, and Kinch all love Colonel Hogan." Dr. Klaussner answered.
Newkirk and LeBeau smiled. They could not say no to that. If Dr. Klaussner was as sure about Barbara as he was about that, then both men knew she could be trusted. Newkirk and LeBeau both nodded in agreement.
"Alright, we can trust her, then. Thank you, Richard." Newkirk said, smiling.
"You're welcome." Dr. Klaussner said.
Newkirk and LeBeau rose from their chairs and were about to leave to go home, when there was a knock on the door.
"Who is it?" Dr. Klaussner asked.
"It's Major Hochstetter, Doctor." Hochstetter's muffled voice said.
Both Newkirk and LeBeau grew tense and afraid, then snapped their heads to Dr. Klaussner for help.
"Get in my closet, and don't say a word or make any movements." Dr. Klaussner ordered softly.
The two men in gestapo uniforms hurried silently into Dr. Klaussner's coat closet and closed the door then stood as silent as they could, while listening in on what would go on between both Dr. Klaussner and Hochstetter.
Knowing his two friends were now safe, Dr. Klaussner opened the door and gestured for Hochstetter to come in.
"Danke," Hochstetter said, slightly in a friendlier tone. The gestapo major sat down in front of Dr. Klaussner's desk, and Dr. Klaussner sat back down in his desk, again.
"What can I do for you, Major? You came not too many nights ago asking questions regarding a patient of mine." Dr. Klaussner said, crossing his legs.
"Yes, uh, I'm here to know if you have noticed anything suspicious going on in the past couple of days. Seen anyone unfamiliar or suspicious looking to you around the hospital after about 24 hours after the explosion of the ball bearing plant?" Hochstetter asked.
"Not that I noticed, Major. I don't see many people on this floor that look too incredulous to report."
"Any phone calls you've received?"
"Nothing more than my usual patients and their families calling with concerns, questions, or comments. Why, do you think the suspect is roaming around the area?"
"I would not be surprised. I highly doubt the man is out of Germany, yet. And with all my patrols out on watch, I highly doubt someone that is acting strange would get passed."
"I'm sorry, Major, I haven't heard or seen anything. I'll report to you the minute I notice something, though."
"That will be very nice, Doctor." Hochstetter said rising from his seat. His lifted his cap to bid Dr. Klaussner farewell, and he was soon gone.
After seeing it was safe, Dr. Klaussner walked over to the closet and let Newkirk and LeBeau out.
"Thanks, mate," Newkirk said.
"I guess we should be heading back to camp, now." LeBeau answered.
"I think that would be your safest bet...and be careful of all those patrol officers out there. Colonel Hogan would kill, if he knew his men were in danger." Dr. Klaussner begged.
"Don't worry, Richard; we'll get by 'em." Newkirk said, grinning.
Dr. Klaussner nodded and both Newkirk and LeBeau then left.
The next day arrived, and it was quite uneventful. Nothing much went on around camp besides prisoners socializing, playing games, or the men of barracks two and the rest of camp giving smug looks to and talking ill of Matthews, who hated the prisoners just as much as they hated him.
Newkirk, Carter, Kinch, and LeBeau were sitting at the table drinking coffee and talking with one another about visiting Hogan and what to do now that they knew they could trust Barbara in getting the downed flyer out of Germany and to London safely. Olsen was keeping watch at the door with Baker, and Matthews was outside reading a book sitting on the front steps of the Kommandant's office.
"Well, now that we know Barbara's safe to talk to, what do we do about that flyer?" Newkirk asked.
"I knew she was innocent the moment I saw her, Kinch. No girl so beautiful and magnificent as she is could be so foul." LeBeau spoke, mesmerized by his love, once again.
"Oh, Louis; give it up for a while, would yah?" Newkirk pleaded, with a slight hint of agitation in his voice. He was not so sure how much longer he could put up with his friend's lovestruck attitude towards Hochstetter's niece. To be honest, he found it kind of weird that LeBeau was in love with a relative of the Hochstetter family.
"First, we need to get a room ready for him in the tunnel. LeBeau, Newkirk, you two can work on that, for now. Louis and I we'll go out on Thursday night to bring him back to camp through the emergency tunnel." Kinch began. His brain was rendering of ideas on how to get Colonel Winters out of Germany. Many of their ideas would work perfectly well in normal situations. This time, however, it was not a usual situation. There were gestapo patrols all over the place, a gestapo guard posted outside the front gates of Stalag 13, and Hochstetter and Burkhalter were constantly visiting with Klink investigating the camp with surprise visits and questioning several prisoners. Kinch and the rest were just glad that Hochstetter had finally finished with questioning everyone in their barracks.
"Oui, mon ami." LeBeau answered. He knew his duties assigned to him.
"I'm not much of a housekeeper, but I'll make do, Kinch." Newkirk said.
"I can't wait to go see Colonel!" Carter cheered. He was excited to see Hogan, again. In a coma or not, he missed him terribly.
Kinch sighed.
"That's another thing...one of us is gonna have to stay here, while the rest go to see Colonel in the hospital. We'll bring Wilson instead, so he can see how the Colonel's doing and report back to Klink, if Dr. Klaussner's too busy with other patients." Kinch said, grim.
"Well certainly not you, mon ami. These are the only times you can see Colonel without suspicion or attention being dragged to us. And I promised the Colonel I would bring him a nice bouquet of flowers." LeBeau stated.
"And I've got a guilty conscience to satisfy, so I can't stay here, either." Newkirk added.
"Why do I gotta stay behind, though?" Carter whined.
"Somebody's gotta stay behind with everything going on, right now. If something bad happens while we're gone, we need one of us here to fix it and hold down the fort. The prisoners are certainly not gonna listen to Mr. Big Shot here." Kinch said.
"But I haven't seen Colonel in a week...I miss him!" Carter whimpered. He hung his head and sighed sadly. Looks like he was just gonna have to wait longer, until he could see Hogan, again.
LeBeau sighed, feeling bad for his friend. He had seen Hogan last night, and Carter could always bring the flowers to Hogan, too. He gave Carter a friendly smile.
"I'll stay, André; you go see Colonel." LeBeau said.
"Are you sure, buddy? I mean, I'm not the only one who misses him." Carter replied, unsure about it.
"I saw him last night, and you can bring him the flowers...any of us can go pull flowers from Kommandant's garden."
"Well gee, thanks, Louis!"
"Alright, gentlemen; I say we get going. We wanna get as much time with Colonel as we can." Kinch said.
"You bet we do!" Carter cheered.
"Let's get to barracks twelve." Newkirk said.
The three men left to go retrieve Wilson, which then the four of them would go find Klink and tell him they were ready to leave.
Klink was standing by his staff car in front of the Kommandantur's pacing back and forth with Schultz standing guard. The old German colonel was getting tired of waiting for the prisoners. Just as he was about to march off to barracks two and tell Hogan's core unit the visit was off, Kinch, Carter, Newkirk, and Wilson hurried over to where Klink was pacing. Klink stopped and snapped his attention at the four men.
"What took you gentlemen so long, and why is Sergeant Wilson coming along instead of the cockroach?" Klink demanded.
"LeBeau's not feeling well, so I told him to stay back and take care of himself. His stomach wasn't feeling all that well. I suspect it was the stuff we had for lunch, today." Wilson reported, covering up from what the real reason was for him not coming.
"Sergeant Wilson, there will be no insulting the food that's made in the mess hall." Klink ordered.
"Come on, Kommandant; even you don't like the food in the mess hall." Kinch said.
Klink eyed the one currently in command of Stalag 13, unknowing that fact. He fell silent for a brief moment, before he answered, again.
"Are you men ready, or not?" Klink spat.
"Ready, sir." Newkirk said.
"I'm all already, and I got flowers for Colonel." Carter said, holding up the bouquet of flowers picked from Klink's garden.
Klink smiled at first, seeing how pretty the flowers were, then glared at Carter, when he realized one very important thing..
"Those flowers are from my garden!" Klink hissed.
"How would you feel, if someone didn't bring you flowers, when you were sick." Newkirk remarked.
"Hrummph," Klink moaned, shaking his fist in fury.
The Kommandant got into the driver's seat, and the four men got into the back, Kinch riding in the passenger side of the car, and they were off to the hospital.
Olsen was keeping watch at the door, while Baker and LeBeau were busy in the tunnel working on something. Matthews had gone to the recreational center to work out, since anywhere else he was unwelcomed.
LeBeau came out and looked up at Olsen.
"Olsen, come down here; we need your help, mon ami." LeBeau said.
"Someone's gotta watch the door, Louis." Olsen replied.
"Don't worry, we'll close the tunnel entrance; no one will ever know a thing." LeBeau promised.
Olsen sighed, looked out once more, then closed the door. He walked over to the bunks and climbed into the opening.
"What's going on, Louis?" Olsen asked.
"Well, Carter's lab is…" And that was all what was heard, when the tunnel entrance closed.
The two of them had been completely unaware that after Olsen closed the door, a gestapo staff car pulled into the camp. Hochstetter had silently entered into barracks two and heard voices before the tunnel had closed. When he heard the 'thud', he snapped his head to the right of him and saw nothing more than ordinary bunks. The gestapo agent growled, suspecting there was a hidden tunnel in the barracks.
"I know something is not right in this barracks, and I'll prove it to Burkhalter and Klink, too." Hochstetter sneered.