Finding The 4077th

Crisis

He slammed his hand on the table, messing up Klinger his bingo game as the beans rolled away and a couple even landed on the floor.

Chris flinched, as he looked at the screaming red-faced man, Chris felt very scared as he and Frank weren't friends and he didn't know how to deal with his anger. The young boy started to tremble in fear as he tried to fight his subconscious mind telling him to run and hide, this man was dangerous!

Before Klinger could say something to Frank about his bingo game, Frank saw the popcorn strings and in a fit of anger, he pulled them from the wall, snapping the string and flying popcorn all over the floor.

Tears sprung into Chris's eyes, he made those! He worked hard on them, and Francis liked them very much.

His breathing started to speed up, his hands began to shake, and tears fell down his cheeks as he tried to get his breathing under control and not slip into his upcoming panic attack. He knows he needs to fight his fear, but it was hard!

" Aren't you people aware of the current food shortage! Are you all stupid! Popcorn strings! " the doctor continued his rampage.

People are a bit edgier these days because of the cold and boredom, but Frank took the cake.

Chris started to have more difficulty breathing, he forgot about the food shortage, he knew about it and he forgot! He was so stupid! It felt like his whole life around him crumbled away and he felt himself fall into a deep black hole! As his fear took over his body, he turned around and just ran, giving in to his fear and urge to run.

"Now see here!" The priest started firmly but got interrupted by Klinger, who also had something to say to Frank. The man jumped up and got in front of the angry Doctor. Klinger was wearing a thick fur coat with a feathery hat.

The two of them started arguing so Francis sighed as he didn't think he was needed anymore, but as he turned back around, he noticed Chris had disappeared.

"Oh Lord," He thought, running to the door and peering out into the compound. Chris must be devastated, or at least very upset about his popcorn strings.

The child could not have gotten far, he thought as the priest looked around but couldn't find the boy anywhere. After searching for about five minutes he decided to look if Chris went back to his dad.

He entered the swamp as he heard Hawkeye say,
“Damn the staples, man. This is war! Everybody has to live dangerously.“

Hawkeye and Trapper were cutting magazines into pieces for burning material. They sat next to their fire barrel, trying to stay warm while they were working.

They collected everything they had, but left Chris's stuff alone, cutting the child's comic books would be very cruel, he only had like seven of them, and was so proud of them also.

Francis first looked around but no Chris to be seen.

The priest got very worried and quickly explained to Hawkeye what happened, the last thing he knew was Chris standing there and disappearing right before Frank had finished with his angry tantrum. Destroying Chris his well-made popcorn strings.

”The boy seemed so proud of them, he was glowing when he was showing them to me.“ The Priest expressed

Hawkeye got very anxious at once, Chris always came to him if he was upset! Why was this time different? He thought as he instantly got up to find his son.

The doctor almost ran outside to look for his kid, he just hoped Chris was smart enough to stay on base at least, Hawkeye didn't want to think about Chris being alone out there in a war zone, three miles from the front.