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Colonel Blake stood in front of the crowd that had gathered around him, and held up his hand to quiet the chatter. "All right, all right! I know you're all anxious to hear what I found out while I was in Tokyo."
"Actually we were wondering if you met any nice women while you were there!" Trapper shouted.
Hawkeye grinned. "Of course he did, Trap! Tokyo is full of beautiful women!"
When the laughter died down, Henry shook his head. "Okay, you've had your fun guys, but this is serious!"
"So were we!"
"Very funny, Trapper!" Henry said.
"This is all pish posh!" Frank grumbled. "Can't we just get on with this meeting?"
"I agree." Margaret said.
"I'm sure you two have lots to do tonight!"
Margaret scoffed. "You're a maniac."
"Oh, so you do remember that night we shared!"
She gasped at the way Hawkeye grinned. "Oh you…"
"Oh you…" He mocked.
"Hawkeye, that's enough!" Henry yelled.
Margaret let out an exasperated sigh. "Colonel can we please get on with this… whatever it is?"
"Thank you, Major. Now as I was saying, the thing of it is this… It's… Oh hell, I can't stand up here and lie to you."
"Try us! We might like it!" Hawkeye shouted
"Hawkeye for God's sake, please! Can't you see I'm trying to give some bad news up here?"
The chatter grew louder and once more Colonel Blake worked to calm them down. "Hold on everybody, listen to me, okay? Now, I don't like it anymore than you do , but the hell of it is this. The peace talks have stalled yet again."
More groans from the crowd.
"I know, I know… but hold on, people. There's good news too!"
"What could you possibly tell us that would be good news after that horrible comment about the peace talks stalling?"
Blake scratched his head. "Well, now I don't really know, but there's gotta be something. Radar, make a note to find us some good news. And make it snappy!"
Radar scribbled on his clipboard. "Yes sir."
~Fin~