Hogan's Heroes: Opportunity Cost (Epilogue)

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Title: Opportunity Cost (Epilogue)
Series: Hogan's Heroes
Pairing: None
Rating: PG-13

Summary: In order to stop a chemical scientist, the Heroes must rescue his daughters from the Gestapo. Things get more complicated when they turn out not to be as seemed.

“Repoooort!” Klink, walking across the compound from the Kommandantur, looked worn and worried as he came over to receive the report of morning roll call.

“All present and accounted, Herr Kommandant!” bellowed Shultz, saluting.

“Very well. Dismissed.” Klink returned the salute, and turned to return to his office. Hogan quickly joined him, coming up on his right side.

“Not now, Hogan. I’m busy.”

“You’re looking overworked, sir. Must be all these guests recently.”

Klink scowled, edges of the monocle disappearing. “There are no more guests, Hogan. Doctor Kirche and his children were kidnapped last night, and Colonel Veheim assassinated, and all of the paperwork has left me verybusy.”

Hogan whistled. “Wow, sir. Any word of who did it?”

Klink stopped, turning to stare at him suspiciously. “Why would you care? You didn’t even know the man.”

“Well, if there are assassins running around the country, I’d sure like to know! We’d start locking our doors, for one thing.”

Klink gave him an unamused look, and picked up his pace again. “As it happens, you are safe. The Gestapo headquarters informed me that they suspect some sort of internal rivalry. Apparently Kirche’s daughters were kidnapped by officers from Dusseldorf.”

“Wow. They really know how to stab a man in the back, huh?”

“So it would seem. Now if you will excuse me, I must finish my paperwork.” Klink waved him off, stepped up onto the porch, and disappeared into his office.

Hogan returned the salute, watching until the Kommandantur door closed.

Then he turned and returned to the barracks to begin planning.