Not Completely Crazy

Chapter 5

Chapter 5: Never let me watch cartoons

"Ripcord, this is the voice in your head! Please come down to the hanger bay at once! Thank you!" Haywire's voice announced over the intercom system, startling Ripcord and the Alpha Team from their activities in the rec. room.

"Well that was weird," Duke said as he looked at the speaker in the room.

"Nope, not really. She's always doing announcements like that," Scarlett said as she walked over to the door. "You coming or not? She did call for you after all," she said as she turned to look at Ripcord before exiting.

"Yeah I'm coming. Why are you guys coming though?" Ripcord said as he jogged to catch up to Scarlett.

"Simple, we want to see what she made for you," Heavy Duty said as he clasped his hand on Ripcord's shoulder with enough force to cause him to stumble.

"Her vehicles are always top notch and interesting," Breaker piped up from somewhere in the rear of the group. Entering the hanger bay, the Alpha team saw the neon weapon's specialist practically bouncing out of her electric blue high tops next to a covered vehicle.

"It's about time you slow pokes," Haywire said as she continued to bounce. Getting slightly dizzy from her bouncing, Snake Eyes walked over and wrapped his arms around her, hoping that it will stop the bouncing. "Well hello to you too," she said with a exaggerated wink and a giggle.

"Alright alright, enough of the cutesy romance, let's get to the revealing portion of this display," Duke said with a sigh.

"Why Duke, I had no idea you were into that kind of things!" Haywire said while bringing one her hands to her mouth, trying to not laugh. Catching the innuendo, Duke turned a bright shade of red and the rest of the team laughed along with Haywire. "Okie day! Now it's time to wow everyone!" Haywire said as she tried to bounce out of Snake Eyes' hold, "Ripcord, you asked me to make you a jet and I have done just that! So lady and gents, I give you...The Night Fury!" Haywire said with a flourish as she took the cover of the pure black jet.

"Sweet Jesus! When did you find the time to make this!" Ripcord exclaimed as he walked around the jet.

"I always have time for Alpha team you silly man," Haywire said as she shrugged her shoulders. "This jet here is faster than MARS Night Raven, and a heck of a lot more smooth of a flight. Of course anything is better than MARS," Haywire said as she walked up the movable steps. "Come on up, Ripcord," she said as she reached the top of them.

"Wait; why did you call it the Night Fury?" Heavy Duty asked.

"Because I watched How to Train Your Dragon and I built this based on the Night Fury's abilities. So like I said about your suit, this jet will respond to your movements as though it was you. The jet is made of a special alloy that I created so there's less chance of any of the circuitry being exposed during battle. All of the systems are linked to your thoughts, so try and avoid dirty thoughts," Haywire said while waggling her eyebrows at Ripcord, causing him to laugh out loud. "And just because I felt like it, the seat is heated and cooled and has a massager in it just in case you get stuck on long flights. It's also extremely quiet and so far it's never missed its target," she said with a large smile and a giggle.

"You my dear are awesome," Ripcord said as he hugged the breath out of the weapon's specialist.

"I know I am," Haywire said as she caught her breath after Ripcord released her. "Now! If ya'll don't mind, I need to continue my work on killing nanomites," Haywire said as she skipped out of the hanger bay humming a wordless tune.

"Baroness!" Haywire shouted as she entered the medical bay and tackled Baroness.

"Hey Haywire," Baroness said as she hugged the hyper woman, "How excited was Rip when you showed him the jet?" she asked out of curiosity.

"Loved it. But that's not the focus of my visit," Haywire said as she suddenly turned serious. With a deep sigh, Baroness fell back on her bed and stared at the ceiling, trying to ignore the syringe that Haywire took out of the cabinet. "I know you hate needles, but this will be the last time I take some blood," Haywire said as she smiled like a creepy psychopath. "I vant to steal your blood!" she said in a terrible Transylvanian accent, making Baroness laugh and start to relax from her tense state.

"What do you mean that this is going to be the last time?" Baroness asked as she ignored the needle going into her arm.

"Exactly as it sounds Madame. I have two more solutions to test and I'm positive one of them will work!" Haywire said as she carefully bandaged the other woman's arm.

"You really think you can outsmart Destro and Cobra Commander? I mean, you have tried everything from radiation to a computer virus and thrown in some things that I've never even heard of,"

"Ok, Destro's so called 'advanced technology' is as advanced as the pencil and Cobra Commander stole my ideas, so I should be able to kick his lack of imagination butt. And no need to worry about the experiments" Haywire said as she crossed her arms and pouted. Giggling at Haywire, Baroness closed her eyes and gave a soft smile.

"Why shouldn't I worry about the experiments? I mean, come on, you made yourself sick with one of those experiments for crying out loud," Baroness said as she gave Haywire a pointed look.

"Hey hey now girlie, no need for that blow to my ego. And for your information, I was only sick for a couple of hours," Haywire said in defense.

"Yeah and in those couple of hours you were put on an IV drip with some heavy duty medicine mixed in. And your temperature started to drop drastically! I thought for sure that Snake Eyes was going to choke someone on the medical staff!" Baroness exclaimed as she recalled one of the most recent attempts at killing the nanomites.

"Oh puh-lease, it wasn't that drastic. And besides, I at least ruled that method out instantly, and by doing that, I was able to cut out a good portion of my tests," Haywire said as she waved a hand dismissively, "But I really need support on these last two. If these two don't work, then I'm back to the drawing board and I'm not sure what else I can think of," she said, becoming deadly serious as she gazed at the syringe full of the infected blood.

"I have faith in you, Haywire, and don't you ever doubt that. Have you told Duke that you're working on this?"

"Well duh I told Duke. Every time he stops by to drop off something or whatever he always asks how my progress is on this. He really really loves you sugah," Haywire said as she stood up to leave to her lab. "But right now, I need to solve this little dilemma so you can join us in the rec room and cuddle with your man! I shall see you when I have the solution!" Haywire shouted as she made a dramatic exit.

"If anyone can kill these things without killing me, I know it will be you; you crazy, hyperactive, neon clad woman," Baroness said with affection.