Not Completely Crazy

Chapter 6

Chapter 6:

"So I hear ya'll get to go on another mission," Haywire said as she sauntered into the rec room for the Alpha Team.

"Yep we have another mission to take care of," Heavy duty said as he checked his gun cartridges. Seeing the pout that Haywire gave at that answer, Snake Eyes shook his head gently and moved to stand behind where she was sitting on the couch.

"There's no need to be upset hon," Snake Eyes signed as he wrapped his arms around her shoulders.

"Of course there's a need to be upset! Everyone gets to go on missions but me. And if you think of sending me a picture with you and Highlander doing something stupid then I'm not going to make you two anything new for a month," Haywire said as she refused to stop pouting.

"Picture? What does that mean?" Ripcord asked while pausing in putting on his flight suit gloves.

"What she means is that if there's an explosion of any sort, Snake Eyes and I do poses in front of it and Breaker or Scarlett take pictures. We do it so Haywire feels like she was there to experience it," Highlander said as he placed his fold-out sword in a holster on his belt.

"Yeah well it doesn't work you brat!" Haywire exclaimed as she turned and threw a pillow at Highlander, barely missing him but successfully hitting Duke.

"Hey now, I'm being a good boy and I still get hit with something," Duke said as he faked a hurt look. Leaping off the couch so fast that the others were startled, Haywire went and all about football tackled Duke.

"I didn't mean to hit you, Duke, I promise," Haywire said as she hugged Duke around the waist.

"I was just joking hon, no need to attack me with a hug," Duke said as he patted Haywire's shoulder.

"Hey Haywire! Mind I check out some of those pictures?" Ripcord asked once he was done suiting up.

"Ask Breaker! He's the one with all the pictures on his laptop," Haywire said as she released Duke and plopped herself in a seat at the table. Without being asked, Breaker enthusiastically opened up a file on his desktop.

"I have to say, the pictures are absolutely hilarious," Breaker said as he opened the slide show he made of the pictures. "Now these span from a few years ago, when we first met Haywire and welcomed her as part of the Joes," Breaker said as he started the slide show.

The first picture had an epic explosion in the background with Snake Eyes and Highlander holding their swords up with one of their knees bent in a Napoleonesque manner.

"Dude, that's just cheesy," Ripcord said as he chuckled lightly.

"I'm with Rip on that one," Duke said.

The next picture had only a minor explosion off to the side. But what made the picture funny was the fact that Snake Eyes and Highlander were acting as though they were fighting over a remote detonator and looking in the direction of the explosion with Highlander looking slightly nervous.

"Now that is funny," Rip said as he busted out laughing at the foolishness of it all.

"No it's not!" Haywire shouted because she was still grumpy.

The next picture was even more cheesy in which Highlander and Snake Eyes were acting like they were pushing a exploding tower to the ground with Highlander smiling like a maniac.

"Scarlett took that picture. She said that she couldn't pass up the opportunity," Breaker said as his shoulders shook in suppressed laughter.

"Oh she could have passed it up, she just chose not to," Haywire said as she crossed her arms and leaned back in her chair. Of course, due to her lack of attention to anything other than the picture conversation, she leaned to far back and ended up causing her chair to slip from underneath her. "Yip!" she exclaimed as she came crashing down.

"You ok hon?" Snake Eyes asked after he helped her to get back on her feet.

"Yeah I'm fine. It takes a lot more than a small fall to hurt this noggin," Haywire said as she tapped the side of her head with a smile. Shaking his head in humor, Snake Eyes moved and gave her forehead a masked kiss, causing Haywire to turn a slight shade of pink.

"Hey I want to see the next pic! Not some sappy romance between the resident ninja and resident toy maker," Ripcord said as he made a exaggerated disgusted face.

"Yeah yeah, go back to the lame pictures," Haywire said with a dismissive wave.

The latest picture was Highlander and Snake Eyes standing next to a terrorist who was hanging like a prized fish. Highlander was the one holding the rope that was hanging the terrorist upside down while Snake Eyes held his hands out like an announcer announcing the main attraction of a show.

"Oh wow you guys are so ridiculous," Ripcord said as he tried to control his laughter.

"Who was that?" Duke asked as he pointed to the terrorist hanging upside down.

"Some random terrorist that none of us can remember the name of," Heavy Duty said as he glanced at the picture they were discussing. "You'll soon get used to not remembering terrorist while you're working here," he went on to say as he headed towards the door. "Now let's go. We have to meet up with General Hawk before we head out," he said before leaving the rec room and its occupants.

"Yeah come on guys, you can look at the rest when we get back from our mission," Scarlett said as she too moved towards the door. The other's following suit.

"Wait I wanna come say hi to General Hawk!" Haywire shouted as she dashed towards the leaving party and leaped onto Snake Eyes back, who easily grabbed the back of her knees and carried her.

"Clearly, you are far too used to Haywire jumping on you," Duke said as he watched the pair. Snake Eyes simply shrugged in reply while Haywire gave a 1000 watt smile.

"It's about time you all arrived. What took ya?" General Hawk said when he saw the Alpha Team plus one enter. "Haywire, get off the ninja," Hawk said when he noticed her neon converses hanging at Snake Eyes' legs.

"But I wanna go on the mission!" Haywire said as she brought her head around to see General Hawk's exasperated expression.

"For the last time, NO!" General Hawk said as he crossed his arms over his broad chest.

"Fine be that way," Haywire said as she slid off Snake Eyes' back. "Ya'll better come back with no injuries. And that goes double for you, Highlander, and you, Snake Eyes. And if you two come back with any pictures I'm going to glue you to the floor," Haywire said while pointing her finger in a accusatory manner.

"Speaking of gluing to the floor; have you managed to unglue your pants yet?" Duke asked, trying to remember if he saw the pants on the ground the last time he visited her lab.

"Um...not yet. I've been a bit busy working on the nanomite situation, which I need to go check on so I shall see ya'll when you get back. Have fun and don't die!" Haywire said as she gave everyone a hug and Snake Eyes a kiss on the cheek before she dashed out of the hanger bay in a streak on neon colors.

"I wonder if she'll ever get those pants off the ground," Ripcord said randomly.

"Ah she'll work on it later more in likely. But what's more important is what pose should Snake Eyes and I do for the latest photo?" Highlander chimed in as they all loaded onto the jet while Ripcord wandered over to his custom jet.

"I don't care what pose, but I want to be part of it!" Ripcord shouted as he jumped into the cockpit.

"You got it man!" Highlander shouted before the door closed, the sound of laughter reaching everyone in the hanger bay before the door was completely closed.