Not Completely Crazy

Chapter 8

Chapter 8: No More Treats for You!

"Has anyone seen our hyperactive toy maker?" Scarlett asked as her and Baroness walked into the rec room with a laptop under her arm.

"No; why?" Ripcord said from his place on the couch where he was trying to beat Duke at a video game.

"We need her so we can start ordering her clothing for her mission. Duh," Baroness said as she set the laptop down on a vacant spot on the table and walked over to Duke. "And we figured that if she's not in her lab or her room, she might be here," she said before she kissed Duke on the cheek.

"Well none of us have seen her. And we don't know where all of her hiding places are," Breaker said as he typed away on his laptop.

"We don't, but I think Snake Eyes knows someone who does," Heavy Duty said as he circled some weapons from his magazine. Everyone looked towards Snake Eyes with an expecting look. Shrugging his shoulders, Snake Eyes walked over to the door and opened it. He let out one long, low whistled note and waited in the open doorway.

"Um, what's he doing?" Duke asked as he turned to look at the ninja.

"Calling a friend of his," Scarlett said as she smiled mischievously. All of a sudden there was a blur of grey and Snake Eyes was tackled to the ground.

"Holy crap that's a wolf!" Ripcord shouted as he jumped over the coffee table in an attempt to put as much distance between himself and the wolf that was licking Snake Eyes.

"Relax, Timber is completely harmless to us," Scarlett said between her laughter at Timber's antics. "Alright alright, Timber! We need you to do us a favor boy," Scarlett said when she got Timber's attention.

"We need you to find Haywire and bring her here ok?" Baroness said as she cautiously approached the wolf. She flinched a little when Timber walked over and sniffed her. She relaxed when Timber gave her a quick lick on her cheek and trotted out the door with his nose to the ground sniffing for any sign of Haywire.

"Well that was...different," Baroness said as she wiped her cheek of drool.

"It means he likes you," Scarlett replied, "Now come over here and help me compile some websites for Haywire to look for clothes...or more like for us to show her and see if we can get an opinion on said clothes," Scarlett said with a slight grimace.

"Oh just tie her to a chair and give her gummy bears for an opinion. If it's a positive one she gets another gummy bear, if it's a negative opinion she doesn't get another gummy bear," Highlander said as he watched Duke kick Ripcord's butt at video games.

"Why do I think that's a good idea?" Baroness asked out loud.

"Because it's the only way we're going to get anything done with her," Scarlett sighed while pinching the bridge of her nose. "We love her, but when she doesn't want to do something, you can't get her to do it," Scarlett said with an affectionate smile.

"Hey wait a tick! Why is there a wolf on the base?" Ripcord asked loudly as he sat back down on the couch.

"Snake Eyes saved him. We were on a mission in the Arctic Circle and poor Timber's paw was stuck in a hunter's trap so Snake Eyes freed him from it. And then Timber returned the favor and saved Snake Eyes. So Snake Eyes just kept Timber with him," Breaker said as he closed his laptop.

"Why are you closing your laptop?" Duke asked as he realized he hasn't seen the tech geek off of his laptop yet.

"I want to watch poor Haywire get tortured," Breaker said with a laugh.

Haywire was feeling very proud of her hiding abilities as she hid under some of the spare equipment and parts in her lab.

"He he he, if Scarlett and Baroness can't find me then no one can!" Haywire whispered shout. She gave a maniacal laugh that she had to interrupt with harsh coughing. "One of these days I will be able to do that without coughing," Haywire grumbled to herself. She instantly shut her mouth when she heard her lab door open.