Not Completely Crazy

chapter 13

Chapter 13:Go to Your Room Young Lady!

It only took a couple hours for the Joe pickup to come find a sheepish looking Haywire standing in the lobby of the hotel. General Hawk raised an eyebrow in question before he finally asked what was on everyone else's mind.

"Why did Highlander call for a pickup?" General Hawk asked the now fidgeting Haywire.

"Well um, you see...umm...Storm Shadow attacked me and Highlander and my buddy Nightshade helped us out. And there's a conference room that is in complete ruins because someone had to go overboard," Haywire explained as she gave a bored Nightshade a pointed look. Sighing, General Hawk shook his head.

"Where is Storm Shadow?" General asked the two young ladies who were standing in front of him. They pointed to the doors of a conference room. General Hawk walked over cautiously. When he opened the door, he face-palmed at the amount of damage that was done to the room before turning to glare menacingly at the two women. "Could you have done any more damage?" he asked rhetorically.

"Well Nightshade could have used more knives. I lost count of how many she carries," Haywire answered before rubbing the back of her head sheepishly at her realization, "that was rhetorical, huh?" she only received a nod of confirmation before she looked down and scuffed the toe of her shoe lightly.

"So is anyone going to tell me what's going on or am I going to have to play twenty questions?" Nightshade asked with a slight edge. Remembering that there was an unknown woman standing next to his weapon tech, Hawk turned and galred. "Don't try the glare thing on me. I work for the White House if that's what you're concerned about," Nightshade said as she narrowed her violet eyes slightly.

"Don't worry about her boss man. Haywire apparently knows her," Highlander said from within the conference room where he was using Storm Shadow as a foot rest.

"That doesn't make me feel any better, Highlander. Now let's get this mess cleaned up before someone else wonders what's going on. I need a small group to work on this conference room. Try and make everything look normal. Highlander, discreetly load Storm Shadow and the knocked out goons into the Hummer. Haywire, go to yours and Highlander's room and pack everything back up. And take your friend with you," General Hawk ordered before pinching the bridge of his nose in hopes of delaying the oncoming headache.

"Sir, is Nightshade coming with us?" Haywire asked with a slight pout. General Hawk simply nodded yes and made a shooing motion to the women. "Yay!" Haywire said in joy before grabbing Nightshade's wrist and dragging her to the elevator. The two women entered the elevator and pressed the 3rd floor button to begin their ascent. "Sorry about General Hawk. He's been under a bit of stress and then getting a request for early pick up must not have been good news for him," Haywire said as she bounced slightly on the balls of her feet.

"It makes no difference what mood he was in. I just want answers and I want them soon, Haywire," Nightshade said as she turned her violet gaze on Haywire who stopped her bouncing.

"I can only disclose so much, Nightshade. As much as I would like to tell you everything, there are protocols that all Joes have to follow," Haywire sighed before turning her gaze downward. "I just want this whole thing to be done with right now," she sighed out.

"Can you tell me who this wacko is that has a hit on you?" Nightshade asked gently. She didn't mean to sound harsh, it was just in her nature due to her past.

"His alias is Cobra Commander. He was originally held at the Joes' headquarters. But thanks to faulty machinery that I take no credit to, he and his right hand lackey, Destro, managed to get out without being noticed. I'm sure Sgt. Stone and Sgt. Slaughter aren't amused at the lack of attention of the guards. Anyways, they both came here to check out the new weapon technology and find out if there's anyone worth recruiting. My actual name wasn't known by either of them so they sent Storm Shadow to find out what I do. And that's about all that I can divulge to you," Haywire explained as she listed off on her fingers what she was saying.

"Sounds like you've had an eventful couple of days," Nightshade joked as the two of them walked out of the elevator and towards the rooms.

"Yeah and that's only half of what actually happened," Haywire giggled before she began to throw her dirty clothes back into her suitcase and all of her tools she took out. Nightshade simply shook her head at Haywire and all of her random tools of destruction. "Now on to Highlander's room!" Haywire shouted in hyperactive energy. They made quick work of Highlander's room and then moved off to Nightshade's room.

"You stay out here, I don't want you getting injured by anything you clutz," Nightshade said as though she was talking to a puppy a person was training. Haywire stuck her tongue out and plopped cross-legged on the floor with a pout. Nightshade simply chuckled and walked into her hotel room. Not even five minutes later she walked back out with her suit case in tow. "Let's go get my answers," she said as she walked past the pouting weapons tech.

"Hey wait up!" Haywire shouted as she leapt to her feet and grabbed the handles of hers and Highlander's suitcases and running after her laughing friend. The two women made it back down to the lobby to find General Hawk waiting for the two of them.

"Let's go ladies. There's a lot of things I need to do and being here isn't one of them," He said before turning on his heel and walking towards the doors. The two women looked at each other, shrugged, and walked behind the General.

"Snake Eyes, I swear if you don't stop your pacing I'm going to stab you with your own sword," Baroness shouted in frustration at the frantic ninja. "She will be home in a couple hours," she continued on before returning to her book and the comfort of Duke's arms around her waist.

"Yeah man, it's not like she's injured. Highlander told us that everyone was alright so just calm down," Ripcord said from his place on the couch playing videogames. Snake Eyes shook his head and went to his meditation mat, hoping that it will pass the time faster than his pacing.

"I think Snakes' more worried about the fact that Storm Shadow was there," Scarlett said as she stopped her treadmill and wiped her face off. "Of course I would be too if the person I killed suddenly reappeared," she mumbled before taking a swig of water from her bottle.

"I can still hear," Snake Eyes signed before going back to his meditation.

"Sorry Snake," Scarlett said as she walked over to join Ripcord on the couch.

"Attention, General on floor," Heavy Duty shouted as General Hawk walked into the Rec Room.

"At ease everyone. I've brought our weapons tech and infiltrator home. You can get details from them. Now I need to go and supervise the nanomite shut down in Storm Shadow," General Hawk said as he turned around and walked back out into the rest of The Pit.

"Snake Eyes!" Haywire shouted before she glomped the relieved ninja. "Did ya miss me?" she asked with a giggle.

"Of course I did you goof," Snake Eyes signed before hugging Haywire tightly again. "I was worried when Storm Shadow was brought up," he signed when Haywire pulled back and smiled.

"I'm alright. Oh guys I have someone to introduce to ya'll," Haywire said as she turned and bounced out of Snake Eyes' arms. She skipped over to the only awkward member in the Rec Room and wrapped her arms around her shoulders. "Everyone, this is Nightshade. She works for the White House and has been given the opportunity of becoming a Joe," Haywire introduced. She then moved around the room, dragging Nightshade with her so she can meet everyone on the Alpha Team.

"So how do you two meet exactly?" Breaker asked as everyone sat around the couch and caught up with what was going on.

"Um, I hacked the Joe's and she stopped me in my tracks before I got too far. After that we sorta just started communicating and trading information," Nightshade said before she took a sip of her water she grabbed earlier.

"Wait a minute, you and Haywire have been trading information?" Scarlett asked with a slight edge.

"Nothing too bad, Scarlett, just minor things like weapon ideas and possible threats," Haywire said as she coward into Snake Eyes' side.

"Important or not, you're still in trouble young lady. Now go to your room and stay there till one of us sends Timber to get you!" Scarlett said as she pointed to the door of the Rec Room.

"Awww," Haywire said as she slumped out of the rec room to her room.