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Following the recovery of the Nerka, Gen. Abernathy is in his office when his phone rings while he is reading a report about an ABC news correspondent's escape from Lebanon. "Yes...Already?...Right, I'll see to it; good work Lt., thank you."

24 hours later, the Holograms head home after watching a basketball game."That was fun, wasn't it?"/"Everything but that interview that Sanders guy gave."/"Cheeuh, the way he kept talking was totally weird." They all say when Jerrica notices something. "Uh, Kim...did you leave the light on again?"

"Not me, Raya was the last one out."

Jerrica shrugs and turns the knob, finding it locked. "Raymond again; open up, you bogart, or you're gonna get it!" She warned while slamming herself against the door, only to find Gen. Abernathy, and Morelli in the TV room. "What the shit?" She asks, and is elbowed by Kimber. "If this is for some USO stuff, couldn't you have just called, Mr...?"

"General Abernathy, US Army; and no, the only thing we're here for is a technical issue, Miss Benton." He said after getting off the couch.

Jerrica scowls a little before replying. "Suppose i say no?" She asks, and he pulls out a folded piece of paper, one she opens up to see is a printed side by side photo of her "changing" during the concert in Washington. "This way...sir." She says, and leads them to where Synergy is.

"I thought i explained that she's not planning to take over the world or anything." She says while blocking Morelli from the console.

"I'm aware of your meeting with the President during that incident in the capitol; it's partly why we're here. We want to make a copy of-" Gen. Abernathy starts to say, but is interrupted.

"Forget it, there is no way in hell I'm letting you turn her into some killer robot thing, so get the fuck outta here right now!" She yelled.

"Settle down, young lady, that's not what we had in mind." Morelli tells her, then turns to the General. "Should we tell her, sir?"

"...I suppose she could handle it." He replied, then explains while placing his arms behind his back. "Miss Benton, how familiar are you with the G.I. Joe organization?"

"You mean those army guys who got framed just bef..." She was about to say when Synergy started up.

"I told you not to touch anything."/"I didn't; I'm too far away."/"Accessing...G.I. Joe is a U.S. counter-terrorism force led by a Colonel Sharp. It's goal is to prevent any and all threats from the mysterious terrorist network known as Cobra. Shall i continue?"/"No...you're not going to tell me that that illness my dad died from was something those snake freaks gave him, are you?" Jerrica asked The General.

"No, that was before Cobra was formed; but that thief you encountered in Washington, was from an affiliated agency whose identity you are better off not knowing; Cobra did however use holograms based on your father's first work in his field against a few members of the G.I. Joe team a few years back." He replied.

"What?!...How do you know all this, i thought that they were lead by that Colonel she just mentioned?" She asked next.

"It is; I'm just their official backer at The Pentagon."

"Uh-huh, so what about this copy you were talking about?"

"We wanted to copy the Synergy program for a training simulation for-" Morelli says, but is cut-off by The General.

"Morelli!"/"Right, sorry sir."

Jerrica pauses a second before he speaks again. "Given what you went through in Washington, Miss, Cobra is likely aware of it; so we could take measures to prevent them from trying anything."

"I scratch your back, you scratch mine?; I don't think that'll be a problem, Synergy's proven she can defend herself." She says, before facing the console. "What do you think about all this?"

"He has given several valid points; i am willing to submit so long as you give no offensive capabilities to it...and i will be watching." Synergy told them, and shows a hand on her screen pointing to a floppy disk slot.

Morelli nods nervously. "Um...Sure thing."

A while later, the two stop at the nearest base where Gen. Abernathy punches a few keys on a comm panel. "Dr. Hamler, we have the data. I'm sending Morelli to deliver it to you."


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