BURN IT UP
Ok Hello people…After much deliberation I have decided to make a fan fic of a different category, I guess lol. I will let you all know first round I am really unfamiliar with the GI JOE fandom. I watched a few epis of the cartoon and that's it, so my story will be based off of the movie. So work with me. I promise to make it enjoyable ok?=] Hope you dig it. And I by no means own GI JOE or its characters, but I do own my OC.
Li Ming Roberts was far from what you would deem 'average'. She was born to a Chinese mother and a Jamaican father on a sunny summer day in Brooklyn June of '87. Li Ming never met a father; he was deported from the states while her mother was still pregnant with her. From what she heard, her parents weren't together anyway, not to mention he was a dead beat who had no intention of being a father to her regardless. She had no real memory of her mother; she died when Li Ming was only 8 months old, from breast cancer. So she was left to be raised by her maternal grandmother.
Being brought up by her Chinese grandmother wasn't so bad. She was a sweet old woman, with a big heart and a beautiful soul. What was bad was going to school and being constantly teased for how she looked. Her honey colored skin and dead set Asian eyes made it obvious she was mixed. She was the brunt of cruel jokes and pranks. One day in the 3rd grade during recess a group of boys were making fun of Li Ming's grandmother. Usually she just ignored them and tried to block them out, but that day she just snapped. She got up from her sitting position on the swing, and stepped into the boys face. The next thing she knew she delivered a swift punch directly in the middle of his face breaking his nose, one more to the jaw knocking out an already loose tooth, and a wicked uppercut sending him flying onto his back.
From the 3rd grade incident, Li Ming gained a reputation. Needless to say she wasn't being teased anymore. Surprising everyone including herself, she was a natural at fighting, and she only got better and stronger as she grew older. When Li Ming was nine years old her grandmother died of a heart attack, leaving her a ward of the state.
Now officially an orphan, with no friends she became wild and reckless. The loss of a whole entire family before she was even ten put Li Ming in a 'Fuck it all' state of mind. She went from orphanage to orphanage, foster home to foster home. Never staying in one place to long because of her aggressive and explosive attitude. She was always quiet and stayed to herself because she didn't trust or care for anyone but herself. Whenever she was questioned as to why she was the way she was she answered with her fists, making sure they got the picture the first time.
Officials and caregivers put her in boxing, kung fu, and even fencing to help tame the fighter in her, which it did for a little, but mostly it conditioned her and helped train her to become even more fierce. She was a tiny and petite girl with fists as heavy as a train, and they moved as fast as the speed of light.
The years went by and Li Ming finally reached 18, and was tossed on her ass with a pat on the back and a couple hundred bucks. She moved into her own apartment and got a job at a local gym as a boxing instructor to make ends meet. Every now and again she would think of the life she missed out on, and the life she could never have. But it never lasted to long she chopped it up to fate, and rested assure that this was how she was supposed to be. Alone.
5 years later
Despite being a complete bad ass, Li Ming grew up to be a beautiful woman. Most people would assume that a 'young lady' as rough and aggressive as she couldn't possibly be attractive. Li Ming stood 5'3 125lb. She had long straight jet black hair with a long full bang covering her entire forehead resting just above her chinky eyes; thanks to the Chinese in her. Her curvaceous body and honey skin were a result of the Jamaican blood flowing through her veins.
It was a chilly October night, as Li Ming stepped off of the city bus and began to walk back to her apartment. She had just got off of work and the only thing she wanted to do was sleep. She glanced at her watch 11:37pm is what it read. She continued along in the dimly lit streets to her home. As she turned the corner of where her building was located she couldn't help but notice a white van out front. She never seen it before, but assumed maybe it was a repair man or something for one of her buildings tenants.
She entered her building and was assaulted by the warm and rank smell of urine, that she and everyone else that lived here was used too. She began her trek up the stairs to the sixth floor; considering the elevator was ALWAYS out of service. She made it to her door and pulled out her keys. As Li Ming put the key into the slot she got a 'feeling'. The kind of feeling you get when someone is hiding and watching you. She pretended not to notice anything and secretly moved her eyes left and right several times to try and catch a glimpse of someone or something through the corner of her eyes. She calmly opened her door and stepped inside.
Wait, there it was again. Someone was watching her; she could feel someone's presence. She slung her backpack off her back and into her hands. She watched her surroundings closely as she reached into her bag for the 6in blade she kept on her at all times. Once her hand was around the blades' handle she felt the presence again but this time it was stronger. Someone was quickly approaching her from behind. With a slick smirk on her face she swiftly removed the blade from her bag and thrust her arm backwards in an attempted to stab the assailant. She felt a hand block her attempt and another push her forwards, further into her apartment. Li Ming launched a spinning kick that sent the intruder into the air and then onto the floor. She quickly spun around and caught glimpse of a body completed covered in black, from head to toe. The first thing that popped into her mind was that she was being robbed.
"Obviously you don't know who you're dealing with", Li Ming spat sprinting to the intruder. She jumped into the air preparing to drop her knee into the persons gut when they suddenly moved causing her to crash into the floor. The attacker sent a punch into Li Ming's check causing her teeth to rip a gash on the inside of her mouth. She stumbled back a moment but quickly regained composure. She through a two piece combo hitting the thief's jaw and chin. She followed with a kick to the stomach and as the enemy hunched over from the blow she drove her knee into their face. She didn't even have her foot back on the floor for two seconds before she felt someone else sneak up behind her and take her into a choke hold. Li Ming was flabbergasted at this point. There was not only one, but two people attacking her. They wanted to rob her that bad?
Li Ming slammed her fist into the other attackers gut as hard as she could. She felt the person lean forward a little bit from the blow. She launched her right leg up straight in the air so she could send the toe of her Nike's into the person's forehead. Much to her surprise her foot was greeted with air instead of a skull. This other intruder had completely blocked her attack. She took hold of the person's arms, which were still wrapped around her throat and yanked downward forcing them to roll over her back and land on the floor. She saw another assailant dressed in black, but this one had a ninja appeal. Black chest amour and a black mask with a visor over the eyes. She even took notice to what seemed to be a sword of some sort slung across their back.
"What…the…fuck", Li Ming whispered to herself at the sight before her. She darted for her blade which lie on the floor a few feet in front of her but the attacker countered her by kicking her legs causing her to trip and fall. They quickly hopped on top of her resting all of their body weight on her. Li Ming felt all of the air in her lungs escaping her body through her mouth.
"Get...the fuck off of me", she gasped trying to swing her forehead into the intruder's own. The person didn't say anything but continue to keep her pinned to the ground. Through the corner of her eyes Li Ming saw the other assailant quickly approaching her with some kind of cloth in their hand. The person covered her eyes and mouth with the cloth and she caught a whiff of a sweet odor. She felt her body weakening and her mind beginning to cloud. The last thing she heard before she passed out was some police sirens approaching.
Slowly Li Ming felt her body coming back to life. Her head was pounding and she felt a stinging sensation on the inside of her cheek. The taste of the salty blood in her mouth reminded her of the recent attack and she quickly regained her senses. She lifted her head and tried to move her arms, only to discover she was in a chair with her arms tied behind her back. The light in the room stung her eyeballs and she blinked about a million times trying to steady her vision.
"Glad to see you're finally awake", she heard a voice speak to her. Li Ming's vision finally settled and she locked on the target of the voice. An older man sat on a chair in front of her with his hands neatly folded and resting on the table that sat between them.
"Who the fuck are you?" Li Ming shot back her New York accent oozing from every syllable. The man didn't rely, just smirked at her. At this very moment she looked around the room and took in the gray walls and the steel table and chairs. It reminded her of an interrogation room. Was this guy a cop?
"My name is Hawk, General Hawk". Li Ming's chest was rising and dropping from rage. She needed an explanation to what was going on and she wanted it now.
"What the fuck is a 'General Hawk'? Where am I? Why am I here?" she was spitting the questions out back to back. She heard a metal door behind her open, a few foot steps, and the door closing. She saw the two assailants that had attacked her back at her apartment. Li Ming balled her fists and as the adrenalin soured through her body. She wanted to tear those too apart. She shook and pulled at the ties on her wrists and kicked with her feet, trying to break free. To no avail the chair was bolted to the floor. The assailant with the regular black mask removed it. To Li Ming's surprise it was a woman with long red hair, and fair skin. She had a round black and blue mark on her cheek, Li Ming knew it was from the punch she laid onto her. The other person stood beside the woman, and didn't remove their mask.
"Scarlett, and Snake Eyes", the man spoke pointing to both as he addressed them. "They are the ones that brought you in for us today", he said. Li Ming let out an aggravated sigh.
"What do you want!" she hollered. The man paid no intention to her outburst. He reached underneath the table and tossed a manila folder on the table in front of her. He took his index finger and opened the file, showing a picture of Li Ming with a whole bunch of writing underneath it.
"Roberts, Li Ming, Chari, date of birth June 4, 1987. Previous charges aggravated assault, Assault with a deadly weapon, Assault and Battery, Malicious Assault, in which you spent a year and six months in juvenile detention. Reckless endangerment, Disorderly Conduct, and Grand theft Auto in which you spent two years in state lock up." 'General Hawk' stopped and brought his attention back on to Li Ming. It didn't bother her any that he found dirt on her wild past. In a way she was proud of it.
"What's that information to you"? Li Ming asked through gritted teeth. He slickly grinned at her again and continued
"Also well trained in the art if self defense, martial arts, boxing, and fencing", he sounded impressed. "Straight A student up until your 11th grade year of high school….until you dropped out". Li Ming rolled her eyes at the comment.
"So what?" she replied.
"You are here because of you skill in hand to hand combat. Your training and natural ability clearly prove your talents and skills, are unique and one of the best. All you really lack is some discipline…but we can help wit that".
"What the hell are you talking about?" Li Ming was starting to think she was in a movie or something.
"We are an elite military unit comprised of special operatives known as G.I. Joe. Made up of the best of the best in everything and anything you can think of." Li Ming stared into the man's eyes trying to take in everything he was telling her.
"Usually we aren't interested in non-military, but in your case we've made a special exception. You were brought here so we can extend this offer for you to join our cause." Li Ming shook her head in disbelief.
"You've got to be kidding".
"Actually, no where not", the red headed woman spoke, rubbing the bruise on her cheek. The other figure with the mask just stood solid staring her down behind the mask, she felt it. General Hawke broke her concentration
"What do you say Roberts, in, or out?" he questioned. For a moment she was silent. Considering her options. Take a chance and do something different, or go back to her old life. She thought back to her life when she was younger in the system…Never in one place for too long. She was a rolling stone, what did she have to lose? Or what did she have to gain?
"What's in it for me?"
A/N OK guys end of chapter 1…so what do you think? I'm doing my best so please be nice =] This chapter was mainly to establish my character, I hope you guys understood and appreciate it! LATER!