Chapter 2

Dragon Tongue found herself destroying wood with her hook swords in a training area. She got splinters in her hands but rage, real rage, fury, hatred, frustration, and anger that had been building up just spilled over.

The wooden stick figures were strewn across leaving only the metal skeleton.

She raised her sword and chopped it in half, before kicking the metal so hard it hit the back wall. Storm Shadow walked in, and Dragon Tongue stopped in mid swing.

Blowing her bangs out of her face, she glared at him. "You knew all along didn't you? You didn't want the scandal of being married to a student getting out, so you made me an equal. You knew all along," Dragon Tongue twirled her swords before cutting two more poles in half, and then with a wheel kick, sent them at Storm Shadow who dropped downward and kept on advancing.
"Say whatever you think Dragon Tongue, but you will hold your tongue."
"I have to live up to my name sake," Dragon Tongue stood tall and proud when Storm Shadow walked up to her, and then touched her shoulder.

"Then I will give you a new name."

"Then you will never reproduce again," Dragon Tongue retorted and Storm Shadow smirked.

"You will be a project."

"I'm fine the way I am," Dragon Tongue insisted and Storm Shadow lifted his hand and circled her predatorily. "You keep on trying to hold on to who you were. Your spite is the last thing that defines you. Otherwise, you are mine."
"No I'm not yours I-," Dragon Tongue was cut off by a blow to her vocal cords. She fell to her knees and clutched her throat, it felt like they had collasped, and the damage and pain would render her speechless for a couple days at the least. She looked up at Storm Shadow with her eyes glazed in pain and he knelt down and lifted her chin with a finger.

"Know this saiai no, that you will treat me with respect or next time I might slit your vocal cords."

Dragon Tongue glared at him and Storm Shadow smiled. "It drives you crazy that you cannot speak. I find it more amuzing to make you frustrated though," Storm Shadow whispered this in Dragon Tongue's ear and she stared hard ahead, becoming solid and motionless like a statue.

Dragon Tongue got up, and Storm Shadow regarded her curiously. Dragon Tongue glared at him, and then signed, *I'm finished here Arashikage.*

Storm Shadow folded his arms. "You sound like my brother Halle."
Dragon Tongue dropped his cold gaze, his eyes were warm, and welcoming, yet cold and scary.

Dragon Tongue picked up her swords and walked out of the training area.

...

"What are you talking about Hawk? That the person that slaughtered my security wasn't a rogue Joe? I've gone over every rank, your ninja- Halle Jackabae went over to Cobra. She was a ninja, skilled in weaponry and stealth."

"Mr. President, perhaps you don't understand, Halle Jackabae quit the life of a ninja-,"

"I understand that you sent her on two missions, covert, and with the other ninja of yours- Snake Eyes. If you don't find Jackabae I will shut GI Joe down."
"Sir-,"

"That is final." The president roared and General Hawk sighed. "Yes sir, we will find Jackabae."

"Good, you have fifteen days." The hologram closed, and Hawk sighed. The entire Joe facilty just saw the blow out, and Breaker stepped forward.
"Sir- finding Halle is near impossible. I cannot just set a scanner for her brainwaves or do a image tracker. We don't know where Cobra's base is- or that she's alive-,"

"She is," Haywire inturrupted him, she had grown serious when Halle was ever brought up, and she pulled up an image of the infiltrator. They were landing with a perfect stance, and the hook swords gleamed in the light. "Those are the hook swords Halle created. I created the other one, and I know my own work."

"Or they could have killed her and trained a look alike to fight like her," Flint said, and everybody stared at him. "What?" He asked and Snake Eyes stepped forward, showing the clip of her killing a guard.

*this is Halle's technics. She created her own moves, she taught no one, but it is memorable*

"Mostly to you because she threw you around so much," Duke said and chuckles filled the room. Snake Eyes folded his arms and Jinx stepped forward.

"This is Dragon Tongue. Though I'm suprised that she didn't talk, but if sensei beleives it is her, I beleive him as well. He knew her best despite their diffrences."

"And her attitude," Kamakura added and Snake Eyes turned to General Hawk.

*I suggest we start at the dojo of Shadow Clan. They wouldn't be there, but it would ake sense if there was some lead.*

"Snake Eyes is right, I request a team to check out the home of Jackabae," Flint said and Jinx's nostrils flaired. "You can't just walk in such sacred grounds! Besides, you couldn't handle the Black Dragons anyway."

"And you could? Kid you just turned seventeen," Flint scolded and Jinx folded her arms, "What does that have to do with anything? I can still fight better than you."

"Stop it both of you- you're like Snake Eyes and Jackabae. Cool it off you two, and Snake Eyes- take your aprentices to whatever place you need to. There will be another team though, and they will be close behind you in case you need backup. Duke- you'll lead the support. Choose your team and then move out at 10 hundred hours."

"Yes sir," the Joes replied and Hawk didn't smile. "Good luck Joes."

so i'm sorry for the short chapter but I will make it up to yall in about a week when I get back from vacation. So, yeah- R&R and vale!