Jessie tried her best not to squirm around in the seat of the drill as it plowed through the desert sand. She was anxious for the mission and was feeling rather claustrophobic in the small pod. After what felt like forever she felt the drill power through something stronger than sand. She opened the pods hatch to find that she and the others were now inside a large hanger also known as the G.I. Joe headquarters.

Anna pulled out a device that projected a picture of the bases layout; a red dot signified their target.

"There's our little weapon's case."

"Alright you, three guard the machines; Viper, stay close." Jessie nodded her head in acknowledgment.

They met little resistance as they made their way towards General Hawk's office. She stayed behind Storm Shadow jumping a little when h suddenly drew his sword and slashed at something behind a wall, a Joe falling to the ground dead seconds later. While the rest of them continued on without pause Zartan stopped leaning down and taking the deceased's hat and placing it on his head before he started to talk off his coat. Jessie knew that his job involved blending in but she didn't like the fact that he was using a dead man's clothes, it just didn't seem right.

They continued on Zartan taking the lead as they stealthy made their way towards the targets location. It seemed that General Hawk wasn't taking any chances with the case and had it locked up in his office. A young blonde woman stood outside the door, probably Hawk's personal assistant or something of the like.

"Sorry to disturb you sir."

"That's all right Corporal."

"I need you to sign here, here and here. And also here, here…" The woman cut off giving a sudden gasp as a knife was driven through her torso. In a way Jessie almost felt bad for her, she obviously wasn't anyone of importance and Zartan hadn't needed to kill her… then again he was a blood thirsty killer so it wasn't such a surprise that he had chosen not to spare her life.

Hawk was well trained and punched Zartan before he had a chance to get a swing in. While the other man was down Hawk went for his gun that was sitting on his desk but was too slow, before he could take aim and fire Storm Shadow appeared in front of his and cut him down.

The woman who had been stabbed was still alive and Zartan took the time to taunt her in her final moments.

"Good by sweetheart." His face showed that he held no remorse for what he had done. When he looked up his eyes met Storm Shadow's, it was obvious that the white ninja disapproved of what he had done.

"Oh, that's right. You don't kill women." It was true; in all the time Jessie had known Storm Shadow she had never once seen him kill a woman. She had asked him about it once and he had told her that there was no honor in killing a woman. What he didn't tell her was that every time he saw a woman killed in cold blood, he thought of her; especially when they were defenseless.

"For you, Zartan, I'd make an exception." Jessie would have laughed if it weren't for the fact that they were currently on a high priority mission.

Anna quickly moved into the room while Zartan hung back by the door keeping watch. Together she and Storm Shadow hauled Hawk's body over to the safe where they used his dog tags and eye scan to open it. Anna grabbed the case and they all filed out quickly while Hawk lie on the floor bleeding. Unfortunately for them he wasn't as hurt as they had believed because seconds after they had left his office an alarm started to sound throughout the complex.

The Joe's jumped into action, a flurry of soldiers running to get weapons and such everywhere. Suddenly Jessie and the others found themselves fighting to get back to their machines. Jessie made sure to stick close to Storm Shadow as he cut down Joe's left and right. Anna radioed ahead so that the pods would be ready to go when they got there.

"We've got the warheads. Prep the Mole Pods for evac, we're on our way."

'We're already on it.' They hurried on only to stop when their escape pods went up in flames. Anna shot at the man responsible for their set back before he could fire on them as well.

"Now how do we get out of here?"

"Follow me." Storm Shadow jumped over the railing and dropped down to the ground below.

"Like that's gonna happen." Jessie had been just about to follow him when she noticed Anna's alternative route. She had to admit that she defiantly preferred the improvised ramp, Storm Shadow had been her teacher but that didn't make Jessie capable of doing the same things he did. She followed Anna down the ramp ducking away from the oncoming shots.

"Find the control room. Open the exterior hatch, and secure this area." Jessie stuck close to Anna seeing as how Storm Shadow had moved on ahead of them and smiled behind her mask as the Joe's were cut off before they could even get to them. However she failed to notice one of the Joe's coming up behind her, before she knew it she had been restrained and a hand had been placed over her mouth preventing her from shouting. She watched as Storm Shadow prepped what appeared to be some sort of jet pack.

"Can you fly one of these things?" A shot prevented Storm Shadow from replying.

"Don't move! Anna, out the case down."

"Fine," she put the case down, "Done." She started to walk towards the soldier obviously certain that he wouldn't hurt her.

"Stop. Anna, stop right there."

"You can't shoot me, can you?"

"I will if I have to."

"Deep down, you're still the same man I fell in love with." Jessie suddenly understood why she was so confidant, the soldier point a gun in Anna's face was Duke. It would make sense that he was having trouble following through with his threats, from what Jessie understood Anna had meant the world to him.

"Don't force this."

"What could have been; Right, Duke?"

He cocked the gun obviously stressed, "Just give me the case, God damn it." She was now standing right in front of him, her forehead almost touching the end of the muzzle. At this point even Storm Shadow was beginning to get tense; he reached for his sword obviously ready to end the confrontation.

"Move and I'm gonna blow her away."

"Do t. You already killed me once." Jessie flinched, that was a low blow, even for Anna. She knew from what Rex had told her that there was nothing Duke could have done to save him that day. There was no way they could have known that the air strike was going to arrive early. But if Duke's face was anything to go by he obviously felt differently.

Luckily for them all one of the Viper soldiers turned the corner effectively distracting Duke and coincidently the soldier that was holding Jessie hostage. After that all hell broke loose. Jessie got away from her captor but found that she was unable to get to Storm Shadow or Anna and was forced instead to simply fight any Joe who got too close.

At the same time Anna used the confusion to grab the case again and get away. Storm Shadow was about to kill an African American soldier who had appeared to be close to Duke when a ninja dressed completely in black stopped him.

"Hello, brother." The two started to fight and Jessie was amazed at how easily the other ninja kept up with Storm Shadow. She could only guess that this was the infamous Snake Eyes that Storm Shadow had told her about.

It had seemed as if Anna was going to get away when a red headed woman came out of nowhere knocking the case from her hands. They proceeded to fight using anything available to them as a weapon. Anna used a chain to attempt to choke the other woman but it would appear that she had some tricks up her sleeve. The Joe hit a button on her suit and suddenly she became invisible. Using Anna's brief shock to get out of the choke hold she was in. It was obvious that the Joe had the upper hand after that, at least until Anna threw oil onto her and ruined the suit. With one final hit to the head the red head went down and Anna walked away the victor.

While this all had been going on Storm Shadow had managed to get away from Snake Eyes and get back to the get pack thing. He started the machine up and proceeded to head to the exit picking Anna up along the way. She grabbed the case on the way out and they were gone in seconds. Unfortunately Jessie had been too far away from them for Storm Shadow to safely pick her up, and she nodded to Anna as she watched the two of them go, letting her know that she understood. When they were finally out of sight she slowly turned to the Joes putting her hands up in a sign of surrender.

"So boys, I'm guessing it's a bit too late to say sorry…?"

And so, I'm back. I wasn't too sure if I would be able to do the battle scene justice or not so if I did a horrible job I apologize. I would like to give a special thanks to PalmTiger, Mrs. Marie Woods-Winchester, ZabuzasGirl, kisekikiseryouta, Dark Raven Jester, camsam17, shiki ryuusaki, pauoagirl, loveisthewayforme, StellarStrife, playwright1986, PalmTiger, Teepartygirl, CHIBI-CRAZY, aby14a, and BlindAlley05 for adding my story to their favorites/following it.

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