I woke up the next morning ready to get tortured. But it never happened. Then I remember...I'm a Joe now. I sighed did I really do the right decision? Look at the bright side Kimiko...you have a bed. I thought to myself. I looked around and saw a good amount of clothes on the drawers. I took a quick shower and headed out.

Look behind you..I'm right here 2-2-5! That voice...when is he going to leave me alone? I looked around and nobody was there.

"Cafeteria is this way" A familiar female voice spoke beside me.I turned around and saw Lady Jaye. "Common lets go." I nodded and followed her.
We went to the elevator and started going down but then it stopped halfway and the doors opened. Red head and some other dude came in. I rolled my eyes, I can already tell Red and I will be great...what's that word? Friends.

"Slept well?" The guy next to Red asked. Lady Jaye nodded and I stayed silent looking at the door. "Oh I'm Ripcord by the way" He put his hand out and I just stared at it. "You shake it...like this" He reached for my hand but I gave him a glare "Or you don't shake it..."

The cafeteria was filled with men and women in army uniform. Once we got out of the elevator and got their attention they started saluting. I rolled my eyes and walked towards the food. I got myself a bowl of fruit and two waters. I looked around and saw an empty table. Finally some peace and quiet..

"Leave me alone" I said as I saw Red coming towards me and sitting across from me.

"Mind if we sit here?" Oh that red head. "Yes." I answered coldly.

She gave me a wide smile "Okay thanks! Common guys!" They all sat around me with Jaye on my side and Duke on my other side.

"You really do love pissing me off,don't you Red?" I said as I grabbed some grapes and threw them at her. "Immature" She said as she crossed her arms.

"So once you're finished. We'll walk around so you can get to know The Pit better" Jaye said. "I can walk around on my own.." I said a little too harsh than I intended it to come out. She stayed silent for a minute "Hawks rules" she finally said as she began eating.

"Plus we need to see how skilled you are" Red said. "Well I almost killed you,does that count?" I said with a smirk making everybody at the table stop what they were doing.

She narrowed her eyes at me and slammed her fist on the table, "That's because I wasn't trying to protect myself and YOU." I laughed "I can take you down when ever you want Red."

At this point everybody in the cafeteria was looking at us.

"I guess we'll see at training, right?" A deep male voice said behind me. I turned around and saw a 6 foot 5 inch man towering me. "Heavy Duty, and you are?" I was about to speak when I got interrupted, "That's Kimiko." Lady Jaye said

Heavy Duty smiled "So you're the newbie who took Snake Eyes sword, quit impressive." There was a soft groan from behind Heavy Duty, he moved and there was Snake Eyes with his hand on his forehead shaking is head. "Don't worry Snakes, we'll test her out" Heavy Duty said with a deep laugh.

"Ready?" Jaye asked as she got up from the table. "Do I look like I'm ready?" I said pointing at my full fruit salad. "Well hurry it up!" I rolled my eyes and started eating. 10 minutes later I got up with my trash. "Hurry!" I yelled at Jaye, she smiled and catched up to me.

We walked all over The Pit, first to the training room, then where the "Alpha" team usually hangs out, the exit for the jets, where all the weapons were stored, and finally Snakes Dojo.

"Are we gonna go in?" Jaye shook her head "I want too but..." I raised an eyebrow "But what? The door is not locked...and it doesn't have a code"

"Nobody usually comes over here..." Jaye said as she ran her hand over the door

"Well lets go in" I said as I reached for the door knob but the door opened with Snake coming out. He tilted his head to the side.

"Oh we were just passing by" Jaye said in a nervous tone. "No we weren't" She gave me a glare "Yes we were. Common I still have to take you to the training area."

"But you want-" She covered my mouth "Bye Snake!" She pulled me towards the elevator and pressed the down button. Before the doors closed I catched a glance at Snake Eyes shoulders moving. "He's laughing at you" I said with a chuckle.

"So why didn't you want to go in?" I asked as we headed towards the training area.

"I can't really understand him.." Jaye said as she stopped to look at me "Oh, he doesn't speak English? Cause he sure does understand it" I stated the obvious.

"No its not that, he knows English is just that...he doesn't speak" My eyes widen "Why?" Jaye shrugged her shoulders and continued walking "He don't say."

When we finally made it to the training room we walked over to Heavy Duty, he smiled and motioned me to get on the scale. The checked my weight and my height. "Lets get to the training, good luck." Jaye said as she walked to where a lot of men were screaming.

We began with testing my speed,which was pretty easy, I probably ran faster than the machine. Then rock climbing with traps on it. After that my boxing skills.

"Hit me." Heavy duty said as we came into the boxing part. "You sure?" He nodded "What can a 100 pound-"

I kicked him while spinning in the air and he flew to the other side. People came running towards us,well towards Heavy Duty since he was the one on the ground. "I'm okay! I'm okay!" He got up and dusted himself off. "I wasn't ready but impressive." He said with a smile, but we all knew it wasn't true. He was more than ready.

"Again" He said,I waited for him to make the first move, and he did. I blocked him sending him backwards with every block. I was about to punch him when he put his hands up in surrender. I let out a small giggle which made him laugh. "Okay so far so good. Now head over to Scarlett".

I did what I was told and walked over to her "Good luck next time" She told a recruit. She turned around and gave me some sort of suit. "Put this on. You'll be next so get ready"

I grabbed the suit and tried to put it on. I was struggling to put it on until somebody helped me. They patted my waist as in to say "Is that okay?"

"Yeah thanks..." I turned around and saw Snake Eyes. I let out a soft gasp. "Thanks, but I told you not to touch me." He gave me a slight shove and patted my shoulder. "Ready" I said as I turned towards Red and grabbed the gun from her hand. "Shoot as many as you can. Good luck."

I felt my suit vibrate and the gun turning green at the side. I looked up and saw targets, I shot all of them until there was a beeping sound. I turned around to see a surprised Red, Hawk, and Heavy Duty. I put my gun up behind me and shot the very last target before they shot me first.

"You-you-" Hawk started but Red cut him off

"You beat the high score." I looked at her. "Let me guess the high score was Snake Eyes."

"Nope. It was Scarlett's" Heavy Duty said as he smiled at Scarlett. I smirked.

"Well good luck beating that Scarlett" Heavy Duty said as he patted her back. He came towards me and helped me out of the suit.

I turned back to where Hawk was and saw Red giving me a look. I rolled my eyes at her. Duke gave me a high five as he came towards us. "One more test common"

Duke took me to get another suit on. He was going to put a helmet on me but I stopped him.

"You're going to need it." He said as he tried to get it on me

"I don't do helmets" He sighed "If you say so..." He put it back down and gave me some sort of weapon "Hit with the ends it shocks your opponent"

"Thanks.." I said as I tried swinging the weapon around trying to get to know how to get a good grip on it.

We got back and there was a new man next to Hawk "I'm Stone. Nice to meet you" He put out his hand out and I bowed. He smiled and saluted.

"Anyone want to start this?" Heavy Duty said as he looked around. About 10 men volunteered but didn't want to go first. I rolled my eyes and started picking my nails and smoothing them with the weapon I had.

"Looks like you'll have to pick Ki-" He looked at me and then at my nails. I quickly straighten up and cleared my throat "Sorry." There were a few chuckles. "Choose your opponent."

I looked around. Duke..nah too easy. Ripcord...I'll feel sorry. Jaye? Nah I'm starting to like her wouldn't want to ruin...um what's the word...friendship? Yes friendship. Snake Eyes. Already took him down. Red. Our eyes met. I smirked. I did said I would take her down. This will be fun.

"Red." She rolled her eyes and smiled "My pleasure. And its Scarlett."

I crossed my arms. "What ever Red."

"CAT FIGHT!" Half of the man screamed while the other half started betting money. "Enough guys. Okay ready?" Heavy Duty said as he tried not to laugh.

"Ready" Red said.

"Kimiko?" I nodded.

"No hair pulling. And no claws" Heave Duty said

"GO!" Everybody said.

Let the fight begin.