WOO-HOO Chapter 4! Is up! And I'm not behind on my homework YAY! Glad you all like the last chapter and I hope you'll like this one too. Anywho...
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Chapter 4
Cyberdoll groaned as she flopped down on the recreation room couch. She was absolutely exhausted. It had been about a couple of months since Rain had arrived at G.I. Joe and at first Cyberdoll was excited about it, now though, she wasn't so sure. Rain constantly kept her awake, like they did back in college. She wanted to talk or work out or make Cyberdoll eat when all she wanted to do was sleep. It was very tiresome to keep up with her friend then go on duty at night.
It had gotten so bad that Cyberdoll actually found herself sleeping on the couch in other people's quarters, but those times were always short lived as Rain always found out where she was and come and wake her up, starting the whole process all over again. Yet Cyberdoll didn't have the heart to say 'no' to her friend, after all Rain was expecting her to be like she was in high school and college; energetic, bubbly, and always ready for anything. And for the most part she was but after working the nightshift at G.I. Joe for God knows how many years it was starting to take its toll on her. She was barely functioning during the day (more than once she had fallen asleep in the shower) and she constantly noticed people's worried looks toward her making her feel bad, people should be more focused on terrorist happenings not her health.
She actually mentioned that once to Breaker, on one of her sleep deprived days where whatever was on her mind just came out, and ended up getting a reprimanding she never would forget. He had told her that G.I. Joe was a family and, like a family, everyone watched out for each other and if one member was pushing themselves to hard, everyone begins to worry. He also vocalized his dislike on how Rain seemed to be ignoring Cyberdoll's condition to which she snapped back that he needed to stay out of other people's business. She later apologized to him for what she had said but it did make her more aware of how people were looking at Rain.
She seemed to be well liked by everyone, especially by her teammates, but when Cyberdoll was with her people seemed to frown more, almost like they didn't like the fact that Rain constantly kept the late night technician awake. And this was more dutifully noted amongst General Hawk, Cover Girl, and the members of Aloha Team. Many times Hawk or Cover Girl would approach Cyberdoll asking if she needed any intervention to which she would promptly say 'no' to saying she could handle it. And because she worked so close with Breaker, members if Alpha Team have spoken to her on many occasions trying to offer some form of assistance, mostly to sleep in their quarters for her to get some rest. All with the exception of Snake Eyes who instead was seemingly content with throwing a glare towards Rain yet unknown to Cyberdoll he did his own special way of helping by, whenever Rain asked, leading her down false corridors or telling Breaker to get Cyberdoll somewhere else.
Sleepily Cyberdoll looked at the digital clock on the wall and groaned again. Rain would be getting off shift now meaning 5… 4… 3… 2…1….
"K.C.!"
Right on time.
Cyberdoll hoisted herself up to see Rain smiling from the doorway. "Hey," Cyberdoll said giving a sleepy smile.
"Hey yourself sleepy head," Rain said coming to sit next to her. "How you feelin'?"
"I'm fine," Cyberdoll lied. "What about you?"
"I'm FULL of energy!" Rain laughed. Cyberdoll laughed too but on the inside groaned in dismay. 'Oh this isn't going to lead anywhere good,' she thought. And it certainly wasn't.
"You know what?" Rain said.
"What?"
"We should go and exercise!"
"What is it with you and exercising?" Cyberdoll asked exasperated.
"Because someone has to keep you in shape," Rain said teasingly. Cyberdoll sent her a glare.
"I AM in shape."
"NOW, you are. Before you were just stick thin from not eating but now you have some meat on you AND you're exercising. Besides, since I know how uncomfortable you are with working out with other people around, I always make sure no one works out with us." Cyberdoll sat for a moment in thought.
"…Fine-"
"Yes!"
"But no hard labor, okay? I've got duty in about," she cast a glance at the clock. "Five hours."
"You got it!" Rain said hopping up and pulling Cyberdoll to her feet. "No hard labor."
As Cyberdoll was pulled out of the room she couldn't help but think if Rain knew the meaning of the phrase.
Hawk frowned as he looked at the progress reports for each member of G.I. Joe, currently looking at Cyberdoll's. "Cover Girl?"
"Yes Sir?" the blonde said looking up from her spot on the couch over to where he sat at his desk.
"Will you go find Cyberdoll and tell her she has a week's leave," he asked, his eyes never looking up from Cyberdoll's assessment papers.
"Certainly Sir but may I inquire why?"
"Her report says she's taking half as long for her to complete a task. I can't have any member of G.I. Joe falling behind because of lack of sleep," he said putting the paper down.
"Of course Sir," she said. "May I make a suggestion for future reference?"
"You may."
"Perhaps you should put Rain on a different shift?" she said a bit hopefully. Hawk frowned.
"You know that if I do that it would be more of a personal matter than one that affects G.I. Joe."
"Technically speaking Sir," she said. "It does affect G.I. Joe in a way. Cyberdoll is our top technician and being able to work on the nightshift is a blessing to us. And like you said Sir her work has been taking longer, but still just as good. Perhaps keeping her and Rain separate, Cyberdoll will go back to the way she was, maybe even better."
Hawk's eyes narrowed as he thought about it. Actually he had thought about this more than once but he didn't feel it was his place to separate the two lifelong friends. He had expected something when he invited Rain to join but nothing to this extreme. Finally he said,
"I'll take it into consideration but for now please do as I ask."
"Yes Sir," Cover Girl said getting up. Taking her electronic notepad, she saluted and left.
She made her way to the spots where Cyberdoll usually hung out at during the day yet had no luck finding the technician. Finally she came to the main hanger. She looked around but didn't locate Cyberdoll though she did spot the Alpha Team. Quickly she made her way over to them hoping they at least knew where Cyberdoll was.
"Hey guys," she said coming to stand next to them. "Have any of you seen Cyberdoll?"
"No, sorry," Scarlett said.
"Nope," Ripcord and Duke said.
"Not lately," said Heavy Duty.
"No, but I will see her tonight," said Breaker. Everyone looked over at Snake Eyes.
"Have you tried the gym?" he signed.
"Ah… no…," Cover Girl said. "She usually doesn't go there."
"Rain takes her there," he signed. Everyone looked at him oddly, including Duke and Ripcord who finally understood ASL.
"And you know this how…?" Ripcord asked.
"Sometimes when I go to the gym I see Cyberdoll and Rain leaving," he signed. He was thankful that he wore a mask to hide his flushed face.
"Right then…," Heavy Duty said with a smirk.
Frantically Snake Eyes signed, impressing that was just what it was and nothing more, making the members laugh. "Well thanks for your help Snakes," Cover Girl said. "I better go rescue Cyberdoll before Rain does anything else to her."
"We'll come with you," Ripcord said standing up. "We all need to work out anyway."
"All you want to do is just see some pretty girls working out," said Duke.
"Rain certainly, Cyberdoll maybe not so much," Ripcord said playfully. Nobody really noticed Snake Eyes stiffen slightly at the hurtful, though teasing, remark as he sent the pilot a silent glare.
Quickly they made their way to the gym area. It wasn't long till they were walking down the hall and heard the muted blare of the Black Eyed Peas "Let's Get It Started" coming from the room. "well someone's here," Cover Girl said typing in the access code.
When the door opened everyone froze. The large circular room was set up into three tiers. The bottom had a boxing ring surrounded by weight and the top was dedicated to the basic conditioning such as treadmills. And that was exactly what they froze at.
Cyberdoll, wearing waist high camouflage fatigues and a short sports cami, was sweating profusely while she ran on a treadmill facing toward the center. Finally being able to see Cyberdoll's pale skin was a shock, and it was even more shocking to see how fit she was. Her stomach was flat and toned but not to where it didn't look good. Her arms were toned and as usual her brown hair was up in a pony tail but, again shocking everyone, she wasn't wearing her glasses revealing beautiful brown eyes that were narrowed slightly in annoyance and determination.
"Jen! How much longer do I have to run?" Cyberdoll huffed unaware of the company.
"Till the song ends," Rain's voice called from where she was punching a bag down on the bottom tier.
"You said that about the last song!"
"But you love me!" Cyberdoll let out a very loud growl as the song came to the end.
"Let's get it started ha!
Let's get it started in here!
Let's get it stated ha!
Let's get it started in here!
It keeps running, running
And running, running
Come on y'all
Let's get cuckoo
Uh-huh, let's get cool, cool
(In here)
Why not get cool, cool
Uh-huh, let's get cool, cool
(In here)
Why not get cool, cool
Uh-huh, let's get cool, cool
(In here) Hey! Hey! Hey!
Oh, Oh, Oh,
Ya ya ya ya
Ya ya ya ya
Ya ya ya ya
Ya ya ya ya
And running, running
And running, running
And running, running
And running, running
And running, running…."
The music finally stopped and Cyberdoll stopped the machine, panting heavily. Weakly she stepped off the machine and sat down just as Rain ran up the stairs with two bottles in hand. With a smirk, she shook one of the bottles in front of Cyberdoll's. "Give me that," she snapped snatching the bottle out of her friends hand. Quickly she opened the bottle and chugged it down.
"Well damn!" Ripcord finally yelled almost making Cyberdoll to choke. Both women's heads snapped over to the doors direction to see Cover Girl and the rest of the Alpha Team.
"Ah…. Hey guys," Cyberdoll said uncomfortably. She didn't like anybody to see her body thinking it wasn't the most flattering but she wasn't about to show that by grabbing her jacket to cover herself up, she at least wanted to appear strong.
"Hey peeps," Rain said with her usual smirk. "What's up?"
"Nothin' but the sky, or in this case the ceiling," Ripcord said walking toward the women. He looked over at Cyberdoll. "I didn't know you worked out," he said. "You cover yourself up all the time I'm surprised you have that amazing body."
"Thanks," she muttered. She looked over to the rest of the group, her eyes landing on Snake Eyes. He was staring at her, a slight tilt to his head, making her blush. 'Screw pride,' she thought as she quickly stood, went over to her jacket o a nearby chair and put it on.
"Ah now why are you going and hiding that beautiful body of yours?" Ripcord asked. Everyone rolled their eyes with the exception of Snake Eyes who shot the pilot glare.
"Cause I want to," Cyberdoll muttered zipping up her jacket as her blush grew darker. "Now if you'll excuse me, I need to get a shower and get ready for duty."
"About that," Cover Girl said. "General Hawk says he wasn't you to take a week's leave."
"Really?" Cyberdoll asked the coloring draining from her face making her look a lot more pale.
"Yeah," Cover Girl said sympathetically.
"Well that's great!" Rain said coming to stand next to her friend, slinging an arm around her neck. "It'll be just like in college right?"
"Yeah, just like college," Cyberdoll said apprehensively. She noticed everyone was frowning and wondered if Rain saw this or even cared for that matter. "Um you know what?" she said unhooking her friends arm. "I'm going to get a shower and by the way," she added reaching into her friends back pocket and snagging her glasses. As she put them on she said, "I'll be taking these back; I'll see you later?"
"Yeah," Rain said putting a little. "I'll be here." Cyberdoll nodded and took off out of the room. She ignored everyone's sympathetic looks but stopped when she felt a hand on her shoulder. She looked up to meet Snake Eyes gaze and couldn't help but fight down a blush as she felt him squeeze her shoulder gently. The two didn't seem to notice the small smiles that came across their faces, or everyone else's for that matter, as he let go of her.
With one final look at him Cyberdoll finally left the room.
I'm writing chapter 5 now so hopefully it will be up soon! R and R please!