AN: Seriously, the review button is not that hard to push.
to blackrose: When I asked for ideas I meant favorite g.i. joe characters you want to see, or maybe fight scenes between certain characters and so on. I basically have Fire Storm's back story all set, just not written down, enjoy!
Storm Shadow and Snake Eyes watched their younger brother as the realization that they were actually standing before him started to sink in.
"If that is Snake Eyes," Fire Storm said at last, "why does he not remove his mask?"
'Do you understand A-S-L?' Snake Eyes asked.
"What?" Fire Storm said and Storm Shadow looked at Snake Eyes, signaling him that he would do the talking.
"Snake Eyes was in an accident several years ago that scarred his face and robbed him of his voice. He cannot speak anymore, which is a relief in a way because do you remember how annoying his voice was?" Storm Shadow inserted the humor, remembering Fire Storm had always liked how he could make any tense situation light with his humor.
Snake Eyes removed his mask, letting his younger brother see the scars that adorned his face before he donned it again.
Fire Storm bowed his head slightly to Snake Eyes, "I am sorry brother that you can no longer talk although, as Storm Shadow pointed out, I did find your voice annoying at times."
While the three had talked they had unconsciously moved forward till Snake Eyes and Storm Shadow were an arm's length from their brother and Fire Storm reached out to them with his hands, which they grasped firmly.
"I thought you were dead, brothers," Fire Storm whispered, emotion building in his voice. "I thought the Cobra troops had killed you. I thought I was alone."
Storm Shadow shook his head. "We thought you were dead as well, Fire Storm. There is so much we need to talk about, so much that we need to tell you but we cannot do it here."
"I agree," Fire Storm released their hands, "where should we meet?"
Storm Shadow shook his head. "We're leaving together, brother, and right now."
Fire Storm drew back. "No, I came here to do a job and I'm going to do it. I'll meet you outside after I have fooled those FBI agents."
"No, Fire Storm," Storm Shadow stepped forward. "I do not know the circumstances as to why you have become a criminal but it stops here. There is no reason for you to carry on like this, we have found each other now, leave this life behind you right here."
Fire Storm's right hand went up to grasp his sword hilt as he fell into a crouch. "What right do you have to order me around? Do you think that after leaving me for dead and not thinking of me over the past ten years that you can simply come back into my life and order me around? Think again! I'm going to that bank and whether or not there's anything in there I'm going to leave my symbol so we can have this family reunion later!"
Snake Eyes, who had been waiting for this outburst, drew his sword as Storm Shadow found himself once again, as he had in the past, trying to calm his little brother down.
"Don't be a fool, Fire Storm, it is pointless to try to reach that bank. Remember what our father taught you? You don't have to show off to anyone. We know you're good, you know you're good, isn't that enough?"
Fire Storm drew his sword and held it ready in front of him. "Don't talk to me as though I'm a child, Storm Shadow! Everyone has beaten me down since the Arashikage clan's downfall and I won't be hurt again, not even by you!"
Snake Eyes saw the throwing stars before Storm Shadow did and quickly jumped forward to push his brother out of the way and block the stars path. Fire Storm used this distraction to leap forward, his blade twanged off of Snake Eyes' as he sailed over him and landed behind the other two ninjas. Sheathing his sword, Fire Storm raced for manhole, which would take him out beside the bank.
"NO!" Storm Shadow shouted as he and Snake Eyes followed in pursuit of their brother. Fire Storm took no heed of them and quickly climbed the ladder, popped the cover and jumped up into the street.
Storm Shadow and Snake Eyes followed right behind and stepped out into a war zone as snipers from the roofs opened fire on them. The swords of Storm Shadow and Snake Eyes were strong enough to cut through the bullets before they hit their targets and with Storm Shadow's excellent hearing he could easily dodge the projectiles. But Fire Storm had neither his brothers' well-crafted swords nor their training and so while he was busy running to the bank a bullet smashed into his right shoulder.
At Fire Storm's cry Snake Eyes covered Storm Shadow so that he could grab their wayward brother and the three of them disappeared into the sewer again.
Elsewhere, three ninjas were sitting in the rec room watching the news during their break period from training. The news station just switched topics when a bulletin alert came in warning the New York state of three heavily armed bank robbery suspects who would most likely be fleeing the state within the next twenty-four hours and that one of them was wounded. The three ninjas froze as a picture of the bank robbers came on the screen. There before the bank were three ninjas; one was covering while two others fled to a manhole.
"That's sensei!" Tiger Claw blurted out.
"With Storm Shadow!" Kamakura pointed. "Who's the other one?"
"Calm down," Jinx stood up and headed for the door. "I'm going to report this to the general, you two stay right here and don't even think about leaving the base."
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In the Cobra Base:
Cobra Commander stared at the picture that Destro had given him. "That's Storm Shadow," his nasally annoying voice screamed. "What is my bodyguard doing with Snake Eyes and being accused of robbing a bank? I didn't send him to rob a bank! I've got plenty of money right now, why would I want a bank robbed? Who's that he's supporting?"
"From what I can tell of the image and height of the person I would assume it's Kamakura," Destro said while Baroness leaned over the Commander's shoulder in order to see better. "It appears your ninja has defected."
"Defected?" Cobra Commander screamed, making Baroness jump back. "How dare he defect! I didn't say he could!"
"If he is defecting," Zartan interjected, "then why is he robbing a bank?"
"Wait," said Baroness, finally speaking, "perhaps he has not defected but is instead bound by his ninja-voodoo-honor thing to help Snake Eyes and Kamakura. He has done that several times in the past."
"Then why is G.I. Joe robbing banks?" Cobra Commander asked at an incredibly high volume.
"I'd wager," said Bludd from the doorway, "that the whole thing has been completely misinterpreted by the news and government. They are really good at doing that you know?"
"Somebody had better find out what is going on and they had better find out soon!" Cobra Commander yelled, and when he was done there was not a single person in his office.
