I don't own GI JOE just my characters, just doing this for shits and giggles
-Drew-
I was blocking every attack that Snake Eyes was dishing out. I landed a hard kick to his chest after pinning down his stick with my own, which caused him to fall down.
I threw down my stick and put my hand out for him to take. I helped him up and he gave me a good sign that I did well.
I turned around to walk over where I was standing before when someone started to talk.
"I bet she only got to be a captain at age twenty because of her father." I heard
I snapped after hearing that, I grabbed the pistol that was still in my pocket and held it to the man's head and glared at him.
"I worked for my position. I did not have my father's help, if anything I was trained harder than anyone. If I ever hear you say that again, don't expect the safety to still be on next time." I growled out and left for my room.
-Duke-
After watching Drew's little stunt with the other new recruit, I will say I was stunned by her.
"Do you think we should follow her?" Rip asked while watching her go
"Leave her be. Something is going on in that soldier's head and I fear for the next person who comes in contact with her because she will let them feel her fury." Hawk said while holding a file in his hands.
'What made Drew lash out like that?' I wondered as I watched the brunette leave out of sight.
-Drew-
I was just laying in my bed looking at the ceiling while still fuming with anger and yet I was still scare of my dream from earlier.
'I think I'll go punch the hell out of punching bag if I can find out or go take out my anger on some target practice.' I thought while getting up and fixing my strap of my tank top again. I walked out of my room and walked back to the training grounds I was at earlier, I found it empty.
'Good no one's here. Fuck this is getting annoying!' I thought while pulling my strap of my tank top and bra down so that I could get the bandages off.
After pulling off the bandages and pulling my straps back up, I examined my arm and shoulder. The freshly opened scar is pink and around parts of it is black and blue.
'Great.' I thought while looking for something to hit. I found a dummy on a pole stand and walked over to it.
"This should work." I said out loud.
I was punching and kicking my frustrations out of the dummy but I wasn't satisfied enough with it. I drew back my right hand to punch the dummy when I felt someone grab hold of my upper arm.
Out of habit I swung my other fist at them and turned around to see, much to my surprise, Duke had a hold of both my left hand and upper right arm.
"Let go Duke." I said as nicely as I could without setting someone on fire.
"No." was all he said
"Are you volunteering yourself to be my punching bag? Because I'm very close to using you as one!" I growled out and freed my arm and hand from his grip.
"Then let's do it." he said while walking to the matted area that was used earlier today.
I walked over there just a few steps behind him and waited until he turned around to start. I threw a punch which he dodged and threw one at me which was dodged. This kept up for a few minutes until I went to swipe his feet out from underneath him but it seems like he had the same idea as me and did the exact same thing but we both ended up tripping each other and somehow Duke landed on top of me.
Duke knocked the wind out of me and I was gasping hard for air.
"Holy shit you're heavy! Get off of me Duke!" I gasped out and struggled to get him off so I could hit him again.
"Not until you hear me out!" he shouted and pinned my hands over my head.
I just laid there and looked at him and waited for him to start talking.
"Look I know why you're angry with me, it's because of Derek. Look I know I let you down, I also know I let Kayla down. I tried my best to bring your cousin and Ana's brother home." he said while loosening his grip on my wrists and he bowed his head so I couldn't see his eyes that well.
I got my wrists out of his grip and flipped us over so I was straddling him, which startled him. I pinned his wrists down and looked at him.
"How come you didn't tell me yourself?" I asked him
*Flashback 4 years earlier 3rd pov*
A twenty-two year old Drew Irons was playing with her two year old "nephew" and the large Bullmastiff Pit bull mix in the backyard of her cousin's house. While Kayla Evans was watching from the window of the kitchen making lunch of the three of them.
Drew had recently received a two letters. The first one was from one of the higher ranking offices saying that she would be deployed overseas next month. The second one was from her cousin, who said that he should be back home in the next few weeks and couldn't wait to see his family.
"Drew" came Kayla's gentle voice, making Drew, shot her head up from the ground and her little playmate.
"Yeah Kayla?" Drew asked
"It's time for lunch." Kayla said while laughing at the duo on the ground. They both had dirt and grass and somehow Drew had a dog dish on her head.
"Okay coming!" Drew shouted knocking off the dog dish off her head and picking herself up. She grabbed the little boy and put him on her shoulders.
"Come on Aquila!" she shouted to the brindled dog who nearly ran into her getting in the door.
"Drew, I still think you should stay home, one day when your cousin comes home." Kayla said while putting two year old Derek in his seat. Drew was trying to get a large clump of dirt out of her hair while listening to Kayla. After getting the dirt out of her, Drew heard a knock on the door, making both women look at each other and walk to the front door.
As soon as Kayla opened the door, Kayla broke down and cried, Drew quickly caught her before she could fall to the ground. Drew couldn't believe what she was seeing or hearing.
"Mommy?" came little Derek's voice, snapping Drew out of her thoughts and look at the small boy. He was on Aquila's back and looking at them, trying to figure out what is going on.
-Funeral-
Drew was emotionless during the whole service, she was holding up a bawling Kayla and a very confused Derek.
When they laid down the coffin Kayla and Derek were under an umbrella while Drew was just standing in the rain, letting her dark clothes get darker while watching everyone leave.
Suddenly Drew heard an engine of a motorcycle causing her to look up and saw a man drenched while looking over in her general direction.
"Drew" came Kayla's voice making Drew look over her shoulder. Both Kayla and Derek were standing beside her. From that day on Drew made it her duty when she wasn't overseas to spend all the time she could with Derek.
*End FlashBack*
"Do you have any idea how hard it is to tell a two year old that his dad will never come home, that he will grow up dadless." I said to him
"Drew" Duke said pulling me out of my thoughts "Look, I never intended to come back without your cousin or Ana's brother. Losing your cousin was hard on everyone. I am very sorry for not being able to bring him home."
I looked at him for a second then rolled off of him. The back of my head made contact with his forearm. I didn't care, I was tired and just wanted to lay down where I was at.
"How old is he?" Duke asked while I used his arm as a pillow and closed my eyes. I guided my hand down to my pocket where the picture was, pulled it out of my pocket and held it out to him. He took the picture and looked at it.
"Damn, he looks a lot like his dad." I heard him say
"He's six." I mumbled out
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