Second wave.
While the four split up, Duke and Scarlett look for volunteers. They try Clutch first while he's working on a machine gun P.A.C./R.A.T.
"Got free time, Clutch?" Duke asks.
"I might, where you going?" He asks back.
"We have reason to expect a Cobra attack on an ammo depot in Transylvania." Duke tells him.
Clutch claps both hands to his neck before running and climbing into a Wolverine. "No way, I'm too young and handsome!" He yells, and sealing the hatch.
"He's half right, anyway." Heavy Metal says as he and Steeler snicker at the scene.
"How about you then?" Duke asks, making them stop.
"Uh...look, what's that?!" Steeler shouts, and the two tankers are nowhere to be seen once Duke and Scarlett look back.
"Gonna call that a no." Scarlett says to Duke, who only huffs.
While they try somewhere else, Flint finishes getting into his civilian clothes when Lady-Jaye comes in.
"You should have knocked." He tells her.
"Why, we've seen enough of each other, haven't we?" She asks, as she runs a finger under his right arm, where a mark from his first day in Vietnam is.
"You still should." He says, then smirked. "No exceptions, gorgeous."
"Finally, a promotion. Only took about two years." She replied, then adds, "Nice vest, but doesn't the beret clash with it?"
"What, black goes with everything." He tells her, and she rolls her eyes.
The two head for the elevator when they see Bazooka, Snake-Eyes, and Ace running past while Scarlett chases them. "Run for your lives!" Bazooka says to Flint and Lady-Jaye.
"Dracula doesn't exist, you fraidy cats!" They hear Scarlett say, and see her tackle the second.
"We'll never forget ya, man!" Ace shouts over his shoulder as he and Bazooka make a sharp turn down a corner.
"...I didn't see anything, did you?" Flint says after they watch a scowling Scarlett drag the ninja away.
"No, sir." Lady-Jaye says back before she presses the down button.
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