"The Jungle Chapter 3"
By "Cadet Deming"
Thanks to the people that like it. I don't own the rights to GIJOE, Hasbro, Devil's Due, and Sunbow do, so please don't sue. Rated PG-13. Contains violence and adult content. It's the first real "action scene" that I've written, so go easy on me. This takes place immediately after Chapter 2.
"Aim for their tires", screamed Flint, as he and the other Joes took cover behind the density of the nearest trees and began firing their lasers back at the oncoming horde of Siegies on Ferrets.
Roadblock aimed the rocket launcher he'd been carrying, and it sent a shell that exploded in front of the attacking 3 wheelers. Two vehicles were hit, and four more men behind them careened and crashed into the wreckage. The remaining Siegies pressed on relentlessly.
Lady Jaye in the meantime ducked behind a massive tree trunk. She fired off as many laser shot blasts as she could, and then quickly ducked for cover again as she struggled to reload another cartridge of laser fire. Although she was used to fighting under intense conditions, she wasn't used to taking on 3-wheelers on foot in torrid 98-degree weather.
She popped the clip of ammunition in her stun gun and tried to take aim at 2 more incoming Siegies. Lady Jaye felt a laser blast hit the tree mere inches from her face. She could even feel the blistering heat of it, deadlier even than the sweltering air already surrounding her. The lasers were designed to not set wood on fire, so she was safe in that regard.
"What are we going to do? There's still 4 more Cobras on Ferrets including the Twins, and we don't know how many more could be on the way," Lady Jaye gasped.
Flint panted, trying to catch his breath: "I've got an idea. If we could just capture 1 of the Twins, we could get the other to call off the rest of their forces."
"Great Flint, you just had to pick 2 of the guys that are still on wheels," said Jaye.
Flint leaped over the trunk and started running straight at Xamot's oncoming Ferret, still firing and dodging Xamot's laser fire.
"I always knew that Flint ain't lazy, but now I'm wondering, IS HE CRAZY?" shouted Roadblock.
Flint and Xamot kept barreling towards each other, in a seemingly suicidal game of chicken. When the Ferret was 10 feet away from Flint, he suddenly took a flying leap. He grabbed and tackled Xamot, the force tumbling the two of them off of the Ferret. The sound of the two men hitting the ground was almost as loud as the sound of Xamot's 3-wheeler hitting the tree, causing it to burst into flames.
However, Xamot and Tomax had a well-documented psychic bond, so when Xamot was roughly thrown to the ground, his twin in an eerie display of psychic empathy also fell off of his Ferret.
"Stop! Or I shoot Tomax!" screamed Flint, pointing a bulleted gun at the Crimson Guard Commander underneath him.
"I'm Xamot, you dolt. Tomax is the one that doesn't have a scar," said Xamot, coughing up blood.
"Wait! Siegies stop now!" shouted Tomax, as he weakly stood up, still shaken from his mimicked fall. The remaining Crimson Guardsmen stopped firing and driving, but their body language showed they weren't happy about it.
"You stop firing. You let us Joes take the remaining Ferrets, and your brother lives. If not," said Flint menacingly, as he shoved the end of his gun into Xamot's neck: "I guess you'll have to learn what it's like to finish all of your sentences by yourself."
Tomax glared at Flint with sheer hatred. "What makes you think," he asked.
"You'll get 20 feet with me," finished Xamot.
"You see that 3-wheeler that just crashed against that tree over there? It's already caught fire. Over the next few minutes, that fire is going to spread to the rest of this jungle. Judging by the numbers of you, I'd make a wild and crazy guess that we're right near your Cobra base. Not a great place to have a forest fire now, is it? I suggest you'd put that fire out before you come after us Joes. If you let us go, your brother lives. Do we have an understanding?" asked Flint.
"It's all right, Tomax," his twin coughed. "The Joes can't legally harm a prisoner of war," he said.
Tomax looked back at the growing fire and back at his brother. He frowned: "The Joes can go free..for now. Siegies, get the water truck out here ASAP!"
He turned back to Flint," You can go, but if you harm one hair on my brother's head," he said.
"You'll never leave his continent," finished Xamot, still in Flint's grasp.
Flint scanned the 3-wheelers for tracking devices. He blindfolded and handcuffed Xamot's hands in front of him. He and the Joes quickly got on the remaining Ferrets, and the 5 took off.
"So where to now," asked Roadblock.
"I saw some abandoned farmhouses along the road, maybe we...Hey, isn't this where I parked the jeep?" said Recondo. The car was no where to be seen.
"Maybe someone stole it back. It's the law of the jungle you know," said Lady Jaye.
"These 3-wheelers are more versatile anyway. And we really need to set up camp. It's getting dark out," said Flint.
The Joes continued for awhile until they came to an old run down farmhouse.
"This place looks.....abandoned," said Recondo.
"Abandoned as in dilapidated, moldy, smelly."continued Lady Jaye.
"You were expecting the Honeymoon Suite at the Ritz-Carlton," asked Flint.
"Is that a proposal," Lady Jaye winked at him.
"I...ummmm..errr,..so Recondo, why are there so many of these empty farmhouses," said Flint, conspicuously trying to change the subject. Lady Jaye frowned at him.
"They're slash and burn units. A lot of people clear a field of jungle to get crops because the soil is rich for a short time. But after 2 or 3 seasons, the land is useless, and the farmers move on to a new patch. It's like they're killing the forest off," said Recondo.
"Well, right now, it's about all we've got. Let's set up camp," said Flint.
The Joes entered the building. It smelled musty, and there were spider- webs and fungus everywhere. Recondo tried the electricity, but it had either burned out or been disconnected long ago.
"Lady Jaye, take the prisoner in another room and search him for any hidden weapons or tracking devices I might have missed. Recondo will make sure the perimeter is safe, and Roadblock and I will set up communications," ordered Flint.
Lady Jaye led Xamot into a spare bedroom.
"You know the drill. Put your hands against the wall with your legs spread," she said gruffly.
"I think I have internal injuries. Perhaps you should check for those first," said Xamot.
"I'll check AFTER I've searched you for weapons," she Jaye.
"Could you remove the blindfold at least, please," asked Xamot.
"Fine. There's not much to see here anyway," she said.
"That's debatable," he replied.
Lady Jaye removed the blindfold.
"Can you remove the handcuffs too," he asked.
"Don't even press your luck," replied Lady Jaye as she pushed him against the wall and started patting him down.
"Jesus Christ! I can't believe Flint let you get on the Ferret with a thing this size," said Lady Jaye as she removed a knife from a holster on the side of his right leg.
"For a moment, I thought you were paying me a compliment," he quipped.
"Do you want me to gag you next?" asked Jaye.
"Um...no" he answered.
Lady Jaye continued to pat him down.
"Hello...what's this," she said as she felt a hidden pocket in the side of his uniform. She could tell by the way he immediately tensed up that it was something he didn't want her to find.
By "Cadet Deming"
Thanks to the people that like it. I don't own the rights to GIJOE, Hasbro, Devil's Due, and Sunbow do, so please don't sue. Rated PG-13. Contains violence and adult content. It's the first real "action scene" that I've written, so go easy on me. This takes place immediately after Chapter 2.
"Aim for their tires", screamed Flint, as he and the other Joes took cover behind the density of the nearest trees and began firing their lasers back at the oncoming horde of Siegies on Ferrets.
Roadblock aimed the rocket launcher he'd been carrying, and it sent a shell that exploded in front of the attacking 3 wheelers. Two vehicles were hit, and four more men behind them careened and crashed into the wreckage. The remaining Siegies pressed on relentlessly.
Lady Jaye in the meantime ducked behind a massive tree trunk. She fired off as many laser shot blasts as she could, and then quickly ducked for cover again as she struggled to reload another cartridge of laser fire. Although she was used to fighting under intense conditions, she wasn't used to taking on 3-wheelers on foot in torrid 98-degree weather.
She popped the clip of ammunition in her stun gun and tried to take aim at 2 more incoming Siegies. Lady Jaye felt a laser blast hit the tree mere inches from her face. She could even feel the blistering heat of it, deadlier even than the sweltering air already surrounding her. The lasers were designed to not set wood on fire, so she was safe in that regard.
"What are we going to do? There's still 4 more Cobras on Ferrets including the Twins, and we don't know how many more could be on the way," Lady Jaye gasped.
Flint panted, trying to catch his breath: "I've got an idea. If we could just capture 1 of the Twins, we could get the other to call off the rest of their forces."
"Great Flint, you just had to pick 2 of the guys that are still on wheels," said Jaye.
Flint leaped over the trunk and started running straight at Xamot's oncoming Ferret, still firing and dodging Xamot's laser fire.
"I always knew that Flint ain't lazy, but now I'm wondering, IS HE CRAZY?" shouted Roadblock.
Flint and Xamot kept barreling towards each other, in a seemingly suicidal game of chicken. When the Ferret was 10 feet away from Flint, he suddenly took a flying leap. He grabbed and tackled Xamot, the force tumbling the two of them off of the Ferret. The sound of the two men hitting the ground was almost as loud as the sound of Xamot's 3-wheeler hitting the tree, causing it to burst into flames.
However, Xamot and Tomax had a well-documented psychic bond, so when Xamot was roughly thrown to the ground, his twin in an eerie display of psychic empathy also fell off of his Ferret.
"Stop! Or I shoot Tomax!" screamed Flint, pointing a bulleted gun at the Crimson Guard Commander underneath him.
"I'm Xamot, you dolt. Tomax is the one that doesn't have a scar," said Xamot, coughing up blood.
"Wait! Siegies stop now!" shouted Tomax, as he weakly stood up, still shaken from his mimicked fall. The remaining Crimson Guardsmen stopped firing and driving, but their body language showed they weren't happy about it.
"You stop firing. You let us Joes take the remaining Ferrets, and your brother lives. If not," said Flint menacingly, as he shoved the end of his gun into Xamot's neck: "I guess you'll have to learn what it's like to finish all of your sentences by yourself."
Tomax glared at Flint with sheer hatred. "What makes you think," he asked.
"You'll get 20 feet with me," finished Xamot.
"You see that 3-wheeler that just crashed against that tree over there? It's already caught fire. Over the next few minutes, that fire is going to spread to the rest of this jungle. Judging by the numbers of you, I'd make a wild and crazy guess that we're right near your Cobra base. Not a great place to have a forest fire now, is it? I suggest you'd put that fire out before you come after us Joes. If you let us go, your brother lives. Do we have an understanding?" asked Flint.
"It's all right, Tomax," his twin coughed. "The Joes can't legally harm a prisoner of war," he said.
Tomax looked back at the growing fire and back at his brother. He frowned: "The Joes can go free..for now. Siegies, get the water truck out here ASAP!"
He turned back to Flint," You can go, but if you harm one hair on my brother's head," he said.
"You'll never leave his continent," finished Xamot, still in Flint's grasp.
Flint scanned the 3-wheelers for tracking devices. He blindfolded and handcuffed Xamot's hands in front of him. He and the Joes quickly got on the remaining Ferrets, and the 5 took off.
"So where to now," asked Roadblock.
"I saw some abandoned farmhouses along the road, maybe we...Hey, isn't this where I parked the jeep?" said Recondo. The car was no where to be seen.
"Maybe someone stole it back. It's the law of the jungle you know," said Lady Jaye.
"These 3-wheelers are more versatile anyway. And we really need to set up camp. It's getting dark out," said Flint.
The Joes continued for awhile until they came to an old run down farmhouse.
"This place looks.....abandoned," said Recondo.
"Abandoned as in dilapidated, moldy, smelly."continued Lady Jaye.
"You were expecting the Honeymoon Suite at the Ritz-Carlton," asked Flint.
"Is that a proposal," Lady Jaye winked at him.
"I...ummmm..errr,..so Recondo, why are there so many of these empty farmhouses," said Flint, conspicuously trying to change the subject. Lady Jaye frowned at him.
"They're slash and burn units. A lot of people clear a field of jungle to get crops because the soil is rich for a short time. But after 2 or 3 seasons, the land is useless, and the farmers move on to a new patch. It's like they're killing the forest off," said Recondo.
"Well, right now, it's about all we've got. Let's set up camp," said Flint.
The Joes entered the building. It smelled musty, and there were spider- webs and fungus everywhere. Recondo tried the electricity, but it had either burned out or been disconnected long ago.
"Lady Jaye, take the prisoner in another room and search him for any hidden weapons or tracking devices I might have missed. Recondo will make sure the perimeter is safe, and Roadblock and I will set up communications," ordered Flint.
Lady Jaye led Xamot into a spare bedroom.
"You know the drill. Put your hands against the wall with your legs spread," she said gruffly.
"I think I have internal injuries. Perhaps you should check for those first," said Xamot.
"I'll check AFTER I've searched you for weapons," she Jaye.
"Could you remove the blindfold at least, please," asked Xamot.
"Fine. There's not much to see here anyway," she said.
"That's debatable," he replied.
Lady Jaye removed the blindfold.
"Can you remove the handcuffs too," he asked.
"Don't even press your luck," replied Lady Jaye as she pushed him against the wall and started patting him down.
"Jesus Christ! I can't believe Flint let you get on the Ferret with a thing this size," said Lady Jaye as she removed a knife from a holster on the side of his right leg.
"For a moment, I thought you were paying me a compliment," he quipped.
"Do you want me to gag you next?" asked Jaye.
"Um...no" he answered.
Lady Jaye continued to pat him down.
"Hello...what's this," she said as she felt a hidden pocket in the side of his uniform. She could tell by the way he immediately tensed up that it was something he didn't want her to find.
