A/N: This is my first GI Joe fanfic. I began writing this recently, I have read many GI Joe fanfics at this site and others. I like most of them, I pretty much grew up on the comic so I'm more familiar with the Scarlett/Snake Eyes relationship. I have nothing against Duke, I just think the Scarlett/Snake Eyes relationship is more interesting. This story mostly centers around Scarlett with guest stars from the Witchblade series, no Witchblade in this; it's mostly the Joes.

Disclaimer: I own none of the characters appearing in this fanfic.

Summary: Scarlett has information that an FBI agent needs. After she attends a murdered friend's funeral, the agent and her friend's partner confront her with an interesting proposal.

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Act I: Death and A Decision

Scarlett was on leave for the next two weeks, in a few days Snake Eyes would arrive to join her. A phone call directly to her the day before she left the base from a homicide detective for the NYPD told her that an old friend, Daniel Woo who had been a detective in that same department, had been murdered.

According to Danny's partner Sara Pezzini; Danny had been shot and killed at a stakeout for a suspected crime lord and murder. Sara had apparently found the hotel number among Danny's things in his desk. Along with a list of locations and dates coinciding to various reports of suicide. Sara had obviously known Danny well, she even knew about his 'conspiracy theory' that the suicides had really been murders done by cops.

That theory, Scarlett knew, was all to true. Her name was in the desk for a reason other then they were friends. She had secretly witnessed one the so-called 'suicides'. Danny knew this and had her prepared to testify against them in court. Now that chance was lost along with Danny.

It had snowed at the funeral. A field of white as a background for the dark colors of the mourner's clothing. Danny loved the snow in New York, the cold weather suited him just fine. Scarlett wished it was just a horrible nightmare. She stood off to the side during the funeral, hanging back in the group of Danny's closest friends. After just about everyone had left, she came to the grave and laid a single red rose on it. She stood there for a while before anyone approached her.

"Miss O'Hara?" A woman asked. "Shana O'Hara?"

"Yes." Scarlett turned to face the woman and the man next to her. The woman had chestnut brown hair that fell down her back. The man had short dark blonde hair and resembled a surfer.

"I'm Sara Pezzini and this is Jake McCartey. We spoke on the phone..."

"Yes. I remember, you're Danny's partner."

"Danny had some interesting things to say. He made a recording for me in the event of his death. A list of things I could do for him, things he trusted only me to do for him. You are at the top of that list. He said that you had a testimony for courts on the activities of corrupt cops."

"I don't know what you mean." Scarlett lied. She wasn't sure they could be trusted with that information.

"The White Bulls." Sara said. "They are an all male organization within the NYPD. They kill suspects and pass it off as suicide. I'm not part of them and neither is Jake."

Jake finally spoke. "I'm an undercover FBI agent. I have orders to find enough information to prosecute the White Bulls. At this point I have nothing, if you can give me anything I can have witness protection take care of you until we can get a trial."

"What is the purpose of it now? Danny was working to do just that, now he's dead. What can I do about the White Bulls, what can I do now, period?"

"You keep going, Miss O'Hara."

"I'm willing to testify against them."

"That's what we all have to do. You're the only eyewitness and I can't make you take the stand. The Bureau will want me to partner up with someone now. It'll take sometime for them to find me a willing partner, and I'll never be able to run with this fast enough."

"Agent McCartey, you can request a partner outside of the Bureau, can't you?"

"Yeah, if they have so special qualifications. Why?"

"I'll help you do this."

"I can't let you do that, Miss O'Hara. You're the only witness I have to the White Bulls involvement. Besides the qualifications..."

"Are already meet. I've been in the military for some time now, Agent McCartey. I'm a martial artist, a counter intelligence officer in my group. I'm a covert operative; I know the whole Undercover thing by heart. I want to help. I need to, for Danny, his murderer is involved in this, I know it. I need to be involved in their downfall, Agent."

"You're military? What's your unit?"

"I'm part of the GI Joe unit." she said so softly they had to strain to hear her.

"You can't find better, Jake," Sara said. "Besides I don't think your going to finish this assignment without her."

"And turning her down would probably be the mistake of a lifetime. Thanks for volunteering, Miss O'Hara."

"Call me Scarlett, everyone who knows what I do, does."

"Sure, Scarlett."

````These events entered my mind when I started this story. Sara Pezzini, Jake McCartey, and Daniel Woo are all characters from TNT's and Top Cow's Witchblade series. They are all guest stars only; the Witchblade does not exist in this story.