Fried Money, Anyone?
To Sparky Genocide: Hay there, Sparky Genocide! Nice to hear from you again! Yeah, I know which episode it's based on, too. Why would Ms. Rockendale start beating up on Pietro? I can imagine why some people would be under the impression that the Evolution version of Pietro would be gay. The man is as straight as an arrow, though. The Misfits get a wild boar as a thank you gift from the cowboy? I like that idea! I'll see if I can fit it in at the end! I'm glad you enjoyed the last chapter! Enjoy the new chapter!
To Red Witch: Hey there, Red Witch! I'm glad you liked the new chapter! Did you catch the little Monty Python reference from Pietro in the last chapter? Anyway, I agree with you. Ace losing it is pretty funny. Anyway, enjoy the new chapter, and I can hardly wait to read more from you, especially new chapters of "Valor, Venom, and Other Stuff"!
To todd fan: Hey there todd fan! Nice to hear from you again! Yeah, if I can get the scanner to work, and I can get a DeviantART account, I'll work on it. And if I can find some time. I have a lot of fics to work on, and add college on top of it…man, I get bushed. Personally, my favorite incarnation of Transformers is Generation 1, the originals from the 80s. Robots becoming cars and jets. Nothing better than that. And I believe that if a Transformer has an animal for an alternate form, it should be a robotic animal. Enjoy the new chapter, and I can hardly wait for new chapters of "Random Tales of the Magic Roundabout", "Slugs and Snails", "Little Shop of Mutants", and "X-Men: Evolution, the Musical"!
To Raliena: Hey there Rae! Nice to hear from you again! You should have more faith in the Joes. The Joes maybe wacky, but they are also very capable. They've beaten Cobra because despite their many oddities, GI Joe are at their core, a team of dedicated, intelligent, and capable officers. Well, if you won two hundred dollars in a poker game and it suddenly went up in some, you'd be angry too. I would be. Enjoy the new chapter!
To Kaishin Briefs: Hey there Kaishin! It's been too long since I last heard from you, man! How have you been? I'm glad you liked the last chapter!Dumbra...I like that insult. Real original. Well, Ace loves his poker winnings! Enjoy the new chapter!
Disclaimer: "Business is pickin' up!" - Jim "J.R." Ross, WWE Raw
Chapter 8: Plane Crazy!
The skies over the Western United States
Tomax and Xamot's private Lear jet flew towards the Cobra base. However, they had no idea that they were being tailed by an F-16 Tomcat. The Tomcat was piloted by Ace, GI Joe's first member from the Air Force. He was a master pilot and a master gambler. He wanted a piece of the twin Crimson Guard commanders because their scheme cost him his poker winnings. The navigator was Ripcord, a HALO jumper for the Joe team. He looked very nervous right now.
"I'm gonna kill them…" Ace muttered under his breath. "I'll kill them all…make them pay…my beautiful winnings gone…they all gonna die…Gonna fire a big missile and watch them burn! MWAAAA-HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAA!"
"Okay, Mr. Crazy Man, may I speak to Ace now?" Ripcord gulped. "Look, I know you're angry…"
"Angry? Angry? I'M FURIOUS!" Ace roared. "Thanks to those two twin twits, I lost two hundred bucks! TWO HUNDRED FREAKIN' BUCKS! I was planning to buy a new pool table with that money!"
"But don't we have a pool table?" Ripcord blinked.
"No, not since yesterday. Leatherneck and Wet Suit had another bout of disagreement-it is." Ace replied.
"I guess it got brutal."
"Yeah. Wet Suit smashed the pool table over Leatherneck's head." Ace remembered. "We got pretty mad at Wet Suit…after we recovered from the shock of him being able to lift up a pool table like a cardboard box."
"So that would explain why Leatherneck was in the infirmary babbling about pink unicorns trying to impale him." Ripcord realized. Ace nodded.
"Mm-hmm. That's why I'm so angry at those jerks." Ace grumbled. "I was planning to use the winnings to buy a new pool table."
"Not to mention that pool game bets are one of your more profitable ventures." Ripcord smirked. Ace shrugged.
"Yeah. That's true…" Ace's eyes widened. "What in the name of…" They saw the Lear jet appear to fly towards a mountain with a ring of clouds around it. The mountain was part of the Rockies. "Oh dear God!"
"Lady Jaye!" Ripcord exclaimed. "Those scale-faced lunatics! They're going to crash into that mountain!" The jet flew into the cloud around the mountain. "What?" The plane seemed to have disappeared. "Holy cats! What was that?"
"There should've been an explosion and debris!" Ace looked at his radar screen. "The infra-red scanners don't detect a thing. Not one little piece of scrap metal!"
"What is going on here?" Ripcord scratched his head.
"Ace to GI Joe…You are not going to believe this…" Ace said into his radio.
The Extensive Enterprises' private jet
"Oh my!" Lady Jaye said in shock. She was in her Ms. Rockendale disguise. "I thought we were going to crash!" The twin Crimson Guard Commanders chuckled.
"Forgive us for the fright…" Tomax reassured.
"We merely just wish to spare no expense in security." Xamot added. The Lear jet landed on an airfield in the Cobra base. The three emerged from the jet, Tomax and Xamot being very courteous for Lady Jaye. "As you can see, we have Cobra standard and Polar Troopers…"
"…stationed all over the base." Tomax continued. Lady Jaye noted what seemed to be a group of modified Battle Android Troopers. They were white with light-blue trim, and their heads made them look like they were wearing parkas. Their feet looked like elvin shoes, seeming to indicate they had foldable built-in skis. Their packs had a pair of ski poles attached to the sides, shoulder-mounted machine guns, retractable ice picks at the wrist, and the bottoms of their feet were lined with spikes. "Ah, I see you are admiring…"
"…our newest security feature." Xamot smiled proudly. "These are a version of the Battle Android Troopers that are specially designed for cold weather conditions."
"We call them the Snowstorms." Tomax smirked.
"Oh my. Are they robots?" Lady Jaye asked the twins as the three walked into the base. Jaye took Tomax's arm.
"Yes." The twins replied in unison.
"There is no need to fear, though…" Tomax started.
"Their AI is very simple. They are capable of combat, but…" Xamot continued.
"Outside of combat, all they can really do is march and stand guard." Tomax finished. The three entered the Cobra base.
"If you will excuse me, I have to check on our other…business associates." Xamot bowed respectfully and then went down a hall.
"We have the finest security for our vault, my dear." Tomax reassured. "Shall I escort you down?"
"That would be lovely." Lady Jaye smiled.
The skies above the Rockies
"Well, now what do we do?" Ripcord groaned.
"This is weird." Ace looked at his display. "Hey Ripcord, you see this? Lady Jaye's transmitter is still broadcasting!"
"And the mountain…" Ripcord checked his radar. "It's not on the radar."
"Maybe it's a ghost mountain." Ace quipped.
"Something weird is going on." Ripcord put his finger to his chin. "I don't like this." Ace grinned evilly at the mountain.
I'm going to get me a shot at those Crimson Clowns, heh heh. They gonna die.
Uh oh! Sounds like Ace has evil plans for the Crimson Guard! What insanity will happen next? Will our heroes figure it out? Will Lady Jaye be able to pull off conning the Crimson Guard twins? Find out in the next chapter! Suggestions needed badly!