"I dare you to say that to my face!" Flint bellowed as he stared down at Lady Jaye's face.
"Alight.." Lady Jaye sneered. "You the most pompous pea brain egotistical male that ever walked the face of the Earth! There happy!"
"Pompous pea brain? Is that the best you got?" Flint said
"Oh, you want more buster?" Lady Jaye replied in a louder voice. "Not only are you a pompous pea brain but also dimwitted self-centered monkey reared jack ass!"
"Jack Ass! Fine, but you woman are the most psychopathic bitch I have met!" Flint yelled as his voice flamed.
Lady Jaye's eye narrowed with anger as she opened her mouth to retaliate to Flint, a new voice interrupted the conversation.
"Nice choice of words, Flint." stated Duke as he entered the room. He had come in to start the meeting but was greeted by the heated argument coming from his second in command and his girlfriend.
"Duke!" said a stunned Scarlett. She was sitting at the table near Flint and Lady Jaye leafing through some new Files.
"I did not mean it the way it came out…" Duke tried to explain, but it was too late. "Great now I am in trouble." He thought to himself. Clearing his throat, he continued. "Ok, lets start this meeting, Cobra is not going to waste time on the trying to steal the new formula developed for indestructible steel."
"Sure, if the Ass and the Bitch would sit down first." said a bored looking Beach Head.
"Couldn't wait to open your dirty mouth now, did you?" spoke a disgusted Cover Girl. They were both sitting next to Scarlett.
Beach Head narrowed his eyes as he stared at the ex-supermodel. "Kiss my fu…."
"ENOUGH!" bellowed an angry Duke. "Everyone just shut up and sit all your rears down!" Silence followed. Duke breathed a few deep breaths and then stated, "What will it take for you people to stop bickering!"
"How about giving this ass-less creature a new head?" asked Lady Jaye casually. "Or, you can let me transplant a new one as his old one has a few screws loose."
"Hey Jaye!" called out Cover Girl, "Do not forget to replace this knuckle brain's cranium too!" petting Beach's head. "Or, we could accidentally run them over with the Wolverine."
"You confided woman! I DARE you!" Beach Head snarled.
"That's it, that is the answer!" spoke up Scarlett.
"What! You are going to have them run over with the Wolverine?" asked a confused Duke.
"No, not that! Who am I? Cobra Commander?" Scarlett then explained. "I was meaning the dare part."
"Oh…"
"What do you mean, Scarlett?" asked Lady Jaye; she was intrigued on what the counter intelligent had in mind.
All eyes turned towards the red head. "Well, considering what a lovely vocabulary we all have here. I suggest that we resolve this matter with a dare. We will team up in two groups, Team A and Team B, the first person who utters a unwelcome word will loose for their entire team."
"Huh?" said Flint, " You just lost me for a second there, Red."
"Geee.. That is surprising!" Lady Jaye responded with rolling her eyes.
"I think I understand." said Duke. "She means that if one of the people in the team says some kind of swear word, then the whole team looses. Am I correct?"
"Correct." nodded Scarlett
"Ok, fine we play this little dare game you have in mind, but what do the winners get? And more importantly, what happens to the losers" asked Beach Head.
Scarlett shrugged, she had not thought on that part, yet.
Suddenly Lady Jaye snapped her fingers, "I got it!" All eyes turned towards her. "How about the battle of the sexes? Team A will consist of Duke, Beach and muttonhead. Team B will consist of Scarlett, Cover Girl and yours truly. If Team A looses, I have three costumes from my Broadway days in my closet"
"What kind of costumes?" asked a narrowed eyed Flint.
Lady Jaye smiled with a twinkle in her eyes. "Three identical costumes from my Sugar Plum Fairy role."
"Tutus! You going to have the men wear the tutus!" said an excited Cover Girl.
"HELL NO!" yelled Beach Head. "I am not getting into a Ballerina outfit!"
"Wait, what if we win?" asked Duke. "What then?" He defiantly did not want to be caught in front of his men wearing a leotard, much less a pink tutu.
"Here's the deal." spoke up again Scarlett. "If you men win, then you can make us do whatever you want for one whole day."
"The whole day! Anything we want?" asked Flint. "You mean anything goes?"
"Scarlett! Are you mad? They will have us running in our undergarments all day knowing their inferior thinking." cried out Lady Jaye
"Chicken?" Flint smirked at Lady Jaye.
"OK, fine! Buster! If we win, you get to wear those Ballerina outfits for the full day, and every time the intercom blasts the Nutcracker Suite, all three of you will dance to the music in ballet movements only! Now who is chicken!"
"Everyone agreed?" asked Scarlett. "The first team who utters an unwanted word looses the dare and gets the dire consequences."
"So the unwanted words are…?" asked Cover Girl
"Easy, bubble brains.. All curse words such as the "A" word, "F" words, "B" words, Hell, "S" words and the "C" word." explained Beach Head.
"The "C" word?" asked a confused Duke. "Cobra has their own curse word now too?"
"I think he means the word that looks like the nice brown presents that Junkyard and Timber leave around." answered Scarlett. "Ok, now that we are all in the same terms and agreements, are you all ready?"
"So when do we start?" asked Flint.
"NOW!" came the answer.
"Prepare to wear Ballet slippers boys!" chuckled Lady Jaye
"Not on your life! Sweetheart!" said Beach Head. "Be warned! The battle is on!"
"We will see who gets the last laugh." spoke Cover Girl as she stood up and began to walk out the door following Scarlett, Lady Jaye, Flint and Beach Head. Suddenly a whistle became heard and all the Joes turned towards the sound.
"Ehh.. I know you are all ready for battle here, but you forgot one tad little thing." Duke stated.
"And what is that?" asked Flint.
"We are supposed to be in a meeting!" snarled Duke. They all looked at each other sheepishly and returned to their seats.
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A few hours later, the three high ranked members of the Joe team sat in Duke's office. Beach Head and Flint paced in front of Duke's desk. Duke sat behind his desk, with one hand resting on his chin.
"So.." He broke the silence that had enveloped into the room. "How are we going to make one of them say.. Eh….the "bad" word? Any ideas?"
"How about we annoy them til one of them spits it out?" asked Flint.
"No, that won't work. These three are good. We just transfer this like a real battle." answered Beach Head.
"Care to explain?" asked Duke, raising an eyebrow.
"Well, like Cobra…. Let's say, they got their strengths and their weakness. We know these three, like the back of our hands, correct?" The other two men nodded. He then continued. "Each of these ladies holds strengths and weaknesses. So we attack where they least expect it. Their weaknesses."
"So what will be the attack?" Flint asked to Beach Head.
Beach Head gave a small evil guffaw as he leaned against Duke's desk and said. "So this is what we are gonna do……"
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A few doors down, the three G.I. Joe women sat in Scarlett's office.
"Blast!" said Lady Jaye, "I wish I had Breaker bug Duke's office, then we could at least hear what they are saying."
"You mean cheat?" asked Scarlett with a grin.
"Yes, something like that."
"So anyone know what we plan against them? I for one do not want to roam in my underwear all day." said a conservative Cover Girl.
The other two turned towards their friend, "You?" they spoke at the same instant as they all shared a laugh.
Scarlett then picked up her phone and dialed a number. After a few rings, someone on the other end answered. "Hi, it's Scarlett. I am going to need you for a special mission. Are you up to it?" there was a pause as the person over the phone said something but could barely be audible. "Ok, great! I will meet you at 1400 hrs." She hung up the phone.
"What exactly are you planning?" asked Cover Girl. She could see the seriousness in Scarlett's face.
"Let's just say, I may have an idea…" Scarlett grinned. "This is what we should do……….."
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The next morning the entire team assembled in front of Beach Head's obstacle course. He had woken everyone at 0600 hrs for his annual PT obstacle course race. The Joes were split in four teams, the red, blue, green and yellow. The race would consist of various obstacles including a wall, robes slides, tunnels, and tires.
"Morning sleepy heads!" spoke a proud Beach Head. He knew how each of them despised days such as this. A groan escaped from the crowd. He ignored it and continued on. "The team who finishes the course in the least amount of time is the winner. You got 15 minutes each to complete the course. The teams that do not complete the course in 15 minutes will have 3 weeks of extra PT in the morning and in the afternoon." Another groan followed his speech.
"Hey Beach! What do the winners get? A free sundae?" asked someone on the far side.
"Quiet Sailor!" answered a narrowed eyed Beach Head.
"Quiet? Did he just say the word "quiet" to Shipwreck?" said a confused Gung Ho.
"Yeah, usually he says to him, Shut up!" retorted Roadblock "What was that about?"
Someone snickered close to them. Both men turned to see the female Joes wearing straight faces.
Beach Head spoke again, " Ok, Team Red, get ready to go first. Over the wall through the shooting range, then tunnels cross over the tires and tackle the…." His sentence was not completed.
"Uh.. Beach?" asked Shipwreck
"What is it now swabby?" answered an annoyed Beach Head.
"What tires?" asked the sailor
"What do you mean what tires?" Beach Head answered as his temper flared.
Beach Head turned towards the course; he uttered a low sounding growl. He had not noticed til that instant that the 50 tires he had for the course were missing. " WHAT THE……" he screamed, yet he closed his mouth before another word could escape. The word he so wanted to scream out, yet he controlled himself. But out loud he said, "What happened to the tires? I checked the course myself at 0400hrs!" No one answered him.
"Ok, fine! Forget those tires." his anger began to consume him. "Just skip that obstacle. Forget the tires, after the tunnels go straight to the rope obstacle, then to the…" again his sentence was interrupted.
"Umm… Beach?" asked Gung Ho.
"Now what!" growled Beach Head. He closed his eyes, "Please do not tell me that the ropes are not there?"
"No, they are there." replied Gung Ho.
"Good.. Then as I was saying…" he continued on.
"They are just cut." Gung Ho stated.
"They are WHAT!" Beach Head angrily turned and walked towards the course. Closing in towards his favorite obstacle he noticed that the ropes had been chopped mostly off. Anger consumed him, "I CANNOT BELIEVE THIS! HOW COULD THIS HAPPEN? WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS?"
Everyone held their breaths as they watched Beach Head storm back towards them. They waited for his explosion, as his face was redder than even Scarlett's hair.
"Here comes the Mother of all yells!" whispered Gung Ho. They knew Beach Head's yelling meant included foul language. But nothing came. Beach Head trembled as he swallowed the words he so desperately wanted to scream. He heard a snicker from the group, he turned to see the girls with small grins. Then it dawned on him. "Those little minxes!" he thought. Now he understood what happened to his tires and his ropes. They almost had him. Well two can play this game. Breathing deeply, he turned to the group. "Ok, we got small problem that would be fixed by tomorrow, dismissed til tomorrow 0600 hrs!" He turned and stormed towards Duke's office.
Watching Beach Head fled in anger, the rest of the team stood silently still.
"Was that Beach Head or a Synthoid?" asked a scared Shipwreck. "I thought we were all going to get it. He did not even punish anyone, and that is something he worships."
"Nope, think that was the real Beach." answered Gung Ho "But a Beach Head with no cursing?"
"I wish he did curse!" came a voice from behind them. They turned to see Cover Girl with Lady Jaye and Scarlett.
"What! Am I hearing right?" said Gung Ho. "You wanted Beach to curse?"
"Yep." came the reply.
Shipwreck then spoke, "Great! We are not being taken over by Synthoids, we are being invaded by the pod people!"
The three Joe women giggled as they left for their next part of the plan.
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"Lady Jaye, ready for part two?" whispered Cover Girl through a small microphone.
"Ready." replied Lady Jaye as she spotted Cover Girl behind the Motor Pool. "Are you sure about this?"
"Positive Lady Jaye." came the voice of Scarlett's in her earpiece. "You know it will work, you know him better than both Cover Girl and I. Besides, you have the upper hand as you know how to push his buttons." Lady Jaye sighed as she heard Cover Girl give a small hiccup from swallowing a giggle.
"Ok.. Hope this does not backfire." she said.
Suddenly she heard Cover Girl say. "Dog chow at 10 o'clock." Sure enough Lady Jaye noticed Flint walking with Duke who were both in deep discussion. She wondered what they were talking about. Flint caught sight of her and was heading her way.
"Show time." she whispered into the microphone.
"Ok, ready Flint?" said Duke. "Let's test your microphone."
"Testing 1 ..2.." Flint spoke into the piece. "Beach can you hear me?"
"Loud, clear and ugly!" came the reply from Beach Head. "You better get them Flint, I want my revenge!" Both Duke and Flint chuckled, they had heard about the obstacle course incident.
"Ok, here goes nothing, wish me luck." said Flint. "Oh and Duke, if this backfires, you are so dead." Flint then turned and walked towards Lady Jaye. He gulped as he almost came near her. "Hey Lady Jaye!" he called out. "Wait a second, we need to talk."
"Oh?" came her reply. "I thought you were still mad."
"Naw.. Not really." he replied. She gave him a sweet smile as he thought, "Good she is buying it." Taking a deep breath he said outloud. "Beach just stormed into my office saying.. No more like yelling at the top of his lungs about some type of disaster at the obstacle course. Now you wouldn't know anything about that? Would you?"
"Me?" Lady Jaye replied innocently, "Whatever do you mean?"
"Yes, you. Did you have something to do with the missing tires and cut ropes?" He hated those words as they came out, but he rather have an angry Jaye for a few weeks then to play Ballerina.
"Are you accusing me of arson?" Lady Jaye's voice turned icy.
"Ehh.. Well… " Flint stuttered.
"You ARE!" she said with her voice raised an octave higher. "Well, for your information I am not going to say who did it."
"So you know who is behind it." Flint narrowed his eyes as he caught her arm.
"Let go of me…you.. you…overgrown barbarian!" anger started to rise within her.
"Barbarian! Ha! That the best you can do?" Flint smirked down at her angry features.
Lady Jaye opened her mouth to retaliated but stopped short. He was trying to make her loose the dare. Well, she thought two could play this little match.
"Yes, it the best I can do." she said playing along. "Anyway, can you let go of my arm, I need to start getting ready."
"Ready?" Flint asked, "for what?"
"Well, not that it is none of your business, but remember my old friend Derek from Fiddler on the Roof? Well, it turns out he is in town premiering in The King and i and he called up to say hello and see if we could have a get together. I'm off to meet him tonight after the show."
Lady Jaye watched Flint's face change from relaxed, to stun, then dramatically change to anger as she threw the bombshell.
"DEREK!" Flint yelled. "You are going to go meet up with that….that womaniser!"
"And if I am?" replied Lady Jaye.
"I am not going to let you go see that son of a ….." Flint suddenly stopped short. He had almost blew it! Darn it, she was good, too good.
Lady Jaye stood there. "You were saying?"
"Fine go see your tootsie wootsie maniacal friend! Why should I care? You both belong in the nuthouse!" Flint squirmed, here it comes, he could see her features turning into a volcano.
"Nuthouse! You are the one who needs the asylum!" she yelled back.
"You f….." she paused for a split second before she uttered.." You floobagooble!"
"Floobagooble?" Flint stared confused.
"Yeah! Floobagooble! And for your information it is not even a curse! I made it up! Excuse me I am late for my date!" after saying those word's she twisted around and headed back towards the motor pool leaving a openmouthed Flint behind.
Lady Jaye stormed back towards the Motor Pool. But before she rounded the corner, a hand reached out for her shoulder and yanked her inside.
"You ok, Jaye?" asked Cover Girl. "We know he did not mean what he was saying."
"How do you know?" asked a puzzled Lady Jaye
"It was a set up!" Scarlett announced. "Cover Girl spotted Beach Head on the roof of the men's quarters. And Duke was close by, too close by. All of us had the same idea."
"You mean both Duke and Beach were listening in the conversation?" Lady Jaye said with a small angry tone. "Oh wait til this dare is over! He will learn a few new words coming out of my mouth!"
"Like floobagooble?" said Cover Girl in a giggle. They all burst into laughter.
"Wait til he discovers that Derek is a figment of my imagination!" Lady Jaye said between the laughter.
From nowhere, Clutch dashed in. "Cover Girl! I am been looking everywhere for you! Quickly, run to the rec room!"
"Why? What happened?" asked Cover Girl.
"You are not going to like it, so you better hurry." and with that Clutch ran out of Motor Pool.
All three of the women stood in silence for a split second and then followed Clutch out the door.
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Beach Head sat in the chair in the rec. room reading a magazine. He gave an evil smile, as he thought, "Oh revenge is so sweet." From a few feet away from him stood an openmouthed Cover Girl, followed by Scarlett and Lady Jaye.
"What the h…" Cover Girl began to say, but was quickly stopped by Scarlett's and Lady Jaye's hands covering her mouth.
"Hey, that is cheating!" called out Beach Head. But his voice was barely heard from the other Joes talking in the room.
"Oh, this is low!" said Cover Girl. She stood there stunned as her eyes glanced around the room. All around was her face, but not the face of the present Cover Girl, but the image of the Cover Girl of the past. There were blown up pictures from her model days, hundreds of magazines with her face swept around the room. She heard several Joes whistling. Anger started to rise within her. "I am so going to kill him!" she stated as she caught sight of the smiling Beach Head.
"You could do that.."said Lady Jaye, "Or you could pretend this does not affect you and grow under your skin."
Beach Head stood up from his chair, lay his magazine down and walked towards the women. "So, like how I decorated the place? Would you care to read a magazine? We got plenty here!"
"No thanks Beach Head. I already have read all those magazines, the model does look a bit familiar. Don't you agree?" she looked into his eyes.
"umm yeah.." said Beach Head, this was not the reaction he was looking for. Cover Girl should have been yelling at him by now.
Cover Girl then turned and said to the other Joes, "Hey everyone! Enjoy those magazines! And if you want an autograph for a friend, let me know!" With that she departed the room, followed by Scarlett and Lady Jaye winking at a stunned Beach Head.
Blast! Beach Head mumbled to himself, taking out his walkie-talkie, he spoke, "Flies are coming, set up operation web!"
"Got it Beach!" answered Flint's voice.
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Scarlett opened the door to her office, clicking on the lightswitch. But none of the lights flickered on. "Odd.. I thought they fixed the broken light by now." She took one small step into the darkened room. She felt a small object fall on her head as she stepped further into her office. But as Scarlett raised her hand to throw the small thing off, she felt some type of sticky cotton like substance from above. Trying to shake off the new object off, she twisted her body around and slipped on the floor.
"What is going on? What the…." Scarlett's hand felt more smaller objects in the darkeness. The small articles felt fuzzy and soft. More of the sticky substance surrounded her body. From nowhere, one large fuzzy object fell on her lap, it took her seconds to realize what kinds of "items" had taken over her office as she let out a blood-chilling scream.
"Scarlett?" she heard Lady Jaye from the other side of the door. "You ok?"
"Don't come in!" she tried to warn them, but it was too late as both Lady Jaye and Cover Girl landed on the floor next to her, covered with the same sticky substance and fuzzy creatures.
"Ughh.. What is this stuff?" cried out Cover Girl.
"Oh yuck.. These feel like spiders." said Lady Jaye as she held one of the fuzzy creatures in her hands
A scream followed that remark.
"Sorry, you both know how I feel about those things." said a terrified Scarlett.
Another load of fuzzy creatures landed on the three Joes resulting into more shrieks.
"Three guesses who left these 'presents'". said Lady Jaye.
"I am going to kill them!" said a more controlled Scarlett as she tried to stand up but slipped again from the gooey mess. "Umpph" She became highly irrated from this ordeal. "This is low, even for them! Attacking a phobia! Wait til I get my hands on them, those mules, those immature creatures that walk on the face of the earth, those nincompoops, those..those childish..those..as…" Her sentence was stopped short as another spider fell on her lap. With an annoyance gesture, she picked up the spider and threw it out of the door. It must had hit someone outside as they heard a small cry of "ouch".
All three froze, they knew who exactly was outside. A hand reached in from the doorway and clicked on the lights. As the lights flickered on, an amused faced Duke, Flint and Beach Head walked in the room. The lights had been rigged all along.
"You were saying, Red?" asked Flint.
Duke walked towards Scarlett, reaching down he picked up the large spider that was resting on its back next to his teammate. He opened the spider's midsection and produced a small recorder. The three Joe women gapped at the device. The men had recorded the whole scene.
"Well, we did hear her say one nice unwelcome word!" Beach Head said, "Cannot wait to hear it again!"
Scarlett, Lady Jaye and Cover Girl stood deathly still. Did they just loose the battle?
"But I did not say any unwelcome word!" Scarlett protested.
"Yeah, Yeah, that is your story.. We will see what the tape says in the end." said Beach Head. "Get ready to be in underwear tomorrow ladies!"
Rewinding the tape, Duke then pushed the play button. The entire scene was heard over the recorder. They heard, the screams, the conversation and lastly they heard.. "those..those..childish..those." click! The tape had ended!
"Nooooo…..!" said Beach Head. "We almost had them!" slamming his fist on the desk.
"But she did not say a curse Beach Head!" stated Cover Girl. "you never had us!"
"Fine, that is your story." retorted Beach Head.
"It is the TRUTH!" Cover Girl said angrily. "You son of a …" immediately she shut her mouth. "Tried to trick me again, didn't you! Well it will not work!"
Beach Head sneered. "We will see who wins in the end."
"Um.. I know we are in battle here.. But someone can please tell me how many fake spiders are in this room." Scarlett's voice was heard a little shaky.
"I guess a few hundred.." said Flint with a large grin.
"You alright there, Scarlett?" asked Lady Jaye. Her reply was a small nod. "What I want to know is what is all this sticky stuff! Not real webs I presume."
"Cotton Candy." answered Duke making all three women turn green.
"Ok, I think we can call this a draw, we all know that there is no way any of us is going to curse. So how about it? Truce?"
The others stared at him.
"I guess…" said Flint but was interrupted by a knock on the door.
"Come in!" said Scarlett.
"There you are! I been looking all over the base for…" Breaker stopped in midsentence as he discovered the scene before him. "What are happened in here? COBRA?" he asked as his eyes noticed an enormous amount of fake spiders, the gooey substance, Scarlett, Cover Girl and Lady Jaye on the floor, Duke with a large spider in his hands, Flint sitting on the desk and Beach Head shaking his head.
"Long story." said Duke. "You were saying you were looking for us?"
"Emm.. Yeah Duke. But I am not sure you want to see the paper in front of the girls."
"What paper?" asked Flint.
"This one, it is all over the base Duke." handing the white piece of paper in his hands to his C.O.
Duke took the parchement while Flint and Beach Head moved closer to examine the sheet. Their eyes wided in shock as their jaws dropped. Their mouths opened and at the same instant uttered.
"What the HELL!" said Duke.
"What asshole took those!" said Beach Head.
"Who ever did this, I am going to kill that son of a bitch!" said Flint.
"How did they get these pictures of us in the shower!" said Duke
"Who ever did is a professional!" said Beach Head, "No one can get into my apartment unnoticed!"
"They took my bad side!" said Flint.
Still observing the paper that said, "Rub a Dub Dub, Three Joe men in the Tub!" they did not noticed the laughter that had surrounded them. Duke, Flint and Beach Head glanced from the paper to the girls on the floor and then to each other. It took seconds for them to realize they had lost the dare. They turned to Breaker, who was ready to retreat out of the door.
"Thanks Breaker!" said Scarlett as she stood up from the sticky mess.
"Anytime, Red!" Breaker answered as he escaped before any of the men threw a spider at him or anything else.
"YOU!" said Duke, Flint and Beach Head at the same moment.
Scarlett nodded as Lady Jaye and Cover Girl tried to stand up but bawled over with laughter.
"Well boys… there are three nice Ballerina costumes ready for you in my closet!" said Lady Jaye.
"Oh, this is going to be priceless!" said Cover Girl.
"Let's go Duke." Scarlett said as she pulled her friend's arm leading him out of the room. A small "Help me." escaped from Duke's mouth as he turned to see both Flint and Beach Head hitting their heads on Scarlett's wall.
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"Hubba Hubba!" called out Shipwreck.
Beach Head gave him a growl as he entered the room. Duke and Flint followed.
"This thing is itchy." stated Duke as he looked down at his pink leotard.
"How do women walk in these? Or even dance for that matter." said Flint.
"Nice legs there, Flint!" called out Gung Ho.
"Hey Duke! Anyone tell you that you look good in pink?" called out Stalker.
"This is going to be a long day." said Duke as he heard snickers coming from a bunch of Greenshirts.
"I love those tutus!" called out Roadblock.
"Who does your hair Beach Head?" called out Rock n Roll.
From the intercom, the sounds of the Nutcracker Suite blasted.
"Show time boys!" called out Lady Jaye, as she sat with Scarlett and Cover Girl enjoying their victory.
Duke, Flint and Beach Head gave a huge groan as they started twirling, skipping and pointing their toes in various positions. They held hands as they danced in the circle. With hands over their heads, they danced on their tiptoes and then glided across the room.
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" …and they danced most of the day too! Breaker and the guys kept playing the Nutcracker Suite ever chance they got." said Lady Jaye as she finished the story.
Falcon grinned. "Now that was some story! Does Mom have a copy of this picture?" looking at his older Brother.
"Send her one, and you will find yourself in KP duty for the rest of your life!" came the answer.
"Ok, point taken." Falcon said as thunder echoed from outside.
"The storm is getting worse out there." said Scarlett.
"Glad we are indoor then, huh." said Flint.
"Hey Falcon, are we going to look at the same page forever?" asked Cover Girl.
Falcon smiled as he turned the page over, another set of pictures with smiling Joes beamed at him. One picture showed all the Joes that were in front of him holding a golden seashell, the one next to that had Flint holding a medieval sword. While another pictured Duke, Cover Girl, Shipwreck, Mutt and Junkyard, and Dusty in front of a Christmas tree. But the next picture really caught his attention. In front of a row of sky strikers he saw several Joes holding small rectangular sponges and held buckets, while on the ground he saw some sort of green blobby mess.
"What happened here?" he asked.
"Oh, not that day!" said Flint. "I still try to erase it from my memory bank."
Duke grinned, "Want to tell him that one Flint? I dare you!"
A groan escaped from the Warrant Officer's throat. "Ha ha, very funny!" Flint closed his eyes for a split second as the rain rattled on the windows.
Taking a deep breath, he began. "Well it all started……"