Disclaimer: I don't own G.I. Joe or Murphy's Laws...
Opening Author's Notes: First, Reviews...
MariaShadow: Probably, almost twenty years of G.I. Joe and they've never gotten along.
Tirya King: Thanks, I try.
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A Greenshirt's Guide To G.I. Joe Life
By J.T. Magnus, Turbo
Part Three: Survival
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The first battle he had been in as Turbo, looking back on it, was nothing. Just the first of many battles against Cobra and the like that he had been in over the past five years. The first time he had dressed in costume, at the time it had been a risk, but worth it to save his teammates.
First death under his command? He'd never forget it, even if Honda was alive again because of one of Cobra's Bio-Engineering Labs.
He'd been scared out of his wits before, he wouldn't be human if he hadn't, his first times up with JUMPs and Air Assault gliders, the first time he had been injured in battle...
But nothing, nothing scared him like this.
For one of the few times in his life, Major John T. Magnus, codename: "Turbo", was truely frightened. There was no going back from this point...
He had survived Cobra, Hydra, the Red Skull, M.A.R.S. and the Iron Grenadiers, and countless other threats...
But they paled in comparison to this...
When the other involved party arrived, Turbo stood up and greeted him with a handshake.
"Mainfr- Blaine."
"Major."
"Have a seat."
"Thank you."
The usual pleasantries left Turbo with the feeling of the inevitable simply being prolonged. Even throughout the salad, the tension could be felt pounding in his head until finally...
"Well, Major... I'm sure you asked me here for a reason. Shoot."
In a slight effort to ease his own tension, Turbo muttered to himself, "Can't. Left my sidearm in my vehicle."
But aloud he simply replied, "It's about Ireland... and your daughter and I..."
My wife and I, he thought, God, telling their parents about what happened over there wasn't easy...
He'd almost rather be getting shot at...
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Murphy's Law of Warfare: If you survive the extraordinary things, it will often be the little things that will kill you.
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Author's Closing Notes: This may not be the most military chapter, but the idea crossed my mind and fit that law so well that I just had to write it up.