Lemons ahead: You have been warned

Scarlett stepped into the hotel room, wrapped in a towel and using another one to dry her hair. She froze mid step as she noticed him.

Snake Eyes stood in front of her. Arms folded and stance rigid. She stifled a gasp as he was without his mask. She'd never seen his face before and she was mesmerized. Scars crisscrossed his face, but they didn't make him ugly...far from it. He was...striking. Like the breathtaking effect of seeing a lethal big cat. He looked dangerous and more. She had worked with him for years and never been so aware from him as well...male. His hair was a Golden blonde, wavy. And his eyes. They were beautiful. A piercing, slashing silver and right now they were glittering with anger.

Snake Eyes was very obviously still seething with rage. 'Way to calm him down Bobby.' Shana started to talk, wincing inwardly as her voice came out in a squeak.

"I am so sorry Snake Eyes. I have no excuse for keeping what happened from all of you. But until I figured out what was going...on...l..."

She trailed off as he slowly stalked towards her, her tongue feeling thick and heavy as he got very close.

She trembled and continued in a near whisper, "I never meant to hurt anyone."

She jumped in shock as his hands shot up and he signed angrily. "But you did!! I...We mourned you!" His hands not quite managing to cover the "I" sign with "We", and he continued "How could you do that to us?!"

In his fury he grabbed her upper arm, and his fingers dug into the scratches left by the Hellhound.

Shana let out a cry of pain and he immediately let go in shock and saw the blood on his hand. He physically spun her to face away from him and he surveyed the damage to her back and arm.

He walked around to face her and signed, "Lay down on your stomach." When she hesitated he signed sharply, "Now!"

She all but scrambled to lay down on the bed and stayed still as a statue, not daring to move as she heard him move around the room. She felt the bed dip as he knelt on the side of the bed and tensed, but wasn't prepared for what followed.

He carefully took the edges of the towel and pulled it away from her back. Snake Eyes felt ill as he saw the hideous scratches marring her arm and lower back. A wave of guilt hit him hard. He didn't cause the scratches, but he had caused her pain by grabbing her. As he started cleaning and disinfecting the gouges on her skin he noted they weren't the only wounds. There was a myriad of bruises, welts and scrapes in various stages of healing all over her back and legs, and he was guessing her front was in a similar state.

The conversation with Bobby came rushing back to him all at once and the anger melted away.

Slowly but efficiently and with infinite gentleness he cleansed, closed and banged the wounds, careful not to miss anything. He stilled for a moment as he came to part of a scratch that extended down onto her left butt cheek, but continued treating it.

Shana's mind was racing as he knelt on the bad and carefully pulled the blood soaked towel from her body, leaving her backside exposed. She managed not to jump as she felt him start cleaning and tending her wounds. While he worked she felt his mood change, the anger leaving him.

But something else was changing. Her skin started to tingle where he was touching her. As his touch hesitated momentarily over her butt she found herself holding her breath. When his touch continued onto her ass cheek she squirmed and when she did his hand accidentally slipped between her legs. As his fingers made contact with her super sensitive flesh she let out a small gasp.

As soon as it happened he leapt away from her, stomped to the wall and punched it angrily, leaving a hole. His breathing ragged as he struggled to regain control of himself, keeping his back to her.

Shane levered herself up, grabbing the towel and holding it in front of herself she stood on shaky legs and approached him, feeling a bit bewildered.

"Snake Eyes, why are you so upset?" He kept his back to her but she kept pushing him to face her. Finally in sheer frustration he whirled to face her so fast she jumped and let out a little yelp.

That quicksilver gaze was aflame and a muscle ticked in his jar. The fury emanating from his body was palpable.

Shana repeated, "Why are you so upset?"

After glaring at her for a moment he grabbed her right hand ask brought it to his groin, where she could feel the VERY obvious result of him touching her.

At feeling his hard arousal she gasped and her eyes flew to his face, growing impossibly wide. His gaze said it all, "Do you understand now? This is what being near you does to me."

Without thinking her hand moved in a slight stroking motion and he sucked in a sharp intake of breath and grabbed her hand to stop the motion.

She was in shock, "Why didn't you ever tell me?"

He rolled his gaze skyward and let out a sharp bark that sounded like a rough laugh. He dropped her hand before signing, "Look at me!"

"I am looking at you. What's your point?" He glared at her but she steeled her courage. "When are you going to stop trying to make me see you as a monster? Hmm? No matter how hard you try I am not going to see you as the big bad wolf."

With a snarl of aggravation he pushed past her heading for the door. She sprinted past him and planted herself in front of the door, facing him.

"Oh no you don't! You don't drop a bombshell like that and then just ride off in the sunset!"

In a desperate attempt to intimidate her into moving and letting him leave he stepped very close, grabbed the hair at the back of her head and his silver eyes glittered with menace as he stared into her eyes, his meaning clear.

"Do NOT push me!"

But he had underestimated her. 'Oh is that how you want to play this?' Fine. Matching his glare she removed the towel shielding her body and made an exaggerated show of dropping it to the side. Leaving her totally naked in front of him.

His fist clenched in her hair and his breathing got hard as he narrowed his eyes.

"You want me to move? Make me."

One more animalistic growl of frustration left him and he slammed his mouth down on hers. He was pouring every ounce of frustration, anger, lust and fear into a kiss that was equal parts a stamp of possession and a final attempt to drive her away.

But he wasn't escaping her. No way. She enthusiastically returned the kiss and pressed her body against his. Her hand reached down to cup his erection and his body jerked.

Getting even bolder she pulled at his waistband and freed his length. Taking him in hand and stroking him.

A ragged groan escaped his throat and he took her ass in his hands, squeezing the globes and his mouth moved to her neck, licking and sucking at throat. One hand then slipped between her thighs to find her already wet.

Shana leaned back to look at him and saw his eyes looking like molten mercury and she never wanted anything more in her life.

She turned and bent herself over the nearby table, presenting him a very clear invitation.

After a long moment he was behind her, filling her body to the hilt. She let out a long moan of satisfaction and pressed back against him, moving her hips in small circles. His hands grasped her hips and began thrusting hard and fast. Her keening cries spurred him on and her body clenched at his, sending shockwaves through both of them as he hit her G spot with every thrust.

He wrapped one arm around her breasts and pulled her back up to meet his chest as he kept thrusting. He kissed her neck and mouthed against her , "Fly for me."

As he did this he pitched and rolled her nipple and felt her explode around him. Her body spasmed, milking his length and sending him over the edge with her.

He had barely pulled out of her body before she turned and shoved him back onto the bed. He let her push him on his back and watched in complete awe as she crawled up overtop of him.

He had fantasized about this woman for years. How she would feel, smell and taste. When he first joined the team, he had nothing left. Family gone, he had only his friendship with Stalker. But then the first day at G.I.Joe this woman turned his life upside down. After meeting her he stroked himself to release that night, wishing his hand was her body.

But his dreams paled when compared to the sight of her taking him in her mouth and suckling him lovingly. Those aquamarine eyes locked with his and he groaned and thrust his hips helplessly.

Shana was in utter awe. This man was always the epitome of self control...who knew he would be so passionate and uninhibited? He was absolutely the most magnificent thing she had ever seen. She could feel he was getting close so she kissed and licked her way up his torso before kissing him deeply as she lowered herself onto his length.

"Oh God, yes." She moaned as he stretched her and she began rocking her hips back and forth, rising and lowering herself onto his length. He held onto her hips as she rode him, utterly transfixed by the sight. Grasping her hips he pistoned into her at a near frenzied pace, causing her to cry out over and over again. And before long they both shattered apart again. She collapsed on top of him and they just held each other. Just wanting this moment to last forever.