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After returning to Joe H.Q., Col. Sharp has Mainframe, who has finally replaced Breaker and Lewinski, get both Gen. Abernathy and Top Notch on the line.

"Abernathy here, what's the word?"

"The word, sirs, is snake skins. Once the shooting stopped in Alaska, Duke's team discovered that all the H.I.S.S. drivers were wearing these." Col. Sharp informs them before motioning off screen. The two watch as Grunt wheels in a gurney with an empty dark blue vest with black tubes on the shoulders and the torso, a light blue undershirt and trousers, and a helmet with a mirrored visor that seems too big to be necessary.

"That helmet looks like what Foxhole described a few days ago, he said some Stinger drivers had them on." Top Notch says as he and Gen. Abernathy lean forward a little. "What do you make of it, Gen. Abernathy?"

"Hard to say... is it just an aesthetic change, or is does Cobra have a new class of combatants?"

"Apparently the latter; Scarlett questioned some of the survivors, but only one of them gave us a name." Col. Sharp tells them. "Motor-Viper."

Top Notch blinks before speaking again. "It seems we will have to make some additions to our Database soon."

"Agreed; keep us posted if you make any more discoveries, Colonel." Gen. Abernathy says next.

"Yes sir. Over and out." Col. Sharp replied before the other two end the transmission. "Let's just hope Cobra doesn't have any more surprises for us." He added under his breath while taking another look at the enemy uniform.


Chapter twenty-one.