It was only 5am and the A-Team was already flying over India. Tiger had woken Snake up since she had never fallen asleep, something he had made clear he wasn't very happy about, but given the days assignment he wasn't exactly surprised.

As they began to near their destination of Japan, Tiger became very restless and was at the moment pacing the length of the chopper.

"Tiger, you're going to fall on your face if we hit a thermal." Said Duke as he sat cleaning his rifle.

Tiger rolled her eyes, "You'd be more likely to fall off a building then me fall from a little turbulence."

Duke pointed at her, "Don't jinx me, I've come close enough."

Tiger rolled her eyes before continuing her movement. It lasted another 10 minutes before Snake snatched her as she passed him and pulled her onto the bench beside him. "I can't sit still, Snake. I'm feel like my insides are going to burst." He placed a comforting hand on her cheek and put their foreheads together, "Everything will be fine." It was so soft and muffled through the mask that no one heard it except Tiger. Slowing taking a deep breath she nodded before leaning into Snake's shoulder.

Another 20 minutes passed and the chopper began its decent into the dense forest somewhere on the island. Once everyone was out with their equipment, Heavy Duty activated the camouflage on the chopper and Tiger watched it vanish from sight. "You know that won't fool them for long if they walk close by here."

Heavy Duty shrugged, "Doesn't have to fool them for long."

With a shrug she followed him into the trees where the others were waiting for them. Snake put a hand on her shoulder as soon as she was close enough and kissed her on the head though his mask.

"Okay," said Scarlet as she strapped her little crossbow to her leg, "Tiger, show us the way."

They trekked through the dense forest for what seemed like hours and when Tiger suddenly stopped walking, Snake almost walked into her. "Something's different." She said in a hushed tone to Snake who immediately left the group to look around in the shadows.

"What's up kid?" asked Heavy Duty.

Tiger shook her head, "I don't know….but something doesn't feel right. The complex is right over that little embankment but something just doesn't feel right…it's too quiet."

Tiger was right, something wasn't right. They were surrounded and Tiger realized it a second too late when she heard and the felt a knife just miss her thigh; it sliced pretty deep though. Gritting her teeth she look up into the trees and saw a young man dressed in black, with a wicked smile on his face.

"Nice of you to come home Sky. Nice arms." He said as he swung himself down from the tree, followed by a good 15 others. Weaing a black tank top, she glared at him as he slowly walked towards her, "My name isn't Sky." With one hard glare at her, he leapt and narrowly missed her head with his foot. Tiger could always hold her own against Razer, but she was surprised to be having trouble right now. Where was Snake?

The Joes held their own. 6 of the assassins already lay dead on the ground, 3 others unconscious and tied up. Scarlet and Ripcord were taking care of the ones on the ground while Tiger and Duke had lured the others back towards the clearing where they landed. The trees provided too much cover. When they got to the clearing Tiger found out where Snake had gone.

He was there fighting with the Master of the Order. Why he was even there was beyond Tiger but she didn't care, she was scared. Duke patted her on the back, "Go! I've got these loser."

She nodded and ran towards Snake when he was pushed hard into the chopper, the cloak coming off it as he hit. Tiger skidded to a hault when the Master looked at her. "Well, well, look who decided to come home."

Anger that Tiger hadn't even known existed began to course through her veins and she bawled her hands into fists, "This is not my home. It never was and never will be." She gritted her teeth and ran at the man that was responsible for so many nightmares.

Everything happened very quickly after that. When she would look back on the fight later on, Tiger won't be able to remember most of it. The man was a good 100 pounds heavier than Tiger but her slightness was used to her advantage. The only thing that managed to slow her down were cuts that she seemed unable to avoid on her legs and stomach. She glanced at Snake more than once, but he had been hit so hard against the chopper that he was still out cold. She heard Duke and Heavy Duty behind her but had no idea if the others were alive any more. It was only when she imbedded her own dagger, one always concealed against her calf, into the Master chest did she take a step back. His eyes were full of hate and malice when he looked up at her, "You will pay." He managed to say before his heart stopped beating.

Tiger let out a breath, "I already have."

She was too busy trying to breathe that she didn't hear the arrow coming at her from a tree above. She was too busy to notice Snake running at her and pulling her out of the way. She wasn't too busy to scream when the arrow pierced Snake's armor and went deep into his chest.