Jaye began to stir in her bed, just as Scarlett walked into her room, calling, "Spill! I want details!"
Jaye sat up pulling the covers closer over her naked body. "Spill what? Can you hand me my robe?" She asked in feigned ignorance and pointed to the robe on the dresser.
Scarlett exhaled a disappointed sigh, "Fine, you can tell me later about your romantic evening." Picking up the robe and handing it to her roommate, "I got a session this morning with Snake Eyes and a dozen petrified Greenshirts, so I will see you at lunch." She started to walk out of Jaye's bedroom, when she glanced back, "Oh, by the way, you have to go on a rescue mission, Duke has Brutus." making Jaye bolt straight up from the pillow. And with that, Scarlett flipped her famous red pony tail and exited the room.
Jaye followed her out of the room at a run. "What do you mean Duke has Brutus? Why the hell does Duke have MY Brutus?"
"He needed some comfort." she smirked.
"Why would our fearless leader need comfort from a stuffed bear?" Jaye looked at her best friend as if she grew a second head.
Scarlett backed up two steps, "Umm.. He…umm…well.. damn it." Her words barely were utterable, "I…I.. think I'm late for my training session.. I'll just go now." trying to escape. How could she tell her best friend what happened last night. Duke may even kill her for that matter. She took another step backwards, one more step and she would be out the door.
Jaye grabbed Scarlett's arm. "You aren't getting away that easily."
"Yes I am!" she stated, using one of her karate escape routines, and was unleashed from Jaye's grasp. She needed to get out of there fast! Scarlett darted out of the suite faster than her legs could carry her. She had only gone a short distance when a whistle came from her right. She turned and saw Clutch giving her a dashing smile.
Scarlett stopped for a mere moment, staring at the mechanic in confusion.
"Love your new uniform, Red!" he called out to her.
Uniform? What new uniform? She glanced down and let out a surprise gasp. "I'm still in my nightgown!" the words barely escaped her mouth. She glanced to her left and then her right. She had to go back into the suite and change. A loud door slam echoed behind her, Jaye was coming after her!
The other woman followed after Scarlett wearing only her robe and nothing else. "Get back here Scarlett!!! Don't make me come after you!!!" She called out as she ran in Scarlett's direction oblivious to the fact that all she had on was her green satin robe.
A whistle came from an open doorway, Jaye noticed Clutch giving her a approved thumbs up, but barely noticed it. She wanted to find out what was going on.
Why was her roommate so nervous? Obviously, something had happened during the night. She wanted answers!
Clutch began to laugh so hard, he toppled over and held his chair, "I got to call the others!" immediately, he sprang from the floor and called Ace on the phone.
Ignoring Clutch, Jaye looked around, but did not find the redhead. She took a chance and started to walk towards her left.
Scarlett in the meantime, had darted down the hallway, when a door opened, causing her to collide with the person exiting the room, Her eyes went large as she stared up to Duke's blue ones. "Umm..."
"Scarlett! What in the bloody blue blazes are you doing running around the base in your nightgown?!" Duke exclaimed in shock.
Jaye ran down the hall leading towards the offices trying to find her roommate.
Scarlett twisted around and noticed Jaye rounding the corner, "Oh oh." she exhaled, then turned to Duke, "I see you are holding Brutus." Jaye had not noticed them, as she had stopped to yell at two Greenshirts. Scarlett pushed Duke back into the room and closed the door. "Quiet." she commanded him, watching Jaye walking straight down their way.
"Scarlett what the hell is going on?" Duke commanded. "Let me out of the closet!"
Jaye had darted passed them without noticing them and was heading towards the command staff offices. Scarlett exhaled a sigh of relief.
"Duke, I prefer you not to call my office as a 'closet.' " came a voice behind them. PsycheOut stepped around his desk, "Now, I can see that there is some tension in this room. How about we all sit down and settle this thing? Scarlett, why don't you tell Duke, why you shoved him so roughly back into my closet-- my office?"
She turned to face him, "I'll tell you later, if I'm still in one piece."
she gulped. She did not explain further, opening the door, she looked to her right. There was Jaye, glancing around, her back was turned-- good! Scarlett took a few steps when a voice called out her name,
"Hey Red! You should wear that outfit more often! So, much nicer than your other one!" Ace's voice filled the air. Blasted! That pilot had one bad timing!
Scarlett's eyes widened, as Jaye had spotted her and was heading back down the hall, her face did not look pleased.
"Ace, you will pay for that comment." she threatened, darting towards the other side and running down the hall, she glanced back just to witness PsycheOut's door burst open once more and Duke coming out, still holding Brutus.
"Duke!" Jaye yelled. "What the hell are you doing with Brutus? You gave him to me!" Her face was turning red with anger. "Give him back!"
Duke's eyes became huge, and his mouth dropped at the sight of Lady Jaye. They were starting to draw a crowd but no one dared to say anything, wanting to watch the strange sight in front of them first.
"Why the hell do you have him anyway? Are you an Indian giver or something?!?!"
Duke glared back, "I'm nothing of the sort! Scarlett had him last night, and somehow he wound up in my hands. I mistakenly took him with me! I was about to return him, when you started chewing my head off!" His eyes widened, and his held his breath, he had picked the wrong choice of words from last night's sight.
"SCARLETT! Get back here!" he barked, towards down the hall watching the redhead run around the corner.
Jaye glared towards her roommate and began to follow her, forgetting Brutus in Duke arms. Scarlett knew something and it was time to find out exactly what.
"JAYE! Get your rear end back here now!" Duke threat vibrated in the halls.
PsycheOut touched Duke's shoulder, "Come on, let's get back into my office and discuss this anger of yours."
Duke turned, flaring, "Closet!"
"Office."
"No.. Clo-set."
"O- ffice."
"Closet!"
"Office!"
"CLOSET!"
"OFFICE!"
"There are no windows! It is a CLOSET!
"There is too a window! So, OFFICE!"
"It is a god-damn closet, DICK!"
"STOP calling me by my middle name! Besides, I got two cousins with that name!"
"Really? So do I!"
"Can someone please tell me what the devil is going on here?" came Gung Ho's voice, "I just saw Scarlett pass the rec room with her nightgown on and Jaye following her in this little green robe, and when Shipwreck passed out, we realized that there is nothing under it!" That got everyone's attention.
Duke handed Ace the Bear., "Hold him. I'm going after Crystal and Alexis Carrington." That was what his base was turning too! Dynasty! He began to follow the two counterintelligence women trail, with the others close to his heels.
The Mess hall became a choir of whistles as Scarlett darted passed several of the men.
"All right, Red!" and "I love the new look!", surrounded her.
Glancing towards her right, she breathed a sigh of relief that Jaye wasn't following her for the moment. She had to reach the gym and grab her extra uniform. Another chorus of whistles filled the air. Jaye! How did she get there so quickly? She watched Jaye smack right into two Joes, Leatherneck and Wetsuit.
Jaye's face blazed, "Get the hell out of my way before I make you two think you're six year old girls and I'll have Cover Girl braid your hair!!!!!"
"Let's get out of here, Wetsuit! Javelinmama has finally lost her top!" cried out Leatherneck. They both hurried off, trying to escape Jaye's death glare. She then turned and spotted Scarlett almost stepping out the door.
Jaye started to walk towards where she saw Scarlett. "Red! Get your ass back here before I tell Shipwreck about your secret fetishes!!!!!"
The other woman, stood in shock. What on earth was Jaye doing? She must be very interested to know what is going on, if she was using that playing card.
"I wouldn't do that if I were you, Jaye." Scarlett yelled from across the room, waiting to leap out the door, "Otherwise, a certain Joe by the name of Breaker, would have to release that secret video which I think most of the team would love to watch, or should I say, hear!" And with that, she bolted out of the Mess.
Jaye started cursing her in several different languages and ran after her full tilt and went threw the door slamming it open, causing it to crash against the wall.
The entire Mess Hall stood in silence, their eyes glued where the two women had exited a few seconds ago. They all looked at each other, unknowing what to make of the scene.
"Where are they?" came the thunderous voice of the First Sergeant.
All faces and right hands pointed towards the door, no word coming out of anyone's mouth. They watched Duke, stride quickly through the room and follow the women's trail, with several members following him.
Everyone stared at each other once more for a split second when a voice broke the silence, "Fifty on Jaye!" Then another said, "Forty on Scarlett." But it was Roadblocks' voice that surpassed them, "One hundred on Duke." In seconds, chairs were pushed and the entire room followed their leader.
Across the lawn, Scarlett tried to run quickly towards the training room area, ignoring the several whistles and hoots that surrounded her, she dashed madly through some ropes and smack right into the most fearsome Joe anyone knew, Beach Head.
"Umm, Hi Beach." Looking up at his unpleasant face.
"Don't you Hello me! What is going on here? Both you and that wannabe actress got this whole base gawking at a pair of Barbie dolls chasing each other in their skimpy outfits!" the drill instructor yelled in her ear.
Jaye rushed after Scarlett. She ignored all the cat calls around her and headed towards the gym.
Scarlett glanced behind her, spotting a very angry Jaye heading her way. "Sorry to cut this happy conversation short, Beach, but I must go." She hurriedly darted around the man, and went towards her destination.
Beach Head growled towards her, "You women cause only but trouble on this Base! You shou-" but his words were cut off as Lady Jaye had run smacked into him.
"Get the hell out of my way before I move you!" Jaye screamed as she tried to go around who ever was in front of her.
Beach Head grabbed her arm in a tight hold, "Don't you DARE say the word hell to me, Corporal! Do I make my self clear!"
"Corporal? Did you forget that I was promoted to Sergeant?" Jaye barked at him. "And I'm off duty right now so back off." She pulled her arm away from him.
He growled towards her face, "I can arrange it to demote you back to Corporal. Got it? And YOU are supposed to be serving your PT punishment, by Duke's orders, got that too? or can't your little pea brain handle the information?"
Jaye spun around quickly and decked him right in the jaw causing him to fall to the ground. She took off after Scarlett again.
Beach Head swung his fist in the air, "This is not over Jaye! I'll have you court mar-" but his sentence was unfinished as he watched, Duke and most of the base following Jaye, who was in pursuit of Scarlett. Thinking this was getting interesting, he stood up and began to follow the crowd.
The counterintelligence agent had made her way towards the gym. Scarlett could not believe this whole run a round. Dashing through the doors, she collided with Snake Eyes. She could see his mouth drop from under his mask,
"Sign anything and die." she informed him. "Hide me! Jaye is on a rampage!" Nodding, the Ninja took her hand and hid her behind a target practice board.
Jaye rushed into the gym. Snake Eyes' eyes almost popped out of his head when he saw her. "Sign and die." She said. "Where's the red head?"
He stared at her blankly, but his hands did not move.
She stepped towards him, "I said, where is the red head?" a little more louder than before.
Snake Eyes looked at his hands then at her. She had told him not to sign. He smiled under his mask.
"Fine!" she growled, "You can sign again, now tell me where she?"
The ninja glanced to his left and then right, before signing, "Cover Girl is still on that Mission with Steeler and Crosscountry."
"Not that red head! You know quite who I'm referring too! Now, tell or I'll make sure that every member knows about your red-haired Barbie doll collection!" He gulped.
She heard a choke coming from behind him, aha! "Alright Red, come on out. I only want answers. I'm not going to hurt you, yet."
Scarlett emerged from behind her hiding spot, and stopped behind Snake Eyes. But he looked from one to the other and then bolted out of the room.
"Chicken!" Scarlett called out to him, watching him exit the door.
Lady Jaye gave her deadly look, "Alright, what the hell is going on? I want answers and I want them now! There is no escaping this time, Red." her eyes burned on her roommate.
Scarlett was about to open her mouth when Duke and what seemed most every GIJOE on the base came running inside the training room.
"What the bloody blue blazes is going on with you two this morning?" Duke walked up to them, his expression was very easily deciphered. Boiling mad.
"You stay out of this Duke. This is between me and her." Jaye said staring straight into the other woman's eyes, giving her another of her famous glares.
"This is my damn business when two of my soldiers are running around the base, one wearing only her nightgown and the other only wearing-" but his words were interrupted by a shocking cry.
"Allie!" Flint had emerged from the crowd, which had been so silent, watching and listening, hoping for a cat fight. He was shocked to see her standing there, wearing only her robe. "What are you wearing!"
Jaye turned towards Flint, "Not now Flint, first I want Scarlett to talk, before I do anything else to her." then glanced down for the first time she had left the suite. "Holy sh-.."
The warrant officer, looked from Jaye, to Duke and then did a double take on Scarlett. "Your still in your hallway attire!" the words sputtered out.
"You were sleeping the hallway?" Jaye asked bewildered then started to yell, "What the hell is going on here? Why was Scarlett sleeping in the hallway? And why the hell Duke had my Bear? I want answers now!"
Scarlett gave Duke a look, "Go on, tell them."
Duke blinked twice, "Me? You tell them."
"Will someone tell me what the hell is going on?" Flint voice was dead serious.
"I want to know why the hell nobody is telling me anything." growled Jaye.
Duke glared at Scarlett, "I'm not in bloody hell telling anything!"
"Will you people stop using the word hell!" Scarlett said annoyed.
Jaye took a step forward, her eyes menacing, "I will stop using hell when hell freezes over! Both you and Duke know something. Now talk!"
The other pair glanced at each other, but before anyone could reply to Jaye's command, a very loud deafening voice broke out in the gym.
"What on EARTH is going on here?" Hawk stared livid from the scene in front of him. Four of his top soldiers were in the process of a full blown argument. Not to mention, two of them were still in their sleepwear! His voice was stern, "Duke, Flint, Scarlett and Jaye, in my office on the double!"