The next day Clelia is in the car with the Cobra soldiers and Firefly, the van with her family the Bowden's driving behind. It takes a day and night, before they stop for good at our destination. There were only two stops on the way, for petrol. They haven't bothered with food this time, just occasional drinks of water. As we get to a set of gates, Clelia realizes upon hearing the voices of the guards at the gates. We are at the Dreadknok compound, she's heard of these guys not only from the comics of GIJOE, but also from news broadcasts in America and from a biker Clelia met in Australia who used to be part of their crew. She and the Bowden's are in Florida, and have just entered the everglades in the clutches of Firefly. This is not good, what from the scary guy who used to be one of them. Is that he scared the hell out of her more than these terrorists, Clelia even feels a chill of fear and started shaking upon hearing their voices. An image spread across her mind of how the biker used to hold her up against the wall by throat and then image of her brother doing the same thing making he was teaching her how to fight back against the biker, when was just using it for an excuse to do the same thing to Clelia. He was really enjoying it, just like the biker was.

The sound of the gate closing behind them and bikers revving their engines just for the hell of it, made it all come crashing down on her that she's in danger. It's not just the family that's in danger, anymore. Most probably always was like this since they got them, but Clelia didn't realize it till now.

The sounds of the engines died down as the cars stopped in front of a building that seems to meld into the leafy murky everglades. Like it was always there, just another part of the everglades. It's hot in the car and the suns just coming up, she sees it rising through the trees. The guy firefly chucks Clelia out of the car, her hands are tied so she lands face down in the dirt and scraps her already messed up face. When she lifts her head she sees the bikers all closing in around her with their hands on their hips, laughing at her messed up and dirty face and hair.

"What we got here another scientist?!" One Dreadknok she knows is called ripper says and then laughs with the other bikers.

The sound of the others being dumped out of the vehicles close by her, made Clelia feel better. Not to be alone anymore. Hands grabbed her around the throat and pushed her onto the ground, she kneed the guy in the balls. He yelped and pushed himself onto the grass in pain. Clelia sits up on her knees and gets pulled up onto her feet, by Firefly who yells at guy she kneed in the groin, "Buzzer! Stay off her! We're not supposed to kill any of them…yet!"

The one and only Zartan walks through the now parted crowd of Dreadknoks with his daughter Zanya in tow and he stretches out his arms in welcome and says, "Its about time you got here with the prisoners. Firefly, we have the plane ready and waiting for you."

Firefly nods and says, "Well good we've been driving a long way, I'm tired and need the bathroom. Where is it?"

Zartan nods and shows him the way ahead and Firefly pulls Clelia along with him, with his M16 in his left hand. The other Cobra soldiers follow with the Bowden family, the mob of Dreadknoks push them about a bit as they follow onwards into the building. They are taken inside and Clelia is given over to one of the Cobra soldiers with his M16, they take her and the Bowden family to a different direction then to Firefly and Zartan and his daughter. They all are taken down a stairwell and to a small room with a toilet, where their then thrown in. The light is turned on then they slam the door shut and Clelia hears it shut, there's no windows. Clelia sits down with the others on the floor, the air is mouldy and fowl smelling. She looks at the Bowden family their very tired and angry. Jani and Ian the little boy are crying, Clelia wriggles close to them and says, "Its okay everything's going to be all right. The military will save us."

The children nodded and she asked, "Do you guys need to go to the toilet?"

The children and parents nodded and then Clelia got up, yelled and banged on the door! "Open up the people in here can't do you any harm! Untie them and get these gags out of their mouths!"

The door opens and a guard slams her down to the ground with his M16 and yells, "Shut the hell up Bitch! You don't give us orders!"

Then Zanya came up behind him and said, "Actually Zartan ordered me to tell you guys its okay for you guys to untie them for and ungag them for now. Looks like Firefly said you guys can rest and eat up for an hour. After you do this one thing."

The Cobra soldiers smiled and the one that whacked Clelia said, "It's about time."

Zanya leaned against the wall and watched as the two Cobra soldiers untied and ungagged the others, two others aimed their M16s at the prisoners. The family tried kicking and screaming once they were ungagged, to get themselves free.

A Cobra soldier says, "Stop or I'll knock you out! How would you like that no being untied for any of you lot!"

They then stopped trying to get away and they were all untied, Clelia included. As the Cobra troops went out of the room and two Dreadknocks Buzzer and Ripper came out of the stairwell with their big guns and said, "Alright you Cobra soldiers head upstairs, mates we'll take over. Their should be plenty of grape juice and doughnuts for you all upstairs!"

They laughed and the Cobra soldiers groaned as they went upstairs, Zanya slammed the room door shut with a smirk on her face looking at Clelia.

They each in the room took turns to go the toilet and everyone else looking the other way, children first. Once they'd all went, they all gathered round each other and Jodi and John explained to the children as best they can why they had been taken. Once they had done so the door opened and a Dreadknok appeared with bread and water for everyone. Zanya wasn't there anymore Clelia noticed and wondered what that smirk at her was all about! The Dreadknok left the food, then left. Slamming the door behind him.

It's good the lights on they can all see their faces, everyone's tired. Clelia gets the children to eat first, and then Jodi and John eat. Clelia starts eating with them and the sound of rats beside her make her jump up and the family move by the door with her as the rats take over the tray and eat the rest of the food, lucky they all had their drinks in their hands. The swallow down their drinks and John puts his son in his lap and starts telling him a story to make him think of happier places and nicer animals. After half an hour, of the family sleeping against the door and Clelia trying to sleep but whacking away the rats that get too close to her after every time she starts nodding her head to sleep for the past half hour. Then the door is pushed on, but it can't go any further because the family is asleep on it and a Dreadknok yells through the crack, "Get out of the way you losers! What can't you stand some friendly neighborhood rats?!"

The family wakes up with disgruntled groans and Clelia helps them stand up and move away from the door, the door slams open. Torch stands there with a huge gun aimed at them and says, "Turn around and stand up against the wall! In a line! Nobody move once your there!"

They all did as they were told, Clelia and the others were safe the rats had scampered to a corner in the dark area of the room and gone out through the tiny gaps in the air vent.

"Looks like I'm not the only one scared of Dreadknoks!" Clelia thought to herself.

The other two Dreadknoks came in behind them with their big guns.

"Maybe Ak47's." Clelia thought to herself as she took a glance behind her and then got yelled at so she swung her head back round and faced the wall.

Ripper and Buzzer tied them all up and put hoods over their heads and then all three Dreadknoks escorted them out the door. Up the stairs and through the big building into the plane and to the aircraft carrier, into a very big plane. Where their thrown on the floor and at the back and then they are all tied up in two rows to ropes that are tied up to either end of the inside of the plane. The feeling of being doubly tied up freaks the children out and they start screaming. Clelia and the parents tell the children again it's just a matter of time till the American military comes and saves them. Ian still cries and screams, so Clelia moves enough to rub shoulders with him and say, " Its alright I'm right next to you I won't let anything happen to you."

Clelia hears someone come onto the plane and when she speaks she knows its Zanya, "You will protect him! How will you protect him when you can't even protect yourself?!"

She laughs with the other three Dreadknoks at what she said. Clelia gently leans over and whispers to Ian, "It's alright, okay never mind the terrorists, even if I'm tied up here I'll still protect you. I promise."

The parents whisper back, "We'll protect you too Ian, we're all in it together here."

The sound of Firefly and Zartan talking as they get on the plane is heard by Clelia through her hood, Zartan yells out the plane door, "Zarana, you take care of things while I'm away seeing Cobra commander!"

Zarana yells back, "Yeah, you know I will! No need to remind me!"

Zanya says, "Touchy old granny."

Buzzer laughs and says, "If looks could kill!"

The sound of the Cobra soldiers coming in is heard, the airplane door closes and the airplane lights go on. Zartan taps the front of the plane and says, "Let's go!"

The Dreadknoks fly the plane out of the Dreadknok compound. Clelia feels tired again, but cannot sleep, she hears the family sleeping. Still without her pills she can't get to sleep, she keeps thinking and thinking. She listens to the terrorists on the plane; she can't control her head occasionally moving from side to side to listen. She hears Zartan say, "Man, that girls like me! Maybe I should give one of my pills just to settle her down."

Firefly says, "No, let her go another night without any pills. I want to see what happens."

Zartan snaps, "That's just hard, isn't it! You want to see someone go crazy without their pills! That makes you real hard Firefly, real hard!"

Firefly says, "Shut up and just give me one for now. I'll give it to her when I decide its time."

There's a rattling of a bottle and then Firefly says, "Thanks."

Zartan asks, "What exactly have you got planned for her? And doesn't Cobra want her?"

Firefly says, "What I've got planned for her is none of your business and Cobra doesn't need a Nanny. Cobra soldiers can look after the kids."

Zartan scoffs and says, "Yeah, I'm sure Cobra will agree to that. What are you going to do lose some of your pay for her?"

Firefly says, "If I have to. Now shut up I'm tired."

There upon the conversation stops and after a day's flight, the plane lands. Clelia hears the plane go into an aircraft carrier and a big door close behind the plane, when the plane stops the family wake up from the sudden jolt. The door of the plane opens; the fresh air coming into the plane feels nice to Clelia. They are untied and escorted off the plane and then they are taken throughout a building to a big room, where the two scientists are forced till kneel down further ahead in the room. Then all their hoods are removed, Clelia sees they are in a throne room and In the throne of a Cobra is Cobra Commander, he puts out his arms and says, "Hello and Welcome to Cobra Island!"