"If we hope to complete the De-Gravitator we MUST obtain the ionichip," Destro snarled in frustrated, looking over his men who merely stood at attention, refusing to say a word. Realizing that they were not going to offer a way for them to gain the piece that Cobra Commander demanded they obtain the head of M.A.R.S. narrowed his eyes before pointing to the door. "Out. All of you. It seems to be that I, and I alone, must find a way to ensure that this simple task is completed."

The Cobra Patrollers all left, leaving Destro alone… or almost alone.

"I think there is a small problem with that strategy," the Baroness purred from the corner where she was seated. "Namely that you have no idea how to actually get it yourself."

Destro hated to admit that she was right. "It would have been simple enough if we hadn't relied upon the Dreadnoks." The Baroness shot him a look but he didn't waiver. "YOU were the one that said I should trust them to complete this task!"

"Only because you didn't want to go for stealth. You thought a loud distraction would be the best way to keep the Joes from realizing what we were up to. And even then we would have succeeded if that 3rd party hadn't shown up. What was her name again?"

"We looked into it. She is Viperidae. We think she might be connected to Snake Eyes… can't be sure. But the power armor she wore was on the level of M.A.R.S. tech." He frowned as he remembered how the mysterious masked woman had suddenly fallen from the sky right in front of the Dreadnoks, taking out Zaranna before she could even get off a shot. Once that had been done they had been utterly without hope. "We should have sent Zartan."

"…yes," the Baroness admitted. "But it is too late for us to do that now. So we need to secure the ionichip one way or another."

"It is locked up tight at the Joes' new mobile vault. We have no way of being able to retrieve it."

The Baroness glanced at him. "Yes… WE can't."

"No," Destro said at once. "Absolutely not."

"It is our best option."

"The cost alone is worth more than M.A.R.S.'s budget for an entire year. And their completion rate-"

"Is better than ours," the Baroness stated. "Make the call."

Destro glowered at her before walking over to a picture in his office and swinging it to the side, revealing a safe. From it he retrieved a key that he took over to a second safe hidden under a rug near his desk, pulling out a small com-screen device that he placed on his desk. He pressed a button and at once there was a crackle… and then a logo of a blue and yellow C! appeared on the screen.

"Lord McCullen," a non-descript voice stated, "what is the price of victory?"

"Whatever you desire," Destro said, hating that he was basically handing the mercenary a blank check. "We are in need of your services once again, Director. "

"And I am of course happy to be of service," Director Chaos stated, voice purring with joy. Most likely because the transfer of funds had occurred. That was how it worked when Cobra was forced to reach out to Chaos INC: they paid first and then aid was given. "Anyone in particular you'd like to bring in?"

Destro and the Baroness shared a look before the dark haired beauty said, through clenched teeth and with clear distaste, "is… the Monster Fucker available?"

"She prefers Stheno."

"No, she doesn't," the Baroness grumped. "She's all to eager to inform us that she's 'Monster Fucker'."

"I'll talk to her about that but yes, she is available. I can have her at your location in 12 hours for debrief." Director Chaos paused. "Pleasure doing business with you."

~MC~MC~MC~

In his office Director Chaos leaned back in his chair. "Cobra isn't happy they lost the ionichip. Paying us good money to snag it."

"Going to have Stheno claim it?" Viperidae asked as she sat across from her boss, drinking a pop from the vending machine.

"That's who they want. Go find her and let her know what she can expect from the Joes. Then let's give it… 23 hours before you alert them there might be an attempt and seek out pay for further info and assistance. Enough time for her to be able to already infiltrate but also make them desperate enough to pay you to try and get it back."

Director Chaos chuckled.

"We do this right and those idiots might pay us 4 times each to pass back and forth the ionichip!"

DIRECTOR CHAOS

Aster, Weylin

Role: Head of Chaos INC on Earth-1981

Primary Specialty: Mercenary Placement
Secondary Role: Information Gathering
Birthplace: Corunna, Michigan

Director Chaos uses his business to gain cash from both GI JOE and Cobra without either knowing it.