I am on this one again cause the other two are both at ten. I gotta put this one at ten too. I felt bad for making Scarlet the bad person in Rust Angel, (She will stay that way in that sorry :D) Also to Chawmoy-bot (let me know if I got it wrong) although this review was in Rust Angel I have to answer it cause I laughed so hard when I read it. Yes. I love beating her up. Especially when I can make Snake Eyes come to her rescue, or make fun of a cannon character that I sort of don't like. i.e. Scarlet because there are too many Se/S fanfics ;)
Snake Eyes hesitantly knocked on Scarlet's door. "Coming!" She yelled and he heard shuffling. Ripcord was most likely with her. And sure enough when Scarlet answered the door a shirtless Ripcord was be hind her. Quickly he asked Scarlet if they could speak, in private. "Rip, out. I'll find you when we finish talking." Ripcord grumbled and left as Snake Eyes entered. "What is it Snakes?" He signed to her saying that they needed to talk. "About what?"
He looked to the side as he told her how he felt about Avery. Of course he didn't say who it was. What he expected was squealing and jumping around from Scarlet, ever since she had met Rip she had become more emotional and hyper. "Snake Eyes, you know I love Rip." He blinked in shock then he laughed out loud. She had thought he meant her because he chose to speak to her. "S-Snake Eyes?" Quickly he signed to her, letting her know it was someone else. When he finally stopped laughing Scarlet was smiling softly at him. "Tell about her a bit will you? I know how you feel but I know nothing about her." And he did. He told of Avery's devotion, love of those close to her, and her skills. About how she spoke and listened. Scarlet was told about how most of her emotions were in her eyes but when she had spoke to him about Jhonny and had listened about Hard Master she had had facial expressions. The only slip up about who she was was the name Jhonny.
"It think, you might be in love with Avery." Blushing under his mask he tried to make Scarlet think it wasn't Avery with out out right lying. "Who else do we know that knows a dead Jhonny." And there he realized his mistake and his head fell in shame. "Aw Snakes. I won't tell anyone. Not even her. But you will have to tell her sooner or later." Snake Eyes let her know one of the problems. "Oh, wow. Well it was like that with Ripcord and me. I didn't know as much about him as you know about Avery when I started to fall in love. All it took was him being kind to me when I needed it. At first he had only wanted to get at me but now look at us. Close to three years I believe. You needed someone to listen to you and she did." Scarlet spoke the wisdom he needed to hear.
"I hope everything works out. Just make subtle movements towards her to get her to notice you. It seems she needs someone like you. I mean look at how her life has been; her best friend and brother die a year ago then she is taken here and forced to bow to an evil man." Snake Eyes looked at her in shock. Blushing her self Scarlet told Snake Eyes how she knew about Webster. "I walked in when Snake Eyes and Breaker were revoking him of being a Joe. Also I think you get her to write to her mother. Or ask about her. I think Avery holds her in high respect. You saw the way she reacted when Breaker said that Sara hadn't mattered."
Snake Eyes stood and bowed to Scarlet, letting her know just how thankful he was to her. Then he signed to her and let her know that he would get Ripcord for her. "Thank you Snake Eyes. And it is good to hear your laugh. Maybe I will be lucky enough to hear it a second time. Also do you think that tomorrow you could formally introduce Avery? I'd like to meet her myself." Snake Eyes left with a nod and headed to the rec. room to find Ripcord. He signed to the dark colored man.
"I still don't understand that. But if you are hear I'm guessing Scarlet is alone and that is why you are here." Snake eyes nodded and watched as Ripcord passed the X-Box remote to Duke then jumped over the back of the couch. "See ya." He said and left. Snake Eyes then signed to Duke.
Groaning Duke replied. "She's pissed at me. I didn't do anything and she's pissed. I'm a bit afraid to-" Snake Eyes quickly signed a word of advice to him. "Really? You think? Won't see just be more mad if I try to go bad to her?" Shaking his head Snake Eyes told him what he thought. He was always giving advice like this to Ripcord, although those times it is normally written down. "So you think all she wants is a hug from me and to tell her I love her? Why?" Snake Eyes let him in on a bit more advice before Duke too jumped over the back of the couch and raced to Anna. He had told Duke that she was upset about him in someway and wanted reassurance but his leaving hadn't helped her.
"Since when did you become the love guru?" Breaker asked as he passed the remote to Heavy-Duty. And Snake Eyes told then about how Ripcord keeps coming to him for help with Scarlet. "Why you though?" He let them know how close he and Scarlet were. "Do you love her?" Breaker asked and Snake eyes wanted to laugh again. He shook his head no and told his friend that there was someone else that he liked, a lot. "Oh." Breaker paused the game to look at him and Heavy-Duty looked at him too. They both seemed to be in shock. "You should let Scarlet know, she thinks that you like her." Was all Breaker could think to say. Snake Eyes let them know that he had and was about to leave when Heavy-Duty spoke.
"You can't be leaving now. Not after telling us about such a thing. We're your best friends, well male friends. Come on tell us a bit about her." Breaker saved the game and shut it off. Snake Eyes sat down and thought. This wasn't like him, to tell everyone how he felt. Then an idea popped into his head, he would make a deal with them. If the didn't agree then he wouldn't tell them.
When the deal was put out into the air Breaker spoke first. "Of course we'll help you get with her. Who is she?" And Snake Eyes told them. Both he and Breaker were taken aback when Heavy-Duty started to curse violently.
"There may be a small problem with that. There's this deal with me and Hawk you see. We'll to be truthfull-" And he told them. If Snake Eyes and her did become lovers then he wouldn't be allowed to be in the vote for her to stay or leave. The other day Heavy-Duty and the General had bartered over the medic. And several hours ago some of the conditions changed. It was now that the majority of Alpha Team had to vote her in. If it was a tie then there would be another month of debate. And if Snake Eyes was out then it was six people allowed to vote. That included Heavy-Duty. "And if in two months it is a tie Stone breaks the tie."