Summary: Sorry for the late post, school and tests caught up with me! So, we're finally going to do a bit of conjoining between these perspectives. Maybe a bit of angst. Enjoy.

Disclaimer: still don't own it, never will.

'…' = sign language, *…* = thoughts, "…" = speaking.

'No, Shana we are practicing your kata, not watching a movie.' Snake-eyes signed angrily as Shana O' Hara showed another movie to him. She'd been up to this for about ten minutes now, and he still couldn't find the patience for it. 'Shana, stop that NOW!' he signed angrily.

"Snake-eyes, we've been practicing for hours now. We, I need a break, and I think you need one too. Now, what movie do you want to watch?"

'Fine, what about that one?'

"Frozen, or Tangled, or was it Maleficent?"

'Maleficent."

"Okay, I love this one!" And so they watched Maleficent. Snake-eyes was shocked at the movie.

'How did the wings reconnect?'

"It's a movie, Snakes. Anything can happen."

'Anything?' he asked, rubbing his throat.

Her face suddenly changed, she knew how much he wished to speak. "Sorry Snakes, but that doesn't work that way."

'I know.' he said, then sighed. 'It's getting late, let's call it a night.'

"Alright, bed time. Night."

'Night.'

He then laid on the couch, and she went to the bed.

*I wish he was more relatable. Wish he'd allow me to comfort him. He just needs someone to relate to, I hope I might be able to be more than a student to him someday…* She thought as she snuggled into the bed.

~*Three years later Snake-eyes POV*~

"Snake-eyes, you get the files?" Scarlet asked me. I nodded and handed her the device. These things were complicated, or they looked that way. She looked at it, and I tapped my wrist to signal her that it was time to go. "I know, but we've got to eye-ball the lab."

She is so stubborn sometimes. She then walked toward the elevator that I had rigged with a trap. When it opened, my work was evident, all the guards were fast asleep. You would have thought that they had just decided to take a nap, I just had helped them a bit. Duke then blocked Scarlet, and I prepared to fight if he tried anything.

"We didn't come here for a terrorist threat, and you've made us accessible to half a dozen crimes. I'm taking you in." *Oh no he doesn't!* I was about to move in to take him down, when Scarlet raised an eyebrow to stop me, so I waited.

"If I'm right, General Abernathy will pat you on the back. If I'm wrong, you'll get a medal for blowing the whistle on me. Is that acceptable?" *Good girl, tell it to him. I really don't like him.*

"General Abernathy, somebody's got friends in high places." The one named, um, Weems said.

"Hard to believe somebody has friends at all." Duke said. I really don't like that guy. He is one of the people who are actually willing to insult Scarlet in both of our presence, I'll have to teach him why most others avoid doing that. "What are we doing?"

"We'll eyeball the lab, after you get dressed." She replied, throwing a helmet at him.

They then went down as I used the air shafts. I then got into the elevator and opened it at the perfect time. "Thankyou." She said and touched my shoulder.

We then slid down the wires of the abandoned elevator shaft. We looked at the lab, and then this thing attacked us. It then grabbed Scarlet, and squeezed her until she passed out. I ran at it, and sliced it open from mid chest through its head, but it sealed up. I couldn't kill it, and suddenly it smacked me and I was almost out, and then it picked me up and through me. Everything went black. When I awoke, I was tied to Weems, "It's all you ninja-man, Houdini us out of here." I then went about dislocating my thumbs so I could get out of it.

Tunnel-rat then came out of the vent and started talking, I wasn't paying attention. Man is it painful dislocating your thumbs. I shook my hands after getting out of the rope, putting the bones back into place. I then cut him loose. I had a massive headache, but I kept up with them. I then stole them a Cobra truck, and disappeared into the smoke. Next thing I knew, I was helping the 'Springfield 5' fugitives.

~*Two years later, Scarlet POV*~

We finally cleared our names, but man was that a long interrogation. I was really tired and wanted to get some sleep, but they were keeping us in there.

"Now, I need to know what you did before you joined the Joes, Snake-eyes." General Abernathy said.

I translated for Snakes, "He says that he took care of me, and before and during that, he took care of Kim Arashakage. He did jobs during that time. That about sums up his life."

"What kind of jobs?" Abernathy asked.

"He can't disclose that information without betraying his contacts. He also can't remember all of them." I said.

"We need to know what kind of jobs you had."

"He did spy jobs, sabotage jobs, and assassinations." I said quietly.

Suddenly about two dozen troops ran in, "I'm sorry, but the government requires me to detain you." Abernathy answered our confused looks.

~*Snake-eyes' POV*~

I was getting ready to fight when Scarlet turned to me, teary eyed, and said, "Snake-eyes. Y-you know that this won't stand, we'll get you out. Just let them take you, otherwise it'll take longer to clear your name." she sobbed. "Snakes, you'll be fine."

The guards then came at me, I felt the urge to run, but stayed put. They put some type of collar on me, which connected to a belt with chains. They hobbled me, and put my wrists in cuffs connected to the belt. They then connected poles to the collar and yanked on them. I instantly went into a coughing fit. "Snake-eyes!" I heard Roadblock say worriedly.

They hauled me into a cell, and then took the hobble and poles off. "Get in there, ninja." One of them sneered as he pushes me into the cell. I stumble and fall onto my face, the only kind one comes into the cell and helps me up. I now have a bleeding nose, and he looks worried.

"Be calm, um, Snake. I just have to check your nose, I don't want you drowning." He proceeded to lift my mask to just above my nose. "Ouch, that looks nasty. It's broken bad." He said, feeling my nose. I hissed in pain as he touched the break.

~*Duke's POV*~

It took six months, but we finally got Snake-eyes out. He was skinny, oh he was skinny. He looked like a walking skeleton. I felt sorry for him, but it was nowhere near as bad a Scarlet's reaction…

"Oh, no. D-Duke do you see him?"

"Yah, I see him. What did they do to him?!"

"Ah, Snakes. Did ya forget that he needs to eat or something?!" Roadblock hollered at the troops.

"Well, he was rather frightening. No one wanted to go in and feed him, sir." One of the troops said ashamedly.

When we got him back to the PIT, he had passed out. It was there that we made a decision that would change our lives forever…