Summery: The Norwegian government is coming in this one. Emotional scene with Harold and Snakes, emotional between Snakes and Scarlet, lots of emotion, so WARNING!

…* = Flashback, '…'= sign language, "…"= Talking, …= thoughts.

Disclaimer: I only own the plot and a couple of characters.

Everyone tried to forget about it. But then it bit them in the butt…"

"Duke! What in Sam Hill is a limo doing in front of the base." General (Hawk) Abernathy asked rather loudly.

"Umm, how would I know, General?" Duke asked, looking out the window.

"Well, if you don't know then find out. Now!" Abernathy ordered.

Duke grabbed Lady Jaye and Beachhead and ran out to meet the strange limo-going trespassers. "Halt! Who goes there?" Beachhead hollered at the intruders.

"I am Harold, the Prince Nathaniel's personal Butler." An older man called out from where he got out of the limo.

"The Prince Na- uh oh." Duke said.

"We have gotten word that he is within this facility, and we would like to retrieve him." The older man stated.

~Meanwhile in the PITT~

"What are they talking about, a prince on base?" Stormshadow asked.

"They mean S-s-snake-eyes." Scarlet stuttered.

Snake-eyes looked at her shocked and signed, 'What are you talking about?'

"Snake-eyes, Duke, he" She started to sob knowing what's coming, "He had a DNA test done on you while you were out. I-I didn't know until it was too late." She was steadily crying now.

Snake-eyes wrapped an arm around her and tried to calm her down. 'Easy, it's alright. It'll be fine.' He signed.

"Did you just say that Duke did an unsanctioned DNA test on one of our key members?!" Hawk hissed out. This was just not his day.

Scarlet just nodded, and continued to sniff into Snake's shirt. He rubbed soothing circles into her back while Storm hummed an old Japanese hymn to sooth her. It worked and she was soon calm. "We need to either make sure they don't find you, or make sure you're ready to greet them." Stormshadow stated calmly.

~Outside~

"Well, I'm sure we can go see if, um Nathaniel is here." Lady Jaye said, as diplomatically as always.

"Thankyou." Harold said as he followed Jaye inside.

"Scarlet do you know if, oh my goodness, what happened!" Jay asked, startled, as she walked into a room holding a sobbing Scarlet, a confused Snake-eyes, a humming Stormshadow, and an irate General. Scarlet looked up at her and managed a weak smile through a sniff.

"I'm afraid I'm using their Prince as a tissue." She said jokingly.

"Nathaniel? What are you wearing?" Harold asked with a frown. This is definitely Nathan, he stands just like his father. But why would he cover his face? Harold thought.

Snake-eyes stiffened at the voice. *"I'll Be the best prince ever!"

"Atta boy! Now shall we get ready? The sooner you g, the sooner you get back."*

"Snake-eyes?" Scarlet asked. He shook his head to clear it, extracted himself from her arms, and walked slowly over to Harold.

He walks like his mother, light footed and dignified. Harold thought lovingly, Nathan had always been like a son to him.

Snake-eyes stopped in front of Harold. He rose an impressive 6'6", taller than his father by six inches. Harold himself was 5'10".

Snake-eyes tilted his head and stared at Harold. He didn't know what to do, so he resorted to Japanese manners and culture. He bowed deeply and signed, 'It is an honor to meet you once again. I must admit that I do not remember much about you, but I would be willing to learn.'

Harold blinked a few times at the rapid hand motions. "What? Nathaniel, why are you doing that with your hands? Why don't you just speak to me?"

Snake-eyes looked to Scarlett, and she said, "He can't speak. He's mute."

Harold blinked, his mouth opening and closing a few times. "How? He definitely wasn't born that way."

"That was actually my fault. There was a misunderstanding, and it lead to many years of conflict. In one of those... situations, his vocal cords were severed." Stormshadow said quietly.

"A misunderstanding?! What kind of misunderstanding causes loss of vocal cords?" Harold asked in shock.

"The violent kind." Stormshadow replied with a smirk.

Before an argument could start, Snake-eyes stepped in between the two. He signed rapidly at stormshadow, then turned to Harold. He pulled out a pen and paper, and wrote, (It is a very long story, I apologise for his behavior. He is like a brother to me, but we were once enemies.)

Harold scanned the paper, then looked at Snake-eyes. "What happened to you? You were in an accident, and then you weren't with the car. Now you're here? How?"

(As I said, long story. Basically, I escaped the car after the crash, then rescued Stormshadow's cousin. I was accepted into his clan, trained with them, and finally came here under circumstances that I will keep to myself.) Snake-eyes wrote in reply.

"I see. You do realize that you will have to come back with us, right?" Harold asked.