GI JOE Porn Story: Diamond in the Rough Chapter 5

Disclaimer: Characters in this work (GI Joe/ Cobra) are the property of Marvel Comics, Hasbro
and Devil’s Due Publishing, Inc , and are being used without permission. No profit is gained from the use of these characters.

Rowan Michaels (a.k.a. Trigger), Mirrored Reflections, and the Diamondback are of my own creation

Thanks to: DesertFox for her work, JohnF. , I would not know Rowan, if I did not know you, and to Jai for the push . . .

Diamond in the Rough

By Nickelina

Pushing Buttons

Cobra Commander swirled around in his chair, putting his back to the other people in the room. The deal he had just made with Extensive Enterprises would pay the company back for the money it had put forward for CORBAs present loan. By selling the smaller, not less pure stones to Extensive Enterprises, COBRA would be recouping their some of their losses. It would also allow COBRA to keep an eye on what was on the market if the diamond they were seeking would come from a mine they did not own.

Only a handful of diamonds had been found for the original Diamondback. Then again they were only looking for a few months. Refining and cutting took time. The smaller prototype worked better than they had expected. The targets Destro had used had all but incinerated when hit with the laser. The beam was not powerful enough to destroy a larger target so the search was on again for a larger, more perfect diamond.

With Extensive Enterprises in control of the diamonds already in their possession, they set up a diamond buying headquarters in Las Vegas under the company name Mirrored Reflections. This would give prospective buyers another place to view and buy diamonds with out having to travel to New York, or Amsterdam. Also, Las Vegas was more comfortable than the jungles of Venezuela.

The Commander turned back around and faced the Crimson Command Twins, Tomax and Xamot. Settled.

Very well then, Commander. The twins replied.

You will pay Cobra forty-five percent of all your profits from the sale of these diamonds.

Forty-five percent? That does seem quite high. Xamot tried to reason with the Commander. How about thirty?

Forty-five and thats final. Im sure Destro will want a cut of my profit as well, he always does.

The twins sighed, Very well then, forty-five it is. But to whom and where we sell is none of your business.

Cobra Commander leaned back in his chair. I cant agree to that. I, as well as M.A.R.S., want them to be screened. GI Joe can not be trusted. Sticking their noses into our business all the time. As long as you know who you are selling to, I get forty-five percent.

Tomax and Xamot looked at each other. Dealing with the commander was always very taxing.

We have two of your shipments. As good business men, we would like to be there to pick up the next. Xamot started.

When it arrives. Tomax finished.

Of course, of course. The commanders eyes squinted evilly. He was already thinking of a way to cheat the Twins out of the best of the lot. But why go all the way to Venezuela? How about a closer meting place?

No trip is too long when it comes to diamonds.

The commander got up and walked to the other side of the desk, to the large windows. He looked past the Las Vegas strip and into the sprawling city. We have a strong hold in the village of Las Ojos de Christo in Mexico, outside of Nogales. We can meet there.

Do not try to fool us commander, Tomax was wise to the Commanders dealings. Cobra Commander had tried and succeeded in swindling money from Extensive Enterprises before. He was not about to let it happen again. Remember who is footing the bill.

Do you think I am stupid? Cobra Commander said with anger building in his voice.

The twins did not answer him.

I will inform you of your next shipment.

Xamot cleared his throat. Will you be returning to Venezuela?

Why? The Commander snapped.

We were just inquiring. Destro has already left for Europe.

For a short time only. That jungle heat and all those insects drive me crazy. I will be meeting Destro in Amsterdam.

Very well Commander, we will wait for your call.

The Commander waved his hand to excuse them. He was glad the meeting was over. His hired masseuse was on the way to his room. He couldnt help but think how smoothly things were running. This time, COBRA was going to surface with a bang and no one was going to stop them.

Jaye sat at the large table in the meeting room spinning her empty coffee cup in a circle with her fingers as she stared blankly across the room at the map of South America. She was early to the meeting that Hawk had called and was enjoying the quiet before the others showed up; silently praying that Trigger would not be there. Things were not getting any better between them. As hard as she tried, she just could not be around him for very long before he got on her nerves. After she had removed him from Operations, Hawk had sent him right back with a stern warning that if she tried to move him again, it would be Jaye who was moved to the motor pool. She never initiated conversation with him but they often did talk as a group there, usually about what was on television or recent stories they had read in the newspaper. He really wasnt a bad guy. He was simply someone she would ever want to work with on a close basis. They were able to have small short conversations that would end up in some sort of irritated statement, usually by her. Trigger disagreed with everything she said or did.

Lady Jaye could not figure out why Hawk wanted him in Ops. Maybe he wants me to go insane. Hawk had made many decisions about things she didnt understand the reasoning behind, but she fully trusted everything he did. She knew there was a reason why he made the decisions he did and never questioned it. As with other Joes, she had to work with him and she would just have to get used to it, no matter how long it took. So far, and thankfully, the only time they had worked together was an occasional briefing and sharing notes during morning meetings when they would have to sit next to each other. Her notes were always very neat and detailed; Triggers werenothing but doodles and stick-men.

Triggers attitude seemed to have been getting better. The only problem was her attitude was getting worse. When things bothered her she never let it show. Recently it was getting hard for her to hide frustration. It was showing in her work, and with Flint. She would spend the better part of her alone time with him complaining about how her day went being stuck in the same room with Trigger. Thinking of Flint and reminded her to apologize to him for the fight they had the night before when she told him she didnt want to hear about his problems, when all he did was listen to hers. She didnt notice that someone had entered the room.

Yep! Thats a map! Trigger said as he patted her on the head and jarred her out of her trance. Awfully pretty too. Look at all those colors.

Please dont touch me. Youre lucky I didnt turn around and snap your arm off, Jaye did not turn around to look at who was talking to her; she already knew it was Trigger.

Trigger sat down across from her and smiled. No you wouldnt have. Youre a girl. Anyway, how are you this morning?

I was doing fine.

He leaned in close to her and whispered, What were you staring at?

I was thinking.

Hawk and the others had started to file in.

No, I was watching you, Trigger spoke louder now. You were staring.

I said I was thinking.

Staring.

Jaye rolled her eyes at him and motioned for Cover Girl to sit next to her. She looked at Trigger and snapped at him. Dont talk to me, alright.

I wont, dont stare at me, alright. He snapped back, mocking her tone.

Cover Girl could not resist jumping in on the conversation. Kids, kids play nice. You were staring at him? Jaye! Do I have to tell…?

I was not, just forget it. Jaye straightened her notebook and looked toward the head of the table, ignoring both Cover Girl and Trigger.

Trigger smiled wisely at Cover Girl, and she moved around the table to sit next to him. Ripcord sat next to Lady Jaye. He looked at her, then at Trigger.

What did you do now? Ripcord said to Trigger as he sat.

I didnt do anything. Shes just being, he winked at Jaye, mean.

You be nice Trigg! Cover Girl warned.

Hawk called the meeting to order. Flint, Duke, and Dusty had also joined them this morning. Hawk cleared his throat and addressed his team. The Cobra pot is coming to a boil. Their organization has been quiet for too long. Various intelligence reports have come to my attention and it looks like this might be big. A weapon, like nothing we have faced before. Cobra needs one more component for their prototype to be complete, and its up to us to stop them. Hawk walked to the projector and flipped it on. This is the Diamondback. A drawing of a rather large, missile launcher was displayed.

Thats nothing. Trigger whispered to Cover Girl. He began to scribble on a piece of paper.

It looks like a missile launcher. Flint said.

No, I have to disagree with Flint. Duke commented. It looks similar to a truck mounted RADAR

Its not RADAR at all, just made to look like one. This, Hawk flipped to another picture, is a smaller version of it. A laser gun.

Doesnt Cobra already have them? Whats different about this one? Cover Girl asked.

This one, Hawk sat on the corner of the table, is fitted with a diamond amplifier.

Meaning? Dusty asked.

Stronger, hotter, more destructive. Flint added.

Exactly. Hawk flipped through the slides showing different views of the weapon. Lady Jaye.

Jaye walked over to the map and took over the presentation. Over the past few months, the worlds diamond production has gone up. A surge of small, high quality stones have been arriving in Amsterdam. The thing is, they are not coming from South Africa, or even the Ivory Coast. They came from here. She pointed to the map of Venezuela.

Normally, the government would have a part in an operation that was pumping out so many stones. But its not. Its a small company called Mirrored Reflections, a subsidiary of Extensive Enterprises. The only way to get to Mirrored Reflections is through them, which leads us to believe that maybe its a COBRA front.

Do we have any other proof of this? Flint asked.

At this point no. The only possible link is this recon photo that was taken in Mexico. Arbco seems to be moving the cargo from Venezuela to Mexico, then to Europe.

Arbco has done legit stuff in the past, Ripcord added.

But not much, Dusty laughed.

Trigger whispered to Cover Girl. Whats Arbco?

Dummy COBRA Corporation. Cover Girl whispered back.

Oh. He was not impressed, and resumed his drawing.

What is COBRA waiting for? Hawk asked.

The perfect diamond. Trigger never looked up from his drawing and never missed a beat.

Care to elaborate, Trigger? Duke prodded.

Uh, duh! If you had a weapon like that, wouldnt you wait for the best of the best? I know I would.

Jaye slammed down her note pad and shook her head at Trigger. She caught Hawk looking at her, but she could no longer mask her frustration.

Alright discussion time. Flint started. Why would the perfect diamond be essential for this product?

Trigger elbowed Cover Girl. I feel like Im in school.

Be quiet, youre going to get us in trouble.

You are no fun. Trigger said as he frowned at Cover Girl.

Jaye gritted her teeth. Shut up.

Trigger, do you have something to add? Flint pointed him out.

Nope. I mean nah, I mean uhh, no sir!

The room grew eerily silent as everyone at the table held their breath waiting to see what Flint would do. No one got away with talking to him in that manner while in a meeting. The last time anyone had talked to Flint like that they were escorted out of the room and were not allowed to participate on that mission. Often times those people found themselves on report, as well. Trigger was skating on thin ice. The tension was building in the room and Dusty tried to ease it by informing everyone of what he knew about a diamonds potential.

Jaye did not mean to, but she tuned Dusty out. She could not believe how Trigger was acting. Finally the seniors were seeing what he was really like. Not paying attention, no serious answers to any question. And all this joking around. She was really expecting to see Flint pick Trigger up by his collar and throw him out of the room. This was not the time for games. There were countless times that after a meeting as such, she was stuffing a pack and boarding a transport plane for a mission. If that were to happen today, they would all be in big trouble.

She was brought out of her thoughts by the sound of Cover Girls stifled laugh. Trigger had been twirling Jayes empty coffee cup while staring at the wall behind her, purposely making fun of her.

He received one of the iciest stares that Jaye had ever given anyone; and it did not go unnoticed. Cover Girl stopped smiling. Ripcord, who was on the other side of Jaye sat up straight, ready to move if need be. Even Flint noticed something wasnt right with that section of the table. He shot them a look of warning. Trigger slid the cup back over to Jaye and resumed writing on his paper.

Hawk walked to the end of the table and stood behind Jaye. He rested his hands on the back of her chair. So, what should be our plan of action?

We have planned another recon mission, Flint began. Were going on information acquired by Intel. A visit to Mirrored Reflections.

Lady Jaye gave Trigger a smart, know-it-all look. Mirrored Reflections has an office in Las Vegas, for preferred buyers. We go there, and snoop around a bit.

Yes, take any information that we can from there. If its legitimate, then there has to be another way that COBRA is getting any diamonds. If its not, well, then we know where to strike. Hawk, who had been watching Trigger the whole time, reached over the table and took his paper from him. We will have a standby team ready just in case. Lady Jaye, youre our girl, you are going in.

Jaye smiled, knowing that Hawk fully trusted her to do what she did best with no questions asked.

We are going to team you up with…

Jaye did a quick survey of the room. Hopefully she would be teamed up with Ripcord, the last time they had worked together went very well. Or perhaps Dusty, who she never had the chance to work with in her intelligence capacity. She felt Hawks hand on her shoulder as he said the word.

Trigger.

She dropped her pen on the table and stared at Trigger in disbelief.

I think this would be a great opportunity for him to get his feet wet. Besides, hes a fresh face COBRA may not be on to. Hawk looked over at Trigger. Think youre ready?

Trigger leaned back in his chair and gave Jaye a cocky grin. Oh yeah. Im always ready. Yo Joe.

Very well then. Hawk turned the meeting back over to Flint, who was handing out the briefs. He sat back at the head of the table and kept his eye on Jaye and Trigger.

With the meeting over, the group of Joes split into three sections of a strike force. Flint, Cover Girl, Lady Jaye and Trigger were finalizing the drop off and pick up for the two that were going in. With all the details complete, they got up to leave. Jaye was stopped by Duke and Hawk. She knew it wasnt going to be good and sat back down.

Flint remained sitting and folded his arms over his chest. The four waited until the room was empty before Hawk cleared his throat and spoke.

Her heart began to race. In all her time with GI Joe this had never happened to her. She was cornered and desperately wanted to throw up her defenses, but it would do no good. No one was about to save her.

Is there something going on that I should know about? Duke asked.

Im not sure what you mean, Sir.

Come on Lady Jaye everyone saw it, Duke stood over her. What is going on between you and Trigger?

Nothing!

You did seem pretty distracted today, Flint added.

If this is going to be a problem Jaye, we can call Scarlett back from her furlough.

Jaye looked at Hawk and hoped that he wasnt agreeing with what Duke was saying.

Im sorry sir, it wont be a problem.

Lady Jaye, its really not like you to not be a total participant in a meeting like this. You gave us what you needed to then you just faded out. If there is some sort of problem, Flint reached across the table and placed his hand on her arm, Let us know.

She did not know what to do. There was no way that she was going to be pulled from this mission. However, it would sound completely immature to let them know that Trigger rubbed her all the wrong ways. It will be fine.

Good, Duke said. He nodded to Hawk and walked out of the room.

Hawk followed, but before he reached the door, he addressed Jaye. I know you wont let me down.

Jaye put her head down on the table and let out a low growl.

Were not ganging up on you. I hope you know that.

She did not give Flint a response. She just kept her head down.

You havent been yourself lately. Youve been acting, Flint choose his words carefully, childish.

What? Her head snapped up.

Flint lowered his voice. The door was still open and Jaye was ready for a fight. You act like a ten-year-old when you get around Trigger. This was probably the worst Ive seen it.

Oh, and you would know what acting like a ten-year-old is like, wouldnt you?

See what I mean?

Jaye got up and slammed the door shut. I am not acting childish!

Flint walked over to her. I dont want to fight. Not now.

No? Should I brew over this for a little longer?

Jaye, this isnt about what I just said. Its about how you are reacting to him. Slamming down your notes, throwing your pen. Should I also mention staring off in space and giving dirty looks? What is going on?

He just makes me so mad! He shouldnt be here. She sat back in her chair.

Why?

Didnt you see him? Havent you heard anything I have been telling you? Hes a screw-up. Hes going to get someone hurt or worse because he just doesnt care. He always has something more important to do. People like that bother me.

I have to see it for myself before I can do anything about it.

He knelt down in front of her, as she sat down. He makes fun of me.

Flint laughed at her. Is this what this is all about?

No, just one of the many things, Jaye sighed.

Look, you have to work with him and thats that. Maybe once he gets out and does some real work hell change.

Jaye put her head down. Her voice was almost a whisper. Hawk is so upset with me.

Flint took her hands in his. No hes not. Just concerned is all.

No, She kept her eyes down at the floor. Hes really upset with me I can tell. I dont like that.

I promise you, he isnt mad. If he was, you would be scrubbing the floor of his office. Flint touched her cheek. Im not mad at you either. Im concerned as well. I just want you to know.

She looked at his face with a sparkle in her green eyes. I know.

Now, you better give Trigger a few pointers. It will make your job a little easier.

Thats true. He is a little green, isnt he?

Things will get better with him.

Jaye looked at him and sighed. I doubt it.