Storm Shadow and Goody (commission)

 Storm Shadow and Goodnight by whereverbillygoes 

The sight of endless, open sky without the tether of a mission… after months of being restricted to The Pit, it was a heady rush, almost enough to make even Storm Shadow giddy. He could walk away if he wanted to. He was certain the Joes expected him to. They could all go back to their old roles of hunters and hunted. No more grating tolerance of each other, no more enduring another clan in which he was the outsider. It would make all their lives easier.

Sand gritted against Goodnight’s boots, tugging Storm back to the moment. Storm tossed the canteen to Goody without looking back. He idled his way through sai holds and kept the stars in his sights. He wouldn’t need the weapon to overpower one out-of-practice soldier. They both knew that. It hadn’t stopped Goodnight from driving him out here and giving him all the space he’d been lacking for so long.

“So. You come up with a plan for after this? Or is making Snake’s life interesting as hell the whole plan?” Storm Shadow glanced back at Goodnight and wished he hadn’t. The uncertainty on the man’s face, the look of knowing he was gambling with his heart just by asking the question, was too sobering for the moment.

Storm shrugged and looked back at the sky. “This is good for now.” No commitment. No capitulation. But he didn’t have to see Goodnight’s face to know he’d be content with that.

A snippet for the Magnificent Seven/GI Joe fusion I’ve been idling along with (with massive encouragement from lazaefair and the PoFi crew). It’s all bits and scraps right now, but a hell of a lot of fun. And whereverigobillygoes   did such an awesome job of translating Goody to a new setting! Love it!