"We meet again."

Owl was in shock the great General Eagle was standing right in front of her, completely blocking her path.

And worst of all, he had recognised her despite her face covering.

She pulled out her knife and slowly backed away. He didn't follow her but his eyes seemed to say, 'you're not going anywhere.'

"So you have succeeded in downloading the information. Bravo. Now what?" Eagle took a step forward, his eyes never leaving hers.

Owl could hear her heart beating loudly as she frantically thought of some way to save herself. The General was blocking the only way out and there was no way she could physically take him on.

"That's right," she spat, despite her predicament, "now Commander Octopus will destroy you!"

He was slowly coming towards her, his lips stretched into a thin smile.

"I suppose," he sighed. "But I wonder what I should do with you till he comes, hmm?"

Her back met the cold hard wall and all she could do was hold the knife in front of her as the man approached her.

Suddenly he stopped moving, an annoyed look came over his features as he tilted his face to the side. Owl looked past him when suddenly the sound of rapid footsteps started echoing all around them.

The door behind Eagle opened and several soldiers burst through; weapons in hand.

"Sir, all rebels have been subdued." One of the men reported as the two others aimed their guns at her.

"Stand down."The icy voice commanded. "This one is mine."

Both soldiers immediately obeyed, but she noticed the strange look they gave her.

"Now my dear," the General raised one gloved hand toward her, "you can either take my hand and come with me, or," he gave her an amused look, "I will have to use a less dignified way to handle you."

"The choice is yours."

Owl couldn't believe her ears; was this considered standard protocol in the Army?

She viciously pulled the scarf covering her mouth down; he knew who she was anyway.

She felt so helpless, she wanted to snarl at him like a vicious animal, but what difference would that make? She was cornered and her opponent wasn't offering her any chance of escape.

She was still holding her weapon in front of her as though it was the only thing keeping him away from her, but she knew better. His kind could bend steel into a U if he wanted to, he was just playing with her and she hated it.

"I would rather die than let you get any information out of me," she growled.

He smiled.

"Is there anything you can tell me that I do not already know?" He gave her a knowing look before continuing, "after all, are you not very low in terms of rank?"

And he just stepped on a landmine.

It took her a moment to register what he said.

She could feel her ears start to heat up, most likely becoming red.

"W-what are you talking about?"She managed to blurt out, completely mortified.

"Let me see," he began, "Weaponry: 5, Transport Skills:5, Tactics:3, Camou—"

Within a blink of an eye she was charging at him, knife raised and eyes ablaze; she wanted to tear him apart. She didn't notice Eagle motion the other soldiers to stand down, nor did she see him move. But suddenly her blade was tinkering down the hallway, and both her wrists were being crushed in a vice like grip.

She leaned back as he brought his face near hers.

"And this would be considered your greatest weakness."

"You must never listen to your opponent's words."

After a moment of gazing into her widened eyes, he straightened up, letting go of one of her hands, while strengthening his grip on the other.

"Time to go."

He yanked her with him, forcing her stumble after him.

She glanced back at the soldiers behind her and found them staring at her like she was some kind of strange alien.

What was going on?

-O-

"You cannot be serious."General Bear stared at Eagle incredulously.

Eagle ignored him, his own gaze steady on the giant monitor spanning the entire wall in front of them.

"When has Eagle joked about anything?" General Tiger commented, a tinge of amusement in his voice.

"You are taking this rather well." General Wolf observed.

Tiger smiled, "It does not bother me what he does, as long as his leadership remains untainted."

"Truly I am touched by your confidence in me." Eagle supplied nonchalantly, his eyes never leaving the screen.

"In any case," Tiger continued. "I always knew that King of the Rebels Octopus had no honor, but to sell out his own people so easily..."

"Disgusting."Wolf sniffed.

"But of all the rebels, why her?" Bear motioned to the unconscious figure on the monitor.

"She seems like a nobody."

"Eagle?"All three men turned their gaze on their leader

"Sorry , no comment." Eagle answered, smiling at the sleeping figure on the screen, as though somehow only she knew the answer to that question.

Tiger sighed. "I suppose you will tell us in due time?"

"You know me well," Eagle turned to his brothers, his smile still in place.

"Very well, we will take our leave then,"Tiger conceded.

"What-" Wolf began to object, but Bear's large hand on his shoulder cut him off.

"I am hungry my brother, let us have a bite to eat."

"I am not hungry!"He protested, but didn't have a chance against the older man.

Eagle and Tiger watched, amused, as the large man easily dragged out their unwilling youngest brother, leaving the two of them alone.

It was Tiger's sigh that broke the silence.

"In my opinion this could only end badly."He commented as he too turned to look at the sleeping woman on the screen.

"But I know you will not listen, so I will be keeping a close eye on her myself," he quietly added.

Eagle let out a small laugh. "You have no faith in me?"

"You just made a deal with an individual whose guts you hate just to get her."Tiger raised a brow at his brother.

"Can you really handle her?"

"I know what I am doing Tiger." Eagle sighed, running a hand through his hair.

"Then there is truly nothing more to talk about?"

There was a pause.

"No, nothing."

Tiger lingered for a moment, clearly wanting to add something but stopped and quietly followed his brothers out, leaving Eagle to stand alone in the Communications room.

Eagle turned back to the screen, his smile gone, replaced by a pensive look. It did not please him to cause confusion among his brothers but at this point he had no choice.

"Owl, why do you make me out to be the bad guy?" He whispered to the screen, knowing full well she had no clue what was going on.

In any case, his heart was finally at rest. He could deal with his brothers later, but at least now she was here, in his domain, and under his protection. He no longer had to worry about her situation, if she was in any kind of danger or not, if she was in good health or not because he was now in control of all those things.

Finally, I caught you.