Langley, Tuesday

[l1ttle_billy]

There was something nagging at Billy's mind as he waited to be called into Duke's office. The meeting he'd arranged between the current field leader of G.I. Joe and John Connor was about to take place.

There was just something...bothering him and he couldn't put his finger on what it was.

Finally the door opened and they were called in. And Billy remembered. Hadn't John met Duke once before? And John had reacted...interestingly. Mun just remembered that he cast Robert Patrick as Duke.

"Billy, come on in. And you must be John."

[For John Connor.]

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[apocalypsesoon.livejournal.com]

Ah, the background check. Good thing John's from another dimensions or else it'd show up enough red flags to look like he was from the Chinese Embassy.

"Right. Code names. Billy had mentioned that before," he said, wondering if 'dungeon master' was really appropriate. Other choices shot through his head: 'Tin Man', 'John Henry', 'DDoS', 'White Hat', 'Wardial'.

[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

"Give it some thought. And leave your contact information. Beach Head is the man who'll want to see how good you are. And your contacts at the NSA will be Mainframe, and Firewall."

[apocalypsesoon.livejournal.com]

"Dang," he said, "those are cool code names. Why didn't I think of those?" He shook his head. "Okay. I'll make sure I meet up with Beach Head, Mainframe, and Firewall. And... how do I get in contact with you? Or you with me? Is there a special phone, secret code? Is there a fireman pole to slide down?"

Okay, that last one, he couldn't keep the smirk off his face, but the contact was important.

John Connor, government agent.

[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

Duke smirked too. He had dealt with many Joes with quirky senses of humor. Shipwreck for instance. And he took it for enthusiasm.

"No firepole, but I do have an unlisted number for emergencies. And not many Joes get to choose their own code names. Most of the time they're assigned."

There needs to be a G.I. Joe codename generator. Like the online sorting hat or finding out what your Daemon (Golden Compass) animal would be.

[apocalypsesoon.livejournal.com]

"Just as long as I don't miss the signal if something happens." He almost volunteered the Virginia safehouse...but wasn't sure how to explain the dingbots.

I looked, there's not one that's usable. It kept saying that John's GIJoe name was Joseph Stalin and his Cobra name was Major Bludd.

And I'm still stuck on the codename. Dangit.