AN: I tried to write a second chapter to A Chosen Path but this came out instead. I want to thank OrionM42, Sydnew and Alternateshadesofblue for all the Jo/Zane discussions, this story came about because of them. I'm rating this an M because my Zane does cuss a lot.

I don't own Eureka or any of its characters I just play with them.

Zane made his way through the woods outside of Eureka to his favorite clearing, barely noticing anything along the way. There was a meteor shower tonight and he didn't want to miss it. He needed something to take his mind off of the last week. Something, anything to get him out of the mood he was in.

Originally he had planned on bringing Jo out here with him, watch the shower with her and then convince her this was the perfect place for a little dessert. He had actually planned on it being very romantic, their first real date. He let out a sigh and ran his hand through his hair. "All of those plans have gone to hell."

"Christ, everything with Jo has gone to hell." He'd been upset that she'd pulled out of going to Titan without telling him. Hell he'd been upset that she'd pulled out at all. Their talk after they'd left Café Diem had turned into a full blown fight. A knock down, take no prisons, don't hold anything back, fight.

As he made his way up the trail Zane thought about the fight he'd had with Jo. "I didn't deserve all the things she'd said to me, well at least most of it…Shit, I probably deserved about 75 percent of it." Zane thought to himself disgustedly.

They hadn't spoken to each other since and that had been a week ago. Of course a large part of why they hadn't spoken to each other was that he had thrown her own words back in her face before he'd stormed off. He'd wanted to make her hurt as much as he was and telling her she'd been right they didn't work had seemed like a good idea at the time.

Now..now it seemed like one of the dumbest decisions he'd made in a long time. He missed her, not just the incredible sex, but her. He missed her smile, her laugh, the way she looked in the morning waking up next to him. And he didn't know how to fix it. "I don't even know if it can be fixed. I thought she was good at avoiding me before I found out about the timeline switch. But fuck! That was child's play. That woman has ninja like skills when it comes to avoiding someone. "

Zane had only seen Jo once since the fight and that had only been a fleeting glimpse across the rotunda at Global as she headed into the elevator. Although he had to admit it wasn't as if he'd sought her out. At first he had been too damn stubborn to make the first move towards reconciling. But lately, lately, it was that he just didn't know what to say to her. "Although starting with I'm an ass and I'm sorry would probably be a good place to start. Followed by I want you back."

And he did want her back Zane realized as he stepped into the clearing. He wanted to work things out with Jo before he left for Titan. The idea that he would be gone for six months leaving Jo behind thinking they were over and there for free to start seeing someone else if she chose…Well that was an idea that he didn't want to dwell on too long. "It's not that she's dated a lot of guys before, but Christ Jo's hot and I'm sure as hell not the only guy in town that's noticed that."

Zane walked into the center of the clearing, barely noticing how beautiful it really was. He threw his backpack on the ground and was about to sit down when he heard what sounded like a groan. Zane snapped his head around, moving his flashlight across the landscape. As he listened trying to see if whatever had made the noise would do it again he saw what looked to be a person struggling to sit up on the other side of the clearing.

"Jo" Zane yelled out as he took off running towards her.

Jo hurt like hell, especially her head. She began to feel around and take inventory of what shape she was in when she felt a small device right behind one of her ears. The device didn't really register with her. She'd just spent the last three months being hooked up to some weird device or another. "Where the hell am I?"

As she took a look around trying to determine where she was at Jo sensed, rather than saw, the man running towards her. She got ready to strike out if it proved necessary. If it was an enemy they were about to find out Josephina Lupo would not go down without one hell of a fight.

But an enemy made no sense. First off she was in the woods, not the desert and secondly the last thing she remembered she had been in that God awful infirmary at Global Dynamics. "The same God awful infirmary I've been in for the last three months of my miserable life. Still, better to be prepared than caught off guard. God, this is going to hurt." Jo thought to herself as she finished standing up all the way. She was surprised to find that it didn't hurt. Yeah, her head hurt and she felt dizzy but standing, standing had been a breeze.

Zane stopped up short just as he reached Jo. He'd seen that look in her eyes before, well not hers so much as the Enforcer's. The look was loud and clear, one more step and he'd get his ass kicked into the ground. But right now he really didn't care if she was still pissed and tried to beat the shit out of him. There was a rather large amount of blood running down the side of her face.

Zane reached his hand out towards her "Jo…Jo what happened?"

"How the hell does this guy know my name?" Jo thought, but to Zane she snapped "Who the hell are you? And Where am I?"

Zane was visibly shaken by Jo's questions "Hmmm, Jo…its Zane. You've hit your head or something. I need…I need to get you to Allison."

"It's Major Lupo if you don't mind." Jo replied back "And who's Allison? Look buddy, I don't know who you are. So if you don't mind I need to get back before Dr. Stark or Deacon send out the troops after me."

"Dr. Stark? Fuck, fuck, fuck!" Zane started to panic a little bit. What the hell had happened? Was she seriously hurt or had she been sent on another little trip through time? Fargo had said the FTL was based off the bridge device and they had been firing it up a lot lately. "I am so going to kill Fargo if that damn FTL did this!"

Zane tried again to get Jo to relax her stance and let him help her. "Hmmm, sorry Major. Look I can take you back to GD, but I'm afraid Dr. Stark isn't available right now. But ahhh, Dr. Blake is or Henry …I mean Dr. Deacon. You need help, your bleeding."

Jo did relax a little and asked. "You work at Global Dynamics? You're not a Doctor, or at least I haven't seen you in the infirmary since I got here."

"Uh…No, I mean yes. I work at GD but no I'm not a doctor." Zane told her, his worry for her growing by the minute. "Look, why don't you let me give you a lift back."

Jo thought about it for a minute. She was dizzy and they had been pretty clear about her not wearing herself out. Jo snorted "Might as well get a ride from the hot guy. It will give me a chance to figure out what the hell happened." The look she gave Zane said don't try anything funny but when she spoke to him her voice was neutral "Yeah, sure, that'd be great. Thanks."

Zane reached out and took Jo's arm trying to help her to the trail, but she flinched and threw his hand off. Her voice was low and very deadly as she snapped "Don't touch me."

"Fucking perfect, yet another version of Jo that doesn't want me anywhere near her. Well too bad sweetheart, because I'm not going anywhere." Zane thought as he walked Jo back to the trail leading to the road, watching every step she took in case she started to pass out or stumbled. Right now he needed to get her medical attention, fixing their love life would have to wait. "For like a time when she remembers who the hell I am again."

AN: The second chapter will be coming soon. Please review and let me know what you think so far.