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The more she thought about it the more it didn't make sense. Her anger had built up that she didn't see through his answers. She took them for what they were, selfishness. But when had he ever been selfish? He wouldn't have his scars if he was selfish. So intent in her thoughts, she about ran into Lady Jaye and Flint in a training room. Though she could see Jaye's face, Jaye had no idea she had walked in on them.
She watched the interaction between the two. That was another thing she couldn't place. After the Joe team had been shut down Jaye had been sent on a mission, promising to call when she got back. Oh she had called alright, two months after Snake-eye had left her. Scarlet had felt so betrayed that Jaye had gone that long. Even though Scarlet no longer considered Jaye her friend, she had to admit that Jaye hadn't been her self. Gone was her outgoing and sassy personality, instead she was now quiet and withdrawn. So much so, that many Joes had commented on it. It almost seemed as if she was a different person. Feeling she was intruding she tuned to leave, but, ther conversation caught her off guard.
"Have I told you how much I love you?" Flint asked her.
Her eyes lit up and a smile crossed her lips. "Not today."
"There's the smile I like to see." Flint said kissing her on the nose.
"Sorry, I guess I haven't been myself lately." She said shaking her head. "Trying to get a grasp on things. I know it's hard on you, I'm probably keeping you up at nights." Her eyes clouded with worry.
"It's fine really. Baby steps remember?"
Scarlet watched as Jaye rolled her eyes. An expression that she had knows the old Jaye would give Flint on numerous occasions. "If I take an smaller steps I wouldn't be going anywhere.: I just want to be me again, but I don't even know who that is anymore."
"She's there If you could have seen you face earlier, You would have sworn it was eight years ago and Scarlett and Snakes were coming out of that carrier."
"Well, you still have that particular talent."
"Which one?"
"Your ability to but you foot in your mouth in under sixty seconds."
"I thought is was in forty seconds?"
"You're learning."
"Flint to the command center." Came over the intercom.
"I have to get to work. Be careful?"
"Always."
With that Flint left the room and Jaye turned to the weight stand. With that she exposed her back to Scarlet. Crisscross scars cover her back. Most likely from a whip. On her shoulder it looked like someone had taking a sander and removed the flesh. She couldn't help but gasp. Lady Jaye didn't turn around but finished up her set with the hand weights. Then she spoke, almost as if something in her had finally broken free. "Ugly isn't it, Shana? The long scars are eighty lashes from the Baroness, from what I cant remember, probably for the hell of it. This one four in the morning, three months after I had been rescued, sander to cover the Cobra symbol they branded on me." With that she gathered her stuff, turning to Scarlett she looked her in the eyes. "In case you wondering I was captured three weeks after GI Joe was shut down I was rescued on May 5th 1996. " With that she left.
Scarlett was left reeling. May 5th was three weeks before her wedding. May 5th was the day she had come home and received the letter. It was beginning to come together, though she didn't know even half off the story it was begging to make sense. She just wanted to get to the bottom of things.
The more she thought about it the more it didn't make sense. Her anger had built up that she didn't see through his answers. She took them for what they were, selfishness. But when had he ever been selfish? He wouldn't have his scars if he was selfish. So intent in her thoughts, she about ran into Lady Jaye and Flint in a training room. Though she could see Jaye's face, Jaye had no idea she had walked in on them.
She watched the interaction between the two. That was another thing she couldn't place. After the Joe team had been shut down Jaye had been sent on a mission, promising to call when she got back. Oh she had called alright, two months after Snake-eye had left her. Scarlet had felt so betrayed that Jaye had gone that long. Even though Scarlet no longer considered Jaye her friend, she had to admit that Jaye hadn't been her self. Gone was her outgoing and sassy personality, instead she was now quiet and withdrawn. So much so, that many Joes had commented on it. It almost seemed as if she was a different person. Feeling she was intruding she tuned to leave, but, ther conversation caught her off guard.
"Have I told you how much I love you?" Flint asked her.
Her eyes lit up and a smile crossed her lips. "Not today."
"There's the smile I like to see." Flint said kissing her on the nose.
"Sorry, I guess I haven't been myself lately." She said shaking her head. "Trying to get a grasp on things. I know it's hard on you, I'm probably keeping you up at nights." Her eyes clouded with worry.
"It's fine really. Baby steps remember?"
Scarlet watched as Jaye rolled her eyes. An expression that she had knows the old Jaye would give Flint on numerous occasions. "If I take an smaller steps I wouldn't be going anywhere.: I just want to be me again, but I don't even know who that is anymore."
"She's there If you could have seen you face earlier, You would have sworn it was eight years ago and Scarlett and Snakes were coming out of that carrier."
"Well, you still have that particular talent."
"Which one?"
"Your ability to but you foot in your mouth in under sixty seconds."
"I thought is was in forty seconds?"
"You're learning."
"Flint to the command center." Came over the intercom.
"I have to get to work. Be careful?"
"Always."
With that Flint left the room and Jaye turned to the weight stand. With that she exposed her back to Scarlet. Crisscross scars cover her back. Most likely from a whip. On her shoulder it looked like someone had taking a sander and removed the flesh. She couldn't help but gasp. Lady Jaye didn't turn around but finished up her set with the hand weights. Then she spoke, almost as if something in her had finally broken free. "Ugly isn't it, Shana? The long scars are eighty lashes from the Baroness, from what I cant remember, probably for the hell of it. This one four in the morning, three months after I had been rescued, sander to cover the Cobra symbol they branded on me." With that she gathered her stuff, turning to Scarlett she looked her in the eyes. "In case you wondering I was captured three weeks after GI Joe was shut down I was rescued on May 5th 1996. " With that she left.
Scarlett was left reeling. May 5th was three weeks before her wedding. May 5th was the day she had come home and received the letter. It was beginning to come together, though she didn't know even half off the story it was begging to make sense. She just wanted to get to the bottom of things.
