as ever, i do not own eureka, or any of its characters - i am but a fan.

friendly intervention

Jo was rushing to one of the iso chambers on Level Q. Fargo had beeped her earlier that there was an emergency and she had to come right away. The last time she was here was during the mites incident. What could possibly have gone wrong now?

She finds the door open to Iso Chamber B and goes right in. This was bigger than the one they tested in, and had no fixtures or furnitures. It was just one big empty room. Except, in the middle of the room was…

"Oh my God! Zane!" When she got there, Zane was sprawled unconscious on the floor. She rushed to his side. She knelt down in front of him and felt for his pulse.

Then she heard the door close.

She groaned. Not again!

"Uh, hey Jo."

"Carter?" She turned to the sound of his voice and saw his face on the monitor on the wall.

"Carter! The door closed on us. Get us out of here. Zane might be hurt."

Allison appears beside Carter "He's fine Jo. He'll be a little groggy when the tranq wears out, but other than that there are no side effects."

"Allison, what the hell are you talking about?" Jo was confused and pissed.

"Sorry we had to do it this way Jo" Carter replied sheepishly. He expected Jo's reaction to this stunt they were about to pull.

"We?"

Then she saw that Fargo, Henry and Grace were also in the control room with Carter and Allison. She noticed shadowy figures behind them as well, but right now she was way too mad to care who they were.

She heard a groan from behind her and turned to Zane. He was slowly coming to.

Jo glared at Carter "I will never forgive you for this…"

Carter swallowed hard "I'm hoping you will. Someday."

Allison put her arm around Jack "We hope you'll forgive all of us Jo. We didn't mean to meddle. But as your friends we just couldn't stand by and watch and not do anything. Especially with Zane leaving in a few days."

"I tried to talk them out of it Jo" Fargo chimed in. The others glared at him. "But when I thought about it, I didn't want to get stuck with a grouchy Zane for six months on Titan."

"I'm not grouchy" said Zane. He was now sitting upright holding his head with one hand.

"You are too! And you're even grouchier now than you've ever been before so that's saying a lot."

Zane turns his head to the monitor "What's going on anyway? Last I remember Allison called me to the infirmary and said I needed another inoculation for the mission."

Henry replied "We didn't think you'd go willingly so we had to figure out how to get you down here with minimum fuss."

Carter added "Ease up on the workouts Zane. It took three of us to carry you down here."

Zane smirked. "You could have tried asking me first." He stood up and rubbed his neck.

It was Grace's turn to answer. They really were all in this together. "Look, we just want the two of you to sort things out.

Then she gestured to the rest "It's not like we haven't tried to get the two of you to talk. But you not only avoided each other, you've avoided talking about it with us as well."

Zane was sarcastic "And you think locking us up together in this iso chamber will get us to open up, make up and all will be well?"

Jo, who was standing beside him with her arms crossed, dittoed his sarcasm "Our so-called friends are pulling off an intervention."

Zane looked at Jo then back to the faces on the monitor "Well, they were your friends first." he reminded her.

He likewise crossed his arms across his chest and looked at them with disgust. "Not nice guys. And not necessary."

In a hard voice but with a pained expression on her face, Jo said "It's over. We're done."

Carter was exasperated "Then get closure. The two of you are being so stubborn about this, it's not silly anymore.

He points at Jo "You're sad all the time"

Then points to Zane "You're sullen all the time"

"And you're both hurt and miserable. It's become painful to watch."

He leans forward "So talk it out. We can't have another season of this."