Disclaimer: I do not own G. I. Joe nor any of the characters except my own Oc's of Lt. Col. Jane Abernathy "Demon Rose" (or Emily Rose), Sgt. Jake Henderson "Pile-Driver", Corporal First Class Jana Ling "Amethyst", and Col. Roger Stevenson "Cap", Sarah "Listener" Rose Abernathy, or Sakura Rose.
Synapse: Sarah, Jane's little sister of 25 years of age, has sought out safety with the Joe's at the Pit. But there's one small four year old problem, she's the only family her daughter has left alive except Abernathy and Jane. And she's expected to work in Intelligence, what's a girl to do? Snake EyesxOc.
The Logical Listener
G. I. Joe: Renegades
Chapter 7
The Joe's looked at each other confused. "What did she just say Snake Eyes?" Duke asked.
Snake Eyes didn't want to answer him; instead he picked his daughter up and started to walk towards Sarah's quarters.
Worrying about her friend, Scarlett followed motioning for Dr. Satou to join them. "Just in case she needs medical attention ma'am."
Dr. Satou followed the three people to the quarters of the young girl's mother. Once inside she watched patiently as the young girl climbed out of Snake Eye's arms and over to her mother.
"Mommy, come on, I brought people who could help." Sakura whispered while nudging her mother a little.
Sarah, not wanting to see anyone, groaned and rolled onto her stomach so she didn't have to face any of them. A firm, gentle hand rested between her shoulder blades and she knew that Sakura had brought Snake Eyes. The last person she wanted to see at that point in time and her daughter had brought him right to her. "Please go away."
Feeling the need to reach out to her friend, Scarlett put a hand on Sarah's back and sat beside her. "Sarah, what's the matter?"
"Please, get Sakura out…I don't want her to hear this."
Dr. Satou grabbed hold of the little girl's hand without thinking and took her out. "Want to see what I do little one?"
"Sure, I guess." The girl looked at the ground sadly.
…
Scarlett watched as Sarah sat up. Her cheeks were stained with dry tears, eyes red from crying. Even her breathing was ragged and harsh.
"It's your fault." Sarah couldn't help what she said.
Snake Eyes closed his eyes behind his visor. He didn't want Sarah to start a fight with Scarlett and then have to separate them.
"How is all this my fault?"
Sarah didn't know how to answer her. She rubbed her cheeks with her shirt sleeve and calmly looked Scarlett in the eyes. "You wanted to know who Sakura's father is. I'll tell you. He fell in love with you, he spent hours with you and you turn around and start dating Duke."
Scarlett looked up at Snake Eyes. She was stunned beyond words. Sarah had so much anger it was just pouring off her like a fountain. "Sarah, I—" Then it dawned on her. The riddle Sarah had said, "Snake Eyes, he's Sakura's father?"
Snake Eyes flinched and pulled Scarlett to her feet, incase Sarah got the nerve to hit her.
"Yes, it took you all this time to finally figure it out." Sarah got to her feet and walked towards the wall. Her fingers gently touched it and she pulled a piece of paper off of it. The back had been painted so that it matched the color of the wall. "I hated you, envied you, and to some extent wished you were dead. Yet, I can't stay angry at either of you." She turned around and held the paper out to both of them.
Snake Eyes was hesitant to look at the paper. He knew that it was a letter she had written to him.
Scarlett took what was in her hands and found that it was a page protector with two letters in them.
"I'm thinking about taking Sakura and going to a safe house, so we are out of the way."
Snake Eyes thought about her being in a Safe House, she would go insane with boredom. He also worried that 'Don't, stay here.'
Scarlett let out a sigh and then handed one of the letters, the one addressed to Snake Eyes, to him. "Sarah, do what you think will protect Sakura, but don't take it out on us. I'm sorry for what you think I did. I'm so sorry."
Unsure of what to do, Sarah felt like crying again. She didn't want to leave. She loved it here, the work was good and the people were decent enough to care about her.
Seeing that Sarah was being indecisive, Snake Eyes thought only one thing that would stop Sarah. 'Don't take my daughter away from me.'
Sarah knew that Snake Eyes was trying to get her to stay with them. And his request worked. "All right, I'll stay."
A/N: Almost caught up with Demon Rose...and Amethyst Stone is ahead of Demon now...so great. r&r please!
