A/N: Takes place in the new timeline, but after Zane and Jo have presumably re-established a relationship.

Joke

He'd been on vacation for a week, visiting his family. He'd asked her to go with him, but Global Dynamics just couldn't take a chance on missing their Head of Security.

Zane understood, and though he missed her, he'd enjoyed the time away.

She gets the call mere minutes before he arrives. The shock is too much to process. She can't even cry.

He arrives at the station, feeling happy, practically giddy. She doesn't seem so thrilled. "Why the long face, JoJo? I'm home! You'd think someone just died."

Her lip quivers, her self control breaks. "My dad..."

A/N: Don't ask me where this came from, I have no idea. But I do seem to enjoy making Zane look like an idiot and hurting Jo. But at least he gets to comfort her after this? I don't know, this one kind of depresses me but I still like it for some reason.