The Demon Rose Season Two
Disclaimer: I do not own G. I. Joe Renegades, the characters or the franchise. I only own the characters of Pile-Driver, Demon Rose, Boy Scout, Amethyst, Viper, Listener, Sukoshi kage (Sakura), and Doc Holiday. I do not own the character of Dr. Satou, she belongs to Namiko Ai.
Synapse: Jane back and now she is caught between anger and redemption as she faces the truth about what happened while she was gone. Nothing is as it seems. FlintxOc Renegades 'verse.
Chapter 12
It had been two days since the incident at the mall, and Jane was still jumping at shadows. Even when Flint was with her, she still jumped. At the moment, Jane was watching her sister and Scarlett sparing. It was funny because the two women knew each other inside and out, in terms of fighting. Sarah of course, wasn't a fighter at all so most of the time Sarah was trying to make Scarlett angry enough that there would be an opening.
Jane watched closely as Scarlett grabbed hold of Sarah's jacket sleeve and yanked. The jacket came right off leaving Sarah standing wearing a black mid-drift tank top and a pair of spandex shorts. The tattoo on Sarah's right arm stunned Jane speechless. It was of a cherry blossom, with a grey katana in the background and a black snake coiling around it then looking back at the cherry blossom.
"Do you really want to hurt me so badly Shana?" Sarah teased before lunging at the woman and hitting her head into the woman's stomach. Both tumbled to the ground and Jane felt Flint stiffen beside her.
She had forgotten he was there as well. "Relax Flint; she learned that move from me."
Scarlett sat upright just as Snake Eyes walked into the sparing room. Sarah sat across from her, rubbing her forehead and neck. "Snake Eyes, what's wrong?"
The silent ninja looked at the two women and noticed a dark mark on Sarah's right arm. He moved around to see what it was.
Jane grabbed hold of Flint as soon as Snake Eyes walked in and was moving to look at her sister's tattoo. "Come on, we should get going." Jane whispered to him while dragging him to his feet.
Flint followed Jane out of the sparing room and noticed her hesitating glances back. "What's wrong?"
Flint thought he heard something like: "Love triangles suck."
Jane stopped dragging him and they calmly walked back to her quarters. "I wish you had shadowed with Snake Eyes and Storm Shadow." She lowered her gaze to the ground.
Flint cupped her chin and forced her to look up at him. Gently he stroked a few strands of her brown locks away from her eyes. "From what it sounded like you handled things just fine."
"I did, but what if I lost control? I could have easily gotten her killed and the Baroness."
Flint rubbed her cheek with his thumb and then shook his head with a smile. "You didn't lose control. You were able to keep total control and then you got Baroness put away."
Jane closed her eyes then rested her face against his chest. Cursing how short she was all she could do was look up at him. His kisses had almost become a drug to her, addictive and always leaving her feeling happy.
Seeing the way his girlfriend looked down at him he pulled her a little higher, then bent down and pressed his lips against hers.
A faked cough through the open door startled them both and they looked to see that it was Tunnel Rat. "Sorry to break up the make out session you two," He drawled with his Brooklyn accent. "But where can I find Aaliyah? She isn't in the medical wing or her quarters."
Jane looked at the ground in thought. "Check the prison cells…I have a feeling she's talking with Mindbender."
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Jane stood at the edge of the pool. Her toes curled under her feet and she folded her arms across her body, trying to cover as much as possible while standing there. She was wearing a lime green bikini that exposed all her scars to the cool air.
The scent of clorine hit her nostrils, making her hiss in annoyance. "Why did I let you talk me into this?" She asked the bobbing figure of her boyfriend in the pool.
"Because you need to learn and you couldn't resist my devilishly good looks." He said with a grin. Watching her he saw that she was cautiously looking around. It was well past the time for the others to be in the pool, mostly the reason why they were there now. There were a few soldiers walking out of the locker rooms and heading to the mess hall or their own quarters. "Jane, jump in. I'll catch you."
Jane stuck her left big toe down in the water and then shook her head. "Nope, I don't think so. I'm going back to my quarters where it's nice and dry."
Clenching his jaw he got out of the pool as she walked away. Grabbing her by the waist he spun her around then started to pull her back to the water. "Jane, do you not trust me?"
"I trust you fine, it's the water…" Her eyes looked at the pool with an almost, if someone hadn't known her properly, horrified gleam in her eyes.
"Hold onto me." He whispered against her ear. He felt her instantly wrap her arms around him and he let out a sigh. Gently he pushed them both closer to the edge of the pool. Slowly he slipped his arms under hers and held onto her armpits as he forced them both into the water.
Jane's fingers tightened against Flint's skin until she swore that her nails had drawn blood. The water made strange noises, felt weird too, against her. As soon as they had gotten into the water, their heads were above it.
"There not so bad, now was it?" He asked while pushing the wet strands of hair out of her face.
Jane shook all over, not out of anger but fear. He started to let go and she clung tighter, if that were possible. "Flint."
"Yeah Jane?"
Jane rested her head against Flint's shoulder and looked around. "Don't you dare let go." She whispered harshly before holding onto him with a fierce grip. It wasn't the fear filled grip like before; this was closer to anger and a threat.
A/N: swimming lessons, never fun. I still can't swim, so i know Jane's pain. r&r please.
