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"She's still here," Jane warned Kurt quietly.

"I know," Kurt assured her, "She's always been there…but you're back now too."

Jane didn't say anything to that.

"Do you…" Kurt hesitated, "Do you still think I ruined your life?" Kurt forced himself to finish. He was afraid of her answer and it showed.

"Oh…Kurt…NO," Jane denied reaching for his hand.

"Jane….Remi…" Kurt was at a loss as to what to even call his wife.

"I'm Jane," Jane insisted, "I choose to be Jane."

Kurt's eyes closed in relief. She'd almost died….and he'd been the one to insist on the procedure. Patterson had tried to warn him, but he hadn't listened. Jane was the strongest person he'd ever known, but he hadn't even allowed himself to consider the possibility that she might die, until he'd been confronted with that reality. Watching her struggle and wither in pain, he'd realized it hadn't been his choice…no matter what he'd told himself at the time.

"We still have to find the cure," Kurt warned her, "But we've found over half of Roman's caches."

"I know the team's doing everything they can," Jane assured him.

"Does your head hurt?" Kurt worried, his hand reaching up to sooth her troubled brow.

"It's fine. We can't pretend the last few months didn't happen," Jane finally met his eyes.

"You weren't yourself," Kurt immediately protested, "It's going to be okay."

"How can it?" Jane asked him, "I broke Sheppard out of a CIA black site, I caused mass panic in New York over a fake missile launch….I tried to kill you." The last was said with such heartbreak his hand tightened around hers.

"But you didn't," Kurt reminded her.

"But I could have!" Jane insisted.

"Jane," Kurt felt her trying to pull away, but he didn't release her hand, "You could have killed me a hundred times and you didn't."

"You hate Remi," Jane didn't accuse him, she simply stated a fact.

Kurt didn't know what to say to that. Remi was a part of Jane, he knew that, she'd kept her alive when a weaker woman would have given up.

"I don't hate her," Kurt realized it was true.

"Stop," Jane pleaded, "You were willing to risk the possibility of me dying, just to get rid of her."

"NO!" Kurt suddenly felt desperate, "That's not the only reason. You were going to die if we didn't try something. This will buy us more time. Time to find a cure."

"I don't blame you," Jane didn't comment on his protest, "I hate her too."

"Do you still remember…?" Kurt worried.

"Yes," Jane admitted. She wanted to lie. She wanted things to go back the way they'd been, but if she'd learned nothing else, their relationship wouldn't withstand any more lies.

"I love you," Kurt knew that of everything he could have said, it all boiled down to one thing.

Jane felt a tear roll down her cheek at his heartfelt words.

"I love you too," Jane admitted. She always would, but that didn't mean they were going to be able to weather this new storm. Remi was like a hurricane, blowing through their world and destroying everything they'd worked so hard to build.

Kurt stood up and sat on the edge of her bed. She hesitated only a second before she allowed herself to lean on him. His eyes closed in relief, even as his arms tightened around her pulling her closer. They still had a long road in front of them, but there was nothing they couldn't do together, he just needed to remind her of that.

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The CIA was pushing for an arrest.

At Reade's urging Weitz was holding them off, barely.

"They aren't just going to forgive her for breaking Sheppard out." Patterson worried.

"We need to give them something in exchange." Kurt insisted, "Make a deal."

"What could we possibly give them that would make up releasing one of the top terrorists in the World and wounding one of their agents in the process?" Rich couldn't help pointing out the problems.

"We need to get Sheppard back," Patterson insisted.

"I don't know where she went," Jane admitted.

"I thought you remembered being both Jane and Remi?" Rich looked at her.

"I do," Jane insisted, Remi more than a little apparent, "But after I didn't come back, she left the warehouse."

"She's not in good shape," Patterson reminded Jane, "She couldn't have gone too far."

"Maybe you don't want to find her?" Reade suggested, his suspicions far from reassured.

Jane didn't get angry, how could she? She had released her…

"That's enough," Kurt warned Reade in a hard voice.

"No," Reade denied, "I don't think it is. How do we even know if that's Jane and not Remi still pretending?"

Suddenly Rich pulled out a gun and pointed it at Kurt.

Jane gasped in shock before she instinctively stepped in front of Kurt to block Rich's shot.

Reade had pulled his weapon only seconds after Rich.

"Drop it," He warned Rich.

"It's just a prop," Rich insisted pulling the trigger bubbles began to spill out.

"I could have killed you!" Reade lowered his weapon to berate Rich.

"Naw," Rich denied, "I knew you'd give me a chance to explain. That's how we know it's Jane…"

Everyone turned to see how Jane had instinctively moved to shield Kurt.

"Okay," Reade put his gun back in the holster, "She's Jane, but for how long?"

There was the problem, Jane acknowledged silently. They didn't trust her anymore and she didn't blame them.

"Don't do that," Kurt reached for Jane and drew her to him.

"I…" She knew he was angry she shielded him, but she hadn't even had to give it a moment's thought, "I didn't mean to…when I saw him pull out the gun…"

"You instinctively tried to save your husband," Patterson finished for her.

"I trust her," Kurt stated emphatically.

"Well," Reade reminded him, "You trusted her when she was Remi too and look where that got us."

"To be fair," Rich interceded, "When she was Remi she did save New York from a bomb and bring down a lot of terrible people."

"She also ran me off the road," Reade reminded him.

"But she didn't kill you," Rich insisted, "Even when she didn't remember any of us, she didn't kill any of us….that's something, right?"

"Well, who knows what Remi will do next time," Reade wasn't so easily swayed.

"Remi isn't gone," Jane finally spoke up, "It's just that I can remember everything now."

"Jane…" Patterson was watching her sympathetically.

"Well excuse me if that doesn't make me feel any better," Reade said bluntly.

"That's enough," Kurt warned Reade.

"Why should I trust you?" Reade asked Jane directly.

"You shouldn't," Jane admitted.

There was utter silence after her admission.

"And that's why I still do," Reade finally said softly, "Remi could talk herself out of about anything, but Jane always took the weight of her decisions all on herself. Welcome back."

Looking at Reade's outstretched arms. Jane took a hesitant step forward. He met her half way and her eyes closed on a gasping little sob as he embraced her.

The team watched on with approving smiles.

"Now what do we do about everyone that wants to arrest her?" Rich demanded.

"We tell them she was undercover trying to bring down Violet, the last Sandstorm Operative and things went South." Reade suggested.

"That could work," Rich insisted. "Weller did try to call the CIA and warn them there was going to be a move on Sheppard."

"But Violet was killed," Patterson reminded them, "And Remi still left with Sheppard."

"We'll say it was all staged to get information from her on the Zip poisoning," Kurt insisted, "But Jane had an episode and Sheppard was able to get away."

"I can't let you all do this," Jane protested, "It could ruin your lives."

"Well not doing it could destroy our family," Reade reminded her.

Kurt walked up behind Jane and wrapped his arms around her from behind.

"You were sick and confused," He reminded her, "Let us help you…"

Jane looked at all of them. Each one of them was willing to put everything on the line…for her.

"I don't know what to say…" She admitted.

"You don't have to say anything," Rich insisted walking over to give her a hug, "And I mean ever. Remi was kind of hot…"

"Rich!" Kurt protested.

"What?" He asked innocently, "She was."

The others laughed at Kurt's disgruntled expression and just like that the tension was broken.

"Now we just need to figure out how we save Zapata…" Reade worried.

"She might not want to be saved," Patterson reminded him.

"I don't believe that," Reade insisted, "Something is going on, we just need to figure out what it is."

Jane looked down. Zapata had bought her cover with Roman's life and turned over her file to Carter. The pain that caused her was like a rock on her chest.

Kurt felt Jane tense and he didn't need to ask what was wrong. He knew Jane even better now and he shared her struggle about his feelings for Zapata. His arms firmed around her and she looked up over her shoulder at him. The naked pain in her expression had him kissing her forehead in reassurance.

"We also need to find the cure for the Zip poisoning," Patterson insisted, "We bought some time, but that has to be our first priority."

"Copy that," Reade agreed, "Zapata might not be terminal, but I don't think the way things are going, she has much time left either."

"We'll do what we can," Patterson assured him.

"I have a meeting with Weitz," Reade explained as he headed toward the door, "This stays between us,"

"I thought you trusted him now?" Rich reminded him.

"Not with something this important," Reade denied.

"So…just the family?" Rich suggested.

"Yeah," Reade said, his voice tired, "Just the family."

"He really loves us," Rich said, his voice delighted.

Jane looked over at Patterson and they shared a tired smiled. The healing had begun.