Title: Love Lost - chapter 2/?
Author: Becky
Archive: Ask first / Yes
Email: alison_hart_burnett@hotmail.com
Disclaimer: I do not own the GI Joe, Marvel, Image, and Hasbro does (lucky
them). I have nothing so please do not sue.
Summary: You'll just have to read to find out.
Rating: PG-13
Feedback: PLEASE! I want to know if I should continue this.
Warnings: Some adult language.
Notes: This is written in an alternate reality, exploring a few
possibilities from Skeletons in the Closet.
LOVE LOST - CH 2/?
Lady Jaye looked over the three Joes sitting there in the meeting room. Her stance was one of royalty, her presence commanding, yet her face still held the warmth of the Joe they had come to know and love as Lady Jaye. She smiled down at them and spoke in a strong Gaelic lilt. "Do not worry, I am still the Lady Jaye you know."
Hawk cleared his voice. "All right, gentlemen and lady," he said, bowing slightly in Lady Jaye's direction. "We have some planning to do." He also motioned for someone from the back to come up. This man wore a slightly decorated Iron Grenadiers uniform, but not as decorated as the one Jaye wore. "This is Captain William Marcus, Destro's Captain of the Guard. Before we hammer out the details for Destro's extraction with General Flaggstaff inside my office, is there anything you'd like to ask?"
"I have one," Beach Head said as he looked over Lady Jaye.
"Oh God," Flint and Duke groaned together as they covered their faces with their hands.
"Yes, Beach Head?" Hawk said, nodding at the Ranger.
"What's with the stupid gold headband on her head and the vampire cape?" Beach Head asked, leaning back in his chair and crossed his arms in front of him.
Jaye's eyes flashed with anger as she took a step forward to cause some serious bodily harm to Beach Head. If it wasn't for Captain Marcus's quick intervention by grabbing Jaye around the waist to restrain her, Beach Head probably would have been seriously hurt. She had been a highly skilled martial artist since she had begun to walk.
"The cloak will come off once this meeting is over. She is only wearing it because this is the first time she has been introduced to you as true royalty. As for the headband, Beach Head, it is the only thing that will let Destro know for sure that this is his daughter. It is an ancient family heirloom and is encrusted with the rarest of all jewels, the blue diamond. As far as we all know, it is the only one of it's kind and something that Cobra Commander cannot duplicate. She will wear it until this mission is over and will only take it off after that if her father allows it." Hawk practically growled. "Now are there any other useful questions? They all shook their heads no. "Good, dismissed."
Hawk, General Flaggstaff, and Captain Marcus left for Hawk's office. Jaye watched them leave before returning her attention to the three men sitting at the table.
"We need to go finish some paperwork," Duke remarked standing up. "Don't we Beach Head?"
"What? Oh yeah, lots of paperwork," Beach Head said as he stood up and left with Duke, leaving Flint and Lady Jaye alone.
Flint stood but all he could do was look at her for a moment.
"Dash..." Jaye started, but stopped when he put up his hand to silence her.
"Why didn't you tell me?" He asked in hurt anger.
"I... I couldn't tell you," she said, looking away. "Even if I did, you would never have accepted me for who I am."
"That's not true," Flint tried to defend.
Jaye held up a hand to stop is interruption and looked at him with uncertainty in her eyes. "It is true. You would have treated me differently, protected me even. You would never have accepted me as part of your team let alone as... Flint clenched his jaw tightly and raised his hand up, gesturing, in his normal manner when ready to argue. "That's it," she snapped and grabbed his hand in hers, dragging it downward, closing the distance between them. "That is the main reason why I never told you." Flint looked down for a moment gathering his thoughts, an empty argument he knew by the look in her eyes.
"Annalisa, huh?" Flint asked when finally composing himself.
Jaye gave him a weak and unsure smile and lowered her eyes from his. If her father saw her now he would be highly upset. She was royalty and royalty never looks down from anyone. "Yes, Anna for my mother, Annabelle, Lisa for her mother, Elizabeth. And Moria (pronounced Mor-e-ah) is after my father's mother."
Flint gently lifted her chin up with a hooked finger. "I always had a feeling you were royalty," he said and brushed the pad of his thumb up over her cheekbone, brushing her hair back. He looked down. "Come on, let's get a bite to eat and talk..."
TO BE CONTINUED...
LOVE LOST - CH 2/?
Lady Jaye looked over the three Joes sitting there in the meeting room. Her stance was one of royalty, her presence commanding, yet her face still held the warmth of the Joe they had come to know and love as Lady Jaye. She smiled down at them and spoke in a strong Gaelic lilt. "Do not worry, I am still the Lady Jaye you know."
Hawk cleared his voice. "All right, gentlemen and lady," he said, bowing slightly in Lady Jaye's direction. "We have some planning to do." He also motioned for someone from the back to come up. This man wore a slightly decorated Iron Grenadiers uniform, but not as decorated as the one Jaye wore. "This is Captain William Marcus, Destro's Captain of the Guard. Before we hammer out the details for Destro's extraction with General Flaggstaff inside my office, is there anything you'd like to ask?"
"I have one," Beach Head said as he looked over Lady Jaye.
"Oh God," Flint and Duke groaned together as they covered their faces with their hands.
"Yes, Beach Head?" Hawk said, nodding at the Ranger.
"What's with the stupid gold headband on her head and the vampire cape?" Beach Head asked, leaning back in his chair and crossed his arms in front of him.
Jaye's eyes flashed with anger as she took a step forward to cause some serious bodily harm to Beach Head. If it wasn't for Captain Marcus's quick intervention by grabbing Jaye around the waist to restrain her, Beach Head probably would have been seriously hurt. She had been a highly skilled martial artist since she had begun to walk.
"The cloak will come off once this meeting is over. She is only wearing it because this is the first time she has been introduced to you as true royalty. As for the headband, Beach Head, it is the only thing that will let Destro know for sure that this is his daughter. It is an ancient family heirloom and is encrusted with the rarest of all jewels, the blue diamond. As far as we all know, it is the only one of it's kind and something that Cobra Commander cannot duplicate. She will wear it until this mission is over and will only take it off after that if her father allows it." Hawk practically growled. "Now are there any other useful questions? They all shook their heads no. "Good, dismissed."
Hawk, General Flaggstaff, and Captain Marcus left for Hawk's office. Jaye watched them leave before returning her attention to the three men sitting at the table.
"We need to go finish some paperwork," Duke remarked standing up. "Don't we Beach Head?"
"What? Oh yeah, lots of paperwork," Beach Head said as he stood up and left with Duke, leaving Flint and Lady Jaye alone.
Flint stood but all he could do was look at her for a moment.
"Dash..." Jaye started, but stopped when he put up his hand to silence her.
"Why didn't you tell me?" He asked in hurt anger.
"I... I couldn't tell you," she said, looking away. "Even if I did, you would never have accepted me for who I am."
"That's not true," Flint tried to defend.
Jaye held up a hand to stop is interruption and looked at him with uncertainty in her eyes. "It is true. You would have treated me differently, protected me even. You would never have accepted me as part of your team let alone as... Flint clenched his jaw tightly and raised his hand up, gesturing, in his normal manner when ready to argue. "That's it," she snapped and grabbed his hand in hers, dragging it downward, closing the distance between them. "That is the main reason why I never told you." Flint looked down for a moment gathering his thoughts, an empty argument he knew by the look in her eyes.
"Annalisa, huh?" Flint asked when finally composing himself.
Jaye gave him a weak and unsure smile and lowered her eyes from his. If her father saw her now he would be highly upset. She was royalty and royalty never looks down from anyone. "Yes, Anna for my mother, Annabelle, Lisa for her mother, Elizabeth. And Moria (pronounced Mor-e-ah) is after my father's mother."
Flint gently lifted her chin up with a hooked finger. "I always had a feeling you were royalty," he said and brushed the pad of his thumb up over her cheekbone, brushing her hair back. He looked down. "Come on, let's get a bite to eat and talk..."
TO BE CONTINUED...