Memento Mori
A Selection of shorts and unrelated one-shots. Mostly stuff that comes to my head while watching the show or things I think should have happened. Things I would like to see. Jane Centric, but there will be shorts about the other characters as well.
I have many plans on what could happen between the siblings. I am still really hoping they make up. Something must happen in order for them to come together. I just cant believe that they can hate each other as much as they do. They both have reasons to hate each other, but Roman (SPOILERS) siding with Crawford seems a bit unbelievable, even if it is for Blake.
Anyway, on to the story. This has been in my head for some time now and I am happy to get it down on paper...or computer...you know what I mean. Enjoy!
Sister, Sister PT2
Roman tapped the table impatiently as he waited for his coffee, his face turned downwards and away from the camera that sat above the register. He tapped his foot nervously as he glanced towards the door, twisting his lips as he lost himself in his thoughts.
Jane was still alive...that much he knew. He didn't expect anything less. He knew the assassin he sent after her would fail miserably. She was very resilient his sister, a formidable opponent and extremely stubborn when it came to death. Nothing could kill her...not even him.
He rubbed his temples, clenching his teeth at the sudden migraine that attacked the space behind his eyes. He barely noticed the young boy that called his name and pushed his drinks towards him, two towering large coffees, one blank with extra syrup and one with soy, extra hot, one pump vanilla. Decaf.
Thanking the young man soundlessly, Roman headed for the exit, looking both ways before crossing the road to the hotel he currently stayed. The train roared as it passed by on the tracks above, the vibrations of the massive machine making his heart beat faster in his chest. Entering the hotel, he took the steps three at a time, coming to a stop on the sixth floor. He surveyed each door as he passed, keeping an eye on his six as he arrived his room.
"Blake?" He called though the door, balancing the coffees with one hand as he swiped the door with the other.
"I think I am going to need a medal for remembering your coffee order." He said, he pushed the door open with his hip, letting it close softly behind him. Turning towards the balcony, he felt the blood drain from his face. His heart starting to pound in his chest as he looked across the room at his sister. Her demeanor seemed different somehow, yet familiar. She sat slouched in the chair by the desk, her ankle resting on top of her knee. She smiled at him, gazing at him with dark eyes.
"Hello little brother." Her voice was cold as she spoke. Frowning, Romen felt the hairs on the back of his neck stand up. She was different from the Jane he met in Croatia, different from the Jane he knew. She felt alien to him. "I hope you don't mind...I helped myself to the mini bar." She held a small bottle of expensive bourbon between her forefinger and thumb.
"Where is she?" Roman asked, his eyes scanning the room.
"Who...your little girlfriend." She asked, a smile tugging at her lips, showing her teeth. Roman frowned. "She's in bedroom… it was much easier to subdue her then I thought it would be...she hardly put up a fight..." His sister pouting mockingly. "She was no fun." Slowly standing from the char, Roman took a step back, fear suddenly clawing at his chest. It was the way she held herself that unnerved him. It was different to how he remembered the way Jane stood. The way she moved.
"What do you want."
"You tried to kill me Roman...I don't take kindly to people that try to kill me...it makes me...itchy."
Realisation and horror crossed his features. Frowning, he licked his lips before speaking.
"Remi?" He asked. Remi smiled then, wider and more grotesque then before.
"Finally...thought you would never figure it out..." She mocked. "But then again...you were never the smart one."
As she crossed the room and entered the bedroom, Roman followed, trying to keep his eyes trained on his sister. The moment he saw Blake, forced to her knees, her arms bound crudely behind her and her mouth gagged, his face changed. A change Remi noticed immediately.
"So you really like this one don't you..." She chuckled. Looking to Blake then back to Roman. "Looks like I am not the only one that has changed."
"Don't hurt her" He said. Remi's smile disappeared, her eyes growing dark.
"So you can hurt who ever you want but I can't do that same?" She asked. "What ever happened to an eye for an eye."
"I knew that assasin couldn't kill you. I sent him to scare you."
"You sent him to scare Jane...it just pissed me off." Remi clicked her neck, a habit that she picked up from the military, a smile once again tugged at her lips. "You know, you don't seem all that happy to see me Roman..." She said, her hands moving to her hips. "Is this not what you wanted… you wanted your big sister back...you wanted Remi... not Jane?"
She moved her arms up, stretching them out beside her, her palms facing upwards. With the light that shined in from the window behind her she seems to glow like some sort of deity. She smiled cruelly in his direction.
"Well...I'm back."
"How."
"You can only push a person so far Roman...and Jane...poor sensitive Jane...she just... snapped." Remi chuckled. "When Jane snaps...what Jane feels like she cant take anymore heartbreak...I come out to play." She smiled. "I have a feeling we won't be seeing her for a while."
Before Remi could say anything else, Roman surged towards her, his shoulders squared. Remi sidestepped his attack easily, her fist hitting him in the side. He grunted, turning round and swinging for her face, Remi dodged, expertaly twirling out of the way and landing another hit to his ribs. Before he could recover, her knee connected with his chest and he felt a crack. Falling to one knee, Roman took three gasps for air. Remi took a step back. Smiling.
"You know better then to try and best me in a fight Roman." She said coldly. "Jane maybe. She pulls her punches...especially with you... she was always afraid of hurting people. Always afraid she would take it too far. Me on the other hand -"
He swung for her again, grunting as pain erupted from his side. Remi caught his wrist and pulled him to his feet and he felt his wrist break. He gasped as he felt the knife slide into his stomach, his eyes growing wide.
"I don't care." Remi finished her sentence, their faces so close, he felt her breath on his face. Taking a step back, Remi removed the knife, kicking him to the other end of the room. Glass shattered around him as he slammed into the window. At the other end of the room, Blake screams were muffled by the gag.
Roman held his side, blood seeping from the the wound. Remi approached him casually, pulling her gun from its holster. She bent down to rest on her toes and smiled, holding the weapon loosely between her knees, pointing to the floor.
"You want to hear something funny." She said. Her voice was cold as she spoke, a hint of humor in it as her smile widened.
"You pushed away the only person, that loved you, for you." Remi's smirk widened as she spoke. "Despite all your flaws and imperfections...Jane loved you unconditionally...even after everything you did to her, she still had this feeling right here..." Remi tapped her chest with the barrel of the gun, right above her heart. "This, intense feeling of love for her little baby brother" Her eyes darkened as she spat out the words. It was silent for a moment, the siblings staring each other down. Roman was the first to break eye contact, hissing as pain shot through his broken wrist. Remi stood and started to pace and as Roman watched her, he could feel himself fading.
"Let's make a list shall we." She taunted, the gun held loosely in her hand as she recited the list, using her fingers to count.
"You were the unwanted child of our family. The mistake...the burden." One finger
"Shepard only loved you because of what you could do and even then you couldn't measure up to me." Two fingers.
"Your little girlfriend doesn't love you for you...she only loves the person you pretend to be." Three fingers.
"And me..." Remi chuckled once more, a harsh mocking sound as she once again rested on the heels of her feet and glared at her brother. "There was a time, when I could say that I loved you...but now..." She thought for a moment, her eyes moving upwards and to the left before moving down to stare at him once more. "I've outgrown you."
A tear ran down Roman's face. Remi watched him, expressionless.
"Even now...as you sit here...broken and pathetic...I can hear Jane in my head. Screaming at me to help you...because for some reason she still loves you and she still just wants her brother. She still wants some resemblance of a relationship with you even after everything that you did.." Remi's eyes darkened, her mouth forming a tight line.
"Avery is in the hospital because of you. Doctors say she might not make it."
""I didn't mean for her to get hurt." Roman struggled to speak, unable to breath.. Remi inclined her head to the side.
"And yet...she did." Standing, Remi slowly saunted towards Blake, the blond womans eyes stained with black makeup and tears. Her sobbs were muffled against the gag in her mouth and her wrists were rubbed raw as she struggled against the ropes that bound her. Roman tried to move, wincing as pain flared in his side.
"Please. Don't hurt her." He cried, his eyes never leaving Blakes and Remi positioned the gun against the blonds temple. "Please..." He sobbed, blood mixing with spit falling from the corner of his mouth.
"Begging doesn't suit you Roman." Remi said coldly. "You took something away from me. I take something away from you...that's just how it works."
Without another word, Remi pulled the trigger. Roman jumped at the sound, watching as Blake fell lifeless to the floor. The wall beside her now splattered with red. Roman was speechless, unable to scream. Once again making her way towards him, Remi bent down, her eyes as expressionless as before.
"I just want you to know little brother. You were the one that asked for this. This is all your doing. Her blood is on your hands." She smiled widely, showing her teeth. ""Congratulations Roman you got exactly what you wanted."
He heard her leave, his eyes never leaving the lifeless body of his girlfriend. Tears burned his eyes as he began to sob.
Let me know what you think. I just like seeing Remi come out again. I think if Roman had pulled the shit he has with Jane on Remi, Remi would cut him lose in a heart beat. The fact that Jane has not hunted him down to hurt him like he has her tells me exactly how much she still loves him. Despite everything. I really hope he realises this in the show...cause the siblings fighting is starting to tear my heart apart. I need them to get along! (Also screw Blake. I hate her character.)
Let me know if I have made any mistakes.
