Disclaimer: I do not own G. I. Joe nor any of the characters except my own Oc's of Lt. Col. Jane Abernathy "Demon Rose" (or Emily Rose), Sgt. Jake Henderson "Pile-Driver", Corporal First Class Jana Ling "Amethyst", and Col. Roger Stevenson "Cap".

Synapse: Jane was part of a covert op known as the Demon Unit, but Cobra killed all of the members except her. Soon after the Joe's were cleared her Uncle started up the elite force and now she's a part of it all. Now Jane is brought into a world where people can come back from the dead.

The Demon Rose

G. I. Joe: Renegades

Chapter 19

The whole way back to the Pit was silent. Jane didn't know if she should ask questions or remain quiet. As they got out of the car she noticed that Flint was staring at her slightly ashamed of something. Even as she tried to approach him she noticed that he was moving faster. She grabbed hold of her duffle bag out of the trunk and followed him inside. She had just had about enough of his avoiding her. She let him walk ahead of her, quickened her pace a little then when he hastened more she threw the duffle bag into the back of his knee caps knocking him to the ground. The movement was so fast Flint barely had time to brace his fall and she was kneeling beside him with a small grin on her face. "I don't like being ignored Lieutenant."

Flint gawked up at Jane. It was the first time she had used violence to gain his attention. Maybe there was something she wanted to say. "Yes, Jane?" He asked nicely as he sat up a little. He barely noticed how close their faces were, he only noticed because of the soft scent of fresh lavender and mint with each breath she took.

"I want to know why you're ignoring me." Jane stated while struggling to keep her cheeks from blossoming bright red. She thought it was strange the way she was thinking of their present situation, close enough to kiss or touch tenderly, yet too far away to understand one another.

"Jane I—" Flint broke off when there was a high pitched squeal and suddenly Jane was lying on top of him with a large blonde haired, pink dressed, lump on her back.

"Ja-Ja," the little girl squealed again. Jane groaned then glanced at Flint.

"I'm so sorry officer!" A woman exclaimed as she ran towards them. "I thought I could keep little Sakura from running off again."

Flint chuckled then helped Jane to her feet, the girl still clinging to her back.

"Sakura," Jane said in a low playful rumble before tickling the underside of the girl's bare feet. The girl let out several squeal like laughs before falling into silent laughter. "You little thing, you've grown!"

"I'm four now!" Sakura said while hopping off Jane's back. She walked in front of Jane and held up four fingers.

"Of course you are!" Jane said before bending down and picking her up in a bear hug. "I missed you osanago sakurai." Jane felt a choke like feeling in her throat then forced it down. She wanted a child of her own but knew that in her line of work it was the worst idea for anyone to have.

"Jane, I hardly recognized you!" the woman said. Flint observed that the woman had pale fair skin with blue eyes and brown hair.

"I figured you wouldn't Sarah." Jane got up and hugged her sister. She glanced over at Flint again then bit her lip. "Sarah this is Lt. Faireborn, also known as Flint."

Sarah walked up to the man and held out her hand to him. Flint shook and then noticed the little girl doing the same motion. But there was a slight odd feeling around the girl. She looked like her mother but seemed to have a slight oriental look to her. Flint shook the girl's hand then looked at Jane for some form of approval, but she wasn't looking at him anymore, she was looking at something coming towards them from the doorway.

Tunnel Rat hated that the team had made him baby sit the kid since Sarah was supposed to be working. Ever since they found out how much trouble the girl was, they had been taking turns. Only Snake Eyes seemed to get the girl to calm down though. Sarah, being mother, was also able to control the girl but she was again supposed to be working. When he saw Sarah Rose standing with Flint, Jane and the girl he let out a slight sigh. She was at least safe, but what if Snake Eyes or Scarlett found out he left the girl alone, he would never hear the end of it. He continued walking. He noticed one of the new recruits following him.

"Oh," Jane whispered. There's a new girl, I must meet her soon.

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General Abernathy sat in his office wanting to be alone when a knock on the door broke him from his thoughts. He glanced up to see no one standing at the ajar door. He then heard a little voice say something. He stood up and looked down to see his great-niece standing there with an innocent look on her face. He smiled a little and motioned that she could come in. as she came in Jane followed her, and Flint followed her.

"Reporting back as ordered General," Jane and Flint said as they saluted him.

"At ease Lieutenant, Miss Jane." General Abernathy stated as the little girl walked around his table and crawled into his lap. He had wanted to do the same thing with Jane and her little sister when they were younger but they had denied him the privilege. Now he had a chance with this child, maybe Jane would see that he wasn't as bad as she was painting him.

"Uncle," Jane started, which slightly startled the General. "I'm sorry for a few of the things I put you through. Also, I wanted to say that I am ready to take down my old team."

Flint was unsure of what to say to Jane's statement. She might seem ready to everyone else, but there was going to be hesitation. From what he could gather her team had been created so that when they worked together there was no weakness, no back door, for an enemy to exploit. Now that her old team was turning against each other it seemed too much to ask for Jane to take down each member.

"That may be unnecessary. We do not know if Corporal Ling is going to fight against us." The General stated while trying to shoo his great-niece off his lap and out the door. She refused to move. "Sakura, this is an important meeting. Go with Lady Jaye and get some ice cream."

Sakura jumped to her feet squealing and ran out of the room. Jane bit back laughter; she knew how much trouble the General was going to be in when the girl actually got the ice cream. "Still, I'm here if you need me to take her down. Only I know her weakness, her qi isn't as strong as her father's or mother's. If she used the full power of the Seven Hidden Blades, she would pass out."

"What's Seven Hidden Blades?"

"Qī yǐncáng dāopiànii, or Seven Hidden Blades, is a technique Jana's family created. It relies on one's qi in order to kill an opponent. It uses only seven hits, the first four are paralytic, and the last three however kill."

i Little Child Cherry Blossom: that is a translation from an online sight.

ii Qī yǐncáng dāopiàn, I got this off Google translator so I don't know how accurate this is but it roughly means Seven Hidden Blades.

A/N: Interesting how Jane's willing to die isn't it? Just wait, find out more when i put some Amethyst Rose chapters up. r&r please.