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 22

Jane was sitting at the edge of the pool staring at all the people swimming. Some of the men walked up around her and started flirting with her. Asking her why she wasn't getting in, or why she wasn't dressed in a swimming suit, or even if she was waiting for someone to meet up with her. She was blushing a little when she was pulled to her feet. She smiled at all the military personal, thankful that she wasn't in the military anymore. They knew she was a civilian who worked with the Joe's but they didn't know what she was.

"Hey, come on, we all can go for a swim." One of the men suggested. He looked bigger than Flint by a little, however Jane didn't care.

"No, it's fine. I was just calming myself a little."

"Have a spat with a boyfriend?" Another offered.

Jane suddenly noticed she was mobbed by the men, at least five of them. The pool room was empty and she felt backed into a corner. Under normal circumstances, when backed into a corner, she would lash out and start fighting. But these men were people she worked with; she didn't want to hurt them. One of the men looked at the others and smirked. He picked her up. She was too stunned to react other than screaming for them to stop. They must have thought she was a new member of the team so they were going to haze her. Most people at the base hadn't seen her around. She avoided people as much as possible after all. In an instant Jane found herself under the water. She was flailing her arms around trying to get to the surface of the water.

Breathing was not a good idea. She could drown, but she could drown if she didn't get to the surface. How she had wished she had gotten over her fear of water long enough to take swimming lessons as a kid. She didn't understand how she had gotten through the military without swimming but she did. Now she fought against all instincts to breath. Her chest felt tight and without a second thought she took in a breath. She couldn't help it, she didn't want to breathe, but her body fought against her and won. Water rushed into her lungs and the pain grew. She was going to die. She resigned herself to this thought. The men above thought she was joking and now she was going to die.

Snake Eyes made it to the pool room faster than the others and once there he dove in. He knew by the gathering of the five men around one end of the pool they had dropped her in. He swam down to see Jane not moving. He was frightened by that. He grabbed her and pulled her to the surface where he saw the General yelling at the men. He saw Flint and Scarlett leaning down to help him get Jane onto the ground.

Flint looked at Jane's closed eyes. Why had she gone to the pool if she didn't know how to swim? He thought bitterly as Scarlett started CPR. He waited as each passing moment seemed like a hundred years. And he barely heard anyone speaking. The next thing he knew was he watched as Scarlett started to give her mouth-to-mouth when Jane sat upright and started coughing up water. He restrained himself from hugging her; instead he put his hand on her back and let out a sigh of relief.

Snake Eyes knew she was going to live but the idea of one of his former pupils dying was frightening enough. He got out of the water and grabbed hold of one of her hands.

Jane was shocked. She didn't want to die, but she thought she was a goner. She could feel a hand rubbing her back and she could vaguely hear people talking to her. Jane spluttered out more water and relaxed a little into the person with the hand on her back.

"Jane,"

Jane looked to see her uncle kneeling beside her. "Jane, I need you to listen to me. We need to get you checked out."

Jane nodded her head but was too weak to stand up on her own. Her limbs felt as if they were led weights, similar to the ones her uncle used when they went fishing.

Flint slipped one arm under her legs and stood up with her cradled against him. He walked towards the medical wing and set her down on the bed. The new Doctor, Dr. Satou, began looking Jane over. At first she was about to send him out when she noticed that Jane was holding onto his hand so tightly. She instinctively knew what was going on between them and she let him stay.

"Can you tell me your name?" Dr. Satou asked.

"Jane Abernathy."

"Where are you right now?"

"Medical wing of the Pit."

"Who do you work for?"

"Erm…uh…whoever pays me?" Jane said with a slight sarcastic nature.

Flint felt like hitting his head. Jane was fine, he could tell because of the sarcastic remark.

"Well, you're all right, need to change into some dry clothing, but you're fine."

Jane hopped off the bed and slipped a little. Flint yanked and pulled her against his chest. "Why is it I seem to keep saving you today?"

"Actually you didn't save me that was Scarlett and Snake Eyes." Jane said with a soft smile.

"Does it really matter?" He asked while letting go and walking her to her quarters. He let her open the door and he started to leave when she grabbed hold of his hand and looked up at him with an odd look. He had seen it a few times but he never knew what it meant.

"Could you stay? I don't exactly feel safe at the moment." she whispered.

"I'm going to stand outside the door, let me know when you are done getting dressed." He said as he closed the door and leaned against it. He didn't want to embarrass himself or her.