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 23

Jane walked out of her quarters to see Flint walking back to the door in a new set of clothes. She rubbed the back of her head sheepishly. Now he knew her little secret. She couldn't swim. Never in a million years did Jane think of telling him that little secret.

"Ready for supper?" Flint asked as he offered his arm to her. It was like the drowning had never happened.

Hesitant to take his arm, Jane moved a little closer and stood on her toes. "That depends,"

"Jane," his voice sounded like a warning.

"I want to know where we stand."

"Where do you think we stand?"

"I'm not sure…"

Forcefully taking Jane's arm he said: "Neither am I."

Jane at first thought about hitting him but then let him lead her to the mess hall. Supper wasn't much, but it was better than nothing. She sat eating in silence as the others talked. The only voice she didn't hear was Flint's; she had seen him staring at her, or his food, throughout the whole time. When she got up to leave, Flint was right there to walk her back to her quarters. It's like having a faithful puppy dog.

Nope, don't think of Flint as a puppy, that's a bad thing. You would get too egotistical on the poor guy.

But it's so cute.

Finally getting annoyed with her conflicting thoughts Jane almost hit her forehead.

Having seen Jane make strange faces to herself, the whole way from the mess to her quarters, Flint felt the need to say something. "Jane, are you feeling all right?

Snapping out of her thoughts, Jane nodded her head. "Of course, I feel just great after having just drowned about an hour ago."

"I'm sorry about that, I could—"

"It's perfectly fine Flint. I think uncle is going to cover that just fine." Jane put her hand on his arm and smiled up at him.

Uncomfortably Flint shifted his weight nervously as they stood in front of her quarter door. "Jane, could we go inside to talk. I don't want anyone to listen in."

"All right," Jane opened the door, mentally rolling her eyes since she always left the dang door unlocked. They both walked in and Jane closed the door. "What is it that's bothering you Flint?"

"I wanted to know if…if-oh forget this." He moved and picked her into his arms. The action caught her off guard again, but this time he waited until she calmed down before doing anything else.

The action of her friend was startling, but it didn't remind her of Henderson. This was new, completely new, and foreign to her. Being held caused her to think of a happy time in her life, when she was a little girl. That had been a long time since she had thought of those times. "I like this," she whispered to him. Her head rested against his chest and she wrapped her arms around his back. "It feels like I'm home."

Flint looked down at the woman in his arms. "That's good; I was worried you might kill me."

"Nope, just wish this could last."

"So it's agreed that this is ok? Us together like this?"

"Well, there is the problem of it's actually against protocols to date your superior officer…oh wait I'm no longer military, just a civilian contractor. Let me see, it's against protocols to date a teammate, but that's only on rare occasions when I actually go on missions. Mm…is there anything else that says this can't work?"

Flint hated and loved it when she got smart like that. He leaned down and kissed her on the lips again. However he took his time, drawing as much from her as possible. He wanted to show her that love wasn't just a give all gain nothing thing. He also wanted to show he wasn't going to betray her like Henderson had. When he pulled away from her she was breathing heavily and staring up at him with glazed over eyes. "I won't say it until you do." He whispered before resting his face into her shoulder. "I think that's fair."

"Yeah it is."

Once Flint let her go he felt like something was missing. "I hate to say this, but I'm actually scared of your uncle now."

"Erm…ok?"

"And you should be…" a voice whispered from deep in Jane's room. They both locked eyes then scanned the room. Out of the bathroom walked Jane's sister. "I would think that Uncle would seriously think about killing you officer."

"Flint," Jane and Flint corrected in unison.

"Whatever, I just want to know one thing. You won't promise that you love her then turn out to love someone else?" Sarah walked close, almost threatening.

Jane gave her younger sister a worried look. "Is there something I should know?"

"Nope, I just don't want to see my older sister hurt that's all." Sarah's threatening position changed to a calmer mood.

"All right, well um. See you around Flint?"

"Wait a second," Flint said while holding up one finger to Jane. He looked to Sarah and smiled. "You have my word that I would never do that to your sister…trust me."

"All right, I've got to go find Snake Eyes; he's bound to have Sakura in his shadows."

Exchanging worried looks, Flint and Jane wondered what was going on with Sarah. After Sarah left Jane bit her lip. "What's eating her?" She whispered, mostly to herself.

"I was about to ask the same thing."

A/N: FINALLY! They're together, twenty some odd chapters later! Now we are going to get into some twisty stuffles. r&r please!