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". Here's Amethyst's story,

Synapse: Amethyst had been captured by Cobra nearly one year ago and now she was finding herself imprisoned by another. This man is using her, keeping her hidden, and now he expects more from her. Now she wants out.

G. I. Joe

The Amethyst Stone

Chapter 3

Unless I thought about killing you. Her words floated through Storm Shadow's mind as he lay on the ground staring up at those cold lavender eyes. It took everything in him to see past his own anger and look at her fear. She was scared, it was the only reason she attacked him the way that she did. Now he was at a disadvantage. She was using a technique he knew nothing about from a fighting style he still knew nothing about. She could kill him with little dilemma and little hesitation. "I just saved your life, twice!" He cried out as she got to her full height and started to walk away.

"And you used me to do your errands. I'm no one's messenger bird!" She screamed at him as she spun around. "I do not follow just anyone's orders. I follow those who have honor, those who have been a servant in their own past, and those who have listened to their masters."

That struck a chord. She had known what he had done, but how? He only recently revealed the truth to Jinx and Snake Eyes. Unless there was something else about the Seven Hidden Blades Technique that he did not know about.

"Yes, now you're getting it." She whispered as she came back to him. "The Seven Hidden Blades can be used to view into a person's life…I just happened to gleam into that ninja back a few days ago."

"A few days," He whispered, finally he was getting feeling back into his fingers and legs. "More like a few weeks."

Her eyes widened. "My father,"

"Do not worry, he is safe with the Joe's." Storm Shadow was waiting for her to leave an opening. She was bound to make a mistake now, she was thinking about her father. When her back was turned he jumped to his feet then slumped against the counter. He was weaker than he thought. He looked at her, holding back the feelings of helplessness.

"I can remove what I've done." She said in a bland tone. She slowly approached him. "But how will I know that you won't hurt me in return?"

Storm Shadow didn't know himself at that moment. The more she stalled the more he felt like killing her and dumping her body in a tar pit. "You'll just have to take me at my word."

Amethyst moved closer to him and placed her open palm against his chest. Pulling her own qi back was something she had never done before with the technique. She had seen her father do it, but it was never taught to her. Now she was hoping it would work. She could feel the energy coming back in waves, and bit by bit he started to look better. Once she was done she found herself weaker than before. Her knees started shaking and her heart was racing.

Storm Shadow watched as Amethyst rested her hand against his chest and within moments he began to regain movement but she started looking weaker. It almost looked like she was taking the very thing that happened to him into her. Her knees about gave out and he caught her forearms. Her lavender eyes showed what her face and body could not. She was scared, scared to the point of paranoia. He led her over to a chair and set her down. He didn't know how to comfort her. She had seen the mark on his forearm and he knew she was frightened by the Arashikage because they had hunted her family to the point of no one was left. She was the last of her family, the last to know the secrets that her ancestor's had created and passed down.

"Do what you want with me." She whispered as she looked him in the eyes. "I don't have much use to you anyway."

"I don't know what you mean." Storm Shadow knelt down in front of her. "I think you could be of some use to me."

Amethyst took in a deep breath to calm herself. She knew what he meant. He wanted her to teach him the Seven Hidden Blades technique. "I can't do that…it takes years of practice and discipline. I studied the art when I was a little girl until my father thought I was ready to learn it all. I was nineteen when I finally mastered it!"

"How old were you when you started learning it?" He asked, brown cold eyes staring into blank lavender.

"Ten years old."

"Nine years, it took nine years to learn that technique? How many others were you learning at the same time?" He grabbed her shoulders trying to make her understand what it really meant to fear.

Amethyst felt weak in his grasp. He could easily break her at this point. He could break her in half and feed her to the dogs, and he wouldn't even break a sweat. "I was learning everything." She whispered. "And that is how I would have to teach you. To learn Seven Hidden Blades is to learn them all."

"So I will learn them all, I am older than you were then." He got to his feet, pulling her along with. "Go get some rest, the room that you came from is your room now."

My room now? She thought, how could it be my room now? She didn't care at that point; she wanted to rest so badly.

"One moment, Ling." He stated while gently touching her right shoulder. "Let me take a look at that."

At first Amethyst was struggling not to cry out in pain. But then she realized he was trying to help her. She slipped the make shift sling off her arm and unbuttoned her shirt that she was wearing. She was thankful that she had her back to him because it was embarrassing enough that he had changed her dressings and bandage for three weeks.

Storm Shadow sensed the hesitation with each movement of her left arm. She still didn't trust him, why should she. As far as she knew he worked with the Arashikage. "I'm not going to hurt you."

"It's not that." She muttered while trying to choke back the pain in her voice. "It still hurts, are you sure it's been three weeks? Normally I heal a lot faster than that."

Storm Shadow gently removed the bandages and looked at the area. "The shuriken that lodged in your shoulder was poisoned. It's still going to be sore."

Amethyst felt her heart melt under his gentle touch.

A/N: R&R, oh and think this is going to be easy? NO! it's not, because i'm being annoying with Amethyst, but they will end up together sooner than Flint and Jane did...