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 10

It had been over a week since Henderson had broken in and Amethyst was still jumpy. But now she was able to perform all the techniques she had learned as part of the Ling family. She had even started teaching them to Storm Shadow. Right at that moment Amethyst was trying to hold the pose that she was in. Her arms were the only thing holding her off the ground, and it was still too painful. Sweat dripped off her face and onto the ground.

Reaching the point of total agony Amethyst let her body come down and she rolled until she was back onto her feet. She was soon facing someone's feet in her face and she startled to see Storm Shadow had been imitating her again. "What am I going to do with you? I was doing that move to strengthen my shoulder. It's not one of the techniques."

"I find it rather relaxing."

Growing slightly irritated her voice dropped to a whisper. "I find it painful."

Storm Shadow got to his feet and motioned for her to turn around. He had found that he actually had started to care for the woman's well-being. He couldn't put a finger on the cause, but it meant enough to him that he worried about her arm. It still caused her pain, yet the area had healed enough that there shouldn't be any pain at all. He pulled her shirt down enough to look at the area and saw that all there was, was a scar. "It looks fine."

"I would rather get a doctor's—" she was interrupted when she heard tires screeching outside the house. Obviously Storm Shadow heard it too, she thought.

Storm Shadow quickly grabbed the katakana on the wall then grabbed a bokken then tossed it to Amethyst.

"Erm…" She clumsily put the sword in each hand before looking at him slightly confused.

Storm Shadow fought the urge to roll his eyes. He walked over to her, set her hands on the hilt of the bokken then walked away.

Standing where she was, Amethyst felt like a sitting duck incase the house was surrounded. Which instincts told her it was. Nothing says I love you like handing you a wooden sword and walking away silently! She thought angrily while watching her surroundings. Where did that thought come from?

Admit it to yourself girly, you like him!

Oh, no, not this again…I hate inward conflicts, they cloud my qi!

Get used to it, you're human!

Angrily Amethyst hit her palm to her forehead. "No time for mental conflict," she muttered in Chinese. "Need to focus on task at hand, save yourself and the cranky Ninja."

A set of strange but familiar footsteps caused Amethyst to turn around. In front of her was none other than Snake Eyes. "Zhǔi," She whispered while dropping the weapon.

Snake Eyes pulled a hand up to greet her when he saw Storm Shadow run into the room.

Amethyst heard Storm Shadow's footsteps and stood between the two ninja's. "Wait, before you start killing each other I want to know something."

Storm Shadow's lip curled up in a snarl but he lowered his weapon all the same.

Snake Eyes tilted his head to one side. Storm Shadow had never done anything like that before. Shrugging the feeling off; he looked to Amethyst, one of his former pupils.

"Why did you come Snake Eyes?"

'Two reasons,' He started. 'The first was to rescue you, the second…there's something wrong with Jane.'

Amethyst didn't understand. What could have been wrong with Jane? "One, I don't need rescuing…I just need to see my father. Two, what could ever be wrong with Jane? She's the perfect soldier, no flaw to her."

Anger caught Snake Eyes off guard. She had never been one for anger. 'Not true and you know that.'

"No, she's got her flaws…but she hides them so well."

'Stop it Jana. We all need your help.'

"We?" Storm Shadow asked while putting a hand protectively on Amethyst's shoulder. "Who is we? Your team?"

'Yes,'

Storm Shadow laughed. They need her help with her former teammate? That's pathetic.

"What's wrong with her?" Amethyst asked again, this time impatient enough that she picked the bokken up again.

'She isn't acting right, something is different.'

"Different how?"

'Come with and see for yourself.'

Amethyst walked over to the wall where Storm Shadow had picked up the bokken and placed it back. "All right, but Storm Shadow is coming with me."

'That's fine.'

Not able to control himself at that point Storm Shadow yelled: "WHAT?"

"You heard me Tóngkǒng, get your but into gear."

"As you command Sensei." Storm Shadow bowed to Amethyst, not happily, and went to change out of his practice gear.

'Sensei?' Snake Eyes questioned.

"It's a long, complicated story Snake. A very long story." Amethyst didn't move as her body quivered at the thought of seeing Jane again.

'You should tell me sometime.'

"I will old friend, but right now take me to Jane…at least once he's done being slow."

i Zhǔ: Master. Jana calls him this because of the training he had given her. Although afterwards she no longer calls him that.

A/N: Now you are ahead of Demon Rose time line wise. r&r please.