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", Sarah "Listener" Rose Abernathy, or Sakura Rose.
Synapse: Sarah, Jane's little sister of 25 years of age, has sought out safety with the Joe's at the Pit. But there's one small four year old problem, she's the only family her daughter has left alive except Abernathy and Jane. And she's expected to work in Intelligence, what's a girl to do? Snake EyesxOc.
The Logical Listener
G. I. Joe: Renegades
Chapter 2
Sarah woke up when someone walked into her quarters. She didn't' remember getting there but maybe someone had carried her. Sakura was curled up against her. Sarah got off the bed and rubbed the sleep from her eyes. Before her stood Snake Eyes. She kenw it was him even in the dark of the room. He always had this calm manor that no one else had towards her. She got up and tilted her head sideways a little. "What is it Snake Eyes?"
He motioned for her to follow him. She did. As she walked out into the hallway she rubbed her eyes again. It was bright in the hallway and her eyes were used to the darkness of her room. The hallway was practically empty, not normal for a military base. "Snake Eyes, what's going on?"
Snake Eyes locked the door to her quarters and held a finger to his mouth. Her eyes widened and she glanced around fearfully. Around other people she wouldn't act afraid, she kept herself seemingly under total logic, but it wasn't true. She was a woman of emotion just like her sister, and she knew when it was appropriate to express emotion.
Snake Eyes saw the fear creep into Sarah's eyes and he shook his head. 'I just don't want people to hear what needs to be said.' He signed.
"What do you mean?" Sarah stammered as he grabbed her arm and walked with her. She didn't know where they were going but once he shoved her through a set of swinging doors she knew that they were in the kitchen. "I don't understand, why are you doing this?"
'I need to know, how old is Sakura?'
Sarah tensed. "She's four years old,"
'How long ago did you leave me?'
Sarah's breath caught. He knew, he figured it out, "Five years ago, Snake Eyes, you have to understand I—"
'Sarah, why did you leave me?'
"I saw the way you looked at Shana; I knew you didn't love me like you loved her." Sarah choked the words out then looked away from him. "It was simple logic Snake Eyes, I didn't need my physics degree to know you loved her more than me."
Snake Eyes looked at the ground. So she had noticed. But how did Sakura fit into all of this. She looked like her mother, but she also looked so different. 'Who's her father?'
Sarah hopped onto the kitchen counter and let her long slender legs dangle off the edge. She was taller than her sister by a good six inches making her five foot eleven. She let out a sigh and looked at her dangling feet. The motion was simple, back and forth, calming and soothing. "I don't want to talk about it." She said coldly.
Snake Eyes put a hand under her chin and made her look up at him. 'Were you—'
Sarah gasped and shook her head furiously. "No, just it wasn't the best of circumstances."
'I'm sorry,' He slowly reached to touch her shoulder and she jerked away. 'Let me walk you back to your room.'
Sarah nodded her head and followed him back to where she had been sleeping. As she walked inside she saw Sakura sitting in a corner of the room with a blanket in one hand, teddy tucked under her arm and her thumb in her mouth. She had been crying. Sakura leaped out of her spot and flung her arms around Sarah's legs.
"Mommy leave me behind." Sakura said while choking on her tears.
Sarah knelt down and pulled her daughter into her arms. "No, I just went to go do something. I wanted you to rest up, so you grow up big and strong." Sarah rubbed her daughter's arms and smiled. She picked the four year old up and laid her on the bed. As she tucked her daughter in she noticed that Snake Eyes had followed her into the room. He was looking over the little girl. "Sakura, I want you to do something for me ok? Some of the team wants to take care of you when I'm busy working ok? I also want to know if you want to spend time with Grandpa Abernathy."
Sakura nodded her head solemnly. "Ok mommy."
"That's my girl, not afraid of anything." Sarah ran a hand through her daughter's soft silky blonde hair. Such beautiful hair and she knew where her daughter had gotten it. Sarah put Sakura's teddy bear on the pillow beside her. "And here's Mr. Teddy to sleep with you."
Sakura giggled before curling around the teddy bear. The soft fur it had instantly soothed her to sleep. Sarah let out a sigh and kissed her daughter's head. Snake Eyes started to leave when he glanced once again at Sarah. He noted that she was staring at him. 'I'm sorry. I should have seen you clearer.'
After Snake Eyes left her room and closed the door Sarah crawled back into bed and wrapped her arms around her daughter. She nuzzled her daughter's hair and closed her eyes to hold back the forming tears. "Watashi no aisuru amai ko wa, itsuka anata gata wa shinri o shitte iru yo. Dare mo ga shinjitsu o shitte irudarou."i
i Watashi no aisuru amai ko wa, itsuka anata gata wa shinri o shitte iru yo. Dare mo ga shinjitsu o shitte irudarou: My dear sweet child, someday you'll know the truth. Everyone will know the truth.
A/N: I used an online translator, actually any foreign language script you run across in my writing i used online translator. r&r, don't you think Sakura is soooooo cute? *overly sweet sickening voice*