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 3

The beginning of a new day and Sarah quickly got her daughter ready to visit General Abernathy. She didn't know who would watch her after Sarah started working but she was willing to have the girl sit near where she worked and give her a book to read. Her daughter had pulled out a black outfit of hers and insisted on wearing it. The outfit was a pair of black boy cargo pants and a black long sleeve shirt. She even wore a black bandanna to hold all her hair back. Sarah changed into her military green cargo pants and green t-shirt. She held her daughter's hand and they walked to the General's office.

Sarah knocked on the door and they heard "Go away". She nudged the door open and the General spun around with a furious look at suddenly faded when he saw them. "Sarah, and you must be Sakura, the two people I wanted to see."

"If you wanted to see us why did you tell us to go away?" Sakura asked in an innocent voice.

Sarah stared down at her daughter appalled but the General laughed. It was a good hearty laugh. He moved his chair so the girl had easy access to his open arms. "Come here Sakura; let me have a good look at you."

"Ok, that make sense, you do only have one eye."

Sarah let out a noise from her nose and she stared down at her daughter. The girl was treading thin ice; at least she would be if it had been Jane or herself. The General only laughed more. The girl walked over to the General's open arms and let him pick her up and put her on his lap.

"Bright kid you have here Sarah." Abernathy said. "Might I ask who her father is?"

"Sorry, it's top secret." Sarah said with a smirk that could rival her sisters.

"Mommy always says that, even to me. What does that mean?"

Abernathy let out a sigh and nodded his head. He loved his nieces, they both could be so coy and yet decisive. "It means that only people with her clearance can know." The General said wihle rubbing his great-nieces head.

"Oh, ok Grandpa." Sakura leaned against him and stared up at her mom with those bright blue eyes. "I didn't get anything to eat mommy."

"Sorry Sakura, I forgot." Sarah started to hold her hand out to the girl when the General stood up with her in his arms. "Oh, you're just getting spoiled Sakura. First Snake Eyes carries you the whole way here and now Grandpa Abernathy's going to carry you to breakfast."

Abernathy smiled warmly at his two nieces. He loved that Sarah was having Sakura call him Grandfather. He was the closest thing to a grandfather she was going to have. "That's right, she's my granddaughter and I get to spoil her all I want."

Sarah felt a tugging at her heart. She had started a new look on her uncle's life already. But maybe Jane had started it, there really wasn't any way of knowing for certain. "Uncle, how is Jane doing?"

"She's fine, she's left the military but she works a civilian contractor to the Joe's."

"That's nice, but you know what I mean."

He knew, but he didn't want the girl in his arms to know that her aunt was suffering from split personality disorder. "She's on vacation right now." He said, hoping Sarah understood what he meant.

"Ahh, a vacation sounds good for her. Was she injured at all on her last mission?"

"No, but she saved her teammates again."

"Good for her." They fell silent as they walked to the mess hall. As they walked in everyone looked at them.

"At ease gentlemen," the General said before setting the girl down and kneeling down so she could climb onto his back. He walked into the line and after getting the food he was carrying two trays. The lighter of the two was for the girl, who had wanted a banana, two eggs and orange juice. He had gotten more than she had but he was older, if that was any kind of excuse.

Sarah had grabbed a regular bowl of cereal and followed him to a table where a young woman sat with a clip board. Her hair was short and pulled back under a hat. The woman stood up and saluted the General. The general chuckled and nodded for her to sit down. He let Sakura climb off and sit beside him. "Lady Jaye, this is my niece Sarah and her daughter Sakura."

Lady Jaye couldn't tell that Sarah was Jane's little sister. They looked completely opposite. Jane had been dark brown tones of skin, hair and eyes. Sarah had light skin, black hair, and green eyes. "I didn't know you were Demon's sister, she didn't talk about you and you two look so different."

"We get that a lot." Sarah said trying to be factual. She didn't want anyone seeing her emotions except her uncle and Snake Eyes. They were the only ones she trusted to see her weaknesses. "Lady Jaye, is that a code name? Like Demon is for Jane?"

"Yeah, my real name is Alison Hart-Burnett. You got a code name too?"

"Listener, everyone in the Air Force Intelligence called me Listener because I could hear and translate radio chatter nonstop." Sarah smiled, maybe Lady Jaye was another person she could trust to see her emotions after all. Something about the woman said that she was safe enough. Just like Scarlett had been for a while.

A/N: Girl bonding time! awwwwwwwww. it's so beautiful. bleh. I'm a girl and i don't care about girl bonding time. trust me, the most with gb time i get is with my mom...once a year. anyways r&r please!