Sorry for the long disappearance my darlings... We had a rough two weeks with having to put down our 11 year old cat, my in-laws going in and out of the hospital, my son getting really sick this past week and my birthday was Sunday. But I'm still here. To make up for it I give you a nice long chapter.
And since I know you all have played the game I'm leaving out the detailed bit and altering the mission a little. I hope you guys enjoy this chapter. ^w^
Disclaimer: Yeah I still own nothing... I think I own my car, tablet, system and games... And that's about all I own...
The sound of raised voices caused Garrus to look up from the work he was doing on the main guns. Normally he would just ignore the loud voices from the mess but the continuing noises were almost impossible to block out. That, plus the added fact that he hadn't been out of the battery for some time made it seem like a good idea to check out who made all that noise. Pushing away from the console he turned and made his way out of the main battery and towards the kitchen. As he arrived at the end of the small hallway he was met with an interesting sight.
A small gaggle, if you could call it that, of girls sat around one of the tables with Jane sitting on the edge of the table. She appeared to be in the middle of a story that seemed to be quite hilarious from the way the other girls were breaking out in laughter. To her right, also leaning on the table, stood their newest member Jack, the psychotic biotic as some where calling her. John had taken Jane and the young krogan on to the prison ship to retrieve the girl and somewhere in the brawl and aftermath Jane and the tattooed woman seemed to have bonded. On Jane's other side sat Kasumi, who seemed to be very entertained by the story. Though her glowing eyes seemed to drift to the small table beside the battery stairs every once and a while. Looking over Garrus found Jacob standing with Donnelly there and a few other Cerberus members. Stepping over to the men he raised a thumb towards the girls.
"Just what is that all about?" Jacob gave a small scuff as he leaned back on the table behind him, his arms crossed to mimic the one foot that crossed over the other. "Your guess is as good as ours. They have been over there giggling and gossiping for the better part of an hour. It started with just Jane, Kelly and Jack. Now, as you can see, there is a swarm of them."
"Boys." Both Garrus and Jacob turned their heads to look at Ken who was staring down to the girls. He then looked to them and raised his shoulders. "It has to be boys right? It's the only thing girls can talk on hours ends 'bout, right?" Garrus then looked back to Jacob who raised his shoulders in confusion as well.
Garrus heard the ding of the elevator and as John came around the corner Jane's voice grew loud as she pointed to him. "Ask John, he was there. I swear to you!" The girls all burst out laughing as John raised a brow and crossed his arms.
"Alright. What story are you telling now?" Jane gave her brother a large grin as she leaned forward and tilted her head. "The 'Barbie Girl' incident." John stared at her for a moment before a large grin spread across his face. Holding up his hands he looked up as he recalled the memory.
"So there I was, back early with my squadron. We all decide to head over to my place to grab a few beers and play some cards. And what do we find as we ALL turn the corner into the kitchen? My ever so lovely sister clad only in her undergarments singing one if the worst songs in human history into a spatula."
There was a small pause before the entire mess broke out into laughter. Garrus let his gaze fall on Jane who was laughing along with everyone else. The girls around her began to ask what happened next. Jane shared a smirk with them before leaning back on her hands behind her.
"Well of course when I realized they were there, there was that brief moment where no one did anything. John was mortified, his buddies weren't sure just what the situation called for and well I was just shocked. Then ever so slightly I gave them a small smile and stated that I was far too under dressed for their party and to excuse me to put on at least a pair of socks." Everyone broke into laughter as John rolled his eyes. He shook his head slightly before smiling towards his sister.
"Thanks to that I heard far too many questions and comments that, if I had my way, would never have to hear again. Even a few request for roommates if you planned to stick around some more." Jane smiled as she moved off the table to look at John with arms crossed. She held a knowing smirk as she lifted her chin towards him.
They stood for a few seconds before John sighed and gave a short nod. Jane smiled as she moved towards him. "Are we going on an adventure?"
John nodded as she neared. He raised his fist which was soon after bumped by Jane's fist right before they slapped palms. His eyes fell on Garrus and he offered him a nod. "Suit up Garrus. We are heading towards Horizon. The Illusive Man has details that they may be the next colony to get hit."
Garrus nodded to John before his gaze moved over towards Jane. She smiled at him before giving him a wink. A small chuckle left him as he shook his head slightly. He watched for a minute as she turned and moved back to her room before he moved back towards the main battery to get ready. As he did, he heard the people in the mess continue their conversation of embarrassing situations.
As the drop ship pulled away Garrus looked over his rifle once more as John spoke to them. "Seeker swarms dead ahead. Now we get to see how well this shielding Mordin cooked up for us works."
Jane laughed slightly as her gaze moved over to her brother. A hand was placed on her hip as she tilted her head to the side. "If Mordin made it, it works... He is far over qualified for anything I've seen him do in the lab." She smiled as she took her cue from her brother and pulled out her assault rifle.
As they met the first wave of collectors John took one side blasting away with his biotics, while Jane moved up with Garrus. He looked over to her as she took cover with him. A shudder ran down her back before she smiled over to him. "Granted, I'm someone who doesn't really judge people based on their race or looks. But damn it all, I can't look at those things and not see big slimy bugs..." Another shudder ran over her as she let her head rest on the crate behind her, waiting for the sound of gunfire to die down so she could retaliate.
Garrus chuckled as he fired off two shots before moving back to her side. "It seems that I have found Jane Shepard's weakness. Bugs. Who would have guessed?" He watched as she popped up and pulled the trigger taking down a collector before she ducked back to smile at him.
"Live your life hopping from ship to ship and then move to Earth where they are simply everywhere. They are gross and just..." She shuddered once more before the smile returned and she tilted her head back towards the battle. "Let's just say it makes it easier to kill these fuckers..." And with that she was ducking around the crate over to the next to get a better shot. Garrus couldn't help but chuckle as he watched her move forward. Jane certainly brightened up a battlefield, kinda the way John did.
He also had to marvel at her battle skills. She could easily take down a target with her assault rifle before flawlessly switching to her hand guns. Bringing up his scope he began to pick off a few of the collectors that were drawing near the human girl, but made sure she still had a few to kill. After a moment he moved over to look at Johns side. The biotic was more capable, having taken down all but three on his side.
Lining up a shot Garrus took down one of the three while Shepard used his biotics to warp and crush the other to. He was about to relax when Jane's voice sounded over the com.
"What the FUCK are these things!?" Garrus looked over to where he had last seen Jane only to find she wasn't there. Moving quickly he noticed John moving just as fast behind him. As he rounded the corner he dropped to one knee to line up another shot. His bullet caught the husk right between the eyes. As it dropped he popped his heat sink and began to load another, looking over the situation.
A swarm of husk had come out of nowhere. By the bodies further back it seemed that Jane had taken out a few at a distance but they overwhelmed her too quickly. She was currently in the middle of punching and kicking the masses off her. Once his rifle was ready he glanced over to John who was pulling out his own rifle and gave him a nod before they began to shoot the husks Jane tossed off.
At one moment Garrus watched as one of the husks grabbed Jane from behind. But instead of kicking or really fighting Jane took hold of the husk arms and by kicking off another husk in front other she kicked up and over so she now sat on the husk back. Somewhere during the stunt one of her hands had moved up to her lower back. With a small flick a blade was pulled out, spun, then drove into the husk, right where its spine met its head. Slowly the blue lights on it's body faded as the husk began to crumble under her.
Landing on the ground she sat for a moment removing her blade. As she rose another husk charged towards her, but soon found Garrus's bullet ripping right through the side of its head. As the last one fell, Jane stood slightly panting, placing her weapons back where they belonged with fresh clips. Her eyes moved up towards Garrus as he and John moved towards her. She offered him a smirk as he stopped while John moved forward towards the fallen husk.
Jane seemed to be at a loss for a moment as they stood side by side watching John. After a moment she simply leaned in to bump him slightly with her shoulder. "I guess being a knight in shining armor comes along with the vigilante stuff?"
He chuckled as he chanced a glance to her before returning the bump. "I did make sure to extra buff my armor today. And here I was thinking you wouldn't notice." She looked up to him for a brief moment before she began to giggle. Stepping away she moved over to stand near John, Garrus right behind her.
"Just what the hell are these things?" John looked up to Garrus to share a small nod. John bent down to look the creature over with look of disgust. "They are husks. We ran into them on Eden Prime and anywhere Saren could be found. They are, or - well - they were humans that had been sacrificed on a pole and transformed to become tools used by the reapers. Only these are different. And I haven't seen any dragon teeth, so my guess is the collectors brought them along."
Jane shared a look that mimicked her brothers as she shifted her weight on her feet. She seemed very uncomfortable as she took a few small steps back. "These things use to be humans? What a fucked up way to die..." Garrus nodded as he watched John for a few seconds before the commander stood and began to reload his weapon. And with that Jane and Garrus took up their positions behind John and they were on their way again.
It wasn't long for them to run into another group of collectors. Taking cover, Garrus switched to his assault rifle and began to give John some cover fire as the biotic set up warps and other shiny blue traps. It was then that Garrus caught sight of one of the collectors acting funny. It seemed to be fighting with itself as it twisted and turned, a yellow gold glow emanating from it. Garrus called out to the other two and brought their attention to it as a deep voice echoed over the field. "Assuming direct control..."
John looked to Garrus then to Jane before looking back to the now glowing collector that seemed to have gained some special power as he sent dark shockwaves towards John. One blast hit his cover and knocked him back making him to let out a painful cry. Garrus heard Jane give a small growl as her fire shifted towards the controlled collector. Garrus joined in, now switching to his sniper so that he could get a more focused shot on the creatures head. As they assaulted the collector the same voice continued to echo through the area, calling out to Shepard and taunting him.
It took a while but as the remains of the collector began to disintegrate away Garrus couldn't help but feel a little glad. The way that thing seemed to know Shepard and call out to him was on the far side of creepy. He chanced a glance over to where Jane was kneeling beside John, giving him a once over. Once he was sure that his friend was fine his eyes turned back to the few enemies that remained. As there were only two left the siblings joined him once more. He gave a turian smirk as he looked over to John.
"I think that you have a fan... Maybe not as pretty and subtle as the last one. But a fan none the less..." John chuckled as he rose and titled his head towards the garage that was ahead.
"Well you know I always have time for my fans. Whether it be a picture, an autograph or a bullet between the eyes." He chuckled once more as he began to move out. Jane stepped up right behind him with a raised brow which he shook off. Garrus watched the exchange and felt a little homesick. The unspoken language between siblings was something that his sister and he had had as well. And watching how easy it was for them to communicate with so little words made him miss that bond that he shared with his sister.
As they left the garage Jane was shaking her head with a small sigh. "Could you blame the poor fool? Watching everyone get attacked by those buggy things right in front of his eyes." Garrus gave a scuff as he moved to stand beside her. Her gaze turned to him as her brow arched. She seemed to want him to explain and he raised a shoulder. "A turian would have fought back. No matter what. Running in hiding is not in our nature..."
Jane titled her head slightly before looking ahead. "That may be so but it's not the way humans are raised. We aren't all trained to fight at young ages. Some humans have never held a gun in their lives. And when those individuals are placed up against something that so easily could take them down they simply run. Live to see another day. Humans can be very selfish, especially when it comes to situations where their lives are at stake." She gave a small chuckle as she tilted her chin towards her brother who walked in front of her. "While at the very same time you have people like my brother who likes it when the odds are against him. More selfless than almost anyone I have ever seen before, ready to sacrifice everything to save one life. As you know he did do that exact thing once already."
As she smiled towards her brother who chanced a glance over his shoulder to offer her a smile Garrus couldn't help but think about what she said. She seemed to admire her brother but somehow didn't see that she seemed to hold the exact same traits she admired. At least to a degree. He had found that almost every medic he had ever met held that selfless aspect. It came from a deep desire to help others in any situation.
They continued to fight their way along the abandoned buildings and frozen people that had not been loaded into the pods yet. It was a disturbing sight but Garrus kept his eyes ahead as did the humans that were beside him. They were making their way towards the GARDIAN towers in hopes of stopping the collectors. But what was really occupying Garrus's mind was the fact that Alenko was stationed here. He had not seen the human solider since John's funeral. But the apparent distress of John and Jane had him interested as well as worried. In John's case he fully understood. But Jane had reacted to Kaidan's name as if she would rather not see him and he had no idea why. Part of him hoped that the human male was still here just to get to the bottom of that.
It was after a few waves of collectors, husks and some other creature that looked like a husk with a large growth on its neck, that they finally reached the tower. As they neared it, Garrus moved to the side letting Shepard get to it while he scouted the area. He noticed that Jane moved opposite of him but in the same manner. From where he stood he heard John curse before patching in to the Normandy.
"EDI, you got me? Good, I need you to get this thing online as quick as you can. … Yeah, alright..." He dropped his hand and looked around them. Pointing towards a small walkway between two buildings he gave a small nod. "Let's get stationed up there. It's going to take a while for EDI to get everything ready and she says that we have enemies on the way. Garrus, you hold up in the middle. Jane, you take the left side. I'll take the right." Garrus and Jane both nodded as they followed him over.
And true to EDI's words it was only a few minutes after they got set up that the enemies began to filter in through different areas of the port. The area that John had picked seemed to be almost perfect. Anything that wanted to get to them had to come up one of the two little stairways that the Shepard's siblings covered while he had a clear sight on the enemies that moved around the far side of the port.
It was after what seemed to be the final wave that John stood and looked over them before moving to the stairs. "It looks like we have a small break here. I'm going to go make a sweep. You two stay here and cover me."
Garrus nodded as he began to reload his rifle. He was running low on heat sinks so stocking up seemed like a good idea. As John moved through the piles of bodies that had amassed due to their effort, Jane stood to lean on the rail. "Bring me back something good, brother dear..."
John chuckled as he waved a hand at her showing he heard. Garrus glanced over to watch Jane as she began to follow his lead and replace the heat sinks in all three of her guns. His mandibles twitched in a smile as he watched her. "You know for a medic, you are pretty good at holding your own in a fire fight."
Her eyes moved up to his before her lips twisted into a sassy smile. "Well - I was in the Alliance military for five years. They don't just teach you how to line up and make a uniform look good in there. Plus I had the added bonus of my mother." She chuckled slightly as she moved her eyes to watch John move through the field.
"I'm not sure if you are aware but our mother is an Alliance captain. And she didn't get that high command just from her good looks. Her specialty is mostly hand to hand combat, the easiest thing to train when you live on a ship. So when I was younger, mother would give John and I special lessons everyday to teach us the art. John wasn't so big on it but I took to it like second nature. It was just such an easy way to vent everything and become at peace at the same time."
Her head was now resting against the wall behind her as she seemed to be lost in thought. When she realized that Garrus was staring she laughed and turned to look around the wall at John. "Silly, I know but that's how it goes." She laughed once more but Garrus couldn't help but to continue to stare at her. That was the first time he had ever heard something that simple describe how it felt to spar. Most turians felt that way but from what he could see not many humans saw hand to hand training like that.
He was about to comment when a noise drew their attention. John shouted to get to cover as he dove behind a crate himself. From the sky flew a large creature that almost seemed to be an altered collector. It had a wide body and far to many bug like legs. Looking over to Jane he couldn't help but smirk at her shudder. Moving to lean over the wall he began to fire off rounds into the thing. It took less than a second for Jane to join him and, from the sound of gun fire from the other side of the map, John as well.
It was when he hit the last shot in the clip to the back of the creatures head, popped the heat sink and reached to his back to find that he had no extra clips. Looking down to his small pack that held the spare clips to see if he was mistaken, he missed the fact that the thing was slowly turning towards him, the front glowing bright.
When he did notice a sudden mass was hitting him around the waist and knocked him to the floor just as a large explosion hit where he had just been standing. As he lifted his head to see exactly what had happened, he was greeted with the sight of Jane posing above him. Her knees held her up, one on either side of his waist while one hand braced her beside his head, her other hand still holding her gun. Her gaze was fixed towards where the blast had just hit.
As he moved his head slightly in an effort to get up, the smells started to assault his nose. Sure, the normal smell of battle was there: gun oil, dirt, sweat. But there were some other smells that were hidden underneath, smells he would have only been able to get at at this close distance. A sweet fragrance that reminded him of a flower he once smelt on the citadel. It was soft and gentle but at the same time powerful. There was also a bolder scent, one that caused a reaction in him that he was not too sure about. It was the smell of adrenaline with a hint of arousal. Did being in the middle of a battle turn Jane on? He had heard of a few humans that had the same response as turians in the heat of a fight but he had never been near one. Let alone underneath.
It also wasn't helping that he had not been this physically close to a woman in - what - maybe two years? Which was not helping the situation. Embarrassment filled him for his reaction. Embarrassed that his pulse was elevating. Embarrassed by the hitch in his breath. Embarrassed by the way his plates threatened to part. And his subharmonics echoed that embarrassment. The noise caused Jane to turn her head to look at him. A smile rose to her lips as she moved her far leg up and over him so that she was sitting beside him now, back to the small wall.
"Sorry about that big guy." As he moved to put his back beside her she chuckled slightly and bumped his shoulder with her own. "I just figured you wanted to stay on the sexy side of scars instead of making that jump into hell looking like chewed varren meat."
He chuckled with her while a small amount of pride grew at her statement. As she moved to the small gap and rolled over to her side once more he switched to his assault rifle. "Good thing too... Any more scars and I would be afraid to ever land on Tuchanka, for fear of all the breeding contracts that would be thrown at me."
His comment pulled a laugh from her as she rose over the ledge and began to fire at the creature. Garrus was about to join her when John appeared around the wall, ducking for cover. In his hand was a large gun that seemed to be a heavy weapon. As he looked over to Garrus he smiled once before leaning forward to call out to his sister.
"Here's your gift Jane. Now play nicely with it and make sure you share!" As she dropped down he slid the collector-looking weapon over towards her. As she caught it, her eyes lit up as she looked the large weapon over. A smile grew on her face as she readied the weapon.
"You hold, I hit?" John laughed and nodded before he looked towards Garrus and tilted his head towards the creature on the other side of the wall. As he did he pulled a few spare clips from his pack and handed them to the turian.
"Garrus, you just do what you do best."
He laughed as he began to reload his rifle and gave John a nod. "Roger that." With a turian smile he rose up and over the cover and began to fire at the creature, trying to drop it's shield. After a clip and a half the thing fell down and began to recharge. As it did, Garrus took a step back and watched John rise and throw a stasis up holding the creature still. As the thing fought, Jane stood up with a smirk on her face. Raising the weapon, a charging noise droned before a large beam shot out, hitting the creature right in the face. The beam held, eating away at the heavy weapon ammo at a rapid pace. Right when it was about to hit the end of the clip the creature began to falter before it lit up in an explosion.
Jane let out a whoop as John chuckled and looked over to her. "New favorite toy?" She laughed as she moved to hand it back to him. He raised a brow as she tapped the blade on her back.
"As much fun as it is, it is a distance weapon and we both know how I like to get all up close and personal." John laughed once more as they all moved towards the tower. He stood and clicked a few buttons before radioing EDI to fire away. The GARDIAN turrets only got to fire off a few shots before the collector ship began to retreat. John watched it go with anger in his face as Jane bumped Garrus and tilted her head to the side. "We have company..."
Garrus glanced over to see the man from the garage come running out demanding that they stop the ship. Garrus raised his shoulders and joined John in watching the ship until another voice caused them all to look over.
Another human male joined the one from the garage. He was dressed in military garb and seemed a little standoffish as he approached the group. John on the other hand seemed relieved as he moved over holding out his hand.
"Kaidan! Damn, man it's good to see you.. I thought the collectors had got you..." Kaidan took his hand and gave a slight nod as he shook it. It was odd to see him act this way. John and Kaidan had bonded on the hunt for Saren. Both biotics within the military, they had quite a few things in common. But now Kaidan seemed reluctant to even shake his hand.
"Shepard - I thought you were dead..." His eyes drifted past John to land on Garrus, who gave him a small nod, then to Jane, who almost seemed to be hiding behind Garrus. Kaidan moved past the men to take hold of her shoulders.
"Jane? What are you doing here?" She looked to him and gave a soft shy smile as she took a step back causing him to let go of her shoulders.
"I'm helping my brother fight the collectors. What does it look like I'm doing?" She seemed a little put off by the man that was in front of her. Garrus couldn't help but take a step closer to her so that he seemed more on her side. He had never really gotten along with the human before and if he had wronged Jane he had all the more reason to detest him. John moved forward to spin Kaidan so he looked to him.
"What do you mean, what is she doing here? How do you know my sister?" His eyes moved past Kaidan to Jane. After a second a look crossed his face that almost said, 'No, you didn't.' She shook her head and moved forward.
"I met him at your funeral. I couldn't talk to Joker about what happened, poor guy was far to torn up. So I went to the second source," She held up her hand to indicate Kaidan. "I wanted to learn what happened to you. So we went out for drinks and talked about it."
Kaidan seemed to not care what they were saying as he turned back to her. "Is this why you didn't stay on the citadel? Did you know John was alive? Did you leave so you could run off and join Cerberus with him?" Jane seemed taken aback by his accusations and was about to respond when John stepped in.
"First off, I wasn't alive. I've been on an operation table in a coma or something for the last two years as I was rebuilt. Jane didn't know anymore than you did. I found her by chance on Omega. And we aren't working for Cerberus. It's more like I'm working with them in the joined effort to stop the collectors."
Kaidan scuffed as he took a step away from them. His eyes moved over them all before he shook his head. "I can't believe you all. John, joining the enemy. Don't you remember all those experiments that we found left by Cerberus? And Garrus. You being here is a real surprise." He didn't linger on the two men as he turned once more on Jane. "And you ran off to Omega? You didn't even let me know where you were going or anything. I thought you owed me that much..."
Once again Jane seemed at a loss for words. Then she held up her hands giving them a small wave. "Kaidan.. It was one night. Just drinks..." The last statement seemed to be more to reassure her brother standing behind Kaidan. "It was nothing. I owed you nothing. I left to find a better use of myself than the alliance that was slandering my brother and using his image for their own gain."
Now it was Kaidan's turn to be taken back as he looked her over. "I thought we had a connection. But I guess not." He took a few steps back and now looked over John. "I know where my loyalties lie Shepard. You are betraying those loyalties. I wish I could say it was good seeing you all." With that he turned and began to walk away.
Garrus heard Jane give a soft growl beside him as she watched the man move away. To his other side John radioed the shuttle. Garrus couldn't help but agree with him. He had had all of Horizon he could handle for a long time.
The shuttle ride back was quiet and tense. John spent the whole ride sitting next to the window, staring out into the space around them. Jane sat beside Garrus, her eyes never leaving her brother. There was a slight glare in her gaze as she seemed to be thinking something over. Garrus was almost afraid to begin a conversation. And he was beyond relieved as the shuttle landed in the cargo area.
As he stepped off the shuttle last he watched as Jane made a B-line for her brother. He was about to say something when she called out to him. "Are you off to run and hide in your cabin? Are you going off to sulk?"
John spun around with a glare that equaled her own as he pointed to her as she continued to move towards him. "Not now Jane, I'm not in the mood. Find someone else." He turned away just in time for Jane to grab his shoulder and spin him into her fist against the side of his face. As he staggered back she began to move forward.
"Yes now! You always do the same crap over and over. You need to learn to vent!" She moved forward to hit him once more but instead John raised a hand to catch the punch. Pulling her arm up he used her momentum to spin her around so her back was against his chest and his arm that held her hand was across her chest. But Jane didn't falter in her attack. Leaning forward first, she drove her head back towards John's head.
He seemed to be expecting it as he leaned his head to the side to dodge the attack. But while he was distracted by that Jane drove her elbow into the side of his armor that was the least shielded. As he stepped back once more she took the chance to bring up her leg and kick out square into his chest. Spinning around she seemed to be aiming a kick to the side of his head. But by now he had regained his balance and was able to catch her foot.
Twisting it to the side her forced her to fall chest forward into the ground with a small 'oof.' He moved towards her and landed on top of her as she rolled to her back. Her hands came up to shield her face as he began to send punch after punch at her. She seemed to be holding her own against the assault. After a moment it seemed that John was losing the energy that was fueling his attacks. And when he paused between punches she moved quickly and struck him on the bridge of his nose. Falling back and to the side he laid for a moment catching his breath.
Garrus had watched the exchange with a great amount of interest. He had seen siblings go at each other on many occasions but usually they were both fully in the fight. It almost seemed as if Jane was letting John lose his anger on her. After a few minutes he moved over to look down on both of them.
John sat up and chuckled slightly before moving to his feet. Leaning down he held out a hand to his sister. She smiled as she took the offering and was pulled to her feet. Garrus watched the silent exchange of John smiling to her as she reached out and gave a small light punch to his shoulder. He returned the gesture before turning and moving to the elevator.
Garrus watched him leave as Jane moved to stand beside him. She smirked as the doors closed behind John. "That get you hot Garrus? I still have a little fight left in me." He laughed slightly as he looked down to her. It seemed that while she had done a good job blocking John, she hadn't been perfect. He reached out and tapped her already blue cheek bone.
"Looks like you are already going to pay for this fight. Might not be a good idea to add more to it." She laughed as she began to move to the elevator herself. She stood for a few minutes waiting for it, but she seemed to be lost in thought. As the doors finally opened she stepped in and turned to look at him.
"I kinda like it rough. Just for future reference." He laughed and waved a hand as the doors began to shut. "I'm sure you do Jane."
It was as the doors were about to close and she sent him a wink that he did realize just what was being said. He gave a soft growl and raised a hand to his face. Was there ever a time when he would not be completely awkward when it came to flirting?