Title: Irina's Bad Mood
Author: toria55
Rating: G, just barely PG
Spoilers: No spoilers, but this takes place after Phase One and before A Dark Turn.
'Ship: Jack and Irina
Disclaimer: Alias and all it's characters are owned by JJ Abrams and ABC. This story is not intended to infringe on the copyrights of the original creators. It is written for entertainment purposes only and is not intended for profit in any way.
Author's note: Reviews welcomed.
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Irina paced around her glass cell. She was starting to feel claustrophobic. The air was getting stale. Her occasional 15 minutes on the roof were actually making things worse. She missed the sounds and smell of a busy city. Every time she returned from the roof, she missed it even more. "Maybe this was a mistake," she thought to herself. "Why did I think I could survive yet another lock up?"
Some days even the thought of seeing her daughter didn't seem as if it was a good enough reason to have surrendered her freedom. Today was one of those days. Her mind reeled as she daydreamed of ways to escape her confinement.
As she paced her cell she heard the familiar sound of the buzzard signaling that someone was approaching. She heard the clang of metal, as the first set of bars slid open. She wondered who it could be. It was too early for her lunch and she hadn't gotten any advance notice of a debriefing.
She stopped her pacing when she saw both Jack and Sydney enter the area she liked to refer to as her lobby. They both looked extremely serious. She wasn't in the mood for serious.
Sydney noticed immediately that her mother seemed upset. "Hi, Mom. Is everything all right?"
"Everything's just find dear. Why wouldn't it be?" She turned her back and looking around her cell she said, "I was thinking of doing some spring cleaning, maybe planting a garden." She turned back and said to Jack, "Hey Jack, why don't you be a dear and run over to Clyde's and pick me up a few beds of Impatiens."
"Irina, I don't have time for games." Jack told her abruptly.
"Oh? You don't have time for games," She said mocking him. "Well isn't that too bad. Seems I have all sorts of time for games."
He just shook his head and started to tell her why they had come. "We need to ask you some questions about....".
Before Jack had a chance to say why they had come, Sydney, thinking that her mother was acting this way because she was tired, asked, "Mom do you want to sit down?"
"No, that's all I do in here." Irina grumbled back at her.
"I'm sorry." Sydney answered her quietly.
"So am I." Irina replied. She was still not ready to answer any of their questions so instead she addressed her daughter, "So, tell me something, Sydney."
"Like what?" her daughter asked.
"Like anything. Like what's the weather like today? Like what did you have for dinner yesterday? Like what songs do you listed to on the radio?" Then turning her head to see Jack looking at her with an unexpressive glare, she continued, "Like why your father's standing there giving me an attitude?"
Sydney was stunned by her mother's behavior. She wasn't sure how to answer her. This was the first time her mother showed any signs of the stress she must be going through locked up all day, not knowing what is really going on in the world.
Before Sydney had a chance to respond, Jack snapped at her, "Irina, what is your problem?"
"I have no problem!" She snapped backed at him. Then just wanting to get this meeting over with she demand of him, "What are you here for?"
"We came to brainstorm with you on where Arvin may have taken Emily and what story he could possibly have thought up to convince her to go into hiding with him." Jack informed her.
With her bad mood still in full swing Irina answered him, "I don't know, maybe Emily has been in on it with him all along. You know, I never did think she was the innocent little waif she made herself out to be. That monstrosity of a house she ended up with was a long way from the apartment they started out in." Then making sure she had Jack's full attention, she added, "Don't think she wouldn't do anything to hold onto that lifestyle."
Jack felt obligated to defend Emily. "Emily is not Arvin. She just believed in him. We all know it's possible to trust someone so much that you would have no reason to question her actions or loyalty."
Irina didn't miss the fact that Jack said 'her' actions and loyalty. She knew he was referring to himself, but she decided to ignore that remark for the time. She continued, instead with her argument that Emily may not be completely innocent. She reminded him of what Emily had told Sydney, "She told Sydney that she knew Arvin didn't work for a bank and that she knew he was with SD-6."
"Yes she did, but she also believed that SD-6 was part of the CIA." Jack continued with Emily's defense.
Irina was getting more annoyed with her estranged husband. "You're sure of that! Maybe she just told that to Sydney because that was the first phase of their escape plan."
Jack was not sure why Irina had decided to attack Emily. He always sympathized with her. He felt she was living a life of lies with Arvin, just as he had lived with Irina. There were so many times that he wanted to tell her to leave and get as far away from Arvin as she could, but he knew that she would never believe him and that even if she did, Arvin would never let her go.
Now it was Jack's turn to go on the attack, "Although Arvin Sloane may not hold the title of the world's best liar, he is in fact right up there with the best of you. All he did was invent a good enough story to convince Emily to run with him. I've known her for a long time and she isn't the type of woman that would..."
Before he could finish his commentary on Emily Sloane's virtue, Irina crossed her arms and shook her head, "Oh yea Jack, you're the expert on knowing how to read women and what they want."
"What the hell is that suppose to mean?" Jack yelled, raising his voice for the first time.
Irina was more then willing to tell him what she meant. "Look at us! Ten years of living together and you never had a clue. Your problem is that you're too naive and trusting when it comes to women. You don't know when they're using you."
Seeing that this visit was not going well, Sydney felt it was her obligation to jump in and cool things off. "Listen you two, we came here for one specific reason and it was to discuss..."
Although Agent Sydney Bristow was allowed to referee on their mission to India, this argument was something different and neither Jack nor Irina was willing to end it before it was over. They both turned to their daughter and in their own words told her to keep "keep out of it."
"Don't talk to her that way." Jack warned Irina.
"Don't tell me how to talk to my daughter, I'll talk to her anyway I damn well please." Irina snapped back at him.
TBC.......
Author: toria55
Rating: G, just barely PG
Spoilers: No spoilers, but this takes place after Phase One and before A Dark Turn.
'Ship: Jack and Irina
Disclaimer: Alias and all it's characters are owned by JJ Abrams and ABC. This story is not intended to infringe on the copyrights of the original creators. It is written for entertainment purposes only and is not intended for profit in any way.
Author's note: Reviews welcomed.
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Irina paced around her glass cell. She was starting to feel claustrophobic. The air was getting stale. Her occasional 15 minutes on the roof were actually making things worse. She missed the sounds and smell of a busy city. Every time she returned from the roof, she missed it even more. "Maybe this was a mistake," she thought to herself. "Why did I think I could survive yet another lock up?"
Some days even the thought of seeing her daughter didn't seem as if it was a good enough reason to have surrendered her freedom. Today was one of those days. Her mind reeled as she daydreamed of ways to escape her confinement.
As she paced her cell she heard the familiar sound of the buzzard signaling that someone was approaching. She heard the clang of metal, as the first set of bars slid open. She wondered who it could be. It was too early for her lunch and she hadn't gotten any advance notice of a debriefing.
She stopped her pacing when she saw both Jack and Sydney enter the area she liked to refer to as her lobby. They both looked extremely serious. She wasn't in the mood for serious.
Sydney noticed immediately that her mother seemed upset. "Hi, Mom. Is everything all right?"
"Everything's just find dear. Why wouldn't it be?" She turned her back and looking around her cell she said, "I was thinking of doing some spring cleaning, maybe planting a garden." She turned back and said to Jack, "Hey Jack, why don't you be a dear and run over to Clyde's and pick me up a few beds of Impatiens."
"Irina, I don't have time for games." Jack told her abruptly.
"Oh? You don't have time for games," She said mocking him. "Well isn't that too bad. Seems I have all sorts of time for games."
He just shook his head and started to tell her why they had come. "We need to ask you some questions about....".
Before Jack had a chance to say why they had come, Sydney, thinking that her mother was acting this way because she was tired, asked, "Mom do you want to sit down?"
"No, that's all I do in here." Irina grumbled back at her.
"I'm sorry." Sydney answered her quietly.
"So am I." Irina replied. She was still not ready to answer any of their questions so instead she addressed her daughter, "So, tell me something, Sydney."
"Like what?" her daughter asked.
"Like anything. Like what's the weather like today? Like what did you have for dinner yesterday? Like what songs do you listed to on the radio?" Then turning her head to see Jack looking at her with an unexpressive glare, she continued, "Like why your father's standing there giving me an attitude?"
Sydney was stunned by her mother's behavior. She wasn't sure how to answer her. This was the first time her mother showed any signs of the stress she must be going through locked up all day, not knowing what is really going on in the world.
Before Sydney had a chance to respond, Jack snapped at her, "Irina, what is your problem?"
"I have no problem!" She snapped backed at him. Then just wanting to get this meeting over with she demand of him, "What are you here for?"
"We came to brainstorm with you on where Arvin may have taken Emily and what story he could possibly have thought up to convince her to go into hiding with him." Jack informed her.
With her bad mood still in full swing Irina answered him, "I don't know, maybe Emily has been in on it with him all along. You know, I never did think she was the innocent little waif she made herself out to be. That monstrosity of a house she ended up with was a long way from the apartment they started out in." Then making sure she had Jack's full attention, she added, "Don't think she wouldn't do anything to hold onto that lifestyle."
Jack felt obligated to defend Emily. "Emily is not Arvin. She just believed in him. We all know it's possible to trust someone so much that you would have no reason to question her actions or loyalty."
Irina didn't miss the fact that Jack said 'her' actions and loyalty. She knew he was referring to himself, but she decided to ignore that remark for the time. She continued, instead with her argument that Emily may not be completely innocent. She reminded him of what Emily had told Sydney, "She told Sydney that she knew Arvin didn't work for a bank and that she knew he was with SD-6."
"Yes she did, but she also believed that SD-6 was part of the CIA." Jack continued with Emily's defense.
Irina was getting more annoyed with her estranged husband. "You're sure of that! Maybe she just told that to Sydney because that was the first phase of their escape plan."
Jack was not sure why Irina had decided to attack Emily. He always sympathized with her. He felt she was living a life of lies with Arvin, just as he had lived with Irina. There were so many times that he wanted to tell her to leave and get as far away from Arvin as she could, but he knew that she would never believe him and that even if she did, Arvin would never let her go.
Now it was Jack's turn to go on the attack, "Although Arvin Sloane may not hold the title of the world's best liar, he is in fact right up there with the best of you. All he did was invent a good enough story to convince Emily to run with him. I've known her for a long time and she isn't the type of woman that would..."
Before he could finish his commentary on Emily Sloane's virtue, Irina crossed her arms and shook her head, "Oh yea Jack, you're the expert on knowing how to read women and what they want."
"What the hell is that suppose to mean?" Jack yelled, raising his voice for the first time.
Irina was more then willing to tell him what she meant. "Look at us! Ten years of living together and you never had a clue. Your problem is that you're too naive and trusting when it comes to women. You don't know when they're using you."
Seeing that this visit was not going well, Sydney felt it was her obligation to jump in and cool things off. "Listen you two, we came here for one specific reason and it was to discuss..."
Although Agent Sydney Bristow was allowed to referee on their mission to India, this argument was something different and neither Jack nor Irina was willing to end it before it was over. They both turned to their daughter and in their own words told her to keep "keep out of it."
"Don't talk to her that way." Jack warned Irina.
"Don't tell me how to talk to my daughter, I'll talk to her anyway I damn well please." Irina snapped back at him.
TBC.......