Title: Shades of Gray
Author: Samantha Greene
Distribution: Anywhere, just email me and let me know.
Disclaimer: This is not intended as a copyright infringement. All of Alias is owned by J.J. Abrams, Bad Robot, etc.
Summary: As Sark and Sydney collaborate on a mission, she discovers they have more in common than she thinks.
SHADES OF GRAY
--PROLOGUE--
Sydney's POV
"We're alike, you and I. We have more in common than you think."
The idea haunted me, and repulsed me, and at the same time made me curious. Sark has said the same thing on the last three missions we've been on. I want to brush it off, but it echoes through my mind.
"You know nothing about me, Sark. Let's leave it that way."
"I knew your mother. For several years, actually. You remind me of her."
It's just genetics, I tell myself. We share nothing but a few strands of DNA. Except now I remember my mother's apology, her description of herself as she was recruited into the KGB. It reminded me of when SD-6 recruited me. What if I never learned that SD-6 wasn't the CIA? Would I have eventually become my mother?
Sark is staring at me, trying to guage my reaction. He smirks as he sees the truth flicker through my eyes. I angrily shake off the thoughts.
"In case you forgot, I barely knew my mother. So I cannot be like her. And you, you're a monster. We have nothing in common."
But he just gazes knowingly at me, and I can feel his eyes boring into me.
"Everyone has a dark side, Sydney. We're not angels or devils. Life is shades of gray, no decision purely evil or innocent. And contrary to your protestations, we do have something in common."
"Project Christmas."
To be continued...