Title: In the Pale Moonlight
Rating: T
Characters: Alfred F. Jones, Ivan Braginski, Elizabeth Adams (OC)
Pairings: None
Warnings: Espionage, Language
In the Pale Moonlight: Chapter Six – Fall in Vain
From the video log of Alfred F. Jones
Our mission is over. It succeeded. The Russian Federation has declared war upon Australia. This will surely turn the tide in our favor.
Alfred stepped out of his office and found Elizabeth waiting. "He knew too much," she said simply before leaving. His mouth dropped open. "Surely she didn't." He followed her outside to where he found Ivan. He was lying on the ground with an Australian Standard phaser rifle somewhere nearby. Alfred knew he was dead as he walked over to him and knelt by his side. He laid one hand on his chest and brushed his hair away from his eyes with another before quickly moving to place one soft kiss on his cold dead lips. The people around him were in a panic as he got up and left.
He found Elizabeth thirty minutes later. "WHY?"
"It was the only way."
"Surely there could have been another way. He didn't have to die."
"We shouldn't have to lose because of one man. Alfred, if you ever thought of anybody but yourself for once!"
"Go back."
"Excuse me?"
"Go back. I'm staying here. I can't go back and be welcomed as a hero for killing my brother-in-law."
"You selfish twit!"
"I can't face my family after this! He was a part of it! My brother is engaged to his sister! His other sister was in love with another one of my brothers! We framed yet a third for his death! I'm not going home!"
"You have to go, if they ever find out who did it…"
"Then I will be here to face my charges unlike you."
From the video log of Alfred F. Jones
And here I stay. I attended his funeral as a family member and they had no idea what I had done. All they know is that the pride and joy of my flower display, the black rose, is dying and myself with it. I still work every day and remained my chocolate peanut butter shake for Ivan. We won the war but I look at it with regret. I hope that this mission never sees the light of day. Nobody should go looking for the shit I've done.
Computer, erase every log over the past month.
Back to a Reason Part II
It did turn romantic on me, damn it.
Ivan did have to die, as sad as it is.
