1.1 "Mommy Dearest"
Disclaimer: I don't own ALIAS, but I sure wish I did!!!
[Thoughts are in brackets]
2 Scene Two
The night grew darker and rain began to drizzle, as the black town car drove to the outskirts of the city, and pulled into a private airfield where a personal CIA plane was patiently waiting for its passenger to arrive.
Jack stopped the car next to the plane, and they both watched as the pilot descended the boarding stairs to greet them. The silence between Jack and Sydney became awkward, each wanting to discuss their thoughts and feelings, but not having much practice, they were uncertain where to begin.
"That's Captain Carver, he's a close friend of mine," Jack and sent a 'just-a-minute' wave in his direction, then attempted sarcasm, "you know, in the 'airplane part' business." Sydney turned to her father offering a slight grin as a half-laugh escaped her.
The humor was brief, and they quickly grew serious again. After a moment of studying each other, she faced the front, and staring into the distance asked "So, what should I do?"
He started to recite the plan, as if in 'mission' mode, "Carver will get you to Italy, I have a man who will meet you, take you to Mount Sabassio, and bring you back to the plane, sleep when you can, Sloane expects to see you when you get back."
Sydney sighed; "Okay" all of this seemed obvious. She gently reworded her question, "but what about mom, what should I do about mom?"
Jack hesitated before answering, "First things first, I want to get you safe, make sure the DSR can't connect you with the prophecy, then we can worry about mom." In truth he had already started thinking of a plan, it had been on his mind from the moment she had suggested it, but like he said, first things first, "Come on, let's get you in the air!"
As Jack approached the pilot his demeanor changed, almost joyfully he extended his hand, "Carver, thanks for doing this, I owe you one!" The middle-aged man snickered, "You owe me 'bout a hundred! But then again, ya did save my life," then looking at Sydney, "bet ya didn't know your dad was a hero did you? Matt Carver, it's great to finally meet you Agent Bristow," he said while shaking the hand she offered.
Smiling she replied, "Sydney, please, and actually there's a lot I don't know about my dad."
"Well, it's a long trip to Italy I'll have to fill ya in!" She could detect a southern accent in this refreshingly optimistic man, his upbeat mood was contagious and she began to smile.
"Syd, I put a bag together for you, there's a bathroom on board why don't you get out of these clothes before you get sick." Her gaze softened, she had never known her dad to be so concerned, "Okay, sure, see you when I get back." He said, "Okay" as she began to walk away (wanting to say more but was sentimentally speechless) he was both shocked and relieved when she quickly retreated and threw her arms around his neck.
He returned her embrace as she whispered a tearful "Thanks dad" and something he thought he might never hear; "I love you!" She had quickly debated whether or not she should, if he would even care, but after the day she had, she resolved to not leave things unsaid. She could have died, and her life was still in danger, she didn't want to add something to her list of regrets; Danny's death was hard enough to live with.
She would have been surprised to know that her father's feelings mirrored her own. His only baby girl nearly died today, and there were those that would stop at nothing to permanently take her from him. As much as he desperately wanted to reach out to her, he just honestly didn't know how. She had just shown him how simple it could be; yet the words still came out broken with emotion, he pulled her back so he could look at her, "I love you too, honey." With one more hug he continued, "I'll see you when you get back, we'll work everything out," she gave him a tearful smile and he watched as she boarded the plane.
Carver broke his trance, "Uh, Jack, we've got company…"
Jack turned around to see a familiar car speeding towards them…
TBC
Disclaimer: I don't own ALIAS, but I sure wish I did!!!
[Thoughts are in brackets]
2 Scene Two
The night grew darker and rain began to drizzle, as the black town car drove to the outskirts of the city, and pulled into a private airfield where a personal CIA plane was patiently waiting for its passenger to arrive.
Jack stopped the car next to the plane, and they both watched as the pilot descended the boarding stairs to greet them. The silence between Jack and Sydney became awkward, each wanting to discuss their thoughts and feelings, but not having much practice, they were uncertain where to begin.
"That's Captain Carver, he's a close friend of mine," Jack and sent a 'just-a-minute' wave in his direction, then attempted sarcasm, "you know, in the 'airplane part' business." Sydney turned to her father offering a slight grin as a half-laugh escaped her.
The humor was brief, and they quickly grew serious again. After a moment of studying each other, she faced the front, and staring into the distance asked "So, what should I do?"
He started to recite the plan, as if in 'mission' mode, "Carver will get you to Italy, I have a man who will meet you, take you to Mount Sabassio, and bring you back to the plane, sleep when you can, Sloane expects to see you when you get back."
Sydney sighed; "Okay" all of this seemed obvious. She gently reworded her question, "but what about mom, what should I do about mom?"
Jack hesitated before answering, "First things first, I want to get you safe, make sure the DSR can't connect you with the prophecy, then we can worry about mom." In truth he had already started thinking of a plan, it had been on his mind from the moment she had suggested it, but like he said, first things first, "Come on, let's get you in the air!"
As Jack approached the pilot his demeanor changed, almost joyfully he extended his hand, "Carver, thanks for doing this, I owe you one!" The middle-aged man snickered, "You owe me 'bout a hundred! But then again, ya did save my life," then looking at Sydney, "bet ya didn't know your dad was a hero did you? Matt Carver, it's great to finally meet you Agent Bristow," he said while shaking the hand she offered.
Smiling she replied, "Sydney, please, and actually there's a lot I don't know about my dad."
"Well, it's a long trip to Italy I'll have to fill ya in!" She could detect a southern accent in this refreshingly optimistic man, his upbeat mood was contagious and she began to smile.
"Syd, I put a bag together for you, there's a bathroom on board why don't you get out of these clothes before you get sick." Her gaze softened, she had never known her dad to be so concerned, "Okay, sure, see you when I get back." He said, "Okay" as she began to walk away (wanting to say more but was sentimentally speechless) he was both shocked and relieved when she quickly retreated and threw her arms around his neck.
He returned her embrace as she whispered a tearful "Thanks dad" and something he thought he might never hear; "I love you!" She had quickly debated whether or not she should, if he would even care, but after the day she had, she resolved to not leave things unsaid. She could have died, and her life was still in danger, she didn't want to add something to her list of regrets; Danny's death was hard enough to live with.
She would have been surprised to know that her father's feelings mirrored her own. His only baby girl nearly died today, and there were those that would stop at nothing to permanently take her from him. As much as he desperately wanted to reach out to her, he just honestly didn't know how. She had just shown him how simple it could be; yet the words still came out broken with emotion, he pulled her back so he could look at her, "I love you too, honey." With one more hug he continued, "I'll see you when you get back, we'll work everything out," she gave him a tearful smile and he watched as she boarded the plane.
Carver broke his trance, "Uh, Jack, we've got company…"
Jack turned around to see a familiar car speeding towards them…
TBC