The Master File
By: lucy2point0, email: wendy@devil.com
Rating: G to PG-13 for all chapters
Spoilers: Anything in Season 1 is fair game. Slightly AU here… let's just assume Vaughn makes it out alive from taking the big drink, Will manages to get his editor to not publish the story, Dixon never followed Sydney and the Alliance/SD-6 are still blissfully unaware of Sydney & Jack's adventures in Taipei.
Disclaimer: This fantastic Alias world is SO not mine, but it does belong to JJ Abrams, ABC and everyone else who is involved with the show.
Feedback: Sure...
Archive: Sure, drop me an e-mail and let me know so I can visit.
Notes: The movie Run Lola Run is one of my favorite foreign films and I know the show is very much influenced by the movie. This story, as you'll see in a few chapters, uses some of those plot devices as the movie, just so you know! And even if you've never seen the movie, hopefully…the chapters will be straightforward enough for you to follow. :D The point of view's Sydney's for the first few chapters, but will eventually shift towards Vaughn's.
And last, but not least, a big fat thank you to Mai and Karen W. for beta-ing this beast of a story. 2+ months in the making, but it's done at last! :D
Chapter 1 - The setup
[MOSCOW – early evening]
In a bare room in an abandoned building, 3 people sit at a table. One of them lights up a cigar, briefly illuminating his weathered and wrinkled face. He takes several puffs before he speaks. "Will this…work?" The voice is heavily sibilant, laden down with a Russian accent. His question is aimed at the woman seated across from him.
"Of course. Poole verified the existence of the file, though he claims he only learned of it by accident. What better way to bring down the destruction of the Alliance than to start it from the inside? With a little nudge from us, of course." Her voice is smoky and exotic. "And even if the operation does not go as planned, it will, at the very least, create more dissent amongst the leaders of the Alliance. But, ultimately, we need the Alliance and all their SD cells compromised and destroyed as well as their Rambaldi artifacts recovered before we can continue with our work.
"If the CIA can help us in any respect, all the better. They have the manpower to take all of the Alliance down for us. But we have the speed to get in and get all Rambaldi artifacts out before they do."
She laughs. "There are times when sharing intel with our adversaries can be used to one's advantage." She turns to face the young man seated next to her. "What is the status of the operation?"
The young man clears his throat. "Phase One is complete. The intel regarding the existence of an Alliance Master File was leaked through our usual channels about 4 hours ago to SD-6 and 6 hours ago to CIA mail servers as an anonymous email transmission. They are likely analyzing the intel even as we speak to ensure its veracity." His soft voice, with that characteristic Irish lilt, imbues his words with a musical rhythm that is unnerving and at complete odds with his cold, ruthless demeanor.
She speaks again. "Excellent. As soon as we know that SD-6 and the CIA are on their way, Phase Two will commence. You'll be leaving for London in 4 hours. Your instructions are to ensure that the SD-6 agent is able to escape Alliance headquarters with the Master File, and then to recover the file. From either the SD-6 agent, or the CIA agent, at any cost."
"At any cost?" It doesn't take a rocket scientist for the young man to guess who will be sent to retrieve the file.
The woman hesitates, and then clarifies her position. "If you are left with no other alternatives, recover the file at *any* cost."
By: lucy2point0, email: wendy@devil.com
Rating: G to PG-13 for all chapters
Spoilers: Anything in Season 1 is fair game. Slightly AU here… let's just assume Vaughn makes it out alive from taking the big drink, Will manages to get his editor to not publish the story, Dixon never followed Sydney and the Alliance/SD-6 are still blissfully unaware of Sydney & Jack's adventures in Taipei.
Disclaimer: This fantastic Alias world is SO not mine, but it does belong to JJ Abrams, ABC and everyone else who is involved with the show.
Feedback: Sure...
Archive: Sure, drop me an e-mail and let me know so I can visit.
Notes: The movie Run Lola Run is one of my favorite foreign films and I know the show is very much influenced by the movie. This story, as you'll see in a few chapters, uses some of those plot devices as the movie, just so you know! And even if you've never seen the movie, hopefully…the chapters will be straightforward enough for you to follow. :D The point of view's Sydney's for the first few chapters, but will eventually shift towards Vaughn's.
And last, but not least, a big fat thank you to Mai and Karen W. for beta-ing this beast of a story. 2+ months in the making, but it's done at last! :D
Chapter 1 - The setup
[MOSCOW – early evening]
In a bare room in an abandoned building, 3 people sit at a table. One of them lights up a cigar, briefly illuminating his weathered and wrinkled face. He takes several puffs before he speaks. "Will this…work?" The voice is heavily sibilant, laden down with a Russian accent. His question is aimed at the woman seated across from him.
"Of course. Poole verified the existence of the file, though he claims he only learned of it by accident. What better way to bring down the destruction of the Alliance than to start it from the inside? With a little nudge from us, of course." Her voice is smoky and exotic. "And even if the operation does not go as planned, it will, at the very least, create more dissent amongst the leaders of the Alliance. But, ultimately, we need the Alliance and all their SD cells compromised and destroyed as well as their Rambaldi artifacts recovered before we can continue with our work.
"If the CIA can help us in any respect, all the better. They have the manpower to take all of the Alliance down for us. But we have the speed to get in and get all Rambaldi artifacts out before they do."
She laughs. "There are times when sharing intel with our adversaries can be used to one's advantage." She turns to face the young man seated next to her. "What is the status of the operation?"
The young man clears his throat. "Phase One is complete. The intel regarding the existence of an Alliance Master File was leaked through our usual channels about 4 hours ago to SD-6 and 6 hours ago to CIA mail servers as an anonymous email transmission. They are likely analyzing the intel even as we speak to ensure its veracity." His soft voice, with that characteristic Irish lilt, imbues his words with a musical rhythm that is unnerving and at complete odds with his cold, ruthless demeanor.
She speaks again. "Excellent. As soon as we know that SD-6 and the CIA are on their way, Phase Two will commence. You'll be leaving for London in 4 hours. Your instructions are to ensure that the SD-6 agent is able to escape Alliance headquarters with the Master File, and then to recover the file. From either the SD-6 agent, or the CIA agent, at any cost."
"At any cost?" It doesn't take a rocket scientist for the young man to guess who will be sent to retrieve the file.
The woman hesitates, and then clarifies her position. "If you are left with no other alternatives, recover the file at *any* cost."