Title: A Dreamer's Reality
Author: Chelsea*Bug (a.k.a. cia/cag)
Rating: PG-13 (probably only PG, but there is violence)
Summary: Post ATY. Will's mistake will change everyone's life.
Disclaimer: I don't own Alias. This is simply fanfiction. FANfiction, get it? I'm just a fan! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Chapter 1
"I assume you weren't expecting to see me." Sydney was stunned. "I pity you Sydney. Having to suffer through your mother's death only to find out that she hadn't died at all.
"I've known for a long time that we would meet again. From the day you were born, I knew that we would be a great team. Now, almost 30 years later, I present you with that option. Really, you don't have a choice. If you refuse me, you will die. I believe that you've experienced enough death in your lifetime, without adding yourself to the list."
"You have no idea." That was all she could manage. That one simple sentence was all that was able to escape her clouded mind.
She had experienced too much death. The people that she truly loved were becoming few and far between. In less than 30 years she had lost her mother, Danny, Noah, and most recently, Vaughn. Just the name was enough to send her into depression. How could she have failed him? Why did he come after her? He should have stayed put, but instead he'd come to help her. He loved her and it'd killed him. Good going, Syd, she thought sarcastically, four down and four to go.
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"Um, Mr. Tippin, would you mind letting me go?" The poor man was still hugging Jack; he was desperate. It was almost like he was afraid that something horrible, and unimaginable, would happen to him if he let go.
"Oh, right." When he finally let him go, he refused to look Jack in the eye, so great was his embarrassment. "I didn't expect to see you, Jack." The words didn't need to be spoken. It was obvious that he had wanted Sydney to come rescue him, again.
"Will, Sydney is not some toy, that you use for your amusement."
"Yeah, I know. It's just that..." he couldn't finish.
"You like it don't you? That she is what she is."
"I don't know, I guess--maybe."
"And with good reason." Jack and Will spun around to see a soaked, but good-looking, man, dressed in black.
"Who the-" Will began, but Jack cut him off.
"Where's Sydney?"
"I thought she'd be here with you." Vaughn replied.
"Wait a minute, hold on. Sydney's here?" Will was completely caught off guard by this. He'd assumed, when he saw Jack, that Sydney had not come, but obviously he'd been wrong. She'd been here all along, with this man. "Jack, who is this guy?"
"His identity is of no importance, Mr. Tippin."
"But-"
"My name is Michael Vaughn. I'm a friend of Sydney's." Jack glared at him, but continued.
"Why isn't Sydney with you? What happened? Exactly." He was becoming more worried by the minute.
"I'm not sure. When she got to the lab, there was some kind of interference, and I couldn't tell what she was saying, so I went to check on her. By the time I got to her, she'd already set off the explosion--"
"Explosion?" Will couldn't imagine Sydney blowing something up. Well, actually, after thinking about it, he decided that he liked the thought of her with explosives.
Vaughn gave Will an annoyed look, then continued with his story. "I'd only gotten about half-way down the hall, when I saw her come running around the corner. I don't know what happened, but, for some reason, she was running from..."
"From what?"
"Water. It was like a tidal wave." Vaughn paused to collect himself. The experience had shaken him pretty badly. "The explosion must have triggered an alarm, or something, because the door was closing on us. She made it through, barely, but I didn't. The last time I saw her, she was trying to break out the window to get me out. I assumed that she would come back here, so when I found an air vent, I managed to crawl through the ducts and.here I am."
"Something must have happened to her." It was a waste of Jack's breath. Even Will could tell that something had gone wrong."
"We've got to go save her, Jack!" Will to the rescue, that was all they needed.
"No, Will, you're not going anywhere. You've not been trained for this."
"Just give me a gun, and I can help."
"No. If we were to give you a gun, you'd probably get us all killed."
"We can't just leave him here," Vaughn said, "Khasinau might change his mind, and take him back."
"We don't have any other choice." Vaughn saw the truth in Jack's statement, but he knew that Sydney would never forgive him if Will were recaptured.
Author: Chelsea*Bug (a.k.a. cia/cag)
Rating: PG-13 (probably only PG, but there is violence)
Summary: Post ATY. Will's mistake will change everyone's life.
Disclaimer: I don't own Alias. This is simply fanfiction. FANfiction, get it? I'm just a fan! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Chapter 1
"I assume you weren't expecting to see me." Sydney was stunned. "I pity you Sydney. Having to suffer through your mother's death only to find out that she hadn't died at all.
"I've known for a long time that we would meet again. From the day you were born, I knew that we would be a great team. Now, almost 30 years later, I present you with that option. Really, you don't have a choice. If you refuse me, you will die. I believe that you've experienced enough death in your lifetime, without adding yourself to the list."
"You have no idea." That was all she could manage. That one simple sentence was all that was able to escape her clouded mind.
She had experienced too much death. The people that she truly loved were becoming few and far between. In less than 30 years she had lost her mother, Danny, Noah, and most recently, Vaughn. Just the name was enough to send her into depression. How could she have failed him? Why did he come after her? He should have stayed put, but instead he'd come to help her. He loved her and it'd killed him. Good going, Syd, she thought sarcastically, four down and four to go.
******
"Um, Mr. Tippin, would you mind letting me go?" The poor man was still hugging Jack; he was desperate. It was almost like he was afraid that something horrible, and unimaginable, would happen to him if he let go.
"Oh, right." When he finally let him go, he refused to look Jack in the eye, so great was his embarrassment. "I didn't expect to see you, Jack." The words didn't need to be spoken. It was obvious that he had wanted Sydney to come rescue him, again.
"Will, Sydney is not some toy, that you use for your amusement."
"Yeah, I know. It's just that..." he couldn't finish.
"You like it don't you? That she is what she is."
"I don't know, I guess--maybe."
"And with good reason." Jack and Will spun around to see a soaked, but good-looking, man, dressed in black.
"Who the-" Will began, but Jack cut him off.
"Where's Sydney?"
"I thought she'd be here with you." Vaughn replied.
"Wait a minute, hold on. Sydney's here?" Will was completely caught off guard by this. He'd assumed, when he saw Jack, that Sydney had not come, but obviously he'd been wrong. She'd been here all along, with this man. "Jack, who is this guy?"
"His identity is of no importance, Mr. Tippin."
"But-"
"My name is Michael Vaughn. I'm a friend of Sydney's." Jack glared at him, but continued.
"Why isn't Sydney with you? What happened? Exactly." He was becoming more worried by the minute.
"I'm not sure. When she got to the lab, there was some kind of interference, and I couldn't tell what she was saying, so I went to check on her. By the time I got to her, she'd already set off the explosion--"
"Explosion?" Will couldn't imagine Sydney blowing something up. Well, actually, after thinking about it, he decided that he liked the thought of her with explosives.
Vaughn gave Will an annoyed look, then continued with his story. "I'd only gotten about half-way down the hall, when I saw her come running around the corner. I don't know what happened, but, for some reason, she was running from..."
"From what?"
"Water. It was like a tidal wave." Vaughn paused to collect himself. The experience had shaken him pretty badly. "The explosion must have triggered an alarm, or something, because the door was closing on us. She made it through, barely, but I didn't. The last time I saw her, she was trying to break out the window to get me out. I assumed that she would come back here, so when I found an air vent, I managed to crawl through the ducts and.here I am."
"Something must have happened to her." It was a waste of Jack's breath. Even Will could tell that something had gone wrong."
"We've got to go save her, Jack!" Will to the rescue, that was all they needed.
"No, Will, you're not going anywhere. You've not been trained for this."
"Just give me a gun, and I can help."
"No. If we were to give you a gun, you'd probably get us all killed."
"We can't just leave him here," Vaughn said, "Khasinau might change his mind, and take him back."
"We don't have any other choice." Vaughn saw the truth in Jack's statement, but he knew that Sydney would never forgive him if Will were recaptured.