Effects, by tOo
characters owned by JJ Abrams and others. plot owned by tOo, except flashbacks from the show.
All backwash-
'Eventually she had married Sark. The only good outcome of their affair had been Liam. Liam's name had been an issue. It was a tribute to Sydney's previous loves; Sark had thought it sounded exotic. Both had loved their child. Sydney still loved him. Sark didn't have enough time to get to know him. His own son, ripped away from him when death was two steps away. The agony of it.'
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Despite everything, Sydney did forget. She forgot everything and everyone. Every face, every memory. Every laugh, every smile. Every hug, every kiss. All of it. Until the day she found out she was pregnant. That's when it all came back to her.
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"Look right into the light, Rita. Okay, everything seems fine. Let me just check your heartbeat and blood pressure, then we should be set." The blood pressure monitor started sqeezing her arm tightly. A few seconds later, it was off and cold metal was placed on her back. She was told to breathe deeply; an anger-management step, she recalled from somewhere. The frozen touch was lifted off and placed around the doctor's neck.
Sydney looked around the exam room, blinking. It was just a routine checkup, but she dreaded it all the same. Every time she had ever been called into a medical facility, something just happened to go wrong. Like Vaughn.
Wait, Vaughn? Who was Vaughn? She watched the doctor write something down and tried to refresh her memory.
Vaughn. He had died for her. How could she have forgotten? A tear came from her eye, and she wiped it away quickly. All sorts of memories washed over her, like the ocean drowning her. She was gasping; she could tell.
"Rita? Are you alright?"
Funny how that phrase triggered so many more forgetten events.
Before she started all-out crying, she took in a deep breath and exhaled. All her problems were whooshing out of her. They would come back and haunt her later.
Quickly, she smiled. Forced the thought out of her head. "I'm fine. There was something in my eye."
The doctor seemed suspicious but rid the idea. Obviously; one doesn't gasp when there's something in their eye. She smiled back anyway. "I have some news for you, Rita."
"Good news or bad news?"
"Good, I'm hoping."
Since the doctor seemed to have her mouth glued shut, Sydney asked, "What is it?"
"Well, I'll have to run some more tests to be sure, but I believe you're pregnant."
"That can't be true. I haven't had sex in, in a long time. Besides, look at me!"
"You're not that far along, Rita. We need to bring you in for more tests later this week. When are you free?"
This was insane. If anyone found out that Sydney was having an unplanned child, they would be extremely surprised. Sydney wasn't on either side when it came to abortion, but right now quite a few things were running through her mind. Adoption was worse than abortion. The child knew you existed just didn't know who you were. She would have to keep the child.
She almost laughed at the idea of having her own kid. And with Sark, of all people. She'd wanted to have a child with--with someone else.
Two someone elses.
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The day the doctor told her, she had been shocked. She and Sark had had sex only a few times after their wedding, and it was now almost their one-year anniversary. They'd used birth control and protection and everything. Even when you're so sure about everything, something always doesn't go along.
characters owned by JJ Abrams and others. plot owned by tOo, except flashbacks from the show.
All backwash-
'Eventually she had married Sark. The only good outcome of their affair had been Liam. Liam's name had been an issue. It was a tribute to Sydney's previous loves; Sark had thought it sounded exotic. Both had loved their child. Sydney still loved him. Sark didn't have enough time to get to know him. His own son, ripped away from him when death was two steps away. The agony of it.'
-
Despite everything, Sydney did forget. She forgot everything and everyone. Every face, every memory. Every laugh, every smile. Every hug, every kiss. All of it. Until the day she found out she was pregnant. That's when it all came back to her.
-
"Look right into the light, Rita. Okay, everything seems fine. Let me just check your heartbeat and blood pressure, then we should be set." The blood pressure monitor started sqeezing her arm tightly. A few seconds later, it was off and cold metal was placed on her back. She was told to breathe deeply; an anger-management step, she recalled from somewhere. The frozen touch was lifted off and placed around the doctor's neck.
Sydney looked around the exam room, blinking. It was just a routine checkup, but she dreaded it all the same. Every time she had ever been called into a medical facility, something just happened to go wrong. Like Vaughn.
Wait, Vaughn? Who was Vaughn? She watched the doctor write something down and tried to refresh her memory.
Vaughn. He had died for her. How could she have forgotten? A tear came from her eye, and she wiped it away quickly. All sorts of memories washed over her, like the ocean drowning her. She was gasping; she could tell.
"Rita? Are you alright?"
Funny how that phrase triggered so many more forgetten events.
Before she started all-out crying, she took in a deep breath and exhaled. All her problems were whooshing out of her. They would come back and haunt her later.
Quickly, she smiled. Forced the thought out of her head. "I'm fine. There was something in my eye."
The doctor seemed suspicious but rid the idea. Obviously; one doesn't gasp when there's something in their eye. She smiled back anyway. "I have some news for you, Rita."
"Good news or bad news?"
"Good, I'm hoping."
Since the doctor seemed to have her mouth glued shut, Sydney asked, "What is it?"
"Well, I'll have to run some more tests to be sure, but I believe you're pregnant."
"That can't be true. I haven't had sex in, in a long time. Besides, look at me!"
"You're not that far along, Rita. We need to bring you in for more tests later this week. When are you free?"
This was insane. If anyone found out that Sydney was having an unplanned child, they would be extremely surprised. Sydney wasn't on either side when it came to abortion, but right now quite a few things were running through her mind. Adoption was worse than abortion. The child knew you existed just didn't know who you were. She would have to keep the child.
She almost laughed at the idea of having her own kid. And with Sark, of all people. She'd wanted to have a child with--with someone else.
Two someone elses.
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The day the doctor told her, she had been shocked. She and Sark had had sex only a few times after their wedding, and it was now almost their one-year anniversary. They'd used birth control and protection and everything. Even when you're so sure about everything, something always doesn't go along.