The Way of Seeming
I own nothing. All character's belong to someone with much more money
than me.
Author's note: Good news. I got my philosophy paper back. I got an A!!!! Good
news has inspired me to write more, so now I just have to type it.
Don't forget to review. They make me happy. :)
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When Jack walked into the darkened hospital room he was relieved to see Sydney
awake and answering the nurse's questions.
She smiled brightly when she saw him. "Hi Daddy!"
The nurse smiled too. "Well that's the most emotion I've seen out of her all day."
She winked at him. "I think your being here will do her a world of good."
He gave her a small, quick and walked over to sit beside Sydney as she walked
out.
"How are you feeling?"
Sydney smiled. "Like I'm tired of having blue hair. Every time I try to take this
stupid wig off some nurse tells me to stay still."
Jack stood up. "Here." He carefully pulled off the wig, her now brown hair falling
freely around her face.
Her smile widened. "Thanks."
He sat back down, playing with the wig in his hands. He took a deep breath.
"What happened?"
Sydney's smile disappeared and Jack immediately regretted saying anything.
"I...I'm not really sure."
"What do you remember?"
Sydney laid back and closed her eyes. "We went to the club and made our way
back to the lab. I took down three guards before I made it to the lab. The circumference,
it was, huge. It wasn't supposed to be huge.
"Two guards burst into the room. I put the explosives on the energy source and
ran.
"The explosion released the water, it was supposed to, but there was so much
water, it flooded the room. This huge tidal wave followed me as I ran out.
"And there he was. The comm system must have been knocked out, he thought I
was in trouble, he came.
"I tried to get him to run, but he just stood there staring, at the water, at me, I
don't know. When he finally started running it was to late. The door was closing, I just
barely made it through.
"I...I tried to break the glass. I tried to get him out," she started crying, "I swear I
tried."
Jack reached forward and took her hand. She held on like it was the last thing
keeping her in the world.
She looked at him. "But...but he's ok right? He's getting bitched at by Devlin and
teased by Weiss right? HE made it back ok? I mean, there had to be a way out. There's
always a way out."
Jack lowered his eyes from her pleading ones. "No one's heard from him yet.
Devlin said it was to dangerous to send in an extraction team."
Sydney sat up and tried to get out of bed. "I have to go. I have to find him."
Alarms went off as she pulled off the electrodes for the heart monitor.
Jack just sat there, helpless.
Nurses rushed in. "What are you doing?!"
Sydney stilled for a minute, wrapping one arm across her ribs and holding her
head with the other one. "I have to find him. He's my guardian angel. Can't do anything
without my angel," she muttered.
The nurses were trying, unsuccessfully, to get her to stay put without hurting her.
Jack stood up. "Sydney!" Sydney turned to look at him. "You will lay down this
instant."
Sydney stopped moving.
"I will get," he glanced at the nurses warily before continuing, "them to do
something about this 'situation' and get you out of this place as soon as possible only if
you stay put, listen to the nurses, eat insanely large amounts of Jell-O, and hang on to
your sanity as all these drugs work their way out of your bloodstream."
Sydney laid back down silently and the nurses reattached the electrodes. The
room was in complete silence as the nurses left.
Jack sighed. "Thank you." He leaned down and kissed her forehead. "I have some
things to take care of, but I'll call Will and tell him that you're awake."
He brushed a piece of hair off her face and walked to the door.
"It was Mom." He froze. "She's the one who had me."
He turned around to face her slowly.
She met his eyes for an instant before closing her eyes and letting her head fall to
the pillow.
He swallowed, turned back around, and exited the hospital in a daze.
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Somehow he made it to Sydney's without hitting anyone. He walked up to the door and
knocked.
The door opened ands he saw Will, looking as if he hadn't slept at all.
"Jack?"
Jack snapped back to reality and saw the terrified look in his eyes.
"She's awake."
There was such relief in Will's eyes that Jack was overwhelmed.
"Francie!" he called into the house, "She's awake!"
There were frantic noises heard from inside the house and then Francie was
beside Will, dragging him out the door, closing it behind her. "What are we waiting for?"
Will held back as Francie jumped in her car. "Are you coming?"
Jack shook his head. "I was already there. Sydney asked me to do something for
her." Will nodded and got in the car.
Jack stood there for a moment watching the car drive away before he walked to
his own car and got in, his eyes catching the blue wig laying on the passenger seat.
Review, Review, Review. Cause it gives me a warm happy feeling.
I own nothing. All character's belong to someone with much more money
than me.
Author's note: Good news. I got my philosophy paper back. I got an A!!!! Good
news has inspired me to write more, so now I just have to type it.
Don't forget to review. They make me happy. :)
* * * * * * * * * * * * *
When Jack walked into the darkened hospital room he was relieved to see Sydney
awake and answering the nurse's questions.
She smiled brightly when she saw him. "Hi Daddy!"
The nurse smiled too. "Well that's the most emotion I've seen out of her all day."
She winked at him. "I think your being here will do her a world of good."
He gave her a small, quick and walked over to sit beside Sydney as she walked
out.
"How are you feeling?"
Sydney smiled. "Like I'm tired of having blue hair. Every time I try to take this
stupid wig off some nurse tells me to stay still."
Jack stood up. "Here." He carefully pulled off the wig, her now brown hair falling
freely around her face.
Her smile widened. "Thanks."
He sat back down, playing with the wig in his hands. He took a deep breath.
"What happened?"
Sydney's smile disappeared and Jack immediately regretted saying anything.
"I...I'm not really sure."
"What do you remember?"
Sydney laid back and closed her eyes. "We went to the club and made our way
back to the lab. I took down three guards before I made it to the lab. The circumference,
it was, huge. It wasn't supposed to be huge.
"Two guards burst into the room. I put the explosives on the energy source and
ran.
"The explosion released the water, it was supposed to, but there was so much
water, it flooded the room. This huge tidal wave followed me as I ran out.
"And there he was. The comm system must have been knocked out, he thought I
was in trouble, he came.
"I tried to get him to run, but he just stood there staring, at the water, at me, I
don't know. When he finally started running it was to late. The door was closing, I just
barely made it through.
"I...I tried to break the glass. I tried to get him out," she started crying, "I swear I
tried."
Jack reached forward and took her hand. She held on like it was the last thing
keeping her in the world.
She looked at him. "But...but he's ok right? He's getting bitched at by Devlin and
teased by Weiss right? HE made it back ok? I mean, there had to be a way out. There's
always a way out."
Jack lowered his eyes from her pleading ones. "No one's heard from him yet.
Devlin said it was to dangerous to send in an extraction team."
Sydney sat up and tried to get out of bed. "I have to go. I have to find him."
Alarms went off as she pulled off the electrodes for the heart monitor.
Jack just sat there, helpless.
Nurses rushed in. "What are you doing?!"
Sydney stilled for a minute, wrapping one arm across her ribs and holding her
head with the other one. "I have to find him. He's my guardian angel. Can't do anything
without my angel," she muttered.
The nurses were trying, unsuccessfully, to get her to stay put without hurting her.
Jack stood up. "Sydney!" Sydney turned to look at him. "You will lay down this
instant."
Sydney stopped moving.
"I will get," he glanced at the nurses warily before continuing, "them to do
something about this 'situation' and get you out of this place as soon as possible only if
you stay put, listen to the nurses, eat insanely large amounts of Jell-O, and hang on to
your sanity as all these drugs work their way out of your bloodstream."
Sydney laid back down silently and the nurses reattached the electrodes. The
room was in complete silence as the nurses left.
Jack sighed. "Thank you." He leaned down and kissed her forehead. "I have some
things to take care of, but I'll call Will and tell him that you're awake."
He brushed a piece of hair off her face and walked to the door.
"It was Mom." He froze. "She's the one who had me."
He turned around to face her slowly.
She met his eyes for an instant before closing her eyes and letting her head fall to
the pillow.
He swallowed, turned back around, and exited the hospital in a daze.
* * * * * * * * * * * * *
Somehow he made it to Sydney's without hitting anyone. He walked up to the door and
knocked.
The door opened ands he saw Will, looking as if he hadn't slept at all.
"Jack?"
Jack snapped back to reality and saw the terrified look in his eyes.
"She's awake."
There was such relief in Will's eyes that Jack was overwhelmed.
"Francie!" he called into the house, "She's awake!"
There were frantic noises heard from inside the house and then Francie was
beside Will, dragging him out the door, closing it behind her. "What are we waiting for?"
Will held back as Francie jumped in her car. "Are you coming?"
Jack shook his head. "I was already there. Sydney asked me to do something for
her." Will nodded and got in the car.
Jack stood there for a moment watching the car drive away before he walked to
his own car and got in, his eyes catching the blue wig laying on the passenger seat.
Review, Review, Review. Cause it gives me a warm happy feeling.