~A/N~ Ok, these things are pointless, but I guess I'll just make the people who actually READ these happy. I do not own anything that has to do with Alias. Ok? Point proven? Alrighty then.
Chapter 5- Agonizing Set-backs
Pulling herself together, she said softly, "Lets just get this mission over with."
Nodding in agreement, Vaughn settled into his chair and pulled out a hockey magazine, while Sydney slipped on her headphones and turned her face to see outside the window for a moment before closing her eyes.
She felt a soft tap on her shoulder and slowly turned to face the person tapping.
"Hey. We're going to land in about 10 minutes. You slept the whole plane ride."
"Ok." 'Man,' she thought to herself, 'those beautiful eyes of his are going to be the death of me yet.' Francie's situation suddenly popped into her head, she debated on whether to call Will and find out any news, but decided to call him later after the mission was complete.
Ten minutes later, they split up after getting off of the plane. They made plans to meet each other at the building Vaughn gave her directions to and get the artifact. Simple enough, she had thought to herself. But she knew each mission had a certain twist to it. And she couldn't wait to find this missions special twist. She got into the rental car provided by the CIA and started towards the building.
Throwing a glance at the directions quickly written on a receipt Vaughn gave her, she confirmed that this was the place. But looking up at the stone-gray building with at least 5 stories, she found it hard to believe. She got out of her car, finding Vaughn's car and headed inside slowly. Lucky for her, the place was empty except for Vaughn standing inside, next to the front door-way.
"Hey."
He jumped slightly at her presence and replied, "Hey."
She looked around the inside and found it to be very dull and unwelcoming.
"This isn't the sort of place you'd think you'd find any artifacts, huh?"
Nodding towards him, she walked around a bit taking in all of her surroundings.
He noticed her lack of focus, and snapped her back into reality, "We should probably get going. The faster the better."
His plan on getting her back to reality worked, and she gave a simple "Yeah."
Walking slightly behind him, she thought of the hockey game they were going to. She also surprised herself at her apparent lack of focus, just as Vaughn was. But the game sounded like so much fun to her she couldn't stop herself from thinking of it. But a thought came into her mind, SD-6. What would happen if they found us together? What would they do? Should she talk to Vaughn about it?
"Ok, this should be the spot."
Once again, he snapped her into reality and they set to work.
"It's a wall. Just a big wall."
"Yeah, it is." he said, slightly amused. He picked up a large hammer and handed it to her.
Taking out the wall was the easy part, leading into the hard part. A metal safe stared back at them. They looked at each other and Sydney took out the safe opener Marshall had given her. She was reminded of how proud he was of himself. He always was, she thought. The gadget did it's work in 30 seconds while Vaughn stood silent.
The simple beep broke the silence between them and Sydney opened the safe.
They looked inside and saw a somewhat torn light brown leather bag. Vaughn reached inside as a startling alarm went off. He quickly took his hand out of the safe and took Sydney's hand as they began to run towards the door.
'This is the twist.' Sydney thought to herself.
They separated and got into their own cars. Vaughn threw the bag into the passenger seat and peeled out of the buildings proximity as Sydney followed him.
Just as they turned out of the driveway, a black army jeep came into sight. Sydney sighed to herself as her and Vaughn made their getaway.
~~Back in L.A~~
She walked into the house she presumed to be empty, but found Will laying on the couch in the living room.
He heard her come in and propped his elbow on the cushion to face her.
"Hey."
"Hey. How's Francie doing? Do you think I could go see her?"
"She's doing fine, for what fine could be in her situation. And I bet you could go see her right now if you leave soon enough."
"Great! I'll just put my things in my room."
"Yeah…" and with that, Will plopped his head back onto the couch pillow and flipped through the T.V channels.
Walking back to the living room, she asked, "Will, why aren't you at the hospital right now? I'd think you were going to be there for as long as possible."
"The nurses told me to go home and rest. I was there for too long I guess and they said Francie needed her rest."
"Do you think they'll mind if I see her?"
"Probably not. Just, Sydney, don't tell them about me. I didn't get along with them very well when they told me to leave."
Giving a small laugh she said good-bye and Will did the same.
~~~~
She walked into the hospital quickly, her heart beating fast in anticipation to see her friend again.
"Hi." she said to the nurse behind the desk, seeing her stapling papers and arranging different papers in order.
"Hello." the nurse gave a simple welcome, keeping herself busy by writing all sorts of notes.
"I umm…was wondering if I could see my friend. She came in here earlier."
"Name please."
"Francine Calhoun (sorry if that's not the right last name.)"
The nurse thumbed through different folders until finding the one Sydney thought to be Francies.
"Room 341, straight down the hall, third one on your left." the nurse instructed, pointing towards the hall on Sydney's right.
"Thank you."
Now she was nervous. She didn't know why, but thinking of seeing Francie hooked up to all sorts of machines scared her. Counting the doors on her left, she found the third door that read "Room 341".
She knocked lightly, wondering if she would be heard. Waiting for a few seconds, a short, red-headed nurse opened the door.
"Visiting hours are over in 15 minutes." the nurse said simply, dodging Sydney as she walked out of the door.
Confused on why the nurse was in a hurry to get out, she walked into the room, seeing Francie laying the bed with her eyes closed.
She found a chair and pulled it up next to the bed.
"Hey…" she said quietly.
She was surprised to see Francie's head move a little and see her eyes open.
"Hi." she whispered.
"I'm so sorry I couldn't have come earlier."
"It's alright. Will came to see me. The doctors said that it's amazing I'm doing so well."
"That's great. I'm so glad that your doing alright. What else have they said?"
"Well, my left leg is broken, my wrist is sprained, and a few other things. But nothing all too bad. I should be very grateful."
"We all should be." Sydney said with a smile.
"Sydney, thank you."
"For what?"
"Coming…being a great friend…I'm so glad I have you as a best friend."
"Anytime. And if you want, I'll sneak you in some of my awesome soup I make that you like so much."
"That would be awesome. Thanks again Sydney. But I'm really tired. I hope you don't mind, but I kinda wanna get some rest."
"Oh, I don't mind! I'll come back tomorrow, if I can, with some of that soup."
"Can't wait."
"See you later Francie."
"Bye."
She walked out of the room and suddenly found that she was unbelievably tired. Driving home was hard as she was so tired, but once she made it home, she gave Will a blanket after finding him still on the couch and went into her room to go to bed.
~A.N~ Ok, thanks for reading it! Hope you like it…I'm not sure where to go with this, so I'd love some advice on what to do. Reviews gladly accepted! ~
Chapter 5- Agonizing Set-backs
Pulling herself together, she said softly, "Lets just get this mission over with."
Nodding in agreement, Vaughn settled into his chair and pulled out a hockey magazine, while Sydney slipped on her headphones and turned her face to see outside the window for a moment before closing her eyes.
She felt a soft tap on her shoulder and slowly turned to face the person tapping.
"Hey. We're going to land in about 10 minutes. You slept the whole plane ride."
"Ok." 'Man,' she thought to herself, 'those beautiful eyes of his are going to be the death of me yet.' Francie's situation suddenly popped into her head, she debated on whether to call Will and find out any news, but decided to call him later after the mission was complete.
Ten minutes later, they split up after getting off of the plane. They made plans to meet each other at the building Vaughn gave her directions to and get the artifact. Simple enough, she had thought to herself. But she knew each mission had a certain twist to it. And she couldn't wait to find this missions special twist. She got into the rental car provided by the CIA and started towards the building.
Throwing a glance at the directions quickly written on a receipt Vaughn gave her, she confirmed that this was the place. But looking up at the stone-gray building with at least 5 stories, she found it hard to believe. She got out of her car, finding Vaughn's car and headed inside slowly. Lucky for her, the place was empty except for Vaughn standing inside, next to the front door-way.
"Hey."
He jumped slightly at her presence and replied, "Hey."
She looked around the inside and found it to be very dull and unwelcoming.
"This isn't the sort of place you'd think you'd find any artifacts, huh?"
Nodding towards him, she walked around a bit taking in all of her surroundings.
He noticed her lack of focus, and snapped her back into reality, "We should probably get going. The faster the better."
His plan on getting her back to reality worked, and she gave a simple "Yeah."
Walking slightly behind him, she thought of the hockey game they were going to. She also surprised herself at her apparent lack of focus, just as Vaughn was. But the game sounded like so much fun to her she couldn't stop herself from thinking of it. But a thought came into her mind, SD-6. What would happen if they found us together? What would they do? Should she talk to Vaughn about it?
"Ok, this should be the spot."
Once again, he snapped her into reality and they set to work.
"It's a wall. Just a big wall."
"Yeah, it is." he said, slightly amused. He picked up a large hammer and handed it to her.
Taking out the wall was the easy part, leading into the hard part. A metal safe stared back at them. They looked at each other and Sydney took out the safe opener Marshall had given her. She was reminded of how proud he was of himself. He always was, she thought. The gadget did it's work in 30 seconds while Vaughn stood silent.
The simple beep broke the silence between them and Sydney opened the safe.
They looked inside and saw a somewhat torn light brown leather bag. Vaughn reached inside as a startling alarm went off. He quickly took his hand out of the safe and took Sydney's hand as they began to run towards the door.
'This is the twist.' Sydney thought to herself.
They separated and got into their own cars. Vaughn threw the bag into the passenger seat and peeled out of the buildings proximity as Sydney followed him.
Just as they turned out of the driveway, a black army jeep came into sight. Sydney sighed to herself as her and Vaughn made their getaway.
~~Back in L.A~~
She walked into the house she presumed to be empty, but found Will laying on the couch in the living room.
He heard her come in and propped his elbow on the cushion to face her.
"Hey."
"Hey. How's Francie doing? Do you think I could go see her?"
"She's doing fine, for what fine could be in her situation. And I bet you could go see her right now if you leave soon enough."
"Great! I'll just put my things in my room."
"Yeah…" and with that, Will plopped his head back onto the couch pillow and flipped through the T.V channels.
Walking back to the living room, she asked, "Will, why aren't you at the hospital right now? I'd think you were going to be there for as long as possible."
"The nurses told me to go home and rest. I was there for too long I guess and they said Francie needed her rest."
"Do you think they'll mind if I see her?"
"Probably not. Just, Sydney, don't tell them about me. I didn't get along with them very well when they told me to leave."
Giving a small laugh she said good-bye and Will did the same.
~~~~
She walked into the hospital quickly, her heart beating fast in anticipation to see her friend again.
"Hi." she said to the nurse behind the desk, seeing her stapling papers and arranging different papers in order.
"Hello." the nurse gave a simple welcome, keeping herself busy by writing all sorts of notes.
"I umm…was wondering if I could see my friend. She came in here earlier."
"Name please."
"Francine Calhoun (sorry if that's not the right last name.)"
The nurse thumbed through different folders until finding the one Sydney thought to be Francies.
"Room 341, straight down the hall, third one on your left." the nurse instructed, pointing towards the hall on Sydney's right.
"Thank you."
Now she was nervous. She didn't know why, but thinking of seeing Francie hooked up to all sorts of machines scared her. Counting the doors on her left, she found the third door that read "Room 341".
She knocked lightly, wondering if she would be heard. Waiting for a few seconds, a short, red-headed nurse opened the door.
"Visiting hours are over in 15 minutes." the nurse said simply, dodging Sydney as she walked out of the door.
Confused on why the nurse was in a hurry to get out, she walked into the room, seeing Francie laying the bed with her eyes closed.
She found a chair and pulled it up next to the bed.
"Hey…" she said quietly.
She was surprised to see Francie's head move a little and see her eyes open.
"Hi." she whispered.
"I'm so sorry I couldn't have come earlier."
"It's alright. Will came to see me. The doctors said that it's amazing I'm doing so well."
"That's great. I'm so glad that your doing alright. What else have they said?"
"Well, my left leg is broken, my wrist is sprained, and a few other things. But nothing all too bad. I should be very grateful."
"We all should be." Sydney said with a smile.
"Sydney, thank you."
"For what?"
"Coming…being a great friend…I'm so glad I have you as a best friend."
"Anytime. And if you want, I'll sneak you in some of my awesome soup I make that you like so much."
"That would be awesome. Thanks again Sydney. But I'm really tired. I hope you don't mind, but I kinda wanna get some rest."
"Oh, I don't mind! I'll come back tomorrow, if I can, with some of that soup."
"Can't wait."
"See you later Francie."
"Bye."
She walked out of the room and suddenly found that she was unbelievably tired. Driving home was hard as she was so tired, but once she made it home, she gave Will a blanket after finding him still on the couch and went into her room to go to bed.
~A.N~ Ok, thanks for reading it! Hope you like it…I'm not sure where to go with this, so I'd love some advice on what to do. Reviews gladly accepted! ~