I can't believe I'm already at chapter 3.
Disclaimer: Just for the record, Emily is mine.
Thanks to Kat for her words of support. Enjoy the reading!
Sydney and Sark are in her car in a deserted road. The sky is darkening, night close.
SARK: Sydney… (he hesitates) Something's bothering you.
Sydney seems completely taken aback by his comment.
SYD: What?!
SARK: I know you're gonna tell me that it's not my business but…
SYD: (interrupting Sark) You're right, it's not your business.
Sydney's knuckles turn white as her grip on the steering wheel tightens.
SYD: Listen Sark, we may have a cordial relationship but that does not mean, under any circumstances, than you're gonna be the one I confide in or anything like that, OK? And besides I think I'm a big enough girl to deal with my feelings by myself.
Sark's smirk gives away that Sydney's reply was indeed was he was expecting.
SARK: So you saw him.(he states it matter-of-factly)
Sydney tries to pretend she doesn't know what he's talking about.
SYD: Saw who?
Sark laughs.
SARK: You know perfectly who.
SYD: And what if I did? Does it really matter anymore?
Sark looks confused, but it soon turns into suspiciousness.
SARK: Is there something I don't know?
Syd looks at the road lost in thought.
SYD: I shot him.
She notices Sark's look of confusion.
SYD: In the leg.
Sark is now dead serious.
It's already completely dark when Sydney and Sark cross the big iron doors of a huge and impressive mansion.
Syd drives up to the parking space where three other very expensive cars are parked. They get out of the car and walk in silence towards the house's great oak doors. Sark rings the door bell and seconds later we see Irina Derevko opening the door.
SARK: Hi.
IRINA: Hello, we were waiting for you. Dinner's almost ready.
Sydney smiles kindly at her mother.
SYD: Mom.
She hugs Irina and kisses her cheek. Sydney links her arm with her mother's and together they walk into an amazing dinning room. It looks as if it were a palace. Sloane is already there, waiting for them.
SLOANE: Well Sydney, I believe you have something for me.
He smiles widely as she hands him over a very old looking manuscript which he takes only to immediately walk out of the room. He comes back seconds later.
SLOANE: It is now in a secure place. Just in case…
He doesn't need to go on, they all know what he is implying.
SLOANE: Anyway, congratulations Sydney, that manuscript was very well protected by the CIA.
SYD: That was no problem sir.
Sark, who has made himself comfortable in a loveseat by now, looks up at Sydney with a wondering expression.
She notices this but ignores him otherwise.
SYD: (looking at Irina) Mom, where's Emily?
IRINA: She's upstairs, already sleeping.
SYD: Good. I'll go check on her.
SARK: Don't take too long, I'm hungry.
Sydney looks pointedly at him before walking out of the dining room and heading upstairs. After climbing up the marble staircase leading to the second floor she pauses at a particular door before quietly opening it and slipping into the room.
Inside we see what is clearly a child's room. Toys everywhere. In the middle of the mess there's a bed. Sydney sits down on it and lovingly strokes the little girl's hair. She is Emily. As she sleeps peacefully we see that she looks very much like Sydney herself, her hair brown and silky.
Emily starts to wake up when she feels Sydney besides her.
EMILY: (her voice sleepy) Mommy?
SYD: Yes sweetheart it's me.
The little girl opens her eyes to look at her mommy. Her eyes are a beautiful shade of green.
SYD: Now go back to sleep honey, it's very late.
She kisses Emily on the forehead.
SYD: (very softly) I love you.
Sydney gets out of the room and notices that her mother is outside waiting. Irina watches Sydney as she closes the door to Emily's room. She is clearly worried about something.
IRINA: Was she asleep?
Sydney smiles a sweet smile.
SYD: Yes but she woke up when I got in.
Irina seems to hesitate before she speaks again.
IRINA: You know Sydney, someday you are going to have to tell her about her father.
Sydney looks down in discomfort.
SYD: (mutters under her breath) I know.
IRINA: What will you tell her when the time comes?
SYD: I don't know.
Irina smiles comfortingly to her daughter.
IRINA: How hard does the truth seem?
Sydney plays restlessly with a strand of hair.
SYD: Too hard.
IRINA: Honey.
SYD: What?
IRINA: Her father has to know about her.
SYD: (tears in her eyes) I know mom, I know.
More to come soon!
Please review because I have this necessity of people to tell me they like this. Even if you don't like it review so I can improve it.
The next chapter will be about Vaughn. I'm just thinking that it's going to go like this: chapter about Vaughn, then chapter about Syd and so on.
Just one thing. Here in Spain they've only aired Alias until the episode The Coup so all the info I have about anything that's happened later on the show comes from the Net. Want I'm saying is that if you think that Syd and company are out of character… I do what I can!