Disclaimer: If I owned Alias, then Lauren Reed would be somewhere in
Antarctica, Francie would still be alive, Will would still be in the
picture, and Irina would be back in the show! None of those things are in
the show, so apparently I don't own it
A/N: Chapter 12! I'm not depressed anymore. There will be other chapters too, so don't worry. I won't stop posting until the story's complete, and then I might write a sequel, but I don't know how the story will end yet. So I won't stop.
"You two get to know each other, because you'll be seeing a lot of each other. Snake will call you down for dinner." Cole said, but Melanie barely heard him. Molly kept her poker face until Lauren, Cole, Snake, and the Armani man left then scowled at Melanie.
"What's your problem? Why are you looking at me like that?" she snapped and sat down on the bed closest to the door.
Melanie stared at her in shock. How did she not see the resemblance? "Don't you even want to know..." she started, but Molly cut her off.
"Shut up and follow me to the bathroom!" she said and opened the door she came through and went the first one on the left. After Melanie was in she closed and locked the door.
"Melanie! Melanie, it's me!" Molly said, switching her annoyed look to a look of happiness. "What are you talking about? Don't you hate me?" she asked, becoming extremely confused.
"No! I had to do that! They have small little surveillance cameras in that room so they can keep tabs on what we say and do. If I called you 'Melanie' and told you my name was Molly, what do you think they'd do, just let us keep doing that? No, they're watching and listening to see how I treat you and how you treat me. We need to be careful." Molly explained.
"Don't they have cameras in here?" Melanie asked. Molly shook her head. "They value privacy. Besides, they don't want to watch two little girls taking showers and using the toilet, do they?" Molly said and giggled.
Melanie grinned, not sure what to say. How was she supposed to act around this girl? She remembered her parents telling her how she used to have a twin sister, but she died at the hospital of heart failure. And now, here her sister was, alive and perfectly healthy, laughing with her at a joke.
"Didn't you die?" Melanie asked, looking at her questioningly. Molly giggled harder.
"If I died, would I be here? Unless I was a ghost. I don't look like a ghost do I?" she asked, then looked at herself in the mirror.
"I still have a reflection. Guess I'm not dead." She said and shrugged like it was no big deal.
"But Mommy and Daddy said...you died." Melanie whispered.
Molly stopped laughing and looked at Melanie sympathetically. "They think I am dead. Listen, it's a long story and if we stay in here much longer they're going to come up and wonder what we're doing. I'll tell you everything later. Oh yeah, one more thing. I need to make this convincing, so I'm really sorry about this Mel." Molly said and punched her forcefully in the eye.
She kicked her once in the stomach then whispered, "Sorry." And left the bathroom.
"Shit!" Sydney muttered when she realized they had gotten away with Melanie again. She watched in anger as Cole, Lauren, and Melanie got on the aircraft that carried them away from her yet again.
"Why are they always one step ahead of us?" Sydney asked desperately.
"Don't worry, we'll get them." Irina assured her.
"How? How are we going to get them when we have nothing left to go on? We had the license number for that van, and now we don't have that anymore. How can we possibly get them?" Sydney asked disbelievingly.
"Time will tell Sydney. Where there's a will, there's a way, and with these bastards, there's definitely a will. So here's what we'll do. We'll go back to LA and get a remote modem. I'll get into their hard drive, and we'll download all the shit we can. There's got to be something in there that will tell us why they need Melanie. And, more importantly, where she is." Irina said.
She and Jack looked at Sydney expectantly, so Sydney nodded, at a loss for what else to do. "Good. We'll find her Syd, don't worry. Soon this nightmare will be over, and she'll be yours again." Irina soothed, going into mother mode.
"Ok." Sydney breathed, and they got back in their unmarked van and drove back to the airport where they boarded a plane to LA.
"Elizabeth, what is the meaning of this? You two are going to be partners. The last thing you need is a partner with fractured ribs and can't do her job because of it. You need to get along with Anna." Hans scolded Molly in German.
Molly was looking at the floor again, feeling terrible that she had done that to her sister. She had felt sure that they'd be pleased that she had beaten Melanie, but they had been the exact opposite of pleased. They were infuriated. So now she had to receive the lecturing and scolding of her German handler, Hans Weinler.
"But why do I have to have a partner? I've been doing just fine by myself!" Molly argued.
"What's done is done. Besides, two heads are better than one; you can get a lot more accomplished with two people. Besides, the CIA was onto Anna and her mother. They had to move where they'd never find them. It's better this way, and you'd better get used to it." Hans said. Molly sighed.
"Where's Daddy? He's supposed to be back by now!" Molly snapped, trying to get back in her bratty character. That was who they expected her to be.
"He's a little tied up at the moment dear. He will be back soon, but that's beside the point. Can I count on you to keep your hands to yourself, and not go punching Anna because it's fun? You know what will happen if you do it again. I don't think I have to remind you." Hans said in a threatening tone.
Molly gave an exasperated sigh, but nodded. Hans smiled and said, "That's my Lizzie. Go up and apologize to Anna. Snake's just about finished with dinner, so go get Anna, apologize, and come back down."
Molly ran upstairs and almost cried as she saw Melanie hunched over on her bed, rubbing her now bruised stomach. "Come on Anna, dinner's ready. And I'm sorry for what I did in the bathroom. I have to learn to contain my temper." She muttered, hoping that was convincing enough to whoever was watching and listening in on their conversation.
Melanie nodded, and struggled to get up. "What are we having?" she asked.
"I don't know, Hans never tells me until we sit down, but since it's Wednesday, I think it's vegetable soup and turkey sandwiches. That's what Hans makes, I don't know about Snake." Molly replied as they went downstairs. Melanie nodded and they eventually made it to the dining room.
Molly tucked her napkin in her shirt and motioned for Melanie to do the same. She did, and Molly waited for Snake and the cook Zoe to come out. Snake came out a minute later who sat down and eyed Melanie every so often, making Molly want to slap him.
Zoe came out of the kitchen carrying a large pot. She poured some soup in Molly's bowl, than Melanie's. After she filled everyone's bowls she came out and put the turkey sandwiches on everyone's plates.
After dinner Molly waited until Hans dismissed her, wanting very badly to take her sister into the bathroom again so they could talk, but for some reason he didn't. Instead he said, "Ok girls, are you ready to go on your first mission together?"
Molly and Melanie looked at each other then back at Hans. "I guess so. But I still don't see why I need a partner." Molly replied rudely.
"Well, you better get used to it because this isn't temporary. Ms. Reed and Mr. Cole are waiting in the living room to fill you in. You two may go." Hans said, dismissing them. The sisters went into the living room together where Lauren and Cole were sitting on the sofas in the living room, waiting for them.
"Ah, here they are. Girls, tomorrow you two will be going to Florence Italy. The Covenant has come across some intel that suggests there's a new disc with some heavy duty info on the CIA that could make all the difference in our downfall or not. Now, naturally the CIA's going to try and get the disc as well, and that's perfectly understandable. They'll want to keep any info they have on themselves to themselves. But for all the lives and bodies the Covenant protects, they must not get the disc that will lead to our end." Cole informed them.
"Yeah, but why does there have to be two of us?" Molly asked.
"Because in order to get into the building, you need two people to access any of the doors or windows." Lauren answered.
"You two leave tonight. Go get ready." Cole said, and they headed upstairs, suddenly aware of what they were up against.
A/N: Review please!!!!!! I need feedback!!!!!!!!
A/N: Chapter 12! I'm not depressed anymore. There will be other chapters too, so don't worry. I won't stop posting until the story's complete, and then I might write a sequel, but I don't know how the story will end yet. So I won't stop.
"You two get to know each other, because you'll be seeing a lot of each other. Snake will call you down for dinner." Cole said, but Melanie barely heard him. Molly kept her poker face until Lauren, Cole, Snake, and the Armani man left then scowled at Melanie.
"What's your problem? Why are you looking at me like that?" she snapped and sat down on the bed closest to the door.
Melanie stared at her in shock. How did she not see the resemblance? "Don't you even want to know..." she started, but Molly cut her off.
"Shut up and follow me to the bathroom!" she said and opened the door she came through and went the first one on the left. After Melanie was in she closed and locked the door.
"Melanie! Melanie, it's me!" Molly said, switching her annoyed look to a look of happiness. "What are you talking about? Don't you hate me?" she asked, becoming extremely confused.
"No! I had to do that! They have small little surveillance cameras in that room so they can keep tabs on what we say and do. If I called you 'Melanie' and told you my name was Molly, what do you think they'd do, just let us keep doing that? No, they're watching and listening to see how I treat you and how you treat me. We need to be careful." Molly explained.
"Don't they have cameras in here?" Melanie asked. Molly shook her head. "They value privacy. Besides, they don't want to watch two little girls taking showers and using the toilet, do they?" Molly said and giggled.
Melanie grinned, not sure what to say. How was she supposed to act around this girl? She remembered her parents telling her how she used to have a twin sister, but she died at the hospital of heart failure. And now, here her sister was, alive and perfectly healthy, laughing with her at a joke.
"Didn't you die?" Melanie asked, looking at her questioningly. Molly giggled harder.
"If I died, would I be here? Unless I was a ghost. I don't look like a ghost do I?" she asked, then looked at herself in the mirror.
"I still have a reflection. Guess I'm not dead." She said and shrugged like it was no big deal.
"But Mommy and Daddy said...you died." Melanie whispered.
Molly stopped laughing and looked at Melanie sympathetically. "They think I am dead. Listen, it's a long story and if we stay in here much longer they're going to come up and wonder what we're doing. I'll tell you everything later. Oh yeah, one more thing. I need to make this convincing, so I'm really sorry about this Mel." Molly said and punched her forcefully in the eye.
She kicked her once in the stomach then whispered, "Sorry." And left the bathroom.
"Shit!" Sydney muttered when she realized they had gotten away with Melanie again. She watched in anger as Cole, Lauren, and Melanie got on the aircraft that carried them away from her yet again.
"Why are they always one step ahead of us?" Sydney asked desperately.
"Don't worry, we'll get them." Irina assured her.
"How? How are we going to get them when we have nothing left to go on? We had the license number for that van, and now we don't have that anymore. How can we possibly get them?" Sydney asked disbelievingly.
"Time will tell Sydney. Where there's a will, there's a way, and with these bastards, there's definitely a will. So here's what we'll do. We'll go back to LA and get a remote modem. I'll get into their hard drive, and we'll download all the shit we can. There's got to be something in there that will tell us why they need Melanie. And, more importantly, where she is." Irina said.
She and Jack looked at Sydney expectantly, so Sydney nodded, at a loss for what else to do. "Good. We'll find her Syd, don't worry. Soon this nightmare will be over, and she'll be yours again." Irina soothed, going into mother mode.
"Ok." Sydney breathed, and they got back in their unmarked van and drove back to the airport where they boarded a plane to LA.
"Elizabeth, what is the meaning of this? You two are going to be partners. The last thing you need is a partner with fractured ribs and can't do her job because of it. You need to get along with Anna." Hans scolded Molly in German.
Molly was looking at the floor again, feeling terrible that she had done that to her sister. She had felt sure that they'd be pleased that she had beaten Melanie, but they had been the exact opposite of pleased. They were infuriated. So now she had to receive the lecturing and scolding of her German handler, Hans Weinler.
"But why do I have to have a partner? I've been doing just fine by myself!" Molly argued.
"What's done is done. Besides, two heads are better than one; you can get a lot more accomplished with two people. Besides, the CIA was onto Anna and her mother. They had to move where they'd never find them. It's better this way, and you'd better get used to it." Hans said. Molly sighed.
"Where's Daddy? He's supposed to be back by now!" Molly snapped, trying to get back in her bratty character. That was who they expected her to be.
"He's a little tied up at the moment dear. He will be back soon, but that's beside the point. Can I count on you to keep your hands to yourself, and not go punching Anna because it's fun? You know what will happen if you do it again. I don't think I have to remind you." Hans said in a threatening tone.
Molly gave an exasperated sigh, but nodded. Hans smiled and said, "That's my Lizzie. Go up and apologize to Anna. Snake's just about finished with dinner, so go get Anna, apologize, and come back down."
Molly ran upstairs and almost cried as she saw Melanie hunched over on her bed, rubbing her now bruised stomach. "Come on Anna, dinner's ready. And I'm sorry for what I did in the bathroom. I have to learn to contain my temper." She muttered, hoping that was convincing enough to whoever was watching and listening in on their conversation.
Melanie nodded, and struggled to get up. "What are we having?" she asked.
"I don't know, Hans never tells me until we sit down, but since it's Wednesday, I think it's vegetable soup and turkey sandwiches. That's what Hans makes, I don't know about Snake." Molly replied as they went downstairs. Melanie nodded and they eventually made it to the dining room.
Molly tucked her napkin in her shirt and motioned for Melanie to do the same. She did, and Molly waited for Snake and the cook Zoe to come out. Snake came out a minute later who sat down and eyed Melanie every so often, making Molly want to slap him.
Zoe came out of the kitchen carrying a large pot. She poured some soup in Molly's bowl, than Melanie's. After she filled everyone's bowls she came out and put the turkey sandwiches on everyone's plates.
After dinner Molly waited until Hans dismissed her, wanting very badly to take her sister into the bathroom again so they could talk, but for some reason he didn't. Instead he said, "Ok girls, are you ready to go on your first mission together?"
Molly and Melanie looked at each other then back at Hans. "I guess so. But I still don't see why I need a partner." Molly replied rudely.
"Well, you better get used to it because this isn't temporary. Ms. Reed and Mr. Cole are waiting in the living room to fill you in. You two may go." Hans said, dismissing them. The sisters went into the living room together where Lauren and Cole were sitting on the sofas in the living room, waiting for them.
"Ah, here they are. Girls, tomorrow you two will be going to Florence Italy. The Covenant has come across some intel that suggests there's a new disc with some heavy duty info on the CIA that could make all the difference in our downfall or not. Now, naturally the CIA's going to try and get the disc as well, and that's perfectly understandable. They'll want to keep any info they have on themselves to themselves. But for all the lives and bodies the Covenant protects, they must not get the disc that will lead to our end." Cole informed them.
"Yeah, but why does there have to be two of us?" Molly asked.
"Because in order to get into the building, you need two people to access any of the doors or windows." Lauren answered.
"You two leave tonight. Go get ready." Cole said, and they headed upstairs, suddenly aware of what they were up against.
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