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
The last thing she heard was a gunshot. The last thing she remembered was McKenas Cole, Julian Sark, and Lauren Reed standing around her and her two daughters (she never thought she'd be able to say that sentence again!) and trying to get Melanie and Molly to go back with them.
Melanie was standing up to the three most dangerous members of the Covenant with such bravery, Sydney would've told her she was proud of her if she had the strength. She would've told both of them she was proud of them, but before she knew it, she had passed out.
Now, as she opened her eyes slowly, she tried looking around to see where she was, but it was hard considering the light that went through her eyes made her head feel like it was under a pile of bricks. But she was able to see enough to know she was in a hospital.
She also could distinguish three people in the room with her. "Grandpa, Marcus, Mommy's awake!" one of the twins said (sadly she didn't know which one).
The next thing Syd knew, she was being surrounded by Jack, Dixon, and one of her daughters.
"Where's the other one?" she asked worriedly, glancing around her just in case she was hiding.
"She's in the kid's section. Sydney, what happened at the Rotunda?" Jack asked.
"I already told you Grandpa!" either Melanie or Molly said. Sydney didn't know which one.
"Yes Melanie, I know, but I need your mother to tell it in her own words. Sydney, can you tell us anything?" Jack asked, looking as concerned as Sydney had ever seen her.
"Why is Molly in the kid's section of the hospital?" Syd asked, totally oblivious to the questions the CIA asked her.
"Well, she was shot. She took the bullet that almost killed you." Dixon told her. Sydney's heart stopped. Sark shot Molly and not her?
"That bastard." Sydney muttered under her breath.
"We're looking into it. They'll be caught eventually." Jack assured her, but Sydney interrupted him.
"Catch who? Sark, Lauren, and McKenas Cole were in the Rotunda! They were right there! How did you possibly not get them?" she asked incredulously. Jack and Dixon sighed at the same time.
"We got there a second too late. After they attempted to take your life, they ran out of the Rotunda and left just as we got there. Seeing you, Molly, and Melanie all on the floor, taking care of you became our first priority. But you telling us what happened could lead us to them faster." Jack said.
Sydney sighed heavily to let them know she was annoyed, then told them the story, leaving out the part about how she said if they left her daughters alone, she'd let them walk out without telling the CIA they were here. When she was finished, Jack and Dixon looked pleased.
"Thank you Sydney. Hopefully your story will help bring these criminals to justice." Dixon said, and he and Jack started to leave the room when Sydney said, "Wait."
They turned around and looked at her expectantly, like she had more to add. "I want to see Molly." She said. They hesitated. Melanie's face instantly went from happy her mother was ok, to sad again.
"What? Tell me!" Sydney ordered.
"Well, the bullet went inside Molly's stomach so hard, and she was so surprised that she had an asthma attack and she went into a coma." Dixon explained.
"What are you talking about? Molly doesn't have asthma." Sydney pointed out.
"Well, apparently she does. She could've gotten it when she endlessly went on missions for the Covenant. Anyway, there is some good news." Jack said. Sydney looked at them hopefully.
"Well, the attack didn't do lasting damage, and the bullet is already out of her, and she's being treated. Her breathing is normal and she's giving off normal brain waves. The doctors estimate she should wake up any day now. It would be extremely rare if she stayed in a coma for another week." Jack said.
Sydney calmed down a considerable amount. It was scary to think that one of her daughters was in a coma, and that always dangled the chance that maybe she'd never wake up. This was a CIA hospital, so the doctors knew what they were doing.
"But could I still see her? She is my daughter." Sydney said. "The best thing for you would be to lie down and rest. You should consider yourself lucky too Syd. You woke up after having a concussion. And you have a broken arm." Jack said. Sydney looked down to see a cast on her right arm. She hadn't even noticed since she had been too worried about Molly.
"I don't care. I just want to see her." Sydney said in a voice indicating the discussion was over. They nodded, and went over to help her up. She got up and followed Jack, Dixon, and Melanie down to the end of the hallway and into the elevator to the eighth floor.
They led her to room 25 where they saw Molly attached to a couple of machines monitoring her heart and her brain. She was hooked up to an IV and was asleep. Sydney was relieved to see her chest moving up and down as a signal for her normal breathing.
"Call us when you're ready to leave. You still need your rest." Jack said and he and Dixon left.
Sydney pulled up a chair with her left hand and sat down, putting Melanie on her lap. She felt like she was in Heaven, sitting in a room with her two daughters, even though one of them was in a coma.
"Mommy?" Melanie said.
"Yeah honey?" Sydney replied.
"Is Molly going to be ok?" she asked, looking at her twin sister with a scared look on her face.
"Yes honey. Molly's going to be just fine. All she has to do is wake up." Sydney told her.
"Oh. And Mommy." Melanie said, tears coming out her eyes.
"Yes Melly Belly?" Sydney asked.
"I missed you. I never was brainwashed. I just had to pretend I was. And that day at the CIA when you chased someone at the end of that hallway? That was me. I had to hide; I didn't have a choice." Melanie told her.
"Yes Melly, I know. I saw you. I couldn't come after you because it would be like trying to chase a cheetah. They run too fast for you to catch up to them. But you know. I went around the world to rescue you. I went to India, Italy, and we almost went to Germany." Sydney said.
"Really? For me?" Melanie asked disbelievingly.
"Yeah. I love you that much." Sydney said, and they hugged each other until the door burst open, and to Sydney's surprise, Michael Vaughn stood by the door, staring at Sydney, Melanie, and Molly with the biggest poker face Sydney had ever seen him have.
A/N: Not much of a cliffhanger, but I had to end it somewhere semi- interesting. I've just about used up all the lyrics to the lullaby, so soon I'm going to title the chapters with things that are going on in the chapter. So when the suddenly stop making sense, that means the lullaby's finished. There will be more as soon as people review! I need them!!!! ^__^
The last thing she heard was a gunshot. The last thing she remembered was McKenas Cole, Julian Sark, and Lauren Reed standing around her and her two daughters (she never thought she'd be able to say that sentence again!) and trying to get Melanie and Molly to go back with them.
Melanie was standing up to the three most dangerous members of the Covenant with such bravery, Sydney would've told her she was proud of her if she had the strength. She would've told both of them she was proud of them, but before she knew it, she had passed out.
Now, as she opened her eyes slowly, she tried looking around to see where she was, but it was hard considering the light that went through her eyes made her head feel like it was under a pile of bricks. But she was able to see enough to know she was in a hospital.
She also could distinguish three people in the room with her. "Grandpa, Marcus, Mommy's awake!" one of the twins said (sadly she didn't know which one).
The next thing Syd knew, she was being surrounded by Jack, Dixon, and one of her daughters.
"Where's the other one?" she asked worriedly, glancing around her just in case she was hiding.
"She's in the kid's section. Sydney, what happened at the Rotunda?" Jack asked.
"I already told you Grandpa!" either Melanie or Molly said. Sydney didn't know which one.
"Yes Melanie, I know, but I need your mother to tell it in her own words. Sydney, can you tell us anything?" Jack asked, looking as concerned as Sydney had ever seen her.
"Why is Molly in the kid's section of the hospital?" Syd asked, totally oblivious to the questions the CIA asked her.
"Well, she was shot. She took the bullet that almost killed you." Dixon told her. Sydney's heart stopped. Sark shot Molly and not her?
"That bastard." Sydney muttered under her breath.
"We're looking into it. They'll be caught eventually." Jack assured her, but Sydney interrupted him.
"Catch who? Sark, Lauren, and McKenas Cole were in the Rotunda! They were right there! How did you possibly not get them?" she asked incredulously. Jack and Dixon sighed at the same time.
"We got there a second too late. After they attempted to take your life, they ran out of the Rotunda and left just as we got there. Seeing you, Molly, and Melanie all on the floor, taking care of you became our first priority. But you telling us what happened could lead us to them faster." Jack said.
Sydney sighed heavily to let them know she was annoyed, then told them the story, leaving out the part about how she said if they left her daughters alone, she'd let them walk out without telling the CIA they were here. When she was finished, Jack and Dixon looked pleased.
"Thank you Sydney. Hopefully your story will help bring these criminals to justice." Dixon said, and he and Jack started to leave the room when Sydney said, "Wait."
They turned around and looked at her expectantly, like she had more to add. "I want to see Molly." She said. They hesitated. Melanie's face instantly went from happy her mother was ok, to sad again.
"What? Tell me!" Sydney ordered.
"Well, the bullet went inside Molly's stomach so hard, and she was so surprised that she had an asthma attack and she went into a coma." Dixon explained.
"What are you talking about? Molly doesn't have asthma." Sydney pointed out.
"Well, apparently she does. She could've gotten it when she endlessly went on missions for the Covenant. Anyway, there is some good news." Jack said. Sydney looked at them hopefully.
"Well, the attack didn't do lasting damage, and the bullet is already out of her, and she's being treated. Her breathing is normal and she's giving off normal brain waves. The doctors estimate she should wake up any day now. It would be extremely rare if she stayed in a coma for another week." Jack said.
Sydney calmed down a considerable amount. It was scary to think that one of her daughters was in a coma, and that always dangled the chance that maybe she'd never wake up. This was a CIA hospital, so the doctors knew what they were doing.
"But could I still see her? She is my daughter." Sydney said. "The best thing for you would be to lie down and rest. You should consider yourself lucky too Syd. You woke up after having a concussion. And you have a broken arm." Jack said. Sydney looked down to see a cast on her right arm. She hadn't even noticed since she had been too worried about Molly.
"I don't care. I just want to see her." Sydney said in a voice indicating the discussion was over. They nodded, and went over to help her up. She got up and followed Jack, Dixon, and Melanie down to the end of the hallway and into the elevator to the eighth floor.
They led her to room 25 where they saw Molly attached to a couple of machines monitoring her heart and her brain. She was hooked up to an IV and was asleep. Sydney was relieved to see her chest moving up and down as a signal for her normal breathing.
"Call us when you're ready to leave. You still need your rest." Jack said and he and Dixon left.
Sydney pulled up a chair with her left hand and sat down, putting Melanie on her lap. She felt like she was in Heaven, sitting in a room with her two daughters, even though one of them was in a coma.
"Mommy?" Melanie said.
"Yeah honey?" Sydney replied.
"Is Molly going to be ok?" she asked, looking at her twin sister with a scared look on her face.
"Yes honey. Molly's going to be just fine. All she has to do is wake up." Sydney told her.
"Oh. And Mommy." Melanie said, tears coming out her eyes.
"Yes Melly Belly?" Sydney asked.
"I missed you. I never was brainwashed. I just had to pretend I was. And that day at the CIA when you chased someone at the end of that hallway? That was me. I had to hide; I didn't have a choice." Melanie told her.
"Yes Melly, I know. I saw you. I couldn't come after you because it would be like trying to chase a cheetah. They run too fast for you to catch up to them. But you know. I went around the world to rescue you. I went to India, Italy, and we almost went to Germany." Sydney said.
"Really? For me?" Melanie asked disbelievingly.
"Yeah. I love you that much." Sydney said, and they hugged each other until the door burst open, and to Sydney's surprise, Michael Vaughn stood by the door, staring at Sydney, Melanie, and Molly with the biggest poker face Sydney had ever seen him have.
A/N: Not much of a cliffhanger, but I had to end it somewhere semi- interesting. I've just about used up all the lyrics to the lullaby, so soon I'm going to title the chapters with things that are going on in the chapter. So when the suddenly stop making sense, that means the lullaby's finished. There will be more as soon as people review! I need them!!!! ^__^