Disclaimer: I do not own Alias or any of the characters created for the show/book series. I do however own the characters that I created for the sole purpose of this story (e.g. Kat, Ivan, etc.)
A/N: This story is the product of my daydreaming in school, so I hope ya'll like it. Isn't it great what you can do with free time? Please review!
Chapter 1
Kat quickly walked down the hall of the employees' only area of the museum. Her chocolate brown eyes narrowed in concentration, a perfect foil for her shoulder length blonde hair. Her black silk cocktail dress swirled around her knees while her stilettos made a clicking sound on the concrete flooring in perfect rhythm with her pounding heart. Her matching black purse concealed a stolen Rimbaldi artifact, a small music box. She only had three minutes until the cameras would be back online, three minutes to get back to the party undetected. As she neared the corner, she heard a watchman's radio. She quickly reached into her purse, grabbed a perfume bottle filled with champagne, and sprayed it on her dress and in her mouth. As soon as the watchman rounded the corner, she began stumbling in a perfect imitation of a drunken socialite.
"Miss, this is a restricted area!" the guard barked out as soon as he saw Kat. While leaning on the wall for support in an attempt to walk, Kat giggled and said in a slurred voice, "I was just looking for the bathroom. Do you know where it is? I found it earlier, but it ran away! I haven't able been find it." The guard looked at the drunken, pouting woman with something akin to sympathy.
Every time we hold one of these parties, there is always at least one soused person who gets lost back here. God she's gorgeous. It's too bad really, because she's probably an alcoholic. Oh well, might as well help her get back to the party.
The guard looked at Kat who was now laughing hysterically while trying to dance to the faint music floating from the party. "Here miss," the guard said gently, "I'll help you get back to the party. The guard gently took Kat by the elbow and led her down the hall towards the party.
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"Ivan!" yelled Irena who was by now in an incredibly bad mood. Ivan, a tall handsome 19 year-old walked into Irena's palatial office looking rather bored and untroubled despite Irena's harsh tone. "You called for me?" Ivan said dryly. Irena glared at him, "Have you found Kat yet?" Ivan sat on her desk and fiddled with an expensive pen, "Not yet, she's managed not only to remain in hiding, but also she has obtained valuable information and several Rimbaldi artifacts that we had our eye on. She's rather good at this whole spy business. You trained her very well, Irena" Irena grabbed the pen from him and gave him a warning look, "Too bad I couldn't train you to be as good as she is." She paused and contemplated the information Ivan has given her. "If she's in hiding, how do you know whether or not it was her who stole the artifacts?" Ivan smirked and replied, "Every time we arrive at the scene, instead of finding the Rimbaldi artifact, we find this." Ivan threw down a business card on the desk.
Curious, Irena picked up the card, studied the cat like logo and read the inscription aloud, "Good luck mommy dearest." In a rage, Irena ripped up the card and threw it at Ivan. "This is embarrassing, Ivan, and I cannot allow it to continue! Find her before she completely destroys us!" Ivan looked Irena in the eye and replied, "She told you she would do this; She's been telling you for years. It was only a matter of time before she ran away; she really hates you." Irena fixed Ivan with an icy glare, "Find her. We are behind enough as it is without having her steal the information we need. We can't survive if this continues." Ivan, looked at the ground, "There is a new assassin on the market; her name is Rogue. They say she's very good. Perhaps we could hire her to take care of our Kat." Irena considered the idea for a moment, "It's a good idea, Ivan, but I only want to do that as a last resort. I want you to bring her here. I want her to look me in the eye and pay for all she has done to me." "As you wish, Irena," Ivan said as he stood up, "I will leave on another search tomorrow." With that said, Ivan left the office, and Irena continued with business.
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Kat, still pretending to be drunk, had finally made her way back to the party with the help of the watchman. She turned to the officer and said in a slurred voice, "Thank you so much, Garry. I couldn't have my way back found without your help." God, she's really drunk, he thought. "No problem Miss, It's my job. By the way, I don't think I caught your name." Kat giggled flirtatiously, "My name, Sir, is Miss Alexandra Gallagher, and I'm afraid I must be off. I have many 'mportant things to do. Good night." The watchman just smiled and said in reply, "Good night" as he left the party. As soon as he left, Kat stopped acting drunk, and immediately made her way to the nearest exit.
Thank God. I thought I'd never get rid of that guard. Seriously, someone should tell him the knight in shining armor act is really old. I thought I wouldn't be able to get out of here before they found out the music box is missing. Kat smiled as she thought of the music box. The music box is just one more item mother won't be able to get her hands on. I don't care how long it takes, I will destroy her. She destroyed my life, my childhood, and she will pay. The years spent training me, practically from birth, are now all for nothing to her. She thought she could take my entire life and mold me into the perfect spy, willing to do her bidding. I'm the perfect spy all right, but now I'm taking her down.
A/N: Well, that's the end of this chapter. It's short, I know, but I thought that would be the perfect place to end it. I'm already working on the second chapter and it should be up soon, probably in a couple days. Happy reading!