Title: Consequences
Summary: Sark doesn't take rejection well
Disclaimer: Sadly I own neither Alias nor any of the characters.
Spoilers: Set after 3.17 'The Frame', but AU after that.
Rating: PG-13
A/N:I've reposted this chapter as the italics didn't show up in the first postwhich confused people. Hopefully it's less confusing now. 'Italics' indicates a memory.
Chapter Ten
When Lauren woke up for the second time in the same day the first sight to fill her vision was Sydney tied to a chair, fully conscious and staring at her. "Syd…"
"You're finally awake luv?" Sark's voice filled her ears and she finally noticed him standing next to Sydney. "How do you do it Lauren? You're trying to conduct three relationships, none of which even matter to you. You work for so many different sides and obey so many different orders it's hard to tell just what side you're on."
"Of all the relationships I have 'conducted' Julian, you were the one that made my stomach churn the most…and I had a better time in bed with Michael than I did with you." Lauren smirked defiantly.
Sark's mocking grin turned to a frown and he struck Sydney in the face. "Sydney!" Lauren cried out. "Leave her alone." Sark took out a knife from his back pocket and his grin returned when he saw the fear in Lauren's eyes.
"Is she worth it?" He asked Sydney as he looked down at her blank expression. "Would you die for her?"
She swallowed hard and looked over at Lauren who was bound to a chair in the corner of the room. Her gaze dropped to the floor and Lauren knew what her reply would be. Sark laughed cruelly. "I thought not."
He walked over to Lauren and grabbed her hair, pulling her head back to expose her neck to the blade in his hands. "And now Lauren, the question is, is she worth it?" Lauren's steely gaze bore deep into Sydney's helpless gaze. She didn't hesitate in replying.
"Yes."
Sark shook his head. "You would die for her? A woman who will neither expect nor love you?"
"Yes." Lauren repeated. "I will die for you any day Sydney."
"Very well." Sark responded.
'Lauren watched helplessly as a KGB agent held onto Sydney and forced her to her knees, pushing a blade against her neck. "I will make you a deal my friend." He spoke to Sydney. "I will let you go, if you tell me who you work for and I will kill her instead, as a warning to your employer." Lauren's eyes widened in terror.'
'Sydney shook her head, the blade scratching slightly against her exposed skin. "I can't do that."
"Why ever not? No one is more important than yourself my friend. You would be wise to learn that." Sydney's eyes filled with tears as she looked at the terrified expression of her girlfriend.
"She's more important to me than you'll ever know. Without her I'd be dead already. So my answer is still no. Let her go and make an example out of me."
"Very well."
"NO!" Lauren screamed and raised her gun, firing three rounds towards the Sydney and KGB agent. She wasn't going to lose Sydney so easily.'
'Two of the shots flew straight into the man's chest, but the last went through Sydney's shoulder, but Lauren didn't have time to register her mistake as Sydney fled from his grasp and ran towards her. She pulled her from the room the had been held in and ran for freedom, never stopping to think about her wound until Lauren was safe.'
'"You could have died!" Lauren shouted as she collapsed on the ground, trying to steady her heartbeat. Sydney collapsed beside her and held her in her arms, despite the pain and blood loss from her shoulder.
"I would die for you any day Lauren, because you're my angel and when I get to heaven I know you'll be right behind me."'
"She is." Sydney shouted out as Sark teased the blade lightly over his ex lover's throat. "She's worth more to me than you will ever know. More than I will ever know again, but I remember some things. I remember I never stopped loving her. Kill me Sark, kill her, or kill us both. It won't matter because we'll find each other again."
"After death?" Sark mocked. "Even you're not that good Bristow."
"She's worth it." Sydney replied calmly, angering Sark further. He stormed over to her and cut the ropes that bound her to the chair, but not the ones that bound her hands.
"We'll see." He grunted and pulled her out of the room, slamming the door as he left and leaving Lauren alone, terrified at the thought of once again losing Sydney.
Agent Michael Vaughn listened calmly as the real Kendall explained everything that had happened in the two years Syd had gone, from Lauren and Sydney meeting, to Lauren being forced to engage in a relationship with Sark and Sark being recorded on security cameras in a CIA safe house abducting Sydney and Lauren.
"So my wife married me as an order, loves my ex and has screwed Sark while sharing a bed with me. That's just what a guy wants to hear."
"We need to save them, they're both agents of the CIA and close friends." Dixon reminded Vaughn. "Regardless of our personal emotions, right now rescuing our agents is our primary agenda. Understood?"
"Do we have any intelligence on where Sark has them?" Jack finally spoke for the first time since Kendall had spoken to them. His face was expressionless and unreadable as usual as he regarded Kendall.
"Echelon picked up a call between Sark and one of his contacts. He's in the old SD6 building. We have teams ready now to go in. Jack's cleared to enter with them…" Kendall explained.
"What about me?" Vaughn roared. "I need to be in on this…"
"No. You're a liability." Kendall ended the conversation by walking out of Dixon's office followed closely by Jack.
"I'm sorry you had to find out about Lauren and Sydney this way." Kendall apologised sincerely. Jack looked up at his former boss and friend and smiled.
"I'll deal with their…relationship, if we can get them both back safely; but if Lauren is serious about my daughter she'll have to get my blessing, and as Danny found out, that's no so easy." Kendall grinned and patted Jack on the shoulder.
"Bring them both back in one piece Jack, you can play the domineering father later."
