CHAPTER. 9:
Disclaimer in 1'st chapter
Please read the lyrics, they actually have a reason for being there.
This chapter is a bit short, but chap.10 is on it's way. Almost finished.
A YEAR LATER (2005) :
Julian knocked on the Bristow's front door, he was worried because Syd hadn't been in school today and she was fine yesterday. Though, they did have a small fight. But it was no reason to skip school.
After he rang the doorbell, and then knocked again, he noticed that the door was unlocked. He walked straight to Syd's room, something didn't feel right.
The house was way too quiet, Sark was barking and howling out in the backyard. When he opened the door to her bedroom and walked in, the first thing he saw was that most of her stuff was gone.
Photos. CD's. Jewlery box. Books. Most of her cloathes.
--I need to know if you were real
'Cause I've been known to get it wrong--
He's about to leave the room, when he notices on her desk a yellow piece of paper.
It has written, in her handwriting, JULIAN in a red permanent marker. He opened it, it said one word in red capital letters.
'SORRY'
He notices something half-under the bed. He picked it up, and read the title of the book. It was abook that Syd had been so engrossed in, the night before, just as he had arrived. He read the title of the book : 'The lost king of France: the tragic story of Marie-Antoinette's favorite son'
He opened the book to where it was earmarked on page 171. Chapter 7.
FARCE AND FRAUD.
He started to read (not out loud) ; "My dearly beloved sister, forgive me if rejecting all court etiquette, the tenderness of a brother who has never forgotten you, dictates these lines. For I declare it to you, I am living, I myself, your own brother…Doubt no longer my existence!' letter addressed to Marie-Thérése from her 'brother' dated 1815. Although the orphan of the temple had been seriously ill…" She seemed to have been marking something in this book because it had some underlined words.
"What are you doing here? Where are Sydney and Laura? " Julian looked up from the book, to a rather annoyed looking Jack Bristow standing in the doorway.
"Sydney, she didn't show up for school today. I just came here to check on her, the door was open. I just wanted to see if she was okay. But almost all her stuff is gone. I'm not sure, but I think you might want to check your bedro…" Julian was telling Jack, when Jack walked away and in the direction of his and Laura's bedroom.
When he got there, it was the same. Almost everything she owned in the room was gone. He sat down on the bed, but stood up again because he sat down on something. It was the remote to the CD player, which started to play.
--Goodbye to you Goodbye to everything I Thought I knew.
You were the one I loved…--
Was heard, before Jack managed to turn it of.
"Mr. Bristow. What do you think could have happened? And what are you going to do about Sark? He's barking and howling in the backyard. I think he knows Syd and Laura are gone." Julian told Sydney's father, who looked as cool and steady as ever.
"Julian, I don't know and I really never cared for that mutt. You can take him, if you want. But please, leave." Jack told, the 18 year old boy.
"All right. Maybe they just went somewhere and they'll show up again in a few days. I'll take the dog, then. Keep it feed and all that, untill they get back home. Goodbye." Julian told Jack, but Jack stopped him in his tracks when he said to him;
"Julian, they are gone. They are not coming back. Goodbye." Jack told him, very straight to the point before closing the bedroom door.
Julian was still holding Sydney's book, when he went to untie Sark in the backyard. The dog stopped all the noise he was making when Julian untied him. He just looked at Julian, very curious.
"Looks like you have gotten yourself a new master. Sydney's gone and Jack doesn't want you. Just you and me, let's go." Julian told the black lab, as they walked towards the front of the house.
'95:
She stared at her, and nodded.
"I promise."
9 YEARS LATER (2014):
Julian was in this club, trying to get into this office where some Rambaldi papers were supposed to be.
"I swear, the CIA is obsessed with this Rambaldi guy." Danny Hecht told his partner, Julian Lazarey.
"Yeah. Well, they're not the only ones. The Alliance, the Man and all the others. Just get your head in the game." Julian told his friend, before he entered the club.
When he entered the office, the first thing he noticed was a brown haired man sitting in his desk-chair. Dead, shot in the head.
When Julian stepped farther into the office, he noticed another person going through a safe. That person looked up, as he said a quiet sh!'
It was a woman. Long, dark-red hair. Green eyes hidden behind black-rimmed glasses. She wore black pants, black jacket and a gray shirt under the jacket.
She looked so familiar. He swallowed the big lump in his throat and asked;
"Sydney?"
--When the memory comes
I'll say I'm always in the dark--
To Be Continued…
A/N: The lyric-parts I used were from 'give you back' with Vertical Horizon from the CD 'Everything you want' and 'Goodbye to you' with Michelle Branch from the CD 'Spirit Room'.
The text Julian read, is from that book. That page. That chapter. 'The lost king of France: The tragic story of Marie-Antoinette's Favorite son'. Chapter.7. Page 171. Written by Deborah Cadbury. I just love reading about France's history. Or really, just history. I just happen to also love French stuff. LOL.
I hope you enjoyed this chapter, sorry if it shocked you, but this is still gonna be a Sarkney and I have a bunch of stuff planned. Just no fun, if everything runs smoothly.
I know I've totally screwed up the timeline, but this is a AU. So, it should be kinda exspected, right?
Please, leave a reply. I sooooo need them. I'm already writing chapter 10. So, it'll probably be up soon too.
--Crimson Snow
SPOILER for CHAPTER.10:
She smiled, and hugged him before kissing him. "Thanks. Wonder what it is. I can open it now, right?" She asked him, playfully as they headed for her room. When they entered, Sark was lying on the floor, chewing on a shoe.
"Hey! Give me that! Bad dog. Leave the shoes alone." Syd told the black lab, as she took hold of his collar and pulled him to the door that led into the garden. She opened it, and pushed the unwilling dog out into the garden.
"Sorry about that. He hasn't been totally trained. So, what do you wanna do today?" Syd asked Julian, as she went back to opening her present.
