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Chapter Two:
"My contacts tell me that she was spotted leaving a KGB facility last night. She's staying at a hotel, the hotel Metropol, under the name Laura Greene." Jack's contact told him.
"Are you sure?" Jack asked.
"Jack, I'm sure." he replied. "She's staying in room 417." The man waited for Jack to reply but Jack simply stayed silent. "Jack what is it?" the man finally asked.
"That's my daughter's birthday." he finally said.
"I'm sure it's just a coincidence."
"Nothing with Irina is just a coincidence." Jack said. He hung up the phone and walked into the safehouse he had in Russia. When he first found out that Laura was really Irina Derevko he had taken precautions in case of her betrayal. He had hoped that she wouldn't but sadly she had chosen the KGB over her family.
Six Years Earlier
"How was your day sweetie?" Laura asked as soon as she heard the door close. It amazed him how with a few simple words she could brighten up his whole day.
"It was fine. How was you day?" he asked her. She stayed silent for a moment, long enough to compose her thoughts. He wondered why the pause, did she suspect that he was lying to her?
"Jack, I think we need to talk." she said. Although they had been married for some time, they hardly ever fought and when they did it was about his traveling so much.
"Darling, I told you traveling is part of my job description." he began.
"No, it's not that. I think you should sit down." she said as she walked into the kitchen and took a seat. He walked in right after her, seating himself right in front of her, the only thing that separated them was a small square table.
"Jack, I love you with all my heart, you know that right?" she said after a moment of silence. Although he'd been a CIA agent for years, trained to handle any situation, he wasn't sure that he knew how to handle this one.
"Yes, and I love you too." he answered her.
"We've both done things that we aren't proud of. We've both lied to each other for what we thought was the better good. You lied to me about what you do, and I lied to you." she began.
"What is this about Laura?" Jack interrupted.
"Jack, please, let me finish. I need you to listen to me, without interruptions. When I'm done, you can do whatever you want. You can yell at me, you can be mad at me, you can turn me in, kill me if you'd like. But I need you to listen to me." she said. He nodded in agreement, his heart filled with fear, pounding uncontrollably.
"I know that you're CIA. I know that you've kept this from me because of the high security missions that you go on. I've known all along, even before we met. The reason I know this is because my mission was to seduce you in order to leak information to the KGB." she paused and looked at her husband. He seemed so... cold. She had done this to him, and the realization of how much pain the man she loved was going through because of her caused her to lose her composure and begin to cry. "I'm so sorry Jack. I never meant to hurt you. I thought I was doing the right thing, I thought I was helping my country. I wasn't supposed to fall in love with you, but I did, that's why I'm telling you this." she said. She couldn't keep talking, it hurt to much to say anymore, all she could do now was cry. Jack stood up and left. Irina cried even more now. She feared that she had lost him now, for good. A few moments later he returned. She looked up at him, tears streaming down her eyes. He sat down next to her and then he pulled out his gun and put it on her forehead.
"You used me." he began. "I loved you and you used me. You used who I am, what I do, and you think that you can just sit here and cry and it'll make it all go away."
"Jack, I needed to tell you."she said.
"What did you think was going to happen once you revealed yourself to me? Did you think I was just going to say it was okay? Huh? Tell me what did you think was going to happen!" he yelled.
"I thought you would go upstairs and take out your gun, the one you hide inside your suitcase, then you would come down here and you would shoot me. That's what I thought would happen." she said.
"Don't. Play. Games. With me." he said as he pushed the gun further against her head. "If you thought that I was going to kill you, you wouldn't have said anything."
"I would have, if I felt that that was the least I deserved." she said.
"Why now? We've been married for years, why today, why now?" he asked her, his voice breaking.
"Because I know that you're next mission involves the KGB. I know that you're going to infiltrate one of their facilities in order to steal their new design of a weapon. Because I can't warn you without telling you who I really am. Because I know that if you go in there, you won't come out and I can't let you do that, at least not without knowing the truth. When you go in there, it's likely that you'll find what you're looking for and that everything that I've just told you will be confirmed once you gain access to the KGB computers, then when you steal the information you'll run out the same way you came in, and what you'll find is that you're trapped. They'll kill you. I don't want you to die and I didn't want you to find out about me like that." she said.
"You're lying! If you think that you can tell me some sob story so that I won't do my job, you're wrong!" he yelled at her.
"When you access the information, the computer will automatically send a signal back to one of the KGB officers telling them that someone is accessing information. It doesn't matter if you have a code or not, the system is designed so that whenever it is accessed it'll tell someone. Once they figure out that you've accessed information the whole place will go into a lockdown, they'll have the place surrounded, there's only one way of getting out after that, and the CIA doesn't know about it, only I can tell you." she said.
"Don't try to bargain. Nothing you can say will make me let you live." he said.
"I'm not bargaining, I don't care if you kill me, I just want to know that you'll be safe. Once you get that information, don't leave that room. There is a storage closet there, it seems like any storage closet but there is a keypad in the top corner of the back wall, it's hidden behind several things, but it's there. The password is one of three, either 2587, 7412, or 2369. They rotate the passwords every few months." she told him.
"Why would they go through all the trouble of locking down the place and keep that one exit available and unsecured?" he asked.
"Because, only three people know it, it's a precaution in case the facility is compromised, in case they needed to escape or enter undetected." she explained.
"Why do you know about it?" he asked.
"I just do." she said to him. Jack wanted to believe her, he wanted to believe that she wanted to help him, that she really did love him. He took one last look at his wife and then put the gun down.
"I'm leaving now, when I come back you better not be here." he said as he stood up and walked out of the kitchen.
"I love you." she said as he opened the door. He paused for a moment, and then left without saying a word."
In Irina's Hotel Room
Irina laid down, the bed felt like heaven after sleeping in a cell for over a month. It seemed to her that the bed was too large, she missed her old bedroom, she missed her husband and she missed her daughter. She knew that she would never regain his trust, she had betrayed him once and the fact that he had forgiven her was a miracle, but she knew it wasn't in him to give her another chance.
He had been gone for three days. Usually his missions never lasted more than two days. She was worried about him. Had he done what she told him? She hoped so, otherwise he might never be coming back. ' I'm leaving now, when I come back you better not be here." Those were his last words to her. Even so, she hadn't listened. She was still in their home, the home that they had so carefully picked out, a three bedroom home, even though it was only the two of them. Jack had always wanted a house full of kids, that's what he had said when she pointed out that it was two of them and three bedrooms. If only he knew that they had one on the way. She had only found out about two weeks ago. When the doctor first told her, she was so happy she couldn't wait to tell Jack. But then it hit her, this wasn't really her life. This was the life of Laura Bristow, wife and mother to be, Irina was an agent, a woman living a lie. How fair would it be to bring a child into a world where her mother was a traitor and her father a man who risked his life for a living. The first week she kept weighing the pros and cons of having an abortion. She didn't want to have an abortion but she couldn't help but wonder what would happen the day that she had to leave, Jack would be left with a child that would only remind him of his wife's betrayal, could she do that to him, to her child? What if she was a bad mother, what if Jack became a bad father after learning the truth? Finally after a week of thinking about it she decided that she was going to keep this child. She decided that she was going to tell Jack the truth about her identity and then if he still wanted her in his life she would tell him the news. She didn't want to use their baby as a way of ensuring her safety or his forgiveness.
She sat on the sofa and started to read, a few moments later the door opened and Jack walked in. Irina was so happy to see him, he was safe, that was all that mattered now. As Jack closed the door he spotted her with a book by her side. He stood there for a moment just starring at her, with her starring back.
"I told you I didn't want you here when I returned." Jack finally said.
"I know." she answered.
"Then why are you still here?" he asked.
"You used my intel." she said to him.
"Leave." he said in a stone cold voice.
"I can't." she said.
"Leave." he repeated.
"I love you." she said. She stood up and walked up to him. "I love you." she repeated.
"Leave." he said avoiding her face. She put her hands on his face and made him look at her.
"I love you." she said with tears running down her face. She could tell that he was hurting, but she had to get through to him. She began to close the space between their lips, he simply stood there. She lightly kissed him. "You don't want me to leave." she whispered to him as she kissed him again. This time he responded, kissing her more intensely than ever before. He wrapped his arms around her and held her tightly. "I love you too." he said between breaths. She backed away from him now, and looked at him. He was back, her beloved Jack was back.
"Does this mean you forgive me?" she asked, wiping away her tears. He put his hand on her face and kissed her gently.
"Yes, but if you ever betray me again, I will kill you Irina." he said. It was the first time that she had heard him say her real name, she wasn't sure what to feel. It was exciting and scary at the same time. He knew her now, he knew everything about her now.
"You read my file." she said. He nodded. "There's something else I have to tell you."
"What?" he said, she could tell that he was worried.
"We're having a baby." she said smiling at him. His eyes filled with tears and he smiled at her.
"We're having a baby." he repeated. "We're having a baby!" he yelled out now. They both laughed and held each other.
"I love you." he said to her as he moved in to kiss her.
It had been one of the happiest days of her life. Jack had forgiven her even though she had lied to him for so long. Together they had come up with a plan to keep her safe, to keep their unborn baby safe. Every few months he would provide her with false intel to give to the KGB, he had set up a safehouse in Russia in case she was ever extracted by the KGB and they had come up with ways of telling each other if anything went wrong. He had kept her true identity to himself, the CIA had no idea who she really was, but she had ruined it all. She had left without telling him, she had returned to the KGB, and for that he would never forgive her.
As she closed her eyes, to fall asleep, she was startled by the sound of her door breaking. She sat up and saw Jack walk in, a gun in his hand. He shot at her, but he missed. She rolled down to the floor and picked up the gun that was under her pillow. She shot back at him, she wasn't aiming to kill him, simply to get him to drop his weapon.
"Jack please!" she yelled out. He shot even more, when he ran out of ammo, she took the opportunity and shot him. This time she didn't miss. Jack dropped his weapon and fell to the floor. Irina ran to him, weapon at hand.
"Are you alright?" she asked, pointing her gun at him. She examined him and realized that she had shot his right arm. "Where's Sydney?" she asked. He stayed quiet.
"Don't worry Jack, you're going to be okay." she said as she ran out of the room. She ran out of the hotel and immediately called an ambulance, telling them where to find Jack. She hung up and called one of her old contacts.
"I need to get on a plane to the states." she said as soon as her contact answered.
"Irina, how are you?" he asked.
"No time for that, I need to leave now." she said.
"Alright then, meet me in the usual place, twenty minutes." he said. She hung up and took a taxi. Jack being here meant that Sydney was alone, it was the perfect time to get her daughter back, an that was exactly what she planed to do.