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Disclaimer: I don't own Moulin Rouge. Strike that. I received the DVD for Christmas last year and I own the soundtrack but the ideas aren't mine! Nor or the lyrics or the screenplay or the plot. I also don't own Rent. As much as I would like to that honor goes to the Larsens. Also, once again, I don't own Alias. Believe me; you would know if I owned Alias. Just don't sue, it's not worth it.
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Chapter Ten: We Can Be Heroes
Surprisingly, the château was pretty normal for housing two terrorists. There was the faint smell of cookies in the air and Moulin Rouge was playing on the television.
"I'm surprised Lauren, who actually cook and clean? And watch chick flicks? You never did that when we married." Vaughn said sarcastically.
"Well Michael you weren't worth it." She replied as she linked arms with Sark and headed into the living room.
I hope you don't mind…
"He only didn't mean anything to you because you didn't love him." Sydney said as she, Vaughn, and Irina, followed the couple into the living room.
That I put down in words…
"I didn't love him? I did, oh yes I did Sydney. But do you know how hard it is to be in love with a man who doesn't love you back?"
How wonderful life is…
"Yes, to be in love with a man who gave up on you love, how about that Lauren, that pain is unbearable."
Now you're in the world…
"He never gave up on you Sydney. He just pretended I was you. I told you before he called me Sydney once. That destroyed me. That my husband loved someone else more than he loved me."
I sat on the roof…
"Maybe if you weren't such a bitch."
And kicked off the moss…
"No Sydney. It was long before I cheated on Michael with Julian did I realize he didn't love me. That's one of the reason I fell for Julian, because I was stuck in a loveless relationship.
Well a few of these verses…
"You still betrayed him."
Well they got me quite cross…
"Did you know who they told me to be like? They told me to be like Irina. They believed she was the perfect example of infiltrating the CIA. She had made a CIA agent fall in love with her. See but the thing was Jack hadn't just lost the woman he love when he fell in love with Irina."
But the sun's been kind…
"You and my mother are two different people. For one, she has a heart."
While I wrote this song…
"They told me to get pregnant with his child, that then he would never leave me."
It's for people like you…
"You're right about that, Michael is too honorable to leave his pregnant wife."
That keep it turned on…
"Honorable? He killed me. That is pain Sydney. And all you do is hope that maybe tomorrow the pain will go away."
How wonderful life is now you're in the world.
"And it doesn't, Lauren. I know just as well as you do that the pain never goes away."
Sydney and Lauren stood facing each other in the middle of the living room. Sark, Vaughn and Irina had all stepped back from them during their conversation and listen to the two women spill their hearts and their pain. In the midst of the argument, someone had thought wisely to turn of the movie.
Vaughn felt his heart break. Sydney was still in pain from what had happened so many years ago. He saw tears on her cheeks and he felt himself walking forward, and drawing his wife into his arms. He buried her deep against his chest.
"I will always love you Sydney. Don't be afraid; let me make the pain go away. I will never hurt you like that again."
Sark pulled Lauren so she was sitting next to him on a sofa. He motioned for Irina and a conjoined Sydney and Vaughn to sit opposite sofa.
"Well after that brilliant display of who loves Mr. Vaughn more, let's get down to business. The sect has you daughter. I can get you in their safely to rescue her. Now I want what you promised me in return."
Vaughn shot his brother a look before glancing at Sydney. She untangled herself from Vaughn's arms and handed the gold band to Sark.
"Very good."
"What are you planning on doing with my daughter's ring, Mr. Sark?"
"That's for me to know and you to find out, Irina."
Vaughn's phone began to ring.
"Vaughn."
"Hi it's me, Marshall. Flinkman, you know from um work?"
"Yes Marshall what do you want?"
"Well you see I signed into my computer a few minutes ago. Where are you guys by the way? We called your home phone and no one was there, and Dixon said you mentioned something about you and Sydney—"
"Marshall"
"Ooh yea umm sorry. Where was I? Oh the computer. Well I turned on my computer. And I kept on getting a message that flashed across my screen. Superb piece of hacking, by the way, who ever did it was—is a genius. It's a message form Erica. She says she was kidnapped and she thinks she's in France and you and Syd are walking into a trap. Is it true? God you daughter is smart. She put her message on a loop so it repeats itself. And she hacked into Dixon's computer and posted this too. I'm trying to trace the message back to a specific point…"
"Thanks Marshall, call us when you get more information."
Sydney looked at her husband questionably.
"It was Marshall. Supposedly Erica hacked into his computer and sent him a message that we were walking into a trap. That gives you three seconds to explain all of this Sark."
Sark looked surprised.
"Your daughter is a bloody genius. They let her use a computer to send you two emails to trace her back to the castle in France. They watched her to make sure she didn't send any codes or hack into stuff. But she did, wow."
"What trap?"
"Oh that. Well that's it I guess. The General wanted you to bring Irina for some reason."
"What reason?"
"I don't know."
"You better not be lying to us Sark, or Sydney and I will kill you."
"Would you give up on the threats already? Do you want to save your daughter? Then we have to get started."
"I hope you will be bale to control yourselves, since I will also be accompanying you on this recovery." Lauren smirked.
"No promises" Irina gritted through her teeth.
Ah exposition. Sydney and Lauren had a lot of feelings between the two of them that were never really worked out. So I did it for JJ.