Pheromones
by : Dru
Chapter. 12
Disclaimer in chapter 1
Words : 1034
A/N : Hope ya like this one. It's not all flashback. It has some underlying Syren-ish thing to it, don't like it? Don't read it.. Sorry, not Sark except in the flashback. The flashback is from ep. 4 (A Missing Link) of ses. 3. Simon and Sark's dialogue is all from that scene, unchanged.
Sydney and Lauren were at a club in Paris, having some fun, Sark of all things was sick. The flu or something. So, Syd & Lauren decided to blow of some steam and have some fun. They were dancing, which didn't look that easy with the shoes Lauren was wearing. She had one a bejeweled salamander on the T-strap of her sandal (Well, pretty much high heels because this thing had heels that could poke your eyes out.)
Gust attracted to them like a moths to a fire. Maybe not so hard to understand. Sydney was wearing an black off the shoulder crocheted top with long sleeves and flared cuffs. A satin pleated miniskirt (the same as in Venice, it was just so comfortable.) and spider-web patterned tights. Black laced up knee calfskin boots. She was all about spiders this evening ; beautiful spider necklace with three diamonds as the spiders body (two little and one big in the middle), A cute ring that had a semi-precious black stone as the body and then her newest belly-ring (yes, she had her belly-button pierced a month ago) which had a little spider dangling there. But then it had gotten caught once or twice in her top. Only her sterling silver earrings weren't spiders, they were these teardrop shaped one with a sterling silver design.
Lauren was wearing this adorable dress, a Burgundy mesh dress. It was all mesh and lace, a bustier with a ribbon lace-up and a layered hem. She had on a pentagram necklace that was very simple and only had inside it had a red crystal (Syd gave it to her. No, they weren't satanists or wiccas or anything. Just Christian, pentagrams used to be used before people started to use the crucifix with an x or a phoenix but that would have looked weird on her necklace) and sterling silver pentagram earrings. She had kinda opted for a more simple outfit.
Someone bumps into Lauren and she about to snap at this person, when said person notices who she's dancing to. He smiles and looks them both over. They both roll they're eyes at him, before he says : "How are you, Julia?"
"Never been better. Have you met Lauren?" She told the guy, putting her hand on Lauren's barely-clad shoulder. She only smiled at the man and then went to get her clutch (pewter colored embellished velvet and a knotted side strap with golden paillettes. Don't forget the zip top.)
"No, I don't think so." He told Syd, as he watched Lauren walking away. Lauren returned with clutch and blazer (silver silk charmeuse. Yeah, she had no idea what silk charmeuse was either. The blazer just looked good on her). Sydney didn't have a coat or anything, crazy woman. "Ready to go? Sorry, guy. Just we need to be going now." Lauren told the guy Syd had been talking to, smiling at him but look in her eyes and she just wanted to get away from that guy. He looked kinda subletly sleazy.
"Sure. Nice to meet you again, Julia. Nice to meet you too, Lauren." He told them, before walking back to the dancefloor. As they got outside the club, Lauren turned on Sydney and asked ; "So, why did that guy call you Julia? An old alias?" and Sydney smiled. Yeah, it wasn't an old alias. Julia Thorne. She hadn't been her for awhile. She was fun.
Some years ago :
"The shift rotation's been changed. We'll have to adjust our timetables accordingly." Sark told Simon, as he saw Sydney with the rest of the team out of the corner of his eye. "But that shouldn't change any of our plans." He said, as he looked quickly in her direction. "Is your team aware of the fragile nature of the item?" He asked the brunette male, as he saw her coming closer to them.
"Yea..." Simon is saying, when Sydney comes up to them and is grinning at Sark."What, you think we can't handle it? Do you have such little trust in me, Julian? Or just the rest of the team? Because that I can believe." She told him, as she came to a stop beside Sark and kissed him before looking at the shocked Simon from where her head rested on Sark's shoulder.
"What the bloody hell? You know her?" Simon asked Sark, who had one hand on her hip now. "By my calculations, we'll have to move everything up three hours…" He just tells him, ignoring the questions. She was just trying to get a rise out of him. He wouldn't bite on that bate.
"Yeah, yeah. We won't screw up. Have I ever, unintentionally that is? I'll make sure they don't f this mission up." She told him, grinning and kissing him again before going back to the table where her other team mates were with their eyes almost popping out of their heads.
"When you recover the item, contact me, and we'll exchange it for the remainder of your fee." He tells Simon, still ignoring Sydney. She was just doing this to annoy him. He had work to do and she was trying to interrupt him.
"Now that's sporting…" Simon told him, like he was trying to get some casual conversation going. He wanted info, he was sure Syd would spin something up for him.
"Good luck." Sark told him, looked at Syd who winked at him and then walked away. She could be such an annoying person at times. Why the hell did he care for her so much?
"I bet that annoyed him." Lauren told Syd, who told her from a time she was pretending to be a Julia a bit. Lauren couldn't believe that Sydney did that. Well, she shouldn't really be surprised but she still was.
"Yeah, after that meeting and I left even though Simon didn't want me to leave, he was waiting for me. But he can never be angry with me for long. He was still a little annoyed later on, but not really angry. It's a talent." Sydney told Lauren, smirking before laughing with Lauren on their way to a car they rented.
To Be Continued...
A/N # 2 : Check out the stories thread nr. 1 on SD-1,net if you want to see the pictures of the pentagram and the other things. Quote from Wikipedia,org about the pentagram :"Before the cross, it was a preferred emblem to adorn the jewelry and amulets of early Christians (followed by an 'x' or a phoenix)."