Markham Islands Revisited

Chapter: 3

Pairing: Robert & Holly

Rating: PG

"I take it Robert doesn't know." Skye replied.

"Know what?" Holly asked.

"That you're a WSB agent."

Holly was silent for several long seconds. "A WSB agent." she repeated. "Where did you get an idea like that?"

"You worked on a case in Las Vegas about eight years ago." she said. "You called yourself Samantha Holland which has same initials as Holly Sutton only inverted."

Holly thought back to the case she had worked on in Las Vegas and then let out a heavy sigh. "You were the Mob doctor's wife." she finally said. "I knew you looked familiar."

"So Robert doesn't know?" Skye asked.

"No." she answered.

"So everything that happened in February was all part of an elaborate scheme?" she questioned. "And you're really a super spy?"

Holly laughed softly. "Super spy? No." she answered. "I just try to catch the bad guys. And as for telling Robert, I plan on it, I just haven't had the opportunity yet."

"Do you want me to bail him out now so that you can tell him?" Skye asked.

"No, not just yet." Holly answered. "I have to figure out a way to tell him first. It's not exactly the kind of thing you can spring on a person. What would you do if Luke suddenly came out and said he was a 'super spy'?"

"The first thing I would do is laugh and the second thing I would do is tell him to sober up." Skye laughed.

Holly laughed. "That was a really bad example." she said. "Although Luke as a WSB agent is something I'd pay to see."

Jail Cell

Robert paced back and forth. "Of all things that you've gotten us into over the years this is by far the worst." he complained. "And to top it all off you blow the only chance we have at getting out of here."

"Blow the only chance!" Luke yelled. "How did I do that?"

"You could have apologized to Skye."

Luke sighed. "I don't think so. Blaze will have a change of heart and come back and bail us out."

"When?" Robert asked.

"Soon." he assured him. "I'm irresistible, she can't stay away for too long."

"Irresistible." he laughed. "I can't seem to figure out why she's with you old man. I mean you're old enough to be her Father."

"You ain't gotta lota room to call me old, Scorpio." Luke replied. "You need to relax. Holly and Skye will be back soon."

"Were you not listening?" Robert asked. "They said they were going shopping and I don't know about Skye but Holly can shop for days and days on end. We'll be here forever. You need to hurry up and call and apologize before they start their shopping adventure."

"No." Luke said firmly.

"Okay." he said slowly. "I'm going to appeal to you from another angle. I have been apart from the woman that I love for fifteen long years..."

"What's your point?" he interjected.

"My point is that I love Holly and that I want to spend some time with her."

"You mean you want to get her into bed?" Luke asked.

"No." Robert answered. "I want to make up for some of the time we lost out on. I want to take her to dinner and go dancing and spend hours talking with her. I want to know what she's been up to the past fifteen years."

"What do you want me to do about it?" he asked.

"I want you to call Skye and tell her you're sorry so that I can get the hell out of here." he told him. "This cannot be your idea of fun."

"You think I want to be stuck in here with you?" he asked. "Because I'd much rather be with Skye."

"Then call her!" he shouted. "And so we can get the hell out of here!"

Holly's Hotel Room

Holly took a hot shower washing away the essence of the jail cell she had spent the night in. She was so relieved to get out of the nun's habit and back into her own clothes. She finished getting ready rather quickly so that she could meet Skye in the lobby within the hour.

As she headed for the door her phone started to ring. She turned around and walked back over to the night stand and picked it up. "Hello?"

"Where have you been?" a voice came across the line. "I've been trying to reach you for days."

"Alexander, darling." she said softly. "I told you I was going on assignment."

"Yeah." he replied. "You just never told me that your assignment involved Robert Scorpio."

tbc...