So here's chapter ten…
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Chapter Ten – Deceit Unexpected
'One thing that I have learnt growing up in the world I have is that wanting to know the truth about yourself and those around you is alright, as long as you are prepared to know the depths that deceit has embedded into the ones you thought closest to you.'
It had been a week since he had last seen Julia; the woman that had gone from friend, to adversary and then to soul mate all in the space of an hour. She truly was a complicated woman but that was what he himself, Julian Sark; man with many layers, found so interesting.
The last he had heard of her was from their encounter in the abandoned warehouse where she had intended to kill him for his knowledge on her true identity. It had ended as a happy but confusing realisation was made from both parties: they were in love. At least that was what he had interpreted from that encounter. He hoped he had gotten it right.
Mckenas Cole sat in his medium sized office, that he had decorated simply plotting and scheming against his employer: Irina Derevko. Ever since she had employed him to be her 'alibi' she had treated him worse than the young agents and so he had decided to take action. He was going to have her assassinated and he was going to hire the one person she wouldn't see coming: her own daughter Julia.
He was sure she would comply, as her recent attitude and behaviour towards her mother indicated she was also fed up of being a lackey. He threw the file onto his desk and retrieved a document out of it and then strode through the agency and into Julia's office, who looked up surprised by his unannounced arrival and unplugged her I-pod. He smiled widely at her from his standing position.
"Hello." He said mischievously and placed the document in front of her so that she could read its contents. It was the contract for Irina Derevko's life he had drawn up for her; it offered her a hefty amount if it was completed.
"Hello?" She said unsure of what was going on at first but after reading the document her face lit up. "You're planning to eradicate my mother and you're offering the contract to me?" She asked doubtfully, she obviously seemed amused by that fact. When she took note that his facial expression didn't change she looked just as serious, it was quite eerie that she could be so emotionless one moment after she had seemed genuinely amused. "You're serious? You are seriously asking me to take my mothers own life?" She asked looking sternly into his eyes. It almost made him shudder.
"Yes, Julia she has been treating me and you like newbie agents and we both know we are not. I offer this to you only out of respect for your talent; if you refuse I can easily get someone else to take the job. We can run this organisation together pigtails. What do ya say? I'm afraid I need an answer right now." He said smiling at her, her expression didn't change when she nodded her acceptance and he smiled. "I need it done tonight…I want to be there too. I'd offer you good luck but I know you don't need it. I'll be seeing you in your mother's office at 11." And with that left the office feeling like a weight had been lifted off of his shoulders. In a couple of hours Irina Derevko would be eliminated thanks to the help of her own daughter. That fact made him chuckle.
Irina sat in her office, going over and over the recording she had received in the post from an unknown contact. It told her that her daughter's identity had been discovered and that she had failed in making sure the matter was dealt with. In fact she had gone to the length to tell this man, Julian, that she was in love with him. Not what she had been hoping for. But that wasn't her main concern at the moment.
Because at the moment something in the main hall caught her attention on the CCTV. Her daughter, dressed in black jeans, a black button up shirt and a leather jacket walking towards her office with Mckenas Cole following smiling to himself. Irina was really starting to regret hiring him in the first place. She noticed the look on her daughters face and immediately understood what was going on: a hit. They were here to kill her.
She suddenly felt a swirl of emotions rise inside of her. How could she have gotten her daughter so wrong? Just five minutes ago she had been so sure of her daughter's loyalty to her and the organisation despite the mishap with Julian Sark. How could she, Irina Derevko, have read someone so incorrectly? She cursed herself for her stupidity and knew that they were just outside and her daughter didn't even hesitate opening the door striding into the room confidently, with her silenced gun aimed right at her chest. If this had been any other agent Irina would have at least tried to duck for cover, but this was Sydney Bristow, her daughter, her protégé. She had a perfect aim.
"Hello Irina." Mckenas Cole said as he cockily made his way into the office and sat on one of the seats in the large spacious office. She made sure her impassive façade was up, and well defended. She was almost ready for anything. Almost. At least she tried to tell herself.
"Mckenas, Julia, what are you doing? And why have I got a gun aimed at me?" Irina asked calmly, even if inside she was swimming with fear and other irrational emotions she cursed herself for having. She was aiming the question to Sydney, who at the moment was just as impassive and had a cold icy glare pointed at her. She held the gun steadily towards her and that gave her the impression she intended to use it.
"Well you see Irina; we are having a change in management. Myself and Pigtails here are a little…lets say done with the current management. Meaning I want a go at it. We are fed up of being a lackey to your power trip; The IA is under new leadership-myself and Julia." He said gleefully. "I was so disheartened after just six months of working for you because it soon became apparent to me that you never intended for me to have any authority…you just wanted to feel safer knowing I was your escape route…well not anymore. So for the last three months I have been plotting to have you killed, I interviewed some of the best contract killers around that weren't loyal to you that is…and then it occurred to me-"He paused abruptly and just smirked looking suddenly over at Julia. Who hadn't taken her eye off of her and still held the gun.
"What occurred to you Mckenas?" She asked trying to buy time for herself. He looked back at her and smirked.
"That I had the best woman for the job right under my nose all the time…your daughter." He smiled when he noticed that Irina had glanced at her daughter. Who still remained impassive and steady. "Let me do the countdown…1…2…3 FIRE." He said. Instantly Sydney twisted to the left and shot Mckenas in the leg, he buckled and fell to the floor. "Bitch!" He yelled holding his leg.
"The only lackey around here Mckenas is you." Sydney said putting the gun in the waist band of her jeans and pressing a com link ordering security in right away.
"I thought we had a contract?" Mckenas asked being cuffed by the security team that had been called in.
"I was never going to kill my own mother, never mind how much of a nag she is. And I might not have shot you if you kept calling me Pigtails." Sydney said as Mckenas was hauled out of the building into the 'conversation room'. Sydney never liked going down there so never did. Irina or another operative always carried out the 'conversations'.
In the privacy of her office and her daughter as the only witness she let out a breath she had been holding since they had entered her office and sighed. That had been tense.
"Thank you…you saved my life." Irina said sincerely to her daughter who now had poured them both a glass of water.
"Someone had too," Sydney smiled, a genuine smile, one Irina couldn't remember the last time she had seen. It was overwhelming. "Besides, he's an ass. He only ever wanted to get into my pants." Sydney said easily but Irina knew she was just trying to make the situation easier and lighter.
"Still thank you…who would have thought Derevko's daughter coming to her aid…I love you, you know that don't you Sydney?" Irina said looking at her daughter analytically. Sydney didn't know how to react to that and stared at her now fascinating glass of water and nodded slightly.
"I love you too." She said in a small innocent voice which brought a smile to Irina's face.
"Go home, get some sleep. You've had enough soppy 'I love you's recently." Irina said and Sydney blushed a little which made Irina's smile grow even further. "Get some rest, tomorrow's a big day…we're going to be working with some new allies and we're taking a trip to there task force." Sydney looked up at this and raised a questioning eyebrow.
"Who?" She asked and put the glass of water down.
"The CIA." To Irina's surprise Sydney turned on her heal and headed out. On her way she muttered, purposefully loud so that she could hear.
"I should have shot you when I had the chance." She said and left, presumably to get some rest.
TBC…
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