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Chapter 14- Running out of time
Sydney, Vaughn, Nadia, and Weiss in the living room discussing what needed to be done while Marshall stayed at his house comforting the traumatized Carrie. Sark and Lauren on the other hand sat in the kitchen discussing who may have stolen the sphere.
"Ugh, if we, well should I say you and everyone weren't arguing we wouldn't be discussing who stole the sphere," Lauren sniped brushing a lock of wavy blonde hair away from her face.
"Ok Lauren, I'm sure we still would have been in this position, just because boyscout get's on my nerves doesn't mean it's automatically my fault that something like this happens." Sark replied rolling his eyes. Lauren glared at him.
"Piss of you stupid brit!" Lauren yelled.
"Oh now I'm a stupid brit," Sark said raising an eyebrow.
"Shut up, ok let's just get down to this, it could be the covenant…"Lauren wondered outloud.
"They would do something like this…" Sark said now deep in thought.
"I think it could be them, I mean we've had trouble for-" Lauren didn't even get to finish before Sark jumped in.
"Even if it's not the covenant we still should take them down, I mean we've worked on this branch or well our version of the covenant for awhile, why not just wipe them out, then we wouldn't have to deal with them, that's one less enemy." Sark finished and smiled triumphantly at his plan of action.
"I agree," Lauren stated," We could form an entirely new agency, but first we need to take down the covenant, They probably thought we were betraying them and working with the CIA so they stole the sphere. We need to get that sphere back and as much as it pains me to admit it, we're going to need their help bringing down the covenant."
"Shall we talk to them now or in the morning?" Sark questioned.
"We-" Lauren started but was interrupted.
"Have to tell us now," Sydney said and ended up walking into the room. They both turned with blank looks upon their faces.
"What, are you trying to keep a secret from us? What you know, we know."
"No need to fret, we were going to tell you. We think it's the covenant."
"Right you were going to tell us," Vaughn said his voice dripping with sarcasm.
"Boyscout I'm trying to have a normal conversation with you and tell you valuable information." Sark said.
"The covenant doesn't trust us anymore. We think that they felt betrayed and decided to take the sphere while they had the chance." Lauren interjected.
"So what's the plan?" Vaughn asked.
"We need to go in and destroy the covenant for good; they will be one less enemy that any of us has to deal with." Sark said his blue eyes showed no hint of playfulness.
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11:00pm Covenant Quarters
"Sydney and Vaughn you take the front with us, and Weiss Nadia you take the back, of course Marshall you stay in the van and be our guide to get us through this," Sark said as he loaded his gun and jammed on a black knitted hat upon his blonde head.
"Got it," Marshall replied with a thumbs up and disappeared into the dark van. The rest of the group got in position, they all were awaiting Marshall's signal. At the moment he was shutting down all the cameras and anything that related to a visual aid. Once this was done he nodded and the group entered the building.
"Guard on your left Vaughn," Marshall said through his com. Vaughn turned and shot the guard down with a tranq gun. They continued to move down the hall when all of a sudden Sydney felt the butt of a gun resting on the back of her head.
"Stop where you are," a man's voice said from behind them. Vaughn, Sark, and Lauren stopped and turned around slowly. Sydney began to raise her arms gradually and then whipped herself around, broke the man's arm, and took out his knee and round kicked him in the head.
"He'll be out cold for at least a couple hours, let's move," Sydney said as she turned back around and continued on down the hall. Soon they came upon a glass door.
"This is it," Sark whispered and shoved the door open.
Three things happened at once. An alarm sounded as the group was detected, the group ran through the door firing their weapons at any members situated within the office, and guards responded with gun fire of their own. Vaughn and Sydney took on the right side of the room, diving and shooting steadily gaining more ground while Sark and Lauren took on the left. The covenant members were steadily withdrawing towards the rear of the office, when Nadia and Weiss suddenly appeared. The members were surrounded. Crossfire continued until the remaining covenant members surrendered to the group.
"I never understood this pathetic arrangement. Who puts all of their key operatives in the same room and does not anticipate a raid?" Sark growled and pointed his gun at a staircase in the left rear of the building, "The vaults are on the third floor, that's where you'll find the sphere. The technology whizzes and the higher ups will be on the second floor. They'll be expecting us. Miss Bristow and I will get the sphere while the four of you finish off the higher ups. The sniveling cowards won't know what hit them. This staircase has probably been sealed so I'd say that you should split up. Weiss and Vaughn you can quite easily attack through the glass windows while Lauren and Nadia, you should be able to fit into the vents. I'm sure Marshall can give you the coordinates. Sydney, shall we?" He asked looking at her questioningly, that is if you can bear to leave the fight, you can stay with your precious Vaughn if need be."
"There's no way I'm leaving you alone with the Sphere." Sydney responded.
"As I anticipated." Sark finished striding toward the staircase leaving Sydney to catch up.
The pair walked in silence for some moments before Sydney spoke, "You better not try anything stupid." She threatened just as they reached the landing to the second floor. A large metal door blocked off the passageway.
"If I was intending to make off with the sphere I wouldn't have suggested you coming with me. My loyalties are not that flexible." He spoke as he rigged explosives to blow up the door.
An explosion rocked the hallway as they blew a hole through the steel. The pair stepped through to find themselves in front of a second set of large steel doors this time with a keypad to the left.
"Not that flexible! You just betrayed the Covenant." Sydney scoffed at Sark.
Sark had reached the keypad and had typed in the code before he responded. "They betrayed me, not the other way around. I merely took the betrayal a step further." He explained as his hand was scanned and the doors started to open. The pair stepped through the doors into a room crowded with Rambaldi artifacts. "You get the right side and I'll search the left." Sark commanded. The pair searched the entire room and Sydney finished first.
She turned her gun on Sark, "Where is it? Let me guess, you were to lead me here to distract me, while Lauren sneaks away from the other group and takes the sphere from its true location. Only one hitch you are still with me, and I'm armed.
Sark gave no reaction, "I have no such arrangement. If the Covenant had the sphere this is where it would be." Although he still maintained his composure he looked confused and began to take a second glance around the room.
" Marshall, is Lauren still with the others?" Sydney asked Marshall through her comm link. After an affirmative response, Sydney looked at Sark once more and kicked the wall before saying, "I believe we have been had Mr. Sark."