So I decided to stop being so evil and post the continuation from the evil cliffhanger - sorry I had to that to you all! It was getting a little nerve wracking seeing how the muse was MIA for about a week and a half meaning after this chapter I had nothing new written - but alas! She appeared and gave me a chapter last night... Enjoy!! ^_^
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You're going to see this through - Don't let them get to you - You're going to walk on home - You're going to walk alone - You're going to walk so far - You're going to wonder who you are ~ The Smashing Pumpkins
As Sydney hurriedly ran towards the bathroom, she noticed she could no longer hear Sark or Gilbert conversing. Her pulse quickened at the thought she had taken too long. After she had grabbed her shoes, Sydney took a deep breath before beginning down the stairs. Midway down, she cast a glance into the sitting room and was slightly alarmed at the sight of the empty sofa. Where had they gone, she wondered. Now at the bottom of the steps, she began to walk back into the sitting room.
Sydney gasped in surprise at the sight before her.
Gilbert was on his knees with his hands behind his head trembling softly. A large gash on his forehead was oozing blood down the side of his face onto his pressed white linen shirt.
“What are you doing,” Sydney cried looking at Sark holding a gun to Gilbert’s head. She noticed Sark’s suit was slightly wrinkled now but it was obvious who had received the brunt of the blows from their apparent scuffle.
“Merely giving you a head start to your test, Sydney dear.” Her eyes kept going back and forth between Gilbert who seemed to be pleading silently to her and Sark whose own eyes seemed to be burning with scorn.
“My test? I got the file, now let’s go!”
Sark stood unmoving before her, the gun never wavering in his hand. “Sloane leave out this part, did he?” Gilbert hearing Sloane’s name dared to turn his head up toward Sark, a look of realization crossing his face. Sark quickly brought his Glock across Gilbert’s face before he had a chance to speak.
“Stop it Sark,” Sydney yelled wincing as Gilbert cried out in pain, “I have the file. Let’s…”
“Did you think it would be that easy Sydney? You take some file back to Sloane and you’re in? This is a loyalty test not one of basic skills,” he spat. Sydney stared at him in disbelief. “If you are who you say you are, you should have no qualms about killing this innocent man because Sloane ordered it.”
“Sloane never said anything about killing him!” It didn’t make sense to her. Sloane never ordered her to kill Gilbert. She didn’t understand how Sark would willingly put her in the position to kill someone who did not deserve it. Had it been someone like Sloane, now that would have been a different story. “I won’t do it.
Sark looked at her studying her defiant front, his eyes seeming to open with clarity at Sydney’s refusal to kill an innocent man. “It still has to be done Sydney, one way or another…” he trailed off as his eyes briefly left hers while slowly moving his finger to pull the trigger back on the gun.
For a second, everything moved in slow motion to Sydney. The thought flashed across her mind that Sark could never be MI-5 if he were going to do something like this and she felt herself move towards him as the word “no” beginning to escape past her lips.
The sound of the gun caused the silence of the house to cease as the echo from the shot rang out. Sark’s eyes now on Sydney never left her as Gilbert fell dead to the floor. Horrified, Sydney stopped moving towards Sark now staring down at Gilbert as his blood flowed out onto the wooden floor. She turned her cold gaze to Sark as he started to walk past her. Grabbing him by the arm, she pulled him around to face her. “He was an innocent man! Why?”
Sark reached up and removed her hand from off of his suit as he turned slightly away from her. Sydney’s appearance no longer deceiving him, Sark was able to see through the front she had desperately been trying to convince him of.
“No, he wasn’t Sydney. He provided the Covenant with millions for arms contracts.” Sydney stared at him trying to comprehend what he was telling her. “He stole that file as well as several other items from Sloane. He wanted to me to put you in the position to kill Gilbert and report your reaction back to him.”
Sydney began to feel hot tears prickle in the corner of her eyes. “Then why tell me he was innocent?”
Sark turned facing her fully now. “That was my test for you Sydney.” She looked at him not understanding. “I knew that if you thought Gilbert was as despicable as Sloane, you would have no trouble in executing him. If you were truly as cold as you have been pretending to be, again you wouldn’t have hesitated.”
Sark looked away from her now noticing the gun oddly began to feel heavy in his hand. “I hoped you wouldn’t do it,” he said quietly.
Unprepared for all that she had just witnessed, Sydney felt a tear spill from her eye and slowly roll down her cheek. She quickly wiped it away. “What are you going to tell Sloane then?”
Sark brought his gaze back up to her face. He felt torn in two at the sight of her crying before him. Both furious that she had gone against him despite his warnings and now relief that she was still the same Sydney he cared deeply for.
“It’s tempting to tell you I will inform Sloane your true intentions were revealed so you will return to Los Angeles,” he paused as he saw her purse her lips together attempting to stifle a sniffle, “but you wanted into this life Sydney. I can’t keep you from it if it’s what you want.”
Sydney nodded respectfully at him as he moved to walk past her. He was right, she thought. She had gotten herself into this and if she walked out that door with him, there would be no going back. She cast one more look down at Gilbert before turning to follow Sark out into the foyer. Surprised, she looked up to see him standing in the doorway watching her.
“You’re on your own now, Sydney,” Sark said to her before turning and walking out the door.
Sorry, it was kind of a short chapter/update but at least the Evil!Cliffhanger is no more, right?
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