derevkointraining
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Title: One Day
Author: Derevkointraining
Disclaimer: i don’t own anything besides my creative thoughts. Characters have been borrowed from JJ Abrams. Also, large portions of dialogue from various Alias episodes have been used, although jumbled together, hehe. I am just borrowing the words
Rating: PG-13, because of some mild language in some parts
Summary: A/U - This is S/V, my version of S3. Definitely AU S3. Sydney is being held as Julia and returns to the CIA in a similar fashion as the show, however, there is one link between them that changes everything...
Thanks for reading, and I hope you all enjoy.
Chapter 1
A tear rolled down my cheek as I gazed at the beautiful little girl sleeping soundly in the stroller right in front of me.
“I’m so sorry to do this to you sweetheart, but it’s for your own good and one day I’ll explain everything.”
My daughter emitted a sigh in her sleep, as if she heard what I was saying to her. My heart was breaking.
“They say life is like a box of chocolates.” A man’s voice broke into my thoughts as he sat down on the bench next to me.
“You never know what you are going to get.” I turned to look at the man. “Keith Erikkson?”
The man nodded and flipped open the stone on his ring. “Anti-bug device, just in case.” I nodded. “You must be Sydney. Jack’s showed me your picture before. You ready for this?”
“I have to be. Let’s go.” Together we walked with the baby to his car and disappeared inside.
>o<
Thirty minutes later, small hotel on the outskirts of Rome.
“I really appreciate you and your family agreeing to raise Lily. The Covenant wants to inject her with the Rambaldi DNA they anticipate finding and I couldn’t bear to have my daughter turned into a science project.”
“Sydney, after the number of times your father has done favors for me, I can’t even begin to repay him. When he called with this favor, my wife and I were only too happy to help. And she’s a few months younger than our own daughter so they will be great friends.”
I smiled. “You have a little girl too?” Keith pulled out a picture of a little girl with light hair and bright blue eyes.
“This is my Davina. Davi, for short. She’s about ten months old now, looks exactly like Jonna, my wife. Except for the eyes. Those are mine.”
“That’s like Lily! She looks like me except she has her daddy’s eyes.” I glanced over to where my precious six month old was still sleeping peacefully.
“Sydney, she’s beautiful. Can I ask why you named her Lily?”
“It’s actually Lilybelle. I know it’s a little odd but I thought it sounded beautiful. Lilies are my favorite flowers and Belle is just an adorable name. So I combined the two, but I mostly just call her Lily. Her middle name is Vaughn. That’s her daddy’s last name.”
“Lilybelle Vaughn Bristow. That’s a beautiful name.”
I could only smile. If I tried to talk, I would cry.
“Sydney, she’s going to be fine and you know where we are to come visit. Anytime. We have plenty of guest rooms.”
“I know she’s in good hands. I’ll try to come to Geneva as soon as I can. Did my dad get you all the supplies and equipment we talked about?”
“Indeed. We have the video camera and will record everything we can about this little one for you. And he sent the clothes, money and diapers.”
“Good. That’s just for starters. We set up the account under…”
“Sydney, I know all of this. Your dad and I talked about it thoroughly. No one is going to know about her and I don’t think you two could possibly do any more for her, or for us, to take care of her. All we need is for you to come visit, whenever you can. Your dad already agreed to come see her too.”
“He did?” I was surprised. “He’s going to come visit her in Geneva?”
“He can’t wait to meet her.”
I couldn’t help it. I started to cry. Keith turned and pulled me into a hug.
“Sydney…I hate to say this, but we have to get you back before they get suspicious. Are you ready for this part?”
I sighed. “Yeah. Let me just say goodbye to her.” I walked over to the stroller and gently tickled my baby’s stomach. Lily gurgled and slowly opened her eyes, breaking into a big smile when she saw me standing above her.
“Come here you.” I picked her up and hugged her close. “Listen, sweet pea…Mommy needs to go do a very important job and you are going to go live with some of Grandpa’s friends. Just remember that I love you very much.” I watched Lily’s face get very serious while I was talking to her. I swear sometimes I think she actually understands the things I say to her. Reluctantly, I kissed my baby girl and put her back in the stroller.
“All right, Keith. Let’s get this over with.”
Keith nodded. “OK, and then Sven and Mark will take you back to the park.”
“And toss me out of the car…” I said with a wry smile.
“Sydney – it was your idea…”
“I know. I know. It has to look real. Let’s go.” I felt his large fist slam into my jaw and knock me down to the floor. “Umph! Am I bleeding?”
Keith looked miserable. He hated having to do that. “I think it’s fine, Sydney. I’m really sorry.”
“I’ll contact you soon. Take care.” Without another look, I walked out of the hotel room, away from the last thing connecting me to Vaughn.
>o<
(Forty-five minutes later)
“THEY TOOK HER…my baby!! She’s GONE!!” I was the picture of an insane woman, screaming to the Covenant leaders that my baby was kidnapped from me in the park and I didn’t know by whom.
“Sedate her! Someone! Guards!”
They were getting frustrated with me, I could tell. But I had to keep going. The next step was to sink into a deep depression before starting to cooperate with them again. I didn’t think I’d have a hard time pretending to “miss” my daughter.
As I was led back to my room, I felt a needle stick into my arm, no doubt giving me some sort of drug that would induce at least twelve hours of sleep. I welcomed the solitude.
>o<
Geneva, Switzerland
“Jonna?”
“I’m here Keith.” Jonna walked out of the nursery carrying Davina. “Ooohh… is she here?”
“Yes. This is Lilybelle Vaughn Bristow. Lily for short. Sydney and Jack will visit whenever they are able to.”
“She’s so cute. What an adorable name! How has she been with you for the past few days?”
“Jonna, this is the sweetest baby. She’s a lot calmer that Davi for sure! Maybe she’ll be a good influence.”
Lily watched the adults interact and smiled.
“Oh, Jack is going to be out in a few days. He can’t wait to meet his granddaughter.”
“That’s great Keith! You talk about him so much. I can’t wait to meet him either.”
“He’s like a father to me. The least I can do is keep his granddaughter safe from anyone who wants to do her harm.”
>o<
Los Angeles, CA
“Director Kendall, I’m going to take some personal days.”
“Well, Jack. It’s about time. I think that’s a great idea. Get away from all of this. Recuperate from Syd…”
“DON’T say her name.”
Kendall looked taken aback at Jack’s violent tone at the mention of Sydney’s name. He couldn’t imagine how hard it must be to have lost a child.
“Apologies Jack. So, where are you going?”
Jack gave Kendall one of his signature icy glares as if to say, none of your business jackass. Finally he replied with a short answer of “family friends.”
As Jack stormed off down the hall Kendall couldn’t help but wonder, “Jack has family FRIENDS?”
>o<
Rome
“Julia. You HAVE to tell us who abducted you.”
“I said I didn’t know. They came out of nowhere. They took my child. MY CHILD. Do you think I am pleased about this?” I managed to squeeze some tears out of my eyes. “Wow. My acting classes in college really paid off.”
Cole gave me an incredibly doubtful look. “No worries. We’ll find a way to get her back. Otherwise, we always have your eggs you know. We’ll just grow another baby.” With a chuckle, Cole walked out of the room.
I had forgotten about the eggs they ripped out of my body after Lily was born. Oh well. At least I wouldn’t be attached to whatever they tried to create. Lily was another story. Not only did I carry her in my body, but she is mine and Vaughn’s.
I know I did the right thing and tomorrow, I will contact Kendall and hope he can help me out of this situation.
>o<
Geneva
Jonna watched the two baby girls interact with each other on the play mat. They seemed to have bonded instantly and were chattering away in baby talk together while pushing some foam blocks around. She couldn’t help but notice that although Lily was four months younger than Davina, she was as alert and acting as advanced as a ten month old.
That thought got pushed to the back of her mind as the doorbell rang. “Lily, sweetheart, are you ready to meet your grandpa?”
Lily looked up at the mention of her name and smiled her adorably big smile. Jonna smiled back and turned to open the door.
“Hello, is this the Erik…”
“Jack Bristow!” Jonna interrupted, and Jack looked startled.
“Yes and you are Jo…”
“Jonna! Come in, I’m sure you must be excited to meet your granddaughter and I am happy to meet you after everything Keith has told me about you.” Jonna ushered Jack inside. “She’s over there.”
Jack slowly turned and saw two little girls on the play mat on the floor. He was about to ask which one but realized the smaller girl looked exactly like his own daughter. He made his way over to the mat and squatted closer to the ground, watching the little girl.
Lily watched the man walk towards her, but she didn’t flinch. Davina on the other hand, looked as if she were about to cry. As the man knelt down Lily smiled and held one hand up.
“Ga ga ga ga ga ga” Baby sounds poured out of the little girl.
“May I?” Jack turned to ask Jonna.
“Jack, she’s your family. You don’t have to ask.”
Jack hesitantly reached out for the little girl and slowly picked her up, afraid that she would start to cry. However, it was just the opposite. Lily seemed to take to him immediately, as if she knew who he was. More happy baby sounds came out of her mouth, and Jack finally hugged her close.
“Hey there, little one. I’m your grandpa. You look just like your mommy.”
“She likes you Jack. She’s such a good baby. Very happy and she seems pretty smart and alert for a six month old.”
“She’s a Bristow. I wouldn’t expect anything less.”
>o<
Rome
I’d been shuffling around acting completely devastated for almost two days now. Thankfully the Covenant leaders have been letting me “mourn” or whatever and not forcing me to work. They actually wanted to put me on some anti-depressants but I’ve been “violently resisting their help.”
Yesterday I convinced them to let me go for a run and I managed to covertly place a call to Kendall and ask him to meet me at the CIA’s safe house in Rome. Because I had returned from my run in a timely manner, Cole was letting me have more freedom.
Today, in an hour, I was going to go “shopping.” Also known as meeting Kendall.
(60 minutes later)
“Hello Miss Bristow.”
I glanced to the right as I walked into the safe house and saw Kendall on the couch, so I walked over to the chair next to him.
“Thank you for coming.”
Over the next hour I poured out my whole story; how I was taken from my apartment, watched my funeral, “brainwashed,” and last but not least, I told him how I was pregnant when I was kidnapped and that my baby was safe now with family friends.
“Family friends? That is the second time in a matter of days that term has come out of the mouth of a Bristow. Your father isn’t, by any chance, with your daughter right now?”
“I honestly don’t know what my dad is doing but it is possible he could have gone to visit where she is staying.”
Kendall sat and thought for a minute. “Okay. Here’s what we need to do. You can be our double agent. Work for the Covenant and report back to me. This will be top secret of course and naturally we’ll keep the information about the baby confidential as well.”
“What? NO. I want to go home, Kendall! I want to see Vaughn and…”
“Sydney. It’s been a year. A year that everyone has mourned your death. This is the best option.”
“Twelve months is nothing if he loves me. I’m going, with or without your help.” I turned and stormed out of the safe house.
When I got back to Covenant headquarters, I told Cole I was ready for a mission. My plan was not to follow through and instead head to Los Angeles and disappear.
To my surprise, Cole was going to make it easy for me. He was sending me to LA.
>o<
Los Angeles, three days later
I arrived early, so I used the extra time to drive over to Vaughn’s apartment to see him. As I pulled up, I saw him walking down the street. “There he is.” I started to unbuckle my seatbelt but then noticed a blond girl walking next to Vaughn. They stopped and kissed. KISSED. Right in front of me. “Oh my god…he moved on.” Fumbling with my cell phone, I flipped it open and dialed a number.
“Kendall.”
“I’ll do whatever you want.”
TBC
Let me know what you all think....
Author: Derevkointraining
Disclaimer: i don’t own anything besides my creative thoughts. Characters have been borrowed from JJ Abrams. Also, large portions of dialogue from various Alias episodes have been used, although jumbled together, hehe. I am just borrowing the words
Rating: PG-13, because of some mild language in some parts
Summary: A/U - This is S/V, my version of S3. Definitely AU S3. Sydney is being held as Julia and returns to the CIA in a similar fashion as the show, however, there is one link between them that changes everything...
Thanks for reading, and I hope you all enjoy.
Chapter 1
A tear rolled down my cheek as I gazed at the beautiful little girl sleeping soundly in the stroller right in front of me.
“I’m so sorry to do this to you sweetheart, but it’s for your own good and one day I’ll explain everything.”
My daughter emitted a sigh in her sleep, as if she heard what I was saying to her. My heart was breaking.
“They say life is like a box of chocolates.” A man’s voice broke into my thoughts as he sat down on the bench next to me.
“You never know what you are going to get.” I turned to look at the man. “Keith Erikkson?”
The man nodded and flipped open the stone on his ring. “Anti-bug device, just in case.” I nodded. “You must be Sydney. Jack’s showed me your picture before. You ready for this?”
“I have to be. Let’s go.” Together we walked with the baby to his car and disappeared inside.
>o<
Thirty minutes later, small hotel on the outskirts of Rome.
“I really appreciate you and your family agreeing to raise Lily. The Covenant wants to inject her with the Rambaldi DNA they anticipate finding and I couldn’t bear to have my daughter turned into a science project.”
“Sydney, after the number of times your father has done favors for me, I can’t even begin to repay him. When he called with this favor, my wife and I were only too happy to help. And she’s a few months younger than our own daughter so they will be great friends.”
I smiled. “You have a little girl too?” Keith pulled out a picture of a little girl with light hair and bright blue eyes.
“This is my Davina. Davi, for short. She’s about ten months old now, looks exactly like Jonna, my wife. Except for the eyes. Those are mine.”
“That’s like Lily! She looks like me except she has her daddy’s eyes.” I glanced over to where my precious six month old was still sleeping peacefully.
“Sydney, she’s beautiful. Can I ask why you named her Lily?”
“It’s actually Lilybelle. I know it’s a little odd but I thought it sounded beautiful. Lilies are my favorite flowers and Belle is just an adorable name. So I combined the two, but I mostly just call her Lily. Her middle name is Vaughn. That’s her daddy’s last name.”
“Lilybelle Vaughn Bristow. That’s a beautiful name.”
I could only smile. If I tried to talk, I would cry.
“Sydney, she’s going to be fine and you know where we are to come visit. Anytime. We have plenty of guest rooms.”
“I know she’s in good hands. I’ll try to come to Geneva as soon as I can. Did my dad get you all the supplies and equipment we talked about?”
“Indeed. We have the video camera and will record everything we can about this little one for you. And he sent the clothes, money and diapers.”
“Good. That’s just for starters. We set up the account under…”
“Sydney, I know all of this. Your dad and I talked about it thoroughly. No one is going to know about her and I don’t think you two could possibly do any more for her, or for us, to take care of her. All we need is for you to come visit, whenever you can. Your dad already agreed to come see her too.”
“He did?” I was surprised. “He’s going to come visit her in Geneva?”
“He can’t wait to meet her.”
I couldn’t help it. I started to cry. Keith turned and pulled me into a hug.
“Sydney…I hate to say this, but we have to get you back before they get suspicious. Are you ready for this part?”
I sighed. “Yeah. Let me just say goodbye to her.” I walked over to the stroller and gently tickled my baby’s stomach. Lily gurgled and slowly opened her eyes, breaking into a big smile when she saw me standing above her.
“Come here you.” I picked her up and hugged her close. “Listen, sweet pea…Mommy needs to go do a very important job and you are going to go live with some of Grandpa’s friends. Just remember that I love you very much.” I watched Lily’s face get very serious while I was talking to her. I swear sometimes I think she actually understands the things I say to her. Reluctantly, I kissed my baby girl and put her back in the stroller.
“All right, Keith. Let’s get this over with.”
Keith nodded. “OK, and then Sven and Mark will take you back to the park.”
“And toss me out of the car…” I said with a wry smile.
“Sydney – it was your idea…”
“I know. I know. It has to look real. Let’s go.” I felt his large fist slam into my jaw and knock me down to the floor. “Umph! Am I bleeding?”
Keith looked miserable. He hated having to do that. “I think it’s fine, Sydney. I’m really sorry.”
“I’ll contact you soon. Take care.” Without another look, I walked out of the hotel room, away from the last thing connecting me to Vaughn.
>o<
(Forty-five minutes later)
“THEY TOOK HER…my baby!! She’s GONE!!” I was the picture of an insane woman, screaming to the Covenant leaders that my baby was kidnapped from me in the park and I didn’t know by whom.
“Sedate her! Someone! Guards!”
They were getting frustrated with me, I could tell. But I had to keep going. The next step was to sink into a deep depression before starting to cooperate with them again. I didn’t think I’d have a hard time pretending to “miss” my daughter.
As I was led back to my room, I felt a needle stick into my arm, no doubt giving me some sort of drug that would induce at least twelve hours of sleep. I welcomed the solitude.
>o<
Geneva, Switzerland
“Jonna?”
“I’m here Keith.” Jonna walked out of the nursery carrying Davina. “Ooohh… is she here?”
“Yes. This is Lilybelle Vaughn Bristow. Lily for short. Sydney and Jack will visit whenever they are able to.”
“She’s so cute. What an adorable name! How has she been with you for the past few days?”
“Jonna, this is the sweetest baby. She’s a lot calmer that Davi for sure! Maybe she’ll be a good influence.”
Lily watched the adults interact and smiled.
“Oh, Jack is going to be out in a few days. He can’t wait to meet his granddaughter.”
“That’s great Keith! You talk about him so much. I can’t wait to meet him either.”
“He’s like a father to me. The least I can do is keep his granddaughter safe from anyone who wants to do her harm.”
>o<
Los Angeles, CA
“Director Kendall, I’m going to take some personal days.”
“Well, Jack. It’s about time. I think that’s a great idea. Get away from all of this. Recuperate from Syd…”
“DON’T say her name.”
Kendall looked taken aback at Jack’s violent tone at the mention of Sydney’s name. He couldn’t imagine how hard it must be to have lost a child.
“Apologies Jack. So, where are you going?”
Jack gave Kendall one of his signature icy glares as if to say, none of your business jackass. Finally he replied with a short answer of “family friends.”
As Jack stormed off down the hall Kendall couldn’t help but wonder, “Jack has family FRIENDS?”
>o<
Rome
“Julia. You HAVE to tell us who abducted you.”
“I said I didn’t know. They came out of nowhere. They took my child. MY CHILD. Do you think I am pleased about this?” I managed to squeeze some tears out of my eyes. “Wow. My acting classes in college really paid off.”
Cole gave me an incredibly doubtful look. “No worries. We’ll find a way to get her back. Otherwise, we always have your eggs you know. We’ll just grow another baby.” With a chuckle, Cole walked out of the room.
I had forgotten about the eggs they ripped out of my body after Lily was born. Oh well. At least I wouldn’t be attached to whatever they tried to create. Lily was another story. Not only did I carry her in my body, but she is mine and Vaughn’s.
I know I did the right thing and tomorrow, I will contact Kendall and hope he can help me out of this situation.
>o<
Geneva
Jonna watched the two baby girls interact with each other on the play mat. They seemed to have bonded instantly and were chattering away in baby talk together while pushing some foam blocks around. She couldn’t help but notice that although Lily was four months younger than Davina, she was as alert and acting as advanced as a ten month old.
That thought got pushed to the back of her mind as the doorbell rang. “Lily, sweetheart, are you ready to meet your grandpa?”
Lily looked up at the mention of her name and smiled her adorably big smile. Jonna smiled back and turned to open the door.
“Hello, is this the Erik…”
“Jack Bristow!” Jonna interrupted, and Jack looked startled.
“Yes and you are Jo…”
“Jonna! Come in, I’m sure you must be excited to meet your granddaughter and I am happy to meet you after everything Keith has told me about you.” Jonna ushered Jack inside. “She’s over there.”
Jack slowly turned and saw two little girls on the play mat on the floor. He was about to ask which one but realized the smaller girl looked exactly like his own daughter. He made his way over to the mat and squatted closer to the ground, watching the little girl.
Lily watched the man walk towards her, but she didn’t flinch. Davina on the other hand, looked as if she were about to cry. As the man knelt down Lily smiled and held one hand up.
“Ga ga ga ga ga ga” Baby sounds poured out of the little girl.
“May I?” Jack turned to ask Jonna.
“Jack, she’s your family. You don’t have to ask.”
Jack hesitantly reached out for the little girl and slowly picked her up, afraid that she would start to cry. However, it was just the opposite. Lily seemed to take to him immediately, as if she knew who he was. More happy baby sounds came out of her mouth, and Jack finally hugged her close.
“Hey there, little one. I’m your grandpa. You look just like your mommy.”
“She likes you Jack. She’s such a good baby. Very happy and she seems pretty smart and alert for a six month old.”
“She’s a Bristow. I wouldn’t expect anything less.”
>o<
Rome
I’d been shuffling around acting completely devastated for almost two days now. Thankfully the Covenant leaders have been letting me “mourn” or whatever and not forcing me to work. They actually wanted to put me on some anti-depressants but I’ve been “violently resisting their help.”
Yesterday I convinced them to let me go for a run and I managed to covertly place a call to Kendall and ask him to meet me at the CIA’s safe house in Rome. Because I had returned from my run in a timely manner, Cole was letting me have more freedom.
Today, in an hour, I was going to go “shopping.” Also known as meeting Kendall.
(60 minutes later)
“Hello Miss Bristow.”
I glanced to the right as I walked into the safe house and saw Kendall on the couch, so I walked over to the chair next to him.
“Thank you for coming.”
Over the next hour I poured out my whole story; how I was taken from my apartment, watched my funeral, “brainwashed,” and last but not least, I told him how I was pregnant when I was kidnapped and that my baby was safe now with family friends.
“Family friends? That is the second time in a matter of days that term has come out of the mouth of a Bristow. Your father isn’t, by any chance, with your daughter right now?”
“I honestly don’t know what my dad is doing but it is possible he could have gone to visit where she is staying.”
Kendall sat and thought for a minute. “Okay. Here’s what we need to do. You can be our double agent. Work for the Covenant and report back to me. This will be top secret of course and naturally we’ll keep the information about the baby confidential as well.”
“What? NO. I want to go home, Kendall! I want to see Vaughn and…”
“Sydney. It’s been a year. A year that everyone has mourned your death. This is the best option.”
“Twelve months is nothing if he loves me. I’m going, with or without your help.” I turned and stormed out of the safe house.
When I got back to Covenant headquarters, I told Cole I was ready for a mission. My plan was not to follow through and instead head to Los Angeles and disappear.
To my surprise, Cole was going to make it easy for me. He was sending me to LA.
>o<
Los Angeles, three days later
I arrived early, so I used the extra time to drive over to Vaughn’s apartment to see him. As I pulled up, I saw him walking down the street. “There he is.” I started to unbuckle my seatbelt but then noticed a blond girl walking next to Vaughn. They stopped and kissed. KISSED. Right in front of me. “Oh my god…he moved on.” Fumbling with my cell phone, I flipped it open and dialed a number.
“Kendall.”
“I’ll do whatever you want.”
TBC
Let me know what you all think....