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Rambaldi Holiday
subtitled: Marshall & Jack’s Excellent Adventure
sub-subtitled: Sydney & Sark Make Babies
Rating: PG13/TV14
Timeline: Takes place after Rambaldi Kingdom.
Category: Whimsical Sarkney, with a dash of plot.
Disclaimer: Anything Alias belongs to J.J. Abrams, Bad Robot and company. 10th Kingdom belongs to NBC and er, others.
Once upon a time there was a girl named Sydney who grew up to be a super spy. Considering both her parents were spies, her mother for the other side but that’s a different story, it was kind of the family business.
Once upon a time someone thought it was a good idea that she should get stuck with a boring, non-field rated desk agent. Out of pity the super spy named Sydney got this boring, non-field rated desk agent a promotion and things got worse from there.
Once upon a time the super spy named Sydney sang a song to a handsome, blonde haired, blue-eyed prince and they became hopelessly entangled in a magic spell which the certain someone from before couldn’t see.
Once upon a time legions of supporters of the super spy and her prince set forth to keep the magic spell along with the handsome, blonde haired, blue-eyed prince alive. This tale is just one of many ‘Once upon a time…’s
Prologue
Moral Decisions and Questionable Circumstances
Wherein the title says it all
Sydney sat in her currently empty apartment and regarded the email program in front of her. A message sat on the screen waiting for her to press enter and send the encrypted email. Adjusting her legs from her cramped, crossed-legged position on the floor she sipped at her wine glass and drummed the fingers of her left hand on the coffee table.
A soft, light green glow reflected from her middle finger as she moved her fingers. Smiling she set the wine glass down and admired the ring. She’d waited a whole, agonizing week after her return, not even wearing it at home, before she put the ring back on, fitting it as easily on her middle finger as on her ring finger. When Francie noticed it she told her friend that the bank had given her a bonus after the unexpected delay during the last trip and she had decided to splurge a little. Francie had whole hearted agreed and had admired the peridot ring.
She winced when she again thought of how close she’d come to losing her friend if her dad hadn’t received that anonymous tip. She had a good suspicion as to who had sent that tip. She returned her gaze to the screen and her hand hovered over the enter key.
Ready to be sent to the encrypted email address Julian had given her before they parted ways in New York were careful instructions on how to break into the low-security facility that the Rambaldi mirror going to be sent to. After Analysis found nothing of interest on the mirror, except for the crudely carved eye of Rambaldi on the back, they had deemed the mirror unimportant enough, despite the Rambaldi eye, that they were sending it to their low-security facility. She knew he wouldn’t hand the mirror over to her mother or Sloane, but the temptation to help himself to the other objects stored at the facility might be more than he could resist.
Glancing at the ring again she was reminded, as she always was when she looked at the ring, of her time spent in the other world. Firmly she pressed the enter key and watched as the message was sent.
Noting the time she hurriedly gathered up her things and rushed to get dressed. She was supposed to be meeting Francie at her restaurant then they were going out. With both of them single, she herself freshly broken up with Vaughn, Francie had insisted on a girl’s night out. Before leaving the apartment she waited impatiently for the email program to come up, no new emails. Disappointed she shut down the laptop and left the apartment.
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