Authorized Personnel Only-Skate multichapter, complete
» Summary This fict is a spin off of my favorite show Alias. Kindof a spin off, of my favorite spy show, meets Mr. and Mrs. Smith. Hope you likey. This first chapter is about introductions.
ooc: This is my first AU fict, I wanted to do a tribute to Alias, one of my all time fav shows. And I used it for the FB one shot writers challenge, but through much encouragement, Im going to write a few more chapters and see how it goes. Please review and let me know your thoughts. Hope you enjoy!
Chapter 1
"It has nothing to do with us"
(He chuckled overhearing the conversation in the neighbouring office, nervous about his first day here, but nevertheless, it proved to be an entertaining one atleast..)
"Director, you cant be serious, I mean I know Jack and I had our differences, but it wasnt my fault, the CIA blindsided us!"
"That doesnt change the fact Kate, that you let your guard down, and they got the disk. If you and Agent Sheppard had been paying more attention to what was going on and less on disguises and shortsitedness, we wouldnt be in this mess."
"Now I sent Jack to work on an assignment in DC, he's on probation out there, which means, you get a new partner."
"What?" She asked incredulously. "No, no way, Im not working with anyone but Jack, hes my partner."
"Well sounds like I got pretty big shoes to fill then, dont it?"
A voice from behind broke their concentration and Kate looked behind her angrily.
John Locke smiled and he nodded to the man, signalling him to step in.
"Katherine Austen, meet Agent Sawye, hes going to be your new partner."
Kate looked back at the tall blonde drink of water standing opposite her suddenly becoming aware of her body reacting to him. Her nostrils flaring as she glared at him, getting even more angry when he just grinned back at her cheekily, wearing a pair of dimples that would make most women melt in their shoes. Kate knew his type...the womaniser type. And she sneered.
"Nice to meet you Freckles."
Kates eyes were ablaze with emerald fury and she asked him
"What did you just call me?"
Sawyer chuckled and shook his head looking back at the Director..."Shes a spit fire this one aint she?"
Kate huffed and slapped her hand down on Lockes desk yelling at him angrily
"If you think for one second Im going to be paired up with Fabio over there, youve got another thing coming!"
Kate scowled at Sawyer her eyes glaring into his as she whipped her head back around and stomped out of the office.
Sawyer looked back at Locke with his brows creased in disbelief and he replied
"She aint always like that is she? Cant imagine getting much done with someone whos got her panties bunched so far up her ass, she cant see straight."
Locke smiled and shook his head and he replied
"She isnt that bad, you just have to give her time, she was close to her old partner."
"Close huh?"
Locke didnt go into details about Jack. Kate didnt know the real reason he was transferred, she being too behind the ears was on a need to know basis only and she didnt need to know according to him.
Sawyer rolled his eyes watching her huff through the corridor, already sizing her up. She was a sexy little thing, too bad he had to...not wanting to think about that now, he asked the chief jokingly"You sure there aint any other psychopaths who didnt just break up with their boyfriends I can work with?"
"No." Locke answered simply dismissing him and Sawyer rolled his eyes figuring hed have to put the charm on strong to get this girl to even look at him.
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Two weeks later they were on assignment, bickering like cat and dog was a norm and Kate jabbed Sawyer in the ribs as they hid in the dark.
"Cant you keep your arms still?"
"I am keeping still Freckles, youre the one whose break dancing over here!" He replied frustrated as they heard a sound down the hall and Sawyer put his finger up to his mouth.
As they waited for their target. She tried to hold her breath, but the way they were angled in this corner, Kate was very close to him. So close infact she could feel his heart beating against his chest. Kate closed her eyes for a minute taking in his scent, trying to make herself invisible in the dark as she sat there uncomfortably wanting to be anywhere else in the world. Anywhere but here with Sawyer. She thought angrily.
They heard the flick of the light switch as Sawyer pulled her arm back so they would stay hidden, and Kate took out her gun. She was ready to get the disk back as soon as the building shut down, when all the sudden they heard whistling, and a mop hit the floor.
Rolling her eyes, she realized at the same time as Sawyer that it was just the janitor. And they were stuck here in the awkward position until he left. Sawyer would pick the lock and get the disk in the next room. So they waited.
"Stop leaning into me!" She hissed.
"Well stop breathin so damn hard and maybe I wouldnt have to."
Kate sighed gritting her teeth as she dared to move
"I wish Jack were here."
Sawyer rolled his eyes.
It was clear the janitor had gone down the hallway as he whistled to his itunes and Sawyer finally breathed stretching, shoving her away.
"What are you? 5? You need someone to hold your goddamn hand through everything? How the hell did you ever make it through basic training Freckles?"
Kate glared back at Sawyer trying to keep her voice down she answered back with teeth gritted
"Stop calling me that!"
"Okay! Freckles."
Sawyer concluded smartly.
It was midnight before they got the disk and got out of there, and Sawyer got in the car, trying to coax her into relaxing thinking she was really hung up on this Jack guy. Plus he really needed to talk to her about something.
"So you wanna grab a beer?"
He asked her as she got into the car. And Kate shook her head tiredly
"No I think Ill just go straight home."
"You sure? A little something to take that edge off might help...I know you still got a thing for your old partner." Sawyer proclaimed, and Kate looked back at him through the sides of her eyes. And she asked him dryly...
"What would you know about it, I bet you have a different woman in your bed every night, you probably dont know anything about being in a relationship!"
The truth was, he used to be that person. That playboy. The one who didnt give a shit which skirt he was banging that day as long as he was banging some chick. But alot had changed since then. Pausing for a moment he finally shook his head as he started up the car heading back to her place and he replied....
"Actually, I knew enough to stay married for 5 years."
Kate looked back at him like he was joking and she asked him surprised
"You? You were married?"
Kate tried to keep a straight face but Sawyer simply nodded his head in answer and her smile faded as she realized he was serious.
"She was a double though, broke my heart and then her employers doubted her allegiance and they took care of her."
Kate looked back at him for the first time feeling something more than defence, thinking her relationship with Jack had nothing on Sawyers tragedy and she finally replied with dry mouth...
"Im sorry Sawyer."
He nodded his head and turned the corner shrugging it off, he finally replied turning to Kate meeting her gaze...
"Sometimes you dont know who you can trust in this business, the good guys end up bad and the bad guys end up good."
Kate creased her brows finding some truth in his statement.
They pulled up to her house and she felt bad after what he just confessed not inviting him in and Kate asked him
"Do you want to come in for a cup of coffee?"
Sawyer looked back at her with creased brow pausing for a moment before he asked her...
"That on your watch Freckles or mine?"
Kate smiled softly, Sawyer thinking she had a beautiful smile and she shook her head
"My watch." She answered. And Sawyer rolled his tongue around in his mouth replying as if he had to think hard about it...
"Well maybe just one cup."
"One cup is all your going to get Fabio." Kate added smartly as she took her keys out and unlocked her door.
Sawyer rolled his eyes and followed her in. Noting the pictures on her walls, they were of what looked like her family and Sawyer asked her as he stepped in
"So which one is Jackass? I feel like I know him already." Sawyer smirked.
Kate smiled briefly and then shook her head replying
"None of them are, we hadnt been going out for that long before he transferred."
Kate started to make a pot of coffee as Sawyer snooped around some more, all the sudden interested in this girl. Even though that was his job, but there was something endearing about her. Something that drew him in. Although he didnt want to be. The last thing he needed was this, not after Emily. His heart was shattered in a thousand pieces after her. But there was just something that intrigued him about Kate. Something that got him to want to know more about her. And he turned around picking up a book on her coffee table 'Crime and Punishment' and he raised his brows in surprise continuing with the conversation
"So you two were the dream team then huh?"
Kate frowned in lament thinking about her memories with Jack as she looked down at her counter for a moment, deciding to slice a few pieces of coffee cake to serve along with the coffee and she replied...
"We worked well together, didnt argue all the time." Kate added jokingly.
And Sawyer came back to her.
"Well at least arguing makes things more interesting dont it?"
He stepped up to take his cup from Kates shaky hand. For some reason she was nervous all of the sudden, he was so big and tall, as he approached and she swallowed. Asking him
"Cream or sugar?"
Sawyer shook his head and took a swig of the coffee. And he asked her
"So how long you worked in the LA branch?"
Kate looked back at him and shook her head trying to recall
"I think it will be 3 years in May."
Sawyer nodded and then he asked
"So he give you the same sphiel about bein one of the good guys?"
Kate smiled wearily and she shook her head. "Yes, I've had a couple of brushes with the CIA, we work under their noses practically every day." She knew they werent really a secret branch of government like their cover story proclaimed. And Kate had to live with that guilt every day. Trying to forget about who was good and who was bad, she belonged to them now, and she tried not to think about not having the freedom to chose. She didnt like the way this conversation was headed.
Sawyer smiled and nodded
"Well if we told ourselves we were working for the bad guys, it wouldnt have the same punch would it"
Kate looked down at her feet and she replied. Quietly, ashamed
"No I suppose not."
Sawyer studied her seriously for a moment trying to determine if this was the right time to say anything. His superior Director Linus , the real director of the CIA was pushing him to do this tonight. He didnt know if he could trust Kate yet. He had gotten strict orders to turn her. And Kate looked back at him curiously noticing he was deep in thought she asked him wondering what it was and she asked him..
"What is it?"
Sawyer looked back at Kate feeling all the sudden like a lost little boy. She pulled him in with her glance of worry, wishing things didnt have to be this way. He really liked her, swallowing and Kate went over to him all of the sudden pulling a cottonwood seed out of his hair and she smiled. It must have come from the tree outside her house and all of the sudden Kate felt the closeness.
Her breathing grew heavy as she looked up into his eyes, being drawn in. And Sawyer couldnt do it. Shit he couldnt. Their relationship wouldnt be the same after he told her. His blue eyes searched her green for an answer, any answer. He needed guidance. But the only answer he could come up with was to kiss her. Kiss her senseless and so he did, leaning down he took her lips in his, and his tongue slowly parted her mouth as he tasted her. And what a kiss it was. Instantly feeling the world fade away under their feet.
He closed his eyes wishing the truth away, but as he kissed her with more passion and she started to respond as his hands roamed, he had to stop himself. Not wanting to fall for someone again, but he felt himself falling despite his inner protests; he had to tell her the truth. Shit. He thought angrily. Finally breaking off the kiss, Sawyer pulled back and looked back at Kate and finally exclaimed
"Freckles, Im CIA."
Goddamitt, she thought, her head spinning after his proclamation. Just when she was starting to forget Jack, and to feel something for this man...Kate having what was probably the best kiss of her life looked back at him stunned at his response. Her cheeks flushed secretly wanting more despite his surprising confession. Her eyes a mixture of emotions, trying to focus in on one as her head spun. And then it hit her like a ton of bricks..
He was a double! Kate finally concluded and she looked back at him as if he just broke her heart.
Then she slapped him hard realizing the magnitude of the situation now.