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DEAD OR ALIVE - complete
Topic Started: Dec 2 2007, 04:59 AM (2,171 Views)
bionic4ever
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Dead or Alive

(* Special thanks to #1bionicfan for the idea for this story.)

Chapter One

Steve was completely suited up and minutes from boarding the Command Module for his second journey to Skylab when NASA's radio system went crazy, temporarily suspending the countdown. The U.S. Government Alert channel superseded anything else on the airwaves, so the crew had no choice but to wait...and listen.

All units, government and domestic agencies, this is a Priority 1A. Be on the lookout for Jaime Lyn Sommers, female Caucasian, 28 years of age, five feet, ten inches, blonde hair, hazel eyes. Subject is to be immediately remanded to the custody of the National Security Bureau. While every effort must be taken to secure her alive, she is considered Extremely Dangerous and must be apprehended by whatever means become necessary.

Steve had removed all of his equipment and was down to civilian clothes by the time the transmission had ended. As his stunned colleagues stared in disbelief, he broke every NASA protocol by announcing to everyone and no one in particular “Call in the alternate; I'm outta this one.”

“Can he do that?” someone whispered.

“He just did.”

Indeed, Steve was already out of the building and commandeering a chopper from the hands of a junior officer who was too shocked to argue. The young man stood on the tarmac and shrugged at the approaching crowd of NASA engineers.

Immediately upon leaving the ground, Steve got on the radio, tuning it to the OSI's frequency. “Russ, it's me,” he said tersely when Oscar's second-in-command answered the signal. “Get Oscar - now.”

“Steve?” Oscar responded, obviously stressed beyond his limit, “aren't you mid-countdown?”

“Mission's been scrubbed – for me, anyway. Oscar, where's Jaime? What's going on?”

“You heard.”

“Yeah, I heard – what the Hell?” Steve demanded.

“Jack Hansen has a custodial warrant -”

“Tell me the part I don't know! They practically said 'Wanted, Dead or Alive'!”

“That part's in the print-out, Pal,” Oscar told him quietly.

“What did she do?”

“Steve....I don't think you should get involved -”

“I AM involved, dammit! This is Jaime we're talking about! Tell me what's going on!”

“Jaime came into my office this morning and handed me her resignation; she's left the OSI.”

(....to be continued)
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Chapter Seven

Once he'd been notified that Jaime's call was successful, Steve waited fifteen minutes, instead of ten, before hovering over the top of OSI Headquarters in the chopper. Sure enough, Williams was waiting and appeared to be alone. So far, so good, Jaime, Steve thought to himself. He quickly set the chopper down on the tiny landing pad and strode confidently toward Chris.

“Austin?” Chris said, frowning angrily. “Where's Jaime?”

Steve stifled the urge to simply knock the jerk off the roof. He was playing a part and the result, if it worked, would be even sweeter. “I overheard the phone call,” Steve told him with a growl in his voice. “You don't think I could really let her turn herself in, do you?”

“Where is she?”

Steve shrugged. “I had to stop her. I'm not about to go to prison; I only grabbed her to try and save her. You do understand that, don't you? I couldn't let her ruin everything.”

“Steve, what -”

Steve flashed what he hoped would pass for an insane, homicidal grin. “She won't be coming – not today or any other day, either. I made sure of that when I snapped her neck like a tiny little twig.”

“What?” Chris's jaw dropped and his eyes grew wide with shock.

“I really have to thank you,” Steve added flippantly. “You made it a lot easier when you told Hansen I killed her.”

“But you didn't – you hadn't – I mean....you weren't really supposed to do it!” Chris protested.

“Why not?” Steve laughed bitterly. “Once I kidnapped her, was I really supposed to just let her go and take the fall?”

“But you didn't -”

“Didn't what? Take the fall? You're right; I made damn sure of it, too.”

“Steve, you were supposed to protect Jaime – keep her safe. How could you -?”

Steve struck while the iron was hot. “Isn't that what you told Hansen? That I took her away by force and was planning to kill her?”

“Well, yeah, but -”

“She's gone now, just like you predicted. Why did you want her to resign in the first place – you had to know it wouldn't be sunshine and roses.”

“I wanted to resign, and -”

“And you wanted Jaime to be with you when you went to the NSB's little compound. Is that it?”

“Yeah, but I didn't think you'd really hurt her...”

Jaime leaped silently across the divide between the NSB Building next door and the OSI rooftop, sneaking up behind Chris just in time to join the conversation. “Congratulations, Hero Boy,” she said through clenched teeth. “Looks like you're outta the CIA after all – for good.” Before Chris could react to seeing Jaime's 'ghost', Jaime took one solid swing that connected with his face and sent him sprawling onto the asphalt rooftop. “You've got a lotta nerve,” she seethed, joining Steve with an arm around his waist and smiling as the rooftop suddenly swarmed with dark-suited operatives from four separate government agencies. Oscar led the way, the receiver for Steve's wire still in his hand.

“Your set-up worked half as well as you thought,” Jaime said as she and Steve watched Williams being cuffed and taken into custody. “Too bad only one of us is going away, huh?” She turned to Oscar. “I guess this operative's still got a few tricks left up her sleeve. That little note I gave you yesterday...”

“Already been destroyed,” Oscar assured her. “Welcome back, Babe.”

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“I never really wanted to resign,” Jaime explained to Oscar and Hansen, in Oscar's office. Steve hovered nearby, like a morally supportive guard dog.

“What happened?” Oscar asked gently.

“I'd always felt something was missing between Chris and me, and somehow, with all of his prodding and pushing, I got it into my head that it was our careers keeping us from becoming really close. I don't know how I let him convince me; I'm usually not so easily led...”

“She's normally a lot more stubborn than that,” Steve added, placing a hand on Jaime's shoulder with a loving squeeze.

“Don't help, Austin,” she retorted, grinning. She looked at Hansen and Oscar, wondering if they understood. “I was wrong – that wasn't what was holding me back at all.”

“Oh?” Oscar prompted.

“There were feelings in my heart – feelings I didn't even know I had anymore – for someone else.” Jaime placed her hand on Steve's, and her entire face glowed when she turned to look at him. “That was what really kept me from committing to Chris.”

“Your helping us to nail Williams more than makes up for your momentary lapse of judgment,” Hansen told her. “And I am so sorry for allowing you to be turned into Public Enemy Number One before we had a clear picture of what was really going on.”

Jaime smiled. “Apology accepted.”

Hansen nodded. “Thank you – and I'd better get back to work now. Got a rotten agent to process.”

Once he was gone, Oscar rounded the front of his desk to sit closer to his two friends. “I can't quite put my finger on it,” he mused, “but something changed between the two of you up in that cabin.”

“You might say that,” Jaime told him, still smiling.

“So...” Steve added, “maybe a vacation's in order, to celebrate these new changes?”

Oscar nodded. “I'd say that's a great idea. You can have two weeks, but of course, if something comes up -”

“You'll send us a postcard,” Steve finished for him.

“Or a carrier pigeon,” Jaime added. “Maybe smoke signals would work, or you could send Max to find us, with a note in his collar.”

Steve laughed, getting into it. “A skywriter would be fun – or how about Pony Express?”

Jaime shook her head, giggling. “Too fast. Oscar, you could always -”

“I could always say 'I'll see you in two weeks'.”

Steve grinned at their boss and friend in his regulation three-piece-suit. He shook the boss's hand, giving the friend just below the surface a conspiratorial wink. “I'd say that's the best plan of all.”

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Great ending! I loved this story b4e.
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Wonderful...great job I loved it. It was great to see ole chris hauled away in handcuffs.
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yide IHBVK yfdj yc97p8f b4e, great job !!!! I just wish real eposiode would have ended like this so they could have gotten married in the first reuion movie instead of the last so they could have had a family.




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I loved this story from start to finish.great writing
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