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She could hear her heart beating loudly as she ran silently down the hall. Getting into the building had been no problem at all, there was only one guard, and he was half asleep at that.

The CIA had obtained intel that a valuable Rambaldi artifact had been shipped here at the order of Sloan earlier that week.

Sydney came to a junction, there was a crackle in her head, then a voice came over the static, "Go left, the Diamond should be in room forty-seven."

*Forty-seven, that number again, nothing ever good came of that number.*

She started off again, going left as instructed, Sydney entered the hall and... Hating to admit it ...was a bit relieved that room forty-seven wasn't the first or the last room in the hall, it was actually numbered numerically, forty through fifty.

Silently she crept into the room, and seeing the diamond, moved directly towards it, when she was only three feet away she stopped dead, suddenly aware of another presence in the room with her.

"Hello Sydney" It was Sloan, she shuddered and turned as she heard his voice.

"Surprised to see me? Oh but come now, you don't actually think that I would be so foolish as to let the CIA obtain intelligence about an extremely valuable Rambaldi artifact do you?"

"What do you want Sloan?" Spat Sydney.

"You haven't guessed? I would have thought that you of all people would have the insight to see what's going on."

She waited, crossing her arms, making it clear that she was NOT going to oblige him by replying.

"Alright," he continued, getting the point "You may have betrayed me Sydney, but you're the best, and I need you on my team."

She opened her mouth to slap him with a scathing remark, but he held up his hand and continued before she could speak.

"I'm going to give you an option Sydney, you can either join me, make enough money to start your own organization, or race home to your daughter, and see if you make it in time, oh, and let's not forget Mr. Michael Vaughn. I realize that you left him, changed your name, and tried to start a new life, one where your daughter could be safe, but really, you didn't think that you would be any harder to find without him did you? He doesn't even know that you are still working on my case. Does he?"

It wasn't a question. Her heart froze. How did he know? It wasn't possible... Thinking of her options quickly she decided that it would be best to play along for now.

"What do you want me to do?" She said glaring at him, as if a woman without choice.

Sloan smiled, "I was afraid it would be harder than this, but when faced with losing your daughter, and love, I suppose that the decision is easy. I'm going to knock you out, tell them the mission was a failure. You will be contacted. Oh, and don't try anything, I've got my eye on you."