After leaving the SD-6 building, Sydney walked down the streets until she came to a building she thought she had known. She walked inside and right up to the front desk. The receptionist looks up in disdain at Sydney. Her red hair has dried stringy and her cheek is puffed up from her pulled teeth. There is blood on her lips and her black combat outfit was rumpled.
"May I help you?"
" I need to speak to the director. Mr. Devlin."
" I'm sorry, Mr. Devlin is not available. May I leave a message?"
" Tell him he has a walk-in."
The receptionist picks up the phone, dialing a number while keeping her eye on Sydney as if she will kill her right there.
"We have a walk-in for Mr. Devlin. Yes."
She gets up and walks around the desk to Sydney.
"Come with me, please."
Sydney nods and follows the receptionist through the lobby while walking across the CIA label on the floor.
"Hey Mike?" Eric Weiss pokes his head in his friend's office. Michael Vaughn sits as his desk flipping a coin in his fingers while looking distractedly at the distance. "Mike?"
"Yeah?" He looks up suddenly and smiles at Weiss. "What's up?"
"We just got a walk-in and Devlin wants me to handle it. But afterwards, do you want to go and get a pizza. I'm in the mood for lots of meat."
"Sure." Vaughn grinned at his best friend's love of food. "Have fun."
"Thanks." Weiss rolled his eyes and left.
Vaughn's thoughts rolled back to the grinning brunette he had been thinking about before his buddy walked in. God he missed her.
"Agent Weiss, thank you for coming." Director Devlin smiled grimly at the flamboyant agent who stood before him. "I have just finished my briefing with the young woman." He handed Weiss a thick pad of used legal paper.
"What's this?" Weiss turned the pad with a confused look on his face.
"Her statement." Devlin nodded grimly at the shocked Weiss before he left. After recovering, Weiss walked into the conference room where the woman was being kept. He grinned as he saw the back of her head.
Her hair was bright red. She was dressed all in black. Weiss guessed she was tall, and thin but obviously strong. He walked around the table.
"Hello, my name is…" He was just about to sit down when he saw her face. Instead he completely missed the chair and fell to the ground. The woman gasped and hurried over to help him up. When their eyes met, shock was evident on both people's face.
"Been a long time Eric." She helped him up and he realized how much the shy, funny girl he had once known had changed. She had grown into a strong woman.
"You too. Sydney."