Sam

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Chapter 1

Los Angeles

The place was the same, technically. It had the same cement floor, the same chain-link fence, and the same dim lighting. But for Sydney Bristow it seemed different. She was used to meeting with just Agent Vaughn here. To Sydney it was her and Vaughn's place.

Now Sydney's father was here. Jack Bristow. Sydney didn't mind being on a mission with her father. In fact she liked it. This was her only way of obtaining any kind of relationship with him.

Yet, Sydney didn't like her father intruding on this place; on her and Vaughn. Not that she and Vaughn had much to intrude on, but that wasn't their choice. This wasn't the first time Sydney wondered what her life would be like if it didn't include SD-6 or any other spy stuff. Spy crap is what she called it once to Vaughn.

But now Vaughn was briefing Sydney and Jack.

"If we are going to have any chance of taking down SD-6, we need to know who the alliance members are," Vaughn started. "Last week the CIA got intell about a possible informant. We need to find a man named Sam. Apparently he has info on an ID of an alliance member."

"Where is this Sam?" Sydney asked, "Does he have a last name?"

"London, and the CIA didn't get a last name," Vaughn answered.

"How do we know this isn't a trap?" Jack asked demeaningly to Vaughn.

"Devlin assures me the intell is accurate," Vaughn countered, resting any blame on the CIA's director.

"So Sydney and I go to London, track down Sam, get the intell and leave. Without SD-6's knowledge?" Jack said, more than asked. He was still not satisfied with the mission.

"Not exactly. Devlin want Sam brought back here." Vaughn paused, looking at both of them, "And the three of us are going."

This took Sydney back. She wasn't expecting to ever be going on a mission with Vaughn. She decided on the professional question, considering the company, "Why does this mission need all three of us?"

"You'd have to ask Devlin," Vaughn simply said while shaking his head, which meant he honestly didn't know. "Anyway, I'm off to get more detailed instructions on how to find Sam. Here are your aliases. I'll see you both in London, we'll meet at the airport."

Chapter 2

Los Angeles

"Another trip? Are you serious?" Will wined. "I know the economy sucks right now, but it can't be that bad."

"Will, please don't give me a hard time again." Sydney asked as she packed for this upcoming trip.

"I'm not giving you a hard time, I'm just..." his beeper went off right then. "It's the paper. I have to go back to work. Have a good trip."

"Will left hurriedly, while Sydney, relieved, sighed. She got tired of explaining her trips to Francie and Will. Especially Will, he never accepted her simple answers. But she couldn't blame him.

Sydney liked this mission, even though it confused her. She liked that SD-6 knew nothing about it, and she liked the fact that she didn't have a counter mission. She also liked that Vaughn was coming. But that part also confused her.

She didn't know why the CIA felt the need to send three officers on this mission, let alone two of them double agents and one that was hardly given field missions. Sydney knew that ID'ing alliance members was important. But Sam had to know more than just that.

As Sydney was pondering her mission, her cab had come. She helped the driver load her suitcase and got into the backseat. For the first time in a while Sydney had butterflies in her stomach over a mission. She felt that something big was about to happen on this trip.