Author's note: R/R please! Once again I apologize for any misspellings. Enjoy!
Dark Dreams
Sydney Bristow only let her toes glance the top of the pond. The day was still warm, even if the sun was beginning to hide behind the evening's clouds. All throughout the park the sound of children's laughter could be heard, as mothers, fathers, sisters, and brothers enjoyed the fun subtleties of everyday life. Sydney sighed. The young man sitting next to her put her arm around her.
"Come on Syd, smile. It's a beautiful day. SD-6 no longer exists, and you no longer have to hide." Sydney smiled up at her friend, but it didn't last long.
"I know, but it's just so hard to believe how SD-6 has destroyed so many innocent lives."
"Including Danny's?" He ventured.
Sydney nodded. "And yours." She turned her gaze back to the water, and decided to change the topic. "So, how's things going with Francie?"
Will Tippin's eyes furrowed. "You know, it's weird. She hasn't really mentioned anything about it since the last time we had dinner."
"Will, have you noticed Francie acting, I don't know—" Sydney stopped suddenly.
"What is it?" Will asked.
"My beeper, I have to get going." Sydney reached for her shoes that were sitting beside her. Will stood and helped Sydney up.
"I guess I no longer have to ask if it's the good guys or the bad guys anymore, huh?" Sydney walked over to Will and gave him a quick peck on the cheek.
CIA HEADQUARTERS
Sydney walked into the CIA office. She slowly looked around the office, her eyes scanning for her handler, Michael Vaughn. As usual when she caught sight of him, her heart beat quickened. She always liked the way he looked in a suit.
"Hey," she said approaching Vaughn. "What's going on?"
"We're introducing a new agent to the field." Sydney turned around to find the voice that had answered her question, for it had not been Vaughn. She looked into the eyes of her father, Jack Bristow. During the earlier days of SD-6, she could have easily said that she knew her father as well as she knew a stranger. It took time for her and her father to build up any sort of relationship, speaking that they both were equal in stubbornness.
"What does a new agent have to do with me?" Sydney asked.
"Kendall would like him to accompany you on your next mission, which you will also be debriefed on in a few minutes," Vaughn said.
Vaughn, Sydney, and Jack all started walking towards a nearby conference room. "What is the mission about?"
"Kendall wants to wait till you meet the new agent before he explains," Jack replied.
They entered the conference room. Kendall was on one side of a long rectangular table. Next to him was a handsome young man. He couldn't have been more than a few years older than Sydney. He had short blond hair and dazzling ice blue eyes.
"Sydney Bristow, this is our new agent, Jason Anderson," Kendall said making introductions.
"So you're the famous Sydney Bristow," he said shaking her hand and giving her a smile. "I've heard of your work with the CIA even before you brought down the Alliance." It was until Vaughn cleared his throat that Sydney realized he was still holding her hand. "I'm looking forward to working with you," Anderson said as he slowly put his hand to his side.
"If you'll all take a seat, I'll tell you what you're up against," Kendall said. Anderson remained on the right side of Kendall, while Sydney, Jack, and Vaughn took seats across from them.
"Thanks to Sydney and Agent Lennox, we were successful in destroying the DNA replication machine along with its creator. However, before the facility was destroyed, Agent Lennox stumbled on data that showed that the machine had been used on someone else besides him. We want to know who this machine was used on and why. Your mission Agent Bristow, Agent Anderson, is simple. We want you to download all information off the computer of Donald Young, an associate to the creator of the DNA replica machine. We believe that the computer holds the key to who the other person was that had their DNA duplicated." He turned to Anderson. "Agent Anderson, this being your first field operation, you are to follow the orders of Agent Bristow. You leave tomorrow."
