Chapter One – the beginning and the end

Sydney woke up early that morning, as she did every morning and wondered what Danny was doing all day and night that she could not see him. Danny had not been around a lot and when he was around he was either thinking about something else or being called away for mysterious reasons. Sydney was getting a little bit suspicious. She decided to confront Danny about these mysterious departures and absents. He was upset and hurt that she thought that it was not work and eventually Sydney was back to thinking that everything was going along well, so well in fact she decided to go to his house and surprise him with his favourite cake- chocolate.

Sydney arrived at his house early, so she could set up a romantic night for them both before Danny arrived back home. She had parked her car over a few houses so that this could be a surprise. She had just placed the cake in the fridge when she heard a car door. She ran into the family room to surprise him, however he was not alone. Sydney heard a woman's voice as Danny entered the house. Sydney hid in the cupboard in the family room, by which she could see out but no one could see in. Danny and the woman then entered the family room, kissing. Sydney was horrified and wanted to run out of the cupboard and hit him however her training stopped her. She was interested in the relationship that they shared and wanted to know if it was just a drunken kiss or something else. She soon found out when they started talking about her.

"Where is Sydney today?" said the unknown woman.

"I'm not sure she's probably at work" Danny replied.

"Do you think she suspects?" the woman asked.

"No, I think she is oblivious" Danny answered.

Sydney was shocked. Why would they be talking about her? For all Sydney knew she did not know this woman and the woman did not know her. They talked about guns and deaths. Sydney now knew that Danny and this woman were not 'good'. They were part of what Sydney tried to fight everyday in her job. She needed to get out of their and tell the CIA what had happened and about their new threats. Eventually Danny and the woman left the room for the bedroom and Sydney was able to sneak out of the house without Danny or the woman knowing that she was there in the first place.

Sydney drove towards the Ops centre and prepared herself for what she was about to do. She cried for a little while before her courage returned and she entered the Ops centre and walked towards director Kendall's office. Sydney was not looking forward to what she was about to do but knew that she had to and that her life may be in danger if she did not do something about it. She knocked on the door.

"Enter" Kendall answered.

Kendall looked up at Sydney with a straight face and told her to take a seat. Sydney then told Kendall the story and was sent to another agent to be questioned while a team was set up to watch Danny and find out what he was really up to. Sydney had never been questioned before by a fellow agent and was not looking forward to the experience but when she saw the agent walking towards her, her thoughts changed.