"Well, it seems that we need each other's help Ms. Bristow"

"Let me guess, you help exonerate me and I help you destroy the Covenant"

"Precisely"

"How do I know you won't stab me in the back?"

"The same way you always do; my word"

"You'll excuse me if I don't believe that it's as strong as oak"

"And if I exonerate you first?"

"Then I'll help, but I will not participate in the slaughter of innocent people"

"Wouldn't dream of it" Sark hesitated "But I think that we should go ahead with our earlier plan and destroy the Covenant's research facility"

"Fine by me"

"We leave in two hours"

***

The guard didn't even hear her coming; all he saw before he fell unconscious was a fist racing towards his face. Sydney quickly typed in the sequence that she had memorized earlier in the box behind her. The big reinforced steel door that the lone guard had been guarding slowly slid open. She shed the black robe that she had been wearing, underneath was a form fitting white cat suit. She pulled up the hood so that it covered the back of her head (think Charlie's Angels 1- Cameron Diaz breaking in), the entire facility was whitewashed like the one that she had been held in earlier. The place gave her the creeps. She pulled out a white sling bag from the bushes and donned it. She crept into the corridor.

"Andrew, I'm in" she hissed.

"Great, I'd recommend radio silence about now. They might detect the signal"

"Copy, maintaining radio silence now"

Sydney tread softly, careful not to make any sound or sudden movements that the camera would detect. She was also careful not to raise her body temperature in any way as there were heat sensitive cameras as well as normal ones, her catsuit doubled as a cool suit masking her body temperature.

Her objective was simple; get to the control room, plant the bomb, get the hell out of there. The break in had been timed so that Sydney would arrive at about the time that there was a shift change, she would be able to break into the control room without problem and activate the bomb.

True enough, Sydney met with no one that late in the night, so no one would spot her. The corridor was lined with rooms, she heard someone further ahead and ducked into a doorway. It was the guards, finishing their shift. They didn't notice the white mass pressed against the door and walked ahead blindly. They had come from the lower level, Sydney would have to hurry to get there before the other guards did. She spotted the elevator doors closing, the inside was blue. Well, that's out of the question then.

Sydney took the stairs, instead of clattering down them she decided to take a shortcut. She jumped over the railing to softly land on the next flight and then over the railing and landed on the next flight of steps below and so on for two floors. She opened the door as little as she could and slipped out, quietly creeping towards the control room. It was straight ahead, a circular room. The corridor led up to it then went around it, it was like crossroads with the room right in the middle. She heard the sound of laughter in the elevator and ran the rest of the way to the control room. She typed in yet another sequence and entered it.

She pulled out a small black object with a small screen that had 15:00 on it in glowing red numbers. She placed it under the control panel and activated the bomb. There was the steady rhythm of beats as the guards walked down the corridor. Sydney quickly pulled out a disc and inserted it into the large computer. She hacked into the system, the guards were getting nearer.

-FLASH-

Sydney saw that the men were going over the plans with Sark. She spotted a disc next to Andrew's laptop and quickly grabbed it. She hid it in the palm of her hand and then secretly put it in the bag. She wasn't going to let all of that information go to waste

-END FLASH-

She typed in a command- Copy and delete.

The computer obeyed and copied all the files stored on the system onto the disc. Sydney's head snapped towards the door as the handle rattled. She grabbed the disc and exited from the door opposite the one that the guards were entering through. She crept around the circular room and ran towards the door leading to the steps, she did her best to hide her face from the cameras. When she reached the door she hesitated then pulled the red fire alarm next to it. Satisfied with her decision she raced up the stairs, meanwhile upstairs and downstairs people were stepping out of their doors and looking around in confusion. An automated message began to play

"Please evacuate by the nearest exit. Please evacuate by the nearest exit…" red lights flashed as the voice droned on. Sydney reached the floor that she wanted and burst through the door, running for the exit that was wide open. The people seeing her running, ran after her eager to leave the facility. More people came from downstairs and ran for the exit, once she left the building Sydney kept running. A black van pulled up and the door was opened. Sark's head poked out "Get in" he ordered.

Sydney complied. "That was not part of the plan" he hissed at her.

She shrugged "Well I couldn't just let all of them blow to kingdom come could I?"

"No, you couldn't" Sark said through clenched teeth. Sydney clutched her bag tightly and wondered where she could hide the disc.

Through the windows she saw the lab go up in a ball of flame.