Hmm, Sydney is kicking enough butt, dont you think? She just whines and whines lately. We better change that.

Sydney Bristow sauntered in to the SD-6 building. She had been approached by at least 5 people on her way up through the elevator. Alot of them had seen the article in the Newspaper that *darn Will* had written, and they were attempting to flee from the building, telling her to go with them.

Sydney smiled to herself. This would mean the take down of SD-6. The article had contained no evidence of her involvement with the CIA, luckily, so she was not in Sloane's bad books. She couldn't say the same for her father, though.

A twinge of guilt struck Sydney. Sloane was surely going to kill her father after he saw this, but could she let that happen? He had a done a terrible thing to Vaughn, but even he said that he wasn't acting himself.

Sydney smoothed down her black skirt and prepared to head to Sloane's office to try and sort things out..

She didn't make it.

As she rounded the corner, two men in heavy protective gear grabbed her on both sides. She kicked her legs outwards, trying to kick them where it hurt, but they were too well protected. She struggled, kicking and punching. She even tried scratching, but these men seemed to be untouchable. They began to drag her off back towards the elevator but managed to twist out of their grip, and swing away from their arms. Before she had a chance to move though, the taller of the men lurched forward and used a tranquilliser on her. She folded on to the ground, heavilly.

The shorter man lifted off his balaklava and frowned at the taller man.

"She'll be alright, wont she?" Will said.

"Yessum," grunted the taller man, and grabbed one one of Sydney's arms.

Following his lead, Will helped drag the unconscious Sydney away. As he left the Credit Dauphine building, and entered the car park, he turned around and stared at a bloodied woman on the side.

She was obviously dead. The gross sight made Will's stomach turn. But he convinced himself it was definitely worth it. Anything was worth it to get Sydney. Or was it? Killing innocent people? He shook himself vigorously. In his mind a picture of Irina holding a swinging pendant appeared. The words she were saying were jumbled, but he distinctively heard the words "Kill Michael Vaughn."

The image disappeared and Will remembered what his mission was. "Sanchus, we need to take care of Agent Vaughn now." he said in an icy tone. "And let's make sure it's as unpleasant as possible."

Sanchus grinned a toothy smile at Will. "Yessum!"

((Authors Note: I got one email about character's being out of character. You'll notice that they began normal, but faded away into different beings. I dont want to spoil the whole plot, but just keep in mind that Irina has been hypnotising quite a few people, so whose normal, whose hypnotised or whose acting out of desperation is what you'll have to work out for yourself. Or follow my clues!! Good luck and let's continue!!))

They hurried to shove Sydney in the back of a black panel van. Hopping into the passenger seat, and Sanchus driving, Will directed him to Vaughn's house.

"Turn left here" Will said, the need to inflict pain on Vaughn, rising. Horrible images flashed through his mind, containing possible actions he could use on Vaughn.

'Will dammit, this isnt you!' The innocent reporter that was left in him tried to convince him. But the new Will knew better. If he was going to get Sydney, he was going to destroy Vaughn.. making it very very painful.

Sydney murmured in the back of the van so Will reached out and gave her another shot. He couldn't have her waking up before they reached their new home on a tiny Island in the Pacific.

Sanchus pulled up in front of Vaughn's house and, checking that the van was secure, they walked up the few steps to the front door. Not bothering to knock, they kicked the door in and ran into the house. Surveying each room extremely fast, they discovered that Vaughn was not at home.

"Dammit!" Will said out loud, kicking over a pot plant.

"Where else would they be?" Sanchus asked Will.

Will thought about this carefully. Maybe the CIA had put Vaughn under a protection program after they heard about Jack's hypnotism act. He doubted it though, since he was sure Vaughn and Sydney would go together if they could.

"He's at SD-6," realised Will. His mind had been whirring and the information that Irina had fed him had made him a lot smarter so it seemed. "He was probably following Sydney secretly."

Sanchus nodded and waited on Will's command. He was told to obey Will, since he knew what to do.

"We have to go back then" said Will, his forehead wrinkled in worry. "But watch out for CIA agents. They'll be everywhere by now."

And they left, not knowing that Vaughn had sneaked out of SD-6 and had followed them to his own apartment.

.....Irina's office in LA.....

"Have you heard word from them," Irina asked, getting impatient with the reports she was receiving.

"Not yet," said Sark, "But I just thought you might be interested in knowing..."

"Knowing what?" Irina snapped.

"Did you read the fine print on the kit instructions?"

"The hynosis kit?" Irina thought carefully, and gulped as she remembered. "No, I didnt..."

Sark grinned. "Well, you might want to know that the effects can cause mental confusion as they begin to wear off. And they wear off in approximately 48 hours."

Irina cringed at his words. This was not what she had wanted to hear. She thought about it, and then turned to Sark. "Well Sark, we'll just have to make sure that the mission is complete before the end of 48 hours. We have 30 hours left. Now hurry" and she ushered him out of the room.

((Author's note: The next few chapters will be very quick. Alot will happen, and I know that's how some of you like it. As you can see, I've had to work up to the proper plot. I hope you get it by now!!))