Summary: Sydney learns the truth about her partner and Will sees the CIA enter the picture...
Shattered Snowglobe, chapter 4
Sydney stared into the fiery eyes of her partner, Dixon, her own eyes filled with terror, confusion, and condescending awe. A million thoughts submerged her brain; before she could speak Dixon did.
"Come on now Syd, you never wondered how Anna always showed up where you did? She never showed up for anyone else. Just you. Because you are my partner." Dixon smirked and began pacing while Anna pulled her gun back out and kept it trained on Sydney. "I might as well tell you how I know about you. You're a good girl Sydney, you are. You deserve to know before you die."
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With Will finally hiding against the wall, Vaughn could inch close enough to comprehend Sydney's situation without having to worry about Will getting everyone killed.
He smoothly snaked his way to the gate, shielding himself behind some boxes. He saw a man begin pacing and heard her telling Sydney that she was a good girl. "Bastard," Vaughn thought. As he looked more closely, he realized that it was Sydney's SD-6 partner, Dixon. He scanned the area and also saw Anna Espinosa. "Great," he thought sarcastically as two and two came together. Vaughn began to build a plot in his head while allowing his ears to let in everything Dixon was saying.
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Sydney stood rigid as she allowed Dixon's words to penetrate her.
"This is actually very simple, Sydney," he began. "I work for K-Directorate. So does my daughter," he said bluntly, gesturing towards Anna. "I happen to be a double agent, working undercover at SD-6. You see, we know that your father is a double agent. And we know that it is for the CIA. After your mother died, pretty much everyone in the spy business found out about your father. Except for Sloane. He wasn't a problem yet. When SD-6 really started to come into the picture, we learned that your father was working for them, and it was obvious to us that SD-6 was not where his true loyalties lied. So I too began working there as a mole. But he had upper level clearance. So I couldn't off him. I needed him to get more of SD-6's secrets for K-Directorate. But it was a lot of sneaking around, a lot of messy incidents. It wasn't working out too well for me. But then they recruited you. You were the key. I became your partner, and soon we were infiltrating everything together. But
it was too hard for me to keep giving SD-6 fake copies of everything. It was apparent that they would discover me soon. So I employed my daughter to help out. If Anna could just get the information instead of you, I wouldn't have to worry about any dirty work."
"So being a rogue spy isn't dirty work?" Sydney spat out.
"Shut up!" Dixon yelled. "Don't you want to hear the rest?" he smiled.
Sydney looked down and behind her left shoulder, trying to direct her eyes as far away from Dixon as possible. He disgusted her. Her eyes were closed, but when Dixon began speaking again, she opened them. And she spotted Vaughn on the floor.
"Look at me when I talk to you!" Dixon snapped.
Sydney desperately pried her eyes away from Vaughn's concerned gaze and turned back to glumly face Dixon.
"Then, the mole issue came up again. But I hadn't done anything. So I knew it must have been someone else. Your father was much too high up; he was too careful to ever be caught. But you - you could have been the mole. Sloane gave up on you, but I wasn't so sure. The apple doesn't far fall from the tree you know," he winked. "I've been tailing you for two months now, Sydney. I know your secret. You see, I don't want to kill you. You're a very good spy. But you're too good. Too much of the information K-Directorate needs is slipping through the cracks and the CIA is getting it. And that's not good for us. Not for me either. But especially not for you."
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Vaughn had a plan. Sydney's back was to him, Dixon and Anna were facing him. If he could jump out quickly enough, he could push Sydney into Dixon to knock them to the floor and he could proceed to take out Anna before she could do any damage. He took the gun out of his coat and clicked the safety off. He crept up onto his knees, still hidden by the boxes.
He glanced back at Will. He was gone. Vaughn was momentarily alarmed, but realized that Will couldn't have gotten far. He certainly wasn't near Sydney or he would have seen him. Vaughn concluded that he should forget about Will. Suddenly and sharply, he jumped out from behind the boxes and rammed into Sydney.
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Sydney felt a strong, painful elbow digging into her back so hard that she found herself falling forward into Dixon. She didn't waste any time. She landed on top of Dixon, and began pummeling him with all her might. She heard gunshots and saw Anna drop to the floor out of the corner of her eye. Anna's blood began to stain the floor surrounding her father's body and Sydney knew she was dead.
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After he shot Anna, Vaughn moved quickly to Sydney to pull her off of Dixon so he could kill him. It was a struggle. Sydney was dead set on beating Dixon to a pulp. Dixon's breath was coming in short wheezes and he was bleeding.
"Sydney, stop," Vaughn commanded with no avail. Sydney continued to beat him. Vaughn kept trying unsuccessfully to remove her. As he was trying to pull her off, he saw something shiny out of the corner of his eye. Suddenly Sydney shrieked in pain and recoiled, jumping off of Dixon in a flash. Dixon lay on the floor, seemingly unconscious. Vaughn shot him once right through the heart. He turned his back calmly and tended to Sydney.
"The bastard cut my arm," she groaned. Vaughn immediately removed his tie and looped it around her arm as a tunicate. He put his hands on her waist. "Thanks," she managed to smile before leaning her head on Vaughn's shoulder and crying.
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She had tried to hold back, but her emotions overpowered her. Sydney began to weep on Vaughn. She almost instantaneously felt his arms envelop her as she let everything out.
"Don't worry," Vaughn whispered, "Dixon and Anna are dead and SD-6 is almost taken down. All this deception is going to be over very soon."
Sydney just cried.
"Syd?" Will called timidly, breaking the moment.
She sniffled and told him everything was ok, her voice shaky.
Will emerged from the back and rushed over to her, stroking her face, asking if she was alright. He didn't even care what had happened - for the moment. He just wanted to treasure Sydney in all her glory.
Vaughn looked over at him skeptically, loosening his hug. "Where did you disappear to?" he asked.
"I snuck out to another part of the warehouse and called the police on my cell," he replied. Sydney and Vaughn looked at each other as they faintly heard approaching sirens.
"Will, maybe you should get out of here," Sydney suggested, pulling away from Vaughn. "Thank you for calling the police, but you don't really want to be involved in all this now. I'll give the police your address and they can talk to you later," she lied while wiping away her tears.
"No way, Syd, I am not letting you out my sight again," he said firmly. She knew she wasn't going to win this one.
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Police stormed the warehouse seconds later. When they made sure it was clear, they approached the three. Vaughn took a step forward and flashed his CIA identification.
"This is CIA business gentlemen," he said respectfully. "Please contact Langley and tell them to send Agents Weiss, Bristow, and Devlin down here immediately." The policemen nodded and trudged off, disappointed that the situation was out of their league.
When they were gone, Will glared at Sydney. "CIA?" he said angrily. "You better explain this all to me right now."
TO BE CONTINUED...
Shattered Snowglobe, chapter 4
Sydney stared into the fiery eyes of her partner, Dixon, her own eyes filled with terror, confusion, and condescending awe. A million thoughts submerged her brain; before she could speak Dixon did.
"Come on now Syd, you never wondered how Anna always showed up where you did? She never showed up for anyone else. Just you. Because you are my partner." Dixon smirked and began pacing while Anna pulled her gun back out and kept it trained on Sydney. "I might as well tell you how I know about you. You're a good girl Sydney, you are. You deserve to know before you die."
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With Will finally hiding against the wall, Vaughn could inch close enough to comprehend Sydney's situation without having to worry about Will getting everyone killed.
He smoothly snaked his way to the gate, shielding himself behind some boxes. He saw a man begin pacing and heard her telling Sydney that she was a good girl. "Bastard," Vaughn thought. As he looked more closely, he realized that it was Sydney's SD-6 partner, Dixon. He scanned the area and also saw Anna Espinosa. "Great," he thought sarcastically as two and two came together. Vaughn began to build a plot in his head while allowing his ears to let in everything Dixon was saying.
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Sydney stood rigid as she allowed Dixon's words to penetrate her.
"This is actually very simple, Sydney," he began. "I work for K-Directorate. So does my daughter," he said bluntly, gesturing towards Anna. "I happen to be a double agent, working undercover at SD-6. You see, we know that your father is a double agent. And we know that it is for the CIA. After your mother died, pretty much everyone in the spy business found out about your father. Except for Sloane. He wasn't a problem yet. When SD-6 really started to come into the picture, we learned that your father was working for them, and it was obvious to us that SD-6 was not where his true loyalties lied. So I too began working there as a mole. But he had upper level clearance. So I couldn't off him. I needed him to get more of SD-6's secrets for K-Directorate. But it was a lot of sneaking around, a lot of messy incidents. It wasn't working out too well for me. But then they recruited you. You were the key. I became your partner, and soon we were infiltrating everything together. But
it was too hard for me to keep giving SD-6 fake copies of everything. It was apparent that they would discover me soon. So I employed my daughter to help out. If Anna could just get the information instead of you, I wouldn't have to worry about any dirty work."
"So being a rogue spy isn't dirty work?" Sydney spat out.
"Shut up!" Dixon yelled. "Don't you want to hear the rest?" he smiled.
Sydney looked down and behind her left shoulder, trying to direct her eyes as far away from Dixon as possible. He disgusted her. Her eyes were closed, but when Dixon began speaking again, she opened them. And she spotted Vaughn on the floor.
"Look at me when I talk to you!" Dixon snapped.
Sydney desperately pried her eyes away from Vaughn's concerned gaze and turned back to glumly face Dixon.
"Then, the mole issue came up again. But I hadn't done anything. So I knew it must have been someone else. Your father was much too high up; he was too careful to ever be caught. But you - you could have been the mole. Sloane gave up on you, but I wasn't so sure. The apple doesn't far fall from the tree you know," he winked. "I've been tailing you for two months now, Sydney. I know your secret. You see, I don't want to kill you. You're a very good spy. But you're too good. Too much of the information K-Directorate needs is slipping through the cracks and the CIA is getting it. And that's not good for us. Not for me either. But especially not for you."
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Vaughn had a plan. Sydney's back was to him, Dixon and Anna were facing him. If he could jump out quickly enough, he could push Sydney into Dixon to knock them to the floor and he could proceed to take out Anna before she could do any damage. He took the gun out of his coat and clicked the safety off. He crept up onto his knees, still hidden by the boxes.
He glanced back at Will. He was gone. Vaughn was momentarily alarmed, but realized that Will couldn't have gotten far. He certainly wasn't near Sydney or he would have seen him. Vaughn concluded that he should forget about Will. Suddenly and sharply, he jumped out from behind the boxes and rammed into Sydney.
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Sydney felt a strong, painful elbow digging into her back so hard that she found herself falling forward into Dixon. She didn't waste any time. She landed on top of Dixon, and began pummeling him with all her might. She heard gunshots and saw Anna drop to the floor out of the corner of her eye. Anna's blood began to stain the floor surrounding her father's body and Sydney knew she was dead.
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After he shot Anna, Vaughn moved quickly to Sydney to pull her off of Dixon so he could kill him. It was a struggle. Sydney was dead set on beating Dixon to a pulp. Dixon's breath was coming in short wheezes and he was bleeding.
"Sydney, stop," Vaughn commanded with no avail. Sydney continued to beat him. Vaughn kept trying unsuccessfully to remove her. As he was trying to pull her off, he saw something shiny out of the corner of his eye. Suddenly Sydney shrieked in pain and recoiled, jumping off of Dixon in a flash. Dixon lay on the floor, seemingly unconscious. Vaughn shot him once right through the heart. He turned his back calmly and tended to Sydney.
"The bastard cut my arm," she groaned. Vaughn immediately removed his tie and looped it around her arm as a tunicate. He put his hands on her waist. "Thanks," she managed to smile before leaning her head on Vaughn's shoulder and crying.
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She had tried to hold back, but her emotions overpowered her. Sydney began to weep on Vaughn. She almost instantaneously felt his arms envelop her as she let everything out.
"Don't worry," Vaughn whispered, "Dixon and Anna are dead and SD-6 is almost taken down. All this deception is going to be over very soon."
Sydney just cried.
"Syd?" Will called timidly, breaking the moment.
She sniffled and told him everything was ok, her voice shaky.
Will emerged from the back and rushed over to her, stroking her face, asking if she was alright. He didn't even care what had happened - for the moment. He just wanted to treasure Sydney in all her glory.
Vaughn looked over at him skeptically, loosening his hug. "Where did you disappear to?" he asked.
"I snuck out to another part of the warehouse and called the police on my cell," he replied. Sydney and Vaughn looked at each other as they faintly heard approaching sirens.
"Will, maybe you should get out of here," Sydney suggested, pulling away from Vaughn. "Thank you for calling the police, but you don't really want to be involved in all this now. I'll give the police your address and they can talk to you later," she lied while wiping away her tears.
"No way, Syd, I am not letting you out my sight again," he said firmly. She knew she wasn't going to win this one.
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Police stormed the warehouse seconds later. When they made sure it was clear, they approached the three. Vaughn took a step forward and flashed his CIA identification.
"This is CIA business gentlemen," he said respectfully. "Please contact Langley and tell them to send Agents Weiss, Bristow, and Devlin down here immediately." The policemen nodded and trudged off, disappointed that the situation was out of their league.
When they were gone, Will glared at Sydney. "CIA?" he said angrily. "You better explain this all to me right now."
TO BE CONTINUED...