"Um, our mission clothes are here in the bag. I'll go change in the back," Sydney said to Vaughn, as casually as possible on her way back to change.

'I am such a moron. I have changed clothes in this man's trunk before and I can't even begin this mission with him without almost losing my head. Just change clothes in the back quickly and get back up front. That's all I have to do.'

Sydney began to undress and change into her black cat suit. Suddenly Vaughn made a quick left turn that sent Sydney crashing into the side of the van.

"OOMPH!" Sydney let out as she hit the van wall.

'Sorry about that! I wanted to make a few circles in case we were being tailed," Vaughn replied quickly. "Are you alright?"

"Yeah, I've been through worse," Sydney laughed.

'I wonder if he saw me naked. I mean, he must have glanced in the rearview mirror; it's instinctive when you hear your partner hit the side of the van. I wonder if he did, I wonder if he is thinking about what I'm.Stop. No point in thinking about that - yet.'

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'The plan is to sneak into the Palace and get down to the basement. The easiest entrance is on the west end, by the kitchen. These blueprints are fairly straightforward. I could probably understand them better if I could stop thinking of Vaughn getting dressed in the van. He runs and works out a lot, I'll bet he is so toned and lean.'

"Hey, you ready?" Vaughn said quietly as he jumped out of the van, now dressed completely in black.

'Oh, those pants were made for him. I'll bet that..LATER Syd.'

"Yeah, let's get this over with," Sydney replied, slightly sighing.

Vaughn turned towards the back of the van to get the gear.

'Yeah, I knew he had a nice butt.'

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"I see it, ahead on the left. 'Executive Entrance - Private'. That's it." Sydney could barely keep her excitement out of her voice.

'This is it. My LAST mission. Just concentrate, it's almost over.'

Sydney and Vaughn approached the door, and found it was locked. Sydney quickly picked the lock and they stepped through the door.

"The safe is behind the painting on the east wall," Vaughn whispered.

Within a minute, Sydney had unlocked the safe and retrieved the address book.

"It looks like a palm pilot," Vaughn chuckled.

"Yeah, it figures the Alliance would keep this important information in a rinky-dinky safe, arrogant bastards," Sydney replied. "Here, you take it."

They stepped back out the door, returning the way they came through the dark corridor.

Sydney was hit first by a sharp blow to the side of her head with an iron pipe. She was instantly knocked out. Before Vaughn could even react to what was happening, he felt a sharp pain in his neck. He pulled a dart from his neck as he fell to the ground, unconscious.

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