AN: I apologize profusely for the late,late update!! I've been having writer's block. grr... Anyways, thanks to everyone that reviewed. I really appreciate it. Enjoy and please review!!!

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Chapter 4

"I told you to stay away from him, Sydney. Too bad you didn't listen. If I can't have him, no one will." She pointed her gun at Vaughn. Sydney gasped.

"Alice." Sydney could see Vaughn visibly tense up. Alice gave a bitter laugh.

"Surprised to see me? Didn't think ditzy Alice would notice if you went running after Sydney again, did you, Vaughn? Well, I'm done playing your games. It's time to pay."

Oh my god. What was Alice doing here and why in the world would she do this? Sydney didn't have time to think more about it though and only could think about how to save Vaughn. She searched desperately through her mind to come up with a distraction that would Sydney time to knock Alice out. While she was thinking, Michelle had come into the living room.

"Who is this woman, mommy?" Michelle cried in a desperate voice. Tears were falling down her face and she was hugging her teddy bear. Alice looked over at Sydney's daughter. That gave Sydney just enough time to knock the gun out of Alice's hand and tackle her.

Alice seemed to have some training in fighting because she was able to block some of Sydney's punches. They rolled around on the ground, punching and kicking until Sydney was able to knock Alice out.

Sydney looked up and saw that Vaughn had gone over to Michelle and was comforting her. They looked so much alike and she almost cried at the beautiful picture they made. At any other time, she would have tried to find a camera to capture the moment. Sydney quickly shook herself out of her reverie though since she knew Alice would be waking up soon.

"Vaughn, we have to leave." Sydney looked into his eyes and saw fear. Not fear for himself, but fear for her and Michelle. Vaughn gave a nod and they quickly hurried out of the house.

"Let's take my car. It will be less recognizable." They quickly got into the camry and sped off. God knows where they were going to go, but there was no way they were going to stay here.

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It's been many years since he last saw Sydney. He remembered the last time he had seen her. Lambert had gotten pulled off her case because Miss Double Agent couldn't deal without her lapdog in waiting. He was still bitter about it. Like he wasn't good enough to handle her. Soon after that, he quit the CIA and was approached by people in SD-6. Lambert soon joined Sloane and has been on a quest to locate Sydney ever since. He wanted his revenge. No one rejects him and gets away with it.

Lambert had thought she had been killed in the explosion, but when they searched for bodies, none were found. After some questioning of many people and some lucky traces, he was able to locate her. She had gone to the Texas CIA safehouse, probably to meet her lapdog nonetheless.

He pulled his car slowly into the driveway of the safehouse. Lambert could see two cars in the driveway as well. One was a white sedan and the other looked to be a government car. As he looked at the front of the house, Lambert saw that the door was ajar. He got out of the car and crept slowly up the walk way. He took his gun out and got prepared to shoot as he entered the house.

As Lambert opened the door though, the house was empty except for a petite blond woman laying on the ground. As he looked curiously at her, she started to wake up.

"Ohhh..." Lambert pointed his gun at her and questioned her. She sat there rubbing her head and composing herself.

"Who are you and what are you doing here?" She looked at him strangely and surprised him by laughing.

"You're obviously new at this. It's shoot now, ask questions later." Alice rolled her eyes at him and surprised him even more by kicking the gun out of his hand.

Before Lambert knew what was happening, he was tied to chair and the blond woman was getting ready to leave. She stood looking at him for a minute as if measuring him up.

"You know, it's a shame you're working for Sloane. Otherwise, we could make a good team, that is, after you stop being such a rookie." Lambert's face turned red. It was one thing to tie him up, but it was a whole different story to insult his pride. He tried to free himself from the ties, but it was useless.

"How do you know I'm working for Sloane?"

"I don't, but I know Sloane is after Sydney and this," Alice gestured around the room, "was where she was hiding so I assumed. Now I must go. Murder doesn't wait for anyone. Ta-ta." With that, Alice quickly walked out of the house. As Lambert sat there trying to free himself or at least get to his cell phone, he thought about what a crazy person that blonde woman was. Who was she and how did she know Sloane was after Sydney?

*Look, I know the Lambert thing is really out there, but compared to my other options, he was the best choice so work with me here.