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Chapter 13

Sydney yawned quietly and got out of bed. After changing into sweat pants and a tank top, she got ready to leave for a jog. Sydney quickly wrote a little note for Vaughn so he wouldn't be worried. It was really early in the morning so she quietly made her way out so that she wouldn't wake anyone up.

As she stepped outside, she breathed in the cool fresh air of the morning. The sun was just starting to rise and all the houses seemed calm and peaceful. Washington must be a nice place to live all year round. She started to jog around the block. Sydney needed this. Some time to think and relax. So much had been going on since she was escaping Sloane in Connecticut. Not only that, but it seemed now that Alice and Sark were after her.

Her shoes pounded lightly on the pavement as she kept on jogging. As she was thinking about all this, Sydney suddenly had a feeling like someone was watching her. She kept on jogging, but looked around more cautiously. As she looked to her left, she saw a slight movement behind a tree. Pretending to tie her shoe, she stopped and bent down while still keeping an eye on the tree. Sydney saw a slight movement again and quickly tackled the person.

Tucking a strand of hair behind her ear, she looked at the person she just tackled.

"Mom?"

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"Where is Irina? She was supposed to be here hours a go!" Alice sighed and she paced around the hotel room.

Sark was lounging on the bed and laughed. "You actually believed that she was coming here?"

Alice stopped her pacing and looked at Sark with alarm. "What?"

"I've learned from experience that when Irina thinks you can't finish a job, she will finish it herself and when I mean herself, I mean by herself. She doesn't want or need any help. Telling you that she was coming was just to prevent you from doing anything stupid."

Alice glared angrily at Sark. "Why didn't you tell me this before?"

"Why bother? Enjoy it, Alice. We get to relax while Irina does the dirty work."

Alice shook her head. "You don't understand! I want my revenge on Michael for all the hurt he has caused me! I want it to be me that kills him, no one else. After all, that was the agreement. I work for Irina as long as she would let me kill Vaughn if he ever went back to Sydney. She promised me that!"

Sark shook his head in sympathy for Alias. "You just don't get it, Alice. You think that after all those years that you worked for the KGB, that you would understand that people don't always keep their promises. They just say whatever it takes to get you to comply with them. She needed more information about the CIA. You were dating, although it was undercover, Mr. Vaughn who worked in the CIA. It was the perfect way to get information. Did you really think that she would let you kill Vaughn? The man her daughter loves."

"Why would she care? Irina Derevko is a heartless person who doesn't give shit about her daughter. I still don't understand why she wants to talk to that bitch anyways."

"You mean she never told you?" Sark looked at Alice in surprise.

"Told me what?"

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Vaughn got up slowly and stretched. He looked over and saw that Sydney was no longer in bed. He looked on the bedside table and found a little note.

Michael-

Gone for a jog. Won't be long. See you soon.

Love,

Syd

Vaughn smiled and made his way into the kitchen to get some coffee. It was still pretty early so no one was up yet and Sydney probably wouldn't be back for a while. As he stepped into the kitchen, he felt cold from the tiles on the floor. The sun had come up and was shining brightly into the kitchen.

After he got the coffee ready, Vaughn poured himself a cup and sat down on the couch to relax. It didn't last long though because the doorbell rang.

He sighed and got up from the sofa. It rang again.

"Coming!" Vaughn said, annoyed that someone would be visiting his mother this early in the morning. He unlocked the door and opened it.

"Hello, Vaughn." Jack said with a nod.

"Jack. Come in." Of course it's Jack. They had only been here two days and Vaughn was already forgetting about all the trouble they were in. He scolded himself for not being more alert and for being so forgetful.

"Do you want some coffee?" Vaughn asked over his shoulder as he made his way back into the kitchen.

"Yes, thank you." Jack followed Vaughn into the kitchen.

Vaughn started pouring coffee into a cup for Jack. "So did Lambert get transferred okay?"

"Yes, they're taking him in for more interrogation and then he's going to be spending a lot of time in jail. I've made sure his stay will be as unpleasant as possible."

Vaughn nodded with a slight smirk on his face. The two men stood sipping coffee in silence for a moment before Jack spoke.

"Irina found me."

Vaughn almost spit out his coffee; he was so surprised. "What?"

"She was looking for Sydney. Irina said she wanted to tell Sydney something. I'm guessing by your surprised look that she hasn't been here."

Vaughn shook his head. "No, she hasn't. I'm not surprised though. This is too obvious a place for us to go. They would never expect us to go here."

Jack nodded although he wasn't entirely convinced. "Where's Sydney?"

"She went out for a jog."

Jack's eyes widened. "What? You let her go out by herself. What if someone had been waiting out there for her?" Vaughn hadn't thought about that, but Jack was right.

"We better to go find her." Vaughn quickly got dressed and left a message for Brigitte. Jack and Vaughn made their way out to find Sydney hoping that nothing had happened to her.