A/N: Omg! So I just uploaded and created this story and then went to read another fanfic, less than 5 minutes later, my mail thingy went on and I had two review alerts! In only 5 minutes! Can you believe that! And I am totally not kidding! So that is why I would like to specially thank those three first reviews! For their kindness, I have decided to post another chapter already! Please enjoy and review!
Oh, one more thing, this is set right after the,well, uh...just forget about the whole Marshall mission thing-this is sometime after the hug between Syd and her mom....
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Chapter Two
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"Hello Sydney." Irina said with genuine concern in her voice.
"Oh mom!" Sydney immediately threw her arms around her mother and began shaking uncontrollably with sobs.
"How could they think such things about me! I never did anything wrong!"
"Shh...my dear. They will figure out what went wrong soon enough. They should know you are trustworthy." Irina soothed.
"Thanks mom." Sydney said as her sobs subsided.
The mother and daughter smiled at each other for a few moments before Irina invited Sydney to sit. Then, they sat together, on the hard floor in comfortable silence.
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A few hours later.
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TAP TAP TAP came the sound of Vaughn's fingertips on the glass barrier.
Sydney rose from her seat on the floor and strode quickly toward the glass.
"Sydney! I am so sorry this happened. I haven't had a chance to see this 'Intel', but Kendall filled me in a little bit, but you know how he is." Vaughn said with concern filling his emerald eyes.
"Oh Vaughn. How could this happen? How could they even think such things about me!" Sydney pleaded answers to questions that could never be answered. And like the good friend he was, Vaughn listened and comforted her without hesitation.
"Don't worry Sydney, I will take a look at the Intel and fix this. I am so sorry. Just sit tight and don't worry." Vaughn looked over to Irina suspiciously before quickly returning his gaze to Sydney, but Sydney caught where his eyes had been straying.
"Vaughn. It's okay. She isn't bothering me. We're fine." Sydney assured.
The only problem with her response was, Vaughn wanted it to be the opposite. He never wanted Sydney to bond with her mother. He could never forgive Irina for what she had done to his family so long ago. It was wrong. But Sydney seemed more able to forgive and forget. She seemed to be getting closer to her mother by the day. Sometimes, selfishly, Vaughn, if only for a second, would wish Sydney would have never agreed to speak to her mother. He wanted Sydney to hate Irina as much as he did. But after a few moments considering this thought, Vaughn would always realize that Sydney's bond with her mother had been instilled at birth and could never really be broken. And then he would pressure himself to forgive, if only for Sydney's sake.
Vaughn left with assuring words and Sydney returned to her mother's side.
"Is he getting you out?" Irina prompted Sydney to speak of their conversation.
"He's trying."
Several moments passed between the two before a new conversation was introduced.
"You know he's in love with you, don't you." It was a statement, not a question.
A minute more of considering passed.
"Yes, I know." Sydney averted her gaze from her mother down to the cool floor. "But I can't do anything about it. I don't want him to die...like Danny....and Noah...."Sydney continued to stare at the floor.
"Danny and Noah?" Irina was obviously unknowledgeable about the fore-mentioned people.
"I thought you knew everything about me." Sydney deadpanned.
"No my dear,..not even close." Irina spoke wonderingly.
"You want to know about them?" Sydney hesitated and stared into her mother's chocolate eyes, the ones that she shared.
"Would you?" Irina almost pleaded. It was clear she was begging to learn about her daughter.
And Sydney let her learn.
Even though she didn't want to admit it, she really wanted her mother's concern and care. It was something she had not had since she was little, and she was starving for it.
"Noah was my boyfriend in college. We went through SD-6 field training together.."Sydney slowed, "Then after we had dated for almost three years, he just...disappeared. Without any notice at all. It was...crushing." Sydney paused, remembering the hard times after he left her. "Almost six (?) years later, I found him again. I had been working for the CIA for about seven months when I was sent with my partner, Dixon, to pull an agent out of an undercover operation that had been ruined. That agent...well, it was Noah. We got back together, well sorta... But then, he asked me to run away from the intelligence world with him. I told him that I couldn't....because...because I had to find you first." Sydney was crying now.
"During this time..you knew Vaughn?" Irina asked.
"Yeah. He was my handler since I joined the CIA." Sydney answered and continued with her story.
"To be honest, back then, I had just found out that your whole life with my father had been a lie. Even the part about you wanting to have a family-even loving me." Sydney looked deep into her mother's eyes and saw the hurt that she had just inflicted by saying that.
"No Sydney. At a time I truly did love your father. And I always, ALWAYS, regardless of what you may have heard, loved you. I only stopped loving your father after I left when he took away your life by programming you with that ridiculous Project Christmas. I could love no man that tried to hurt my child." Irina was too crying by the end of her speech.
"I'm sorry." Sydney sought forgiveness and embraced her mother.
After she controlled the tears that were pouring from her eyelids, she continued on with her story.
"Noah then volunteered to go on another long-time undercover mission. He again, left me." And then she added as an afterthought, "But not before he stole away some of my dignity first."
"Again, I got an offer to run away with him. He had called from a plane and sent me tickets. I never intended to go and I went on a mission with Dixon to find Caulder."
"Oh yes, I remember Caulder." Irina wondered.
"When I was there, I saw a man called the Snowman who had been hired by K-Directorate to apparently kill Caulder. I fought with the Snowman and he eventually accidentally stabbed himself when I kicked him. I pulled off his mask. It was Noah." Sydney ended.
"Oh Sydney. I am so sorry darling." Irina held her daughter for a few precious minutes before Sydney was able to continue.
"Danny was a normal guy. He was a doctor. When he asked me to marry him I felt that I couldn't marry someone with them thinking a lie. So I told him what I thought was the truth. That I worked for a secret branch of the CIA. He still wanted to marry me. To make a long story short, I returned from a trip to find him dead in the bathtub. One shot to the head, and two to the chest. SD-6 killed the man I loved." Sydney paused as her mother grasped her hand in comfort.
"I refused to return to SD-6 and they eventually tried to have me killed. Then, dad told me the truth about SD-6 and I went to steal the model of the circumference. I was tortured, but I got home and gave the device to Sloane, regaining his trust. Then, I walked in to the CIA." Sydney finished.
Many more minutes were filled with hugs and comforting words.
"And so you see," Sydney said, "That is why I don't want to get close to Vaughn and risk endangering his life."
As if on cue, Vaughn and Jack walked into the hallway and up to the holding cell retaining Sydney and Irina. Both men had fire in their eyes and anger radiating from their faces.
Jack spoke, "How could you Sydney!?"
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Review and I will post ASAP!!!!
Oh, one more thing, this is set right after the,well, uh...just forget about the whole Marshall mission thing-this is sometime after the hug between Syd and her mom....
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Chapter Two
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"Hello Sydney." Irina said with genuine concern in her voice.
"Oh mom!" Sydney immediately threw her arms around her mother and began shaking uncontrollably with sobs.
"How could they think such things about me! I never did anything wrong!"
"Shh...my dear. They will figure out what went wrong soon enough. They should know you are trustworthy." Irina soothed.
"Thanks mom." Sydney said as her sobs subsided.
The mother and daughter smiled at each other for a few moments before Irina invited Sydney to sit. Then, they sat together, on the hard floor in comfortable silence.
**
A few hours later.
**
TAP TAP TAP came the sound of Vaughn's fingertips on the glass barrier.
Sydney rose from her seat on the floor and strode quickly toward the glass.
"Sydney! I am so sorry this happened. I haven't had a chance to see this 'Intel', but Kendall filled me in a little bit, but you know how he is." Vaughn said with concern filling his emerald eyes.
"Oh Vaughn. How could this happen? How could they even think such things about me!" Sydney pleaded answers to questions that could never be answered. And like the good friend he was, Vaughn listened and comforted her without hesitation.
"Don't worry Sydney, I will take a look at the Intel and fix this. I am so sorry. Just sit tight and don't worry." Vaughn looked over to Irina suspiciously before quickly returning his gaze to Sydney, but Sydney caught where his eyes had been straying.
"Vaughn. It's okay. She isn't bothering me. We're fine." Sydney assured.
The only problem with her response was, Vaughn wanted it to be the opposite. He never wanted Sydney to bond with her mother. He could never forgive Irina for what she had done to his family so long ago. It was wrong. But Sydney seemed more able to forgive and forget. She seemed to be getting closer to her mother by the day. Sometimes, selfishly, Vaughn, if only for a second, would wish Sydney would have never agreed to speak to her mother. He wanted Sydney to hate Irina as much as he did. But after a few moments considering this thought, Vaughn would always realize that Sydney's bond with her mother had been instilled at birth and could never really be broken. And then he would pressure himself to forgive, if only for Sydney's sake.
Vaughn left with assuring words and Sydney returned to her mother's side.
"Is he getting you out?" Irina prompted Sydney to speak of their conversation.
"He's trying."
Several moments passed between the two before a new conversation was introduced.
"You know he's in love with you, don't you." It was a statement, not a question.
A minute more of considering passed.
"Yes, I know." Sydney averted her gaze from her mother down to the cool floor. "But I can't do anything about it. I don't want him to die...like Danny....and Noah...."Sydney continued to stare at the floor.
"Danny and Noah?" Irina was obviously unknowledgeable about the fore-mentioned people.
"I thought you knew everything about me." Sydney deadpanned.
"No my dear,..not even close." Irina spoke wonderingly.
"You want to know about them?" Sydney hesitated and stared into her mother's chocolate eyes, the ones that she shared.
"Would you?" Irina almost pleaded. It was clear she was begging to learn about her daughter.
And Sydney let her learn.
Even though she didn't want to admit it, she really wanted her mother's concern and care. It was something she had not had since she was little, and she was starving for it.
"Noah was my boyfriend in college. We went through SD-6 field training together.."Sydney slowed, "Then after we had dated for almost three years, he just...disappeared. Without any notice at all. It was...crushing." Sydney paused, remembering the hard times after he left her. "Almost six (?) years later, I found him again. I had been working for the CIA for about seven months when I was sent with my partner, Dixon, to pull an agent out of an undercover operation that had been ruined. That agent...well, it was Noah. We got back together, well sorta... But then, he asked me to run away from the intelligence world with him. I told him that I couldn't....because...because I had to find you first." Sydney was crying now.
"During this time..you knew Vaughn?" Irina asked.
"Yeah. He was my handler since I joined the CIA." Sydney answered and continued with her story.
"To be honest, back then, I had just found out that your whole life with my father had been a lie. Even the part about you wanting to have a family-even loving me." Sydney looked deep into her mother's eyes and saw the hurt that she had just inflicted by saying that.
"No Sydney. At a time I truly did love your father. And I always, ALWAYS, regardless of what you may have heard, loved you. I only stopped loving your father after I left when he took away your life by programming you with that ridiculous Project Christmas. I could love no man that tried to hurt my child." Irina was too crying by the end of her speech.
"I'm sorry." Sydney sought forgiveness and embraced her mother.
After she controlled the tears that were pouring from her eyelids, she continued on with her story.
"Noah then volunteered to go on another long-time undercover mission. He again, left me." And then she added as an afterthought, "But not before he stole away some of my dignity first."
"Again, I got an offer to run away with him. He had called from a plane and sent me tickets. I never intended to go and I went on a mission with Dixon to find Caulder."
"Oh yes, I remember Caulder." Irina wondered.
"When I was there, I saw a man called the Snowman who had been hired by K-Directorate to apparently kill Caulder. I fought with the Snowman and he eventually accidentally stabbed himself when I kicked him. I pulled off his mask. It was Noah." Sydney ended.
"Oh Sydney. I am so sorry darling." Irina held her daughter for a few precious minutes before Sydney was able to continue.
"Danny was a normal guy. He was a doctor. When he asked me to marry him I felt that I couldn't marry someone with them thinking a lie. So I told him what I thought was the truth. That I worked for a secret branch of the CIA. He still wanted to marry me. To make a long story short, I returned from a trip to find him dead in the bathtub. One shot to the head, and two to the chest. SD-6 killed the man I loved." Sydney paused as her mother grasped her hand in comfort.
"I refused to return to SD-6 and they eventually tried to have me killed. Then, dad told me the truth about SD-6 and I went to steal the model of the circumference. I was tortured, but I got home and gave the device to Sloane, regaining his trust. Then, I walked in to the CIA." Sydney finished.
Many more minutes were filled with hugs and comforting words.
"And so you see," Sydney said, "That is why I don't want to get close to Vaughn and risk endangering his life."
As if on cue, Vaughn and Jack walked into the hallway and up to the holding cell retaining Sydney and Irina. Both men had fire in their eyes and anger radiating from their faces.
Jack spoke, "How could you Sydney!?"
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