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Missing Sydney- Chapter 12The next morning Sydney sat in the briefing room feeling a little out of place with her curly blonde hair and jeans and t-shirt ensemble. Everyone was looking at her like she had two heads; of course most of them as yet probably had no idea who she was. Well of course they'd know of her but they wouldn't know what she looked like. Sydney smiled when Vaughn came through the door followed by Weiss and Will. Sydney stood up and tried to gauge Will's reaction he just looked at her for a minute or two but then he came up to her and threw his arms around her, Sydney sighed and hugged him back.
"God I missed you Syd, don't ever leave like that again" Will reprimanded her and Sydney watched with humour as the other agents pieced the puzzle together and figured out who she was. She sat down in-between Weiss and Vaughn and when her Father and Devlin entered the room they all stood. For a moment Devlin looked taken back at her appearance but then the shock turned into a smile (or close to)
"It's good to have you back among us Agent Bristow, I trust that your wardrobe will improve presently" He said with a hint of a smile
"Yes sir, I left all my suits in Toronto and haven't had a chance as yet to buy some more"
"Well if you'll all be seated we'll attend to the business at hand" Devlin turned to the rest of the table and everybody sat "For those of you who haven't yet heard the news this is Agent Sydney Bristow she has returned to help with our investigation into Arvin Sloane, I'm sure those of you she doesn't know will have a chance to introduce yourselves to her later, now Jack will fill you in on our latest intel" Devlin said and Jack stood, a picture flashed up onto the various flat screen monitors and the main screen at the front of the room. The man in the picture was unshaven but smartly dressed and unmistakeably Sloane.
"This picture was taken yesterday at an Airport in Greece, Sloane flew from there to France and then got another plane from Paris, the destination of that plane is still undetermined but as soon as we found out we will send operatives to that location to gather any information possible, for now there's nothing we can do but wait" Jack sat down again and Devlin dismissed everyone but Sydney
"I understand you are going to see your mother this afternoon" Devlin said
"Yes, I know it sounds silly but I feel I owe her an explanation for leaving, we were just beginning to establish some sort of stable relationship when I went, she's not the only one who deserves explanations but I think it could be a good place to start"
"I think there are some people here who would like to see you before you leave, namely Marcus Dixon and Marshall"
"Their here?"
"Yes they both took jobs here after the SD-6 takedown"
"That's great" Sydney said a smile spreading over her face
"Yes it is" Devlin said then he stood and left the room, Sydney gathered her things as was about to do the same when the door opened and Dixon walked in
"Sydney?" He asked confused by the hair colour and she turned to look at him
"Dixon" Sydney wasn't quite sure what to say she hadn't exactly left things on good terms with her old SD-6 partner
"I'm glad you ok" he said his voice free of emotion and Sydney's heart sunk
"Ditto, look… I'm sorry for the way I left things with you but there wasn't enough time, I'm sorry I never told you the truth about SD-6…" Dixon raised his hand and silenced her
"You don't need to apologise to me Sydney I've had a year to consider the position you were in and I understand that you didn't want to force the decision of being a double on me, in fact if I'm honest with you I probably always understood that but was too shocked to realise it, so it is really me who owes you the apology" he said almost managing to smile at her
"So you not mad at me anymore?" Sydney double-checked
"No, but there is one thing I'd like to ask"
"Go ahead"
"Is that hair colour permanent?" Dixon asked an infectious laugh filling the room
"No it should wash out soon"
"Good, cos blonde really isn't your colour" Dixon took her arm and led her out of the office "now do you have plans for lunch I think we need to catch up"
TBC…
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