Chapter Seven: Secondary Objectives

"Hello Ms. Gavin, it looks like you've been upgraded to our premiere service. Come right this way." The attendant at the check in ushered her into a large private room where a few other men and women were sitting on comfortable couches and chairs as a cocktail waitress served them drinks.

"Is there somewhere I can make a private phone call?" Sydney asked.

"As a premiere customer we do provide offices for your business needs. Right this way." She followed a carpeted path along the edge of the room and to the back of the room. Holding the door open for Sydney the attendant smiled and said, "Please let me know if there is anything else you need."

Sydney entered the room and closed the door behind her. Because of the closed door she didn't see a women leave the office next to her and follow the attendant that had showed her into the office. A woman who could easily be mistaken for Sydney.

"Dad? Vaughn? How did you know I'd be here?" Sydney was surprised to see two people already in the office.

"The CIA received a message from Sark this morning letting us know you'd be here at this time." Said Jack.

"Sloan wants me to destroy all the tapes in his office using this device." Sydney pulls out the titanium armband. "What else is there for me to do?"

"There will be another CIA operative that will be there. The operative has been working undercover as head of Paolo's security. He will hand you a briefcase with the information you will need to know to locate and get into the office. He said that at midnight, a payoff will take place so most of the security will be at the payoff location. Paolo will be apprehended after the payoff and he must be taken alive. There is a secondary location where the master copies of the blackmail tapes are being held and only Paolo has access to it. We think that Sark is after Paolo and is using you as the decoy. We want you to destroy the tapes in his office and then assist the operatives in apprehending Paolo. He will be able to identify you with this."

Vaughn hands her a perfume bottle wondering if he would be able to give her perfume as an intimate gift rather then part of a mission. As their hands touched briefly he knew that she'd had a similar thought as she slightly flushed and dimples appeared on her cheeks.

"Spray this on your neck. The operative will have a ring on that will change color when it touches the perfume on your neck. We have the feed from all the cameras set up in the building and will be able to assist you. One last thing, make sure that you don't turn this on until you inside the building." Vaughn hands her an elaborate earing that extends over her ear.

"It's beautiful." Sydney praised taking the earing.

"You turn it on by twisting the backing until it locks into place."

"Sydney, don't underestimate Sark. He's dangerous and ruthless, he wont hesitate to kill you to get what he wants." Jack warned breaking the mood.

There was a knock at the door. The same attendant who had shown her to the office came in.

"The plane will be boarding in 2 minutes. Come this way please."

Syndey followed the attendant out of the office and out of the VIP room. Noticing that they were going to a different gate then the one she had checked into, she looked around for Dixon. He was nowhere to be seen.

"Excuse me, why are we going to a different gate then the one I checked into?"

"Oh the plane at that gate isn't the one that you'll be taking, in fact it has already left. You will be flying in a leer jet flown by one of our best pilots."

"But my ticket says that." She glances down at her ticket and realizes that the attendant had swiched her ticket when she'd checked in.

"As I said before, you received an upgrade."

As she boarded the plane, Sydney couldn't help feeling a rush of adrenaline. She was going into a situation blind and she hadn't felt like this since her earlier missions.

"Sark may be dangerous Dad but so am I!"