Mission DAD

Disclaimer: I do not own Alias.

A/N: As I've run out of wisecracks for the above, it's coming to be time to draw this story to a close. It will consist of either 17 or 18 chapters, depending on how much I chose to include. _____________________________________________________________________________________

Sydney gets a call at 4 am from Kendall. She should have been angered by it, but she hadn't asleep anyway.

"Agent Bristow, you need to come in now," he says mysteriously.

"Why?" she asks, rising from her bed and beginning to dress.

"We have a lead on your father," he says crisply.

In the early morning Sydney meets with a team of nine other agents, including Vaughn, for a briefing.

"This morning we received a call from Jack Bristow," he says candidly. "He's currently at a police station in New Orleans. Your mission is to extract him without gaining the attention of Arvin Sloane, who is believed to be in the immediate area. Your plane leaves from the private strip in an hour."

Vaughn walks beside Sydney to the plane.

"What do you think's going on?" she asks softly.

"This could be real. Or it could be a play by Sloane to get you again. We have to be careful," he says with concern.

"I hope it's real," she says quietly, forcing her voice not to crack.

"Me too, Syd," he replies, squeezing her hand gently.

The plane lands, and what appear to be ten tourists in brightly colored shirts step out. They spread out in the crowded Louisiana airport. They climb into five different cars in five different locations through out the parking lot.

Vaughn is sitting in the passenger seat of one of the vehicles with a pretty blonde in a yellow tank top and short blue jean shorts.

"Syd, why do you always get to drive?" he asks playfully. After Zurich, he's always been weary of riding with her.

"Because women are naturally better drivers," she says with a mocking arrogance.

It had been decided that Sydney would be the one to go in after her father. Vaughn would wait for them in front of the door, so they could make a quick get away. The eight other agents are surrounding the station in case of a problem.

When Sydney walks in, she tells the clerk she needs to see the chief about "pressing matters". When he walks out, she pulls her CIA ID out of her back pocket.

"I'm here about Jack Bristow," she whispers.

"In my office," he says.

Jack Bristow turns around quickly when the office door opens.

"Dad!" Sydney cries, throwing her arms around him.

"Sydney?" The blonde baffles him at first. "Sydney! You're okay!"

"Dad, we have to get out of here, now," she says regretfully, leading him to the car.

They jump in and Vaughn pulls into heavy traffic quickly.

"Sydney, what happened to you?" Jack asks from the back seat.

"From what I know, Sloane kidnapped me, my mother kidnapped me from him, and she took my baby. Then I guess she just turned me loose. I woke up two weeks ago in Hong Kong, and I couldn't remember any of the last two years," she says, giving him a sketchy idea of what had happened and leaving out most of the past two weeks.

"What about the baby?" Jack asks dazedly.

"We found her, but we haven't gone any further than that yet. We're going to try to get her back," Sydney says.

"Where is she?"

"She was left at an adoption agency in Georgia and was adopted three months ago," Vaughn answers.

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Back at the CIA, Kendall paces the halls nervously awaiting the team's return.

When Sydney and Vaughn walk through the door with Jack, Kendall practically pounces on them.

"Jack?" he asks incredulously.

"You'll have to be kept here for a while, until we're sure of what you know. My superiors insist, and frankly, I think you're safer here," Kendall rationalizes.

"That's fine," Jack says shortly. He expected this.

Later. After Jack has settled into his cell, Sydney comes to see him.

"Hi, Dad."

"Hi, Sydney." He still can't believe she's really there.

"Dad, Kendall has…strongly suggested that I don't see you until you're cleared, but I thought you should know we're going after my baby next week sometime, in case I don't see you before that."

"I understand, Sydney. Is there something else?" he asks suspiciously.

"Actually, yeah. Vaughn's coming too." She grins at his reaction. "We're going to get our baby."

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I know, this is short, but may be I can get in just one more chapter than I planned…