The Chase

Disclaimer: If I owned Alias, I wouldn't have to post my measly stories on fanfiction.net. Not that I mind, but hey, we can all dream, right?

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The CIA team is positioned around the old warehouse, several agents to every possible exit. Even though the building is old, the whole structure seems to be made from concrete.

"Remember," Vaughn hisses into the walkie-talkie, "If you see Sloane, don't hesitate to shoot!"

All four teams enter the building at the same time. B- and C-teams take out posted guards, but there are no guards posted at D- and Vaughn's A-team's entrances. It leaves Vaughn feeling slightly uneasy.

Vaughn's team moves down a hall, throwing open every door as the go. Two of Sloane's gun-toting thugs jump out of one room, but Vaughn's team is fast. The next door Vaughn opens reveals a small concrete room. He finds Sydney, Laura, Brandon, and Weiss sitting on the floor in the room.

"I found them!" he yells in relief.

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I've never been so glad to see anyone in my life.

Daddy stands in the door for a moment and starts to come in, but he stops.

"Are you all okay?" he asks quickly.

"We're all fine," Weiss assured him, glancing around.

"Then get out of here. Don't look back. Just get out." He disappears and comes back with two more guns. He hands them to Mom and Weiss. "Go!" he snaps, realizing none of them moved.

Then he's gone.

The four of us take off, Weiss in front, then me and Brandon, then Mom. A guard comes out of nowhere, aiming a gun in our direction. I gasp as he fires. When the man hits the ground, his gun skids across the floor. As we run by, I lean down and scoop it up. It still has five shots.

"Laura!" Mom shouts behind me. "Put that down!"

I don't.

Suddenly, an older man runs out of a room and down another hall. Weiss stops cold, and so does Mom.

"Sloane!" Mom shrieks and takes off after him. "Get there out!" she calls back to Weiss.

"Syd, come back!" he yells.

I race after Mom.

"Laura, stop!" Weiss yells frantically.

"Get Brandon out!" I shout back, running all out to come up beside Mom.

"Laura, no! Go back!" she cries.

"I'm not letting you go alone!" I yell.

"It's too dangerous!"

"I know!"

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Sydney and Laura race after the fleeing figure. He's amazingly spry for someone his age, Laura thinks.

The chase continues through a maze of halls, until Laura and Sydney have no idea how to get back. And then Sloane finds himself cornered.

He spins and raises his gun, but so do Laura and Sydney.

"You're not leaving here alive!" Sloane shouted desperately.

Sydney realizes she's never heard that tone, no matter how hopeless the situation should have been for him. Then she realizes that he's not reliable; he could just decide to shoot any moment.

Out of nowhere, Sloane fires off a shot. His immediate concern is not the child.

Laura sees her mother fall backward with the impact of the bullet.

"No!" she shrieks, simultaneously aiming her weapon before Sloane has a chance to aim at her.

Sloane knows Laura had no training with weapons. So he does not the shot she fires to come near him, let alone hit him. But it tears through his shoulder. Before he even hits the floor, Laura gets off two more shots. The second one hits him in the heart, but had that one not killed him then the last one would have done the job.

As soon as Sloane is down, Laura spins to find her mother on the floor. Bright red blood flows from the bullet wound.

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