Title: Secrets and Lies
Rating: PG-13 (note change in rating)
Summary: When Sydney is injured on a mission and Vaughn discovers she hasn't been entirely truthful with him. S/V.
Disclaimer: I don't own Alias; I'm just borrowing the characters.
Authors Note: 19.2.04 WOW I'm on a roll. Guess the arvo off school helped that and since I challenged myself, I have all these ideas for the end of the story. Thanks in advance to everyone who read/reviewed this story/chapter. It means heap to me that you took the time to let me know what you think. I know that the last few chapters were all posted at once, its just I don't have access to the net at home so its harder and more expensive for me to update every other day, so all this went up as one. I will try to update The Simple Life again next week, I'm just all typed out now. So without further ado here is chapter 19…………
Chapter 19:
Over the next few days Sydney split her time between SD-6 and the CIA. She went to see Barnett a couple more times and everytime she left that office, she felt a little better. She hadn't seen Vaughn much; since she wasn't active again he didn't need to give her any counter missions. Sloane was glad to have her back but Sydney got the impression that he didn't really believe her story about being mugged, so she was worried when Sloane called her into his office one morning. "You wanted to see me?" she asked as she entered.
"Yes, I just wanted to talk to you about what happened
Sydney?"
"What do you mean about what happened?"
"This person…"
"People, plural" she interrupted.
"Sorry people, who mugged you, how did they manage to mug you, you are a trained officer of the United States Government."
"I was out walking, it was dark and they came out of
nowhere, I didn't expect it and before I could react they had shot me."
"How did you get to hospital?"
"I don't know, someone must have found me, after they shot me I lost
consciousness, the next thing I remember is waking up in hospital and being told
I almost died."
"Doesn't it bother you that these people got away?"
"No, I accepted it. People are mugged all the time and the criminals get away
with it, I've accepted that it was a random attack and dwelling on it is a
waste of energy, my energy is best focussed on recovering and beginning
missions again."
"How long til you are able to resume active duty?"
"A few more weeks, the doctor said haven't completely regained my balance, it
would be too dangerous, and I keep falling over as it is, I'd just be a danger
in the field."
"Of course. That will be all, you can take the rest of the
day off if you wish."
"Thank you, I'll do that." Sydney got up from her seat and as she did so Sloane
came around the desk and picked up her free hand. He raised it to his lips and
kissed it. She smiled at him. "Its good to see you recovering Sydney. I'll see
you tomorrow."
"Of course." She walked out the door and made her way out of the building. As soon as she was in a cab on her way to the CIA she pulled a moist towelette out of her bag and wiped her hand where Sloane had kissed it. The cab pulled up at the address that Sydney had given the driver. He gave her a weird look and shook his head after she paid him and climbed out. She was in the middle of the city, where she was meeting a cab that would take her into the Ops Centre. Her father was on an SD-6 mission and she had to take cab's everywhere until he returned in a few days time. A few minutes later her cab pulled up and she climbed in. About ten minutes later she arrived at the Ops Centre and got out of the cab. After the driver pulled away she entered the building and began her slow walk to the bullpen. She was getting used to her walking cane now but she still couldn't stand up for too long without moving. When she arrived in the bullpen she saw Vaughn and was on her way to see him when she bumped into Agent Damian McIntosh. He was remembered her from when he escorted Irina to the hospital and was surprised to see her back at work, from what he remembered she was attached to all sorts of machines when he was there. She looked at him for a moment and then walked away without saying a word. Damian shook his head and walked off in the opposite direction. When Sydney looked up from her encounter with Damian she realised that she could no longer see Vaughn. Sighing she walked over to her desk and began to work on her reports. Following that day she didn't go into the CIA or SD-6 for a week. She called Sloane and requested a week off in hopes it would 'speed up her recovery, so she could begin missions again.' Sloane bought it and granted her time off. She simply told Kendall that she wanted some time off to sort stuff out. He was reluctant but eventually agreed to let her have time off. She had a check up on her first day off the doctor was pleased with how well she was recovering and he said that depending on how strong her legs were she should be able to walk unaided in three weeks. Sydney was pleased about this and after her check up with the doctor she went to see her physio who said she was making remarkable progress and she had a short physio session while she was there. After that she spent the rest of her week, resting in bed or watching movies. She was just so glad to be able to relax again. She still hadn't heard from Vaughn but she always seemed to get obscene emails from Weiss, who thought that the best way to cheer her up was with dirty jokes. It was her last day off and Sydney decided to go shopping for a while. She spent a couple of hours at the shops and came home with a couple of big bags, which weighed her down on one side. After she got home she put away all her stuff and started to make dinner when there was a knock at the door………
A/N: I know it was short but I wanted to have another chapter on this story and I promise it will be longer. What did you think??? Good??? Bad??? Absolutely shocking??? Review and let me know.
