Disclaimer in chapter one.
"What do you want Sloane?" Jack demanded every agent in the room turned toward him.
"The question is Jack what do you want?" Jack broke his pencil in half. "Judging by your silence I'm sure what you want is both your daughters back, alive and healthy. That can be arranged, as long as you comply."
"I'm listening." The last thing Jack Bristow wanted to do was give in to a terrorist, but he would never be able to live with himself if he knew he was responsible for his daughter's death. Even though he never admitted it to her, Sydney had been his rock throughout the years, and he yet had gotten a chance to really get to know Sierra.
"Good. Your daughters will be returned safe to their boyfriends and the CIA on one condition and one condition alone." Jack fiddled with the eraser end of his pencil.
"What's that?" All eyes were focused on him, Jack wondered if any of them had blinked.
"Join my team, we can work together like the old times, except this time I will have your full cooperation, because at any time I could find your daughters." Jack sat erect choking the phone as if he could choke Sloane.
"I give you my full cooperation, and you won't harm my daughters?" Jack repeated. The director shifted in his seat, scribbling down on his pad, he watched Jack intently.
"Exactly. Oh and you have an hour to decide." With that Sloane hung up. Jack stared at the phone then at the men in the room, then back at the phone.
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Irina put on her earring examing reflection in the glass window.
"Jack can't know."
"Why not, why can't I just leave the baby with him?"
"Relax, I have an excellent family arranged for her already, but I have plans for her, and Jack would just get in the way."
"I don't understand."
"You will eventually trust me."
Trust me. Twenty years later and those words still haunted her. True the family was excellent, and she did understand a little better, but the question still haunted her why couldn't Jack know? Irina remembered how the only thing holding her back was Sydney, she really loved her, but Jack was to close to discovering the truth, and she had to leave. Irina shifted into her favorite yoga position. The feeling that she had earlier returned, something was wrong, but she couldn't figure it out.
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The meeting was dismissed, Jack and the director remained to discuss Jack's fate. Vaughn grabbed Weiss and Marshall by the arm.
"We can't let Jack go." He hissed after pulling them into a side corridor.
"I think that's between Agent Bristow and the director." Weiss reminded.
"That can't be the only solution we got to do something."
"Dude your sounding like a underbudget cop show were talking about two international terrorist, assuming Sark is involved, and the CIA we can't just get some gadgets and go charging through out the US looking for Syd and Sierra." Weiss gave his friend a reality slap.
"There has to be something." Vaughn sighed.
"Maybe there is." Both Weiss and Vaughn turned toward Marshall.
"Perhaps Sydney and Sierra's mother could help."
That's all for now. Please review I'd really appreciate it.
