Will wandered sleepily through the moonlight hall into the kitchen. He still trying to process the whole landslide of information that Kaylee brought with her.

"And I'm still trying to get the ringing of Sydney's screaming out of my head." He chuckled thinking about how crazy with rage she had gotten when her sister tried to explain the fact that she was engaged to be married. He had to admit that it was a pretty big pill to swallow.

He paused at the kitchen door. Sydney was sitting at the kitchen table surrounded by Coco Puffs and half used tissues. He shook his head trying to figure out this scene.

"Hi," she muttered from her position in the kitchen. Seeing Will's confused look, she added, "I'm not Sydney. I just look like her."

The final pieces clicked into place. "Hey, Kaylee," Will said. He grabbed another bowl out of the cupboard and helped himself to the box of cereal. "You a fan of midnight cereal too?"

"It's the best time to eat it," she said attempting to smile.

"So, how are you holding up?"

"Okay, I guess. But I'm sure you don't really care. What with your past history with Sark."

Will nodded and silently ate his cereal.

"So, tell me about yourself," Kaylee said. "I'm curious."

"Well, you know I'm a reporter turned heroin addict. What else is there?"

"True, true," Kaylee said with a laugh. "What are your feelings on my sister? The popular answer is to tell me that you've been secretly pinning for her for years. That's what everyone seems to do."

"Been that, done that. I'm over it," Will admitted. "Sydney's just my best friend. She's practically my life."

"Well, that's nice in an unhealthy sort of way." Seeing Will's confused look, she elaborated. "She's a super spy. That means that she definitely doesn't give you the time and attention that you deserve as her best friend."

"It's hard sometimes." Will paused. He realized that he really didn't want to hold the relationship he had with Sydney under a microscope. Especially when it was with this new addition to Sydney's life. "What are you going to do now?"

"Now that my life has been turned upside down?" Kaylee asked. "Honestly, I have no idea. I'm trying to take it one step at a time. I made it past the first step which was coming here to stay for a while. And now I've realized that I don't know what the other steps are."

"So, a whole lot of nothing?" Will asked.

"A whole lot of nothing until I figure out the right way to go. All I know is I'm not going to last long without Sark. Sorry if that hurts you."

"I can take it," Will said with a smile. "We know two different people, I think. My version of Sark is not the same as yours. I can handle that."

"I can respect that," Kaylee said with a smile. "I love him with all my heart. I hope Sydney can learn to accept that."

"She will," Will admitted. "She's actually an extremely understanding person. You and I dropped a pretty big bomb on her tonight, though."

Kaylee smiled and walked over to the sink to rinse off her cereal bowl. When she was done, she turned to Will. "Thanks for sitting with me. And being so kind. You really didn't have to."

"I think that I did. You really need someone to be nice to you."

"My life sucks, huh?" Kaylee said with a smirk.

"Yeah. But you can just join the club. Hell, your family alone probably holds every office in the club."

"True." Kaylee began to walk back to the coach where she was sleeping.

Will sat alone for a few minutes and then began to walk back to his room. He heard Kaylee softly call his name as he passed the coach.

"Yeah?" he answered.

"I'll give you a hint. Next time we eat midnight cereal, try to remember to put a shirt on. I have a soft spot for men in just sweatpants."

Will chuckled as he made his way back to his room. He was about to walk through the door when a strong arm yanked him into the room across the hall.

"Syd? What the hell was that for?"

"Are you flirting with my sister?" Sydney hissed.

"You were eavesdropping! You little sneak!"

"I'm a spy, Will!" Sydney said exasperated. "I can't just turn it off when I go home."

"No. But that'd be cool," he said with a smile. "Maybe you could get Marshall to work on a gadget for that."

"Very funny," Sydney said with a smile. "So how's she holding up?"

"Honestly? I think it's extremely hard on her not to have Sark around. As strange as that sounds."

"I'll never understand it."

"Give it time," Will said. "I think you may just have to get used to it. She is your sister, and I honestly think that when she makes up her mind, no matter if she decides to stay with you or return to your mother in France, Sark's going to be with her."

"And that's what scares me." Sydney gave Will a kiss on the cheek. "Good night."

"Night." Will softly shut Sydney's bedroom door and made his way across the hall. This was figuring to be a very long week if he had to be running constant interference between the two Bristow sisters.

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Kaylee woke up with the nagging suspicion that someone was watching her and had been watching her for quite a while. She didn't have to look far.

"Hi," said Vaughn from his seat on a chair across from the coach. "I'm Mi--"

"You're Vaughn," Kaylee said sitting up. "I recognize you from the portrait in my sister's bedroom."

"I bought her the frame it was in," Vaughn supplied.

"Nice. What are you doing here?"

"Giving Sydney a ride into work. I was hoping you'd wake up. I was going to offer to bring you in with us."

"For some routine questions?" she asked with a smirk.

"For a tour. And to meet some of the most significant people in your sister's life. But if it's too soon for that, just tell me."

"It's too soon. Sorry. I don't know if I want to go within ten feet of the CIA. Call me crazy, but I still don't believe you guys won't swoop in and whisk me away to a containment cell any minute now. I am a wanted woman, you know."

"I'm aware," Vaughn replied. Sydney walked into the room. "Morning, Syd. It was nice meeting you officially, Kaylee."

Vaughn grabbed Sydney's arm and walked towards the door. As they were leaving, Sydney turned to glance at her sister one more time.

"He's cute," Kaylee mouthed.

Sydney smiled and gave her sister a little wave goodbye.

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"Agent Bristow, I need you to go on a mission to Taipei," Director Kendall informed her.

"I thought you had pulled me off active duty," Sydney said. She was shocked that her superior had made such a gross oversight.

"I changed my mind. Kaylee knows that your life is as stable as a spy's can be. Anyway, this assignment might be more important than anything having to do with your sister."

Sydney raised her eyebrows in disbelief.

"The CIA has picked up the fact that your mother may be holding an important Rambaldi device there. We need to find out what it is and determine whether it should be left in her hands. As much as it pains me to tell you, you're one of our best agents. And you're the one who knows your mother's operation the best. If anyone can break into her warehouse in Taipei and successfully find the Rambaldi device, it would be you."

"Thank you, sir," Sydney said. She knew she should just take the compliment and sit in silence. There was no way to get out of having to go back to Taipei.

"Make sure you pick up your equipment from Marshall," Kendall called as he left Sydney sitting alone at her desk.

"What was that all about?" Dixon asked as he walked over to Sydney.

"Kendall wants me to go to Taipei to gather some intel on some new Rambaldi device my mother's acquired."

"When really all you want to do is stay here in L.A. with your sister."

"Yeah," Sydney said with a sad smile. "I really want to figure out what makes her tick. She confuses me on so many levels."

"And you don't deal with confusion too well," Dixon admitted. "Does Kendall want me to go along with you to Taipei?"

"Nope, this is a one-woman mission. If you'll excuse me, Dixon. I need to run a few things by Marshall before I leave for my mission."

Sydney began to make her way to Marshall's small little office and tried to shake off the nagging feeling that this return mission to Taipei was going to change her life as drastically as the first one did. For the first time in a long while, she was scared of what was to come.