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CHAPTER 10

The next day Michael woke up before Sydney and sat there watching her sleep for a while before being interrupted my his mobile ringing. (A/N it's mobile in Aus but I think it's cell phone 4 all u ppl in America, sry but I'm stickin 2 my Aussie language!)

He got out of bed with a groan, searching for his mobile. He found it vibrating in the pocket of his jeans, which were lying on the floor. He picked it up and answered it quickly, looking over to the bed to make sure Sydney hadn't been woken up by the ringing. She hadn't. He answered the phone as he walked out of the bedroom.

"Vaughn."

"Agent Vaughn, this is Agent Kendall. I need you and Agent Bristow here A.S.A.P."

"Uhhhh, Jack isn't here," Mike said in a confused voice.

Kendall sighed audibly on the other end, "Sorry, This is a bit confusing. We need Sydney down here now, and you."

"What? Why do you need Syd? She's quit the agency. I don't think she's going to be to willing to go back to headquarters." Michael stated.

"Well I think she can at least listen to what we have to say, and then make her decision. It's a matter of national security."

"It's always a matter of national security," Michael mumbled under his breath. No shit Kendall, if it wasn't a matter of national security why the hell would the CIA be handling it? That's usually what we're here for.

"Sorry, I didn't catch that." Kendall said.

"Nothing important sir. I'll try and get Sydney to come but I wont guarantee anything."

"Good, if everything works out we'll see you in about an hour."

Michael heard the dial tone and hung up also. He felt a pair of arms wrap around his waist and a head rest against his back.

"Hey," Mike said softly, as he put his arms over hers, "hope I didn't wake you."

"You didn't, I just woke up and you weren't there so I thought I'd come and find you."

Michael turned around so that the embrace became a full on hug, and he snuggled his head into Sydney's shoulder. Sydney laughed as she moved her arms from around Mike's waist to around his shoulders and hugged him back.

"I'm guessing this has something to do with your phone conversation just then. I walked in just in time to hear my name mentioned." Sydney stated.

They pulled apart from each other and Michael took her hands in his.

"Okay, now please don't be mad. I swear I didn't know anything until just then, come to think of it I still don't really know anything."

"Mike get on with it," Sydney said as she tried to contain a laugh.

Mike glared at her and she placed a quick kiss in his lips.

"Anyway," Mike began again, "Well there's no easy way to say this so I'm just gonna say it. It was Kendall on the phone, he wants us to come in."

"Us as in both of us?" Sydney asked with a confused expression on her face.

"Yeh."

"Why?"

"I don't know, but he wants us over there soon to tell us."

"What bit of 'I quit' didn't they understand. Mike, I don't wanna go back there." Sydney said the last part quietly, but Michael still heard her.

"I know baby," he said as he pulled her to him once again and began to stroke her hair. "But we don't even know what this is about yet, let's not start worrying ok?"

"Yeh, ok." Sydney replied as she sighed deeply and tightened her grip on Michael.

"Come on, we should probably get changed," said Mike. He kissed her on the forehead and wrapped his arm around her shoulder, her arm automatically going around his waist as they walked back to their bedroom to get changed.

About half an hour later they were ready to go and hopped into the car. Michael drove while Sydney stared out the window silently, her hand resting on Mike's thigh as she was left to her thoughts. Every now and then he would look at her with concern in his eyes, and every time, at least when she noticed which was most of the time, she would turn her head around and give him a reassuring smile and squeeze his leg.

They pulled up to the CIA headquarters but Sydney wouldn't remove her hand from Michael's thigh. Instead he took her hand in his and turned toward her. She looked at him with a worried look in her eye.

"Mike, there are too many memories here, I mean it was so hard. I remember everything, when I was told you had the virus, when ..... got killed on national TV, when I found out that my mother betrayed us again-"

Michael interrupted her "Syd, don't think about those times, think about the good ones we had."

"Mike, the only times that were good were the ones I had with you," she replied.

"Well then think about me," He told her. "It shouldn't be too hard since I'll be right next to you." He said reassuringly.

"It's never hard to think about you, I don't even have to try." Sydney said with a smile.

"Well I never seem to be able to get you out of my mind either. Come on, there probably waiting for us."

"Yeh," Sydney said as she took a deep breath and opened the car door. Mike came around to her side and she took his hand in hers. Together they walked through the doors of the CIA office to where Kendall, Jack, Marshall and Eliza were standing and waiting.

Eliza? Are you serious? Come on, give me a break here! Sydney thought to herself as she felt Mike tense momentarily next to her. He obviously didn't know Eliza was going to be here, he would have given Syd some warning if he had. She realised that she had also become tense and exhaled slowly.

They all turned to look at Sydney and Michael as they approached.

"Agent's. I'm glad you could make it," Kendall said with the same stony expression on his face as usual when there was something serious going on. This didn't make Sydney or Michael feel any better.

"I am not an agent," Sydney replied, a stony expression also on her face, "What exactly is this about?"

A/N- well hope u all still like my story. Keep it up with the reviews! I'm not gonna keep writing if I don't get any! Lol. Well season 2 of Alias is almost over here in Australia ( What season is it up 2 in other places like America? Well keep it up with the reviews, I also just posted anotha fic called 'Who Should It Be,' so feel free 2 r&r that 2 if ya want! Thanx evri1