Title: Misconceptions

Author: Ren201

Spoilers: Up to 'The Telling' (end of season 2) but a different ending. Sydney was still 'missing' but returned in a different way.

Disclaimer: I don't own anything to do with Alias or anything else that doesn't belong to me.

Author's note: This story was originally called something else, but I didn't like it, so I've changed the title and (hopefully) improved what I wrote. In fact, this is nothing like the original story, so it doesn't really matter. lol.

A/N: R&R please.

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Sydney Bristow sat impatiently in the conference room, awaiting the arrival of the agents who were to be involved in her case. Sighing, she watched as the agents began to file into the room, all unaware of the reason they were there.

Many agents didn't recognise her and sent her inquisitive stares, but the few who did, were shocked to see that she was still alive. Before any of the agents could approach her, Dixon entered the room, causing everyone to take their respective seats.

Sydney stood as Dixon entered the room, and moved towards him, pulling him into a quick embrace.

"It's good to see you again. Two months is too long." Sydney said as she pulled away from him.

All eyes moved onto Sydney again, as she subconsciously, placed a hand over her swollen stomach, as if she were protecting it from the people around her. Sydney looked briefly at the agents before her, as she straighten her business suit, noticing one in particular. Michael Vaughn. The thing stood out the most about him, was the wedding ring on his finger. Avoiding his gaze, she moved back towards her seat, to wait for Dixon to continue with the briefing.

"Agent Sydney Bristow has been undercover within the Covenant since her kidnapping two years ago." Dixon stated as he began handing out folders containing information on Sydney's double agent status, before motioning to Sydney, who reluctantly stood and moved towards the screen at the front of the room to continue with the briefing.

"I've been working as an operative within the Covenant for the past 15 months. The main objective of my work has been to destroy the Covenant and obtain the relevant information needed to do this." Sydney stated as she once again placed her hand over her stomach before continuing.

"The work I've been doing was complicated and dangerous. It was not by choice that I joined the Covenant. They believed that they had successfully brainwashed me, which meant that they had no reason to doubt my loyalty. This gave me the opportunity to become a double agent." Sydney said, as she waited for the agents to finish looking through her file.

"Why did you come back now? Why not stay within the Covenant until the end of your pregnancy to ensure that they completely trusted you? How far along are you?" A female agent asked, as she motioned to Sydney's stomach.

"Almost 7 months." Sydney replied briefly smiled down at her stomach.

"The main reason for my extraction was due to my pregnancy, but not for the reasons you would think Agent...". Sydney replied, trailing off.

"Jackson. What do you mean?" Agent Jackson replied as she closed her folder, giving all of her attention to Sydney.

"There is a prophecy that many believe was written about me. When the CIA first discovered the prophecy, it was presumed that it only concerned me. Unfortunately, the Covenant received Intel about another page from the Rambaldi manuscript. This page described both a man and a child.

"It wasn't until a few months ago that I found out about the page. Due to the Covenant's belief that I was brainwashed, they were under the impression that I hadn't seen the first part of the prophecy. Since that time, we have been working to retrieve the manuscript page and discover the meaning behind the prophecy." Sydney concluded as she allowed the agents to ask their questions.

"If you didn't know about the prophecy until after you were pregnant, then how were the Covenant able to ensure that your pregnancy would happen the way it was predicted?" Weiss asked as he gave Sydney a sympathetic look and a small smile.

"I don't know. Although I assume that the main reason they abducted me was to for fill this prophecy. I would assume that they knew about both pages, as my partner within the Covenant was the man in the prophecy." Sydney replied as she briefly looked towards Dixon, looking for confirmation of what she could tell the agents.

"What was the prophecy?" A young blonde woman asked in a crisp British accent, as she looked towards Sydney.

"I was never given that information, which is why we need to acquire the page, Ms Reed." Sydney replied as she looked directly at her, waiting for her response before she continued,

"Congratulations by the way. I hear the wedding was nice." Sydney concluded as she looked at both Vaughn and his wife before moving back to her seat. Feeling the tension rise in the room, Sydney was satisfied that no one else would ask her any more questions.

"Who was the man in the prophecy?" Vaughn asked gingerly, as he avoided eye contact, deciding instead to look at his hands.

"Why?" Sydney replied as she turned to face him again, ignoring the uncomfortable silence that surrounded the rest of the agents.

"If we are going to bring down the Covenant we need to know the details. We need to know who is working with us and who is working against us." Vaughn replied as he briefly looked round the room at the other agents.

"The man in the prophecy was ... Julian Lazarey, ... but you know him as Sark." Sydney announced, as she sat down again, placing her hand lovingly over her stomach.

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This wasn't as well written, as I would have hoped, but R&R anyway. Sorry to all Syd/Vaughn shippers who thought that this would be S/V, but I didn't want to ruin the surprise.