Chapter 1
"Who do you work for?" The guard asked as he pulled Sydney off the ground by her hair.
Sydney grunted he had hit her pretty hard in the back of the head.
"I. I . "Sydney mumbled as she got to her knees.
This was her second mission in a week. On this mission however Vaughn had been assigned as her partner and Lauren as their supervisor.
*Flashback*
"When do we leave?" Sydney asked with a sigh. She had to go on yet another mission. She wasn't surprised this was after all her life.
"Tonight." Answered Dixon, "Only there have been a few changes made."
"What?" Sydney, Vaughn and Lauren all asked simultaneously.
"Vaughn will be going with you as your partner." Dixon told them all.
Sydney dared to glance over across the table, where Vaughn and Lauren sat side by side.
Vaughn looked somewhat shocked and Lauren couldn't have been any angrier.
"Also,"Dixon continued, "Lauren will attend this mission as well."
"But Dixon, I'm not field trained." Lauren interrupted him.
Dixon continued as if he hadn't heard Lauren.
"She will be going to supervise your mission and to make sure that nothing goes wrong. This meeting is done." And with that he finished and left the office.
*End of Flashback*
They had been sent to Geneva to retrieve stolen documents and take some things that hadn't previously been in their possession. It was supposed to be a quick grab and run but they had had quite a few run ins.
"I'm going to ask you one last time. Who do you work for?"
Sydney tried desperately to think of something to stall.
Where was Vaughn? He should have been there with her to watch her back in case anything went wrong. Maybe he was hurt, or maybe someone had captured him.
Just as the guard was about to call for help Sydney still on her knees turned around and in two swift movements managed to kick the guard's gun out of his hands and into hers and bring him to his knees. She was now standing. She heard running coming around the corner so she hit the guard over the head with the gun and started running to turn the other corner.
"Sydney? What's happening?" She heard Lauren's voice thick with her British accent evident with worry asked in her earpiece . Sydney ignored her question and asked on of her own.
"Where's Vaughn? I don't know. I can't contact him. What's going on?
"Just minor problems don't worry. I've got it under control."
She listened intently. The running had stopped for a second and began again the next. Who ever it was was approaching quickly. Sydney got ready to face them. As they turned the corner she stepped out of her hiding place. She was pointing a gun straight at Vaughn's heart.
"Syd" was all he managed to say as he noticed the gun.
"Sorry." She said as she lowered it. "What happened to you? Where were you?"
"I got attacked. Took quite a while to get out of it." He replied. "Did you get them?"
"Yeh. They're in my bag."
"Alright then let's go."
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Sydney closed her eyes and leaned back in her chair. She wasn't comfortable. Their mission had been successful and now they were on their way back.
"Syd?" It was Vaughn.
She opened her eyes and gave him a shy smile.
"Are you ok?"
"Oh Yeh, I'm just fine." She replied.
"Good. I just thought I'd tell you we're going to be landing soon. Lauren and I are going to head home but the JTF asked that you come in tonight."
"Oh. Do you know why?"
"No. I guess they just want to talk to you."
"Ok. Thanks." She said as she closed her eyes again. She knew he wanted to say something more. He always did. It had been there in his eyes from the moment he had come back to work. She knew, she just didn't want to open herself up to more pain. Nothing he could say could change anything. The fact that she had two years of her life missing or that he was married and that she was hurting.
She waited she knew he was still there. When she heard him leave she opened her eyes and looked out the window. She would be home soon enough.
.
"Who do you work for?" The guard asked as he pulled Sydney off the ground by her hair.
Sydney grunted he had hit her pretty hard in the back of the head.
"I. I . "Sydney mumbled as she got to her knees.
This was her second mission in a week. On this mission however Vaughn had been assigned as her partner and Lauren as their supervisor.
*Flashback*
"When do we leave?" Sydney asked with a sigh. She had to go on yet another mission. She wasn't surprised this was after all her life.
"Tonight." Answered Dixon, "Only there have been a few changes made."
"What?" Sydney, Vaughn and Lauren all asked simultaneously.
"Vaughn will be going with you as your partner." Dixon told them all.
Sydney dared to glance over across the table, where Vaughn and Lauren sat side by side.
Vaughn looked somewhat shocked and Lauren couldn't have been any angrier.
"Also,"Dixon continued, "Lauren will attend this mission as well."
"But Dixon, I'm not field trained." Lauren interrupted him.
Dixon continued as if he hadn't heard Lauren.
"She will be going to supervise your mission and to make sure that nothing goes wrong. This meeting is done." And with that he finished and left the office.
*End of Flashback*
They had been sent to Geneva to retrieve stolen documents and take some things that hadn't previously been in their possession. It was supposed to be a quick grab and run but they had had quite a few run ins.
"I'm going to ask you one last time. Who do you work for?"
Sydney tried desperately to think of something to stall.
Where was Vaughn? He should have been there with her to watch her back in case anything went wrong. Maybe he was hurt, or maybe someone had captured him.
Just as the guard was about to call for help Sydney still on her knees turned around and in two swift movements managed to kick the guard's gun out of his hands and into hers and bring him to his knees. She was now standing. She heard running coming around the corner so she hit the guard over the head with the gun and started running to turn the other corner.
"Sydney? What's happening?" She heard Lauren's voice thick with her British accent evident with worry asked in her earpiece . Sydney ignored her question and asked on of her own.
"Where's Vaughn? I don't know. I can't contact him. What's going on?
"Just minor problems don't worry. I've got it under control."
She listened intently. The running had stopped for a second and began again the next. Who ever it was was approaching quickly. Sydney got ready to face them. As they turned the corner she stepped out of her hiding place. She was pointing a gun straight at Vaughn's heart.
"Syd" was all he managed to say as he noticed the gun.
"Sorry." She said as she lowered it. "What happened to you? Where were you?"
"I got attacked. Took quite a while to get out of it." He replied. "Did you get them?"
"Yeh. They're in my bag."
"Alright then let's go."
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Sydney closed her eyes and leaned back in her chair. She wasn't comfortable. Their mission had been successful and now they were on their way back.
"Syd?" It was Vaughn.
She opened her eyes and gave him a shy smile.
"Are you ok?"
"Oh Yeh, I'm just fine." She replied.
"Good. I just thought I'd tell you we're going to be landing soon. Lauren and I are going to head home but the JTF asked that you come in tonight."
"Oh. Do you know why?"
"No. I guess they just want to talk to you."
"Ok. Thanks." She said as she closed her eyes again. She knew he wanted to say something more. He always did. It had been there in his eyes from the moment he had come back to work. She knew, she just didn't want to open herself up to more pain. Nothing he could say could change anything. The fact that she had two years of her life missing or that he was married and that she was hurting.
She waited she knew he was still there. When she heard him leave she opened her eyes and looked out the window. She would be home soon enough.
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