Disclaimer: If I owned Alias, then Lauren Reed would be somewhere in
Antarctica, Francie would still be alive, Will would still be in the
picture, and Irina would be back in the show! None of those things are in
the show, so apparently I don't own it
A/N: Please don't skip this chapter. This is a turning part in the story. It's one of the major things that is going to happen. You MUST read this chapter to understand the rest of it!!
Sydney walked as fast as she could to the cells of the CIA. She knew Melanie was going to be panic-stricken when she discovered her mother wasn't coming to get her when she told her she was, but that would have to wait as much as she didn't want to admit it. She needed to see Lauren and give her a piece of her mind.
"I'd like to see the prisoner." Sydney said, savoring that sentence and the truth in it. Lauren Reed their prisoner.
The bars raised and Sydney walked casually to Lauren's cell, which was the same one Sark was in before Lauren and Cole busted him out. Lauren was sitting on her block of a bed, staring at the wall, either ignoring Sydney, or not noticing she was there.
Sydney cleared her throat loudly, and Lauren looked up. "Well, well, well, if it isn't my favorite agent. You're looking well considering what you've been through." She said.
"I'm not here to have a normal conversation with you. I want to know why you kidnapped my daughter. Daughters, actually." Sydney said, glaring at Lauren.
"You actually think I'd tell you that? God Bristow, how stupid do you think I am? I have loyalties and I'm not about to break them just to help out you and whoever you're trying to help. I have a suspicion though, that Dixon didn't send you down here. You're not here on CIA business. This is just personal. Something you need to do for the twins. And Michael. And you." She said, somehow knowing what was happening.
"My reasons for coming to see you are my own. Why did you and the Covenant kidnap my daughters?" Sydney said, more forcefully this time.
"How are they? Anna and Elizabeth? Oh, sorry. Melanie and Molly." Lauren asked, ignoring Sydney.
"Answer the question, damn it!" Sydney snapped, pounding her fist on the glass, and as soon as she did that, she knew it had been a mistake. Lauren was smirking widely now, and Sydney knew Lauren got the reaction she wanted.
"Scared. You know, when you were presumed dead, everyone kept telling me about the infamous Sydney Bristow and how she could do anything, and how she never let her emotions get in the way of her work. Fearless was the word they used. Sydney Bristow was fearless. Now, all these years later, I see how wrong they were." Lauren said.
Sydney stayed silent. As much as she hated to admit it, Lauren had a point. She was letting her emotions cloud her judgement, and she was letting on that she was scared, but that couldn't be further from the truth. She was anything but scared. Frustrated was more like it.
"Well, I can see you haven't changed either. Well, except for the age. You're showing your age well." Sydney said, matching Lauren's smirk.
"Haven't lost your sense of humor either. Listen, you're the Central Intelligence Agency. I doubt you need my help to find out the Covenant's agenda." Lauren pointed out.
"That doesn't mean we shouldn't interrogate prisoners. You're right, we can easily find out what you were up to. It's just more fun to make you talk." Sydney said.
"You're lucky I'm stuck in here, Bristow." Lauren snarled.
"I've beaten you once. I can do it again." Sydney snapped. Lauren scowled, and Sydney knew she hadn't meant to do that.
"Just wait until you discover something you haven't seen in a long time. Then you'll come to your senses." Lauren said.
"I'll give you some time to think about it. Just don't think I'll go so easy on you next time." Sydney said and left, ignoring what Lauren had said, feeling confident that she had gotten the message across.
When she got back to the JTF, she saw Dixon, Jack, Weiss, even Marshall surrounding Vaughn's desk.
She didn't go see what was wrong, but instantly regretted not doing it when, to her great surprise, a SWAT team entered the JTF and escorted Vaughn to the debriefing room.
She immediately went to Jack. "What's going on?" she asked, looking from him to the team escorting Vaughn out of the building.
"He's the double." he said quietly.
Sydney stared at him incredulously. "But that's impossible! I've talked to him! He talks like Vaughn, he walks like Vaughn, he is Vaughn! There's no way that's not Vaughn!" Sydney said angrily. As if she didn't have enough going on in her life already. Now she had to worry that Michael Vaughn, her ex-husband, wasn't really Michael Vaughn.
"But Dad. If he isn't Vaughn, then who is he?" Sydney asked, trying to stay calm about this.
"We don't know yet, but we have figured out a way to tell." he said, and led Sydney to his desk and pulled out a spare chair so Sydney could sit down.
"We have obtained the device built specifically for Project Helix. It allows the person who was doubled to turn back into themselves. We are going to use it on Vaughn; no the person who was doubled as Vaughn, and find out who he really is." Jack explained briefly.
Now it made sense. The reason he wasn't happy as hell to see his two daughters who he hadn't seen in two and six years. Why he hadn't felt the same way as she did, why he acted so strangely. Like he loved her, but couldn't quite remember he loved her. At least there was an explanation. Of course, there was still one fact that Sydney couldn't stop thinking about.
"Dad. Is the real Vaughn...dead?" she asked fearfully. She knew that Allison Doren, the person who was doubled as Francie, had killed the real Francie. She hoped to death that Vaughn wasn't dead. She, and the twins, wouldn't be able to handle his death.
"We're not sure, but we can never know for sure. Once the person who was doubled as Vaughn is himself again, we will interrogate him unmercifully and find out if Michael is dead or not." Jack said. Sydney noticed him call Vaughn Michael, but she didn't say anything to him.
"Can I watch? I want to know who was doubled as my husband. I mean ex. Ex-husband." she said.
Jack nodded. "Of course. I'll be there too. The procedure shouldn't take more than ten minutes. It works relatively fast." He said.
A large, obese man approached them just then. "Excuse me Agent Bristows. It's starting now. Would you like to come watch?" he said.
"Yes. We would." Jack replied, and they followed him into a room where there was a one-way mirror.
They put the double in the interrogation part of the room and set a small, binocular looking device on a wheeled cart beside him and put his head on the small metal part.
"Do not blink or else you could suffer brain damage." an agent Sydney didn't recognize warned the double of Vaughn. The double didn't nod, but he understood nonetheless.
Soon only the double was in the room. As soon as another agent hit a switch, the interrogation room turned red and he instantly started to change. They all watched intently as he changed quickly. In seven minutes the room turned normal color again, and everything was the same, except for the double.
Sydney almost fainted. She knew the man who was doubled all too well. The man who SD-6 killed way back when in 2001. Jack and everyone else who knew Sydney's story stared at her, watching for what her reaction would be.
"Danny." was all she said.
A/N: Betcha weren't expecting that, were ya? Don't think I don't appreciate all the reviews I'm getting. I love them all! Tons and tons of thanks to those who read and review my story!! But you know the drill. PLEASE review this chapter! This is a major turning part of the story!!
A/N: Please don't skip this chapter. This is a turning part in the story. It's one of the major things that is going to happen. You MUST read this chapter to understand the rest of it!!
Sydney walked as fast as she could to the cells of the CIA. She knew Melanie was going to be panic-stricken when she discovered her mother wasn't coming to get her when she told her she was, but that would have to wait as much as she didn't want to admit it. She needed to see Lauren and give her a piece of her mind.
"I'd like to see the prisoner." Sydney said, savoring that sentence and the truth in it. Lauren Reed their prisoner.
The bars raised and Sydney walked casually to Lauren's cell, which was the same one Sark was in before Lauren and Cole busted him out. Lauren was sitting on her block of a bed, staring at the wall, either ignoring Sydney, or not noticing she was there.
Sydney cleared her throat loudly, and Lauren looked up. "Well, well, well, if it isn't my favorite agent. You're looking well considering what you've been through." She said.
"I'm not here to have a normal conversation with you. I want to know why you kidnapped my daughter. Daughters, actually." Sydney said, glaring at Lauren.
"You actually think I'd tell you that? God Bristow, how stupid do you think I am? I have loyalties and I'm not about to break them just to help out you and whoever you're trying to help. I have a suspicion though, that Dixon didn't send you down here. You're not here on CIA business. This is just personal. Something you need to do for the twins. And Michael. And you." She said, somehow knowing what was happening.
"My reasons for coming to see you are my own. Why did you and the Covenant kidnap my daughters?" Sydney said, more forcefully this time.
"How are they? Anna and Elizabeth? Oh, sorry. Melanie and Molly." Lauren asked, ignoring Sydney.
"Answer the question, damn it!" Sydney snapped, pounding her fist on the glass, and as soon as she did that, she knew it had been a mistake. Lauren was smirking widely now, and Sydney knew Lauren got the reaction she wanted.
"Scared. You know, when you were presumed dead, everyone kept telling me about the infamous Sydney Bristow and how she could do anything, and how she never let her emotions get in the way of her work. Fearless was the word they used. Sydney Bristow was fearless. Now, all these years later, I see how wrong they were." Lauren said.
Sydney stayed silent. As much as she hated to admit it, Lauren had a point. She was letting her emotions cloud her judgement, and she was letting on that she was scared, but that couldn't be further from the truth. She was anything but scared. Frustrated was more like it.
"Well, I can see you haven't changed either. Well, except for the age. You're showing your age well." Sydney said, matching Lauren's smirk.
"Haven't lost your sense of humor either. Listen, you're the Central Intelligence Agency. I doubt you need my help to find out the Covenant's agenda." Lauren pointed out.
"That doesn't mean we shouldn't interrogate prisoners. You're right, we can easily find out what you were up to. It's just more fun to make you talk." Sydney said.
"You're lucky I'm stuck in here, Bristow." Lauren snarled.
"I've beaten you once. I can do it again." Sydney snapped. Lauren scowled, and Sydney knew she hadn't meant to do that.
"Just wait until you discover something you haven't seen in a long time. Then you'll come to your senses." Lauren said.
"I'll give you some time to think about it. Just don't think I'll go so easy on you next time." Sydney said and left, ignoring what Lauren had said, feeling confident that she had gotten the message across.
When she got back to the JTF, she saw Dixon, Jack, Weiss, even Marshall surrounding Vaughn's desk.
She didn't go see what was wrong, but instantly regretted not doing it when, to her great surprise, a SWAT team entered the JTF and escorted Vaughn to the debriefing room.
She immediately went to Jack. "What's going on?" she asked, looking from him to the team escorting Vaughn out of the building.
"He's the double." he said quietly.
Sydney stared at him incredulously. "But that's impossible! I've talked to him! He talks like Vaughn, he walks like Vaughn, he is Vaughn! There's no way that's not Vaughn!" Sydney said angrily. As if she didn't have enough going on in her life already. Now she had to worry that Michael Vaughn, her ex-husband, wasn't really Michael Vaughn.
"But Dad. If he isn't Vaughn, then who is he?" Sydney asked, trying to stay calm about this.
"We don't know yet, but we have figured out a way to tell." he said, and led Sydney to his desk and pulled out a spare chair so Sydney could sit down.
"We have obtained the device built specifically for Project Helix. It allows the person who was doubled to turn back into themselves. We are going to use it on Vaughn; no the person who was doubled as Vaughn, and find out who he really is." Jack explained briefly.
Now it made sense. The reason he wasn't happy as hell to see his two daughters who he hadn't seen in two and six years. Why he hadn't felt the same way as she did, why he acted so strangely. Like he loved her, but couldn't quite remember he loved her. At least there was an explanation. Of course, there was still one fact that Sydney couldn't stop thinking about.
"Dad. Is the real Vaughn...dead?" she asked fearfully. She knew that Allison Doren, the person who was doubled as Francie, had killed the real Francie. She hoped to death that Vaughn wasn't dead. She, and the twins, wouldn't be able to handle his death.
"We're not sure, but we can never know for sure. Once the person who was doubled as Vaughn is himself again, we will interrogate him unmercifully and find out if Michael is dead or not." Jack said. Sydney noticed him call Vaughn Michael, but she didn't say anything to him.
"Can I watch? I want to know who was doubled as my husband. I mean ex. Ex-husband." she said.
Jack nodded. "Of course. I'll be there too. The procedure shouldn't take more than ten minutes. It works relatively fast." He said.
A large, obese man approached them just then. "Excuse me Agent Bristows. It's starting now. Would you like to come watch?" he said.
"Yes. We would." Jack replied, and they followed him into a room where there was a one-way mirror.
They put the double in the interrogation part of the room and set a small, binocular looking device on a wheeled cart beside him and put his head on the small metal part.
"Do not blink or else you could suffer brain damage." an agent Sydney didn't recognize warned the double of Vaughn. The double didn't nod, but he understood nonetheless.
Soon only the double was in the room. As soon as another agent hit a switch, the interrogation room turned red and he instantly started to change. They all watched intently as he changed quickly. In seven minutes the room turned normal color again, and everything was the same, except for the double.
Sydney almost fainted. She knew the man who was doubled all too well. The man who SD-6 killed way back when in 2001. Jack and everyone else who knew Sydney's story stared at her, watching for what her reaction would be.
"Danny." was all she said.
A/N: Betcha weren't expecting that, were ya? Don't think I don't appreciate all the reviews I'm getting. I love them all! Tons and tons of thanks to those who read and review my story!! But you know the drill. PLEASE review this chapter! This is a major turning part of the story!!