Title: Skeletons in the closet

Summary: Sydney faces her past at SD-6.

Disclaimer: I don't own anything Alias related, only the characters you don't know.

Spoiler: 3:17 'The frame' and before, AU after that.

Rating: PG-13

Chapter Eleven

Sydney winced as Lauren pushed her to the floor of a large room on the second floor. Looking around she felt a vague recognition of her environment. Lauren sat down on the sofa in the room that faced a wide-screen TV. The front room had a general living room feeling. She looked to the left and saw a door. "The bedroom." She muttered. Lauren nodded.

"You lived here when you weren't in Rome." She explained. "You, me and Danny. We were a family. Then Danny made me go out with Vaughn. I lost you both. Then we were together at the CIA, but you didn't even remember me. You just hated me because I had Vaughn."

Sydney stood up cautiously and walked into the bedroom. Lauren followed and watched as she went to a photo frame by the bed. It was a picture of her, Lauren and Danny. She looked at the smiling stranger with her arms around Lauren and Danny. She was Julia Thorne. She had the better life.

"That was a year ago." Lauren stood behind her. "You were working for Kendall Sydney but you were our double agent. You fed them information, you knew I was with Vaughn and you only turned and wiped your memory when you found out about the box."

"I would have warned Vaughn." Sydney muttered without effort. "I would never hurt him." Lauren shook her head.

"That's not what you did."

Julia Thorne sat in her car and watched as Vaughn got out of his car and opened the passenger door for his companion. She knew who it would be before she even saw the blonde get out. He and Lauren kissed and went into the restaurant, leaving Julia alone in tears.

When Lauren returned to the large house she shared she found Julia sitting in her room. "The man you were sent to seduce…" Lauren sighed as she removed her thick jumper.

"I should have told you it was Michael Vaughn." She sat next to Julia and hugged her. "I'm sorry." Julia scowled and pushed her down with force.

"I'm not jealous of you, I'm jealous of him." Lauren sighed and shook her head.

"Julia you have Danny."

"I want you too." She pouted and allowed Lauren to sit up.

"And you have me love, but I have to do this." Lauren explained.

'Have you slept with him yet?" Sydney whispered in her ear, causing the blonde to blush and shake her head. "He's won't satisfy you I like I can." Sydney purred. "I'll prove it."

Sydney jumped away from the blonde behind her and shook her head. "No…you…me…no!" Lauren remained where she stood and sighed.

"We all loved each other; you me and Danny. You let yourself be free and you were happy, whether you remember it or not."

Sydney shook her head and paced the room. "No…no…no…you're a liar!" She only stopped when Lauren grabbed her shoulders.

"You think it's hard for you to accept this? I've had to try and act normal around you for the last few months and it has been killing me inside."

"I want to go back to my cell now." Sydney refused to look at her and Lauren shook her head.

"Fine go running back to Elliot for comfort. You don't even remember what you did to her when you were Julia, but she does and no matter what she says she will always hate you for it."