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

A/N: I'd like to thank Eyghon, your last review was really great and I know have an inflated ego. I will be writing over Christmas so I'll try and update as often as possible.

Chapter Thirteen

Vaughn found himself led to an upstairs room of the house and shoved into a seat by Danny. "I've been keeping an eye on you Mr. Vaughn. You stole Syd from me when I was barely cold in my grave. That's just not nice. Then you wanted Sydney instead of Lauren. You're not allowed both Mr. Vaughn…well unless you're me."

Vaughn scowled and stared him in the eye. "You never had Sydney, you had Julia Thorne and she wasn't Sydney." Danny shook his head.

"Julia was my double agent Vaughn. She knew what she was doing. She knew what she was doing when she betrayed this country, fed the CIA information…slept with Lauren."

Vaughn's expression turned from anger to shock. "No, Sydney wouldn't…"

"It was before I sent Lauren to seduce you, but even afterwards every time Lauren came home from seeing you Julia had to reclaim her…"

"Shut up!" Vaughn roared. "Sydney loves me, loved Daniel Hecht, but he's dead now and as for Lauren…"

"What about me?" Lauren asked as she led Sydney into the room. "Danny, I have some great news. Julia's come back to us…"

"NO!" Vaughn roared, tugging at the bonds that held his arms behind his back.

Danny smiled as Sydney stared blankly at Vaughn. He'd seen that look in her eyes before. She had given up again, broken and crumpled from her life of pain. "Really? How do I know you've come back to us Sydney? You hurt Lauren and I by running away from us."

Sydney turned to Lauren and kissed her passionately while Vaughn watched in disbelief, tears filling his eyes. Sydney pulled away for air and smiled at the red tint in Lauren's cheeks.

"Because we're a family." Sydney replied. "And I'll make it up to you."

Danny smiled and embraced both Lauren and Sydney. "I have some business to attend to so I'll be gone tonight. Put Vaughn away, and then you two look after each other." He kissed them both and then grabbed Vaughn by the collar and practically dragged him back to his cell where Jack waited patiently for him to return.

Vaughn sat in tears as he told Jack what had happened. "She's turned, it's not an act either. I saw her eyes they were so cold…soulless. She's given up Jack."

Danny opened Elliot's cell door and grinned as he saw a cowering and crying wreck huddled on a bed. "See Elliot you can't have Syd. You never could and you never will. She's mine and that's the way it's meant to be. She doesn't love you, she can't even stand you." He laughed cruelly as he left her alone in the dark empty room.

Sydney silently followed Lauren through the house until she recognised the room Lauren had said belonged to Julia. As she stopped Lauren looked curiously. "Thought you were going to make it up to me? After all I've had to watch you pine over Vaughn all these months." Sydney smiled awkwardly and followed her to her room.

"Lauren, maybe we could do this tomorrow. It just feels weird right now, I mean I'm just settling back in and…" Lauren's lips covered Sydney's and silenced her as Lauren guided them to her bed and pushed Sydney down.

"It's ok Sydney I understand." She lay down with her and caressed her cheek.

"I'm not going to rush you. I just want you with me tonight, nothing has to happen if you don't want it to." Sydney smiled and nodded

As they lay in bed Sydney was painfully aware of every inch of flesh that was touching Lauren. Her mind was a mess. She felt the love she had for Danny, old and new lust for Lauren, part of her was screaming for her to save Vaughn and another part of her despised herself for what she'd done to Elliot. She had to take her mind off the confusion somehow.

She cuddled into Lauren and whispered in her ear. "So was Vaughn better?" Lauren grinned mischievously.

"I really can't remember. You'll have to refresh my memory."