Sydney Bristow half heartedly walked through the CIA office. Ever since she had met Vaughn's wife, life had become a drag for her. Nothing to look forward to for tomorrow, and nothing to look back on from yesterday. Her life felt empty and void. She sighed as she flipped through the folders on her desk. She wished they could just hurry up and find the damn Rambaldi code.
"Sydney, we're meeting in the conference room now." Dixon ordered as he passed by her desk.
Sydney slightly nodded and followed him. She took a deep breath as she saw Vaughn and Lauren sitting next to each other.
"Vaughn...Lauren." she managed to say as she flashed a quick smile. She sat down in her chair, hoping the meeting would be very brief. She couldn't stand seeing the two of them together.
Soon a picture of a two year old girl appeared on the screen. She had shoulder length brown hair with big, deep, brown eyes.
"This young girl," Dixon said pointing at the screen, "has been seen with Sark on numerous occasions."
"So Sark has a kid." Weiss commented.
"Maybe, maybe not, but this girl has been seen helping him perform operations." Dixon replied.
"A two year old?" Sydney asked.
"A two year old's very small and can fit into small spaces." Lauren answered coldly.
Sydney rolled her eyes at Lauren's tone. "But two year olds can also be reckless and set off triggers to alarm systems." she fired back.
"The point, ladies," Dixon interrupted, "is that we need this child in custody. Sydney and Vaughn, you're going to Zurich. Your plane will be leaving in approximately one hour. Good luck."
Sydney looked over at Vaughn as they stepped off of the elevator into the ballroom. "Ready?" she asked.
Vaughn nodded. "As always."
Sydney and Vaughn went there seperate ways as they looked around for the little girl.
"I found her." Vaughn said into the headset as he saw her playing with toys in a corner. Sydney soon appeared and they studied little girl, planning their next move.
"I got it." Vaughn replied as he walked over to her. He sat down next to her and picked up one of her toys. "Wow, this is a cool toy."
"Thanks." she replied as she continued to do what she was doing.
"You know, my wife has a barbie dollhouse complete with furniture for the dolls and everything."
"Really?" her eyes lit up as she looked at him.
"Yeah! I can show you now if you want." he tried luring her into coming with him.
The girl stood up and dropped her toy, leaving her mess in the corner behind.
"That was quick." Sydney commented as Vaughn appeared at the van.
"Julia!" the girl shouted as she saw Sydney. She ran torwards her and gave her a big hug.
"Um." Sydney said as she looked over at Vaughn. "You know me?"
"Of course I do." she grinned. "You're my mommy."