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Swiftly taking the knife from Anna's pocket, Sydney stood up and before Anna knew what was happening she had the knife at her throat and Sydney had Anna's gun in her hand. Before the K-Directorate soldier's could do anything Sydney shot both of them dead, or at least unconscious, one bullet only narrowly missed Will's head. Next she turned to Owens. He was quicker then the soldier's though and had his own gun pointed at Sydney.
"You can't shoot me." Sydney, still in Russian, stated using Anna as a shield.
"Can't I?" He said taking a shot.
Sydney hadn't expected this. Didn't he know he would be killed for firing at a senior operative? Luckily the bullet missed but only slightly.
Anna took this opportunity to get out of Sydney's grip. Bringing her elbow down sharply, Sydney let out a cry as it hit her left wrist causing her to drop Anna's gun, which slid into the kitchen area. Knowing Sydney was momentarily thrown off balance, Anna pulled all her weight on Sydney's arm, twisting the knife from her grip. She stepped forward and sent a kick back at Sydney, knocking her to the ground winded.
'This is it!' Sydney thought, watching Anna standing before her with the knife in her hand. 'At least I'm going to die without any hidden secrets from Will and Francie! They know what I do now.' But she was surprised at what happened next.
"What did you think you were doing Owens?" Anna cried. Without waiting for his answer she threw her knife at him, hitting him in the chest. He took a few steps back and dropped to the floor dead.
Will and Francie could only watch as Anna turned back around to confront Sydney, who had disappeared into the darkness of the room. Hiding behind an overstuffed chair Sydney considered her options. She couldn't get to Francie and Will without being seen and neither could Anna. That meant taking the weapons from the soldier's she'd shot wasn't an option and Owens was lying in a heap in the middle of the room so his gun was out of the question too. Her only option was to get Anna's gun, which had slid into the kitchen area only moments before.
She thought hard. Anna didn't know the apartment at all but Sydney knew exactly where every creaky floorboard was. Rising behind the chair she automatically adopted a stealthy stance. Looking out into the room she couldn't see Anna anywhere. Using her ears she listened hard. A minute later she heard a soft noise as Anna trod lightly on a board under the main window. Carefully, Sydney worked her way around the room. There was a problem though, to get into the kitchen area she had to pass a strip of moonlight meaning she would be visible to Anna. She looked around again, listening. She heard another small creak from the other side of the room. 'That's good, Anna's going against me.' Suddenly she had an idea.
Making sure Anna was still across the room, Sydney tried to get Will's attention. Sticking her arm out from her current hiding place she started waving it frantically, watching Will all the time. As they'd been watching the scene between Anna and Owens neither Will nor Francie had noticed Sydney disappear until they had seen the slightly surprise look from Anna and neither of them had expected her to be at the other side of the room as she surely couldn't have passed them. Could she? So Will was very surprised to see movement from the corner of his eye. Looking around he saw Sydney staring back at him. This was bad; if Anna saw him looking she would know where Sydney was. She had to be quick. "Will," she mouthed, "divert her attention." Luckily he got it straight away and instantly began wriggling in his chair. Francie hadn't seen the silent conversation and was scared that Will was drawing unnecessary attention to himself. As Will tipped his chair over, Francie involuntary yelled out from behind the gag. Taking her chance and counting on Anna's attention being diverted to her friends Sydney raced across the patch of moonlight and into the kitchen. On her knees Sydney reached out for the gun and didn't expect Anna's heavily booted foot to come down on her hand. From where they were Francie and Will heard the crack as three bones broke. The pain in her hand seemed to reverberate up her arm. Shocked Sydney managed to slide the gun across the room again just as Anna's boot came up again kicking her in the side of her head, exactly where she'd cut it the day before. 'At least she won't be able to shoot me.'
"Sydney, Sydney, Sydney." Anna shook her head, tutting loudly. Wrongly assuming she would be the victor of this fight.
From her position on the floor Sydney was able to twist and threw her leg across the back of Anna's knees, ignoring the throbbing pain in her hand. Anna fell down hard hitting her head painfully on the kitchen worktop. Momentarily stunned, Sydney was able to drag her rival into the middle of the room. Picking up Owens gun she pointed it at Anna's head…
