Title:Ms. Thorne

Rating:PG-13

Summary:a/u...it branches off before epsidoe 11:full disclosure....Well basically Sydney goes into an treatment to get her memories back but comes out as Julia.

Disclaimer: I don't own anything...Alias belongs to Alias + co...

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The days after Sydney operation were blurred. The hours slipped into nothing. Fact blended with fiction. But the only thing that mattered was that Sydney was now Julia Thorne. Vaughn was only allowed to see her because Dixon was running out of people to send to see her.

After the failed experiment, Dixon informed their affiliate offices. And once word got around to Kendall, he knew that the LA offices needed to know the truth. So Kendal flew out to LA.

He launched the same story only to a different audience. He told the normal group of people (Jack, Marshal, Weiss and Vaughn). They all had strong reactions but the prominent emotion was betrayal. They felt like they should have been allowed to know what happened to Sydney. Jack would have not been sent to jail if he had known about Sydney. Vaughn wouldn't have married. There were many things that could have changed if they had only known the truth.

After Kendall told the story, Dixon was ordered to treat Sydney as they had treated Irina. An informant, a walk in. Even if she wasn't truly a covenant operative, they were to treat her like one. No one was to tell her the truth in fear of the effects it would have on her.

So as said before, Dixon sent interrogation agents to see her. But all came back with nothing but a sarcastic comment. Eventually they tried people who were more familiar with Sydney like Weiss. They triggered no reaction. They tried Jack; nothing but a cold stare back and forth. They usually sent her to Medical Services and when she was resting from the treatments, they interrogated her. Even if they had found an important source on the Covenant, it was a double-edged sword. They needed Sydney back to go on the mission but they needed Julia's Intel to make the missions. Sydney back. Eventually Dixon consented and Vaughn went to go see her about three weeks after the procedure.

But nothing could have prepared him for what met him inside the cell. He talked to Eric to try and figure out what he should expect. Weiss just told him what he felt as he was talking to her. He said it was weird hearing the words and seeing it come out of Sydney's body. "It wasn't her as Sydney but it was more like some scary puppet show." was a direct quote from Weiss. So Vaughn prepped himself for a different person when he went in but it wasn't something you could just slip right into.

She looked up when she heard the creaking of the gates. She scanned him head to toe, evaluating him. He stood into front of the glass wall. It was a déjà vu from the first time he spoke to Irina.

"You haven't come here before have you?" said Julia/ Sydney. Her voice tingled with a slight accent.

"No, I haven 't." he said as he fidgeted with this hands.

She glanced down at his hands. She saw the ring on his finger. "Married?" she questioned with a devious smile on her face.

"I'm not here to talk about me." Vaughn said trying to steer the subject away from his marriage.

"But you are married. Too bad.... you are one nice piece ....how can I put this in such a way....you are one nice piece of eye candy." she said slowly drawn out stressing almost every syllable.

"umm...Ms. Thorne" Vaughn interjected uncomfortably. 'What the??? What is this girl doing?' Vaughn thought

"But you wouldn't be the first guy that I got to sway over to me and break some vows." she said with a smile on her face. She seemed to be recalling some experiences.

She chuckled "What's your name?"

"Michael Vaughn"

"Well Michael, our time is about up. In about three minutes, they are going to take me out of here and do the testing. However I will speak to you the next time you come in. On one condition, that you bring a magazine with you. Preferably a fashion magazine. "

Vaughn checked the cock on the wall behind him and saw that she was about right. He thought it over. "Okay. I'm bring it next time but we will talk about the covenant in that meeting." Vaughn said trying to stay in Agent mode.

And as if on cue, four men came into the cell area. "Goodnight, Ms. Thorne."

"It's Julia to you.... Goodnight Michael." She finished softly. Vaughn felt hope flicker in him. The way she said it, it was like she was Sydney again. But Vaughn realized that Sydney wouldn't have called him Michael. His heart sank.

And he walked away from the glass panel and out of the cell area.

His thoughts were, to say the least, jumbled. Talking to her like that was like a parallel universe. She had an accent and he didn't even know what kind. It was just a little bit off her regular voice. She said she had an affair with a married man or at least hinted that she could have. Something, that without a doubt, Sydney would never do. She called him Michael, not Vaughn. She wanted a fashion magazine not a great literature book. Eric was right. He could hear the words coming out of her mouth but it just didn't match up with the face.

But at the same time, it was Sydney. And it was only a matter of time before Michael dropped the Agent act and became her friend. And as weird as it could be, he would do it.

Michael handed in his report on the meeting with Julia. After Dixon read his report, Dixon assigned him the task of interrogating Julia because as it seemed he was the only one he was willing to talk to. But he seemed reluctant to do it. But Vaughn knew that Julia was only willing to speak to him. He could hear it in the way she was speaking. It was in her choice of words.

Because when Sydney called no matter who she was today, Michael Vaughn would always answer. And that was all that mattered at the end of the day.

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A/n: Yay!! a second chapter....I'm so glad that you people like the story....thanks you all from the reviews....it's so nice....I hope I didn't make Julia to for lack of better word slutty ....but I thought it fit with the comments that Simon made. So review!!!