Marcus Dixon
Into the Desert – Firebomb
When Dixon answered his front door to see a man with a C.I.A badge asking for him to help Sydney, he didn't know what to do. There was the fact that he was still pissed that his own partner hadn't told him the truth about SD-6 until she needed him to get the codes.
SD-6 is not part of the C.I.A. You're working for the very people you thought you were fighting against.
He'd told her after the C.I.A.'s raid that he never wanted to see her again. He wasn't sure if he could trust her.
Also, there was that he'd told Diane he didn't actually work at a bank. That had gone worse than he'd thought. She'd threatened to divorce him in he worked for the C.I.A. He supposed she had a point about not wanting a life of wondering if her husband was coming home.
But he and Sydney had been on so many missions together. And if her life really was in danger, like Vaughn said, he knew he had to help. Even if that meant going all the way to Afghanistan to help break into the palace of the warlord he'd infiltrated last year.
"I'll help. I know all the secret entrances and exits in that place."
Vaughn looked incredibly relieved. And Dixon had to admit his problems weren't Vaughn's fault.
"What was she doing there in the first place?" asked Dixon.
"We tracked Sloane to there. We think he's trying to build contacts for his plan with the Rimbaldi devices."
Considering how much time he'd spent getting Rimbaldi artifacts for Sloane, he didn't want to know what Sloane's plan was. He'd feel too guilty to live with himself.
Another reason to help Sydney. Besides, he had to admit that if he were in Sydney's position, he might not have told her the truth either. Not telling might even have saved Diane's life.