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Chapter Two

Sydney looked at her father, then at the driver's seat, in which Sark sat, speechless with horror.

"Really?" Her father said, worry filling his voice. "What do you think could have happened?"

"I really have no idea." Sark said and Sydney found worry in his voice not for the first time today she was disturbed by Sark's attitude towards her. "But I don't like it."
"Wow, slow down." Sydney said, finally finding her voice. "I don't work for the CIA anymore? Sark and you are friends? What's going on?"

Sydney felt absolute panic and tried to keep it reined under her cool exterior, without much luck.

"Okay Sydney, we have a lot to explain to you." Her father told her. "What is the last thing you remember?"

"I...Francine was Alison." Sydney said, and suddenly panicked. "And Will, Will's dead!"

"No," her father corrected. "Will is alive and in the witness protection program."

"What?...But how?" Sydney asked.

"Yes, well we have more important matters a this very minute." Sark pointed out. "If that is the last thing she remembers, she has basically lost the past two years."

"What!" Sydney gasped. "Two years! It can't have been two years."

"I'm afraid it has, Sydney." Her father said. "And a lot has happened over the last two years."

"What has happened?" Sydney asked.

She saw her father look at Sark and was pretty sure they were exchanging knowing looks. Feeling left out and confused, Sydney looked out the window, watching the streets of Hong Kong go past, watching all the bright lights and crowds.

"I think you should rest." Her father told her. "We'll drop you off at the motel and explain everything tomorrow, okay?"

Sydney didn't think it was okay, but knew saying so wouldn't change her father's decision so she just agreed.

She was dropped of at a motel and her father gave her a room key, and told her to go to room 102. She followed his orders and opened the door to find a pretty nice room with two double beds a bathroom and a mini kitchen. Sydney went to the fridge and took out a bottle of water. After drinking the water she went to the bathroom and had a shower. The hot water was nice and made her feel almost human again, though she felt extremely exhausted. Sydney knew she should go straight to bed, and was heading to do so, when she saw a briefcase sitting on the kitchen bench. She opened it and found a whole heap of papers. She looked at the first one, which seemed to be some sort of letter.

Miss Thorn,

I am sorry to inform you that the rent on your flat is way overdue and unless the dept is paid within the next four days we will retain ownership of the property once more...

Sydney stopped reading it, because she didn't understand the letter and figured, since it was in her father's hotel room, that it was encrypted.

She looked at what was underneath the letter with interest. It was a file. The name on the side Julia Thorn.

There it was, that name again.

Unable to contain her curiosity, Sydney opened the file. She was surprised to see her picture clipped in. The only difference between her now, and her in the picture was the picture had blonde hair. But that meant nothing to a girl who constantly dyes her hair and wears wigs. She also remembered, with horrible dread, that both Sark and her own father had called her Julia. She began to read the file.

She didn't read all of it, because the contents were frightening, as it mentioned that she was a field agent for some organization called the 'covenant' (how do u spell it?) and also made many references to things Sydney Bristow would never get involved in.

'But then, this isn't Sydney Bristow' A little voice in her head told her. She put Julia's file away, only to find her own file underneath it. She opened her file to find it exactly as it was before with one adjustment. Stamped across it in red was KIA. Killed In Action.

"What!" Sydney said, unknowingly aloud. She was dead?

Okay people, I know this chapter is very close to some of the events that happened in the series, but I didn't want to change everything. (Oh and for future reference, Sark hasn't been in US custody like he was in the series) Oh, and don't forget to press that little button below that says review.