Title: Beyond all limits

Summary: Sequel to Skeletons in the closet. With nothing to lose Sydney seeks revenge.

Disclaimer: I don't own alias, I only own the character you don't know.

Timeline: AU after the first one

Rating: R

A/N: This is set after skeletons in the closet, if you haven't read it you'll be lost.

Chapter Two

She found Sark quite easily. Barely six months after the Covenant crumbled he had found a new employer. Sydney was still unsure of who it was he had found but that didn't concern her. She only wanted Sark, not his employer.

He was in a bar in Las Angeles when she found him. He looked exactly the same as he had the day she'd last seen him, but Sydney had changed. She no longer looked like the caring young woman she had once been. Her clothes no longer hid her muscular arms that she had developed, her hardened, life weary eyes sent shivers down those who approached her and as Sark watched her dance with some random stranger she had pulled onto the dance floor he did not recognise her.

After the dance he approached Sydney with a charming smile. "May I buy you a drink" She allowed him to lead her to his table and order her a beer. The second the waiter leaves she has a knife on him under the table. "If you wish to be a father Mr. Sark I would suggest you co-operate."

"Who are you" He practically growled as she dug the knife against his pants. She laughed as the waiter handed her the drink he ordered for her and shook her head.

"Come on Sark it hasn't been that long, how could you forget me" She leaned in close to his ear and whispered huskily. "After all you were convinced we were destined to work together."

He inhaled sharply as he realised exactly who his attacker was. "Sydney?" He choked out.

"Well done Sark." She dug the knife against him once again. "I'm going to ask you a very simple question Sark, and if you be a very good boy and answer truthfully then I won't be making you a eunuch." He looked angered at Sydney's mockery of him, but he nodded in agreement to her offer.

"Did you know a man named Calvin West?" She asked, almost wincing at saying his name and having images of Calvin lying dead in their bathtub and knowing once again it was her fault.

Sark paused for a moment to think before answering with a shake of his head. "I don't believe I know a Calvin West. I know of him, but never me the man." At the words 'of him' Sydney's attention snapped from her guilty memories to Sark. " A lot's changed Sydney. Dixon informed me of your fiancé's death. I'm sorry."

"Why would Dixon tell you?" She growled and pushed the knife against him again.

"I'm a CIA agent Sydney. I always have been…"

"You're lying!" She hissed and shook her head to dismiss him.

"Ask Kendall, Dixon, El…" He stopped but it was too late.

"Elliot? Elliot knew you were CIA?" He stared down into his glass of wine and nodded.

"I met her the day her and Zac had to leave SD-6."

"Tell me." She removed the knife, causing Sark to sigh in relief and waited patiently for Sark to tell his tale.

October 3rd 2001

"Ah Julian. Welcome to project black hole." Kendall smiled and shook his hand. "I've heard a lot of good things about you." The young man beamed at his compliment, but he didn't look like he needed to be told he was good at his job. He stood with confidence and pride as he watched the other agents scuttle around.

He watched with fascination as a woman in street clothes approached Kendall a look of hatred in her eyes and a man following behind her trying to catch her. "You bastard!" She shouted at Kendall. "Why wouldn't you let me tell her?" Kendall's expression softened to one of remorse as the young woman stood before him tears of pain and rage falling down her cheeks.

"Agent Gable, I know you and this one woman have a deep friendship and working relationship but she is still SD-6 she can not be brought out of there. It would ruin her whole life, telling her that she's been fighting for the enemy, that could destroy a person…"

"She's strong." Elliot argued. "I know she can handle it…" Kendall looked to the ground and then shook his head.

"Agent Gable, I'm sorry but the young woman can't be told about SD-6. You and your partner will resume normal CIA duties. Your deep cover is finished, you are not to have contact with anything related to that mission do you understand? Do you understand?"

"Yes sir." It was said with venom and hatred but Kendall knew Elliot would stick to her word.

"Good. Now you and Zac can concentrate on training you're new partner on how the CIA does things." Elliot looked at Sark with a gaze of malice and discontent.

"Let's get two things straight Sark, one I'm not so stop checking me out and two you will never replace Sydney Bristow, she will always be better than you and she will always be my true partner. Got it?"

Present

"I've spent every second since then trying to be better than you, or just as good as you in her eyes. Admit it, it was the same for you. Everything we did when we were with her was to impress her; we wanted to show her how much we'd learned from her. How much we'd grown, that we didn't her, but she always knew we did. No matter how good we get Sydney we still need her."

Sydney nodded in agreement. "I used to be like that too Sark." She stared absently at into the crowd. "Then I realized I was better than her." Sydney left the table and immediately saw Sark get on his cell phone. "Tell her she's next Sark."