Chapter 6 – Facing

Dixon. One of the few people I could trust wih.

But for the longest time I seemed just to lie to him. About SD-6, About me, About my father and then About my mother.

My mother. Then it was something I couldn't face sharing at all. I had trouble even putting it into words.

Let alone telling it to the man that had been my rock through so much.

I knew I could share anything with him. But this I couldn't.

Until.

Until it was taken out of my hands. By Sloane

"Sydney, analysis is almost done with the files you got form Khasinua's facility. And should have the report on your mother. Sorry Derevko by the end. As a courtesy I'm sending a copy to you. As for the matter at hand, wheels up in 15 hours. Dixon and Sydney get you op tech from Marshall "

Sydney stood up and quickly walked out of the conference room. Trying to get some distance between her and Dixon, hoping that he had a momentarily lapse in concentration at the moment.

"Sydney?" Dixon said from behind her. "Sydney, stop. I need to talk to you."

"Yes?" Sydney said turning round to face him with a fake smile on her face.

"Syd, I'm not sure if I misheard in their. But I swear that Sloane in a kind of way that Derevko is your mother. I though your mother was Laura Bristow."

"That's who I thought she was. Dixon I didn't found out about this until recently. But there is something you need to know. Yes, my mother was not who we thought she was. Firstly, she was KGB sent to spy on the C.I.A through my father. And secondly, yes what you heard was correct. My Mother is Irina Derevko. And one more thing. I'm trying to find her."

"But isn't she dead? If you thought she was Laura. And Laura died. Doesn't that mean Irina died too?"

"No. That's another thing I found out. She's alive. That's why I've thrown myself into the Khasinua thing. He was my mother's superior at the KGB. So I find him, I'll find her.

"Syd, why didn't you tell me any of this sooner?"

"It's hard. I'm having trouble accepting it for myself. Let along letting other know about it."

"Look, I may be your partner but I am also a friend. You can tell me anything."

It wasn't as hard as I thought.

Admitting it was a huge relief

At least one person at SD-6 I really trusted knew.

But it was not to last. Not so long after that. It all came out in SD-6 and the C.I.A.

But firstly there was a reunion to get though.