A/N: Three updates in one day! I am on a roll! Ok, the song lyrics are in bold and italics. The song is playing throughout the WHOLE chapter/scene. It'll be a little easier if you play the song in the backround. You get more of the emotion because the story doesn't stop when you come to the lyrics...it's all happening together. You'll get it...

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Song: Linkin Park; My December

This is my December
This is my time of the year

A mall. That's what they were building, so on the weekends, when the workers weren't present, it was the perfect place to make a transaction, legal or not, without being interrupted. Sydney crossed her arms and leaned up against the truck. She looked in the direction where Julian was hiding and up on the roof where Lauren was watching her. She also looked at the other places where other SD-6 agents were just in case things went wrong.

This is all so clear
This is my December
This is my snow covered home
This is my December
This is me alone

Sydney knew the CIA would show up. By now, Michael and her father were keeping tabs on her, watching her every move. It was only a matter of time before they showed up. "Phoenix...we've got company," Lauren said over the comms. Sydney straightened up and uncrossed her arms as an approaching Mercedes entered the lot. Sydney watched as the driver pulled up about ten feet away from her. The passenger door opened and a black suited man stepped out, briefcase in hand and walked up to Sydney. Sydney looked past him and saw two other men holding semi-auto handguns step out of the car. "Ok," Julian said. "We have two armed tangos. Keep your eye on them, but make no hostile moves."

And I
Just wish that
I didn't feel
Like there was
Something I missed

"Copy," Sydney heard Lauren say. As the black suit man walked up to Sydney, she opened the trunk of the SUV and pulled out a briefcase of her own. The black suited man walked over to the trunk of the car and put down his briefcase.

And I
Take back all
The things I said
To make you
Feel like that

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From a distance, Michael held up the binoculars and watched the Man and Sydney. Michael held up his radio. "Okay, when the exchange is made between SD-6 and the Covenant, we move in. Make sure no harm comes to Agent Bristow."

"Copy sir," an agent said. Michael watched as his own agents began to surround the lot and get onto the roof. Michael looked over at Jack, unsettled.

"She'll be okay," Jack said.

"She can be stubborn," Michael reminded him

Jack nodded. "I know. We'll get her out."

And I
Just wish that
I didn't feel
Like there was
Something I missed

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About fifty meters from the lot, Irina set up her sniper gun and positioned herself from a good vantage point, seeing everyone perfectly. Her gun slowly aimed where the exchange was being held, as Irina focused in closely.

And I
Take back all the
Things I said to you

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Sydney opened the briefcase and looked at the contents closely. She looked over at the suited man who smiled at her. With no emotion of glory or disappointment, Sydney closed the briefcase and handed him her briefcase. He set it down and opened it, revealing millions of dollars in cash. The man smiled again at Sydney. "I believe we've reached an agreement," he said. Sydney nodded and closed the briefcase.

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Irina placed her finger on the trigger. "I have the shot," she said through her comms. For a moment, she heard nothing. But like she expected, Sloane's voice was heard on the other end. "Take the shot," he said.

And I give it all away
Just to have somewhere
To go to

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Michael watched Sydney and the Man. "Okay," he said. "Let's move in."

"Bravo team, go," Jack said,

Give it all away
To have someone
To come home to

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To Sydney, it happened so fast, it didn't even hit her. She heard shouting, then gun fire from the rooftops. Then agents, CIA agents firing at the Covenant guys, and them returning the fire. She saw her father and Michael running out, shouting orders and firing. Other Mercedes sped into the lot letting men with machine guns out and firing at the CIA agents. SD-6 agents came out of their spots and fired at the Covenant agents and the CIA agents. In front of her, the black suited man was shot several times, but she wasn't sure from which direction.

This is my December
These are my snow-covered trees
This is me pretending
This is all I need

Sydney looked over towards Julian and saw him fighting a CIA agent. Then...she heard a gun shot. Louder than everything else around her. She suddenly felt weak, and cold. She dropped the briefcase that her left hand was holding and saw that she was shot just below the shoulder. She could feel her heart beat slowing and it seemed that time itself had slowed down.

And I
Just wish that
I didn't feel
Like there was
Something I missed

She saw in the corner of her eye Michael looking at her in horror and shouting something to her. Jack was looking in the direction the bullet must have come from. She saw Julian running up to her shouting her name, but then her vision blurred and she fell back. She heard, rather the felt, her head hit the ground, then everything was black.

And I
Take back all
The things I said
To make you feel like that

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Irina packed up her weapon quickly and walked down the stairs back into the building. "It's done," she said. She heard Sloane sighing over the comms and imagined him leaning over his desk, deciding whether or not this was a good decision. "Good," was he all said though.

And I
Just wish that
I didn't feel
Like there was
Something I missed

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Julian didn't know how it happened. Just that it did. One minute everything was fine and running smoothly, the next, the woman he loved was wounded. He ignored all the danger around him, ignored the bullets whizzing past him, just nearly hitting him.

And I
Take back all the things
I said to you

He ran straight for her screaming her name. By the time he reached Sydney, she was on the ground and severely bleeding. Julian skidded to a stop and pulled off his jacket and applied the pressure needed to her wound. He knelt his head down and heard her just barely breathing. All the agents around them were still fighting. He turned around to see if he could find an exit when he aw Lauren running to them. She took off her machine gun from her back and knelt down on the other side of Sydney.

And I give it all away
Just to have
Somewhere to go to

"How bad is it?" she asked.

Julian shook his head. "We have to get to the hospital, now."

Lauren nodded and looked around. She nodded towards the truck. "Come on. We don't have time to get an extraction team here."

Give it all away
To have someone
To come home to

Julian nodded and both of them carefully lifted Sydney and placed her in the truck. Julian climbed in the back with Sydney while Lauren jumped behind the wheel and started the truck. Lauren noticed the gun firing ceasing as she sped out of the lot.

This is my December
This is my time of the year
This is my December
This is all so clear

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And I give it all away
Just to have somewhere
To go to

Michael watched in horror as he saw Lauren and Julian place Sydney in the truck and speed away. Jack grabbed Michael. "Come on!"

Michael shook his head. "No. We have to go after them."

"No, SD-6 has Sydney now. They won't harm her. We have to get to the Covenant and find that shooter."

Michael shook his head again. "Now!" Jack demanded. Michael hesitantly followed Jack, worried for Sydney. It wasn't until then that he realized...they were in the middle of a war.

Give it all away
To have someone
To come home to

end song