Disclaimer: Alias isn't mine.
A/N: Sorry for the wait, vacation was great though. Thanks so much to my wonderful beta.
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Chapter Four: The Escape
Sydney hadn't stood still for one second since Vaughn and Isabelle were taken. She looked at every single inch of the cell, looking for a flaw, anything to help them escape.
Carter watched his mother pace around the cell. Millions of questions where flooding into his brain. There was so much he needed to know. He opened his mouth to speak, but a loud bang resounded before her could say a word.
Sydney was on her feet when the door was violently kicked open. She was about to throw a punch at the intruders when she saw the face of an old friend.
"Nadia!" Sydney exclaimed in surprise.
"Sydney, thank god you're alright." Nadia said pulling her into a quick hug.
"We don't have time." Sydney said, throwing a brief smile at Dixon, who had just entered the room. "They've got Isabelle, and Vaughn…"
"Syd, we know. Jack is getting Isabelle, and Weiss is dealing with Vaughn." Dixon said.
"Well I'm not just going to stand around here. I'm going after Lauren." Sydney replied.
"Alright." Dixon replied tossing her a gun. "Nadia, stay with the others until the backup team gets here." Nadia nodded as Sydney and Dixon left.
They reached a door at the end of the corridor. On Dixon's signal, Sydney flung the door open.
Their efforts were irrelevant for the room was deserted. Sydney cautiously lowered her gun and glanced around the room.
The room was completely white, resembling an institution. Sydney opened a nearby cabinet and found that it was filled with DNA samples. Dixon walked over to a table covered with files. He opened one.
"Syd, come her." Dixon said, opening up more files.
"What is it?" She asked.
"Look."
It was a file on Carter. His whole life had been documented. It listed his grades, the sports he played, his favorite foods, even his favorite color. There was a file on Isabelle too. And one of Sydney, Vaughn, Dixon and his children, Tom, Rachel, Nadia, Weiss, Jack, Marshall, Carrie, Mitchell, and so many more people.
"What is all of this for?"
"It looks like their researching our DNA." Dixon stated.
"Genetic mutation?" Sydney asked.
"Maybe." Dixon pulled out a small camera and began to photograph the files.
"Guys, this is Mockingbird. There's a bomb about to detonate in less than 90 seconds. We need to evacuate the premise." Rachel yelled to Dixon over the comm link.
"Copy that." Dixon said. "We've got to get out of here. A bomb's going to go off." He took one final picture of the room before following Sydney out the door.
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On Jack's signal, Tom and Rachel led their team through the west wing of the building. "Merlin, have you found anything?" Rachel asked.
"I can't find the source of the signal… okay, hold on… right, take the next flight of stairs and it should be the 4th door on the left."
When Rachel and Tom burst into the room, it was vacant.
"She's going for the roof!" Tom shouted. He motioned the men to start heading up. Rachel grabbed his arm.
"We have to get out of here. It's a bomb." She motioned to the bomb on the table.
"Can't you just disable it? Tom asked, taking a step forward to examine the bomb.
"Not in 90 seconds." Rachel said.
"Damn it!" A gunshot rang out outside the room. Tom and Rachel drew their guns and pushed open the door. One of their men was laying against the wall dead.
They heard footsteps pound the floor. Tom took off after the killer, with Rachel trailing him.
She activated her comm. "Guys, this is Mockingbird. There's a bomb about to detonate in less than 90 seconds. We need to evacuate the premise."
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Eric Weiss ran down the hall of the eastern wing. He reached the OR and signaled his team to stay quiet.
He peered in. There were only 2 doctors and it looked like Vaughn was all stitched up. He shoved the door open and shot one of the doctors. The other doctor was down in just a few seconds.
Weiss walked over to his friend. "Good to see you man." Weiss said. A medic began to examine Vaughn.
"Yeah, same here. But Sydney…"
"We've got things under control." Weiss said. "I've got Vaughn. What're the other's status?"
"Jack's almost got Isabelle. Sydney is with Dixon and Nadia is with the others. We haven't heard back from Tom and Rachel yet, but they're fine." Marshall squeaked.
"They're fine." Weiss said. "What did they do to you?"
"They had me locked up for the first 2 years. I got out for a while but they just caught me again. After that, I can't really remember. I know I was put into a cryogenic chamber… and that's where I was when I woke up and saw Sydney… but that's all I remember." Vaughn replied.
They sat in silence as the medic wrapped up the quick examination.
"Guys, this is Mockingbird. There's a bomb about to detonate in less than 90 seconds. We need to evacuate the premise." Rachel said over the comm.
"Let's go guys." Weiss said. He took charge of Vaughn's gurney and wheeled him out of the building.
Vaughn looked up and saw a helicopter take off from the top of the building. They were a few hundred feet away from the building before the bombs exploded. The whole building crumbled to the ground.
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Nadia lead the prisoners out of the building and to the van.
"Hey, Evergreen. Sark is headed your way." Marshall said.
"Copy that." She designated a few agents to stay with the Carter and his friends.
"Guys, this is Mockingbird. There's a bomb about to detonate in less than 90 seconds. We need to evacuate the premise." Rachel said over the comm.
"I'm not letting Sark get away." Nadia said.
She and 5 other agents followed Marshall's directions. They spotted Sark running toward a boat. Nadia took careful aim and hit Sark right in the leg. He collapsed and yelled in pain.
Tom and Rachel soon appeared, running after Kelly Peyton. Nadia's team opened fire on her. Sark shouted for her help but she didn't come. She didn't even turn back. She just kept running. Rachel managed to hit her in the arm, but that didn't faze her. She jumped on the boat and was soon out of sight.
"We've got Sark. Peyton got away. She's on a boat headed south." Nadia said to Marshall as her team bound Sark.
"Alright, I'll just reposition some of these satellites… ok, we're tracking her." Marshall replied.
"Good." Nadia said.
They ran back to the extraction point. The building exploded moments after the got there. Screams erupted from the civilians they had rescued.
"Mom!" Carter screamed. "Where is she?"
"It's ok, she's probably just at the other extraction point we set up." Nadia said to her nephew.
God please let everyone be ok. Please let them have gotten out. Nadia prayed silently.
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