Jack went back to the centre of the CIA where everyone was waiting for him to return from his interrogation with Sofya. It took one look at Sydney, to inform him that she wasn't pleased with him but he decided to talk with her later. Kendall spoke first.
"Alright, we don't know much more about her than we did before, Jack" Kendall said looking at him
"I know but I'll get it out of her later, now is not the time" he answered
Kendall nodded. "I'm going to send some medicals to check up on her and if you want, I'll ask them to do a blood test. To be sure"
Jack looked at Sydney and knew he wanted to be absolutely sure about this girl so he nodded his approval. Kendall responded by taking the phone in his hands and calling the number of the medical staff. Sydney walked away from the group and Jack followed her to a secluded corner. She turned to him with angry eyes.
"Why did you have to say that dad ? You're nothing more to me than any other criminal ? That's a great way to get her out of Sloane's hands" she hissed
"I wasn't aware that that was our agenda" he replied
"Then what was ? To get her talking and then send her off to jail ? She's my sister, something I wanted since I was a little girl. I want to get to know her, I want to do sisterly things with her and marking her as a terrorist isn't in my planning"
"She IS a terrorist, Sydney. She has worked with your mother for many years, she's working with Sloane at the moment and she has an involvement with Sark. If she had been someone else, she would've been at Champ Harrisson right now" Jack said firmly
"But she isn't someone else, she's a part of this family even though she didn't grew up in it. She had a even worse childhood than I had, trained since she was six and a spy since fifteen and mom obviously doesn't care anymore about her than she does about me. We have to give her a chance dad, and even if you don't I will.', Sydney turned around, "I don't turn my back on family"
Jack was pinned to the floor by this statement, Sydney walked away leaving him alone with his thoughts.
Sofya was getting desperate, she had been sitting here for only minutes and already she was bored out of her skull. Being a Derevko, and also being raised as a Derevko, means that action and taking risks was your life and with her it wasn't any difference. She couldn't remember the last time that she had a quiet day, with nothing to do.
Her arm was a little sore from the needle that had been in there, Sofya had no doubt that they wanted some blood to proof that se was indeed Irina's daughter and to test if she was Agent Bristow's daughter. She had decided to not let him get to her, after fifteen years of emotional training she had no problem with shielding herself from emotional crap, something that was very handy when your mother did nothing but betray you.
But Sydney was something else, a part of her wanted to get to know her, to finally have someone that cared about her unconditionally. She sighed and shook her head, she didn't want to deal with this right now. She closed her eyes and decided to do some meditation.
Sark closed his laptop when Sloane entered the room. "Has the e-mail been send ?" he asked
Sark nodded. "Yes, they should've received it by now. Sir, are you sure this will work ?"
"Oh yes, they will catch the bait and then we can get Sofya back. We can't let them pull her to their side, although I think that's slightly impossible."
"I don't know sir, her father is there and she now knows of Sydney" Sark answered
"Jack won't accept her and that's the thing that will bring her back to us. Sydney is just a little obstacle and Sofya will overcome it. The little affair you seem to have been going on, will help her with that" he said
Sark hesitated but nodded. He wasn't so sure that their involvement would convince her to leave her family behind, a family she had been searching for her entire life. It wasn't like emotional feelings were involved, they didn't do that. Yes, he enjoys her company and even cares about her but that is the farthest that their relationship goes. Attachement kills you in this bussiness, especially when you are on the side where he is on and both him and Sofya knows this. With those thoughts in his head, he followed Sloane to the exit.
"Sir, do you have a minute ?" an analyst interupped the conversation between Kendall and Jack
"What is it ?" he asked
"We intercepted an e-mail from Sark that went to a certain Frocelli. He's confirming the sale of a list they call 'the leak'." The analyst guided them to the monitor where the e-mail was decoded on.
"Do we know what this list is ?" Jack asked
"No, we're contacting our informants but so far, no luck" he answered
"If Sark has send this, then maybe Derevko will know what 'the leak' is" Kendall said
Jack focused on the e-mail for a moment. "The e-mail was decoded ?"
The analyst nodded. "Yes, sir and pretty good I might add but thanks to one of the other analysts the code was broken in two hours"
"What are you thinking Jack ?" Kendall asked
"Nothing, but this just happens to come into our hands when one of Sloanes assets is in our custody"
Kendall thought about this for a minute. "You're right but ask her about the list anyway Jack. You might never know"
At that moment Sydney walked towards them. Jack quickly made a decision. "I think Sydney should ask her, Sofya will tell her more than she will tell me"
"Tell me what ?" Sydney asked when she reached the two men
Kendall shared one look with Jack before answering. "We're sending you into miss Derevko's cell. Ask her about a list called 'the leak". Sark has sold this to a man called Frocelli and we want to know what is in this list"
"How did we know about this ?" Sydney asked
"We intercepted an e-mail and even though it might be a trap, ask her anyway. It might come in handy."
Sydney nodded and made her way to the holding cel. The guard recognized her and opened the door. Sydney entered and saw Sofya cross-legged on the floor with her eyes closed. She took a chair and sat on it, then she spoke with a soft voice.
"Isn't the floor a little bit too cold to be meditating on it ?"
Sofya smiled slightly but didn't open her eyes. "Does Agent Bristow have enough of me already ?"
"No, ofcourse not but I wanted to talk to you. We haven't talked since I told you we have the same mother" Sydney answered
"You mean since you shot me"
Sydney also smiled lightly. "Yeah, sorry about that"
"Don't be. I wouldn't" Sofya said while opening her eyes and getting off the floor. She sat on the nearby chair and twirled her hair. Sydney smiled whole-heartly at the act. Sofya noticed this and looked at her suspicous.
"What ?"
"Nothing" Sydney answered still smiling
Sofya smirked and crossed her arms. "So what do you want to know ?"
Sydney suddenly remembered what she was here for. "Can you tell me anything about a list called 'The Leak' ?"
"I can, but why do you want to know ?"
"Sark has sold this to a man called Frocelli and we want to know wherther the list has a value to us too or not" Sydney explained
Sofya had a secret smile on her face. "Oh, I think 'The Leak' is of great value to the powerfull CIA"
"Why ?"
"Because it's a list of every undercover agent that is out there. Every single CIA-spy that has infiltrated in a terrorist organisation holds a special place in 'The Leak'." Sofya answered still smiling
"How did you get it ?" Sydney asked panicked
Sofya smirked. "How do you think ? Arvin Sloane has been head of SD-6 for a very long time dear sister, are you really surprised that he knows of CIA operations ?"
Sydney gasped. "And that list is now in hands of terrorists ?"
"Not really, the list is encoded. When the money was delivered, I was supposed to go to Italy to decode the list since I was the one who created it" She said proud
"And no one else can break it ?"
Sofya shrugged. "Well, Sark knows bits and pieces but not enough to recover the whole list. But I suppose if he tried, he could manage to get a name or two"
Sydney nodded. "Thank you" she said softly
Sofya didn't reply, she just stared at her. When Sydney opened the door and was about to leave her, she heard a quiet you're welcome.
"Alright, now that we know what 'The Leak' is, it's very important to recover that list from the hands of Frocelli. Since Derevko is the one who was supposed to decode the list, she can get in without any problem. Sydney, Vaughn and Jack are going to go with her. Make sure we have that list and that Derevko stays in our custody" Kendall explained to the CIA-officers that were gathered
Everyone started to leave the meeting except the ones who were going on the mission. Kendall cleared his throat. "We have her medical results, there's no doubt that she is indeed Irina Derevko's daughter. She appears to be in exellent health, except an old gunwound on her thigh."
"And her father ?" Sydney asked
Kendall looked at Jack while saying this. "They're for 99,9 procent sure that she's also your daughter Jack"
Sydney and Vaughn both looked at Jack who didn't show any emotion at the statement. Ofcourse they had all suspected it: the age matched, her eyes were identical to his own and when you talked to her, it was like you were talking to Jack Bristow himself. Kendall excused them and before Sydney could talk to him, Jack was already out of the office.
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