"Now what?" Sydney asked, back on the plane with their hostage in the back seat, a bag over head and handcuffed to the seat.
"Well, we have to get her back to APO and interrogate her," Jack said, "and then see what happens from there." He got up and went to go talk to Dixon.
"Yeah, I know about that, but what about the whole fact that we just kidnapped a 15 year old from KANSAS?" Sydney replied, grimacing slightly.
Vaughn took notice of this and asked, "What's wrong? You look like you have a headache or something."
"No…It's just that- oh I don't know. I mean, how could she be able to watch a T.V. show about our lives? The locations and everything, they're all real. What if this got into the wrong hands? We could be infiltrated like-" She snapped. "-that."
"I'm sure it's nothing we can't handle," Vaughn assured her.
"All the same, I'm still worried."
"I know you're worried, but let's do what we have to do before this information gets leaked," Jack had evidently been eavesdropping. "We need to get this interrogation over with so we can track down the person who sent this tape, because if they knew the location of our headquarters, then they most likely know other things as well."
"Umm, you do realize that I can hear everything you're saying, right?" Mary Lorraine interrupted. "You really don't need to interrogate me, I'm right here. Just ask me and I might answer, since I really have no clue what you are talking about."
"We have to wait until we get to a more secure area, in case this plane is bugged," Dixon replied. "Now sit back and wait for the descent."
"Oh right! Irina was never found and you never know when she might jump out from nowhere!" Mary Lorraine replied.
Dixon opened his mouth to reply, but closed it when he saw the glare that Jack was giving him.
Finally, the plane landed. As they got in the car to go APO, Mary Lorraine started babbling. "Oh my Gosh I can believe that I am in a car with the cast of ALIAS!! This is going to be awesome! OOH are you taking me to APO? I know where that is, it's behind that DO NOT ENTER sign in the subway on-"
"SSSSHHHHH! You don't want to give away our location, it's top-secret," Sydney interrupted, slightly annoyed.
They entered the subway, went through the door, and finally make it safely inside APO. Vaughn took Mary Lorraine to an interrogation room and returned to the meeting room to discuss further proceedings.
"Okay, here is what we have to do. We need to someone to interrogate the girl- two people if we can-"
"We can," Vaughn and Sydney replied in unison.
"Good. We also need someone- Marshal- to trace the origin of the tape. Find postage, return address, fingerprints, anything-
"Sure thing, boss." Marshal left the room.
"And one more thing. Dixon, I need you to cover up the tracks of the girl's disappearance until we can get this all sorted out. I'll need you to make up some story that will be good enough so that she can "be" out of the house for a few weeks. We don't know how long this will take."
"I'm right on it," Dixon replied.
"Alright. If any of you need me, I'll be in my office." Jack left the room with Dixon.
Sydney and Vaughn followed, taking the less conspicuous route to the interrogation room. When they got there, they found Mary Lorraine sitting in the chair, asleep.
"Wake up," Sydney said as she shook her gently.
"What, oh sorry that hour long jet lag is deadly," Mary Loraine replied sarcastically, "Finally ready to ask me your questions?"
"Um, yea, first off how did you get you hands on this ALIAS program?" Sydney asked.
"I didn't get 'my hands on' anything. ALIAS premiered on ABC in 2001 and got cancelled in 2006. It was the best show ever and I love it. I didn't steal, find, or infiltrate anything to get it. It was primetime for Christ's sake, millions of people saw it. It won freakin' awards!" Mary Lorraine exclaimed exasperatedly.
"OK well then we are just going to ask you some questions to make sure this isn't a hoax," Vaughn told her.
"Well, I know you had some questions when you freakin' kidnapped me from my freakin' front lawn! And if you try anything, I know Kung Fu and I don't like to be touched! Especially by tv characters that in my world DON'T EXIST!! Don't mess with me, Foo'!!!" Mary Lorraine told him. He cleared his through a couple of times not exactly knowing what to say but glanced down at a notebook and continued.
"OK what does the Watch symbolize and does it work?" Vaughn asked her looking up from his sheet of questions that had come up while looking back on their last five years.
"Um, it does not work. And it was a gift from your father and he told you that you could set your heart by it. It stopped the day you met Sydney so I assume it symbolized your love or some other cheesy lifetime movie feeling to that affect. Maybe… infatuation…." Mary Lorraine smartly replied.
"Ummm-ahh-" Vaughn was blushing profusely and could not form a word, so Sydney took over.
"Okay, So how did you get ALL the DVD's?"
"I bought them on ebay at a good price. They were sent to me and I have been watching them whenever I want. I got every one but I don't like season 3 because Vaughn got married to that bitch Lauren. I knew she was bad from the beginning and of course you didn't figure it out until a long time later. Vaughn- I lost some of your trust after that, but I gained it back cause you are so DAMN SEXY!!" Mary Lorraine said to make him blush as she smirked.
"OKAY, next question. Who are these people in the 'episodes''? They are not us."
" Well they are actors like Jennifer Garner, Victor Garber, Michael Vartan, ect….and they play you in ALIAS…what more do you want me to say? Whatever all I know is they act and do an amazing job portraying you," Mary Lorraine replied.
A few hours later, they had still not gotten very far. Sydney got up and headed for the door but Vaughn lagged behind.
"Alright, that's all we have to ask you right now, but I'm sure we'll be back. In the meantime, you are to stay here, and to make sure that happens, we're gonna zip tie you to the chair, you got it?" Vaughn said.
"Hey wait a minute. You can't do that. I refuse," she exclaimed stubbornly.
"You've got no choice," Sydney replied.
"Oh yes I do. And I say no," she shot back.
As Mary Lorraine got up to leave, Vaughn grabbed her and forced her back into the chair. However before they could finish she swung her head back, got up, and flipped him onto the table.
"I told you I knew Kung Fu and you tried to touch me," she smirked and said, "I warned him. How about we make a deal? YOU leave me here, get a few requirements for me, and I'll tell you everything you need to know….not like I haven't already been doing that…but whatever. What do you say?" she said turning towards Sydney who was laughing at Vaughn's embarrassment.
"What do you have in mind?...AS in, What do you want?" Sydney asked.
"Just the necessities; and iPod, some books, cable TV, maybe a phone if you can swing it, a bed, a teenage type room-seeing as I'm gonna be here for a while-, and I need to be let out of my cage. If you haven't notice I am a teen and I need to socialize with someone other than you and the Jackie Chan wanna be who got beat by a 15 year old girl,. No offense" she finished.
Sydney relented, "OK since you seem to be no harm, we can get you the room, iPod, TV and books. Sorry but you can't have a phone and the only socializing you can get is to go around the office under supervision."
"We will be back in a little bit with the stuff and to bring you the room," Vaughn told her as they left the room locking it behind them.
"She is annoying the crap out of me," Sydney replied.
He laughed but said, "She reminds me of you, you know. She is smart, always with a comeback, and her punch hurts like a bitch." They were silent the rest of the way to the meeting room; Jack had called another conference.
"Okay, so what's our status on the girl?" Jack asked when everyone was seated and ready.
"We didn't get a lot out of her. She told us only that she had bought the "episodes" on eBay and had been watching them for a few years. However, she did know a lot about some specific missions we did that were classified," Vaughn replied.
"Dixon, did you cover up the kidnapping?"
"Yeah. I told the family that she had been selected for an overseas exchange program and that she had to leave immediately. They agreed, but it seemed like they couldn't care less. I kinda feel bad for her," Dixon replied.
"Hmmmm, Marshal, what about you? Did you find anything that might help us in locating the mystery sender?" Jack asked.
"Not yet, but I'm working on it," Marshal replied, leaving for the lab.
"Alright. Here's the deal. If we can't get the right information from her, well, you know what to do."
Sydney raised her eyebrows. "Are you sure you want us to do that?"
"Ummm, better not. She's only 15 after all." Jack decided.
"Oh. I forgot to mention that she made demands. She drove a hard bargain, and I finally let her have some. So we need to set up a private room-hidden cameras of course- with cable TV, iPod, and books. She also asked for some space so we'll let her roam the office under supervision daily.
"If the cameras pick up anything suspicious it can help lead us to the mystery sender," Vaughn added.
"Fine, but make sure that she isn't looking at anything classified. She already knows enough to destroy us and we don't need to add anything else to her knowledge. Dixon, go back to her house and see if you can find those DVDs. I want to find out exactly what she knows. Sydney, the room will be ready in a few hours. Go and take her to it when it is and ask her a few more questions. Vaughn, do some research and find out all you can on ALIAS. You are dismissed," Jack demanded.
Marshal came back in looking flushed and said, "Jack, I think I discovered something,"
"What is it?"
Marshal looked down and said, "I think I figured why were in this alternate reality,"
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