Chapter 13

Disclaimer: I do not own ALIAS..don't sue me...this is all from my head based on my love for the show. This goes the same for Jason Bourne from the Bourne series by Robert Ludlum and which ever production company that has rights over it, they are not mine.

After the most relaxing and romantic weekend they both had in a long time, Michael and Sydney trudged their way into the Rotunda for an early morning briefing with Dixon. They both knew it was about the documents they had recovered, and truth be told, they were also curious as to what those documents can tell them about the Covenant that they still do not know.

They were the first once inside the conference room, and after a few minutes, Weiss came in, with whom they had started a conversation with about their weekend in Santa Barbara.

"You should go there one day Eric, it was a beautiful cottage with a great view of both the garden and the ocean." Sydney urged her friend that was seated across from her, while Vaughn was beside her, holding her hand.

"Don't start Syd, its bad enough that I see the two of you all lovey-dovey to each other, you do not have to force me to go to a cottage where obviously where more than that to each other. Please I have good personal hygiene you know." Eric joked with them.

Vaughn laughed, "Why don't you just tell the truth that you do not have a woman to go there with."

"Rub it in my face will you."

Sydney smirked at the teasing the two friends always do to each other, and then she realize that she was part of the circle that has the right to tease too. It felt good to her, it felt right.

The teasing went on until Dixon followed by Jack and lastly Jason came into the room, then it was business.

Dixon started to tell them all about what the analyst had discovered in the documents. "The documents held several names that are connected to the Covenant, some we have matched to being old members of the Alliance; others are neo-Nazis that are under surveillance for several years."

"So the Covenant are a bunch of old guys with minds filled with world-domination, are we going to arrest them?" Weiss summarized in true Eric fashion.

"No. The documents have also mentioned a child that had grown up with Gerodi Cirroco, he was trained to be the ultimate killing machine of the Covenant."

Sydney was surprised, these are real sick people for doing that to a child, but who was she to judge when her own father had done a portion of it to his children. "Where is the child now?"

"We are not sure, the documents do not say, all it says is that the child in his 18th birthday was sent to the world, believing he was a normal teenager."

"Do we have any leads?" Jason spoke.

"Yes, a man by the name of Filip Aksakov, it seems that this man as the documents have pointed out is responsible for bringing the child into the Covenant's custody." Jack answered. "We are currently running a background check on him as we speak."

Sydney turned to her father, who was looking at her, but instead of acknowledging him as a daughter would, it was a professional glance, "Are we aware where the Covenant child is as of now?"

Dixon shook his head. "No, but we are on standby until on finding where Filip Aksakov is, we believe that we will learn more about this Covenant child if we talk to him."

"It is possible that the Covenant has released this man to do deeds for them as an agent of sorts, only he is invisible, with no records pertaining to him. There are also indications in the documents that he was brainwashed before he was released."

Jason became alert at the potentiality of brainwashing, but did not say anything.

The briefing continued, as more details about Filip Aksakov were revealed to the six people in the room.

Sydney planned to get a sandwich-to-go for Vaughn and herself to eat together in the office, when she saw Jason Bourne sitting by himself in the corner booth of the café. Sydney gestured to the girl over the counter to bring her sandwiches and drinks to Jason's table.

"Mind if I join you?"

Jason looked up to the voice that was evidently directed to him, "No, sit down."

"I was getting sandwiches, saw you, and thought you might need some company. Anything you want to talk about?"

He sighed, it was getting frustrating to solve the puzzle inside his head, might as well tell it to someone who partially have gone through something like he is going through as of the moment. "I was just thinking about the therapy sessions that I have. I've been doing it for the past month and so far I do still don't remember anything. Except for what happened at the last mission, I can't tell anything that happened to me prior to the last three years."

Sydney nodded, understanding the frustration he has, "Give it time, it's never easy. I used to have flashes too, and I did not remember it all on my own, I had help, things that were told to me that I focused on to remember the past two years."

Jason shook his head, "I'm thinking that something else is preventing me from remembering my past besides having amnesia."

"What do you mean?"

"This morning when I heard Dixon mention brainwashing, I could not help but feel that I went under it too."

Sydney frowned, "What makes you say that?"

"I keep having this dream, but whenever I try to focus on an object from that dream, I get something like a headache, that makes me loose focus on whatever I was thinking about."

"What was in the dream?"

"I keep seeing my hands, but my hands were younger, like from a child, but I somehow knew they were mine. They were holding blocks, at first I thought they were just that, blocks that are toys for kids, but then the hands were moving to place the blocks with each other, then I realize it was a puzzle, but I was not hesitating as if I did not know where each piece goes, instead I was moving as if I knew where each piece goes with which other piece. It was very confusing."

Sydney's eyes were wide, remembering the time when she too felt the feeling that Jason had just described about a puzzle, as well as the sign of Jason's knowledge about the puzzle brings about.

"We have to talk to Dixon."

"Why? Do you know what the puzzle means?"

"I will tell you there."

"I have my car; I will meet you at the Rotunda."

"Alright." As she rushed out, stopping only to get what she ordered. Leaving Jason confused of Sydney's reaction with what he had just told her.