I7 days earlier/I
"Hey Dixon! How are you feeling?"
"Fine. You?"
"Good."
"Syd, I've been wondering for a while now, was it your mother that I saw before I was shot?"
"Yes it was."
"Why was she shackled?"
"She was being held prisoner by Elena."
"Oh. Did you find her?"
"Yes. She helped us stop Elena and her endgame."
"Is she in custody?"
"No, she got away."
"How?"
"When we were trying to help Nadia with her bullet wound, she escaped. She did leave a letter, saying how proud she was of me."
Sydney started to tear up a little, not just because her mother leaving, but she lied to Dixon. She couldn't tell him that her father let her go, or that would get him in trouble to.
"God I miss her."
"You do?"
"Of course. She is my mother, no matter what she has done."
"Yeah. You're right. You said that Nadia had a bullet wound. What happened? Is she alright?"
"Elena infected her with some type of tap water that the rest of Savogda was infected with. She had no idea how to control herself. So she attacked me. I was able to knock her out for a couple of minuets. While I was trying to disable the mular devise, she came up behind me and started choking me. I wasn't able to get her off of me. I thought I was a goner. But then I heard a gunshot. When I was able to regain my breathing, I saw that the shot came from Sloane. He shot her to save the mission. Right now her vitals are stable, but we haven't found a cure for the infection. And Sloane is in custody."
"Nadia will make it."
"I know. She's strong. (pause) I truly believe he was doing the right thing."
Sydney was on the verge of crying. She lowered her head and saw the ring on her hand. She began to smile.
"It was so nice to see Nadia meet our mom. Nadia didn't even have to tell her who she was. Mom knew exactly who she was. I wanted to cry they were so happy." Sydney was smiling. Dixon noticed.
"Syd?"
"Hmm?"
"You're glowing."
"No I'm not."
Dixon gave her that look the says 'You're lying.'
"Do you remember the last time you told me that?"
Dixon nodded. "Ya and you never admitted it either. For some reason you never told me why you were so happy that day."
"Ya. Well, the reason I was glowing that day was because Danny proposed earlier that day. There was no way that smile could be wiped off my face. But as you know it was, when Danny died." Sydney started to tear up again. "I never thought I could love again. I gave up on having a relationship. At least until I was out of this world we live in. But then I met Vaughn. When I first met him, I was just told a few hours ago that what I did for a living was a lie. So at that point I didn't trust anyone. The first couple of times we met, I was a real ass toward him. Then I got to know him better and he got to know me. The first couple of months I knew him, I thought he was married. When I found out he wasn't, I was a little relived. About a month after that, they broke up. A couple of weeks after that we found out that my mother killed his father. I wanted out of this life after I found out my mother was a criminal. That day SD-6 was under attack by Cole. I was going in there to quit. But I decided no to. Actually it was Vaughn who made me change my mind. Another part of me that wanted to quit that day was because I thought I might have a chance to have a relationship with Vaughn. Well I decided to wait until I was able to be seen in public with him, which meant we had to take down SD-6 first."
Sydney paused to let what she just said soak in.
"Do you remember the mission to Nice? When we had to get the gyroscope?"
Dixon hesitated "Yes. I remember your alias too. Purple, spiked hair, punked out." Dixon laughed.
So did Sydney. "Well after you and I split up, I met with Vaughn so the CIA could duplicate the gyroscope. While we were waiting for the duplicate to be ready, Vaughn asked me to dinner. Now that I think about it, I think Weiss pressured him to ask me." Dixon laughed.
"So I agreed."
"I thought you said you were going to wait until SD-6 was taken down?"
"Well, you see, my first thought was 'What if Security Section found us and killed us?' But Vaughn assured me it would be fine. We were wrong."
Dixon looked shocked. He was getting worried.
"Ariana Kane's agents spotted us and fired at us. So after we got away, we agreed that it would be best not to go out in public until The Alliance was destroyed." Sydney stopped.
"So what happened with you two next?"
"The night The Alliance was destroyed, after I saved my father, I saw you. And you told me 'Don't talk to me again.' I was about to break down after that. I thought I lost you as a friend."
"Syd, I'm so sorry I said those things to you."
"It's ok"
"Wait a minute. After I said that to you, the officer took me to another part of that room. While he was talking to someone else, I saw, what looked like, two people making out in the middle of the aftermath of what was left of SD-6…Was that you and Vaughn?"
Sydney was a little embarrassed. "Well, unless there were two other CIA agents madly in love with each other that night, then yes, that was us."
"I had no idea that was you, even afterwards. When I saw that happening, I thought 'They were madly in love.' After that, I started thinking about Diane and me, after I told her the truth." Dixon started crying. "Now that I know who those two people are and I look back on that night, my intensions could never be more right. You and Vaughn are destined to be together."
Sydney was so happy of what he just said. "I know Vaughn loved you. After you died, I watched him suffer. One day he was in the office and he collapsed, and started crying right in the middle of the rotunda. When you came back, and even though he was married, I could tell he still loved you."
Sydney blushed.
"Anyway, why are you glowing?"
"I'm not going to tell you."
"Syd, please. You owe me."
"How do I owe you?"
"Well you lied to me all those times at SD-6."
"There is a difference between lying and not telling."
"SYDNEY ANNE BRISTOW!"
"Ok, fine."
Sydney paused. She could not believe she was saying this. After six long years she was finnaly saying it.
"Vaughn proposed. We're getting married!"
"Oh my God, Syd, congratulations!" Dixon embraced her in a huge hug.
"Thank you."
"Let me see that ring."
Sydney extended her left hand that her engagement ring was on.
"Danm. You are one lucky girl to have a man like Vaughn."
"I'm so grateful."
"I kind of feel sorry for Vaughn."
"And why is that?"
"For having to ask 'The Jack Bristow' if he can marry his only daughter." They laughed.
"Funny thing about that. My father didn't torture Michael as bad as he did Danny. And the other is that I'm not his only child. Nadia is my full sister.