Two hours later, Annie Walker strode into the DPD conference room to find Joan, Auggie, and two people she didn't recognize seemingly waiting for her. Nervously, she took the open seat next to Auggie. Noticing her sudden uncertainty, Auggie rested his hand on top of her folded ones for just a moment before Joan began the meeting. "Now that everyone is here, let's get down to business. "Annie, Auggie these are retired agents Sydney Bristow and Michael Vaughn. Bristow, Vaughn these are agent Annie Walker and our tech ops specialist August Anderson. The reason that we are all here is simple. Agents Bristow and Vaughn have, at my request, come to help you get caught up on the training you didn't get the chance to complete at the Farm. I have another meeting in three minutes so I'll leave the four of you to work out the details." With that, the older blonde agent left the room leaving two very confused agents behind her.

"Hi, I'm Sydney, but you can call me Syd, and this is my husband Vaughn. It's nice to meet you Annie. You too, Auggie, was it?" Syd said shaking both of the younger agents' hands.

"Yeah, it's Auggie. Wait a second, Bristow and Vaughn … as in the Alliance and Prophet 5?"

"Yeah, that was us. Well us and a lot of other agents," Vaughn answered shaking the blind man's hand.

"Ok, am I the only one who is completely lost here? I mean, no offense, but why did Joan request that the two of you come to 'get me caught up'?" Annie broke in annoyed.

Sensing his friend's mood and trying to head it off, Auggie decided to quickly step in. "Annie, come on, these two are legends. Heck, even I would be honored to be trained by them."

"That's great Auggie, but it still doesn't answer my question." The two continued their conversation seemingly forgetting about the others still in the room.

Watching the exchange, Vaughn couldn't help but smile. Noticing, Syd asked what he was thinking. "Nothing really, she just reminds me of you. That and they remind me of us, you know before the 'watch speech' and everything." Turning back to look at the younger couple she had to agree. There were definitely feelings there and she wouldn't be surprised if they were, as yet, unvoiced.

"Ok, if you want an answer to your question Annie, here it is," Syd interrupted bringing the focus back to the matter at hand. "I've seen your file. You are a good agent and have the potential to be great, but you were pulled from the Farm early and you have had some difficult cases lately. So, Joan requested that I come give you some personalized training to get you to that potential as quickly as possible. Vaughn is just here because he didn't want to be trapped with the kids all day while I got to have all the fun. As for the training that I will be helping you with, from what I've read of your file hand to hand combat is the first priority. I know Auggie has been helping you and he still can, but I think I know a few moves that even special ops don't know." The last comment startled the younger agents slightly, why had she bothered with Auggie's file? "Also, I'll be helping with language skills and whatever else becomes apparent while we work together. Any other questions?"

"Yeah, why does Auggie seem to be totally in awe of the two of you?"

"That is something I'm sure we can talk about later. Right now, I think you both have paperwork you're supposed to be doing. Provided you don't get assigned any fieldwork before then, meet me in the gym at 1." With that, Annie and Auggie left the room to get coffee and start their day as Sydney and Vaughn took a seat to settle on a plan of action.

Author's Note: I know that the chapters are a little short right now, but as I get into the story they will get longer (probably). I am a little stuck on how to make the next scene work, so it might be a little while before I post it. I am working on it though and will get it posted as soon as I can. As always, I encourage and look forward to any suggestions, questions, or constructive critisism. And really ... If you have any ideas of something you would like to see in this story please message me or leave it in a review and I'll try to work it in. Thanks.