-1Chapter 6

It was late afternoon by the time Sark and Sydney returned from their shopping trip, both weighed down with bags. Opening the door to their room still giggling, the pair were met with the angry face of Vaughn and a frustrated looking Weiss.

"Where the hell have you been? And with him?" Vaughn shouted.

"Excuse me? I've been shopping, Weiss new where I was of which I'm sure he told you. So what is your problem Vaughn?" Sydney demanded. She'd had a brilliant day relaxing with Sark and she would be damned if Vaughn was going to ruin it.

"My problem is you disappearing with a known terrorist for hours on end. Anything could have happened to you."

"Sark, Weiss. Could you give us a minute please?" She asked, Sark giving her a look telling her he wouldn't be far if she needed him. Giving him a nod he left the room along with Weiss. Once they were out of the room she let him have it. "How dare you. I am not a child Vaughn and I do not have to answer to you. Who I choose to spend my time with is no longer your concern. If it were up to me I would have nothing more tot do with you. Now unless it's work related, I suggest you stay the hell away from me or I promise you, you will regret it." she finished realising that she meant every word.

"You may not have to answer to me Sydney, but you do have to answer to Dixon. He's not happy you skipped out on his call." He smirked triumphantly. He added "I'm just doing what's best for you."

Sydney just gave him a dirty look and walked into the bedroom. Gesturing for Sark to follow they both made their way to Weiss and Vaughn's room to face Dixon. As they entered the room Weiss gave her an apologetic look, proving to her this was all Vaughn's doing, she gave him a small smile and turned to face the computer screen.

"Dixon." Sydney greeted.

Dixon sighed, seeing she was angry knew this conversation was not going to go well.

"You skipped out on an important conference call. Care to explain yourself?"

"As you may be aware Dixon everything I own was burnt in a fire, I needed some new clothes. Or would you all prefer I wear the same clothes day in day out?" She responded sarcastically which was almost ruined by Sark smirking at her.

"Sydney I understand that but you could have at least let me know yourself, and especially that Sark would be accompanying you."

A pang of guilt entered her chest. She new Dixon was only worried about her. "I'm sorry Dixon I didn't think about it. Next time I promise to let you know ok?2

"Fine. I just want you to be careful. I don't want anything to happen to you again. Now back to work. Since you and Sark are the only ones who know what happened at that meet, could you please enlighten the rest of us?"

Sharing a look with Sark, he took the lead. "So far nothing has been decided on, his goal is to cause global panic and make a fortune from it. He has a list of people interested on buying in which he was unwilling to share with us at this time, he was also unwilling to disclose any information regarding the location of the bombs. However I feel that with more time he will trust us with this information."

"I see. Sydney do you agree with that?" Dixon asked.

"I do. Mr Logan was only a little wary of my presence to start but has now invited us to join a ball he is hosting tonight. Most likely any potential investors of his will be attending."

"Ok. Then I want the two of you to attend, identify the people at the party and Vaughn and Weiss can run a full background check. Vaughn Weiss, establish code names and I want them kitted out with sound and camera. Sark, Sydney, I'll talk to you both when you return. Good luck." With that he ended the conference call.

"You heard the man, lets get to work." Sydney announced deliberately ignoring Vaughn. "As far as code names go Sark and I decided on ours earlier today."

"Good that's one less thing for us to do." Weiss said happily. "What are they?"

"Mine is Princess, Sark's is Kipper." She said barely able to contain the laughter.

"Seriously?" Weiss asked.

Sydney gave a laugh and her and Sark returned to their own room to get ready leaving and amuse Weiss and a fuming Vaughn behind.

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In their own room Sydney decided to take a shower.