Part 12

Francie looked up and smiled when the six and half year old girl walked into her room. The little girl looked so much like her mother. The only major difference was the little girl had green eyes that had to have come from her father seeing as her mother had brown eyes. A stuffed dog was clutched in her hands.

"Hi Aunt Francie!" said the girl

"Hi sweetie."

"When is mommy coming for me?"

"I don't know. But I do know that she loves you and misses you."

"Ms. Kat said mommy is with my daddy. Do you know my daddy?"

"No. Honey I don't. But I know that he has to be someone very special. Your mom doesn't just let anyone close to her."

"Mr. Alex said mommy named me after my daddy."

Francie smiled realizing that Sydney had mentioned a guy named Michael to her once. That he must be Michelle's father. While she had never met Michael she knew now that they had gotten together for at least one night.

"I think your daddy's name is Michael. Michelle is sometime used as a girl version of Michael."

"Do you know my daddy?"

"I'm sorry sweetie I never met him. But I know your Uncle Will. He might have met your daddy. But I know one thing. If your mommy loves your daddy he is the best guy in the world."

Belfast

Sydney push a strand of her blond wig behind her ear. She turned when she heard footsteps enter the alley. Serena and Steven entered making sure no one was following them.

"How was your flight?" asked Sydney

"Long. Lentz made us fly coach." Said Steven

"Sorry. Weiss and I flew in on a CIA jet. I would offer you two a ride back but it might blow your cover."

"Don't worry about it. So you are going in and fake killing him right?" asked Serena

"That is the plan. Then the two of you come in and find his body and me leaving the scene. We will fight and I get away. You two will tell Lentz that Quinn is dead. Send him pictures. Weiss and I will take Quinn back with us. We have a team on stand by that will pose as the crime scene team and medical examiner. When I fake kill Quinn I will inject him with a tranquilizer. That will keep him out for several hours."

"Got it." Said Steven

"Phoenix, time to go to work." Said Weiss

"Copy that Trickster."

Sydney made her way out of the alley and into the apartment building then up to the third floor apartment of Timothy Quinn. She pounded on the door. She smirked when she heard his heavy Irish accent yell at her.

"Bloody hell keep your damn knickers on!"

The door opened and Sydney knocked him to the floor with a hard punch to the face and a kick to the groin.

"What the bloody hell?!"

"You have been a bad boy Timmy." Said Sydney

"Julia? Julia Thorne? I heard that you went underground years ago." Said Quinn

"Yeah here is the thing. Very shortly two agents that work of a cell of the Pack are coming to talk to you and take you back with them."

"Julia, why does that concern you?"

"It concerns me because they think you know how to find me."

"But I haven't seen you in nearly seven years until today."

"They have ways of making you talk. I got out of the game for a reason and won't risk going back in. So I am here to make sure that you can't talk."

"Julia, can't we talk about this over a pint like old times? Or maybe over a few shots of Jamison?"

"Not going to happen."

Sydney pulled out a syringe and jabbed it into his neck injecting the drug into him. Once he was out she went to work making it looked like she not only slit his throat but stabbed him.

"Night Crawler, Shadow Cat your on." Said Sydney

"On our way Phoenix. We need to go radio silent. Have to check in with our watch dog from Den-16." Said Serena

"She is not kidding. His call sign is Watch Dog." Said Steven

"Copy see you in a few minutes."

Serena took a deep breath as she switched off her CIA com and turned on her Den-16 one. Watch Dog, Buster and I are heading in." said Serena

"Roger be careful Cheer Bear."

Serena watched as Steven smirked at her hated call sign for Den-16. But neither said anything knowing that Watch Dog was listening. Serena had not met the man until today. He was not from Den-16 but from Den-21 that was based in London. Steven and Serena entered the hallway to Quinn's apartment from the stairs and ran right into Sydney. Sydney charged at them easily knocking both to the floor. Serena recovered quickly and did a leg sweep knocking Sydney down. After a few minutes Sydney knocked them both down and took off down the stairs.

"Trickster call in the clean up team. Shadow Cat and Night Crawler are about to inform Watch Dog that Quinn is dead." Said Sydney.

"Got it Phoenix." Said Weiss

Serena and Steven walked into the apartment of Timothy Quinn to find him on the floor covered in blood. While both knew that it was fake it sure as hell looked real.

"Watch Dog we have run into a problem. Quinn is dead." Said Steven

"Repeat Buster."

"Quinn is dead Watch Dog. There is a note written in blood on the wall. It says, Don't look for me. Or I will do the same to you. Julia Thorne." Said Serena

"Get pictures and any files you can. You can't be found there if the cops show up." Growled Watch Dog

"Roger we will be gone in two minutes. We will be radio silence until we leave." Said Steven

Both switched off their Den-16 com and turned their CIA com back on.

"Trickster ETA on the clean up crew?" asked Serena

"One minute. Don't worry they won't detain the two of you." Said Weiss

Steven took the pictures they needed including one of the message while Serena grabbed files and computer disks. The plan was to hand those things off to Sydney and Weiss to copy or make fakes for them to hand over to Lentz. As they headed out they passed the "EMTs" without even acknowledging them. They exited and made their way to the van that Watch Dog was waiting in.

"Mr. Lentz will not be pleased with turn of events." Growled Watch Dog

"There is nothing we can do about it." Said Steven

"Yeah how were we to know this Julia Thorne would have gotten intel that someone was looking for her?" asked Serena

"My bet that woman you ran into was Thorne. I only heard rumors about her. She was active working freelance for the Covenant a few years back. Then as quickly as she appeared she was gone. Only active a little over a year." Said Watch Dog

Steven and Serena exchanged a look. They had both made sure that they had left their CIA Mic on so that Sydney and Weiss would over hear anything that might be important.

Sark walked into Alexi's office. The older man was watching a computer screen with a smirk.

"You wanted to see me." Said Sark

"Sydney, has made an appearance as Julia Thorne. But much like with your father she has faked the death of Timothy Quinn." Said Alexi

"Why fake his death?"

"The Pack wanted him to see what he knows about some Demira artifact and how to find Ms. Thorne. Of course the man has no clue that Julia Thorne and Sydney Bristow Vaughn are one and the same."

"What do you want me to do?"

"Take this envelope of photos and deliver it to Sydney. There is a note inside for her as well."

"Then what?"

"You stay out of sight in LA and wait further instructions."

"Are you going to tell me what the pictures are of?"

"That is none of your concern. Now do as you are told or I will do what Irina should have done to you a long time ago."

Sark kept his mouth shut and nodded before heading out. Alexi smiled soon his and Katrine's plan to reunite a mother with the daughter she doesn't remember will fall into place.