Setting: Warehouse, meeting place of Sydney and Vaughn
Vaughn: Take this with you. It's a sat-comm phone. It'll let you contact the CIA from anywhere.
Sydney: And what happens when SD-6 sees I'm lugging around a CIA-issue phone?
Vaughn: Just don't let them see it.
Sydney: This thing's like a brick... I can't take it.
Vaughn: Take it. Worst case scenario, you might need it.

Setting: Warehouse, meeting place of Sydney and Vaughn, post Argentina
Vaughn: Are you okay?
Sydney: I'm fine.
Vaughn: So what happened when the chopper came?
Sydney: The CIA helicopter air-lifted use to a hospital in Buenos Aires. The whole flight I was thinking about Sloane; what he might do when he found out, learning that I was betraying SD-6 this whole time. And then I thought of a way out. I called Sloane, told him that I dragged Dixon back to the humvie, that I drove him to the hospital myself. I couldn't tell in his voice if he believed me but I think he did. They air-lifted us back to Los Angeles. When we got here they took us to Angel of Mercy Hospital.
Vaughn: Good.
Sydney: No, it's an SD-6 hospital... And then I had to lie to Dixon's wife...
Vaughn: He will make it.
Sydney: You odn't know that. Dixon was bleeding so much I was afraid if I took my hands off his wound, he'd lose too much blood. So I used the sat-comm phone right in front of him.
Vaughn: You said he was barely conscious.
Sydney: But he heard me, he repeated my code name twice. I suggest that you put operatives there just... just to be there when he regains consciousness.
Vaughn: But it's an SD-6 hospital... He will make it.

Setting: Outside cafe, meeting place of Sydney and Vaughn
Vaughn: SD-6 doesn't want to bring Hassan to justice. They just want revenge.
Sydney: Revenge for what?
Vaughn: Something you did. When Hassan bought that nuclear weapon from SD-6 and you snuck into base and stole the core back, he thought he was being double crossed, that only SD-6 would've known he had the bomb and where it was.
Sydney: Oh God...
Vaughn: So last week he sold SD-6 ten Stinger anti-aircraft missiles. They wanted to fortify their base in Oman. Hassan had a good laugh, he took the money and ran, didn't deliver.
Sydney: So SD-6 wants to send a message to everyone else they do business with...
Vaughn: Don't mess with SD-6. The CIA actually wants to bring Hassan to justice. We want SD-6 to have that money.
Sydney: Why?
Vaughn: That way we can tag the accounts and see where they take it, what they spend it on. It'll give us a profile into how SD-6 does their banking. Here take this, attach it to the top of the SD-6 retrieval device. It'll copy whatever you get from Dracey's computer.
Sydney: Okay.
Vaughn: Are you okay?
Sydney: I was getting briefed by Marshall... It was almost like he was saying goodbye. Like he knows that I'm not coming back.
Vaughn: Sydney, you're gonna be okay. We'll get through this. Just contact me as soon as you get back.
Sydney: I know with... with his account numbers.
Vaughn: No, I mean with or without the accounts. Just as soon as you get back, 'kay?
Sydney: Okay.

Setting: CIA Headquarters, Vaughn and Weiss
Weiss: Hey, Agent Bristow's been made. We just unlocked this communique off the SD-6 server.
Vaughn: What?
Weiss: Ten p.m., Donatti park. They're gonna kill her. SD-6 is... is gonna kill her. Went to tell Davenport, but he's not in his office.
Vaughn: Yeah, it's Vaughn. We need an extraction team in Italy, no Tuscany NOW! We only have two hours. (to Weiss) Tell Davenport.
Weiss: I just told you he's not in his office.
Vaughn: Well then find him. Get me Jack Bristow on the phone.
Weiss: Right, Bristow right.

Setting: CIA Headquarters, Vaughn on phone with Jack
Vaughn: Yeah.
Jack: I got your message. I'm on a secure line.
Vaughn: There's been a hit put out on Sydney. I'm getting her out of there.
Jack: Not yet, you could be making a mistake.
Vaughn: I don't think so.
Jack: Do nothing until you hear from me.
Vaughn: We already have a team en-route...

Setting: CIA Headquarters, Vaughn, Weiss, Jack and Davenport
Agent: Okay, our team's in place at Donatti park. We've got six armed officers stationed and waiting. One by the fountain, two in the southern entrance, one at the western gate, our snipers at the north end.
Vaughn: Are they still scanning for gunmen?
Agent: Ah yes sir, scan is complete. No shooters within twenty. We've got three operatives surrounding the park on the lookout.
Davenport: Jack.
Jack: You should take me to field ops.
Vaughn: Mr. Bristow.
Jack: Call them off.
Vaughn: Did you read Sloane's transmission. She'll be in the park any minute.
Jack: No execution has been ordered. This is a set up.
Vaughn: What are you talking about?!
Jack: Sloane's transmission was sent out on SD-6 server five. It was only sent out to you. Vaughn, they know someone's listening, this is a test.
Vaughn: Yeah, I'll tell you what we'll take that chance, get Sydney out of there and argue about this later.
Jack: You go in like this, you pull her out and it'll only prove that that you've intercepted Sloane's communique and Sydney will be exposed.
Vaughn: You don't know that for a fact!
Jack: Why am I even talking to you? (to Davenport) Lloyd, abort this mission.
Vaughn: Hey, wait a minute!
Davenport: We verified this order Jack. We pull out and you could be killing your daughter.
Jack: You're killing her if you don't.
Vaughn: How could you be willing to risk something like this?
Jack: If Sydney makes her scheduled dead drop, does it successfully, and leaves the park, she will have proven herself loyal to SD-6.
Davenport: Have them hold until we give an order.
Vaughn: No, no, no, HOLD it, hold it! This is Sydney's LIFE!
Jack: You were meant to see that transmission. You're the only ones who saw it.
Vaughn: Someone in that park is going to kill her if we don't do anything.
Jack: I know how Sloane works... he's bluffing.
Agent:. Bristow's entering the park. Who's this guy in the jacket?
Weiss: This could be our guy, this could be the hit. What are we doing here?
Vaughn: Jack, promise me you're not wrong about this.
Jack: Hold your position.
Weiss: He could be going for a gun.
Agent: Prepare to take him out.
Vaughn: Stand by. (long tense wait) That's her dead drop.
Agent: Okay she's out, she's out of the park... she's clear.
Davenport: Good work, Jack. (Jack leaves without saying a thing)
Weiss: I just lost thirty pounds and I'm not kiddin'

Setting:Warehouse, meeting place of Vaughn and Sydney
Sydney: So it was a trap.
Vaughn: Yes it was.
Sydney: If you had pulled me out Sloane would've known that I was the mole. But I would've been safe, he gave me an out.
Vaughn: He considers you a daughter.
Sydney: Don't remind me. How did you know not to step in?
Vaughn: It was your dad. He figured the truth, that Sloane was setting us up.
Sydney: Hmmm...
Vaughn: What?
Sydney: It's gonna take forever to bring them down.
Vaughn: Well, this might help a little.
Sydney: What is it?
Vaughn: It's the new transmitter. We'll be able to hear everything you're saying when you're in Switzerland. So when you open the safety deposit box, read Hassan's bank account numbers aloud.
Sydney: SD-6 will get the numbers at the same time.
Vaughn: It doesn't matter, we'll tag the accounts right there and track every move SD-6 makes with that money.
Sydney: (sighs)
Vaughn: Yeah, I know it's not exactly a crushing blow.
Sydney: Every bit helps.


Back to Wiretaps Season 1