A/N – I think that my inspiration has gone away along with the cold weather. I live in New York and it is sooooo hot here. The other day it reached 96 degrees!!! Anyone else live in NY and hate the hot weather, just raise your hand. Anyway, hope you enjoy this chapter.
"They decided." Tyler poked his head into Vaughn's office.
Vaughn jumped out of his seat and out the door. Weiss and Tyler followed him closely.
"What'd you decide?" Vaughn asked once he was in Robson's office.
Robson looked up at him and nodded. "We're sending a few agents to France."
"Who?" Weiss asked before Vaughn could jump him.
Robson looked down at the papers in front of him. Tyler entered the room with Haladki.
"You four." Robson gestured to all of them. "An extraction team and if you can get someone to watch Max, then Sydney should go too."
"You're letting me go?" Tyler looked at Robson, very surprised he'd let him go.
"Yes. I don't know what I was thinking, but you're allowed to go." Tyler's smile widened as all of them exited the room.
Vaughn pulled Tyler over to the side and asked. "You like my daughter don't you?" He had a stern look on his face, just like the one Jack used when talking to Vaughn. (You all know that look I'm talking about! The look that says 'I know you like my daughter but I don't like you' look.)
"Yeah. And I want to help look for her. She's a great girl." Tyler pulled his arm from Vaughn's grasp as he frowned.
"Let's just get one thing straight." Vaughn lowered his voice. "I don't want you to come to France, but I have no choice in letting you come or not."
"Why don't you want me to go?" Tyler looked around; making sure no one (especially Haladki) was watching.
"One: I don't like you. Two: I don't trust you. All I want you to do is not get in the way, those reasons good enough?" Vaughn straightened up. "We're clear?"
"Crystal." Tyler made his way quickly from Vaughn.
Tying her shoelace, Faith looked over to Jason. "I can't believe you're not going to leave." He looked up at her.
"Why should I? Anyway, I don't have enough time." The clock said 3:00; the van to take them to his superior was coming in five minutes.
Jason laughed. "You're brave you know that?" She just laughed and stood up. "There is a bag of chips in the bag over there." He pointed to a backpack in the middle of the room. Standing up, he stretched… Faith watched. "See something you like?" He teased.
"Mmm." She smiled and went over to the bag, digging for the chips. She pulled something smooth out of the bag and looked closely at it. It was a picture. A gorgeous blonde girl, about 17, stood right in front of the Empire State Building.
"Oh, I see you found my sister Dana." He smiled as he took the picture from Faith. "You should meet her. You two would get along."
"Where does she live?" Faith reached into the bag, this time coming up with a bag of Cooler Ranch Doritos.
"New York. You ever been there?" Jason asked her.
"No." Faith shook her head, popping a chip into her mouth. "But I'd love to go there." She smiled at him then watched as the door to the safe house opened.
"Ready to go?" The guy looked at Jason.
"Yeah." Jason picked up the bag and followed Faith out.
Vaughn slipped inside his house quietly. He had called Sydney and found out that she had picked up Max and that he was sleeping.
"Hey babe." He spun towards Sydney's voice. She smiled and kissed him on the cheek.
"Hey." He slid his arm around her waist. "Got any plans for tomorrow and the day after?"
"No…" Sydney let her words trail.
"We are going to France. Actually it will be me, Weiss, Haladki, Tyler and an extraction team. I want you to come too, which means we need someone to watch Max."
"Why can't I come?" They both jumped at the sound of the seven year olds voice.
Vaughn looked toward Sydney for help. All she could offer was a shrug.
"Max." Vaughn started. "You're too young." The simplest statement and usually that most effective.
"But I wanna help Faith." Max didn't know if he wanted to tell them about the dreams just yet…
"How are you going to help Max? We can only afford to send people who are trained." Vaughn didn't want to let his own son down… but what was he gonna do?
"I…I can help…" Max ran into his room and pulled his green notebook from the draw. Running out he sat on the living room couch, ready to explain.
"This is where she lives?' Faith stepped out of the van, watching the security guards who were watching her.
"Yep." Jason jumped out and took her arm. It was a little rough, but Faith didn't take any notice.
"Hey Jason." One of the guards gave him a smirk. "Who's this?"
"Hey Kevin. This is Faith Vaughn." Jason pulled her so that she was in front of him.
"I still can't believe she gave you the big jobs." Kevin laughed.
"And why is that?" Jason kept his hold on Faith, making sure that it looked like he was making sure she didn't run.
"Cause you're too nice." Kevin opened the door, and then turned to Faith. "Be glad Daniel wasn't on this case. You'd have black and blues all over yourself by now."
Jason pulled Faith into the hallway quickly, shutting the door behind him.
"That was a pleasant thought." Faith rubbed her arm where Jason had pulled.
"Sorry about him and about your arm. You just don't want to get into a conversation with them." Jason put a hand on her back and guided her further into the huge house. "I make sure I get out of their way before they can get disgusting."
Jason looked around. "Are they gonna lock me up again?" Faith whispered the question as Jason led her to a door.
"I don't know…"
"Probably right?" Faith turned to him to see him nod. A guard came out and took Faith's arm, just like Jason had.
"You'll be fine." Jason whispered as he walked backwards, away from her.
There was something in his eyes. Something there that wanted to complete that sentence. Two little words was all it would take.
Jason watched Faith turn and let the guard lead her to another room.
As the guard pulled Faith inside Jason turned around and saw his superior. Finishing his sentence from earlier he said to her. "For now."
A/N – I have to end the chapter here for suspense. I know all of you might hate me right now for the Jason plot but… oh, just wait for the next chapter, which I hope I will get up soon.