Title: Shades of Gray
Author: Carrie (CaReYbEaRy@aol.com)
Disclaimer: I don't own Alias or any of the characters.
Spoilers: Season Finale
Rating: PG, but it will probably change throughout the series
Category: Angst, Romance, little action, little everything
Distribution: Anywhere. Just let me know.
Author's Note: hey guys…not much to say…thanks again to those of you who have stuck with this story, I know that it's going kind of slowly, but I want it to last a while. If you have any comments or suggestions, don't be afraid to let me know. Thanks and Enjoy!
CHAPTER 8
Although the following day was a Sunday, Vaughn was called into work for an emergency meeting. He knew mostly what the meeting would be about, and he really didn't want to have to face it. And he really didn't want to have to face Sydney afterwards.
Jack had contacted Vaughn and informed him that he had met with Devlin and told him that Will was back in the country and staying with Sydney, and that the stolen ampoule had been returned. He also told him that he hadn't told Devlin anything about Vaughn being there. Vaughn could tell that there was more to this story; that more had gone on between Devlin and Jack, but he was grateful for all that Jack had said.
Vaughn walked through the halls of the building and into the conference meeting, where Jack and Devlin were already seated.
"Agent Vaughn, take a seat." Devlin said to him. Vaughn looked around curiously, wondering why no one else was at this meeting, especially Haladki, since he seemed to be involved in everything.
"The rest of the agents will be joining us shortly, but I wanted to speak to you first." Devlin began. Vaughn nodded. "Your intuition about Agent Bristow was very correct. She did go to help Tippin on her own. The mission was successful, and Tippin is safe, but the CIA is going to have to make sure that this never happens again. We can't risk Bristow; she is too valuable to the CIA, but she cannot keep breaking protocol. From now on, I don't want to hear about your 'hunches' through Agent Weiss, or anyone else for that matter. If you notice anything, anything unusual about your agent's behavior, you are to notify me immediately. Do you understand?" Devlin asked, looking straight at Vaughn.
"Yes, sir." Vaughn mumbled, looking down at the table.
"I assume that Agent Bristow didn't tell you anything about this mission before she went."
"No, she didn't." Vaughn said, looking at Jack.
Devlin nodded. "As for the rest of her mission, her father has informed me that Agent Bristow was able to destroy a device that Khasinou was making, called the circumference. Make yourself familiar with this." Devlin said, handing over a copy of the Rambaldi page. Vaughn nodded. "There's another thing." Devlin said. "Agent Haladki was discovered to be a mole for Khasinou."
"What?" Vaughn asked, not sure he had heard correctly.
"I confronted Agent Haladki, and under pressure, he admitted to being a mole for Khasinou, giving the information about the safe house and about Sydney, and also gave away the information that was needed for the mission. I accompanied Sydney to recover Tippin." Jack told Vaughn.
Vaughn was furious. He couldn't believe that it had been there under his nose the entire time. That someone that close to him had been giving away information about Sydney. Vaughn tried to rein his emotions the best he could, not wanting to seem too 'emotionally attached.' "How did you know that Haladki was the mole?" Vaughn asked, trying to ask a reasonable question, and he was genuinely curious.
"He knew about the circumference. Something that he didn't have clearance to know. I knew he had to have an outside source." Jack answered.
Vaughn nodded, still trying to curb his anger.
"Tippin is staying at Bristow's residence, he refuses to stay in the CIA safe house. We are going to put a team in place to ensure his safety until we know what we will do with him. The rest of the agents will be informed about Haladki, and of Agent Bristow's status now, so you may go if you please." Devlin said.
"Thank you." Vaughn replied, standing up and leaving the room.
He made a quick phone call to Sydney, and headed to the warehouse.
When Sydney entered the warehouse, Vaughn was already there, as usual. She walked over to the corner of the building, and into their little cage.
"Hi." She said, announcing herself.
"Hi." He replied, trying not to think about their close call the day before.
They were silent for a moment, until Vaughn remembered that he had called this meeting. "Devlin called an emergency meeting this morning." Vaughn said, breaking the silence.
"What about?"
"To inform me that my agent had taken a secret trip to Taipei." Vaughn said, a small smile crossing his lips. Sydney returned his smile, but didn't say anything. "He also had some pretty surprising news." Vaughn said.
Sydney looked up with questioning eyes. "What?" she asked.
"Haladki was the mole for Khasinou. He told him about the safe house, and about you." Vaughn told her, knowing that she would not react well to this. He saw a range of emotions go through her eyes, but mostly, they were clouded with anger, but then realization.
"He was my dad's source." She stated, more than questioned. Vaughn nodded. Sydney began to pace, trying to calm herself. Vaughn merely watched, fascinated.
"I can't believe he didn't tell me!" she yelled.
"He probably just didn't want you to get upset." Vaughn reasoned, knowing that Sydney probably wasn't even listening to him.
"What will happen to Haladki?" Sydney asked.
"Devlin didn't say anything about that, which makes me think that your father already dealt with him." Vaughn said, not wanting to say the actual words.
Sydney nodded, expecting as much. She was silent for a moment, processing everything.
"Did Devlin say anything else?" Sydney asked.
"Just that this can't happen again, so I have to take control of my renegade agent and inform him if I notice you acting strangely again." Vaughn said, trying to keep the conversation light. He didn't want to get into any serious conversations, not right now at least.
"Else?" Sydney asked, wondering when he had noticed her acting strangely.
"What?" Vaughn asked, not understanding her question.
"You said 'acting strangely again.'" Sydney clarified. "When had you noticed me acting strangely?"
"Oh," Vaughn said, "When I told you about Will. You just accepted it. You didn't try to do anything about it. That's not really you." Vaughn answered.
"You told Devlin that?" Sydney asked, anger growing.
"No!" Vaughn said quickly. "I was talking to Weiss, and I mentioned that I thought that you were hiding something. That I thought it wasn't like you to see a problem and just accept it. When I told Weiss that I wouldn't tell Devlin, he told him instead." Vaughn told her, trying to explain that it wasn't that bad.
"Why would you tell Weiss that?" Sydney asked, anger clouding her sense of reason.
"I just told you. Because I thought it wasn't like you. I was just thinking out loud." Vaughn explained, trying to get Sydney to be rational.
"The only reason I didn't tell you was because my dad told me not to." Sydney blurted, the sentence coming more from her anger than from her logic.
"So? Why would that matter? It's not like you've—" Vaughn stopped mid- sentence, a realization dawning on him. He had thought that the reason Sydney didn't tell him about her plan was because she didn't want him to try to stop her. Now he knew the real reason.
"You thought I was the mole?" Vaughn asked, appalled at the thought.
Sydney realized what she had just given away, and put her hand to her mouth. "No I—"
"How could you think that? After everything—" Vaughn stopped again, not able to finish his sentence. He couldn't believe that she thought so little of him. He shook his head. "I have to go." He said, beginning to walk away. "I'm late, I'll contact you." He said, walking out the door.
Sydney slumped down onto a crate, tears spilling over. She couldn't believe how wrong this had gone. Of course she never thought Vaughn was the mole. She was just so stunned about everything that was going on that she hadn't even questioned her father's orders. She didn't know what she was going to do. She had to talk to Vaughn, but she had to wait for him to cool off first, and she needed to plan out exactly what she was going to say to him.
Hoped you liked it…I'm going with a new idea here, so let me know if there's anything you think I should change or any suggestions or comments, I love it all!! Hopefully I'll have another chapter up by tomorrow!
Author: Carrie (CaReYbEaRy@aol.com)
Disclaimer: I don't own Alias or any of the characters.
Spoilers: Season Finale
Rating: PG, but it will probably change throughout the series
Category: Angst, Romance, little action, little everything
Distribution: Anywhere. Just let me know.
Author's Note: hey guys…not much to say…thanks again to those of you who have stuck with this story, I know that it's going kind of slowly, but I want it to last a while. If you have any comments or suggestions, don't be afraid to let me know. Thanks and Enjoy!
CHAPTER 8
Although the following day was a Sunday, Vaughn was called into work for an emergency meeting. He knew mostly what the meeting would be about, and he really didn't want to have to face it. And he really didn't want to have to face Sydney afterwards.
Jack had contacted Vaughn and informed him that he had met with Devlin and told him that Will was back in the country and staying with Sydney, and that the stolen ampoule had been returned. He also told him that he hadn't told Devlin anything about Vaughn being there. Vaughn could tell that there was more to this story; that more had gone on between Devlin and Jack, but he was grateful for all that Jack had said.
Vaughn walked through the halls of the building and into the conference meeting, where Jack and Devlin were already seated.
"Agent Vaughn, take a seat." Devlin said to him. Vaughn looked around curiously, wondering why no one else was at this meeting, especially Haladki, since he seemed to be involved in everything.
"The rest of the agents will be joining us shortly, but I wanted to speak to you first." Devlin began. Vaughn nodded. "Your intuition about Agent Bristow was very correct. She did go to help Tippin on her own. The mission was successful, and Tippin is safe, but the CIA is going to have to make sure that this never happens again. We can't risk Bristow; she is too valuable to the CIA, but she cannot keep breaking protocol. From now on, I don't want to hear about your 'hunches' through Agent Weiss, or anyone else for that matter. If you notice anything, anything unusual about your agent's behavior, you are to notify me immediately. Do you understand?" Devlin asked, looking straight at Vaughn.
"Yes, sir." Vaughn mumbled, looking down at the table.
"I assume that Agent Bristow didn't tell you anything about this mission before she went."
"No, she didn't." Vaughn said, looking at Jack.
Devlin nodded. "As for the rest of her mission, her father has informed me that Agent Bristow was able to destroy a device that Khasinou was making, called the circumference. Make yourself familiar with this." Devlin said, handing over a copy of the Rambaldi page. Vaughn nodded. "There's another thing." Devlin said. "Agent Haladki was discovered to be a mole for Khasinou."
"What?" Vaughn asked, not sure he had heard correctly.
"I confronted Agent Haladki, and under pressure, he admitted to being a mole for Khasinou, giving the information about the safe house and about Sydney, and also gave away the information that was needed for the mission. I accompanied Sydney to recover Tippin." Jack told Vaughn.
Vaughn was furious. He couldn't believe that it had been there under his nose the entire time. That someone that close to him had been giving away information about Sydney. Vaughn tried to rein his emotions the best he could, not wanting to seem too 'emotionally attached.' "How did you know that Haladki was the mole?" Vaughn asked, trying to ask a reasonable question, and he was genuinely curious.
"He knew about the circumference. Something that he didn't have clearance to know. I knew he had to have an outside source." Jack answered.
Vaughn nodded, still trying to curb his anger.
"Tippin is staying at Bristow's residence, he refuses to stay in the CIA safe house. We are going to put a team in place to ensure his safety until we know what we will do with him. The rest of the agents will be informed about Haladki, and of Agent Bristow's status now, so you may go if you please." Devlin said.
"Thank you." Vaughn replied, standing up and leaving the room.
He made a quick phone call to Sydney, and headed to the warehouse.
When Sydney entered the warehouse, Vaughn was already there, as usual. She walked over to the corner of the building, and into their little cage.
"Hi." She said, announcing herself.
"Hi." He replied, trying not to think about their close call the day before.
They were silent for a moment, until Vaughn remembered that he had called this meeting. "Devlin called an emergency meeting this morning." Vaughn said, breaking the silence.
"What about?"
"To inform me that my agent had taken a secret trip to Taipei." Vaughn said, a small smile crossing his lips. Sydney returned his smile, but didn't say anything. "He also had some pretty surprising news." Vaughn said.
Sydney looked up with questioning eyes. "What?" she asked.
"Haladki was the mole for Khasinou. He told him about the safe house, and about you." Vaughn told her, knowing that she would not react well to this. He saw a range of emotions go through her eyes, but mostly, they were clouded with anger, but then realization.
"He was my dad's source." She stated, more than questioned. Vaughn nodded. Sydney began to pace, trying to calm herself. Vaughn merely watched, fascinated.
"I can't believe he didn't tell me!" she yelled.
"He probably just didn't want you to get upset." Vaughn reasoned, knowing that Sydney probably wasn't even listening to him.
"What will happen to Haladki?" Sydney asked.
"Devlin didn't say anything about that, which makes me think that your father already dealt with him." Vaughn said, not wanting to say the actual words.
Sydney nodded, expecting as much. She was silent for a moment, processing everything.
"Did Devlin say anything else?" Sydney asked.
"Just that this can't happen again, so I have to take control of my renegade agent and inform him if I notice you acting strangely again." Vaughn said, trying to keep the conversation light. He didn't want to get into any serious conversations, not right now at least.
"Else?" Sydney asked, wondering when he had noticed her acting strangely.
"What?" Vaughn asked, not understanding her question.
"You said 'acting strangely again.'" Sydney clarified. "When had you noticed me acting strangely?"
"Oh," Vaughn said, "When I told you about Will. You just accepted it. You didn't try to do anything about it. That's not really you." Vaughn answered.
"You told Devlin that?" Sydney asked, anger growing.
"No!" Vaughn said quickly. "I was talking to Weiss, and I mentioned that I thought that you were hiding something. That I thought it wasn't like you to see a problem and just accept it. When I told Weiss that I wouldn't tell Devlin, he told him instead." Vaughn told her, trying to explain that it wasn't that bad.
"Why would you tell Weiss that?" Sydney asked, anger clouding her sense of reason.
"I just told you. Because I thought it wasn't like you. I was just thinking out loud." Vaughn explained, trying to get Sydney to be rational.
"The only reason I didn't tell you was because my dad told me not to." Sydney blurted, the sentence coming more from her anger than from her logic.
"So? Why would that matter? It's not like you've—" Vaughn stopped mid- sentence, a realization dawning on him. He had thought that the reason Sydney didn't tell him about her plan was because she didn't want him to try to stop her. Now he knew the real reason.
"You thought I was the mole?" Vaughn asked, appalled at the thought.
Sydney realized what she had just given away, and put her hand to her mouth. "No I—"
"How could you think that? After everything—" Vaughn stopped again, not able to finish his sentence. He couldn't believe that she thought so little of him. He shook his head. "I have to go." He said, beginning to walk away. "I'm late, I'll contact you." He said, walking out the door.
Sydney slumped down onto a crate, tears spilling over. She couldn't believe how wrong this had gone. Of course she never thought Vaughn was the mole. She was just so stunned about everything that was going on that she hadn't even questioned her father's orders. She didn't know what she was going to do. She had to talk to Vaughn, but she had to wait for him to cool off first, and she needed to plan out exactly what she was going to say to him.
Hoped you liked it…I'm going with a new idea here, so let me know if there's anything you think I should change or any suggestions or comments, I love it all!! Hopefully I'll have another chapter up by tomorrow!