TITLE: Past
AUTHOR: Carrie
DISTRIBUTION: Anywhere, just let me know so I can visit
DISCLAIMER: I don't own Alias or any of the characters that appear on the show.
NOTE: No real note.just read and review. If you have any suggestions or comments, don't hesitate to email me: Ghanygirl1@aol.com
CHAPTER TEN
Sydney walked in the front door at 6:30, after seven hours on a plane, running two miles and being chased by guards, another seven hours on a plane, and an incredibly annoying taxi driver who kept suggesting that they go to a bar together. All she wanted to do was take a bath and get in bed.
She looked around the house and, luckily, no one was in sight. Francie and will were still at the restaurant, so she had the whole place to herself. She moved into her bedroom and was walking into the bathroom when the phone rang. She debated for a moment whether or not she wanted to answer it. Eventually, she walked towards the phone and picked it up.
"Hello?" she said irritably.
"Joey's Pizza?"
"Wrong number." She said as she slammed down the phone. She really did not want to meet Weiss now. Especially since it was a half hour drive there, in rush hour, to talk to him for thirty seconds about something she could have told him on her way to work tomorrow. However, she knew that she had to go.
Without even changing, she walked back out the door. The drive to the warehouse took her forty minutes in practically standstill traffic. By the time she got there she was extremely annoyed.
She walked into the warehouse so quickly, saying "Couldn't this have waited until the morning?" that she didn't see who was waiting for her.
Vaughn was standing off to the side of the cage, and it took a minute for Sydney to see him. When she finally did, she was speechless.
"Hi." He said.
"Hi." She replied. She hadn't thought she would ever see him again, and here he was. She didn't know what he was doing here, and for a moment, she thought that maybe he was her handler again.
"What are you doing here? Are you my handler again?" she questioned, letting a little too much hope slip out through her voice.
"No. You'll have your official debriefing with Weiss tomorrow." Vaughn clarified.
"Oh." Sydney's face fell.
"I actually have something that I wanted to tell you." Vaughn said, smiling slightly.
"What is it?" she asked.
"I met with Devlin today, and he officially reinstated me as an operations officer." Vaughn said happily.
Sydney was not so happy. "Wow." She said. Even after everything, she never really believed that he would officially leave her. She just kept thinking that he would come back. Still, she was supportive. "I mean, congratulations." She offered. She stepped forward and gave him a brief, but firm hug, and then backed away again.
"Thanks." Vaughn said. "I just wanted you to be the first to know." He said sincerely.
This touched Sydney, but overall, she was still sad.
"There's more." Vaughn said.
Sydney looked up at him, intrigued.
"The CIA thinks that with my knowledge of SD-6, and my ability to work with you, that I would be a valuable double agent in SD-6." Vaughn finished.
Sydney was blown away. "What?" she asked, not sure she heard right.
"I'm going to be a double in SD-6. I'm going to be working with you." He repeated.
"Oh my God." She said, completely stunned. She looked up at him and threw her arms around him.
"So you're happy about this?" he asked tentatively.
She pulled back from him and smiled. "Very happy." She said.
"Good."
"Seriously Vaughn, I didn't know how I was going to do this without you. I've felt so lost the past couple weeks." She hugged him again. "Thank you." She said softly.
"Your welcome." Vaughn said into her hair.
Sydney pulled back once more and sat down. "So what happens now?" she questioned.
"Your dad is going to convince Sloane that SD-6 could use another agent, and he is going to recruit me. It'll take a few weeks, but in the mean time, I'm going to keep training. There are a lot more details to work out like what I'm going to do when I get there, what we'll be doing. We'll probably have a whole new approach now. Unfortunately, we'll probably have someone like Kendall as our handler." Vaughn said.
"But we'll be together. Two against one." Sydney joked, but completely serious about the 'together' part.
"Yeah." Vaughn said.
Sydney looked pensive, her smile from earlier had faded and Vaughn knew that she wanted to say something.
"What is it?" he asked her.
"What?"
"You look like you have something to say." Vaughn told her.
Sydney smiled. "Are you sure?" she asked.
"What do you mean?"
"Are you sure you want to do this? Voluntarily? I didn't ask for this life. I never would. As much as I want you to come, I don't want you to get hurt, to end up like me." Sydney said sadly, worry lacing her words.
Vaughn frowned. "What do you mean like you?" he moved to kneel before her, and leveled his face with hers. "If I could be even half the person you are, I would consider myself so lucky." He told her.
Sydney smiled, knowing that he was sincere. "This is something I have to do. You don't have to." She tried to explain, looking down at her feet.
"Yes, I do." Vaughn challenged.
Sydney looked up at him, his eyes piercing hers with the emotion they held.
"By working with you, helping you destroy SD-6, I've become part of this. I need to see SD-6 fall, and by being in there, everyday, with you, I'll get to be a part of that. I get to really help. But most of all, I need to see you live a normal life." Vaughn explained to her, looking right in her eyes.
There faces were only inches apart, and without even thinking, Sydney leaned forward and captured his lips with hers. She pulled back moment later and looked into his eyes again. Now, caring and desire replaced concern and determination.
Vaughn was startled. Once again, she had kissed him. But this time was different. The last one was basically a good-bye kiss that was barely even a kiss. This one was real. She knew when she did it that it wouldn't be the last time she saw him. Without really comprehending what had happened, Vaughn leaned forward and pressed his lips against hers. She opened herself to the kiss and hooked her arms around his neck. His hands rested on her hips. He pulled back and looked at her.
"Thank you." She said, wrapping her arms around him more tightly and pulling him into a hug. "Thank you." She repeated.
They remained like that for a while, and finally pulled away and stood.
"When will I see you again?" she asked.
"Probably not for a while, I'm going to be pretty busy getting ready, but maybe I'll come to one of you're briefings. We'll definitely meet before I come in to talk about strategy and stuff."
"Right." She nodded. "I should probably." she trailed off.
"Yeah, me too." He agreed. He walked to the door and opened it for her, allowing her to walk out first. She smiled and tucked a strand of hair behind her ear.
"Bye." He said as she walked away.
She turned around and smiled. "Bye." She replied.
AUTHOR: Carrie
DISTRIBUTION: Anywhere, just let me know so I can visit
DISCLAIMER: I don't own Alias or any of the characters that appear on the show.
NOTE: No real note.just read and review. If you have any suggestions or comments, don't hesitate to email me: Ghanygirl1@aol.com
CHAPTER TEN
Sydney walked in the front door at 6:30, after seven hours on a plane, running two miles and being chased by guards, another seven hours on a plane, and an incredibly annoying taxi driver who kept suggesting that they go to a bar together. All she wanted to do was take a bath and get in bed.
She looked around the house and, luckily, no one was in sight. Francie and will were still at the restaurant, so she had the whole place to herself. She moved into her bedroom and was walking into the bathroom when the phone rang. She debated for a moment whether or not she wanted to answer it. Eventually, she walked towards the phone and picked it up.
"Hello?" she said irritably.
"Joey's Pizza?"
"Wrong number." She said as she slammed down the phone. She really did not want to meet Weiss now. Especially since it was a half hour drive there, in rush hour, to talk to him for thirty seconds about something she could have told him on her way to work tomorrow. However, she knew that she had to go.
Without even changing, she walked back out the door. The drive to the warehouse took her forty minutes in practically standstill traffic. By the time she got there she was extremely annoyed.
She walked into the warehouse so quickly, saying "Couldn't this have waited until the morning?" that she didn't see who was waiting for her.
Vaughn was standing off to the side of the cage, and it took a minute for Sydney to see him. When she finally did, she was speechless.
"Hi." He said.
"Hi." She replied. She hadn't thought she would ever see him again, and here he was. She didn't know what he was doing here, and for a moment, she thought that maybe he was her handler again.
"What are you doing here? Are you my handler again?" she questioned, letting a little too much hope slip out through her voice.
"No. You'll have your official debriefing with Weiss tomorrow." Vaughn clarified.
"Oh." Sydney's face fell.
"I actually have something that I wanted to tell you." Vaughn said, smiling slightly.
"What is it?" she asked.
"I met with Devlin today, and he officially reinstated me as an operations officer." Vaughn said happily.
Sydney was not so happy. "Wow." She said. Even after everything, she never really believed that he would officially leave her. She just kept thinking that he would come back. Still, she was supportive. "I mean, congratulations." She offered. She stepped forward and gave him a brief, but firm hug, and then backed away again.
"Thanks." Vaughn said. "I just wanted you to be the first to know." He said sincerely.
This touched Sydney, but overall, she was still sad.
"There's more." Vaughn said.
Sydney looked up at him, intrigued.
"The CIA thinks that with my knowledge of SD-6, and my ability to work with you, that I would be a valuable double agent in SD-6." Vaughn finished.
Sydney was blown away. "What?" she asked, not sure she heard right.
"I'm going to be a double in SD-6. I'm going to be working with you." He repeated.
"Oh my God." She said, completely stunned. She looked up at him and threw her arms around him.
"So you're happy about this?" he asked tentatively.
She pulled back from him and smiled. "Very happy." She said.
"Good."
"Seriously Vaughn, I didn't know how I was going to do this without you. I've felt so lost the past couple weeks." She hugged him again. "Thank you." She said softly.
"Your welcome." Vaughn said into her hair.
Sydney pulled back once more and sat down. "So what happens now?" she questioned.
"Your dad is going to convince Sloane that SD-6 could use another agent, and he is going to recruit me. It'll take a few weeks, but in the mean time, I'm going to keep training. There are a lot more details to work out like what I'm going to do when I get there, what we'll be doing. We'll probably have a whole new approach now. Unfortunately, we'll probably have someone like Kendall as our handler." Vaughn said.
"But we'll be together. Two against one." Sydney joked, but completely serious about the 'together' part.
"Yeah." Vaughn said.
Sydney looked pensive, her smile from earlier had faded and Vaughn knew that she wanted to say something.
"What is it?" he asked her.
"What?"
"You look like you have something to say." Vaughn told her.
Sydney smiled. "Are you sure?" she asked.
"What do you mean?"
"Are you sure you want to do this? Voluntarily? I didn't ask for this life. I never would. As much as I want you to come, I don't want you to get hurt, to end up like me." Sydney said sadly, worry lacing her words.
Vaughn frowned. "What do you mean like you?" he moved to kneel before her, and leveled his face with hers. "If I could be even half the person you are, I would consider myself so lucky." He told her.
Sydney smiled, knowing that he was sincere. "This is something I have to do. You don't have to." She tried to explain, looking down at her feet.
"Yes, I do." Vaughn challenged.
Sydney looked up at him, his eyes piercing hers with the emotion they held.
"By working with you, helping you destroy SD-6, I've become part of this. I need to see SD-6 fall, and by being in there, everyday, with you, I'll get to be a part of that. I get to really help. But most of all, I need to see you live a normal life." Vaughn explained to her, looking right in her eyes.
There faces were only inches apart, and without even thinking, Sydney leaned forward and captured his lips with hers. She pulled back moment later and looked into his eyes again. Now, caring and desire replaced concern and determination.
Vaughn was startled. Once again, she had kissed him. But this time was different. The last one was basically a good-bye kiss that was barely even a kiss. This one was real. She knew when she did it that it wouldn't be the last time she saw him. Without really comprehending what had happened, Vaughn leaned forward and pressed his lips against hers. She opened herself to the kiss and hooked her arms around his neck. His hands rested on her hips. He pulled back and looked at her.
"Thank you." She said, wrapping her arms around him more tightly and pulling him into a hug. "Thank you." She repeated.
They remained like that for a while, and finally pulled away and stood.
"When will I see you again?" she asked.
"Probably not for a while, I'm going to be pretty busy getting ready, but maybe I'll come to one of you're briefings. We'll definitely meet before I come in to talk about strategy and stuff."
"Right." She nodded. "I should probably." she trailed off.
"Yeah, me too." He agreed. He walked to the door and opened it for her, allowing her to walk out first. She smiled and tucked a strand of hair behind her ear.
"Bye." He said as she walked away.
She turned around and smiled. "Bye." She replied.