Title: Betrayal
*I just wrote this story based on spoilers and speculation for the upcoming episode "A dark turn". This part DOES contain SPOILERS so if you do not want to know don't read.
Disclaimer: NOT mine!
Chapter 4: Conclusions
(Syd POV)
Jack heard what I said and I could tell he was shocked too. He may never have liked him but he never thought of him as a double. He opened his mouth to say something but decided against it and just moved towards me. He embraced me and I rested my head on his shoulder, letting a single tear escape and roll down my face.
He whispered low into my ear, "I'll find out more about this." I lifted my head and whispered barely audible to the naked ear, "thank you."
We broke apart and I kissed him once on the cheek before I left. It felt a little better to have the secret off of my chest but I still needed to know the truth and besides what I've learned today I felt the only person who'd tell me that was Vaughn.
I drove home first to think about exactly how I was going to bring this up, it's not going to fit right into conversation like; hey how you doing? I'm good, how about you, are you a double-crosser for the CIA? For some reason I didn't think that would work. Then there was where should I tell him. I couldn't at the ops center for a couple of reasons; one being that this was classified and I could be arrested for telling him, two because I didn't know how he'd react and I didn't want everyone to be watching them, and three because I wanted to be alone with him to ask. If he was a double maybe it wasn't the smartest move but it would only feel right like that.
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Jack got in his car and drove back to the ops center to find more about this situation. He didn't bother with Kendall though; instead he went straight to the source of the problem.
Jack found Vaughn at his desk, "Mister Vaughn."
Vaughn looked up at hearing his name and was surprised to see Jack. "Oh, hey. Did you talk to Sydney?" Vaughn asked, wasting no time, the concern immediately visible. Jack nodded and then started to walk away. Vaughn was confused and followed. "Wait, is she okay? What did she say?"
"Follow me." Jack demanded and Vaughn obliged.
Jack treaded to the parking garage where he'd come from. He took his keys from his pocket and clicked to unlock his car. Jack walked over to it and motioned for Vaughn to get in the passenger's side, "Get in." Vaughn was baffled by now but didn't ask a question since he knew it had to do with Sydney.
Once they were out of the CIA and on the open road Jack started to talk. "Mr. Vaughn how do you feel about my daughter?" Vaughn looked away immediately, "Sir, is she okay?" Jack just asked again, "How do you feel about her?"
This time Vaughn didn't ignore it, "I don't know why this matters but."
Jack interrupted, "It matters to me. I need to know if I can trust you."
"Trust me with your daughter? Sir, I love her!" Vaughn blurted out, he didn't want to dance around the situation any more he just wanted to get it out there and move on to Sydney.
Jack wasn't surprised, "I have but one other question then. What's more important, Sydney or your job?"
Vaughn didn't waste a second to think, "Sydney of course, I meant what I said; I love her. Now what are you getting at?"
"I talked to Kendall about Sydney's early meeting but he wouldn't tell me anything, so I called Sydney. She wanted to talk so we met at the warehouse." Jack started to explain and immediately Vaughn gave him his undivided attention.
"I think you two need to really talk."
"What happened? Why don't you tell me what's wrong?"
"It's not mine to tell. Your lucky this is all I'm saying anyway." Jack said.
Suddenly the car stopped. "You get out here," Jack instructed. Vaughn looked up to find himself at Sydney's house. He looked at Jack one last time and then opened his door to get out. He slammed the door frustrated and then started to approach Sydney's house. He was going to find out what the secret was and he was going to find out now.
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I had just gotten out of a tub from a long bath to relax myself. I put on some comfortable clothes and combed out my wet hair. I went into the kitchen and poured myself some ginger ale. I went to put ice in the cup, but the ice spilt onto the floor more than into the cup. I leaned to pick it up and slipped on it in the process, falling on my butt.
Right then the realization of this all hit me. Before Vaughn was always there to catch me but now.now I didn't know if he'd ever be there again.
My thoughts were interrupted quickly by the doorbell. I slowly got up and picked up the ice cubes before going to open the door. "Coming," I yelled as I approached the door. When I opened it I had the biggest surprise, it was Vaughn.
"Hi." Vaughn said nervously.
"What are you doing here?" I questioned, not wasting time on greetings.
I reluctantly stepped to the side of the doorway so Vaughn could enter and then I shut the door behind him.
"I needed to see you. I was so worried about you after this morning, then I asked jack to talk to you."
"You went to my father about this?" I interrupted.
"You wouldn't talk to me so."
"I have good reason not to." I interrupted once again.
"Anyway he talked to you earlier and then came back to the office. We went for a drive and I thought he was going to tell me what he found out but."
"My father told YOU? Just because I don't tell you everything, it doesn't give you the right to go to my father to get it."
"I'm sorry, but he didn't tell me anything anyway he just dropped me off here." Vaughn finished his explanation after only being interrupted three times.
"Oh." I said wirily.
"We could save ourselves a lot of trouble if you'd tell me what was going on."
"I know, I was actually going to come talk to you later, but now is a good of time as ever. I met with a counterintelligence threat analyst this morning. He was asking me questions about you and I on previous missions and your contacts. They think you might be a double." I explained.
Vaughn's mouth almost dropped open. He started to pace the room and he ran his hand through his hair. The silence was unbearable so I broke it, "Would you betray someone you love?"
That got Vaughn's attention and he immediately turned and walked back over to me. He grabbed my hands in his. As much as I wanted to shake them loose, I couldn't it felt so good for him to be holding me again.
"I would never betray you Sydney." He proclaimed. He then leaned in to give me a peck on the cheek, but I turned my face away. "I'm not a double Sydney. There is something I haven't told you though."
I look back at him awaiting his secret. "Sydney I've been investigating my fathers death. I needed to know more about him and the CIA gave me nothing. Your mother gave me some names of her old affiliates to ask about him since they'd been trailing him for sometime before Irina was given the order to kill. I've been getting information on his missions and when he died." He paused as I saw tears filling in his eyes.
He soon continued though, "I didn't tell you because I couldn't."
I broke in for a minute, "you can tell me anything. The info about the investigation on you is confidential too, and right now I'm a felon. I still told you though."
"I know, I'm sorry Sydney. I didn't want your mother to get in trouble. She could be tried for going against her CIA agreement and be killed. I didn't want to see you go through that either. I'm sorry."
I took a minute to take this all in. I still couldn't tell if what he was saying was the truth, but deep down I could see it in his eyes that he was. "I'm sorry I never should have doubted you." I said as tears started down my cheeks.
Vaughn hugged me close. "Yes you should have. The CIA had Intel on me as a possible double, and with the double-crossers you've had in your life, of course you are justified to doubt me."
"But Vaughn deep down my heart was telling me you weren't a double." I explained.
"You followed your head and that's what you should always follow in your line of work."
We held each other for the longest time. I was relieved that I could still trust the man I loved, that our love was true not just an act.
I soon got on the phone with my father to explain the truth. I couldn't go tell the CIA cause then they'd get on my back, so I decided to tell my dad. He assured me he'd take care of it. I thanked him graciously and then returned to Vaughn's side on the couch. We cuddled together watching a king's game.
***The End***
***Ok, I know it was rushed at the end and all but I just didn't know where exactly I wanted it to go. I knew I wanted his secret to be about his dad, cause that's what I think it will be but I wasn't sure about the rest. Hope it was still pretty good, and I can't wait to see what really happens on Sunday. Thanks for reading!!! (
*I just wrote this story based on spoilers and speculation for the upcoming episode "A dark turn". This part DOES contain SPOILERS so if you do not want to know don't read.
Disclaimer: NOT mine!
Chapter 4: Conclusions
(Syd POV)
Jack heard what I said and I could tell he was shocked too. He may never have liked him but he never thought of him as a double. He opened his mouth to say something but decided against it and just moved towards me. He embraced me and I rested my head on his shoulder, letting a single tear escape and roll down my face.
He whispered low into my ear, "I'll find out more about this." I lifted my head and whispered barely audible to the naked ear, "thank you."
We broke apart and I kissed him once on the cheek before I left. It felt a little better to have the secret off of my chest but I still needed to know the truth and besides what I've learned today I felt the only person who'd tell me that was Vaughn.
I drove home first to think about exactly how I was going to bring this up, it's not going to fit right into conversation like; hey how you doing? I'm good, how about you, are you a double-crosser for the CIA? For some reason I didn't think that would work. Then there was where should I tell him. I couldn't at the ops center for a couple of reasons; one being that this was classified and I could be arrested for telling him, two because I didn't know how he'd react and I didn't want everyone to be watching them, and three because I wanted to be alone with him to ask. If he was a double maybe it wasn't the smartest move but it would only feel right like that.
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Jack got in his car and drove back to the ops center to find more about this situation. He didn't bother with Kendall though; instead he went straight to the source of the problem.
Jack found Vaughn at his desk, "Mister Vaughn."
Vaughn looked up at hearing his name and was surprised to see Jack. "Oh, hey. Did you talk to Sydney?" Vaughn asked, wasting no time, the concern immediately visible. Jack nodded and then started to walk away. Vaughn was confused and followed. "Wait, is she okay? What did she say?"
"Follow me." Jack demanded and Vaughn obliged.
Jack treaded to the parking garage where he'd come from. He took his keys from his pocket and clicked to unlock his car. Jack walked over to it and motioned for Vaughn to get in the passenger's side, "Get in." Vaughn was baffled by now but didn't ask a question since he knew it had to do with Sydney.
Once they were out of the CIA and on the open road Jack started to talk. "Mr. Vaughn how do you feel about my daughter?" Vaughn looked away immediately, "Sir, is she okay?" Jack just asked again, "How do you feel about her?"
This time Vaughn didn't ignore it, "I don't know why this matters but."
Jack interrupted, "It matters to me. I need to know if I can trust you."
"Trust me with your daughter? Sir, I love her!" Vaughn blurted out, he didn't want to dance around the situation any more he just wanted to get it out there and move on to Sydney.
Jack wasn't surprised, "I have but one other question then. What's more important, Sydney or your job?"
Vaughn didn't waste a second to think, "Sydney of course, I meant what I said; I love her. Now what are you getting at?"
"I talked to Kendall about Sydney's early meeting but he wouldn't tell me anything, so I called Sydney. She wanted to talk so we met at the warehouse." Jack started to explain and immediately Vaughn gave him his undivided attention.
"I think you two need to really talk."
"What happened? Why don't you tell me what's wrong?"
"It's not mine to tell. Your lucky this is all I'm saying anyway." Jack said.
Suddenly the car stopped. "You get out here," Jack instructed. Vaughn looked up to find himself at Sydney's house. He looked at Jack one last time and then opened his door to get out. He slammed the door frustrated and then started to approach Sydney's house. He was going to find out what the secret was and he was going to find out now.
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I had just gotten out of a tub from a long bath to relax myself. I put on some comfortable clothes and combed out my wet hair. I went into the kitchen and poured myself some ginger ale. I went to put ice in the cup, but the ice spilt onto the floor more than into the cup. I leaned to pick it up and slipped on it in the process, falling on my butt.
Right then the realization of this all hit me. Before Vaughn was always there to catch me but now.now I didn't know if he'd ever be there again.
My thoughts were interrupted quickly by the doorbell. I slowly got up and picked up the ice cubes before going to open the door. "Coming," I yelled as I approached the door. When I opened it I had the biggest surprise, it was Vaughn.
"Hi." Vaughn said nervously.
"What are you doing here?" I questioned, not wasting time on greetings.
I reluctantly stepped to the side of the doorway so Vaughn could enter and then I shut the door behind him.
"I needed to see you. I was so worried about you after this morning, then I asked jack to talk to you."
"You went to my father about this?" I interrupted.
"You wouldn't talk to me so."
"I have good reason not to." I interrupted once again.
"Anyway he talked to you earlier and then came back to the office. We went for a drive and I thought he was going to tell me what he found out but."
"My father told YOU? Just because I don't tell you everything, it doesn't give you the right to go to my father to get it."
"I'm sorry, but he didn't tell me anything anyway he just dropped me off here." Vaughn finished his explanation after only being interrupted three times.
"Oh." I said wirily.
"We could save ourselves a lot of trouble if you'd tell me what was going on."
"I know, I was actually going to come talk to you later, but now is a good of time as ever. I met with a counterintelligence threat analyst this morning. He was asking me questions about you and I on previous missions and your contacts. They think you might be a double." I explained.
Vaughn's mouth almost dropped open. He started to pace the room and he ran his hand through his hair. The silence was unbearable so I broke it, "Would you betray someone you love?"
That got Vaughn's attention and he immediately turned and walked back over to me. He grabbed my hands in his. As much as I wanted to shake them loose, I couldn't it felt so good for him to be holding me again.
"I would never betray you Sydney." He proclaimed. He then leaned in to give me a peck on the cheek, but I turned my face away. "I'm not a double Sydney. There is something I haven't told you though."
I look back at him awaiting his secret. "Sydney I've been investigating my fathers death. I needed to know more about him and the CIA gave me nothing. Your mother gave me some names of her old affiliates to ask about him since they'd been trailing him for sometime before Irina was given the order to kill. I've been getting information on his missions and when he died." He paused as I saw tears filling in his eyes.
He soon continued though, "I didn't tell you because I couldn't."
I broke in for a minute, "you can tell me anything. The info about the investigation on you is confidential too, and right now I'm a felon. I still told you though."
"I know, I'm sorry Sydney. I didn't want your mother to get in trouble. She could be tried for going against her CIA agreement and be killed. I didn't want to see you go through that either. I'm sorry."
I took a minute to take this all in. I still couldn't tell if what he was saying was the truth, but deep down I could see it in his eyes that he was. "I'm sorry I never should have doubted you." I said as tears started down my cheeks.
Vaughn hugged me close. "Yes you should have. The CIA had Intel on me as a possible double, and with the double-crossers you've had in your life, of course you are justified to doubt me."
"But Vaughn deep down my heart was telling me you weren't a double." I explained.
"You followed your head and that's what you should always follow in your line of work."
We held each other for the longest time. I was relieved that I could still trust the man I loved, that our love was true not just an act.
I soon got on the phone with my father to explain the truth. I couldn't go tell the CIA cause then they'd get on my back, so I decided to tell my dad. He assured me he'd take care of it. I thanked him graciously and then returned to Vaughn's side on the couch. We cuddled together watching a king's game.
***The End***
***Ok, I know it was rushed at the end and all but I just didn't know where exactly I wanted it to go. I knew I wanted his secret to be about his dad, cause that's what I think it will be but I wasn't sure about the rest. Hope it was still pretty good, and I can't wait to see what really happens on Sunday. Thanks for reading!!! (