"So...tell me more about meeting with your parents." He said as they looked over their menus. He was very uneasy sitting there, knowing that they were being watched. How could she be so nonchalant about the whole thing? She didn't know what it was like to lose her, and then get her back. Yeah, that was it. She didn't feel that aching fear. He was constantly afraid that she'd leave him again, it never stopped. She didn't understand that.

"They didn't tell me much. Just about the 'rat pack', and the 'mouse trap." She was trying to be as covert as possible, unsure of weather the surveillance team could hear their conversation. She hoped that they couldn't because they would hear that she had talked to her mother and father.

"And what about Sark?" He asked.

"I can't believe that all this time he's been my brother. I mean it's just so weird." She set down her menu and leaned in across the table. "I just don't get why my mother never told me."

Vaughn followed suit, and soon they very practically whispering in each other's ears. "It is weird." He said smiling.

The waiter came and took their orders. After that they talked about inconsequential things like politics, and world happenings. When they were finished eating, Vaughn paid, and led her out the car. He was nervous and kept looking around the parking lot. Sydney grabbed his arm and leaned into him. "I think we should take a cab." She whispered. "We've both had too much to drink." She stumbled as if she were drunk. In actuality they hadn't had a drop of alcohol between them. Vaughn didn't drink anymore, after his liver problems. He laughed loudly and turned around. He began to sing an old Irish love song, and stumbled a little as well. He always did play a good drunk, Sydney though to herself.

Vaughn hailed a cab and once they were in told the driver the directions to the safe house. As they pulled away from the curb they were both alerted to the sound of tires screeching behind them. Vaughn glance out the back window and saw a large black SUV tailing them closely. The widow's were tinted and he couldn't see the driver. Then the gun fire began. The driver started shouting and Vaughn pulled Sydney down onto the seat. After a moment he realized that they weren't shooting at the cab of the car, but the tires. "Speed up!" He yelled to the driver. He looked back again to see the SUV in hot pursuit. The went over the situation mentally, they couldn't outrun, or out maneuver the SUV. Take a quick right at the next street. Right here." He yelled at the driver. He was still holding Sydney protectively against his chest. The driver followed his instructions and they took a hard right. Sydney pulled her cell phone out of her pocket and hit the number 1 button hard. It immediately dialed, and soon she was connected to her father. She explained the situation.

"Sydney, you need to find a place to hide. You can't out run them, and they have too much fire power over you. Give me your exact coordinates." She pulled away from Vaughn and tried to read a street sign as they passed it quickly. It was late on a week night, and most of the streets were deserted. Vaughn continued to yell orders to the taxi driver and they sped up and made sharp turns constantly. Sydney was still trying to find the name of a street when her phone went dead. She put her head down against Vaughn's chest again and though hard about what to do. Vaughn was succeeding at keeping them a good distance in front of their pursuers, but if a tire got shot out they were screwed.

Suddenly Sydney saw an image in her mind. A large warehouse, and a garage door just beginning to close. She looked up out the window. They had entered an area with large warehouses and dimly lit streets. The cab driver took a left, per Vaughn's instructions, and Sydney saw the warehouse she'd seen in her mind.

"Pull in there!" She yelled. The cab driver obeyed, and they made it under the closing door just in time. The cab screeched to a halt as the door shut firmly behind them. Vaughn quickly got out of the car and ran to the huge door that had just closed. There was a smaller "human sized" door just to the left of the large door, and it had a small window. Vaughn carefully peered through it and watched the black SUV pass the warehouse they were now hiding in.

"We're clear." He said walking back to the cab. The driver was sitting in the front seat, looking as if he might pass out. "Were those Slone's men?" Vaughn asked as he help Sydney out of the cab.

"I think so I didn't get a good look at any of them."

"Me neither." He replied pulling his cell phone from his pocket.

"Don't use that." Sydney said grabbing her cell phone and checking for service. "I bet they have it bugged. In fact turn it off, it's like a beacon. They'll find us in no time. Damn still no service." She said pocketing her phone.

Vaughn pulled out some cash and handed it to the driver. "We should get out of here." He said looking around the very large-empty warehouse where they stood.

"You're right. I think there might be an office over there," she pointed, "maybe it had a phone." They both began walking toward the small office and found it locked.

"Syd, how did you know to pull into this warehouse?" He said staring at her.

"I didn't, I just saw the door closing in my mind, and when we turned the corner it was there in real life. It must have been some kind of intuition." She said scanning the warehouse for another exit.

"That's some intuition you got there." Vaughn said as he watched her in disbelief.

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