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An: Thanks for reviewing all who did. I just went back through my chapters and realized that I haven't thanked a reviewer who has been so good at reviewing and is just great; I thought I already gave her a shout out, but I was mistaken. So, Whitelighter Enchanchtress, THANKS~~!! You are the best!! So, on with the show, as they say. Love the reviews, keep 'em comin'!!! Enjoy!!
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[previously]
Irina gasped deeply...'This can't be happening' she thought with fear, placing a hand on Jack's hand and squeezing.
Jack looked into his wife's eyes to see something he thought he'd never see again.
Fear.
[now]
Jack and Sydney both turned to her worried.
"Mom?" Sydney asked softly.
"Th-that's...Katrina Nostasia. Sh..-I knew her from when I first was in the KGB. She's a few years older than me...VERY intelligent. VERY good..and VERY deadly. ...she taught me everything I know. But, she never got recognized for all the things she accomplished. I always got recognized and she was terribly jealous. She used to take it out on me...in 'teaching' ways. Like, it could be explained away to training me for another 'skill' or something. Last time I spoke to her was...before I took my assignment with you Jack. She'd wanted the assignment terribly. She told me she'd get me back..take back what I 'stole' from her. All the 'glory'." Irina poured out, a frown on her face.
"Well...she did. She's now the head leader of the newly reforming KGB. She took over your thrown." Kendall announced.
"Well...she can have it. I don't want it. I have everything I ever needed OR wanted...even dreamed about right here." Irina said passionately. Sydney smiled and teared up at that as she saw her clasp her father's hand, holding it against her bulging belly. She grinned when her mom looked over to her and winked.
"It just never ends...does it?" Vaughn said as he looked at Sark and Katrina. Kendall shook his head.
"We'll have everyone on this. At least we know that Rambaldi has nothing to do with this. Sark never had an interest in him." Kendall stated.
"But Katrina will." Irina mumbled.
"She's back at square one. It'll be decades for her to get to where Sloane left off." Jack pointed out, massaging her knuckles slowly with his thumb.
"And last time I checked, you two were on maternity leave. Get out of here; next time I see either of you will be in the hospital, smoking a cigar with Jack and Agent Vaughn." Kendall stated, ending the meeting.
As the last two weeks of pregnancy loomed, Irina and Sydney, along with Sytory and Eric's help, decided to play a mean joke on their men.
Eric came busting into a meeting room at the JTF, all out of breath.
"Agent Weiss? A problem?" Kendall said annoyed, but attempting REALLY hard not to smirk.
"The...babies....coming." he panted out.
"WHAT?...Who?!!!" Jack and Vaughn yelped, jumping up.
"Both!!! Your.cell phone's..off..cause of meeting..Both!!!" Eric gasped, then lifted up the video camera further to capture their reactions better. He WAS officially the 'Uncle' Cam. The both stumbled and tripped trying to head out the door.
"Got a driver ready in the front!" Eric yelled after a few seconds pause, causing them to screech to a halt in the middle of the bull pen, reverse direction practically slipping, and head to the front instead. The driver took them to Sydney and Vaughn's home.
"They're still there, getting the stuff ready to go to the hospital." The driver explained. Once there, the two men anxiously stumbled out the vehicle and sprinted to the door, getting wedged in it, all caught on tape by Sytory who had been waiting for them. Both men tripped into the front room and screeched to a stand still, out of breath.
They stared wide-eyed at their two girls who were sitting peacefully on the couch, trying to smother their laughs.
"W-w-what's goin' on?" Vaughn asked.
"Baby?" was all Jack could manage.
Then both girls broke into hysterics as they lifted up their shirts to reveal their big round bellies.
That had the words: A P R I L F O O L S ! ! painted on them in finger paint. Sytory was struggling with holding the camera as she pealed out in laughter.
"Oh..my.....your..faces!!!" Irina sputtered. Both men still caught their breath, a dumb expression still on their faces. Jack stood up straight. He looked over to Vaughn.
"It's April 1st? he stated more than asked.
"Yeah..April Fool's Day." Vaughn said. They glared back at the still hysterical pregnant women, tears pouring down their faces.
"Very funny...ha ha...you got us. I'll be sure to laugh when you're REALLY in labor and in a lot of PAIN!!! We're so gonna get you back." Vaughn threatened as he and Jack straightened their clothes out, heading back out to the driver to get back to work.
"We love you!!" Irina and Sydney yelled as they walked. They burst into giggles again that could only make Jack and Vaughn lose the frowns and smile. Back at work, the laughter never ended for the rest of the day.
Five days later, it was like de-ja-vouz.
Eric came rushing in.
"Mike! It's Sydney! Your baby's coming!" he said quickly. Vaughn eyed him a second.
"Are you serious? She's still not due for 17 more days." Vaughn said evenly, eyeing him.
"Mike!! I'm SERIOUS!! It's April 6th; not a joke day." Eric said. Vaughn jumped up, rushing out the door, this time Eric driving him straight to the hospital, as the sun began to set.
'It's too early! Isn't it? What if the baby's not grown enough? What if they can't breath on their own?' Vaughn thought the whole drive to the hospital. Once in the room where Sydney was in, he calmed down. She was hooked to monitors and resting comfortably on her side. Her mother and sister right next to her.
"So, you're at a 1 and contractions are still pretty far apart. It'll be awhile, huh?" Vaughn asked.
"Yep...she'll definitely have this baby on my birthday!! What a great gift!" Irina smiled because the next day, April 7th, was her real birthday.
"Mom you should get some rest. You'll be in this place real quick yourself." Sydney said softly a couple of hours later. Jack sat with Irina in front of him on the doctor stool, lying draped over the end of Sydney's bed as he massaged her lower back. Irina nodded feeling like she could have the baby right then and there with the way Jack kept rolling his fist on her lower spine.
"Yeah..sounds good to me. But you call the second something changes!" Irina warned, kissing her good night, holding Jack's arm and Sytory's hand.
"I'll see you in the morning sis!" Sytory called as they left.
By 10:00 or so, Vaughn was in bed with Sydney, spooning her and rubbing her back every time a contraction would eventually come. They weren't too bad at all and Sydney was able to drift off to sleep as her contractions seemed to lighten up.
"She or he wants to wait till their grandma's birthday." Vaughn mumbled into Sydney's neck.
"Um-hmm" Sydney murmured back as she drifted off to sleep.
By 3:00 am , Sydney and Vaughn were woken up to Sytory being back.
"Tor? What're you doing here?" Sydney asked sleepily after her sister gently woke her up. Sytory just beamed.
"Seems our little sibling wants to come on Mom's birthday too!" Sytory exclaimed.
"Mom's in LABOR?!!" Sydney said shocked.
"Yep! Her water broke too! She wants to be next to you...here in the room. So dad won't be running back and forth, me running back and forth,.and she wants to be here with you too." Sytory explained.
"Yeah...I want her to be here too! And I want to see my baby sib born too! Can they allow that?" Sydney asked.
"They said there's a double suite that they can move the two of you in." Sytory said.
"Let's go. How cool is that, both of us in labor...owww!" Sydney said as another contraction distracted her.
"Whoa..Syd...that was your biggest yet. And they're coming a little bit closer." Vaughn said, helping her breathe through it. She only nodded.
Within 20 minutes or so they had both of them situated in the double suite.
"Mom...how you doing?" Sydney asked as she lay on her side facing her mom.
"Okay baby..a little startled is all. Was just snoozing away when the dam broke and it felt like someone punched me in the gut." Irina said as another contraction came for her just as Sydney did also. Vaughn looked back and forth between Irina and Sydney then smirked.
"We HAVE to get a pool going here! Whose gonna give birth first! I bet we could get the whole nursing staff and HQ on it." Vaughn said as he eyed Jack. Irina was the first to speak.
"I got $20 on me to deliver first." She stated raising her hand. Jack whipped his head around eyeing his wife.
"What? The boy's right! We could make a fortune here!" Irina said.
"Okay, then we have to narrow it. I say my daughter to deliver first..before noon." Jack said placing a twenty out. Sytory became score keeper, writing it all down, as narrowed as size of the baby to be born first and when, even gender was thrown in there. She got the whole nursing staff on their floor, the PICU floor, NICU floor, and the ER nurses and doctors. Plus, she called to HQ, getting it going there. By the time Eric came to visit at 8:30 am he had a bucket full of money and a list 3 pages long.
After totaling it up, it was close to $2,ooo.
"Jesus!! Oowwww...ooooh...errr!" Sydney yelled, squeezing Vaughn's hand as she breathed through another contraction.
"Sydney...you're at 4 ½ now. Do you want an epideral?" the nurse asked. Sydney's hair was slightly matted to her face, her face a little pinched up.
"But...won't that have a chance of slowing things down?" Sydney asked breathlessly.
"Maybe, it's possible." The nurse answered.
"I can't believe I've been at this for over 12 hours and I'm only at barely half way!" Sydney exclaimed, covering her tired face with her hands.
"How long does she have until she can't have the epideral?" Vaughn asked, rubbing Sydney's shoulder and arm supportingly.
"Once she's past 6 ½ we can't. 7 at the longest." The nurse said.
"Try walking baby. It'll help." Irina coaxed.
"Walking is good. I'll get you ready. Use your fiancé as support. And Mr. Vaughn, kneading her back with your fist helps a lot." The nurse demonstrated in her hand as she helped Sydney with her monitors and IV's.
So, with Vaughn pulling her IV stand, Sydney started walking so her mom could rest. She was at a 4 now herself, but things had slowed down and they were worried since the baby wasn't surrounded by fluid anymore. Dry births were very difficult and riskier.
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An: I know it's short and I kinda left it in a cliffy, but if I don't, you'll NEVER get a chapter till over a week and a half cause I'm goin' on vacation!! YEAH!! So, here's this one, and I promise.I'll try my hardest to get this up as soon as I can, may it be squeezing it in between getting packed or as soon as I can get home!!!
Do review and tell me what your guess is for the pool!! Remember anything can count and I'd still love to hear any suggestions on names!! Those are always fun!!! Thanx!
An: Thanks for reviewing all who did. I just went back through my chapters and realized that I haven't thanked a reviewer who has been so good at reviewing and is just great; I thought I already gave her a shout out, but I was mistaken. So, Whitelighter Enchanchtress, THANKS~~!! You are the best!! So, on with the show, as they say. Love the reviews, keep 'em comin'!!! Enjoy!!
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[previously]
Irina gasped deeply...'This can't be happening' she thought with fear, placing a hand on Jack's hand and squeezing.
Jack looked into his wife's eyes to see something he thought he'd never see again.
Fear.
[now]
Jack and Sydney both turned to her worried.
"Mom?" Sydney asked softly.
"Th-that's...Katrina Nostasia. Sh..-I knew her from when I first was in the KGB. She's a few years older than me...VERY intelligent. VERY good..and VERY deadly. ...she taught me everything I know. But, she never got recognized for all the things she accomplished. I always got recognized and she was terribly jealous. She used to take it out on me...in 'teaching' ways. Like, it could be explained away to training me for another 'skill' or something. Last time I spoke to her was...before I took my assignment with you Jack. She'd wanted the assignment terribly. She told me she'd get me back..take back what I 'stole' from her. All the 'glory'." Irina poured out, a frown on her face.
"Well...she did. She's now the head leader of the newly reforming KGB. She took over your thrown." Kendall announced.
"Well...she can have it. I don't want it. I have everything I ever needed OR wanted...even dreamed about right here." Irina said passionately. Sydney smiled and teared up at that as she saw her clasp her father's hand, holding it against her bulging belly. She grinned when her mom looked over to her and winked.
"It just never ends...does it?" Vaughn said as he looked at Sark and Katrina. Kendall shook his head.
"We'll have everyone on this. At least we know that Rambaldi has nothing to do with this. Sark never had an interest in him." Kendall stated.
"But Katrina will." Irina mumbled.
"She's back at square one. It'll be decades for her to get to where Sloane left off." Jack pointed out, massaging her knuckles slowly with his thumb.
"And last time I checked, you two were on maternity leave. Get out of here; next time I see either of you will be in the hospital, smoking a cigar with Jack and Agent Vaughn." Kendall stated, ending the meeting.
As the last two weeks of pregnancy loomed, Irina and Sydney, along with Sytory and Eric's help, decided to play a mean joke on their men.
Eric came busting into a meeting room at the JTF, all out of breath.
"Agent Weiss? A problem?" Kendall said annoyed, but attempting REALLY hard not to smirk.
"The...babies....coming." he panted out.
"WHAT?...Who?!!!" Jack and Vaughn yelped, jumping up.
"Both!!! Your.cell phone's..off..cause of meeting..Both!!!" Eric gasped, then lifted up the video camera further to capture their reactions better. He WAS officially the 'Uncle' Cam. The both stumbled and tripped trying to head out the door.
"Got a driver ready in the front!" Eric yelled after a few seconds pause, causing them to screech to a halt in the middle of the bull pen, reverse direction practically slipping, and head to the front instead. The driver took them to Sydney and Vaughn's home.
"They're still there, getting the stuff ready to go to the hospital." The driver explained. Once there, the two men anxiously stumbled out the vehicle and sprinted to the door, getting wedged in it, all caught on tape by Sytory who had been waiting for them. Both men tripped into the front room and screeched to a stand still, out of breath.
They stared wide-eyed at their two girls who were sitting peacefully on the couch, trying to smother their laughs.
"W-w-what's goin' on?" Vaughn asked.
"Baby?" was all Jack could manage.
Then both girls broke into hysterics as they lifted up their shirts to reveal their big round bellies.
That had the words: A P R I L F O O L S ! ! painted on them in finger paint. Sytory was struggling with holding the camera as she pealed out in laughter.
"Oh..my.....your..faces!!!" Irina sputtered. Both men still caught their breath, a dumb expression still on their faces. Jack stood up straight. He looked over to Vaughn.
"It's April 1st? he stated more than asked.
"Yeah..April Fool's Day." Vaughn said. They glared back at the still hysterical pregnant women, tears pouring down their faces.
"Very funny...ha ha...you got us. I'll be sure to laugh when you're REALLY in labor and in a lot of PAIN!!! We're so gonna get you back." Vaughn threatened as he and Jack straightened their clothes out, heading back out to the driver to get back to work.
"We love you!!" Irina and Sydney yelled as they walked. They burst into giggles again that could only make Jack and Vaughn lose the frowns and smile. Back at work, the laughter never ended for the rest of the day.
Five days later, it was like de-ja-vouz.
Eric came rushing in.
"Mike! It's Sydney! Your baby's coming!" he said quickly. Vaughn eyed him a second.
"Are you serious? She's still not due for 17 more days." Vaughn said evenly, eyeing him.
"Mike!! I'm SERIOUS!! It's April 6th; not a joke day." Eric said. Vaughn jumped up, rushing out the door, this time Eric driving him straight to the hospital, as the sun began to set.
'It's too early! Isn't it? What if the baby's not grown enough? What if they can't breath on their own?' Vaughn thought the whole drive to the hospital. Once in the room where Sydney was in, he calmed down. She was hooked to monitors and resting comfortably on her side. Her mother and sister right next to her.
"So, you're at a 1 and contractions are still pretty far apart. It'll be awhile, huh?" Vaughn asked.
"Yep...she'll definitely have this baby on my birthday!! What a great gift!" Irina smiled because the next day, April 7th, was her real birthday.
"Mom you should get some rest. You'll be in this place real quick yourself." Sydney said softly a couple of hours later. Jack sat with Irina in front of him on the doctor stool, lying draped over the end of Sydney's bed as he massaged her lower back. Irina nodded feeling like she could have the baby right then and there with the way Jack kept rolling his fist on her lower spine.
"Yeah..sounds good to me. But you call the second something changes!" Irina warned, kissing her good night, holding Jack's arm and Sytory's hand.
"I'll see you in the morning sis!" Sytory called as they left.
By 10:00 or so, Vaughn was in bed with Sydney, spooning her and rubbing her back every time a contraction would eventually come. They weren't too bad at all and Sydney was able to drift off to sleep as her contractions seemed to lighten up.
"She or he wants to wait till their grandma's birthday." Vaughn mumbled into Sydney's neck.
"Um-hmm" Sydney murmured back as she drifted off to sleep.
By 3:00 am , Sydney and Vaughn were woken up to Sytory being back.
"Tor? What're you doing here?" Sydney asked sleepily after her sister gently woke her up. Sytory just beamed.
"Seems our little sibling wants to come on Mom's birthday too!" Sytory exclaimed.
"Mom's in LABOR?!!" Sydney said shocked.
"Yep! Her water broke too! She wants to be next to you...here in the room. So dad won't be running back and forth, me running back and forth,.and she wants to be here with you too." Sytory explained.
"Yeah...I want her to be here too! And I want to see my baby sib born too! Can they allow that?" Sydney asked.
"They said there's a double suite that they can move the two of you in." Sytory said.
"Let's go. How cool is that, both of us in labor...owww!" Sydney said as another contraction distracted her.
"Whoa..Syd...that was your biggest yet. And they're coming a little bit closer." Vaughn said, helping her breathe through it. She only nodded.
Within 20 minutes or so they had both of them situated in the double suite.
"Mom...how you doing?" Sydney asked as she lay on her side facing her mom.
"Okay baby..a little startled is all. Was just snoozing away when the dam broke and it felt like someone punched me in the gut." Irina said as another contraction came for her just as Sydney did also. Vaughn looked back and forth between Irina and Sydney then smirked.
"We HAVE to get a pool going here! Whose gonna give birth first! I bet we could get the whole nursing staff and HQ on it." Vaughn said as he eyed Jack. Irina was the first to speak.
"I got $20 on me to deliver first." She stated raising her hand. Jack whipped his head around eyeing his wife.
"What? The boy's right! We could make a fortune here!" Irina said.
"Okay, then we have to narrow it. I say my daughter to deliver first..before noon." Jack said placing a twenty out. Sytory became score keeper, writing it all down, as narrowed as size of the baby to be born first and when, even gender was thrown in there. She got the whole nursing staff on their floor, the PICU floor, NICU floor, and the ER nurses and doctors. Plus, she called to HQ, getting it going there. By the time Eric came to visit at 8:30 am he had a bucket full of money and a list 3 pages long.
After totaling it up, it was close to $2,ooo.
"Jesus!! Oowwww...ooooh...errr!" Sydney yelled, squeezing Vaughn's hand as she breathed through another contraction.
"Sydney...you're at 4 ½ now. Do you want an epideral?" the nurse asked. Sydney's hair was slightly matted to her face, her face a little pinched up.
"But...won't that have a chance of slowing things down?" Sydney asked breathlessly.
"Maybe, it's possible." The nurse answered.
"I can't believe I've been at this for over 12 hours and I'm only at barely half way!" Sydney exclaimed, covering her tired face with her hands.
"How long does she have until she can't have the epideral?" Vaughn asked, rubbing Sydney's shoulder and arm supportingly.
"Once she's past 6 ½ we can't. 7 at the longest." The nurse said.
"Try walking baby. It'll help." Irina coaxed.
"Walking is good. I'll get you ready. Use your fiancé as support. And Mr. Vaughn, kneading her back with your fist helps a lot." The nurse demonstrated in her hand as she helped Sydney with her monitors and IV's.
So, with Vaughn pulling her IV stand, Sydney started walking so her mom could rest. She was at a 4 now herself, but things had slowed down and they were worried since the baby wasn't surrounded by fluid anymore. Dry births were very difficult and riskier.
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An: I know it's short and I kinda left it in a cliffy, but if I don't, you'll NEVER get a chapter till over a week and a half cause I'm goin' on vacation!! YEAH!! So, here's this one, and I promise.I'll try my hardest to get this up as soon as I can, may it be squeezing it in between getting packed or as soon as I can get home!!!
Do review and tell me what your guess is for the pool!! Remember anything can count and I'd still love to hear any suggestions on names!! Those are always fun!!! Thanx!
