A/N: Thanks to Kat for being a completely wonderful beta, you rock!! Also, if you're also reading this at SD-1, this is Chapter 6 there! I split up chapter 2 over there and so it's a little different over there! Sorry for the confusion!

Just One Night

Chapter 4

*One Month Later*

Sydney woke up, feeling sick to her stomach. She ran into the bathroom, shutting the door behind her. Francie noticed Sydney running and quickly followed, knocking softly on the bathroom door. "Syd? Sweetie, are you ok?"

"I'm fine, Fran," she heard Sydney call through the door.

"Are you sure? Do you need anything?"

"No, I'm OK, I'll be out in a minute."

"OK," Francie walked back into the kitchen, worried about her friend in spite of herself.

A few minutes later, Sydney walked into the kitchen and poured herself a cup of coffee. "Are you sure you're ok, Syd? You've been sick like this all week."

Sydney sighed. "I'm sure it's nothing to worry about It's probably just a cold or a virus or something; something that has been going around, you know." Sydney's beeper went off as she was speaking, and she glanced at it quickly.

"I know, but I'd just feel a lot better if you would go see a doctor or something," Francie urged.

"OK, sweetie, if you really want me to go, I'll call." Sydney gave in with a sigh. "I have to go into work now, I'll talk to you later."

*****

Sydney walked into the briefing room at SD-6 and sat down. A few moments later, Sloane strode quickly into the room and began the meeting. A face popped up on the monitors in front of everyone and Sloane spoke. "This is Hidekazu Yamamoto, a Japanese computer technician and expert hacker. Recently, Yamamoto has been hired by K-Directorate to hack into SD-6's computer network and steal valuable information from our hard drives. This man has become an enemy to us and our country. Therefore, Sydney, you will be sent in with a team to apprehend Yamamoto and retrieve any information about our organization that he has acquired. You leave tonight. That's all, you are dismissed now." Sloane walked out of the room quickly, stopping only long enough to summon Jack to his office.

Jack stepped into Sloane's office. "What is it, Arvin?" he asked, wondering what was going on.

"Jack, I will be traveling for a couple of days to meet with the Alliance, but I should be back by the time Sydney returns. In the meantime, I would like you to run things here while I am gone."

Jack nodded his head. "Fine, Arvin, have a good trip. Now if you'll excuse me, I have a problem with my computer and I need to see Marshall." With that, he turned and walked out of the office.

*****

Sydney walked into her apartment, threw her keys down, and sat on the couch as Francie came into the room. "Hi, sweetie, are you feeling better now?" Francie asked.

"A little, I'm not as nauseous now, but my back hurts." Sydney replied.

"Then I was right in making you a doctor's appointment, because I knew you wouldn't do it yourself! You go on Wednesday."

"Awwww, Francie, thanks, but I have a trip tonight, I'll go if I'm back by then though, I promise."

"You and that bank.where do they get off sending you on a trip when you're obviously sick? Why don't you just-" Francie was cut off by the sound of the phone ringing, which she picked up. "Hello? . . . Sorry, wrong number." She hung up and turned to Sydney. I swear, we need to change our number soon, I'm so sick of these Joey's Pizza calls!"

"Just let it go, Fran. I'll be back, I have to go pick something up for my trip, I'll see you later."

*****

Sydney walked into the warehouse to find Vaughn waiting for her. She walked toward him and kissed him, gently at first, then more deeply. When they were both out of breath, Vaughn pulled away slowly. "Hi," he whispered softly. "I missed you."

She smiled. "I missed you, too."

"I have great news," Vaughn started. "The information that Yamamoto stole is so relevant to the Alliance, that if we get a copy, we could use it to take them down!"

"Are you serious?" Sydney asked. "That's amazing!" She leaned in and kissed him softly. "We could be together for real, finally."

"I know." Vaughn smiled down at her. "We're going to do a brush pass at the airport, OK?"

"OK," she sighed. "I better go now, my plane leaves in a couple hours and I haven't packed yet. I love you."

"I love you, too." Vaughn kissed her one more time. "Be careful, and I'll see you when you get back."

*****

Sydney returned to LA two days later; with both her mission and her brush pass with Vaughn a complete success. As she was leaving her debrief with Sloane, she remembered that Francie had scheduled her doctor's appointment for that afternoon. 'Oh well,' she thought. 'Since she scheduled it, I might as well go.' When she arrived, after sitting in the waiting room for what seemed like forever, her doctor took some blood and sent her on her way, promising to have the results ready in a day or so.

As she was leaving, her cell phone rang. She looked at the screen and saw that it was Vaughn, so she answered. "Hello?"

"Meet me at the warehouse. Kendall wants to meet with us."

"OK, see you soon." Sydney shut off her phone and headed to her car. When she arrived at the warehouse, she found that Kendall, Vaughn, and her father were already present. She smiled at Vaughn and greeted Jack, then turned to Kendall. "So, what is going on?" she asked.

"The information you brought back was a huge breakthrough in the battle against the Alliance. We are mobilizing teams right now, and we should be ready to take them down tomorrow night."

Sydney's face lit up. "That's great!" she exclaimed. "What's the plan?"

Jack stepped in. "Tomorrow night, task forces will raid every cell of the Alliance, as well as the headquarters. I will be inside SD-6 at the time, ready to apprehend Sloane, and we need you to be out of the way when we go in."

"No way! I've waited too long for this! I want in on this, I want to be there when SD-6 finally goes down."

"Sydney, I don't want you exposed in case something goes wrong. I don't want you in there."

"Then arrest me in the takedown with everyone else, I don't care what you do, just let me in there when they go!"

"Fine," Jack agreed reluctantly. "I've got to go, Sloane is supposed to be back today."

*****

The next day, Sydney was in her car on the way to SD-6 when her phone rang. "Hello?" she answered.

"Miss Bristow, this is Janie with Dr. Murphy's office. We just got the results of your blood work in."

"Really?" Sydney asked. "What do the tests say?"

"Well, your results indicate that you're pregnant."

"What?" Sydney was left shocked. "Well, thank you for calling." She slowly hung up. She was feeling completely overwhelmed, but the more she thought of it, the more excited she got at the prospect of having Vaughn's child. She resolved to tell Vaughn after the takedown.

*****

Dixon walked up to Sydney's desk. "Hey, what's going on? You seem excited about something."

"It's nothing, really," she denied quickly, thinking of a way to change the subject. Before she had the chance, the power cut, and a team of masked agents rushed into the building. Sydney felt herself grabbed from behind as handcuffs were placed loosely around her wrists.

"It's me," a voice whispered behind her that she immediately recognized as belonging to Vaughn. "Let's get out of here." Sydney allowed herself to be led outside by Vaughn and placed into a Government Issue car, where the handcuffs were removed. Vaughn got into the driver's side and drove away from the Credit Dauphine building. Sydney knew it was the perfect opportunity to tell him about the pregnancy, but she was nervous about his reaction. 'I'll tell him later,' she thought, and began to relish the knowledge that SD-6 was gone forever.

She felt a rush of relief as she realized that she was finally free.

Or so she thought, because at that moment, Vaughn's phone rang. He picked it up and talked for a few moments, sounding very grave. He hung up and turned to Sydney. "That was your father," he said. "Sloane escaped."

TBC . . .

A/N: I've never been pregnant, so I know nothing about symptoms of pregnancy, and I could be completely wrong! I am going by what I remember from when my mother was pregnant with my sister!

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