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"Sydney!" He called out her name, getting there just in time to hear her threaten Knapp. Their heads spun around as they heard Vaughn's voice.
"Agent Vaughn what are you doing here?" Knapp asked with irritation.
"What does it look like im doing here? I'm talking to my agent." He said as he looked at Sydney, who was staring at him with her deep brown eyes.
"I'm sure this little meeting wasn't cleared by Devlin." Knapp said, reverting his attention back to Sydney.
"Well why don't you leave and go find out?" Vaughn countered, not willing to put up with Knapp. Knapp returned Vaughn's bickering.
"Fine. I will. But use your time wisely Agent Vaughn, I'm sure it will only take a couple of minutes before I get you kicked out of here." He said as he turned and exited. Vaughn watched the Agent leave but wasted no time as he turned back to Sydney.
"Are you okay?" He questioned. She nodded, still angry with Knapp. "Syd, they have a tape of you."
"I know." She said, shaking her head a little as if to clear her thoughts. She looked up at Vaughn, who was studying her intently.
"Syd, if you have anything at all to tell me do it now." Vaughn quietly voiced. Sydney's mind raced; sure she had a ton of things to tell him, that little three-word phrase came to mind. She pushed away all thoughts of him and back to her situation. Was he really questioning her loyalty? She looked at him, seeing in his vivid green eyes that he wanted to believe her.
"Vaughn, all I know is that somebody or someone is trying to do this. They're trying to bring me down. Don't you see that they're framing me?" She asked tensely. She looked at Vaughn, who was content at studying his shoes at the moment. She watched him as he nodded and looked back up at her.
"It'll be okay." He said, noticing her vulnerability as she stood in her cell, her dark eyes mirroring her fright.
"I just, I just don't understand Vaughn." She said desperately, swallowing the lump forming in her throat as she turned away slightly.
"Neither do I."
"I need you to do something." She said, her eyes tearing up as she bit her lip and took a deep breath, trying to gain control.
"What's that?" He asked, praying it wasn't anything illegal that the security cameras would catch, but in the back of his mind, he knew it wasn't.
" I need you to trust me Vaughn." She said, looking down at the floor. "I, I need you right now." Vaughn gazed back into her eyes as she stared at her shoes.
"I trust you Sydney, I'll always trust you." He watched her chest breathe a sigh of relief, as she looked up at him.
"Syd, I'll get to the bottom of this. I promise." He said, a comfortable silence falling between them. Sydney's and Vaughn's ears perked up as they heard a voice talking to the guard that was situated down the hallway.
"I better go before they throw me in there with you." He said, attempting at a joke. Sydney made a little smile and nodded. Vaughn looked at her once last time before quickly making his way down the hallway, in the opposite direction of the guard.
Vaughn's head was spinning as pushed the button of the elevator, trying to sort out all of the information. He reached the main floor of the building and the doors flew open. Suddenly he knew who he needed to talk to. He pushed another button, heading right back to where he'd came from.
Sydney sat in her cell discontentedly. She struggled to work through all of the facts out in her head. She watched as the guard came into view, looking for Vaughn. The guard took a quick glance around and then his eyes rested on hers. Sydney was in no mood for any more company and gave him a cold stare. He immediately turned and walked back to his vantage point at the gates. Sydney sat in her cell, just thinking. About Vaughn, about her mother, about the son of a bitch who was doing this to her. She wore herself out as she played out countless possibilities and suspects, but finding flaws in each one. She worried about Francie, what would the CIA tell her? She knew that Francie would be worried about her. Sydney stood up, and brought herself out of the questions that relentlessly bombarded her mind. She had lost all track of time, and didn't even know if it was night or day. She was hungry, but she hadn't seen anyone since the guard came around. She paced around the cramped cell, her body was tired, her mind exhausted. She couldn't remember the last time she had slept. She finally settled on trying to get some sleep as she made her way to the dismal cot laid out for her. Syd laid down, and stared at the ceiling for a few minutes before darkness invaded her world.
"Agent Bristow." Sydney was awakened by a loud voice. She sat up quickly, not sure if it was real or a dream. She turned around and was greeted by the face of Kendal. She inwardly groaned, the voice hadn't been a dream. "Agent Bristow." He repeated as she stood up and made her way over towards the gate. "I thought you'd like to know that you've been cleared for now." Kendal said gruffly. Sydney remained silent. "However you are to be confined to the areas of this facilities, and are only being released to keep your cover at SD-6."
"What?"
"We can't prove that you weren't at the airport at this time, and until further investigation, we cannot have formal charges brought against you. Therefore we need you to continue to working for SD-6, you will have a tracking device on you at all times, that you are not in this facility and will only report to SD-6 any further goings will be in violation of your orders. You will adhere to these rules or otherwise you'll find yourself back where you are right now."
Sydney nodded, taking it all in. Kendal started to turn away and motioned for the guards to unlock her. "You said that you can't have formal charges against me anymore, but someone must have brought up the charges in the first place." She said, questioning him. Kendal said nothing for a minute but then responded.
"The individual who implicated you is a high ranking senior officer and shall remain anonymous." He said, a troubled look crossing his face, if only for a second. Sydney picked up on it and realized who it was.
"It was my dad wasn't it?" She asked in an even voice, more of a statement that a question. Kendal didn't respond but the look on his face said it all. Sydney knew she was right as he turned and walked away, motioning to the guards to let her out. She stared at his back as he walked away, anger at her dad starting to brew inside of her as she heard the clicks of the locks being turned.
REVIEW! I know there wasn't a lot of action in this chapter, and there was a lot of dialogue but I think I need to layout the groundwork before I take off in next chapter. Please review, and feel free to give me any ideas you might have on it. Thanks!
