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A/N: Sorry I took a little while updating. I had a mild case of writer's block, which has passed. I'll try to be quicker in future. Anyway, I decided to bring Vaughn in, hope you like it. Please review or e-mail me and tell me what you think. Thanks to aliasdemon99, Gabs, Agent13, lynn, Dream Writer 4 Life for reviewing. And special thanks as usual to Dream Writer 4 Life for proofreading this for me. Anyway R&R and ENJOY! - Bex
The door creaked as it was woken from its slumber. Sun light shone through the window, filling the room with warm, soft light. The room had been left untouched, like a shrine where time stood still, whilst the world carried on around it. He was the first person to have entered here for months. He had kept it just as she had left it, so it would be ready for her, waiting for her, when she returned.
There were photos and precious items covering every shelf and surface, a bookcase crammed with books and posters pinned up on the faded purple walls. He remembered that he had promised to repaint the walls for her, a promise he never followed through. Maybe if he had keep the promises he'd made, maybe if he had told her the truth, maybe if he hadn't kept his distance, then she would still be here. She would still be safe.
He ran a hand through his blond hair, his face a mask of fear, wrinkles forming on his forehead. His heart ached for his losses. First his father, then his wife and now his child: all stolen from him by the same women. He walked around the room, staring at the treasures that filled it. He stopped at a photo of his daughter with her friends. The smiling faces stared back at him, reminding him how little he knew about her life. Telling himself that he'd stayed away to keep her safe seemed more and more like a poor excuse then a reason.
A photo caught his eye. He gingerly picked it up and crossed the room to sit on the end of the untouched bed. He ran his hand down the antique, sliver frame and stared at the people in it. There were 3 of them. He and Sydney sat on the couch; an arm around each other, with their little Kate snuggled between them. Even then Kate's features were a mixture of Sydney's and his. She had Sydney's beauty and brown hair, but she had his emerald eyes. She was living proof that their love had been worth fighting for.
He remembered how happy he was the day they had finally taken down SD-6 and he was finally allowed to be with Sydney. A little later they married and had Kate. Kate's birth was probably the happiest day of his life. She was a sign that they were finally going to all live a happy and normal life.
That was shattered by Rambaldi's second prophecy. Rambaldi, a man who affected his life so much. Kate was only 4 when the CIA discovered it. His family had just come back from a trip to Mount Subasio. (They had taken Kate there just to be on the safe side.) The prophecy talked about 'The Key'. 'The Key' would be a girl, born to a descendant of the women in his first prophecy. 'The Key' would be the one to unravel all of his works and make sense of them. Without 'The Key', no one would ever gain the greatest power.
In the second prophecy, Rambaldi mentioned key signs to indicate who would give birth to 'The Key' and who 'The Key' would be. Sydney fitted the profile for 'The Bearer of The Key' and Kate had fitted the profile of 'The Key'. They all thought that Kate was 'The Key' and they all panicked. Because Irina was on the loose and no one knew where she was, he and Sydney became very protective of Kate. But then Sydney was kidnapped and Jack killed in the process. He became distant, putting all of his effort into finding Sydney again. In his desperate search, he'd let Kate drift away, and now he may loose her all together.
As soon as she had disappeared, he went to talk to her friends and sent a large group of CIA agents to find her. After talking to her friends, he made the alarming discovery that Kate might be pregnant. They also gathered intel that Irina thought that Kate was 'The Barer of The Key' and not 'The Key' itself. After that, more agents were sent to find her.
He would be forced to wait in purgatory for a sign to say that she'd been found or for her to come home. Every time his doorbell rang or his phone rang or he received a new e-mail in his inbox, his heart would be filled with hope, only to be let down again. He would sit there every night, having a drink with the phone next to him, and staring at the door as if he was expecting her to walk through it. It had become a ritual. It had become his life.
They finally had a breakthrough when an agent called to say that he had found her. Only they were knocked back down, when they received another call to say that his daughter had put him in hospital. When the agent had finally regained consciousness, all he could tell them was that Kate was pregnant and she was travelling with a stranger. After analyzing the footage taken by the security cameras at the café, they confirmed that the stranger was Anna Espinosa. He had panicked his hope faded even more.
Two tears crept down his face. Something no one would ever expect to see on this face hardened by sorrow. He brushed them away with his hand. He gently stroked a finger down his wife's face. He had failed her again. He first failed her by letting her be taken, then by failing to get her back, and now for losing their daughter.
"But not anymore," He whispered to the photo. "No more false promises. I am going to find you and Kate. I am going to bring you both home. And we are going to be a happy, normal family again. I promise Syd, I promise."
A/N: What do you think? Feedback please I love to know what you think.
A/N: Sorry I took a little while updating. I had a mild case of writer's block, which has passed. I'll try to be quicker in future. Anyway, I decided to bring Vaughn in, hope you like it. Please review or e-mail me and tell me what you think. Thanks to aliasdemon99, Gabs, Agent13, lynn, Dream Writer 4 Life for reviewing. And special thanks as usual to Dream Writer 4 Life for proofreading this for me. Anyway R&R and ENJOY! - Bex
The door creaked as it was woken from its slumber. Sun light shone through the window, filling the room with warm, soft light. The room had been left untouched, like a shrine where time stood still, whilst the world carried on around it. He was the first person to have entered here for months. He had kept it just as she had left it, so it would be ready for her, waiting for her, when she returned.
There were photos and precious items covering every shelf and surface, a bookcase crammed with books and posters pinned up on the faded purple walls. He remembered that he had promised to repaint the walls for her, a promise he never followed through. Maybe if he had keep the promises he'd made, maybe if he had told her the truth, maybe if he hadn't kept his distance, then she would still be here. She would still be safe.
He ran a hand through his blond hair, his face a mask of fear, wrinkles forming on his forehead. His heart ached for his losses. First his father, then his wife and now his child: all stolen from him by the same women. He walked around the room, staring at the treasures that filled it. He stopped at a photo of his daughter with her friends. The smiling faces stared back at him, reminding him how little he knew about her life. Telling himself that he'd stayed away to keep her safe seemed more and more like a poor excuse then a reason.
A photo caught his eye. He gingerly picked it up and crossed the room to sit on the end of the untouched bed. He ran his hand down the antique, sliver frame and stared at the people in it. There were 3 of them. He and Sydney sat on the couch; an arm around each other, with their little Kate snuggled between them. Even then Kate's features were a mixture of Sydney's and his. She had Sydney's beauty and brown hair, but she had his emerald eyes. She was living proof that their love had been worth fighting for.
He remembered how happy he was the day they had finally taken down SD-6 and he was finally allowed to be with Sydney. A little later they married and had Kate. Kate's birth was probably the happiest day of his life. She was a sign that they were finally going to all live a happy and normal life.
That was shattered by Rambaldi's second prophecy. Rambaldi, a man who affected his life so much. Kate was only 4 when the CIA discovered it. His family had just come back from a trip to Mount Subasio. (They had taken Kate there just to be on the safe side.) The prophecy talked about 'The Key'. 'The Key' would be a girl, born to a descendant of the women in his first prophecy. 'The Key' would be the one to unravel all of his works and make sense of them. Without 'The Key', no one would ever gain the greatest power.
In the second prophecy, Rambaldi mentioned key signs to indicate who would give birth to 'The Key' and who 'The Key' would be. Sydney fitted the profile for 'The Bearer of The Key' and Kate had fitted the profile of 'The Key'. They all thought that Kate was 'The Key' and they all panicked. Because Irina was on the loose and no one knew where she was, he and Sydney became very protective of Kate. But then Sydney was kidnapped and Jack killed in the process. He became distant, putting all of his effort into finding Sydney again. In his desperate search, he'd let Kate drift away, and now he may loose her all together.
As soon as she had disappeared, he went to talk to her friends and sent a large group of CIA agents to find her. After talking to her friends, he made the alarming discovery that Kate might be pregnant. They also gathered intel that Irina thought that Kate was 'The Barer of The Key' and not 'The Key' itself. After that, more agents were sent to find her.
He would be forced to wait in purgatory for a sign to say that she'd been found or for her to come home. Every time his doorbell rang or his phone rang or he received a new e-mail in his inbox, his heart would be filled with hope, only to be let down again. He would sit there every night, having a drink with the phone next to him, and staring at the door as if he was expecting her to walk through it. It had become a ritual. It had become his life.
They finally had a breakthrough when an agent called to say that he had found her. Only they were knocked back down, when they received another call to say that his daughter had put him in hospital. When the agent had finally regained consciousness, all he could tell them was that Kate was pregnant and she was travelling with a stranger. After analyzing the footage taken by the security cameras at the café, they confirmed that the stranger was Anna Espinosa. He had panicked his hope faded even more.
Two tears crept down his face. Something no one would ever expect to see on this face hardened by sorrow. He brushed them away with his hand. He gently stroked a finger down his wife's face. He had failed her again. He first failed her by letting her be taken, then by failing to get her back, and now for losing their daughter.
"But not anymore," He whispered to the photo. "No more false promises. I am going to find you and Kate. I am going to bring you both home. And we are going to be a happy, normal family again. I promise Syd, I promise."
A/N: What do you think? Feedback please I love to know what you think.