Three Years:

Vaughn walks into their living room.  Sydney is lying on the couch with a copy of Dostoyevsky's Notes from the Underground open on her lap.  He wanders over to the couch and kneels beside her.  She is sleeping and he kisses her nose.

"Sydney, I'm home."

Sydney opens her eyes and sees Vaughn.  She smiles.  Vaughn leans down and gives her a kiss.  She responds to him eagerly and pulls him on top of her.  Vaughn stops himself from lying atop of her.  "Sydney, the doctor said not to engage in such pleasures for at least another week."

"Oh, but we're not doing anything, I just need you to be close and need your kisses."

"Yes, I remember, that is where this started about nine months ago.  How is my beautiful baby boy today?"  Vaughn rises from the couch and walks over to a closed door off of the living room.

"Sleeping and you better not open that door.  He has been cranky all last night and most of today."

"I can check on him can't I?  I am the father."

"Yes... I mean no... Vaughn don't open that door.  Your son is asleep and I would like him to stay that way!"

Vaughn opens the door anyway and looks inside.  Sydney tiptoes in behind him.  "He is beautiful, like his mother."

"He has his father's wavy hair and green eyes."

"And his mother's nose and thankfully her ears."

"I love you Vaughn."  Sydney kisses him on the cheek and pulls him out the door.  "How were classes today?"

"They were OK.  I actually talked to your father today.  He asked me to say hello to you."

"My father called you?  At the university?"

"Actually he was in town.  He was following through on a lead and happened to be close.  He said that he is still coming to see us this weekend, as long as nothing big opens up.

"Haven't found Sloan yet.  He is as slippery..."

"No, but they found out who Meelon's contact back and forth to Sloan was.  At least while we were her in Phoenix.  They picked up Dave Cantrell, my friend the dean.  He was set up here by Sloan about six months before you disappeared.  He had been planning this scheme a long time.  When they initially checked our phone records and found a number of calls to Cantrell, they wrote it off as being call to my boss and friend.  But some other evidence surfaces recently and they did a background check on Cantrell and found his connections to Sloan.  Kind of scary when you think about it.  Sloan was working on your kidnapping and ruining my life while you were still as SD-6."

"Scary and demented.  That is what Sloan is.  But, that also means that he knew I was a double and he probably knew about my dad too.  Why didn't he just pick us off then?"

"Rambaldi.  The prophesy ruled everything.  Sloan figured if it didn't play out the way of Rambaldi, he wouldn't be... I don't know... supreme ruler or whatever."

"I would be an awful lot happier if Sloan was in a jail somewhere.  I would feel safer."

"Your dad is working on that.  He is keeping an eye out for us."

"And you too."

"Yes, I will keep you safe.  My family... I love you Sydney.  I am glad we are together, a family now."

"I love you too Vaughn." 

They kiss and as it deepens the baby cries.  They smile at each other.  Vaughn says, "You sit here, I will get him and bring him to you to eat and then I will get your dinner too.

Sydney watches her husband make his way to the nursery.  She listens to him coo to his son and smiles to herself. 

Fini~~

A/N:  Deep breath and release.  Well, that is it.  Hope all you have enjoyed this story as much as I have enjoyed writing it. 

I am also writing another story of the "Dark Angel" type.  If you have enjoyed this and would like to read another please look under my name, or go to the DA section and look for Midnight Betrayal.  It is written after the end of the first season.  I did not much like the second season, so I had to make one up.  But, I will warn you, it is very R rated and if you do not want to read that type of a story, don't. 

Thanks again for all your support and comments throughout this story.

Maxi.