Two For Two

Author's Note: Ok, so here is part 5. I am so sorry that it took so long to put this out. I am a sophomore in college and life is just completely hectic right now. Due to this I don't know for sure when I will be able to update again. But I promise that I won't forget about this fic. And you guys got the next chapter before the SD-1 boards, so feel special. Hehe. Anyway, as always please review!!!

Two For Two

Chapter Five: Same ole Kendall & Some Will!

Sydney's POV- Airplane

After I got on the plane, all I felt like doing was sleeping. I wanted answers but knew that I should just wait until I got back home to get them. With everything else that has been said, I don't think that I would even want to hear them. So I slept.

The next thing that I know Vaughn is waking me up to tell me that we are back in Los Angeles.

"Syd, sweetie, its time to wake up."

"What time is it?"

"Just a little after one in the morning."

"Oh God. So what is going to happen now?"

"We have to go back to the Joint Task Force Facility so that they can run some tests on you."

"Oh, you mean so that they can poke and prod me everywhere only to come to the conclusion that I am myself and that I am perfectly fine."

"Syd…"

God, I know why they are doing this but it doesn't change the fact that all I want to do right now is try to sleep or else get some answers.

"Can I see my dad first?"

"Syd, you know that Kendall will want to make sure that it is you before you will be allowed to see your father."

"Can you at least try and stay with me while they run their tests?"

"I will ask Barnett and as long as it is ok with her and you, then I will definitely stay."

"Good, cause I really don't want to go through this alone. I need you to be there with me. No matter what the test results are."

"Syd, you realize that I would do absolutely anything that I could to take all this away from you don't you?"

"Yeah, I know that."

"I just feel like I failed you this time. Like, you needed your guardian angel to be there for you the night of the fight, but for whatever reason, I couldn't protect you. Instead I had to be in another long debriefing with Kendall."

"Vaughn…"

"No seriously, face it. One of the times that you needed me the most, I was unable to be there for you. I will spend the rest of my life regretting this."

"Ok Vaughn, just stop right there. Yes, you were not with me that night, but you have been with me countless other times. You have saved me more times than I can recall. You truly are my guardian angel. Sometimes you just have to have faith. Right now, trying to figure everything out is what I need you for the most."

"God, Syd, you are so amazing. I love you so much. I really just don't think that you will ever truly understand just how much."

"Yes I do Vaughn, cause I love you the exact same amount."

And sitting there just staring in his eyes, I realize that this is completely true.


About an hour later at the Joint Task Force Facility

"Agent Bristow, nice to see you again. Agent Vaughn"

"Hello Kendall."

"Hello sir."

I can tell just by the look on Vaughn's face that he was ready to kill Kendall right then and there. Actually, I was too. This was just too much. Him asking me to come in. Not allowing me anytime to sleep before he began running these tests.

"Agent Bristow, if you would please follow me. The doctor's in medical services are waiting on you right now."

"I would appreciate it if Agent Vaughn would also be allowed to come."

"Agent Bristow, may I remind you that you and Agent Vaughn have clearly broken every policy that this agency has and that was before you disappeared. How about you set a goal now that you are back. You will behave yourself according to how the agency says that you should."

OMG…who does this man think that he is. That I haven't already been through quite enough. Now he is asking me to have nothing at all to do with Vaughn. I can't believe the nerve of this man.

"Well, excuse me Director Kendall, but after everything that has happened to me since before I joined this agency, the only thing that has kept me going is Vaughn. He has always been there for me. Now, I realize that our relationship may not be exactly what the agency would like for it to be, but it is what it is. I will not give Vaughn up."

Kendall is just standing there in shock like he cannot believe what I have just told him. Yeah, that's right. I love Vaughn. I will shout it from the rooftops if I feel the need to. I look over at Vaughn to see him just standing there with a goofy little grin on his face.

I glance back as I see someone else walk up to join us. Will.

"Hey Syd! How are you?"

"Will. It is so great to see you. I thought that you had died."

Then, much to Kendall's dismay again, I grab Will and pull him into a hug.

"I'm doing great Syd. I actually just got engaged the other night."

"Oh wow. That is wonderful. And who is this lucky woman."

"Her name is Maggie and she is great Syd. She actually works for the Los Angeles Times. She is my age and things are just great."

"Does she know the truth about what you do for a living?"

"Yeah, about two months ago, they had decided that Sloane wasn't paying any attention at all to what I did, so I was allowed to tell her everything."

"That's great Will. When did you two meet?"

"Actually, it was the night of the fight. Vaughn had arrived to find the house on fire, and he was able to drag me out of the house. Maggie had heard over the police scanners about the fire and was sent to the house to investigate it. She ended up performing CPR on me until the paramedics arrived. Then came to visit me in the hospital and our relationship went just great from there."

"I am so, so happy for you Will. I hope that I can meet her soon."

"Yeah, maybe you and Vaughn can come over and eat dinner with us one night."

"We would love to. That is…"

"Ok now, enough with all this reunion crap. Did you need something Agent Tippin?"

"Umm yes sir. Medical services just called me to ask if Syd had arrived yet. They would like to be able to see her as soon as possible."

"Did you hear that? They want you to come and start getting tests run now."

"Ok, I will go then as long as Agent Vaughn be allowed to come also."

"Fine then, both of you just go."

"Will, it was great to see you."

"You too Syd. I hope that your tests go all right. Vaughn, good to see you too buddy."

"Same Will. Make sure to tell Maggie hello for me."

"I sure will. She actually said for me to tell you how much she enjoyed going to the Kings game a couple of weeks ago with you and Lauren. Oh god, Syd, I shouldn't have said that. I am so sorry."

"Will, it's all right. Don't worry about it. I am glad that Vaughn had someone to look after him while I was gone. Even though she was evil, I believe that she truly cared for him."

"Agent Bristow, that is enough! Get your a** to medical services now."

"Fine. Goodbye Will."

"Bye Syd. Bye Vaughn."

"Will. Director Kendall."

As I hear Vaughn say his goodbyes, I grab his hands and lead him off to go visit medical services.


A few hours later in Medical Services

I hurt all over. They really did poke and prod me everywhere that they could. I feel like I was used as a pincushion.

I look over on the cot next to me only to notice that Vaughn is very much asleep. Sleep that is what I need right now.


I am walking into a hotel. I spot a red head with curly hair. That's her. The man she is with looks familiar, but I can't quite place him. And it bothers me.

Oh well. I just need to follow Cuvee's orders. I was to kill her.

So, I raised my gun.

Aimed.

Shot.

And heard her fall to the floor with a thud.

And then I walked out the door.


I shot straight up in bed then. I keep having this nightmare and I just don't understand what is happening in it.

I then notice that when I woke up I also woke Vaughn up.

"Syd, sweetie what's wrong?"

"I keep having this nightmare. It just won't go away."

"Well, why don't you tell me about it."

"I walk into this hotel somewhere and it is like I am looking for someone."

"Who Syd? Who are you looking for?"

"This red-haired woman with really curly hair. I see her and some guy that is with her."

"Do you know them?"

"I can only see her really well. The guy looks so blurry. He does look familiar though."

"Then what happens?"

"I have orders. I am to kill the girl. So I raise my hand up, aim the gun, and shoot."

"What happens next?"

"The woman falls to the floor dead from where I have shot her. Then I turn and walk out of the hotel."

"Anything else?"

"No, it always ends right there. I always wake up."

"Ok."

I then notice Vaughn pulling his wallet out of his back pocket.

"What are you doing?"

"I am going to show you a picture and I want you to see if you recognize the person in it."

"All right."

And then I see her. The picture is of the girl that I killed in my dream.

"That's her. That's the girl. Who is it Vaughn?"

And when I look him in the eye, I notice that his eyes are very teary and it looks like he is about to cry at any moment.

"It's Lauren."

I hear him whisper that.

Lauren? Oh my God. I killed his wife. It wasn't a dream at all. It really happened.

Why did I kill his wife???