TITLE: Consequences
DISCLAIMER: I don't own Alias.
AN: guys there has a bit of Jack bashing in here but I think it pretty much goes along with the show maybe a little more because I don't like jack so sorry to jack fans but I will be nicer to him in coming chapters.
CHAPTER THREE
In the next two weeks Sydney's missions grew much harder. She would be sent to get very difficult things and she would always have less time to get them in. She would also be forced to seduce the most disgusting guys. But during all that her relationship with Mike was getting better, they were now really good friends, and could see each other in public. He had a very good cover as the father of her daughter and an attorney. SD-6 for the time being was buying the attorney thing and Sloane knew that Sydney and Vaughn had a past.
Michael had met his daughter a week after the soccer game. The night before they met Sydney had a talk with Eveie about her dad and how she was going to meet him the next day. Eveie was very excited about meeting her father so much so that Sydney didn't even have to explain there past. (She'd hoped this would be the case, that way she could wait to tell her when she was older and would probably understand more.)
For the first time in her live Eveie seemed almost shy. They key word their being almost. As soon as Sydney had pointed out which one he was, she ran up to him and hugged him. She was talking a mile a minute, asking questions about his family and his job. The only way that Sydney thought she seemed shy was that she usually talked more about herself like her hobbies and interests. Trying to see if she had any thing in common with the people she was talking to. Eveie didn't volunteer any thing about herself though. Of course when she was asked about something she would give an excited answer.
Mike had figured out that his little girl liked a boy in her class named Tommy; she loved horses, and loved all kinds of animals except spiders and snakes.
After there lunch was over Mike made plans for them to go to the ice rink together the next weekend
SYDNEY AND FRANCIE'S HOUSE
(the next weekend)
Francie heard the doorbell ring and went to go answer it. She looked though the peephole and was surprised to see Michael Vaughn standing on the other side. She opened the door and immediately hugged him.
"Oh my god, Mike!" Francie Squealed with excitement.
"I can't believe Sydney finally told you I've been trying to convince her to do it ever since high school." She said after they had pulled apart.
"It's good to see you Fran." Mike said, trying not to dwell on the fact that Sydney kept his own child a secret from him for years.
At that moment Evelyn cam flying towards him and jumped in his arms, screaming "Daddy!"
"Hey sweetie" he replied hugging her tightly then setting her back down. "Are you almost ready?"
"Almost, I just have to put my shoes on."
While Eveie was doing that Sydney came out of her bedroom. As soon as he saw her face Mike knew something was wrong.
"Hey Syd, can I talk to you for a minute, alone." He asked her.
"Sure" was her simple reply, she led him back to her room.
"What's wrong?" he asked as soon as the door was shut.
"When I was hypnotized last week I remembered something just after my mom died." She paused for a moment to collect herself as her voice was starting to shake. "I was doing all the things I saw those kids who were involved in project Christmas were doing. You know putting a gun together blind folded, and being able to solve mind boggling puzzles in a matter of seconds."
She was starting to cry a little so Vaughn wiped her tears away with his thumb. She continued on "yesterday I was meeting my dad for diner and I thought I would ask him about it. So I did and he said very bluntly that he was the one who created project Christmas and that I was his guinea pig." her voice was cracking much more often and her tears were flowing harder.
Mike comforted her by hugging her and drawing imaginary soothing circles on her back. "He trained me for this life, he said it was for my own protection. It was just something he decided to try one day. He took my options in live away! He says the only thing he regrets about is was that SD-6 recruited me first."
Sydney was silent for a long time then said "he doesn't regret that fact that he manipulated his only daughter and forced me into a life where I had no chance at being happy.
They spent more time in this position until Sydney cried herself to sleep. He laid her down on the bed and kissed the tip of her nose, then left the room.
When he walked into the main room he saw his daughter waiting impatiently on the sofa. "You ready to go?" he asked already knowing the answer. "Yes." she said very excitedly. "Ok then, lets go!"
On the way out Mike told Francie that Sydney was taking a nap and gave her a kiss on the cheek.
At the skating rink Vaughn was teaching his daughter to skate and she caught on very well, Eveie had only fallen down five times!.
"So dad, when did you learn how to skate?" Eveie asked.
"Um… I think I was a little younger than you maybe six or seven." Mike replied smiling down on his little girl. He was still very shocked that Eveie had any questions for him after last week.
"Who taught you?" she asked again. She was very eager to learn more about him.
"My mother, your grandmother, she was a very good ice skater. She used to go every weekend during the winter." Vaughn said to answer her question.
"I've never had a grandmother before, Mommy said that my grandmother died when she was a little girl." Eveie looked down for a moment then back up with excitement in her eyes. "Could I meet her?"
Vaughn thought for a moment but then decided that it wouldn't hurt anything for Eveie to meet his mother so he said "Sure, but only if it's okay with your mother." Eveie had the biggest smile on her face for the rest of the day.
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Sydney was waiting for them when they got home; it was past nine o'clock when Mike carried a sleeping Evelyn in from the car. Sydney directed him to Eveie's room where he laid her down with the greatest of ease and took off her shoes. He then kissed her on the forehead and walked out of the room.
He walked out into the living room and stood in front of Sydney. He caressed her cheek with his hand and forced her to look at him. "Are you alright?" he asked obviously very concerned about her.
She looked into his eyes for a long time before replying "no, but I will be." Vaughn pulled her in to a hug and they stayed that way for several minutes. Sydney pulled away ready to change the subject to a happier topic.
"So did you guys have fun today?" Vaughn chuckled and nodded " I never knew someone could have so many questions." Sydney laughed as well then said, "She's a very curious child."
They were silent for a moment while Mike thought of a way to tell Syd about Evelyn wanting to meet his mom. He wasn't sure if she would like the idea or not so he just came out and said it. "Evelyn wants to meet my mom." This didn't surprise Sydney but she had no idea that Eveie would have thought of it so soon.
"Really?"
Vaughn didn't say anything knowing it was a rhetorical question. Sydney thought for a moment then asked, "What did you say?" Sydney had still not given any clue as to how she felt about the situation. Though Vaughn kept looking while he replied. "I told her that I would have to talk to you about it."
Sydney was still thinking about this over five minutes later and Mike knew exactly what she was going on in her mind. "Sydney, remember my mom always liked you so much more than any of my other girl friends." Vaughn reminded her.
" I know, and she was always so nice to me, she was like a mother to me." Sydney paused at his confused look but began explaining her statement. "Every time my birthday or Christmas would come around and I had no idea where my dad was she would always listen to what I had to say. Every time I had a problem she would always give me her motherly advice, always tell me what to do." Sydney paused and taking a deep breath and letting it out slowly.
"You know that I was raised by nanny's and that I didn't like any of them and none of them gave a rats ass about me. Your mom was always there for me and she even once told me that I was like the daughter she never had." Both Sydney and Vaughn smiled at that. "And I told her that she was like the parent I always withed I had."
"So what are you so afraid of? My mom always loved you!" Vaughn asked.
Sydney looked up at him tears in her eyes "I had your child Vaughn, and I didn't even tell you." The tears were now running down her cheeks and Vaughn gently wiped them away.
"You did tell me eventually and that what counts. Besides she's been on my back for the past few years about when she was going to be a grandmother." Mike said the last part to try and lighten the mood and by Sydney's small smile he could tell that it had worked.
"Okay, lets go!" Sydney paused for a second then asked "When?" Vaughn thought for a moment trying to figure out when both their schedules would allow this to happen. Sydney was being sent to Switzerland on Thursday and likely wouldn't be back until late Friday night. Mike decide that Saturday wouldn't work either since Sydney was going to need her rest and he was going to be stuck in meetings and doing paper work on Monday and Tuesday. That only left one day.
"Is Sunday good for you?" Sydney thought for a moment "Does your mom still have the family dinners where all your relatives would come?"
Vaughn laughed as he remembered all the times she had come to those family dinners, she truly was part of the family, whether she liked it or not. "Yes, she does, but not as many people come to those anymore. They all moved away or are to busy." He said a bit sadly.
"Okay, Sunday's fine for me." Sydney said. She was so nervous about seeing Bridget again she just hoped that she would still like her after all that she had done.
"Hey Syd I'm going to go its getting pretty late." Vaughn said as he stood up. She followed suit and stood up as well to show him to the door. She had her hand on the doorknob when he bent down and kissed her on the cheek and whispered in her ear. "Don't worry she's still going to love you." Sydney smiled hoping that he was right she gave him a hug then said good night.
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DISCLAIMER: I don't own Alias.
AN: guys there has a bit of Jack bashing in here but I think it pretty much goes along with the show maybe a little more because I don't like jack so sorry to jack fans but I will be nicer to him in coming chapters.
CHAPTER THREE
In the next two weeks Sydney's missions grew much harder. She would be sent to get very difficult things and she would always have less time to get them in. She would also be forced to seduce the most disgusting guys. But during all that her relationship with Mike was getting better, they were now really good friends, and could see each other in public. He had a very good cover as the father of her daughter and an attorney. SD-6 for the time being was buying the attorney thing and Sloane knew that Sydney and Vaughn had a past.
Michael had met his daughter a week after the soccer game. The night before they met Sydney had a talk with Eveie about her dad and how she was going to meet him the next day. Eveie was very excited about meeting her father so much so that Sydney didn't even have to explain there past. (She'd hoped this would be the case, that way she could wait to tell her when she was older and would probably understand more.)
For the first time in her live Eveie seemed almost shy. They key word their being almost. As soon as Sydney had pointed out which one he was, she ran up to him and hugged him. She was talking a mile a minute, asking questions about his family and his job. The only way that Sydney thought she seemed shy was that she usually talked more about herself like her hobbies and interests. Trying to see if she had any thing in common with the people she was talking to. Eveie didn't volunteer any thing about herself though. Of course when she was asked about something she would give an excited answer.
Mike had figured out that his little girl liked a boy in her class named Tommy; she loved horses, and loved all kinds of animals except spiders and snakes.
After there lunch was over Mike made plans for them to go to the ice rink together the next weekend
SYDNEY AND FRANCIE'S HOUSE
(the next weekend)
Francie heard the doorbell ring and went to go answer it. She looked though the peephole and was surprised to see Michael Vaughn standing on the other side. She opened the door and immediately hugged him.
"Oh my god, Mike!" Francie Squealed with excitement.
"I can't believe Sydney finally told you I've been trying to convince her to do it ever since high school." She said after they had pulled apart.
"It's good to see you Fran." Mike said, trying not to dwell on the fact that Sydney kept his own child a secret from him for years.
At that moment Evelyn cam flying towards him and jumped in his arms, screaming "Daddy!"
"Hey sweetie" he replied hugging her tightly then setting her back down. "Are you almost ready?"
"Almost, I just have to put my shoes on."
While Eveie was doing that Sydney came out of her bedroom. As soon as he saw her face Mike knew something was wrong.
"Hey Syd, can I talk to you for a minute, alone." He asked her.
"Sure" was her simple reply, she led him back to her room.
"What's wrong?" he asked as soon as the door was shut.
"When I was hypnotized last week I remembered something just after my mom died." She paused for a moment to collect herself as her voice was starting to shake. "I was doing all the things I saw those kids who were involved in project Christmas were doing. You know putting a gun together blind folded, and being able to solve mind boggling puzzles in a matter of seconds."
She was starting to cry a little so Vaughn wiped her tears away with his thumb. She continued on "yesterday I was meeting my dad for diner and I thought I would ask him about it. So I did and he said very bluntly that he was the one who created project Christmas and that I was his guinea pig." her voice was cracking much more often and her tears were flowing harder.
Mike comforted her by hugging her and drawing imaginary soothing circles on her back. "He trained me for this life, he said it was for my own protection. It was just something he decided to try one day. He took my options in live away! He says the only thing he regrets about is was that SD-6 recruited me first."
Sydney was silent for a long time then said "he doesn't regret that fact that he manipulated his only daughter and forced me into a life where I had no chance at being happy.
They spent more time in this position until Sydney cried herself to sleep. He laid her down on the bed and kissed the tip of her nose, then left the room.
When he walked into the main room he saw his daughter waiting impatiently on the sofa. "You ready to go?" he asked already knowing the answer. "Yes." she said very excitedly. "Ok then, lets go!"
On the way out Mike told Francie that Sydney was taking a nap and gave her a kiss on the cheek.
At the skating rink Vaughn was teaching his daughter to skate and she caught on very well, Eveie had only fallen down five times!.
"So dad, when did you learn how to skate?" Eveie asked.
"Um… I think I was a little younger than you maybe six or seven." Mike replied smiling down on his little girl. He was still very shocked that Eveie had any questions for him after last week.
"Who taught you?" she asked again. She was very eager to learn more about him.
"My mother, your grandmother, she was a very good ice skater. She used to go every weekend during the winter." Vaughn said to answer her question.
"I've never had a grandmother before, Mommy said that my grandmother died when she was a little girl." Eveie looked down for a moment then back up with excitement in her eyes. "Could I meet her?"
Vaughn thought for a moment but then decided that it wouldn't hurt anything for Eveie to meet his mother so he said "Sure, but only if it's okay with your mother." Eveie had the biggest smile on her face for the rest of the day.
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Sydney was waiting for them when they got home; it was past nine o'clock when Mike carried a sleeping Evelyn in from the car. Sydney directed him to Eveie's room where he laid her down with the greatest of ease and took off her shoes. He then kissed her on the forehead and walked out of the room.
He walked out into the living room and stood in front of Sydney. He caressed her cheek with his hand and forced her to look at him. "Are you alright?" he asked obviously very concerned about her.
She looked into his eyes for a long time before replying "no, but I will be." Vaughn pulled her in to a hug and they stayed that way for several minutes. Sydney pulled away ready to change the subject to a happier topic.
"So did you guys have fun today?" Vaughn chuckled and nodded " I never knew someone could have so many questions." Sydney laughed as well then said, "She's a very curious child."
They were silent for a moment while Mike thought of a way to tell Syd about Evelyn wanting to meet his mom. He wasn't sure if she would like the idea or not so he just came out and said it. "Evelyn wants to meet my mom." This didn't surprise Sydney but she had no idea that Eveie would have thought of it so soon.
"Really?"
Vaughn didn't say anything knowing it was a rhetorical question. Sydney thought for a moment then asked, "What did you say?" Sydney had still not given any clue as to how she felt about the situation. Though Vaughn kept looking while he replied. "I told her that I would have to talk to you about it."
Sydney was still thinking about this over five minutes later and Mike knew exactly what she was going on in her mind. "Sydney, remember my mom always liked you so much more than any of my other girl friends." Vaughn reminded her.
" I know, and she was always so nice to me, she was like a mother to me." Sydney paused at his confused look but began explaining her statement. "Every time my birthday or Christmas would come around and I had no idea where my dad was she would always listen to what I had to say. Every time I had a problem she would always give me her motherly advice, always tell me what to do." Sydney paused and taking a deep breath and letting it out slowly.
"You know that I was raised by nanny's and that I didn't like any of them and none of them gave a rats ass about me. Your mom was always there for me and she even once told me that I was like the daughter she never had." Both Sydney and Vaughn smiled at that. "And I told her that she was like the parent I always withed I had."
"So what are you so afraid of? My mom always loved you!" Vaughn asked.
Sydney looked up at him tears in her eyes "I had your child Vaughn, and I didn't even tell you." The tears were now running down her cheeks and Vaughn gently wiped them away.
"You did tell me eventually and that what counts. Besides she's been on my back for the past few years about when she was going to be a grandmother." Mike said the last part to try and lighten the mood and by Sydney's small smile he could tell that it had worked.
"Okay, lets go!" Sydney paused for a second then asked "When?" Vaughn thought for a moment trying to figure out when both their schedules would allow this to happen. Sydney was being sent to Switzerland on Thursday and likely wouldn't be back until late Friday night. Mike decide that Saturday wouldn't work either since Sydney was going to need her rest and he was going to be stuck in meetings and doing paper work on Monday and Tuesday. That only left one day.
"Is Sunday good for you?" Sydney thought for a moment "Does your mom still have the family dinners where all your relatives would come?"
Vaughn laughed as he remembered all the times she had come to those family dinners, she truly was part of the family, whether she liked it or not. "Yes, she does, but not as many people come to those anymore. They all moved away or are to busy." He said a bit sadly.
"Okay, Sunday's fine for me." Sydney said. She was so nervous about seeing Bridget again she just hoped that she would still like her after all that she had done.
"Hey Syd I'm going to go its getting pretty late." Vaughn said as he stood up. She followed suit and stood up as well to show him to the door. She had her hand on the doorknob when he bent down and kissed her on the cheek and whispered in her ear. "Don't worry she's still going to love you." Sydney smiled hoping that he was right she gave him a hug then said good night.
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