Title: Consequences
Chapter 4
AN: Yeah, I hope you guys all like this! Sorry it took me awhile to get this up. Please read and reviewJ
On Monday morning, Sloane briefed her on her mission. "This mission will be an easy one," he started to tell her, but she was zoned out. She was thinking about seeing Bridget on Sunday, and knew that she would be angry with her for keeping Evie a secret from Vaughn.
"Dismissed," Sloane said at what Sydney assumed to be the end of his speech. "Sydney, could I talk to you for a moment?" Sloane asked.
After everyone had left, Sloane gestured for her to take a seat as he did. "Sydney, I was just wondering how things are going with Evelyn's father?"
Sydney was surprised at how much Sloane seemed to care about her. She looked at him and smiled, indicating that things were going well. "They're getting along wonderfully and have so much in common." Sydney smiled when she said this, as she always did when she was talking about her daughter.
"That's great! How are you getting along with Mr. Vaughn?" Sloane asked. Sydney sighed, she knew they were friends and that she felt something more but didn't really want to talk about it, especially not to one of the most evil men on the planet. So she chose the easy way out. "Well he took the news a lot better than I had ever hoped, and we aren't yelling and arguing every chance we get, so that's a good thing." Sydney looked him in the eye and shrugged, telling him that she was unsure of how it was going.
Sloane stood up and walked over to where she was sitting and placed a hand on her shoulder. Sydney tried to resist the urge to kick his ass when he said, "You know any time you have a problem you can always come to me."
Sydney got up quickly and nodded her head, "Thanks."
After she was briefed on the different devices she would be using she left Credit Dauphine and headed for home.
When she got half way there her cell phone rang. She retrieved it from her purse and answered it. "Hello."
"Joey's Pizza?" She heard Mike's voice on the other end.
She smiled at the thought of seeing him. "Wrong number." she quickly replied into the phone and hung up. She looked at her watch and saw that is was 1:30pm, she hoped that this wouldn't take long because she had to pick Evelyn up from school at 3:00, and it took half an hour just to get there.
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When she walked into the wear house Vaughn was standing there waiting for her. He turned around when he heard her footsteps and smiled, "Hi."
When she saw him smile she couldn't help but smile back at him. What could she do? His smile was contagious, it always had been. "Hey," She replied.
After exchanging pleasantries, Sydney began explaining the mission details to him. Vaughn said that her counter mission was to get the artifact then make a switch with one of their connections and get the copy of the artifact form him.
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ON THE WAY HOME
On the plane Sydney sat back in the very uncomfortable seat. The mission hadn't gone exactly as planned. Sydney had gotten the key to the safe easily enough, but they hadn't expected a silent alarm to be set off when she opened the safe.
Sydney had successfully gotten past all of the guards, after Dixon had cut the security feed. Sydney had gone radio silent with Dixon and switched to her comm. link with Vaughn. She didn't know she had set off the alarm until she switched to her SD-6 comm. and heard Dixon yelling at her to get out of there. She grabbed the artifact and hauled ass.
She only encountered two guards while getting out. She successfully knocked out one of them, but before she could get the other one, he stabbed her just below the rib cage.
The wound was not deep, but it did require five stitches. Nobody at the CIA knew she had been hurt, but everyone listening at SD-6 did.
Sydney was so uncomfortable that she didn't sleep the entire flight. She was very exhausted, and had no idea how she was going to hide this form Will, Francie, or Evelyn. It was 3:00am, so she didn't have to think about it for a while, assuming that they would all be asleep when she got home.
Since the next day was Saturday, Sydney didn't have to worry about going to work. They weren't going to meet Bridget until Sunday, so Sydney could sleep as long as she wanted to.
The annoying ring of her cell phone, which she had intentionally left on her nightstand knowing that she would be getting a call form Vaughn, awakened her. Sydney grabbed her phone, opened it, and then held it to her ear. "Hello," she said in a tired voice. She looked at the clock and saw that it was 11:03am. She was surprised that Vaughn had let her sleep this late.
"Joey's Pizza?" Sydney heard Vaughn say on the other end of the phone. By the tone of his voice she could tell that he felt bad about waking her up.
"Wrong number." she replied cheerily showing him that she was not angry with him waking her up. They both hung up the phone and Sydney immediately collapsed, cringing as she did so. She had forgotten about her injury until she was painfully reminded.
She got up and went to the bathroom to get ready for her meeting with Michael. After taking a shower she went into the kitchen to get a cup of coffee. She heard a very girlish giggle coming form the living room and decided to go check it out.
When she got there she smiled at what she was seeing. Evie was rolling back and forth trying to escape Francie who was tickling her. A few minutes later Evie noticed that her mom was standing in the door and yelled, very loudly, "Mommy!" as she ran into her mothers open arms. "Hey sweetie!" Sydney said and smiled warmly at her daughter. Sydney pulled back a little bit so she could look her in the eye. "Were you good for Aunt Francie while I was gone?" Francie laughed at Sydney's mock seriousness as she eyed her daughter, looking for a truthful answer. Evie looked down at the floor so Francie answered for her "Yes, she was very good. She made a joke about Will, which we both thought was very funny, but he didn't."
Francie paused for a moment looking at the little girl, and then added, "He kind of got mad." Sydney smiled and patted Evie on the back, showing her that she wasn't mad.
"Well I have to go drop some papers off at the office, I will be back in an hour. Can you watch her until then?" Sydney asked, directing her question at Francie. Francie nodded, more than happy to watch her goddaughter.
"All right then, bye," Sydney replied while gathering her coat and briefcase, which contained the artifact. "Oh yeah, Evelyn," Sydney paused while she waited to get her daughter's attention, "We're going to go see your grandma tomorrow!" Sydney closed the door to the sounds of her daughter's high-pitched squeals of excitement.
Chapter 4
AN: Yeah, I hope you guys all like this! Sorry it took me awhile to get this up. Please read and reviewJ
On Monday morning, Sloane briefed her on her mission. "This mission will be an easy one," he started to tell her, but she was zoned out. She was thinking about seeing Bridget on Sunday, and knew that she would be angry with her for keeping Evie a secret from Vaughn.
"Dismissed," Sloane said at what Sydney assumed to be the end of his speech. "Sydney, could I talk to you for a moment?" Sloane asked.
After everyone had left, Sloane gestured for her to take a seat as he did. "Sydney, I was just wondering how things are going with Evelyn's father?"
Sydney was surprised at how much Sloane seemed to care about her. She looked at him and smiled, indicating that things were going well. "They're getting along wonderfully and have so much in common." Sydney smiled when she said this, as she always did when she was talking about her daughter.
"That's great! How are you getting along with Mr. Vaughn?" Sloane asked. Sydney sighed, she knew they were friends and that she felt something more but didn't really want to talk about it, especially not to one of the most evil men on the planet. So she chose the easy way out. "Well he took the news a lot better than I had ever hoped, and we aren't yelling and arguing every chance we get, so that's a good thing." Sydney looked him in the eye and shrugged, telling him that she was unsure of how it was going.
Sloane stood up and walked over to where she was sitting and placed a hand on her shoulder. Sydney tried to resist the urge to kick his ass when he said, "You know any time you have a problem you can always come to me."
Sydney got up quickly and nodded her head, "Thanks."
After she was briefed on the different devices she would be using she left Credit Dauphine and headed for home.
When she got half way there her cell phone rang. She retrieved it from her purse and answered it. "Hello."
"Joey's Pizza?" She heard Mike's voice on the other end.
She smiled at the thought of seeing him. "Wrong number." she quickly replied into the phone and hung up. She looked at her watch and saw that is was 1:30pm, she hoped that this wouldn't take long because she had to pick Evelyn up from school at 3:00, and it took half an hour just to get there.
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When she walked into the wear house Vaughn was standing there waiting for her. He turned around when he heard her footsteps and smiled, "Hi."
When she saw him smile she couldn't help but smile back at him. What could she do? His smile was contagious, it always had been. "Hey," She replied.
After exchanging pleasantries, Sydney began explaining the mission details to him. Vaughn said that her counter mission was to get the artifact then make a switch with one of their connections and get the copy of the artifact form him.
~*~*~*~*~*~
ON THE WAY HOME
On the plane Sydney sat back in the very uncomfortable seat. The mission hadn't gone exactly as planned. Sydney had gotten the key to the safe easily enough, but they hadn't expected a silent alarm to be set off when she opened the safe.
Sydney had successfully gotten past all of the guards, after Dixon had cut the security feed. Sydney had gone radio silent with Dixon and switched to her comm. link with Vaughn. She didn't know she had set off the alarm until she switched to her SD-6 comm. and heard Dixon yelling at her to get out of there. She grabbed the artifact and hauled ass.
She only encountered two guards while getting out. She successfully knocked out one of them, but before she could get the other one, he stabbed her just below the rib cage.
The wound was not deep, but it did require five stitches. Nobody at the CIA knew she had been hurt, but everyone listening at SD-6 did.
Sydney was so uncomfortable that she didn't sleep the entire flight. She was very exhausted, and had no idea how she was going to hide this form Will, Francie, or Evelyn. It was 3:00am, so she didn't have to think about it for a while, assuming that they would all be asleep when she got home.
Since the next day was Saturday, Sydney didn't have to worry about going to work. They weren't going to meet Bridget until Sunday, so Sydney could sleep as long as she wanted to.
The annoying ring of her cell phone, which she had intentionally left on her nightstand knowing that she would be getting a call form Vaughn, awakened her. Sydney grabbed her phone, opened it, and then held it to her ear. "Hello," she said in a tired voice. She looked at the clock and saw that it was 11:03am. She was surprised that Vaughn had let her sleep this late.
"Joey's Pizza?" Sydney heard Vaughn say on the other end of the phone. By the tone of his voice she could tell that he felt bad about waking her up.
"Wrong number." she replied cheerily showing him that she was not angry with him waking her up. They both hung up the phone and Sydney immediately collapsed, cringing as she did so. She had forgotten about her injury until she was painfully reminded.
She got up and went to the bathroom to get ready for her meeting with Michael. After taking a shower she went into the kitchen to get a cup of coffee. She heard a very girlish giggle coming form the living room and decided to go check it out.
When she got there she smiled at what she was seeing. Evie was rolling back and forth trying to escape Francie who was tickling her. A few minutes later Evie noticed that her mom was standing in the door and yelled, very loudly, "Mommy!" as she ran into her mothers open arms. "Hey sweetie!" Sydney said and smiled warmly at her daughter. Sydney pulled back a little bit so she could look her in the eye. "Were you good for Aunt Francie while I was gone?" Francie laughed at Sydney's mock seriousness as she eyed her daughter, looking for a truthful answer. Evie looked down at the floor so Francie answered for her "Yes, she was very good. She made a joke about Will, which we both thought was very funny, but he didn't."
Francie paused for a moment looking at the little girl, and then added, "He kind of got mad." Sydney smiled and patted Evie on the back, showing her that she wasn't mad.
"Well I have to go drop some papers off at the office, I will be back in an hour. Can you watch her until then?" Sydney asked, directing her question at Francie. Francie nodded, more than happy to watch her goddaughter.
"All right then, bye," Sydney replied while gathering her coat and briefcase, which contained the artifact. "Oh yeah, Evelyn," Sydney paused while she waited to get her daughter's attention, "We're going to go see your grandma tomorrow!" Sydney closed the door to the sounds of her daughter's high-pitched squeals of excitement.