Chapter 5
"No Syd!"
Her quick reflexes jumped in and Sydney stopped herself from opening the door just as pounding was heard from the other side.
"Quick!" Pointing above them he lifted her up and she removed the ceiling tile.
Pulling herself through the small opening she reached down for Vaughn whose gun was placed firmly in his hands.
"Vaughn come on now!"
"If I stay I can distract them while you get away. There are going to follow us otherwise."
"I am not going to let the father of my child get captured now get up here!" She demanded.
Vaughn took one final glace at the doors before he jumped up with her help.
Sydney and Vaughn took no hesitation as they moved through the ventilation tunnels. (A situation they seem to always be in )
"Syd," Vaughn whispered as they continued to move, "how long have you known."
"About the baby? Not very long."
He didn't respond and they continued through the tunnels.
Suddenly they heard noises from behind them and underneath them. They had an unknown number of guards coming quickly on their trail.
Vaughn turned on his comm. Channel quickly to speak to Weiss, "Eric how many guys are we talking here?"
"Only two followed you up into the tunnels while about 10 others are trying to track you from outside."
Vaughn turned his radio back off and whispered to Sydney, "We have 2 to worry about right now.
"Vaughn how why would a playboy have ventilation tunnels big enough to be escape tunnels in his mansion?"
"I'm guessing he was prepared for uninvited guests."
The noises coming from behind them were growing louder by the second.
"What the hell are we going to do?"
Vaughn silently removed a tile peaking into the room below. It was a small guest bathroom. and it was currently vacant.
"Weiss," he called, "have you dealt with the security camera problem yet?"
"Yeah man we've got it covered."
"Just make sure the loop doesn't stop this time."
Sydney jumped down first, and Vaughn quietly followed.
He put the tile back and then they stood motionless as the guards in the tunnels still above them grew closer and closer.
"Over here." Sydney mouth as she pulled Vaughn away from the ceiling tiles close to the door.
Pressed up against each other they felt each other's breathing thicken as the guards proceeded to be right on top of them.
"Damn Americans," they heard the muffled sound of one of the guards say.
To Sydney and Vaughn's relief they continued on without even hesitating as the reached the area over the bathroom.
They still stood silent. Unsure when it would be safe to speak or move.
"Weiss give us the all clear when it's safe to leave this room."
Weiss agreed as Vaughn stepped away from Sydney.
"This isn't the time to talk about our situation."
"Of course not," she agreed.
"But having another opportunity to talk about it without my wife present."
"Will be hard to come by," Sydney responded. Their conversation was in whispers.
He let out a long, deep; sigh as he ran his fingers through his hair.
"How long until you start showing?"
"The doctor says in the next couple weeks."
He shook his head and put his face in his hands, "what the hell are we going to do?"
She didn't say anything right away. Letting the awkward silence take control of the room.
Finally she added something, one thing that she would make true with or without Vaughn, "What are we going to do? We're going to give this baby the greatest childhood. And one way or another he will have two parents that will love him more than anything, and that would give their life to prevent him from harm."
She had stated it so matter-of-factly. He knew that everything she had said were true. This baby would have a wonderful life. The only problem was the situation at hand.
Vaughn was married, and he loved Lauren. She had helped him move on with his life and helped him realize it was ok to love again. He didn't want to hurt her. But then there was Sydney. The most beautiful woman he had ever seen. She was his soul mate. She was the love of his life. He had denied it from the moment of her return.
Even when they made love. He just viewed it as a moment of weakness. Not a reunion with his true love. He made himself believe that it was Sydney's fault that it happened. That she had seduced him by making him relive their time together. He convinced himself that he truly wasn't in love with her.
But none of it was true. It wasn't Sydney's fault that he committed adultry. It was his plain and simple. He had used her to try and prove to himself that it no longer meant anything. Now he realized what a fool he was.
He was so in love with Sydney that his whole body started to ache. His mind was racing with ways to tell her he loved her, to tell her she was the only woman for him and that he was a fool.
"Vaughn," she spoke up barely audible still trying not to alert any guards, "listen I don't want this to make your marriage to Lauren end. I know that when we made love it was just a moment of weakness. And I think if you explain to her that it meant nothing and that you don't want to be with me then she might understand somehow."
"Stop."
"What."
"Syd, I don't want to lie to her anymore."
"Just tell her that it was my fault and."
He walked up close and put his hand over her mouth, "I love you Sydney. No matter how hard I try not to I love you."
He was so close he felt her heart speed up.
"Vaughn. You have something going with Lauren. You obviously love her. You did marry her. I don't want her to be hurt any more than she already is going to."
"Neither do I. But Syd. Don't you think that if she doesn't find out now that I want to be with you its going to hurt her more in the long run?"
She shook her head, "You just found out I'm having your baby, and you're going insane."
"Damnit Sydney I'm finally thinking clearly! I love."
"That's all fine and dandy you two. Glad to have listened to that entire snore fest, but if your done the coast is clear on your floor. You can leave the bathroom finally." Weiss spoke up over the radio.
Sydney stepped away from Vaughn, started to open the door, and spoke to him forcefully.
"Get your head back into this mission. Because if we don't start concentrating on getting us out of here alive the entire f***ed up situation isn't going to matter when we're dead and buried."
"No Syd!"
Her quick reflexes jumped in and Sydney stopped herself from opening the door just as pounding was heard from the other side.
"Quick!" Pointing above them he lifted her up and she removed the ceiling tile.
Pulling herself through the small opening she reached down for Vaughn whose gun was placed firmly in his hands.
"Vaughn come on now!"
"If I stay I can distract them while you get away. There are going to follow us otherwise."
"I am not going to let the father of my child get captured now get up here!" She demanded.
Vaughn took one final glace at the doors before he jumped up with her help.
Sydney and Vaughn took no hesitation as they moved through the ventilation tunnels. (A situation they seem to always be in )
"Syd," Vaughn whispered as they continued to move, "how long have you known."
"About the baby? Not very long."
He didn't respond and they continued through the tunnels.
Suddenly they heard noises from behind them and underneath them. They had an unknown number of guards coming quickly on their trail.
Vaughn turned on his comm. Channel quickly to speak to Weiss, "Eric how many guys are we talking here?"
"Only two followed you up into the tunnels while about 10 others are trying to track you from outside."
Vaughn turned his radio back off and whispered to Sydney, "We have 2 to worry about right now.
"Vaughn how why would a playboy have ventilation tunnels big enough to be escape tunnels in his mansion?"
"I'm guessing he was prepared for uninvited guests."
The noises coming from behind them were growing louder by the second.
"What the hell are we going to do?"
Vaughn silently removed a tile peaking into the room below. It was a small guest bathroom. and it was currently vacant.
"Weiss," he called, "have you dealt with the security camera problem yet?"
"Yeah man we've got it covered."
"Just make sure the loop doesn't stop this time."
Sydney jumped down first, and Vaughn quietly followed.
He put the tile back and then they stood motionless as the guards in the tunnels still above them grew closer and closer.
"Over here." Sydney mouth as she pulled Vaughn away from the ceiling tiles close to the door.
Pressed up against each other they felt each other's breathing thicken as the guards proceeded to be right on top of them.
"Damn Americans," they heard the muffled sound of one of the guards say.
To Sydney and Vaughn's relief they continued on without even hesitating as the reached the area over the bathroom.
They still stood silent. Unsure when it would be safe to speak or move.
"Weiss give us the all clear when it's safe to leave this room."
Weiss agreed as Vaughn stepped away from Sydney.
"This isn't the time to talk about our situation."
"Of course not," she agreed.
"But having another opportunity to talk about it without my wife present."
"Will be hard to come by," Sydney responded. Their conversation was in whispers.
He let out a long, deep; sigh as he ran his fingers through his hair.
"How long until you start showing?"
"The doctor says in the next couple weeks."
He shook his head and put his face in his hands, "what the hell are we going to do?"
She didn't say anything right away. Letting the awkward silence take control of the room.
Finally she added something, one thing that she would make true with or without Vaughn, "What are we going to do? We're going to give this baby the greatest childhood. And one way or another he will have two parents that will love him more than anything, and that would give their life to prevent him from harm."
She had stated it so matter-of-factly. He knew that everything she had said were true. This baby would have a wonderful life. The only problem was the situation at hand.
Vaughn was married, and he loved Lauren. She had helped him move on with his life and helped him realize it was ok to love again. He didn't want to hurt her. But then there was Sydney. The most beautiful woman he had ever seen. She was his soul mate. She was the love of his life. He had denied it from the moment of her return.
Even when they made love. He just viewed it as a moment of weakness. Not a reunion with his true love. He made himself believe that it was Sydney's fault that it happened. That she had seduced him by making him relive their time together. He convinced himself that he truly wasn't in love with her.
But none of it was true. It wasn't Sydney's fault that he committed adultry. It was his plain and simple. He had used her to try and prove to himself that it no longer meant anything. Now he realized what a fool he was.
He was so in love with Sydney that his whole body started to ache. His mind was racing with ways to tell her he loved her, to tell her she was the only woman for him and that he was a fool.
"Vaughn," she spoke up barely audible still trying not to alert any guards, "listen I don't want this to make your marriage to Lauren end. I know that when we made love it was just a moment of weakness. And I think if you explain to her that it meant nothing and that you don't want to be with me then she might understand somehow."
"Stop."
"What."
"Syd, I don't want to lie to her anymore."
"Just tell her that it was my fault and."
He walked up close and put his hand over her mouth, "I love you Sydney. No matter how hard I try not to I love you."
He was so close he felt her heart speed up.
"Vaughn. You have something going with Lauren. You obviously love her. You did marry her. I don't want her to be hurt any more than she already is going to."
"Neither do I. But Syd. Don't you think that if she doesn't find out now that I want to be with you its going to hurt her more in the long run?"
She shook her head, "You just found out I'm having your baby, and you're going insane."
"Damnit Sydney I'm finally thinking clearly! I love."
"That's all fine and dandy you two. Glad to have listened to that entire snore fest, but if your done the coast is clear on your floor. You can leave the bathroom finally." Weiss spoke up over the radio.
Sydney stepped away from Vaughn, started to open the door, and spoke to him forcefully.
"Get your head back into this mission. Because if we don't start concentrating on getting us out of here alive the entire f***ed up situation isn't going to matter when we're dead and buried."