Title: Secrets and Lies

Rating: PG

Summary: When Sydney is injured on a mission and Vaughn discovers she hasn't been entirely truthful with him. S/V.

Disclaimer: I don't own Alias; I'm just borrowing the characters.

Authors Note: This is my first fan fic, so feel free to tell me if it sucks. Please Read and Review with any comments, suggestions and criticism is VERY welcome.

Chapter 7:

Kendall stormed into Sydney's hospital room only to find her and Vaughn lost in each other's arms, sobbing softly. He hadn't calm down at all since leaving the Ops Centre. "YOU WERE PREGNANT?" he yelled. Sydney and Vaughn jerked back to reality when they heard his angry voice. An angry Vaughn stood up and walked towards Kendall looking him directly in the eye "Do you have a problem with that?" he asked anger also evident in his voice.

"As a matter of fact I do Agent Vaughn. I would like to know why you didn't inform me of this, that I had to hear about it from Agent Weiss"

"Weiss told you, damn I asked him not to say anything."

"He wasn't willing to share, but I forced it out of him." Kendall turned to Sydney who sat there with a shocked look on her face.

"I didn't tell you Kendall because it was NONE of your business" she stated her voice shaking.

"What so you mean it was none of my business, I am your superior, you are supposed to inform me of developments like this" he replied sharply.

"I didn't say anything because I knew I could never keep the baby, how would I have explained it to Sloane and the Alliance. It would have been no use trying they would've killed me and Vaughn without a moments hesitation. You know that."

"We could have come up with a solution Agent Bristow. You didn't give us the chance by keeping it secret."

"What solution, witness protection? No way."

"We would have figured out something Bristow."

"No, you wouldn't have, you would have made me get an abortion" she replied, tears forming in her eyes once again. Her shoulders started to shake and she began crying uncontrollably. Vaughn once again rushed to her side to comfort her and Kendall stood there with a stunned look on his face. He rubbed his head and as he watched Sydney cry in Vaughn's arms he saw for the first time how much Vaughn really cared for her. Vaughn lifted his head and Kendall saw that he too had tears in his eyes, Vaughn was crying with her. He whispered something to Syd that Kendall was unable to hear and as she looked up Kendall started to speak again "Agent Bristow, we need to know exactly what happened in London."

She wiped her eyes and spoke softly. "I went into the yard as the guards changed shifts. I waited in the dark for the Guard to show but I didn't see him. He attacked me from behind" she started to shake again "We fought and he shot me, but before I collapsed I shot him in the head."

"So Derevko didn't lie? We assumed that because you were injured there was someone else there. Are you absolutely sure there was only one guard?"
"Yes. There was only one." At that moment the Doctor walked into the small room.

"Miss Bristow, how are you feeling today?"

"It hurts to move and I'm tired but otherwise I'm ok I guess. How long am I gonna be here for?"

"A few weeks yet I'm afraid."

"WEEKS!!" she exclaimed "I wanna go home."

"Miss Bristow, you were very badly injured. You could have died. You've had major surgery. We can't just let you go home now your awake."

Sydney sat there with an angry look on her face. Vaughn sat down next to her and took her hand. "How bad was I hurt?" she asked "I've been awake for almost a day and no ones even bothered to tell me how badly I was hurt."

"We found the bullet lodged behind your rib cage near your right lung. It caused major internal damage. That's what caused you to miscarry. The surgery was to remove the bullet and repair the damage it had done. You were bleeding severely internally, if you had arrived here ten minutes later you would have died."

Sydney just looked at him in disbelief. Kendall had a look of shock plastered on his face also. Vaughn just gripped her hand tighter.

"Miss Bristow" the Doctor continued "I want you to limit your movement as much as possible to give your body time to heal. That means staying in bed for a couple of weeks, however we will be transferring you to a different room in a day or so. Do you understand?"

"Yes Doctor" she replied in a small voice. The Doctor turned and left the room. Kendall was trying to process everything, he had no idea that Sydney had been injured to that extent. He turned to leave as well but was stopped by Sydney's voice. "Excuse me Sir, do you think that you could get my father to come and see me when he gets back from Italy?" she questioned.

"Of course Agent Bristow." And with that he left.