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: Sorry it took me so long to update. I had to go to school *shudders* and I had this hand written but didn't have time to type it up. Anyways thanx to all the people who sent in reviews especially Total Vaughn lover, AnnaSun, Star16, Agent Kate and Mary Kate113, I swear you guys have reviewed almost every chapter!!! Thanx heaps for your kind words of encouragement, it inspires me to keep going with this fic. One other thing I wanna do that I don't usually do and probably never will do again is to put a dedication on this chapter. I wanna dedicate it to the memory of my friend Tiffany who was killed 10 years ago on February 5th. This chapter is for her because something her death taught me was that we should live life to the fullest cos you never know when its your time.

Now that I've done that heres the next chapter.

Chapter 12:

Early the next afternoon Kendall, Vaughn, Weiss, Jack and another agent Damian McIntosh, walked to Irina's cell. She looked up as the men approached the window and she ever so slowly moved to the window. Kendall didn't say a word he just motioned for the guard to open the door to her cell. He did so and Jack entered the cell and placed handcuffs securely around her wrists. He turned and walked out of her cell, Irina following close behind. Kendall and the other Agents led Irina out to the black windowless van. She climbed in and sat down on the cold steel chair. Kendall told Weiss and Vaughn to secure her to the chair. After she was 'secured' the doors were shut and they began the short journey to the hospital where Sydney was.

About fifteen minutes later they arrived at the hospital and Irina was unfastened from the chair. She was led into the hospital with Damian behind her, Vaughn and Weiss beside her left and right respectively, and Jack and Kendall in front of her. When they arrived in Sydney's room she was in an extremely bad mood, mostly because no one had been to visit her the previous day but also because her 'roommate' frustrated her with constant snoring and her Doctor had also come in to tell her that she needed to stay attached to the all the machines an extra couple of days. Sydney paid little attention to the 'parade' of people walking towards her room. Kendall and Jack entered first and Sydney instantly began to take her anger out on Kendall. "What are you doing here?" she spat "Have you come to yell at me again?" He didn't reply. Sydney was too busy yelling at Kendall to realise that Jack had left the room. He came back in moments later with Irina, Damian, Vaughn and Weiss.

"Hello Sydney" Irina said as she entered. Syd looked towards the voice and a smile spread across her face.

"Mum?" she replied her voice crackly.

"Sydney" Irina repeated as she walked over to the bed. She attempted to hug her daughter when she remembered her hands were still handcuffed. She held her arms out to Kendall. He motioned for Damian to remove her handcuffs. As he did so Irina reached out and hugged her daughter. When they pulled away, Irina asked if they could have some time alone. Kendall refused but Vaughn said he would stay with them. Kendall agreed reluctantly and left the room with Weiss, Jack and Damian.

"Syd, sweetie" she began "Your father told me about the baby." Sydney's eyes began to fill with tears. She managed to hold them back, letting only a single tear escape.

"I'm so sorry sweetheart, you shouldn't have to go through this."

Sydney squeezed her mother's hand "Its ok Mum, I'll be fine."

The two of them had been talking for twenty minutes when Kendall returned with the others. He motioned for Damian to handcuff Irina again, before he did she gave Sydney another hug. As Irina left the room Vaughn turned to follow her when Sydney spoke "Vaughn, are you coming into see me tonight?" she questioned.

"I don't know, maybe, I'm not sure." He looked at her and saw the unmistakeable hurt in her eyes. "Look Syd, as much as I Love You, it just hurts for me to see you, there's just some stuff I need to sort out." She sat there unable to come up with a response. He walked over to the bed and placed a light kiss on her cheek. "I Love You Syd."

"I Love You too" she replied as his form slowly left the room. Once he was gone she let the tears that had gathered in her eyes slowly fall. She sat there sobbing, her shoulders shaking uncontrollably, when her 'roommate' commented about her crying. "You're a CIA Agent?" she asked sarcastically "You? Your crying like a baby, who deluded you into thinking that you were strong, no stable enough to be an Agent?"

Sydney looked over at her "Will you shut the fuck up. What gives you the RIGHT to comment on my strength, on my life? Just mind your own business." Her 'roommate' sat there stunned and Sydney lay back and starred at the cracks in the ceiling, periodically wiping the tears from her eyes.

Irina arrived back at the Ops Centre twenty minutes later and was escorted back to her cell by Damian, Weiss and Vaughn. She let back into her cell and the handcuffs were removed. The three men were about to leave when Irina spoke up "Agent Vaughn, what's going on between you and my daughter? You said that you can't be around her at the moment, why?"
Vaughn turned to face her "Why do you want to know?"

"She's my daughter and its upsetting her, having you so distant."

"She didn't tell you that, how do you know?"
"Sydney is my daughter, I can tell."

"Well if you really want to know?"
"I do."

"Sydney lied to me, she knew she was pregnant but she chose not to tell me. Knowing that she hid the truth from me, it hurts. I don't know if I'll be able to trust her again." Vaughn turned and walked away from the window and back to the bullpen leaving Irina to process what she was just told.

A/N: Please review and tell me what you think. Sorry its short, it was WAY longer when I handwrote it (well duh). Anyways it might be a while before I update again I'm running low on ideas, so any ideas would be appreciated. LOL Alyce J