Title: CRUZ
Chapter 4-Vaughn: recordings and missions
By: mystic_blue17
Rating: Pg-13
Summary: Sydney decides it time to leave and it has repercussions .....
Discalimer: I don't own anything and im making no profit from this.
A/n for this chapter let's assume that everything has happened in episode 12-14 but without Sydney. Vaughn was captured in North Korea with another (nameless) agent. They got Lisenker and the Doleac agenda. And we can assume that things with Lauren didn't change at all.
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When the post card came back from analyse, it was confirmed that it was Sydney who wrote it. It also confirmed the suspicion that Sydney had indeed left the CIA.
It was hard after that. Jack was mad at everyone for a while. And when they finally tracked down her car through her GPS signal, they found out that she tagged it to someone else. It was disheartening for everyone who knew Sydney. But at the same time, part of them was glad. They were glad that Sydney is finally getting a break from the intelligence community. It would have been better if she told them, that's all.
Vaughn walked around in a daze for weeks. He let her walk away from him again. He didn't fight it either. He saw that she was in pain but he didn't do anything to make it better. In fact, he went out of his way to stay away from her. It was regret that was killing him.
But as always with the CIA things came up. Missions that had to be completed were usually done by Vaughn.
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Vaughn was out with Weiss when he heard the news from one of his friends. He friend was from out of town. He didn't really come around to LA often so when he did they went for drinks. He started by telling them about what he had been doing for the last couple months.
"Yeah, so I went back to the Farm to pass along this message between to people. And my old pal, he comes to me and he tells me. "Man, you have to hear this story." So I went with him and I followed them into one of the lecture rooms. You remember what they look like right?" they nodded "Well I'm there just in time to hear the most unbelievable story. It a good story yes but it is actually not believable. So I'm listening to the old agent speaing and he starts talking about emotional attachments. And I swear to God, I almost left the room. But my buddy told me I just had to hear this story. So I'm listening and I'm listening. And the story goes like this."
"There was this agent and this handler. A guy and a girl, of course. So the girl is working undercover and they fall in love. Yay! It's not anything that hasn't happened before." he glances at Weis.
He nods because it true. When you're are working with someone in the conditions that you do in this line of work. You see a side of people that can astound you and make you believe that it is love. But most of those kinds of loves don't last. That was the reason was Weiss was a little sceptical about Sydney's and Vaughn's relationship. Honestly he had to admit after all that things between them seemed very real.
"So they bring down the bad guys. It 's over and they live happily ever after. Not really. These two people don't seem to get a break because the guy was taken. He was missing for a long time. He finally come back and he found out that she was married to some other guy....I mean how twisted is that?"
Vaughn and Weiss looked at each other. That was Sydney and Michael's story. Some details were changed but essentially it was the same.
"Are you sure you aren't too drunk man?" asked Vaughn with an uneasy smile on his face.
"No. Seriously, Mike they told that story at the Farm. Crazy, isn't it?" he asked.
"Yeah. Weird" replied Vaughn will a faraway tone to his voice.
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The next day Vaughn was on a plane to Langley and he was going to straighten out the whole thing. His friends might have had something to drink but he wasn't drunk enough to make up that story. When he got there he arranged for transport that got him to the Farm. And when he finally got there he was mad.
He talked to the man in charge and asked him about the story posing as if he didn't know it was for real. The conversation went like this.
"So I heard about this story you people cooked up to discourage the rookies from emotional attachment. Is it for real? This was someone's life experiences."
"No, actually Agent I can't answer that for you."
"Oh you better damn well tell me where you heard that. Because that story is my life experiences. I came here with the intention of doing those the quiet way but if I have to I will tear this place up." Vaughn said angrily.
"What that's was you? I didn't know it was a real story. I'm sorry Agent..."
"Vaughn. My name is Michael Vaughn."
"Well, Agent Vaughn I don't exactly know what to do. That is a good example. But I will grant you time with the class to tell them the real version of the story if you want."
"Sir, that wasn't what I planned for..."
"Well you want to correct it right? So this is how you do it."
So Vaughn did, he corrected he story as best as he could. He even got the Farm to stop telling it to the rookies. And they were so impress that they offered Vaughn a small side job as a trainer. He was really part time. He would fly up to the Farm once a month and lecture people for about a week. Then he would fly back to LA. It was a pretty good job and it helped pay the bills so he accepted it. So once a month he would go to the farm that is if he wasn't on a mission.
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He was called into JTF at around eleven o'clock on a Saturday about a week later. He went into the briefing room and found that they were waiting for him. He nodded everyone in acknowledgement as he slipped into the closest seat, which was next to Weiss.
"Now that everyone is here, we can begin. About half an hour ago, we received a package from Kendall." Filled in Dixon. "When we opened it we found a disk. We had Marshall work on it. The only problem is that it is in code. All we can see is binary code. But we can interpret the code and the first thing we got was this. " He finished speaking and gestured to Marshall. Marshall then started to type away on his computer.
(a/n binary code is just zeros and ones that make up the computer language.)
The screen blinked from the mandatory CIA screensaver into a video screen. The image was focused and it turned into Sydney.
Vaughn took a shaky breath. There she was alive and in one piece. Sydney was looking at the camera talking; it took him a second to hear what she was saying.
"I sent this to you because I knew you would get this to them. As you have doubt heard, I have taken a leave of absence, to put things lightly. I wanted to say, thank you. You told me what happened and I don't think I'll be able to repay you for that. On the disk you will find files, which have been label for the corresponding recipient. Thank you Kendal for everything. Please pass this along to LA as soon as you are finished." She pause and stepped out of the camera view and the video blinked out to nothing again.
"Marshall, what can you come up with?" asked Weiss.
"From what I can see, "he said scanning the binary code. "About four. Just give me one second and I should be able to crack the code."
The group stared awkwardly at each other as Marshall finished hacking into the disk.
"There is it. All done, hacking or as best as I can with this computer. Wow. Whoever Syd got to do the coding is impressive. I mean not as good as me but... as you know not many people are but we should look into hiring them." he paused when he saw the look on their faces "umm... there is file here for Mr. Bristow, Agent Weiss, Dixon, myself. Wait, that can't be right. I must be missing something." he said as he read the names of the files. He looked up at Vaughn.
"No don't worry. I'll leave you to it." He said as he got up out of his chair.
"There it is! Sorry there is a file for you Vaughn. It was just closer to the end. It looks like it was done last minute." He said with an apologetic look on his face. "Who would is going first?"
"I have a meeting with the NSC. I'll see mine later." Said Weiss and shortly after that he left the room and brushed past Vaughn would was still standing by the door.
"Jack would you like to go first?" asked Dixon out of respect to the older man.
"Yes, actually I would." he replied.
Marshall started the program up and everyone left the room.
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He was surrounded by the sound of Sydney voice as the video started up.
She smiled into the camera and began. "Daddy. I'm sorry it took me so long to get this message out to you but I've been busy. Hopefully busy enough that you can't find me right now. Daddy I'm so sorry it had to happen." She paused as she began to cry.
"I set my goal to find out what happened to me. I did it. And now I can't be near the CIA right now. For now I have to figure out what to do with myself. I have to pull myself together. It was always the plan to leave the CIA. But I never thought I would leave like this. But I felt like this is the only way. Please forgive me Daddy. I just need to do this." She smiled through her tears
"I love you dad. I'm so proud that I'm your daughter." she sniffed and smiled a genuine dimpled smile to him. She softly spoke "Bye Daddy." And with that the video blinked into black.
With no one in the room, a single tear streaked down Jack Bristow's face.
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The next person was Dixon. He settled down a chair and followed Marshall's direction to get to his file.
Sydney's face appeared on his screen. Her eyes looked into the camera, she smiled as if she felt his concern for her."Dixon. I don't know what to say so I'm just going to drive in there. You are my partner. I will always trust you. But after finding out about the last two years of my life, I don't think I could ever feel right again if I was forced to work in the CIA."
She paused and tried to keep her composure even though she was failing. "I need to come back to LA on my own term and on my own timetable. It just can't be rushed. I couldn't handle going back right now. Because honestly right now. It hurts, Dixon. It burns inside of me!" she sobbed, finally breaking down
"And I can't handle it right now. And if I continued to work for you, I would put everyone around me in danger. Eventually I would hate everything that has to do with this job including you. And I just don't want to do anything right now." Tears slipped down her face quietly she seemed to have calmed down.
"Take care of yourself. Please be careful. And don't forget that I'll always have your back." She finished wiping the tears off her cheeks. The screen flickered black.
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The next person was Marshall. His fingers slipping automatically over the keyboard giving him access to his file.
She smiled right away as soon as the camera recorded. "Marshall, I just wanted to thank you for being who you are. Don't you ever doubt yourself. You are a good person who deserves nothing but the best the world has to give. I'm so glad that you have a good future ahead of you."
She paused and went on to happier things "I wanted to wish you the best for your child. And I get the feeling that Carrie is going to change her mind about some things. I didn't say anything." she smiled at him and began to laugh.
"Marshall I hope my programmer gave you somewhat of a challenge because you haven't had one in a while. At least none that I have heard of." she paused
"Well I just wanted to say thank you for everything. You are a truly an amazing person. Thank you for your friendship. Please pass my love along to Carrie. Bye Marshall." and that was it.
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(a/n I have decided not to show Weiss' message. The chapter would be too much to write.)
The last person was Vaughn. He slipped into the closest seat and booted up the computer. He typed all the appropriate passwords and gained access to the file.
Sydney's image appeared on the screen. Vaughn allowed his fingers to trace her face on the screen. He took a deep breath and listened to what Sydney had left for him.
"I wasn't going to leave you anything." she looked down into her lap as if she was being scolded for what she had done to Vaughn. She paused and suddenly she seemed to regain her resolve why he didn't want to leave him anything.
"It's not like you have tried to at least be my friend. But you have continually pushed me away. You have flaunted your marriage with Lauren in front of me for too long." she almost yelled at the camera.
She took a deep breath and continued. "But I have come to realize that it doesn't matter what happened in the past couple of months. It matters to me who you have been for me the entire time I have known you. Right now, you might be Lauren's Michael. But underneath, you will always be my Vaughn." she finished softly and tear began to fall from her eyes.
"You will always be the guy who told be he had a instinct about me. And thought I didn't have a dentist for some God forsaken reason. You will always be my guardian angel. You will always be the guy at the pier stated the obvious. The person I cried to when I couldn't see the light at the end of the tunnel. You will always be the person I turned to when there was no one else there for me. Part of me will always look at warehouses differently and I will always think of you. You will always be the guy who almost died because he wanted to help me save my nosy friend. You will always be the guy who broke into the Vatican with me even though your family is so deeply religious. It actually makes me feel bad for asking you to come with me." she paused at looked fully into the camera. Her brown eyes staring at Vaughn, in such a way, that he had to remember the things he did with her.
"You're that guy that I have saved countless times. But at the end of the day it always feels like you saved me. You're the guy who tells his feeling for me through a memory of his father. And honestly I still can't comprehend how you could look at me and not see my mother. You're the only person I know that can do that. You are that guy that I literally couldn't keep my hands off after the SD-6 raid." She smiled as she recalled that memory "And for the record coming home with you was my favourite part."
"And even after two years, you are still that guy whose smile made me just a little weak in the knees. And after saying that you didn't regret moving on you are still that guy who said that some things change and some things don't." she smiled but the tears began to fall faster down her face.
"What I'm trying to say here Vaughn is that I know that guy is somewhere still in you. And I just wanted to let him know that I love him. And I just wanted to tell him that I'll love him for the rest of my life." she bit her lip like she didn't know what else to say. Her eyes looked into the camera and for a split second it was like she was in front of him. Her eyes searching him for a trace of the man she used to love.
He wanted to yell at her "I'm here. I have always been right here." But that would be a lie. Sydney o not fall in love with the man he was today. That man would have never left her alone. Vaughn was left wondering who he should be. The Michael Lauren was accustomed to or the Vaughn Sydney knew. He barely even heard the end of Sydney message.
"I guess...I'll just see you when I see you Michael Vaughn." She spoke softly and turned off the camera.
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(a/n: The timeline for my story and the timeline for the show doesn't match...but I didn't realize it until about now...as I write this so forgive the timeline errors.)
But it was only a couple of hours before another matter came up with. There was a bomb. And Vaughn was assigned to retrieve it. But there was a problem when Vaughn got there.
When he arrived at the location, no one was there guarding the bomb. He crossed it off to luck. He went closer to the bomb and saw exactly why there had been no guards. The bomb had already been engaged. He told base ops and there was less than a minute left when Marshall finally figured out what bomb it was and how to disarm it. Marshall walked him through the steps to disable the bomb. He disabled the bomb with five seconds to spare. Vaughn was so concentrated on the bomb that he didn't even notice a second presence in the room. All he remembered was a blow to the back of his head and he fell unconscious.
But what he didn't hear was Sark saying "I didn't expect to see you so soon Mr. Vaughn but now is as good as a time as any."
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A/n: yes I have updated.... I hope you like it as more now. This was supposed to be two chapters but honestly it was just easier to make it one. So I hope you all had fun with the longest chapter I'm probably ever going to write.....haha....review please!!
Chapter 4-Vaughn: recordings and missions
By: mystic_blue17
Rating: Pg-13
Summary: Sydney decides it time to leave and it has repercussions .....
Discalimer: I don't own anything and im making no profit from this.
A/n for this chapter let's assume that everything has happened in episode 12-14 but without Sydney. Vaughn was captured in North Korea with another (nameless) agent. They got Lisenker and the Doleac agenda. And we can assume that things with Lauren didn't change at all.
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When the post card came back from analyse, it was confirmed that it was Sydney who wrote it. It also confirmed the suspicion that Sydney had indeed left the CIA.
It was hard after that. Jack was mad at everyone for a while. And when they finally tracked down her car through her GPS signal, they found out that she tagged it to someone else. It was disheartening for everyone who knew Sydney. But at the same time, part of them was glad. They were glad that Sydney is finally getting a break from the intelligence community. It would have been better if she told them, that's all.
Vaughn walked around in a daze for weeks. He let her walk away from him again. He didn't fight it either. He saw that she was in pain but he didn't do anything to make it better. In fact, he went out of his way to stay away from her. It was regret that was killing him.
But as always with the CIA things came up. Missions that had to be completed were usually done by Vaughn.
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Vaughn was out with Weiss when he heard the news from one of his friends. He friend was from out of town. He didn't really come around to LA often so when he did they went for drinks. He started by telling them about what he had been doing for the last couple months.
"Yeah, so I went back to the Farm to pass along this message between to people. And my old pal, he comes to me and he tells me. "Man, you have to hear this story." So I went with him and I followed them into one of the lecture rooms. You remember what they look like right?" they nodded "Well I'm there just in time to hear the most unbelievable story. It a good story yes but it is actually not believable. So I'm listening to the old agent speaing and he starts talking about emotional attachments. And I swear to God, I almost left the room. But my buddy told me I just had to hear this story. So I'm listening and I'm listening. And the story goes like this."
"There was this agent and this handler. A guy and a girl, of course. So the girl is working undercover and they fall in love. Yay! It's not anything that hasn't happened before." he glances at Weis.
He nods because it true. When you're are working with someone in the conditions that you do in this line of work. You see a side of people that can astound you and make you believe that it is love. But most of those kinds of loves don't last. That was the reason was Weiss was a little sceptical about Sydney's and Vaughn's relationship. Honestly he had to admit after all that things between them seemed very real.
"So they bring down the bad guys. It 's over and they live happily ever after. Not really. These two people don't seem to get a break because the guy was taken. He was missing for a long time. He finally come back and he found out that she was married to some other guy....I mean how twisted is that?"
Vaughn and Weiss looked at each other. That was Sydney and Michael's story. Some details were changed but essentially it was the same.
"Are you sure you aren't too drunk man?" asked Vaughn with an uneasy smile on his face.
"No. Seriously, Mike they told that story at the Farm. Crazy, isn't it?" he asked.
"Yeah. Weird" replied Vaughn will a faraway tone to his voice.
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The next day Vaughn was on a plane to Langley and he was going to straighten out the whole thing. His friends might have had something to drink but he wasn't drunk enough to make up that story. When he got there he arranged for transport that got him to the Farm. And when he finally got there he was mad.
He talked to the man in charge and asked him about the story posing as if he didn't know it was for real. The conversation went like this.
"So I heard about this story you people cooked up to discourage the rookies from emotional attachment. Is it for real? This was someone's life experiences."
"No, actually Agent I can't answer that for you."
"Oh you better damn well tell me where you heard that. Because that story is my life experiences. I came here with the intention of doing those the quiet way but if I have to I will tear this place up." Vaughn said angrily.
"What that's was you? I didn't know it was a real story. I'm sorry Agent..."
"Vaughn. My name is Michael Vaughn."
"Well, Agent Vaughn I don't exactly know what to do. That is a good example. But I will grant you time with the class to tell them the real version of the story if you want."
"Sir, that wasn't what I planned for..."
"Well you want to correct it right? So this is how you do it."
So Vaughn did, he corrected he story as best as he could. He even got the Farm to stop telling it to the rookies. And they were so impress that they offered Vaughn a small side job as a trainer. He was really part time. He would fly up to the Farm once a month and lecture people for about a week. Then he would fly back to LA. It was a pretty good job and it helped pay the bills so he accepted it. So once a month he would go to the farm that is if he wasn't on a mission.
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He was called into JTF at around eleven o'clock on a Saturday about a week later. He went into the briefing room and found that they were waiting for him. He nodded everyone in acknowledgement as he slipped into the closest seat, which was next to Weiss.
"Now that everyone is here, we can begin. About half an hour ago, we received a package from Kendall." Filled in Dixon. "When we opened it we found a disk. We had Marshall work on it. The only problem is that it is in code. All we can see is binary code. But we can interpret the code and the first thing we got was this. " He finished speaking and gestured to Marshall. Marshall then started to type away on his computer.
(a/n binary code is just zeros and ones that make up the computer language.)
The screen blinked from the mandatory CIA screensaver into a video screen. The image was focused and it turned into Sydney.
Vaughn took a shaky breath. There she was alive and in one piece. Sydney was looking at the camera talking; it took him a second to hear what she was saying.
"I sent this to you because I knew you would get this to them. As you have doubt heard, I have taken a leave of absence, to put things lightly. I wanted to say, thank you. You told me what happened and I don't think I'll be able to repay you for that. On the disk you will find files, which have been label for the corresponding recipient. Thank you Kendal for everything. Please pass this along to LA as soon as you are finished." She pause and stepped out of the camera view and the video blinked out to nothing again.
"Marshall, what can you come up with?" asked Weiss.
"From what I can see, "he said scanning the binary code. "About four. Just give me one second and I should be able to crack the code."
The group stared awkwardly at each other as Marshall finished hacking into the disk.
"There is it. All done, hacking or as best as I can with this computer. Wow. Whoever Syd got to do the coding is impressive. I mean not as good as me but... as you know not many people are but we should look into hiring them." he paused when he saw the look on their faces "umm... there is file here for Mr. Bristow, Agent Weiss, Dixon, myself. Wait, that can't be right. I must be missing something." he said as he read the names of the files. He looked up at Vaughn.
"No don't worry. I'll leave you to it." He said as he got up out of his chair.
"There it is! Sorry there is a file for you Vaughn. It was just closer to the end. It looks like it was done last minute." He said with an apologetic look on his face. "Who would is going first?"
"I have a meeting with the NSC. I'll see mine later." Said Weiss and shortly after that he left the room and brushed past Vaughn would was still standing by the door.
"Jack would you like to go first?" asked Dixon out of respect to the older man.
"Yes, actually I would." he replied.
Marshall started the program up and everyone left the room.
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He was surrounded by the sound of Sydney voice as the video started up.
She smiled into the camera and began. "Daddy. I'm sorry it took me so long to get this message out to you but I've been busy. Hopefully busy enough that you can't find me right now. Daddy I'm so sorry it had to happen." She paused as she began to cry.
"I set my goal to find out what happened to me. I did it. And now I can't be near the CIA right now. For now I have to figure out what to do with myself. I have to pull myself together. It was always the plan to leave the CIA. But I never thought I would leave like this. But I felt like this is the only way. Please forgive me Daddy. I just need to do this." She smiled through her tears
"I love you dad. I'm so proud that I'm your daughter." she sniffed and smiled a genuine dimpled smile to him. She softly spoke "Bye Daddy." And with that the video blinked into black.
With no one in the room, a single tear streaked down Jack Bristow's face.
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The next person was Dixon. He settled down a chair and followed Marshall's direction to get to his file.
Sydney's face appeared on his screen. Her eyes looked into the camera, she smiled as if she felt his concern for her."Dixon. I don't know what to say so I'm just going to drive in there. You are my partner. I will always trust you. But after finding out about the last two years of my life, I don't think I could ever feel right again if I was forced to work in the CIA."
She paused and tried to keep her composure even though she was failing. "I need to come back to LA on my own term and on my own timetable. It just can't be rushed. I couldn't handle going back right now. Because honestly right now. It hurts, Dixon. It burns inside of me!" she sobbed, finally breaking down
"And I can't handle it right now. And if I continued to work for you, I would put everyone around me in danger. Eventually I would hate everything that has to do with this job including you. And I just don't want to do anything right now." Tears slipped down her face quietly she seemed to have calmed down.
"Take care of yourself. Please be careful. And don't forget that I'll always have your back." She finished wiping the tears off her cheeks. The screen flickered black.
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The next person was Marshall. His fingers slipping automatically over the keyboard giving him access to his file.
She smiled right away as soon as the camera recorded. "Marshall, I just wanted to thank you for being who you are. Don't you ever doubt yourself. You are a good person who deserves nothing but the best the world has to give. I'm so glad that you have a good future ahead of you."
She paused and went on to happier things "I wanted to wish you the best for your child. And I get the feeling that Carrie is going to change her mind about some things. I didn't say anything." she smiled at him and began to laugh.
"Marshall I hope my programmer gave you somewhat of a challenge because you haven't had one in a while. At least none that I have heard of." she paused
"Well I just wanted to say thank you for everything. You are a truly an amazing person. Thank you for your friendship. Please pass my love along to Carrie. Bye Marshall." and that was it.
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(a/n I have decided not to show Weiss' message. The chapter would be too much to write.)
The last person was Vaughn. He slipped into the closest seat and booted up the computer. He typed all the appropriate passwords and gained access to the file.
Sydney's image appeared on the screen. Vaughn allowed his fingers to trace her face on the screen. He took a deep breath and listened to what Sydney had left for him.
"I wasn't going to leave you anything." she looked down into her lap as if she was being scolded for what she had done to Vaughn. She paused and suddenly she seemed to regain her resolve why he didn't want to leave him anything.
"It's not like you have tried to at least be my friend. But you have continually pushed me away. You have flaunted your marriage with Lauren in front of me for too long." she almost yelled at the camera.
She took a deep breath and continued. "But I have come to realize that it doesn't matter what happened in the past couple of months. It matters to me who you have been for me the entire time I have known you. Right now, you might be Lauren's Michael. But underneath, you will always be my Vaughn." she finished softly and tear began to fall from her eyes.
"You will always be the guy who told be he had a instinct about me. And thought I didn't have a dentist for some God forsaken reason. You will always be my guardian angel. You will always be the guy at the pier stated the obvious. The person I cried to when I couldn't see the light at the end of the tunnel. You will always be the person I turned to when there was no one else there for me. Part of me will always look at warehouses differently and I will always think of you. You will always be the guy who almost died because he wanted to help me save my nosy friend. You will always be the guy who broke into the Vatican with me even though your family is so deeply religious. It actually makes me feel bad for asking you to come with me." she paused at looked fully into the camera. Her brown eyes staring at Vaughn, in such a way, that he had to remember the things he did with her.
"You're that guy that I have saved countless times. But at the end of the day it always feels like you saved me. You're the guy who tells his feeling for me through a memory of his father. And honestly I still can't comprehend how you could look at me and not see my mother. You're the only person I know that can do that. You are that guy that I literally couldn't keep my hands off after the SD-6 raid." She smiled as she recalled that memory "And for the record coming home with you was my favourite part."
"And even after two years, you are still that guy whose smile made me just a little weak in the knees. And after saying that you didn't regret moving on you are still that guy who said that some things change and some things don't." she smiled but the tears began to fall faster down her face.
"What I'm trying to say here Vaughn is that I know that guy is somewhere still in you. And I just wanted to let him know that I love him. And I just wanted to tell him that I'll love him for the rest of my life." she bit her lip like she didn't know what else to say. Her eyes looked into the camera and for a split second it was like she was in front of him. Her eyes searching him for a trace of the man she used to love.
He wanted to yell at her "I'm here. I have always been right here." But that would be a lie. Sydney o not fall in love with the man he was today. That man would have never left her alone. Vaughn was left wondering who he should be. The Michael Lauren was accustomed to or the Vaughn Sydney knew. He barely even heard the end of Sydney message.
"I guess...I'll just see you when I see you Michael Vaughn." She spoke softly and turned off the camera.
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(a/n: The timeline for my story and the timeline for the show doesn't match...but I didn't realize it until about now...as I write this so forgive the timeline errors.)
But it was only a couple of hours before another matter came up with. There was a bomb. And Vaughn was assigned to retrieve it. But there was a problem when Vaughn got there.
When he arrived at the location, no one was there guarding the bomb. He crossed it off to luck. He went closer to the bomb and saw exactly why there had been no guards. The bomb had already been engaged. He told base ops and there was less than a minute left when Marshall finally figured out what bomb it was and how to disarm it. Marshall walked him through the steps to disable the bomb. He disabled the bomb with five seconds to spare. Vaughn was so concentrated on the bomb that he didn't even notice a second presence in the room. All he remembered was a blow to the back of his head and he fell unconscious.
But what he didn't hear was Sark saying "I didn't expect to see you so soon Mr. Vaughn but now is as good as a time as any."
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A/n: yes I have updated.... I hope you like it as more now. This was supposed to be two chapters but honestly it was just easier to make it one. So I hope you all had fun with the longest chapter I'm probably ever going to write.....haha....review please!!