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one? I only own Melanie and Snake
The day couldn't have been worse for Vaughn. Not only did Dixon want him to pick up his ex-wife, but he had to listen to her ramble on about how if they hadn't given up none of this would've happened. It wasn't that he didn't love Sydney anymore; he did. But she was blind to the fact that he had never given up on Melanie. The CIA had given up. She didn't know that he had started his own investigation on her disappearance and had even killed a man to get some info, although, as it turned out, it wasn't the best move on his part. Luckily Sydney hadn't stayed on the subject of Melanie too long.
"So, is everyone still at the CIA?" she asked, staring out the window.
"Yeah. Everyone's still there. Well, except Lauren obviously. Carrie just had a baby." Vaughn told her.
"Yeah? Boy or girl?" Sydney asked.
"Boy. His name's Matt." Vaughn replied, trying to stay on Sydney's good side. "Bet Mitchell's happy." Sydney said.
"He is." Vaughn said and they remained silent until they got to the parking lot of the CIA headquarters. Sydney got out quickly and started walking towards the entrance without Vaughn. He gave an exasperated sigh as he got out of his car, locked it, and followed Sydney inside the building. She was heading for the elevators and walked inside one that was empty except for a CIA analyst.
Sydney was the first one out of the elevator. She was greeted by everyone except Jack, who Vaughn knew, wanted to welcome her in private. Vaughn rubbed his eyes and sat down at his desk, staring at a picture of a three-year-old Melanie sitting on top of Vaughn's shoulders at the park, smiling widely. Sydney was standing next to them, her arm around his waist. Vaughn smiled, wishing that life was still here. Now all he had to show for it was an empty apartment, and a chocolate lab, Hershey. He opened the file he had bought from a retired Covenant agent two weeks ago. It had updates on where Lauren Reed had been the past month, but it turned out to be useless. He might as well have been trying to find the tooth fairy, but he knew for his benefit, and Sydney's as well, that keeping the investigation open would increase their chances of finding Melanie and continue their lives instead of keeping it paused.
"Vaughn, debriefing in two minutes." Weiss said. Vaughn took no notice of him. He put the file back on his desk and watched as Sydney hugged Jack. He said something to her, which made her nod, and then they both looked at him briefly before turning back. He stood up and went to the debriefing room and sat at his usual seat. When everyone had assembled, Dixon stood up.
"First off, I'd like to take this time to welcome Agent Bristow back to the agency. We're honored to have her back." He said.
"I'm not back Dixon. Agent Vaughn informed me that you had new details in the disappearance of my daughter." Sydney said in the voice that she used when she got angry.
"Yes, that is true. But this isn't just some information. It could require missions, and quite some time here. If you want to stay informed than I suggest you learn your way around here once more, so again I'll say, welcome back Agent Bristow." Dixon said. Everyone looked at him in surprise. He had never spoken so bitterly to anyone like that except Sloane back in 2004. Vaughn glanced at Sydney. She looked too distracted to notice, but no one was in the mood to say anything.
Dixon continued. "As you all know, we apprehended Sark yesterday, and when he was being interrogated, he mentioned the name Melanie. He refused to give us any information, which tells me he's just messing with us, but just to be sure, we will be interrogating him and use any means necessary to get him to talk. Jack, I'm putting you in charge of that." Dixon said. Jack nodded, keeping his poker face intact.
"When we get a lead, you all will be informed. I'm having every available agent put on this case not only because it could lead us to the end of the Covenant, along with the arrest of Lauren Reed, but it'll bring us to a final conclusion on the whereabouts of Melanie Bristow." Dixon said.
"Uh, excuse me Director Dixon, I'd like to say something...like your tie by the way did you get that at Sears because I was thinking about getting one-"Marshall rambled, but Dixon cut him off.
"What is it Marshall?" he asked in the tone of voice Sloane always had with him.
"Oh! Yes of course. What makes everyone so sure that Melanie is with Miss Reed and the Covenant?" he asked, looking everyone in the eye, but no one made any notice of him.
"Based on our intelligence, it was more than likely she is with the Covenant, which is just another reason we need to bring them down. They have caused too many people too much pain." He said, looking at Sydney when he said this.
Everyone was silent until Dixon dismissed them. Jack immediately went towards Sark's cell and everyone else sat at their desks. Vaughn tried avoiding Sydney but didn't have to work hard at it. She went to Marshall. Without thinking Vaughn took out the letter he wrote but never sent to Sydney a year ago. He had been planning on sending it to her the day the divorce was final, but never had the heart to send it. The state of mind she had been in during the divorce hadn't been something to take lightly. She had barely been able to handle the pressure of then. She didn't need to read a letter that basically discussed all the faults they had together, and how she had it all wrong about him and the CIA, but he had decided against sending it when he had seen the look on her face the day before the divorce hearing. She looked like she had taken every illegal drug on the face of the earth. She hadn't been a state of mind to drive, which made sense because she had knocked over a house's mailbox, and broke a fire hydrant.
And now he took it out again, and kept looking from the letter to Sydney, deciding whether or not to give it to her. God knew she needed to hear what was in it. So before he could stop himself, he stood up and walked to where Sydney was standing with Marshall, talking about Mitchell and Matt. They both looked up at Vaughn when he came into their line of vision.
"Hey Vaughn, just telling Sydney about Mitchell's first time on a roller coaster. Now that was a thing to see." He said. Sydney was trying to conceal a grin, which made her look even more beautiful than she already was. "I'm sure it was Marshall. "Syd, I wanted to give this to you." He said, and before he could stop himself, gave Sydney the letter that he thought, may make her change her mind about what she had believed for too long now. He went back to sit at his desk, and had only been there for two minutes when Sydney came up and slapped him in the face. Vaughn looked at her incredulously.
"That's for lying to me, saying you care about Melanie. I know Dixon and everyone else here is trying to make me think that they're trying to find Melanie, that they want to help me and bring my daughter back to me, but I expected more from you. How dare you come up to me, and blame me for what you did you sick son of a bitch." She said to him. But Vaughn didn't see anger in her face. Only disappointment. And with that, she turned, and walked out of the office.
A/N: Like it? Hate it? PLEASE review!! If you have any suggestions, or advice for me, I'll try my best to make them work. But I can't write the story without you guys so review please!
The day couldn't have been worse for Vaughn. Not only did Dixon want him to pick up his ex-wife, but he had to listen to her ramble on about how if they hadn't given up none of this would've happened. It wasn't that he didn't love Sydney anymore; he did. But she was blind to the fact that he had never given up on Melanie. The CIA had given up. She didn't know that he had started his own investigation on her disappearance and had even killed a man to get some info, although, as it turned out, it wasn't the best move on his part. Luckily Sydney hadn't stayed on the subject of Melanie too long.
"So, is everyone still at the CIA?" she asked, staring out the window.
"Yeah. Everyone's still there. Well, except Lauren obviously. Carrie just had a baby." Vaughn told her.
"Yeah? Boy or girl?" Sydney asked.
"Boy. His name's Matt." Vaughn replied, trying to stay on Sydney's good side. "Bet Mitchell's happy." Sydney said.
"He is." Vaughn said and they remained silent until they got to the parking lot of the CIA headquarters. Sydney got out quickly and started walking towards the entrance without Vaughn. He gave an exasperated sigh as he got out of his car, locked it, and followed Sydney inside the building. She was heading for the elevators and walked inside one that was empty except for a CIA analyst.
Sydney was the first one out of the elevator. She was greeted by everyone except Jack, who Vaughn knew, wanted to welcome her in private. Vaughn rubbed his eyes and sat down at his desk, staring at a picture of a three-year-old Melanie sitting on top of Vaughn's shoulders at the park, smiling widely. Sydney was standing next to them, her arm around his waist. Vaughn smiled, wishing that life was still here. Now all he had to show for it was an empty apartment, and a chocolate lab, Hershey. He opened the file he had bought from a retired Covenant agent two weeks ago. It had updates on where Lauren Reed had been the past month, but it turned out to be useless. He might as well have been trying to find the tooth fairy, but he knew for his benefit, and Sydney's as well, that keeping the investigation open would increase their chances of finding Melanie and continue their lives instead of keeping it paused.
"Vaughn, debriefing in two minutes." Weiss said. Vaughn took no notice of him. He put the file back on his desk and watched as Sydney hugged Jack. He said something to her, which made her nod, and then they both looked at him briefly before turning back. He stood up and went to the debriefing room and sat at his usual seat. When everyone had assembled, Dixon stood up.
"First off, I'd like to take this time to welcome Agent Bristow back to the agency. We're honored to have her back." He said.
"I'm not back Dixon. Agent Vaughn informed me that you had new details in the disappearance of my daughter." Sydney said in the voice that she used when she got angry.
"Yes, that is true. But this isn't just some information. It could require missions, and quite some time here. If you want to stay informed than I suggest you learn your way around here once more, so again I'll say, welcome back Agent Bristow." Dixon said. Everyone looked at him in surprise. He had never spoken so bitterly to anyone like that except Sloane back in 2004. Vaughn glanced at Sydney. She looked too distracted to notice, but no one was in the mood to say anything.
Dixon continued. "As you all know, we apprehended Sark yesterday, and when he was being interrogated, he mentioned the name Melanie. He refused to give us any information, which tells me he's just messing with us, but just to be sure, we will be interrogating him and use any means necessary to get him to talk. Jack, I'm putting you in charge of that." Dixon said. Jack nodded, keeping his poker face intact.
"When we get a lead, you all will be informed. I'm having every available agent put on this case not only because it could lead us to the end of the Covenant, along with the arrest of Lauren Reed, but it'll bring us to a final conclusion on the whereabouts of Melanie Bristow." Dixon said.
"Uh, excuse me Director Dixon, I'd like to say something...like your tie by the way did you get that at Sears because I was thinking about getting one-"Marshall rambled, but Dixon cut him off.
"What is it Marshall?" he asked in the tone of voice Sloane always had with him.
"Oh! Yes of course. What makes everyone so sure that Melanie is with Miss Reed and the Covenant?" he asked, looking everyone in the eye, but no one made any notice of him.
"Based on our intelligence, it was more than likely she is with the Covenant, which is just another reason we need to bring them down. They have caused too many people too much pain." He said, looking at Sydney when he said this.
Everyone was silent until Dixon dismissed them. Jack immediately went towards Sark's cell and everyone else sat at their desks. Vaughn tried avoiding Sydney but didn't have to work hard at it. She went to Marshall. Without thinking Vaughn took out the letter he wrote but never sent to Sydney a year ago. He had been planning on sending it to her the day the divorce was final, but never had the heart to send it. The state of mind she had been in during the divorce hadn't been something to take lightly. She had barely been able to handle the pressure of then. She didn't need to read a letter that basically discussed all the faults they had together, and how she had it all wrong about him and the CIA, but he had decided against sending it when he had seen the look on her face the day before the divorce hearing. She looked like she had taken every illegal drug on the face of the earth. She hadn't been a state of mind to drive, which made sense because she had knocked over a house's mailbox, and broke a fire hydrant.
And now he took it out again, and kept looking from the letter to Sydney, deciding whether or not to give it to her. God knew she needed to hear what was in it. So before he could stop himself, he stood up and walked to where Sydney was standing with Marshall, talking about Mitchell and Matt. They both looked up at Vaughn when he came into their line of vision.
"Hey Vaughn, just telling Sydney about Mitchell's first time on a roller coaster. Now that was a thing to see." He said. Sydney was trying to conceal a grin, which made her look even more beautiful than she already was. "I'm sure it was Marshall. "Syd, I wanted to give this to you." He said, and before he could stop himself, gave Sydney the letter that he thought, may make her change her mind about what she had believed for too long now. He went back to sit at his desk, and had only been there for two minutes when Sydney came up and slapped him in the face. Vaughn looked at her incredulously.
"That's for lying to me, saying you care about Melanie. I know Dixon and everyone else here is trying to make me think that they're trying to find Melanie, that they want to help me and bring my daughter back to me, but I expected more from you. How dare you come up to me, and blame me for what you did you sick son of a bitch." She said to him. But Vaughn didn't see anger in her face. Only disappointment. And with that, she turned, and walked out of the office.
A/N: Like it? Hate it? PLEASE review!! If you have any suggestions, or advice for me, I'll try my best to make them work. But I can't write the story without you guys so review please!