Sorry for not posting this chapter sooner, I was away for holidays for 3 weeks. And to answer to your questions, if there is mistakes it's because I'm French so I'm fluent in French.

Chapter four

After his conversation with Sydney, Vaughn went to his office. He was looking at a picture of the two of them. It was taken on his birthday. It was at that moment that Jack walked in, closing the door behind him.

"Jack?!?" Vaughn said, surprised as he put the picture in his pocket.

"I came to tell you that everything my daughter said is true. But if you ever report the conversation you had to Devlin or anyone else, believe me, you won't grow old. Is that clear?"

"Why are you doing this?"

"I'm just protecting my family."

"This is my family too," he almost cried.

"I wouldn't be so sure."

"Why are you saying that?"

"Because you never met your daughter, and as far as I know, you and Sydney never shared a home, or raised Michelle together. So don't try to pretend..."

"I'm her father, whether you want it or not. It's true that I wasn't there to raise her, but who's fault is that?"

"Don't you dare to blame my daughter for what she did."

"How can you defend her after all she did?"

"You can't understand, what it's like to have people looking for your child just because some crazy man wrote that she is supposed to reveal all his work. You don't know what it's like to have to look over your shoulder instead of playing with your daughter. And you certainly don't know what it's like to be scared to death because you are not sure if you're going to see your daughter after school."

Vaughn looked at Jack, and for the first time he realized that the older man was afraid, not for him, but for Michelle. He also realized why Sydney was so scared when they heard the tapes. Now the whole Agency was aware of the existence of his daughter and thus of the existence of the woman in Rambaldi's prophecy. Which meant only one thing, that she was in more danger than ever.

"So what are we going to do?"

"We?" Jack asked.

"Yes, you heard me right. I want to help you protect my daughter."

"Why would you do such a thing?"

"Because one day I want to meet her, and in order to do that I have to protect her. It's my duty as a father."

"Okay, but if you ever fail or hurt Michelle and Sydney, you can believe me, I'll kill you."

"Don't worry, I have no intention of doing that."

"Good, then you have to understand that what we're about to do, is going against CIA protocol. So if the Agency ever learns about it, we will be taken into custody."

"I know and I don't care."

"If everything is okay, then met me at this address tonight at nine. Be sure that you're not followed."

Before Vaughn could answer, Jack walked out of the office. A few minutes later, as Jack was reading a file, Weiss came to see him.

"So?"

"He's in. He's meeting us at 9 tonight."

"Sydney is not going to be happy about this and you know it."

"Yeah, but we can't do anything else. Plus it's also his daughter."

"I know. I've to go."

"Okay. And I have to talk to Sydney."

"Good luck then," he said before walking away.

"I'm going to need more than luck," Jack thought as he put the file on the desk.