Ok, here's my 10th chapter. Sorry it took so long to post. I've been really busy lately, with SATs and school, and just other crap. I've also had a bit of writer's block. I hope you'll like this chapter. I'm not sure if I do, but it's ok. Please RR. It is greatly appreciated. Well I hope you all had a nice president's week.

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Vaughn running toward them with his gun drawn. He begins shooting at Sark, not caring if he hits any civilians or even Syd. All he can think about it is that Sark is there to hurt her. He followed her after their little argument after work, and saw that Sark was in her apartment. He followed her here with them, and waited until the time was right to strike. He was going to bring in Sark to CIA custody once again. He wanted this guy in prison for life, or even better dead. Vaughn had tranquilizer darts in his gun and fired them at Sark. Unfortunately, Sark could not avoid him and was hit on his right shoulder and immediately crumbled to the ground unconscious.

"VAUGHN! What the hell are you doing? There are innocent people here, what if you hurt them? And why did you shoot Sark?" Syd screamed at Vaughn.

"Syd, do you know who you are talking to and having dinner with? This is one of the men that's on the CIA's most wanted list. He is a terrorist. You shouldn't trust him." Vaughn yelled back.

All Syd could do was fight Vaughn. But Vaughn was easily to block all of her punches and kicks. After a while of fighting between them, Vaughn won, and knocked Syd out. He felt bad about doing that because he loved her, but didn't know what else to do because she might be under Sark's influence by now. So he decided to take her back to CIA headquarters and tell Dixon.

He put Sark's body in the trunk, and Syd's in his backseat. He drove off to the CIA feeling little remorse for what he had done, but for mainly knocking out Sydney. He reached the CIA, first carried Syd's body inside and sat her down in a chair.

Dixon saw all of this, and came out of his office yelling. "What happened Vaughn?! Who did this to her?"

"One sec..guess who I got tonight. He sure is losing his touch. Sark and Syd were having dinner at a restaurant down town. I followed Syd from work and saw Sark in her apartment, when after them," Vaughn said going to get Sark now.

Dixon didn't know what to think. This was very out of character of Vaughn, he has been acting very strange lately. He thought it was just an argument between him and Lauren. Obviously, that isn't it. Dixon knew it had to do something with Sydney.

Maybe he hasn't gotten over his feelings for Sydney. But it's been awhile...what is wrong with him??? Vaughn is hiding something, but I just can't place it. What can it be? This is not like him, how can he still have feelings for Sydney???

Vaughn was at his car going to get Sark out. He takes out his cell and dials. A mysterious voice comes from the other end.

"Did you succeed?"

"Yes. Phase one is complete," Vaughn said looking around him.

"Good, proceed with phase two." *Click*

Vaughn put his cell away and continued to get Sark out of the trunk, and brought him inside.

24 hrs. before

Vaughn is in a dark, crowded club. The only source of light are the occasional strobe lights or multicolor lights. The music is pumping, and Vaughn is sitting at the bar drinking a simple Coors Light. Several inebriated women come up to him and try to bring him home with them. He simply declines. They go away all upset and just drown themselves in more alcohol. Vaughn checks his watch and see's it's 12:30.

He's late. Vaughn is getting a little annoyed. He's supposed to meet a prominent member from the Fellowship to discuss his next mission inside of the CIA. Vaughn has had enough of this CIA crap, and wants to get out of it. He hasn't had anything to enjoy ever since Syd came back from her disappearance five years ago. His life with Lauren is slowly deteriorating ever since Vaughn found out about Sydney coming back, and since they have a child, little three year old McKenzie. He loves her dearly, and wishes that this weren't the only way to get out of the CIA. He came in contact with the Fellowship two years ago. He always loved Lauren, but just not as much as he loved Syd. Sydney was his first true love, and ever since her vanishing act, he has not been the same. As a man of strong morals, he could not just divorce Lauren, and run to Sydney. Sydney wouldn't let him do that either. He was stuck, and he felt bad for lying to Lauren all these years. But now, maybe he can break away from this lie and go after Syd once again. Everything he plans to do is for Sydney. Only for her, it always was for her.

A stranger in a black appears next to Vaughn. He has a black trenchcoat, with black slacks, and sunglasses. Why he has sunglasses in an already dark room? We'll never know.(Think Neo from Matrix).

"Hello, Mr. Vaughn." The mysterious guest looking all around him. "Let's get straight down to business. You are to place this tracker on Agent Bristow," handing Vaughn a highly miniscule, what looked like a piece of dust, tracker, "This is a digestible tracker, just slip it into her coffee or something and it will maneuver itself so it sticks to the inside of her esophagus. It's so small that she won't feel anything. It sends off a very strong signal, and cannot be interfered with by any scrambler because it's on a restricted line."

"Is that it?" Vaughn questions.

"No, we just received information that Mr. Sark is on the move for the first time in a long time. He is currently in L.A., but we cannot pin point his exact location yet. It will only be a matter of time because we believe he will be contacting Sydney Bristow. We don't know why though. You are to follow Bristow 24/7, and watch if Sark comes in contact with her. Use this tranquilizer gun to take out Sark, but keep Bristow safe," as he transfers the gun from his coat to Vaughn so no one sees it. "Bring Sark to CIA custody; we know they've been on the hunt for him a while. After Sark has stayed in imprisonment for a week, create an escape plan for him. Don't let anyone know this. You will place another tracker on him and see where he goes, and who his contacts are. Once you find who his contacts are, eliminate them. We will then be able to find out what Sark is hiding from the world." The enigmatic visitor concluded.

"Ok, I will not fail."

"Good because if you do you will be the one that is eliminated." With that the furtive man leaves as quickly as he came.

6 hours later

Vaughn knows that Sydney always comes to work at 5:30. He decides to go in then and plant the tracer on her. He walks into the office with two coffees in his hand. He knows exactly how Sydney liked her coffee. Black. He didn't understand how someone like her could like her coffee "untouched." Anyway, he saw Syd sitting at her desk with her head buried in her paperwork and her brow furrowed. He walks up to her, tries to put on his best smile, and hands sets the coffee down in front of her. "I thought you could use this."

Sydney looks up, sees Vaughn smiling down at her, and smiles back, but is secretly thinking. What the heck is Vaughn doing? He hasn't made any kind of kind gesture, or any gesture at all to me. Ever since a year after I came back. We never tried to talk to each other, we just drifted apart. "Thank you." Offering her best smile at him. She willingly takes a sip of her coffee, not realizing it's "laced" with a tracer. The coffee felt good once it hit her blood stream. She immediately felt a jolt and was wide-awake.

"Um...how are you and Lauren, and as well McKenzie? Not keeping you up too much?" Syd asked, not knowing what to talk about. This was definitely a situation she wished she wasn't in. It was undeniably awkward for her, since they haven't talked in a long, long time.

*Hahaha* Vaughn letting out a very forced laugh. This was incredibly awkward for him. He didn't know what to say at all. If it were back to how it was, he would not be able to stop talking to her. Oh, how much he still loved her. He felt so guilty to what he is doing to her right now. Betraying her is the one thing that's last on his list. Atleast she gave him an easy topic to talk about, his daughter, whom he was very proud of. "Um, not too much. She has just turned three. A little rascal she is. She's getting into everything, even the cabinets that we've baby-proofed. She is a very curious creature, and always manages to get into trouble, but get her out of trouble too. She reminds me of you, Syd."

"Really?" Now the situation was clearly getting very uncomfortable. She only replied, "Thank you, I guess...?"

"Yeah, well, I have to get to my own paper work, the pile just never seems to stop growing." Trying to make a joke, but not really working.

"Ok, well, see you around." Syd replies as he walks off. She doesn't know what to think of this uncomfortable situation she just went through. Whatever possessed him to come over here anyway? She thinks not knowing what Vaughn just did to her.