I'm sorry for not updating the past couple of days. My computer got infected with a virus and tons of spy ware! I hope this long, well not long but the most action-filled, chapter makes up for it.

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"Shh. This library has cameras all over," Jack says.

"Hey you," a guard yells. Jack grabs him and pulls him towards Irina as she goes to clothesline him.

"This way," Jack whispers. Irina then finds two flights of stairs that lead to a basement door.

"Jack. I think I found our way down." Jack goes over and they both go down and open the door. They look both ways and decide to split up.

"Turn on your radio," Jack says. "Notify me if you spot Vaughn or Sydney." Irina then walks to the right. As she goes around the corner she hears someone yelling in pain. She stealthily walks to the cell where the yelling is coming from. She peaks around to find...

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Meanwhile Jack is trying to sneak around the cameras when he finds a lone cell at the end of a hallway. He looks in it to find an unconscious woman in a chair with her hands cuffed. He looks again to find out that it is Sydney!

"Sydney! Sydney?" Sydney starts moaning. "Stay put! I just need to pick this lock." He pulls out his lock pick and begins to unlock the cell. He finally gets it and he opens the cell. "Oh my god Sydney. What have they done to you?" Sydney has her eyes half open. She starts saying different things and names.

"I'm Mrs. Vaughn...Lauren...You never loved him!"

"Sydney. Wake up!"

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"Oh my god," Irina says to herself. She sees Lauren whipping Vaughn. "I thought she was dead." Irina then moves and goes somewhere so she can contact Jack. All of a sudden she hears a familiar voice behind her.

"Irina. I never thought I'd see you again." She turns around to find Sark.

"Hello Jillian."

"You know I don't like it when people call me that. Where have you been?"

"Oh, you know. Out finding Sydney but I see you found her partner."

"But we did find Sydney. And you weren't out looking for Sydney."

"Fine. You caught me." Sark grabs Irina by the arm and throws her in a cell nearby.

"Two Bristows down and one to go," Sark says as he looks at Irina.

"Not in your wildest dreams."

"Hmm. We'll see."

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"Dad? What are you doing here?"

"What do you mean? Your mom and I came here for you."

"I mean how did you find me?"

"Well a few years back cameras were set here by SD-6 but the CIA intercepted the signal."

"Oh. Right. I did that. Duh!"

"We got to get you out of here. Irina! Can you hear me?"

"No. But I can," Sark says as he looks at the radio he found on Irina.

"How the hell did you get this Sark!"

"Well I happen to have Irina here. Well not here but in a cell where I can keep an eye on her."

"Dad. What is it?"

"They got your mother."

"Then let's get her back."

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"You know Irina. I never expected you of all people to betray me like this. I mean you have always been so evil. Just remember one thing. Once evil always evil."

"You know Sark. You have a problem. You have met too many people like you."

"Ha. No. I have met too many people who don't deserve to live. I have met people who have it all. People like your lovely daughter Sydney, who I might add is being tortured as we speak. And we won't stop till she is dead!"

"No. I know Sydney. She's like me, stubborn. She's too stubborn to die."

"Not if I have anything to do with it."

"I swear to god if you hurt Sydney, I'll hurt you!"

"Oh really? How are you going to do it in this cell?"

"Your day will come Sark. And I hope I'm there to see it!"

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"Shh Sydney."

"Dad. I'll go this way you go that way."

"All right." Sydney goes left. Sydney walks down a ways and then spots Sark. He is talking to someone in a cell.

"Hmm...It must be mom." Sydney then sneaks up and puts a gun to the back of his neck.

"Miss me?"

"Sydney. I was..."

"Right. You was, but now you're going to unlock the cell door." Sark then puts his hands up.

"All right, OK." Sark then goes into his desk for the keys. Suddenly she hears Lauren's voice behind her.

"Drop the gun Sydney." Sydney turns around to find Lauren using Vaughn as a hostage with a gun to his head. Then Sark pulls out a gun and points it at her.

"Sydney. You aren't very smart when it comes to controlling people," Sark says.

"Sydney," Lauren says, "if you love him you will drop the gun." Sydney looks at Vaughn who is bloody all over. He looks at Sydney as if he were pleading for her to drop it. "Drop it!"

"Sydney," Irina says as she looks at her. She gives Sydney a head shake. Sydney then puts down the gun and puts her hands up. Lauren takes Vaughn back to his cell as Sark throws Sydney in with Irina. Sydney then hugs her mom.

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Jack whispers Sydney's name. "Sydney? Sydney!" Suddenly he hears Sark talking. He hears the names Irina and Sydney. He then realizes that he caught both of them. So he goes outside back to the van.

"Emergency," Jack says into the radio.

"What do you need Jack," Wiess asks.

"Back up! Sark caught Irina too!"

"We're on it!" Wiess then unloads his van and meats Jack out front.

"OK. We need to get those three out of there and then destroy the building," Jack says.

"All right. Let's do it," Wiess says. So Dixon, Wiess, and Jack all three go in. Jack leads them to the corner.

"They're down there."

"So. How are we gonna do this," Dixon asks.

"The old fashioned way," Jack says. Wiess walks down and Sark points his gun at him.

"So we meet again," Sark says. Wiess drops his gun and puts his hands up. All of a sudden a bullet goes into Sark's arm. Sark yells and drops to the ground. Dixon comes and points his gun at Sark.

"Where are the keys?"

"Over there." Jack grabs them and unlocks the cell.

"Jack," Irina says, "did you find Vaughn? I know where he is. Unfortunately Lauren has him."

"It's OK. Wiess, Dixon, and I are all here. Wiess went looking for him just now."

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"Mike," Wiess whispers.

"Oh my god!"

"Hello Eric," Lauren says, "come to get your share?"

"No but I came to get my friend." Eric then goes into the cell and knocks Lauren down. Lauren then gets away and runs. Eric decides to let her go.

"Vaughn. Buddy. Get up." Vaughn's face is all bloody. He has a black eye and his ribs are all busted. He back is also filled with dried up blood. "Come on. I'll help you." Wiess helps Vaughn up. He goes to where everyone else is.

"Vaughn," Sydney yells as her eyes tear up. "I'm sorry our anniversary ended up this way."

"It's...OK...Syd..." Sydney starts crying and she helps Wiess lay him down on the ground for a couple of minutes. As Sydney talks to him everyone begins to tear up.

"I love you so much. Stick it out for just a little longer. I don't know what I'd do without you." She then lies her head down on her hands and cries.

"Sweetie. We have to go," Irina says as she rubs her hand on her back. Eric then helps Vaughn up.

"Dixon, Eric. You guys go ahead."

"Are you sure," Wiess asks.

"Yeah. I'll help Vaughn." The Bristows and Vaughn all go to the van.

"OK put Vaughn in here and I'll be back in a second," Jack says to Irina and Sydney. Jack walks back into the building to set the bomb. Irina and Sydney both lie Vaughn down in the back of the van. Sydney holds her hand over Vaughn's open wound where apparently he had been stabbed by a knife.

"Lauren really got him," Irina says. "Make sure he doesn't lose anymore blood."

"Stop right where you are," Sark says as he holds his wounded arm to his body and holds a gun in the other hand. "Back away from the van." Irina moves but Sydney just sits there.

"Sydney. Move," Irina says.

"I said back away from the van!" Sydney still doesn't move. She continues to block more blood loss from Vaughn's battered body. All of a sudden Sark shoots her in the side. Sydney screams in pain. Irina's eyes widen.

"Sydney," Irina yells.

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Well there you go! Hope you enjoyed it! Again, I'm so sorry for the long wait!

-Deena