Well it's not as much of a delay as it was last time. This chapter should have a lot of Irina's where abouts. And more of Vaughn will be in this one too. Warning: This chapter has a little more language than the rest.

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"But why?"

"I tried to stop him. You two were actually soppost to be held at the CIA but Kendell got to you first. And I'm doing everything I can to get you and Vaughn out."

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"I'll ask you one more time. What do you know about the secret," a familer voice says. Irina just sits there. "Alright. Let's have some fun then." The figure goes closer to the light. It's...

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Jack's pager then rings. "Syd. I have to go."

"OK." Jack then leaves as Sydney sits there.

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It's Dr. Lee! He signals his guards to come in. They come in with two trays that are filled with teeth removals and medicine.

"What is the secret?"

"All right. Get out a piece of paper and pencil. Spell this...f f o k c u f. Now reverse it." After he's done Irina makes a few laughs. It says Fuck Off. He begins to get very angry. He holds her head back and holds her mouth open. He then begins to go to work on one of the teeth in the back. Irina screams.

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"Yes, I want you to get the device ready. We take action at dawn." It's one in the morning and a dark figure is using a cell phone in a dark house.

"What are we preparing to do Mr. Sloane."

"Mr. Sark. We have been working together for a little more than three years. Wouldn't you say?"

"Yes, I would say."

"Well sense you failed to retrieve the secret, I am asking you to never step foot on my property again. You have failed me many times before, and I can not afford for you to do it again. Especially on a subject as great as this one."

"But sir, we are both on the same side. We are both enemies of the CIA."

"Yes we are, but you don't know how to bring it down."

"As you wish sir. But I sure wish you would reconsider" Sark walks away never to see Sloane again.

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The next day Vaughn wakes up in his hospital room. A nurse comes in.

"How are we feeling today Mr. Vaughn?"

"Tired. Where's Sydney?"

"Oh. Well three guys in suits took her out of the hospital." Vaughn sits there in disbelief

"Did they say why."

"Well no. But they gave me a phone number so I could give them her results."

"Can I see that?"

"Sure. You dial nine to get out."

"Thanks." Vaughn then picks up the phone and dials nine and the number.

"Yes. I need to speak with Miss Bris...I mean Mrs. Vaughn please." The guy who answers signals for his people to record the call.

"Uh...hello?"

"Sydney!"

"Michael!"

"Syd. What's going on?"

"The FBI put me into custody!"

"Why the hell would they do that?"

"It's about the secret. I mean I thought at the least I would be put into the CIA's custody."

"Forget about you being in their custody, how the hell did they find out?"

"I sort of blabbed. I was frustrated, but the point is that I know that I have a secret, but I don't know what it is!"

"I know Syd, I know. Wait...when did you tell?"

"Oh my god. I think it was when Dixon and my dad were visiting. Dixon must have told. Shit! How could he do that?"

"I don't know but listen. If they're after you than they're after me."

"Why would they be after you? I'm the one with the secret, you're just married to me."

"Well they may think I know."

"Well my time is up. I love you...take care."

"You too, bye."

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The FBI agents then discuss bringing Vaughn into custody.

"Come on. You heard the girl on the phone. The guy is just married to her," one of the agents says.

"You don't make the decisions around here. I do," Kendall says. "I want Vaughn in our custody by tomorrow! No later!"

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The scene shows Irina sleeping in a dark room handcuffed to a chair. Blood is dripping from her mouth. She then wakes up. No one else is in there. She tries to move the chair so that she can escape. At first it's hard because she's so weak from the pain. But she then thinks about a memory of Sydney one-week before she left.

-"Hey Sydney-duck. What's wrong?"

"My best friend went bye bye."

"Aww. I'm sorry."

"Mommy?"

"Yes dear?"

"Promise me you'll never go away."

"I promise."-

Irina then feels a wind of strength come over her. She gets up and uses something on the wall to help her escape. She pulls and pulls until the chain breaks free. She grabs a gun found on the wall and she begins to walk towards the door. When she goes out the door two guards go after her she shoots them and continues to walk until she reaches an exit. She fades away in the sunlight.

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"Mr. Vaughn," one of the three FBI agents says. Vaughn looks up and begins to speak.

"Yes?"

"We need you to come with us."

"Why?"

"We believe you know something."

"I don't know a damn thing." One agent takes out a needle and shoves it into his neck. Vaughn then faints.

"OK. Let's get him into the wheelchair and take him to headquarters." The agents get him into the wheel chair and wheel him away.

--------------------------------------------- The three agents wheel him into the same cell Sydney is in.

"Oh my god! What the hell did you do to him?"

"Calm down. He is just out from the syrum." The agents then walk out and Syndey wheels over to Vaughn.

"Michael, honey? Wake up. It's me." Vaughn then starts to open his eyes.

"Syd?"

"Michael. How are you feeling?"

"Tired. What am I doing here?"

"They put you into custody too."

"What the hell? I am not gonna stay here!"

"Calm down." Sydney leans in and begins to kiss him. He then eventually gives in.

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A van pulls into the CIA parking lot. They pull up next to the air conditioning vent. It looks like they are working on it. A bunch of men climb into it and go towards the inside of the building. An agent walks out and points his gun at the van but he gets shot. The man who shot him steps out and takes off his phoney hat.

"Let's get ready to rock and roll!"

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So what did ya think? I had to put more of Vaughn in this chapter. I have been leaving him out (. Remember IDEAS ARE WELCOMED! And please if you guys could, TELL YOUR FRIENDS ABOUT THIS STORY. ( I'd really appreciate it. Well that's the latest from me.

-Deena

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