When he pulled up to the house the police and fire fighters were already doing there best to stop the fire. Leaving the car running he ran to the nearest person he could find, demanding answers to his questions. The officer tried to calm him, but there was nothing to be done. He saw the ambulance loading a gurney and sprinted to the spot. It was Will, he was unconscious, the EMT said it didn't look good. "Where are the others? Where's Sydney?" Vaughn said feeling the bile from his stomach start to rise. "This one's the only survivor, he might not make it."
The cell phone. He pulled it out in an instant and rang her over and over again. No answer. He ran to the house, a firefighter was just coming out, shaking his head. Dropping the phone Vaughn grabbed the man. "Where is she?" he yelled. "If there's a god, she wasn't in there." He said before pulling away. Vaughn stood for a moment, unsure of what that meant. But slowly it came to him. If she'd been in the house, then she was dead. Just the thought made him lose the entire contents of his stomach, right there on the lawn.
When they finally let him in he was crying so hard he could barely see anything. The worst of the fire damage was the bedroom. Her bedroom. There were two bodies, if you could call them that. To him they were just two piles of dust covered by black bags. The firefighters were packing up their gear as he walked through the desolate-black area that was once the place he'd loved. It was hers, he loved it dearly.
Some time later, he couldn't be sure how long, two Agents arrived. They asked him questions and got no response. He watched them gather samples, and take statements. They asked again, "Why are you here?" "Do you know who these bodies belonged to?" "Will Tippen is in surgery, we have reason to believe that these are the bodies of Agent Bristow, and her roommate". That one caught his ear. He nearly punched the guy. It wasn't Sydney. It was someone else.
At some point he found himself sitting on the curb staring at the wet street. The ash from the apartment had stained his tears, leaving black tears down his face. He didn't notice anything around him until he heard His voice. "Vaughn, you have to tell me now, where is Sydney?"