Title: Consequences

Summary: Vaughn races to save Sydney from her abductor

Disclaimer: Sadly I own neither Alias nor any of the characters.

Spoilers: Set after 3.17 'The Frame', but AU after that.

Rating: PG-13

A/N: This story contains non-graphic F/F and M/F.

Chapter Six

As Sark drove down the quiet alley he knew something was wrong. Someone had been following him for over five minutes. He slipped down the alley and skidded to a halt as he found a plain van blocking the exit. The car that had been following him stopped easily, fully aware that the van would be there.

He sat patiently in his car and waited for his opponents to make their move. He didn't have to wait long. The car pulled up beside his and Jack Bristow stepped out.

"Ah, Mr Bristow, to what do I owe this pleasure?" He asked in his cool tone. Jack replied by dragging him out of the car by his shirt collar.

"Where is my daughter?" He growled in his face. Agent Vaughn walked up beside him carrying a gun.

"I was about to ask you the same thing." He replied, as calmly as before. "I was expecting her in Rome and she never turned up." Jack and Vaughn exchanged a disbelieving glance.

"She went in with Weiss." Vaughn snapped. "Where is she? She went after you and disappeared."

"Again? Have you ever considered a tracking device for your daughter Mr. Bristow?" He was rewarded for his comment with a punch to the ribs and he hunched over in pain.

"Where…is…she?" Jack talked slowly as though talking to a child. "I won't ask again Sark."

"I don't know." Sark choked out bitterly. "One of my colleagues from the Covenant was sent to intercept her and that colleague has also disappeared." Vaughn shoved the gun in his face.

"Then make them appear. Now!"

He reached for his cell phone and dialled the secure number for his 'colleague'. "Hello love, how was Rome? You haven't been in touch. I was worried." Vaughn and Jack looked irritated by his small talk. "What happened with Bristow, she didn't turn up."

Sark looked confused as his colleague spoke. "You didn't see her? Then where was she? I have agents Vaughn and Bristow holding guns to my head so an answer would be appreciated. You're sure?"

He hung up and shook his head. "She never saw Sydney in Rome."
Vaughn was about to speak when Sark slammed his fist of his car. "The bitch told me she hadn't seen Sydney. I watched her follow Sydney into a room. She lied to me…"

"Who's you're colleague?" Vaughn barked as he shoved the gun in his face again. Sark grinned slyly before answering.

"She'll learn for leaving me out to dry." He handed the phone to Vaughn. "Press redial."

Vaughn did as he was instructed and waited for the woman to pick up. "Sark, I told you I don't have Bristow and I don't know where she is!" Vaughn froze as he recognised the voice.

"L-Lauren?" Vaughn asked hesitantly.

"Oh no…Sark you…" She hung up and Vaughn looked to Jack.

"It was Lauren on the phone. She thought I was Sark…you called her love!" He turned to Sark and pinned him to the car, his fists grabbing his shirt collar. "You were together?"

Sark's smirk widened. "Oh yes agent Vaughn. You're wife is a quite extraordinary. She couldn't get enough of me." Vaughn lost it and started beating into Sark. Jack had to prise him from the unconscious man before Vaughn would stop hitting him.

"We have to find Lauren." Jack ordered. "If she's Covenant and has Sydney then Sydney's in trouble." He looked down at Sark. "We'll just leave him. Hopefully he has internal bleeding. We need to involve the CIA now Vaughn. Lauren has their resources at her disposal and if she uses them we may never find Sydney."