Disclaimer: Sadly I don't own any of the characters.
A/N: Here's the third chapter, once again thanks for reading and if you have the time please review.
"Syd, wake up." a soft voice said. She slightly opened her eyes only to find that it was still dark outside, the only light now was that of her lamp. She moved a bit and then opened her eyes and saw Will.
"What is it?" she asked.
"You need to come with me." he said.
"Why, what's the matter?" she asked.
"You're dad wants to see you. We're going to go visit him." Will told her.
"Am I going to go home?" she asked.
"Not just yet, but soon." he told her.
"Is my daddy going to come here?" she asked.
"No, you and your daddy will stay somewhere else, somewhere safe." he told her. "Now come on, we have to go."
"Can I say goodbye to Mike." she asked.
"Of course. I'll go get him, why don't you get your things ready." he answered. Sydney got up and began to put her things into her small purple bag. She put on her jacket and then walked over to the night-stand where she kept the pictures of her parents. She took them from the drawer and placed them in her pocket. Just then the door opened and a half awake Mike walked in with his father.
"Mike, I'm going to go see my dad." she said.
"That's great Syd, I'm going to miss you." he answered.
"Maybe your dad can bring you over to the house so we can play." she said. Syd looked up at William with a pleading look.
"Of course." William answered for Mike. "Anytime you and Michael want to see each other I'll take him. Syd, we have to go."
"Okay. Bye Mike." she said as she walked up to him and hugged him.
"Bye Syd, I'll miss you." Mike answered. By the time they let go Syd had begun to silently cry. For the past week she had grown accustomed to being a part of their family, now she was forced to say goodbye them too, just like her mother. William took Sydney's bag and walked out of the room with Sydney by his side. They quietly walked down the stairs and out into the garage where they got into William's car.
"Where is my daddy staying at?" she asked as she fastened her seatbelt. Just then the phone rang.
"Just a second Syd. Hello?" he said as he began to drive away from the house. Sydney looked out the window and watched the rain fall. It hardly rained in LA, but tonight it was pouring.
"William, it's Jack. Is Sydney with you?" Jack asked, his voice agitated.
"She's with me, what's the matter?"
"I just found out that Irina arrived in the states about an hour ago." Jack stated.
"When will you be here?" Will asked as he continued to drive.
"The plane lands in twenty minutes. Where are you?" Jack asked.
"I'm driving toward the safehouse like you told me."
"I don't know how much she knows, but you might be in danger." Jack hesitantly said.
"Jack, I'll be fine. Don't worry I'll keep your daughter safe." William said. At the sound of her father's name Sydney's face lightened up.
"Is that my daddy?" she asked with a smile on her face. Will nodded and returned her smile. "Can I talk to him?"
"Sydney wants to talk to you." William said.
"Alright."
"I'll see you soon." Will said.
"Will."
"Yes."
"Thank you for everything." Jack said.
"It's not a problem Jack. Here you go Syd." William said as he handed her the phone.
"Daddy!"
"Hello sweetheart. How are you?" he asked.
"I'm fine daddy. I can't wait to see you." she said with a smile on her face.
"I can't wait to see you either sweetie."
"Daddy where are you?"
"I'm on an airplane right now, I'm on my way to see you."
"Are you going to have to go away again?"
"No sweetheart, not for some time."
"I missed you daddy."
"I missed you more Sydney. Sweetheart, I have to go but I'll see you soon. I love you."
"Bye daddy, I love you too." she said. She gave William the phone back and continued to stare out the window.
"Why don't you take a nap Syd, we still have a while before we get there." William suggested.
"Okay." Sydney replied as she closed her eyes and drifted off to sleep.
Meanwhile in the Vaughn Residence
Irina walked out of her car with her gun at hand. The rain soaked her but she didn't care, her daughter was so close now. She walked up to the Vaughn residence, her contact had told her that this was the place where her daughter was. She picked the lock and entered the house. It was quiet and dark. She proceeded to walk up the stairs and entered into the first room she saw.
She had entered into the master bedroom. She looked at the bed, only one person laid there, a woman with light brown hair soundly sleeping. Irina walked closer to the bed, she sat down next to the woman took her gun out. She gently placed her gun on the woman's forehead.
"Where is my daughter?" Irina sternly asked. Just then the woman woke up. She was startled to see the strange woman holding a gun to her head. She looked at Irina in disbelief.
"What do you want here?" she asked.
"I want Sydney. Where is she?" Irina asked once more.
"She's gone. My husband took her away." she answered in tears. "I don't know where they went." she cried.
"Mommy?" Michael asked as he entered the room.
"Michael leave!" she cried.
"Mommy, what's happening?" he asked.
"Please! Please don't hurt my son!" she cried in terror.
"Don't worry, he'll be safe with me." Irina answered.
"NO!" she cried once more. This time Irina took the butt of her gun and hit her with it. She was knocked out immediately.
"Mommy!" Michael cried.
"She's fine Michael, she's just sleeping. Tell me, do you know where your father is?" she asked.
"He just left with Syd." he told her.
"How long ago?" she asked.
"I don't know, ten minutes." he said.
"You and I are going to take a little trip okay."
In William Vaughn's Car
William looked at Sydney once more, she was sound asleep now. Just then his phone rang once more. He answered thinking it would be Jack but was surprised to find that a woman was on the other line.
"Hello Mr. Vaughn." the woman said.
"Who is this?" he asked.
"My name is Irina Derevko, we've met before, but you knew me then as Laura." she calmly said.
"What do you want?"
"I wanted to tell you that you have a beautiful son. He's very brave too." she said.
"If you hurt my son I will kill you!"
"There's no need Mr. Vaughn. Look at your rearview mirror." she said. William looked and realized that a car was right behind him. " I want you to stop driving."
"Alright." he said as he slowly put the car to a stop.
"I'm glad you've decided to cooperate. Now I want you to get out of the car and drop all of your weapons."
William stepped out of the car and watched as Irina stepped outside of her car.
"Throw your weapons towards me and be careful, I wouldn't want a bullet to accidently hit your son's head!" she yelled out. William carefully took his gun and threw it toward Irina. Irina picked it up and pointed it toward William.
"Now what!" William yelled out. Sydney woke up and saw Will outside holding his arms up.
"Will what's going on?" she asked. Will turned to her and smiled.
"It's alright Syd, just sit tight." he said.
"I want you to walk toward me, hands in the air!" she yelled out. William began to slowly walk toward her and she did the same. Her gun still pointed at him. Sydney turned around and through the windows could see a woman dressed in black approaching William as he walked toward her.
As they met in the middle of the empty street, William took a risk and managed to knock Irina's gun out of her hand. As he did so she grabbed his arm and threw him to the floor. He hit the ground hard but he wasn't willing to let her take Sydney away. He grabbed her ankle and caused her to fall to the pavement on her back. They struggled for some time, punching each other, each trying to hold the other down long enough to get the gun.
"Daddy!" Michael yelled out from the car.
"Michael, stay in the car!" William managed to yell between punches.
Once Sydney heard Michael she got out of the car and ran toward the second car. Just as she was doing so, she caught a glance of the woman who was fighting William. To her utter surprise she saw her mother.
"Mommy!" she yelled out in tears. "Stop it!"
Irina turned to look at her tiny daughter standing in the rain watching as she fought the man who had taken care of her. Her heart broke at the thought of the pain that she was causing her daughter. She turned to Will and kicked him in the stomach, as he fell to the floor she threw herself to the direction of the gun and managed to take it. Once the gun was in her possession she stood up and walked to William.
"Mommy, please!" Sydney yelled. Irina looked at her daughter and then kneeled down next to Will and used the butt of the gun to hit him over the head, causing him to go unconscious. She stood up and walked toward Sydney, just as Michael got out of the car and ran to his father. Michael knelt down and held his father, crying.
"Daddy get up!" he cried as he hugged his father.
"You killed him!" Sydney cried out in anger.
"He's not dead, he's just sleeping." she said.
"Liar!"she cried as she began to back away. "You killed him!"
"No darling, I had to get you back, he's not dead, he's just hurt."she said as she walked closer to Sydney.
"They said you were dead." she said in between cries.
"They were mistaken. I was just lost, but I found you. You have to come with me sweetie. Please." she said. Sydney continued to cry, standing still as her mother approached her. Irina walked up to Sydney and slowly put her arms around her.
"I'm sorry you had to see this." she said as she kissed her. "Come on baby, let's go."
Irina picked her up and walked to her car.
"Sydney don't go!" Michael yelled as he realized that the woman was taking Sydney away.
Irina held on to Sydney tighter and whispered in her ear. "He's going to be okay." As they got to her car Irina gently put Sydney in the front seat and fastened her seatbelt as Sydney continued to cry. Irina closed the door and walked toward Michael and William.
"You're dad is going to be fine. Use this and dial 911 and tell them you're on Kinsey Street." she said as she handed Michael the phone. She then walked toward her car and drove away.
Finally she had what she wanted.