Chapter 6:

Disclaimer: I don't own Alias or any of its characters, but I do own Katie.

A/N: I'm so sorry that this has taken so long but I am on summer holidays so I'm not really with it. I'm hoping this will be a long chapter, but id don't know, I guess we will find out. So, enjoy!

Hannah

By the time they had reached the airport, Sydney was practically jumping with joy, this being the first time she had been on a plane in almost three years.

As they boarded, Sydney and Vaughn were handed their files on the mission to study during the flight. They took their seats next to each other for the long flight to Australia.

Vaughn reviewed his file for the tenth time over. He glanced at Sydney who was reading hers. She noticed him staring and looked up.

"How many times have you read it?" Vaughn questioned.

"About eight times."

They nodded at each other, closing their files. Syd pulled her feet up onto the chair and rested her head on Vaughns shoulder.

"I wonder how our little girl is doing?" Pondered Vaughn.

"I bet you she would be playing with my mum right now!" said Syd.

"Yeah, she should be going down for the night soon."

"Maybe she'll even dream of us!"

They smiled to themselves and then at each other.

"Vaughn?"

"Yeah?"

"I want another one!" she said in a slight whisper.

"Really?"

"Yeah, do you?" Asked Sydney, pleading that she hadn't just ruined the mood between them.

"You know what? I think I do!" he smiled, kissing Sydney tenderly, "But," he said breaking away. Sydney looked at him questionably, "We better ask Katie first, after all, this does concern her."

"Yeah, of course! What kind of mother do you think I am?" She laughed. The happy couple smiled at each other and shared a passionate kiss. After they broke apart, Sydney lay down across the chair and rested her head on her husbands lap. Vaughn continuously ran his hand down the side of her face until she fell asleep.

"Goodnight beautiful," he whispered.

A Few hours later, Vaughn woke up. Realizing that Sydney was still asleep on his lap, he tried not to move too much. Minutes later her was dying for a drink so he slowly made his way out from underneath his wife and placed a soft pillow underneath her head. After he had gotten a drink he checked with the pilots that they were on schedule. After chatting for a while he reclaimed his spot underneath Sydney's head: She stirred and her eyes slowly opened.

"Sorry," Vaughn whispered.

"That's okay, I probably should have woken up soon anyway."

"How did you sleep?"

"Pretty good actually, it's good not having to wake up early to feed a child or change a nappy or something." She commented.

"I'll say!"

"What's the time?" asked Sydney, sitting up.

"I dunno bout the time but I know we have about 6 hours till we get to Perth."

Sydney groaned.

"What can we do for six hours?"

"I dunno babe, I really don't. We could watch a movie?" Vaughn suggested.

"Yeah, good idea, I'll see what they have on the plane."

As Sydney stood up, the plane suddenly jerked and swerved around, causing Sydney to fall and knock her head on a fire extinguisher next to her.

"Syd!" yelled Vaughn, running to her side, whilst the plane continued to wobble from side to side. It then stopped just as suddenly as it had began.

"Syd, baby, can you hear me?"

She lay there motionless. One of the pilots came running out of the cabin with a small cut across his forehead.

"Is everyone alright in he…Oh my god…Is she okay?"

"I don't know but she isn't waking up. Do you have a first aid kit on board?"

"Yeah, I'll get it!"

He ran into the kitchen area and came out with a small red box.

"Can you get out some gauze pads, the back of her head is bleeding a bit."

The pilot did as he was asked.

"Syd, please wake up," said Vaughn, squeezing some water onto her face from a wet flannel. She groaned and her eyes soon opened.

"Oh thank god! Syd, just stay still sweetheart!"

"What happened?" she asked in a panicked tone.

"We'll find out soon sweetie, just lie down for a while okay? You've knocked your head pretty hard."

Vaughn placed a pillow under Sydney's head and kissed her on the forehead.

"Okay, so what did happen?" Vaughn asked the pilot.

"There were a couple of missiles headed our way. They seemed to be heat seekers so we switched off the engines for a while and dodged the missiles until they hit each other."

"Vaughn!" Said Syd, sitting up quickly.

"Syd, be careful, lay back down," he said lightly pushing her shoulders back to the floor.

"But…What if it was them?"

"We'll worry about that when we get to Perth okay?"

"Yeah, but.."

"Okay?"

"Fine!"

After Syd had got over the shock of banging her head, she started to feel the pain.

"I'm just gonna go and get some Panadol for my head, its killing me!"

"No, you stay there, I'll go and get it. Do you want some help to get back into your chair?"

"Yeah that might be a good idea."

Vaughn helped Sydney back onto the chair and made his way to the tiny kitchen area they had on the plane. While he was up he decided to get a movie. There wasn't a large variety, but Vaughn was pretty sure he knew which one Syd would want, even if it were some stupid romance film that he was likely to fall asleep in.

"Here," said Vaughn, handing Sydney the Panadol, "I also got a movie I thought you would like."

"Oh, How To Lose A Guy In Ten Days! How did you know I hadn't seen this?"

"I didn't but I knew you would like it."

Vaughn put the tape in the player, grabbed the remote and sat down next to Sydney.

She lay her head on Vaughns lap again as the movie started. An Hour and a bit later, the movie finished and Vaughn was inches from falling asleep.

"Okay, Syd, I think I'm going to die of boredom if I have to watch another movie like that. I'm just going to check how long till we land, okay?"

No answer.

"Syd?"

Still no answer. She was asleep again.

"She needs this," he muttered to himself, carefully lifting himself from underneath his wife.

Just as he got away from Sydney, his mobile phone rang.

"Vaughn," he answered.

"Vaughn, this is Laura,"

"Hi Laura, is something wrong?"

"Well, um, someone just tried till get Katie!"

"What? Where is she? Is she okay?"

"Yeah, she's a little shaken up but Jack fought them off and they ran away."

"Did you see their faces?"

"No, they were wearing balaclavas."

"Well, we have to come home now!"

"No! It's okay, she's fine with us and I'm sure they won't try anything again for awhile."

"Vaughn she wants to talk to you!"

"Okay, put her on."

"Daddy?"

"Hello sweetie, how are you?"

"People try to get me Daddy,"

"Yeah I know sweetie, are you okay?"

"Yeah, but I want you come home,"

"I know sweetie, but mummy and daddy still have to work, we'll come home as soon as we can!"

"You promise?"

"Yeah, I promise."

"Can I talk to mummy?"

"Darling, mummy's asleep and I think she needs her rest."

"Okay Daddy. I have go now, Grandma Laura wants me go back to bed."

"Yes, so you should, sleep tight honey, I love you."

"I love you too daddy and tell mummy I love her."
"I will beautiful, bye!"

Vaughn hung up the phone and made his way to the pilots cabin.

"Hey guys, hows it going?"

"Yeah, not too bad, we're on schedule and should arrive at Perth Airport in around three hours." One of the Pilots said.

"Great, thanks."

Vaughn walked out of the cockpit and back to Sydney where he sat down and watched her sleep. It was the best sight to see.

As if she knew he was watching, Sydney's eyes fluttered open.

"Hey," said Vaughn, "hows the head?"

"Sore," she groaned.

"Syd, I, um, have some bad news."

"What?" she asked in a panicked tone.

"Someone tried to get Katie."

"What?"

"Hey, babe, don't worry, she's okay, your dad fought them off."

"When was this?"

"Not long ago, your mum rang and told me. Katie wanted to talk to you but I said that you were asleep and I shouldn't wake you."

"Oh my god," she said, quieter this time, her head dropping.

"I can't believe this is happening." Tears started to form in her eyes.

"Hey, it's going to be alright, we'll get through this."

Vaughn wrapped his arms around her small frame and held her.

A/N: Okay, I hope this one was up to standard. I'm really sorry that it took so long. Anyways, please review! I promise the next one will be longer and I will update it quicker if you give me lots of reviews.

Hannah.