I was awakened by the telephone once again ringing. Rubbing the sleep from my eyes, I stared at it apprehensively before reaching out to grab it?
"Hello?"
"We're here." I blinked, not connecting the two words to anything of importance to me.
"Who's where?" There was a somewhat aggravated sigh.
"Sark and I are in Lithuania. Jack is going to meet us here, and Dixon may be with him." That cleared things up in a hurry.
"I got another call last night," I sighed.
"From her? What did she say?"
"I think it was her, but I can't be positive. And all I could hear was the word 'help.' Anything else she might have said was obscured." Irina was silent for a long moment.
"Did you trace it?" she finally asked quietly.
"No. It was to my home phone, I didn't want to explain it to Kendall."
"Understandable. I'll let you know what we find."
"Thank you." With that, I hung up. Yawning deeply, I got up from the uncomfortable couch and went to take a shower. As the hot water poured over me, washing away memories of the previous nights' all too vivid horrors, I thought about what I should do that day. I didn't know if going back into work was such a brilliant idea. But on the other hand, could I afford to skip out? I didn't particularly want to be fired.
The dilemma was resolved a few moments later, as the sound of my cell phone drew me out of the shower. Throwing a towel around my waist, I answered.
"Vaughn."
"It's Weiss. Look, Kendall is raging. I don't know what happened, but he's come to seriously believe you had something to do with the escape of Derevko, as well as the disappearance of Jack Bristow. He is gunning for you, man." I contemplated that for a minute.
"Ok. Thanks for letting me know. I guess I won't be in today… or anytime soon."
"I'll keep you up to date. Whatever you're up to, be careful."
"I will be. Thanks." I hung up and sat down to think. I didn't quite know what to do, but obviously staying far away from Kendall was in order. Still feeling uncertain, I stood up and got dressed casually. After eating a quick breakfast, I got into my car and headed out. I didn't have a particular destination, but I figured it would be best not to be at home if Kendall or his men came calling.
As I was driving, my cell phone rang again. I looked at it nervously, worried that it may be Kendall. The call ID didn't help at all. Finally, I picked up.
"Vaughn."
"It's Jack." I breathed a sigh of relief, which he evidently caught.
"Is everything ok?"
"Well, Kendall is apparently quite suspicious of me now. So, I'm going to have to avoid him- and, by extension, work- for a while."
"That fits perfectly with what I was going to tell you."
"Which was… what?"
"We'd like you to get out here as soon as you can. Sark and Irina think they've found something that may lead us to Sydney." My heart skipped a beat, and I almost ran a red light.
"Just tell me where you are, and I'll be there as soon as possible."
"We're in Vilnius."
"Is that the capitol?"
"Yes."
"Fine. I'll be there."
"We'll be waiting." I hung up and took a sharp right to head for the airport. A few hours later, I was in the air on my way to Vilnius.
I know, it's short… sorry! I have to focus on another fic right now, I just needed to get this out of my system first…
Jade: Anytime Kendall gets mad, it's sure to be a good read… of course, it always reminds me of a friend who asked me to make him end up with a sunburn on his head…
Miss.pebbles: Driving you nuts? Well… a certain stalker at SD-1 said it's killing her… again, I conclude that I must be bad for people's health. Hehe, go me.
Secret Agent Girl: Well, patience is a virtue, from what I hear! Hehe yeah, I like eeevil phone calls…
Carrie: Yes, it's still in flashback. When it's flashback, it's past tense. The bar stuff/ Francie scenes (present tense) are 6 years in the future.
O mysterious ninja: Evil? Me? You don't say…
Lynn: Yup, that was really Sydney. Thanks for reading!
Lara: Thank you very much! Glad you've joined the party!