Part III

"Sydney?" he whispered disbelievingly.

"You were right. I am alive."

"What's going on? Are you… Are you pregnant?"

"Yeah, I am. And this is my daughter, Sasha."

He looked at her and smiled, "She looks just like you. Well… minus the blonde hair and blue…" he drifted off, his mind coming to terms. "Oh," he whispered. He looked down and noticed her protruding belly, "You're pregnant," he stated.

She nodded, "Yeah, five months. It's twins."

He ran his hands through his hair, "Um… Congratulations," he said nervously.

"Thanks," she said softly, "Vaughn, maybe you should come inside. We should talk."

They sat on the sofa in the living room and Julian waited for the opportune moment to enter the room, after the conversation that she had already had twice that day.

"So, what you're saying is that, you faked your death, got married to Mr Sark, had a baby and now you're pregnant again with twins. And you love him?"

"Yeah."

"Oh… okay then," he said.

"Vaughn you can't tell anyone about this. No one can know that I'm alive. And I'll need you to stop the investigation to find Julian. We can't have our children in danger. Do you understand? Can you do that for me?"

He nodded sympathetically, "For you," he turned his head to Julian, "If you hurt them, I'll kill you."

Julian nodded and shook his hand, "I won't," was all he said before taking Sasha from Sydney. Sasha was nodding off in her mother's arms, so it was time for her to go to bed. She thanked her husband for taking care of that, and remained in the living room with Vaughn.

"Vaughn, I need you to understand why I did that."

"I understand Sydney, completely. I'm so happy that you're alive… and happy. You have the life that you've always wanted. You've got your dream."

"Yeah. I do."

"So, will I be able to visit you any time soon?"

"Well, if you want, you can come down when these guys are born," she pointed at her belly, "That's a little less than four months now."

"Yeah, sure. I'd love that… Syd, since we're talking about things, I need to tell you a couple of things. Will is back at the CIA. He's out of Witness Protection. Has been for almost a year. He's dating one of his college friends that he had a crush on. I think her name is Catherine."

Sydney smiled, "Yeah, he liked her."

"Well, he's happy. Are you going to tell him that you're alive?"

She shook her head, "No, I don't think so."

"Syd, there are some more things. Sloane is in custody. I don't think you need to keep your life a secret anymore. You can come out of hiding. He's not going to come after you again. The whole Rambaldi thing is over."

"Sloane is in custody?" Julian said as he entered the room.

Sydney ignored him, "I can't come out of hiding yet, Julian's still a fugitive. I won't let anyone tear apart my family."

Jack and Irina entered the room, "What about a pardon?" Irina asked, "If they could give me a pardon, they could give one to him. You'll probably have to move back here though."

"If he can get a pardon and stay with me, then I'll come back here."

Julian took Sydney's hands in his, "Sydney, you love the house. We can't leave it."

"It I can come see my parents and friends when I want, with you by my side, in public, it's worth it."

"If that's what you want, then we should see."

Sydney turned to her father, "Dad, do you think it's possible for this to happen?"

"I think it's likely that it could."

"If you'd like, we can take you two into the offices to see what they can do."

Both Sydney and Julian nodded their heads. "We can do that," Julian nodded, "You must tell them that I will not cooperate unless Sydney and Sasha are taken care of."

"Of course."

"Julian, if this doesn't work, we'll need to run. I can't live without you."

Vaughn coughed and looked away at this moment. He still couldn't really understand how she could love Julian Lazarey.

"Happy Thanksgiving," Vaughn said.

"Thank you for understanding, Vaughn. I can't tell you how much this means to me," she embraced him, "You don't know how much I've missed you."

"Syd, are you going to tell Will?"

"I think we should, since it's going to be safe."

"What about Weiss?"

"Oh my god! Weiss! I miss Weiss," Sydney started crying. Julian went to her side quickly and sat her down on the sofa.

"Are you alright, love?"

She smiled and wiped the tears off her cheeks, but there were new ones that continued to run down in their place, "I'm fine. It's just the hormones."

Julian smiled and kissed her, "I'm surprised that you've lasted this long without an outburst."

Sydney yawned, "I'm really tired. Would it be alright if I went to bed? These kids are tiring me out," she said while rubbing her belly affectionately.

Everyone nodded; "Syd, I'm so happy to see you alive and happy again," Vaughn kissed her cheek. "I'll see you tomorrow."

She hugged her parents who both said how happy they were and then she went to the bedroom with Julian. Fifteen minutes later, Julian re-entered the dining room to see Jack and Irina cleaning up the leftover food and the dishes from the table. He joined them and they went to bed later.

They stood outside the front door of the JTF building. Julian was carrying a sleeping Sasha in his arms, but his other hand was holding Sydney's hand. Sydney was carrying her bag of toys, food and clothing for Sasha in her other hand. Julian looked at her and took a deep breath, "You ready?" he asked.

"It's now or never," she replied as they entered the building with her parents.

The place hadn't changed at all. They walked in, and immediately everyone in the room was staring at the family. Julian squeezed Sydney's hand in support when she tensed up. "Sydney?" someone said from behind.

She turned and saw Weiss and Marshall with matching looks of disbelief. "Syd, is that you?" Marshall said.

She put the bag on the ground, let go of Julian's hand and embraced the two men. "Hey," she said softly. "Surprise," she said pointing to her stomach and then turned to her husband and daughter, "You guys know Julian," she pulled Marshall to her again and whispered in his ear, "He's a good man, he won't hurt you."

"Syd," Julian called when Sasha began to stir, "Can we just go put her down in your father's office?"

She nodded and told Weiss and Marshall that they could come if they'd like. Weiss followed and Marshall said that he would be along in a minute. He just needed to get something from his office to show Sydney.

They placed Sasha down on the sofa in Jack's office softly. Julian paused and brushed the hair off of her face gently, and placed a kiss on her forehead, "Sleep well sweetheart," he whispered. Weiss was taken aback by this scene. He had never imagined that Sark could be like this.

"So, Weiss, how have you been?" Sydney asked.

He smiled, "Not as good as you, I see," he nodded at her family behind her.

She giggled, "I've finally gotten what I wanted all along."

He nodded, "As long as you're happy, I'm happy."

Marshall entered the room holding a few photographs of Mitchell, "Syd, these are pictures of Mitchell. He's four now. Isn't that amazing? He's so smart. He's already in a gifted school!" he spoke proudly of his son.

Sydney nodded and smiled, "That's amazing!" she exclaimed. She noticed both men's gazes shift to her husband and daughter behind them.

"So when did that happen?" Weiss asked.

She told the story once again and they listened inventively. When the story was finished, Sasha had woken up, "Hey baby," Sydney said as she picked her up, "Guys, I'd like you to meet Sasha. Our daughter."

Julian spoke up finally, "And these little ones are our little miracles."

"These?" Marshall asked.

"Twins," Julian and Sydney said together.

"Wow! Congratulations! You're both glowing," Weiss said, "How far along are you Syd?"

"Five months and a bit, now," she said.

"Looking forward to it?"

"I'm more nervous now that I know they're twins, but we'll handle everything, and everyone will be loved."

The conversation took a pause when Sasha started whining about wanting to play with her toys.

"She's gorgeous Syd, really."

"Thank you."

Marshall started playing with Sasha on the floor, "So, you guys are here to try and negotiate a pardon right?"

"Yeah," Sydney answered.

"I can say that there's a really good chance that they'll let you go back to wherever it is that you live now. I mean, there's been no sign of either of you for three years now, and he's obviously changed," Weiss pointed out. "If you give them information on the Covenant, then I wouldn't see a reason for keeping it away from you."

"We're prepared to give them almost anything. They just can't take him away from me. I won't let them" Sydney said.

"If anything happens then we'll help you guys get out, alright?" Weiss said, brushing his hand along Sydney's arm. "I know that I'll do anything to…"

They were interrupted by someone slamming the office door open, which woke up Sasha who had fallen asleep again on the floor. "Sydney?" Marshall asked from the floor, "Do you want me to take care of her?" he asked. Sydney nodded and then turned to see who opened the door so violently.

Will stood in front of her.

"Oh my god," he whispered. "It's not you. It can't be you."

"Hi, Will."

"You said that you wouldn't be able to see me again!" he said angrily.

"I know, I'm so sorry Will. I really didn't expect to see you, or anyone else again," Sydney answered. She walked to Sasha and picked her up, "Here's your goddaughter. She's missed you."

He smiled and took her from Sydney placing a kiss on the drowsy little girl in his arms, "She's so big!" he exclaimed, "I can't believe how fast she's growing… and look at you! You're so big now!"

Weiss and Marshall were really confused, "Woah, what's going on?" Weiss asked.

"How does he know about you and Sark, and Sasha?"

Julian stepped forward, "It's a funny story actually…" he nodded at Will, "When Sydney and I had just gotten married, we were at the airport in San Diego when we ran into Will. He saw Syd with me and flipped out. We told him about the faked death and the baby and that he couldn't tell anyone. We moved to Toronto and he would visit us periodically. He's the only person who has known about us."

"Yeah," Will smiled, "I missed my baby girl so much," he kissed her forehead, "I can't believe she's two now," he looked at Sydney again, "How far along are you now?"

"Five months. Oh, Will, we have to tell you something," she grasped Julian's hand. "We're having twins."

Will gasped and then gave his congratulations.

"So, what are you guys doing here?" Will asked.

"We're seeing what we can do to get Julian pardoned. He's not a bad man, Will. You know that better than anyone… other than me… and Sasha."

"I'm never going to understand why you call her Sasha. I mean, you've explained it to me before, but I just don't see how it works."

"What? Isn't Sasha her name?" Marshall asked.

"No, it's the Russian pet-name for Alexandra, which is her middle name. Her full name is Maria Alexandra Lazarey," Sydney smiled when she said the name.

"It's a beautiful name Sydney," Weiss said. "She's a beautiful girl. She looks just like you guys."

Sydney and Julian smiled at each other and nodded. "We just can't wait for these two."

Director Dixon came into the room smiling. "Sydney, I'm so happy that you're here. I'm glad you're back," he hugged Sydney, "Congratulations on the new life," he nodded at Julian and they sat down, "Now, I hear that you would like to be pardoned Mr Lazarey."

Julian nodded, "Yes, I am no harm to the world now. I just want to be a father and husband. I can give you whatever information you would like in exchange."

"We are interested in taking down the remaining members of the Covenant. The organization is basically gone, but there are still some higher-levels that are trying to form another group."

"I can give you whatever you need, as long as we can go back home. I can still give you the information from there."

Dixon stood and placed a paper and pen in front of Julian on the desk. "In that case Mr Lazarey, we have a deal," they shook hands and Julian signed the paper in front of him.

"If you don't mind me asking, how did you get married using your real names without the CIA finding out?"

Sydney and Julian smiled at each other, "We got married in a small town church that isn't online. There's just the certificate copy they have that can confirm it."

They left the room with their belongings and went back home, to begin their new life together.

"Come on Sydney, you can do this! You can do it!" he clutched his wife's hand as the pain tore through her. She screamed and the muscles in her body tensed as the waves of another contraction flowed through her body. "Come on baby. You can do this. You're the strongest woman in the world, you know that right? I love you Syd. I love you so much."

Sydney had gone through sixteen hours of labour by this point. Now, she was covered in sweat and she was hungry and hormonal. "I hate you, you son of a bitch. You are never getting into my bed again," she growled.

Julian bent down and kissed her forehead, "I know love, I know. That's what you said last time."

The nurses all giggled at this, "She's at ten centimetres Mr Lazarey. We're going to move her to the delivery room."

Sydney sighed and leaned back onto the head rest, "I'm scared Julian," she whispered, "I'm so scared."

"I know, love. But everything is going to be just fine. You'll see. We'll have our babies in no time at all, alright?"

Sydney nodded and smiled weakly before screaming again with another contraction. Julian noted that he would need some ice when this was all over. The nurses moved Sydney to the delivery room and Julian was right next to her the whole time, never letting go of her hand, or rather, Sydney never letting go of his hand.

Minutes later, they heard a baby's cry in the room. Five minutes later there was another one. And moments after that, Sydney and Julian were both holding a newborn baby in their arms. Sydney had tears running down her cheeks, and she noticed that Julian had tears in his eyes as well. "I love you," she said to him.

"I love you too," he replied, "So, what do we name this little boy of ours?" he kissed the baby's forehead.

"I was thinking about Nikolai Daniel Lazarey. Is that alright with you?"

"Of course," he laid a kiss upon her forehead, "And our newest baby girl?"

"You choose," she suggested.

"I hope you like it…" he looked down at the baby in her arms, "Isabella Francine Lazarey."

Sydney smiled and tears ran down her cheeks again, "Thank you Julian. I can't tell you how much that means to me."

"You four mean the world to me."

"How about you bring in everyone. I'm sure that they're anxious to meet these two."

"Alright."

He placed Nikolai in Sydney's arms and left the room, returning moments later with Jack, Eric, Irina, Will, Vaughn and Sasha. Everyone cooed over the newborn babies in Sydney's arms. They all took their turns in holding the bundles, even Sasha had her turn. She was sitting on the bed next to her mother when she exclaimed that she loved being a big sister already. Sydney cried when she heard this and Sasha then tried to cry, not knowing what she did wrong. Sydney took the time to try and explain why her mom was a mess of emotions right now.

Three days later they left Mount Sinai hospital in Toronto and headed for their home. Sydney's parents had bought a condo near the house so they wouldn't be far when they visited. Vaughn stayed with Sydney and Julian because Sydney was worried about what her father would do to him if he stayed with him. Eric and Will were staying at her parents in the guest room. Sydney was happier than she had been in years. She finally could have the life that she had really dreamed of.

A life with her husband, her parents, friends and now three children. It was a perfect life without any danger.