Hey guys... I'm really really sorry about not updating for a while. School has been hectic and life in general as well. So to make up for it, here'sa three chapter update! Hope you guys like it.

Chapter 11

Outside the bathroom

Vaughn and Sydney were now sitting outside the bathroom on a nearby bench. He looked over at her and smiled at her.

"What?"

"You're beaming," he laughed.

"Michael Vaughn! I am not beaming!"

He laughed once more and said, "Yeah Syd, you're definitely beaming."

"So what if I am. It's just that this is my first family vacation ever since…"

"Yeah…" he continued for her, "ever since your mom "died"." He squeezed her hand as a sign of comfort.

They sat out there for five more minutes, holding hands before Sydney spoke up, "I wonder what's taking Chris so long."

"Maybe he's going number two…" Vaughn joked.

Five minutes later, Chris hadn't come out of the bathroom and they were getting really worried. "Let me go check on him for a sec, Syd."

Vaughn went into the bathroom and checked every open stall. He yelled out Chris' name five times and got no response except for weird looks from other people. From then on, Vaughn was beginning to panic.

"Excuse me sir," he asked a man that was washing his hand, "Have you seen a little boy, brown hair and green eyes?"

He kept on questioning everyone that was in there, fear starting sink in. But, no one around him had seen Chris leave at all.

He ran outside to a very panic stricken Sydney, dreading the news he was about to bear. "Did you find him?"

"I'm sorry Syd, he wasn't in there…"

"Oh my gosh, Chris! Vaughn, we have to find him. We just have to."

"Ok, but first, we have to calm down. For all we know, he could be outside in one of those rides. Let's split up and meet back here in one hour. If we don't find him by then, we'll report him missing."

"Ok…," she said, "Here, take this picture of Chris so you can ask people if they've seen him anywhere."

"Thanks. Don't worry, Syd. We will find him."

One Hour Later

An hour later and still no sign of Chris anywhere. Sydney had gotten to their meeting spot first and was now trying real hard to hold her composure. When she saw Vaughn rounding the corner, but no Chris, she felt a whole lot worse than she did on those CIA missions that she used to do.

They walked to the security office to report Chris' disappearance. However, the officer on duty at the time wasn't being very helpful at all.

"I don't want to fill out this paperwork!" yelled Vaughn as he slammed the papers down onto the table. "All I want to do is go out there and find Chris."

"Sir, you're going to have to calm down or else we will have to escort you off the premises."

Sydney put her hand on Vaughn's shoulder and she looked into his eyes. I have to be strong for Sydney. This is no time to get mad, Vaughn thought.

After filling out all the necessary paperwork and putting an announcement over the PA system, there was still no word about Chris. The hour turned into two hours, then into three. Finally, Vaughn felt that it was time to call in reinforcements.

Within forty-five minutes, Jack, Eric, Will, and Marshall were there. "Daddy!" Sydney said as she hugged Jack.

"It's going to be alright, sweetheart," he said, trying to soothe her.

"Thanks for coming guys," Vaughn said. "Syd and I have been all over the park and we still haven't found Chris. The officers believe that he might not be on the grounds anymore. And we've asked to see video tape footage, but they won't let us. They said that the "lost person" has to be missing for at least eight hours."

"Is that so?" asked Jack in an angry tone. He walked over to the security cameras office and knocked twice on the door.

"I'm sorry sir, we can't allow unauthorized personnel in here."

"Cut the bull, I have clearance," he said while flashing his CIA badge. "We all have security clearance," he added, pushing the weakling security guard aside.

It took another five minutes before Marshall had finally sifted through the past hours video tapings before finding the one showing Chris leaving with an unknown man.

"Chris!" Sydney exclaimed.

"Syd, it'll be alright… Chris is a brave and smart boy. He's going to be alright, you just have to believe that," Vaughn said, trying to comfort her.

"There," Eric said, pointing to the screen. "He turned his head around. Marshall, do you think you can get it to look a whole lot clearer so we can make a positive id?"

"Sure, but it'll take me at least an hour. With the technology I had before, it would take me two days, but now it's so quick and productive. It's just not the same as before. I mean the…"

"Marshall!" Jack snapped. "Shut up, stop babbling, and start trying to get the image clearer." He turned to Vaughn and Sydney who were standing by the door. "Sydney, Vaughn, you two wait outside while we get this image clearer. I'll call you guys once it's done."

"Ok, Jack…"

Outside

The two of them took a seat on a nearby couch, trying real hard to have a façade that they were remaining strong.

"Syd, I know it's probably too early to start guessing who it was that took Chris, but do you know of anyone that recently has a grudge against you?"

She snorted, "Vaughn, I used to work for the CIA. There could be millions and millions of people that could have taken Chris because of the work I did for SD-6 and the CIA."

"Well, most of them are either locked up in jail or dead. How about co-workers at school?"

"The only guy that would hold a grudge against me for turning them down is Nate, but he's just a harmless little fly."

"Ok…" Vaughn trailed off. Five minutes later, he asked, "Syd, I know this might not be what you would want to here, but what about Chris' biological father? Whatever happened to him?"

Sydney gave a halfway smile and replied, "I was wondering when you would ask about him. I know that if I was you, I would've been dying with curiosity."

"Well, I didn't want to make you uncomfortable about that topic, so I never asked," he replied sweetly, giving Sydney's hand a small squeeze.

"Well, let's see. I met Chris' biological father through Eric and Will. At the time, I had already quit the CIA and he moved to the LA office. He became friends with Eric and Will and they set me up with him."

"What was his name?"

Sydney continued, "His name was Matthew Webb. We dated for five months and then I became pregnant. I mean, I really thought that he loved me. But, the morning after I told him that I was pregnant, I called his phone, but it said that it had been disconnected. That was the last I ever heard of him. When I asked Devlin whatever happened to him, he said that it was classified."

"You mean, you're Dad never went after him or say… tried to kill him for leaving you?"

"No… I never told my Dad about it until I was five months pregnant. By that time, Matt would have been far away. All I told my Dad was that Matt and I broke up. When Eric and Will found out, they felt really horrible about setting me up with him, but I told them it was all alright. I mean after all, I have Chris now. Or I hope I still have him…"

"Syd, you have to be strong. You can't doubt the fact that we will find him. With your dad and the rest of us trying to find Chris, there's no doubt at all that we will find him."

"Thanks Vaughn," she said giving him a hug, "I really need to hear that."

Just then, Jack walked outside and told them, "The image is almost done. Just another thirty seconds and we can get an ID on this guy."

As Vaughn and Sydney were following Jack back in the door, Sydney's cell phone rang.

"Hello?" she answered.

"Hello, love," a British accent was heard.

Through the doors, Eric, Will, and Marshall screamed, "Sydney, you better come in here! We know who took Chris!"

"Missing your son?" the voice on the other end of the cell phone said.

Sydney's anger was raging within her and she managed to seethe through her teeth and whisper with fury, "Sark…"

dun dun dun... read the next chapter and find out what happens next!