Disclaimer: I do not own Alias or any of its characters.

A/N-just a note, sorry the chapter is a bit jumpy (between characters)

Chapter 25

Eric's POV

I stood still for a long time, unsure what to do. Honestly I would still be standing there if Sydney hadn't yelled at me to take her to hospital. I helped her to my car and sat her in the front seat and buckled her in. As I moved around to the diver's side of the car, I removed my cell and dialed Jack's number.

"Jack" came the gruff voice after four rings.

"Jack, its Eric."

"Where the hell are you? We are all waiting for you."

"Yeah, well about that…"

"What have you done now?"

"It's not me it's Syd, she's gone into labor."

"WHAT?" he exclaimed.

"Her water broke and I'm about to take her to the hospital."

"Right, you do that, I'll do the rest."

"Yes, but what about…" I stopped realizing that I was speaking to the dial tone. I snapped my phone shut, got in the car and drove off leaving a cloud of dust behind me.

Vaughn's POV

12 hours earlier

I was sitting next to the man who I hated most in the world, whilst sitting in front of the house I loved the most.

I felt hot and found myself sticking to the leather seats of the black Mercedes Benz.

"Stop fidgeting." Sark said smirking, "surely you want to know what is going on?"

I sighed and rubbed my fingers against my temples as I felt the beginnings of headache coming on. This was the third night straight that we had spent sitting in front of my house, listening to the conversations via the bug that Sark had placed.

Sark was listening to Jack and Irina argue, which was nothing new to me so I tuned out and started to play with my fingernails, a bad habit that I had picked up over the last few months.

"This is going to be good." Sark muttered as he switched the headphones over to loudspeaker.

As I listened I couldn't believe what I was hearing. Sydney had entered the room and had just found out that she, we were having twins. TWINS. 'Since when?' I wanted to yell at Jack. That prick. I just wanted to jump out the car and go and tell Syd that it was all okay, but I couldn't.

I was getting to the stage where I understood how Sydney felt being a double agent for SD-6, all those years ago.

Sydney left the kitchen and I took that as a chance so I left the car. Much to my surprise Sark didn't stop me.

I got outside the main bedroom and looked inside at Sydney crying holding her bump. My heart broke at that exact minute. I should have been inside with my wife and my soon-to-be-born children.

I took one step closer and stepped on stick that broke. I looked down, Sydney looked up. We connected for a spilt second, but long enough for her to know it was me and long enough for me to know that I had screwed up. I moved a lot quicker than her so I hid myself in the shadows of the house.

I saw her head move out the window, I also heard Irina come into the bedroom and finally the sound of the window being shut.

I let out a loud sigh of relief and figured that I would safer with the man I hated the most..

"Get caught?" Sark asked me, smirking, as I got back in the car.

"No" I said stubbornly. Sark just rolled his eyes and went back to watching my house.

Jack and Irina pulled out of the driveway which meant Sydney was alone, in our house. After a few minutes I saw the lights switch off and I moved to get out of the car.

"Oh no, not again." Sark said producing a gun, "it was too close last time."

"Too bad, she's asleep."

"She's a spy."

"So?"

"She's a light sleeper."

I looked at him, why did he now personal stuff like that about Sydney's life? He saw my reaction and smirked. "Back when SD-6 was working, ah memories…"

I pounced across the car and punched him in the face. "I probably deserved that." He muttered.

"Yeah and this." I slammed his head against the steering wheel.

Sark closed his eyes, blood pouring from his nose, "you have a thing for breaking my nose." he paused, "if you feel so strongly about seeing her, fine go. But if you get caught…" he made a gun with his fingers "bang."

I left Sark sitting in the car and I walked up the driveway. I tried to turn the handle, but it was locked. I moved around to the side of the house and collected the spare key. I put it in the door and opened it. I heard the beeping from the alarm and quickly disarmed it.

I tiptoed to our bedroom and looked at Sydney's sleeping figure. Her body was lying on her side, her hand draped protectively over her stomach lying on my pillow. I smiled and moved over to her and gently sat down on the bed. I moved a strand of brown hair out of her face and I bent down and kissed her lightly.

"I love you so much. I'm doing this because I love you, and the kids. Look after them, you'll be a great mom. I'll be back. I promise."

It seemed like all I was doing was making false promises that I couldn't keep. But I swear on my life that this would be one promise I would never break as long as I lived.

I placed one last kiss on my wife and left the house, turning on the alarm and returning the spare key.

I returned to Sark's car and I felt much better. I felt even better when I saw the bruise extruding from Sark's nose.

"How sentimental Agent Vaughn." He said.

I said nothing.

"Well we'd better be getting some sleep. Big day tomorrow."

I knew exactly what he was talking. To test my loyalty to him and the Covernant I had to watch my own funeral. I had to watch the people I loved suffer. Suffer due to nothing at all. But the thing that would hurt me the most would be watching those who put me in this situation, lying to Sydney, and making her believe that I am dead.

Jack's POV

Once I got the phone call from Agent Weiss I contemplated what to do. My heart was saying for Sydney's sake Vaughn should be at the birth of his children, but then my brain was saying that if he did turn up that it could ruin everything.

My decision was made easier when I received a phone call from the doctor who was going to deliver my grandchildren.

"Jack" Dr. John Clarks said.

"Yes John"

"We may have to give Sydney some heavy drugs, sedatives. However there could be possible side effects."

"Tell me John what are the possible side effects?"

"Vomiting, high blood pressure, nausea, dizziness, diarrhea and hallucinations."

"Hallucinations?" I repeated.

"Yes."

This gave me the way that I could get Vaughn in without Sydney knowing.

"Listen John we have been friends for what, 10 years."

"Jack, what do you want?"

"I have an idea…"

Vaughn's POV

I couldn't stop pacing. I had got the call from Jack almost four hours ago, once I had seen Sydney in the graveyard, she had gone into labor. She was having our children and I wouldn't be there to witness it, hold her hand and tell her to breathe.

Sark looked at me. He had gathered what was going on. "Would you just stop pacing?" he practically yelled at me, "I don't care if she the babies there is nothing you can do, because to her you are dead. Dead."

I was about to have another go at Sark when my cell ran. Jack.

"Yeah" I said, sounding somewhat what Jack did when he answered his phone.

"We have a way that you can get in to see your babies, but you have to listen and do everything I say…"

Sydney's POV

God having kids hurt. Why don't they tell you that before you are in the position when you have no choice but to go through with it. And here's my next question: How the hell do you get one out, let alone two?

To be honest I was not with it. The nice doctor gave me some injections. Drugs. Drugs are good. I was so fine that I didn't even care that I had a midwife looking up my hospital gown.

"You're almost ten centimeters hon." She said with a strong southern accent, "not long now."

She came back thirty minutes later, but this time with the nice doctor who gave me the drugs.

"Mrs. Vaughn, we are ready for you."

Just then Michael walked in.

"Michael," I said in disbelief, "You're dead"

He walked over and kissed me lightly, "I love you." He muttered.

The doctor continued to write on my chart and then he turned to me. "Mrs. Vaughn, we are going to put you on this bed and then wheel you into the delivery room."

I nodded, "As long as Michael can come."

My doctor looked me strangely, "Mrs. Vaughn there is just us two in the room."

I looked around, Michael was gone. "He was just here." I said.

"You must be having a side effect to the sedative I gave to you. It's quite natural, I spoke to your father regarding that issue. I also understand that your husband just passed away as well, that would add to the problem as well."

I nodded, maybe I was going crazy or maybe it was just the drugs.

I got moved into the delivery room. After almost ten hours of labor I had my first child, a boy and then about two minutes later I had my second child, a daughter, all with 'Michael' by my side,

Three hours later I was in recovery and the midwife came in with my babies. She smiled at me, "What are you going to call them?" she asked.

I took hold of them and smiled down at them, "Alexander Michael and Georgina Rose."

"What beautiful names, you are going to be a gorgeous family."

"Yes, but I just wish that my husband could have seen it too."

I saw a glitter in the midwife's eyes, "I'm sure that he was with you, in here" she pointed to my heart, "and he always will be."

She left me and the babies alone. I looked down at them, Alexander looking just like his father, only my brown eyes and Georgina the spitting image of me, occurring to my mom, with Michael's green eyes. I smiled at me children, the midwife was right; Michael would always be with us, in our hearts.

The End.

The Final Author's Note: I have really enjoyed writing this story. I hope you enjoyed reading it as well. My deepest thanks go out to those who have stuck with me all through this, and to everybody who ever reviewed for me. I will be adding a sequel to this, it's called Family Ties so stay tuned. Thank you all.

Luv Shelby

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