Title: Three Little Words

Author: Chickiee-Dee

Rating: PG-13

Disclaimer: I don't own Alias or its characters.

Summary: Sequel to Secrets and Lies. "Vaughn, I'm pregnant." The three words that changed their lives. S/V.

Authors Notes: Thanks to everyone who has reviewed. I appreciate it. This next chapter is for you guys. I'm gonna keep updating this, whether people review it or not. HUH! I updated quicker! I've finally got a little bit of inspiration for this. Its been a while since I really thought about the story for this. I know how I want this to end (I think) and its just a matter of filling in the gaps between now and then. Please review and I'll try and have the next chapter up soon.

Kay10197-thanks for reviewing. the devil child thing was, well I dunno, it sorta wrote itself, I never intended to put it in there, but meh? I told my friend and she thought it was hilarious. :D

Lil Aussie Alias Chick-thanks for reviewing. :D

Osweeto0-thanks for reviewing. Glad you liked that last chapter. Me and this story have issues, so I'm not really sure about whether any of it is any good. I kinda lost momentum with the writing and I'm tryna write like four stories at once, not a good idea. :P

Lily-rest assured, I don't like Lauren either, (and she's an Aussie, so I should). I only put her in this story cos I couldn't be bothered coming up with another character, so chalk her existence up to my laziness. But I like Baxter, I think I might keep him around, have a little bit of fun with him. I mean Syd needs someone who's shit scared of her…doesn't she? Anyway, thanks for reviewing. :D

Tine-thanks for reviewing, and I get some many comments about how cute this is. :D

Rose-thanks for reviewing and if you don't mind I might borrow that KIDnapping idea. And there will be a plot, I'm getting there. Very s l o w l y… if ya get my drift cos in all my dumbassness, I planned the first and last chapters but nothing else. :P

And heres the chapter…

Chapter 8

It was late Thursday by the time Vaughn arrived home. He attempted to sneak into the apartment, but found Sydney sleeping on the couch, a towel wrapped around her head, indicating that she'd recently showered. He quickly took his bag up to the bedroom and changed into his boxers and a t-shirt, dumping his dirty clothes in the laundry as he passed the door. Vaughn stopped to look in on Amanda, who was sleeping peacefully, her thumb in her mouth. He smiled at his sleeping daughter and brushed his hand over the wisps of hair that covered her head. After admiring her a little while longer, Vaughn left the room, checking to make sure the baby monitor was on, and went into the hall, leaving the door slightly ajar.

Vaughn made his way back out to the lounge room and sat on the coffee table, gently shaking Sydney in an effort to wake her. A few moments later she woke up, blinking a few times, to adjust her eyes to the soft light of the living room. "Hey, when did you get back?"

"About ten minutes ago."

"I guess I fell asleep."

"I guess you did." Sydney ran her hand across her forehead, nudging the towel down as she came into contact with the fabric. She let it drop to the ground before picking it up and hanging it over her shoulder. "I'm gonna go to bed, you coming?"
"Yeah, I'm just gonna grab a drink." Sydney nodded and went up the hall to the bedroom, the baby monitor clutched in her hand.

Amanda woke Sydney up early that morning, and after she'd feed her, Syd lay her back into her cot, singing soft lullabyes to her, attempting to coax her daughter back to sleep. It worked and the little girl dozed, letting out a little sigh as she closed her eyes. After watching Amanda's sleeping form for a moment, Sydney went back to bed and fell asleep, curled up next to Vaughn, who was snoring loudly, as he did when he was exhausted.

The sun was up when Sydney woke a second time, Vaughn was still sleeping peacefully, so Sydney left him alone and when she checked on Amanda she was also still asleep. Sydney took the opportunity to have a quick shower, letting the warm water pelt down on her tired muscles. She ran her hand over the scar that crossed her stomach, the only physical evidence of her injury last year. Small tears stung her eyes as she thought about the child that she lost. A little baby who would be almost two by now, if she had been allowed to keep it. Shaking the memory off, Sydney climbed out of the shower and dressed, tying her hair in a messy bun and applied minimal make-up. She went out to the kitchen to have breakfast and noticed that they were out of milk, so she scribbled a quick note to Vaughn, telling him she was going to the shops and grabbed her house keys on her way out the door.

Once Sydney was out of the house, an intruder picked the lock and two people entered. They snuck through the small house and up the hall to Amanda's bedroom. The little girl was beginning to wake when they entered the purple nursery, switching off the baby monitor that stood next to the cot, so Vaughn wouldn't hear what was happening in the room. The young man leaned over and picked up the small child, quickly shoving a dummy in her mouth, so she wouldn't fuss. They left with Amanda and retreated to a black car, which was parked opposite the Vaughn residence. Amanda was buckled into the car seat and the driver sped off.

Vaughn woke up and went into see his daughter, and when he didn't find her, he thought nothing of it, assuming that Sydney had already got her up and had her in the kitchen or something like that. He made his way out to the kitchen and saw Sydney's note sitting on the bench. He read it quickly and decided to have a quick shower before she returned with Amanda.

Sydney came home ten minutes later, dropping the plastic bag on the bench, spilling some of its contents. She put it all away and went down the hall to see if Amanda and Vaughn were awake. She bumped into Vaughn as he came out of the bathroom, "Hey," he said, kissing her softly. "Hey yourself. Sleep well?"

"Yeah I did. Where's Amanda?"
"I left her in her crib, why?"

"I thought you took her with you."

"No, she was asleep and I didn't want to wake her up, so I left her here. Why?" Vaughn was silent, "Vaughn, whats wrong?"

"Amanda's not in her room."

"What do you mean she's not in her room? She's only a few months old, its not like she can get up and runaway."

"Syd, she's not in there, see for yourself." Sydney followed Vaughn into the room and found it in the exact condition that she had left it in, except for the baby monitor, which was switched off and the noticeably empty crib. Sydney fell back into the rocking chair that stood in one corner of the room and began to cry. Vaughn sat down to comfort her. "Where is she?" Sydney repeated over and over, "Who would do this to a little girl? To our little girl?" Vaughn was silent, not wanting to voice what Sydney already knew, they both had a lot of enemies who would be cunning enough to try something like this, to break into their house and steal their sleeping infant.

After several minutes Vaughn stood up, leaving Sydney sobbing in the chair, while he went to call Weiss. A sleepy Lauren answered the phone, "Hello?"
"Hey Lauren, is Weiss there?"

"Yeah, I'll just get him." Weiss' voice came on the line a moment later,

"Hello."

"Eric, I need you to come over here now."
"Why?"

"Amanda's been kidnapped."

A/N: What did ya think? I don't really like it, but please tell me your opinion, cos it means heaps to me. I'll try and update this within the next two weeks, cos now I've got a bit of direction. Until next time… LOL Alyce :D