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. It's been a while since I really thought about the story for this. I know how I want this to end (I think) and it's 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. I'll respond to everyone next chapter…

Chapter 10

Two days later Sydney was once again sitting at her desk, waiting for news of her infant daughter. They'd had no luck so far in locating her, although Sydney was fairly set on who she thought had taken her child from her. Sark. The CIA hadn't been made aware of any demands for Amanda's safe return, and it was tearing Sydney up inside. She knew that the longer Amanda was gone, the less likely it would be that she would be found alive.

Kendall had formed a Task Force to assist in the location of Amanda Vaughn. It consisted of Sydney, Vaughn, Jack, Weiss, Lauren and McIntosh. Kendall had originally asked Baxter to be a part of it, but he refused, citing a conflict of interest, meaning he was shit scared of Sydney. Over the last couple of days the small amount of leads they had dwindled down to nothing. Sydney and Vaughn hadn't left the Ops Centre, instead they slept at their desks, afraid that if they left they might miss an important call, one that could end their search.

Sydney looked up as Vaughn approached, a steaming mug in each hand. "Coffee," he said, offering one of them to his exhausted fiancé. "Thanks," she responded, taking a big gulp from her mug. "Hey guys," Weiss called as he headed towards his two friends. "Hi Weiss," they replied quietly.

"Go home you two, we can handle everything here, you need sleep, you're no use to Amanda in the condition that you're in."

"I can't leave, she's my baby Weiss, I was meant to protect her and I failed," Sydney said miserably, tears sliding down her cheeks, all the emotion of the past few days finally hitting her. "Syd, it's not your fault, don't cry sweetie, we'll find her, I promise," Vaughn said, trying in earnest to reassure her, "Maybe Weiss is right, we should go home and get some sleep, come back in a couple of hours, maybe there'll be news then." Sydney stood up reluctantly and followed Vaughn as he headed in the direction of their car, "I'll call you if I hear anything," Weiss said as they left.

Vaughn pulled into their driveway and shut off the engine, as he looked over to Sydney, he noticed that she had fallen asleep. Deciding not to disturb her, he got out of the car and went around to the passenger's side, opening the door and lifting her out carefully. She trembled a little at the crisp morning air but didn't wake up as Vaughn carried her into their apartment. Vaughn lowered her onto their bed and pulled her shoes off, dropping them next to the bed. He tucked her under the covers and went out to make sure the door was locked. Purely by habit, he made sure the baby monitor was on, in case Amanda cried. When he realised what he was doing, he mentally cursed himself and left the plastic monitor in the 'off' position. After changing out of his clothes and into his boxers, he climbed into bed next to his fiancé, wrapping his arms around her bony frame.

The phone rang early that afternoon, jerking them both from slumber. Vaughn reached over and picked it up, "Hello?"

"Vaughn, we have a lead on Amanda, a contact of mine has a location for us but we need to move now."

"We'll be there soon." Vaughn hung up and turned to Sydney, shaking her sleeping form. "Baby, you need to wake up, we have a lead." Sydney shot up and climbed out of bed, rubbing the sleep from her eyes as she grabbed a small suitcase from the cupboard in the hall. Vaughn began packing a suitcase too, and changed into a clean suit, "Syd, you should change your clothes, you've been wearing them for days." She didn't reply but discarded her old suit, leaving it sitting on the floor while she re-dressed. They left a few minutes later, driving to the Ops Centre as fast as possible.

Weiss meet them in the Parking Garage, a suitcase clutched in his hand. Lauren was standing next to him, her hand held tightly in Weiss' free one. "The plane's waiting at Dover, can you drive us?" Weiss asked as soon as Vaughn was out of the car. He climbed back in motioning for Weiss and Lauren to do the same.

Two hours later they were in the air, heading for an unknown destination where their young child was supposedly being held. "Where are we going?" Sydney asked quietly, her nerves leaving her unable to sleep. "Spain, more accurately Madrid. There's an abandoned office building where she's supposedly being held," Lauren explained.

"Is she ok?"

"We don't know."

"HOW CAN YOU NOT KNOW!?!"

"I'm sorry Syd, all we were given was a location." Sydney nodded slightly and curled herself up into a ball, attempting to hide from the reality of the situation. They weren't entirely sure that her young daughter was at this location, she was only supposedly being held there.

Several hours later they arrived in Spain, and went straight to the address. The four of them surrounded the building, taking out any guards that they encountered as they got closer to the perimeter of the darkened building. After a quick sweep around the perimeter they met up at a side entrance and picked the lock. The heavy metal door swung open and they entered carefully, not wanting to alert any guards that may be patrolling the interior of the building. They split into two teams of two with Sydney and Vaughn taking the top floor and Weiss and Lauren taking the lower level. Syd and Vaughn began to check through each room individually and after searching the entire top level they failed to locate their four-month-old daughter. They did however find a small piece of paper attached to one of the doors,

Too late.

Sydney clenched her hands into tight fists and pulled the note forcefully off the wall, almost tearing it in the process. "She's gone," Sydney whispered as Vaughn pulled her into a tight hug, allowing her to cry into his shoulder, as he wiped the tears from his own eyes. Weiss and Lauren found them a few minutes later, standing in the same position, the paper still held tightly in Sydney's hand. "They're not here," she said, lifting her head up from Vaughn's shoulder, "We found this." She passed the note to Weiss and he read it quickly before showing it to Lauren. "We better get back to the plane," Weiss told them and the four of them exited the building through the same door which they used to enter it.

A/N: I'll leave that there, next update will be after Christmas some time. I hope you all have a great Christmas and I'll try and have another chapter up before the New Year, no promises though. Until next time…:lol: Alyce :D