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. I had planned to update earlier, but I got caught up at work, Christmas where I live is major tourist season, so everyone is really busy and I didn't have much time to write. I don't when I can update next, I moved on the 21st, and started TAFE, so I'm kinda busy trying to find somewhere else to live, and I've got heaps of stuff to sort out still…
Me again-thanks for the review…I'm trying to write as fast as I can, but I'm working on five stories at once. Sorry…
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Chapter 12Sydney woke hours later in an unknown location. Looking down she noticed that she was chained to the wall, a scrappy blanket lying on the concrete floor next to her limp body. Vaughn didn't appear to be in the room with her. She heard footsteps coming down the hall and attempted to stand, the movement making her dizzy and a quick inspection of her arms told her she'd been drugged at some point, a small puncture mark near her elbow, confirming her suspicions. The door swung open and a tall, solid man stepped into the small concrete space, "You're awake." He motioned to the other men, who stood on either side of him, to grab Sydney as she tried to back away from them, her efforts futile.
Vaughn rolled over on the concrete floor, nursing his sore ribs and spitting the blood from his mouth. Tears stung his eyes as he thought about Sydney and their daughter. They'd been placed in separate rooms in Italy, and were both unconscious when Sark relocated them after killing and photographing their team members. Vaughn wasn't sure how long it'd been since they were captured, but he knew that it couldn't have been more than a few days. Sark had sent for him earlier that day, watching gleefully as several guards beat him senseless before dumping him back in his cell and announcing that they were going to get Sydney next. He'd attempted to stop them going to Syd's cell but was quickly knocked to the hard floor, the shock paralysing him momentarily.
Word of Sydney and Vaughn's abduction reached Los Angeles fast, especially once the photographs of their team members bodies surfaced in the Ops Centre. Kendall was livid, mainly due to the fact that he deemed their Op to find Amanda as unsanctioned, but also because their abduction meant he had lost two of his best agents, and Sydney wasn't supposed to be in the field anyway, as she was still assigned as a desk operative.
Irina looked up as she heard the rising and falling of the bars outside her cell. Weiss appeared in front of the window. She looked at him curiously, Sydney was usually the only one who visited her, "Where is my daughter?" Weiss swallowed the lump in his throat, "Sydney and Vaughn…"
"What about them?" Irina interrupted.
"Amanda was kidnapped last week. Sydney received Intel with a location. They were abducted, we think by Sark."
"My daughter and granddaughter are missing?" He nodded. A single tear slipped down her cheek and she wiped it away angrily, "What's being done?"
"We'll find them."
"That's not what I asked, I said what's being done?" she asked, her voice eerily calm.
"We're starting from their last known location and working from there. Do you know of any locations that Sark would take them?" Irina thought for a moment,
"Sark's not stupid, he'll most likely go underground. He would've used Amanda as bait to lure Sydney and Vaughn, and now he has them he will be difficult to find. He knows he's a target, whether he took them or not."
"Where would he go?" Weiss asked again, quickly losing his patience.
"I'll speak to Jack." He sighed and left, complying with Irina's request, knowing that anything she may tell them would be the only leads they have.
Sydney was thrown back into the concrete cell, her already aching body hitting the ground with a loud thud. She groaned at the pain that was coursing through her body, waiting until she heard the door slam and lock before attempting to get up. She hadn't cried when they were beating her, as Sark watched on, but now she was alone, she was unable to stop the tears as they slid down her cheeks, the salty liquid mixing with the semi dry blood around her nose and mouth. Sydney rubbed her aching jaw as she thought about her fiancé and their child. She hadn't seen Vaughn in…hours…days, she wasn't sure how much time had elapsed since they were captured in Italy, and drugged but she knew that it had been at least a week since she had held her tiny daughter in her arms. 'She doesn't deserve this,' Sydney thought, 'She's only a baby. She's defenceless.' Sydney eventually cried herself to sleep, her warm tears pooling on the cold floor, beneath her tired body.
After spending several days following up on the leads that Irina had given them, the CIA still had no real idea about where Sydney, Vaughn and Amanda could be. Jack was particularly irritable with most of his anger directed at lower level agents and analysts, who 'weren't gathering and verifying Intel fast enough.' He deemed these people 'incompetent, useless and an embarrassment to the US Government.' Kendall was also quite testy, spending many days in his office, speaking very loudly with whoever was unlucky enough to be on the other end of the line. He'd paid a couple of visits to Irina, his first in several months, to see if her could pry any more information out of the notoriously secretive woman. Sloane had been bought in from Camp Harris to 'assist in the search' and was placed in a cell at the opposite end of the building to Irina. He was unhelpful at first until Jack paid him a visit, then he gave up a couple of possible locations where Sark might be. Teams were sent, coming back several men short, after these possible locations, blew up, killing several agents.
A week after they were taken, Sydney was once again in her cell, attempting to ignore the pain that was constantly coursing through her body. The door opened and she was picked up by two men and dragged though a maze of halls until that stopped at an unfamiliar door. One of the Goon's opened the door and motioned for the other two to take Sydney into the room. She was dropped on the floor and the Goons' quickly left, locking the door behind them. Groaning at the new waves of pain that were weaving through her aching limbs, Sydney looked over and saw Vaughn's battered body leaning against the far wall. "Vaughn," she whispered, her voice crackly from non-use. She shuffled closer, he was lying deadly still…
A/N: I'm gonna leave it there. Not sure when the next chapter will be up. Please tell me what you thought. Love you all…see you next time :heart: Alyce :D