It's only because I already wrote the second chapter that I'm updating. I swear I will update For One So Small later. And to everyone who wrote reviews I will just like to mention that I am the biggest SV shipper ever so if Vaughn doesn't come alive, Syd won't be getting no loving in this fic. Also sorry 'bout the spoiler in the summary. It's been a few months since the start of season five, I assumed everyoone knew about it. And Katie. I would love to but I honestly haven't seen Crossing Jordan since season three. I'm trying to start watching the shows again so if I do end up writing the fic, it won't be for awhile.

Love is not a victory march, it's a cold and it's a broken hallelujah- Rufus Wainwright

Love heals…When life's unfair, when things like us are not to be- Jonathan Larsen

A couple months earlier…

Irina watched on camera as a figure moved across the dark lawns into the entrance of a house. She followed the person's movements as they stole the data from the main computer and then left, never detected by anyone in the house. A voice floated over the comms.

"Hera, data received. It appears to be exactly what we need."

"Good job, Eagle." Irina replied. "Return to the house. Zeus is arriving shortly."

"Copy that."

A few hours later Eagle returned and threw the disc on the desk next to Irina. She smiled and popped the disk into the computer. Schematics and worksheets popped up, detailing the intimate workings of a highly elusive group.

"Perfect." Irina whispered watching as a glimmer of hope flicked in Eagle's eyes.

"Is this it? Will we finally be able to take it down? Will I'll finally be able to live a normal life?" Eagle asked eagerly. (A/N excuse that rather horrible pun I just made)

Irina knew that they shouldn't get their hopes up. They had many false leads before now, but this looked like it might be the real thing. It had been so many years since they had brought Eagle to her, half-dead, and every year it grew harder and harder to tell Eagle that they couldn't return to normal life yet.

Irina opened her mouth to reply to Eagle's question when the man they called Zeus came in.

"Flight was horrible and Athena wanted to have dinner before we left so I was delayed." Zeus said looking at them both.

"Hello Jack." Irina replied and gesture to the computer. "It looks like we might have the real thing this time."

Jack leaned over and looked at the computer screen a grin breaking out as he realized that Irina was right.

"Okay here's the plan. We go in tomorrow. We use the Alpha take down strategy that we used last time. Everyone understand?" When met with no objections Jack continued. "I brought pictures of Athena and Helen."

Irina looked up as Jack handed her pictures of two very familiar people.

"She's getting so big. Looks just like her mother, but with her father's eyes."

"She's five now." Jack said.

Eagle didn't look at the pictures; Eagle never looked at the pictures. The pictures were always too much to bear. A happy normal family. Exactly what Eagle wanted, but exactly what Eagle couldn't have. Irina recognized the pain flashing through Eagle's eyes and quickly put the pictures away.

"We should get some rest." She announced, knowing fully well that none of them would.

The next afternoon the three of the emerged from a building triumphantly. They had just destroyed the inner core of the group, destroying the group as a whole. As they returned to the house, Jack used the computer to send a simple email out to Sydney.

Prophet Five has been destroyed.

Jack went to the bedroom he was sharing with Irina. She was sitting on the bed, looking at the pictures of Athena and Helen more commonly known as Sydney and Isabelle. Jack had given them codenames in case anyone intercepted his and Irina's transmission.

"Is she truly happy Jack?"

"She's as happy as you can be when the love of your life is dead."

"So you mean she's like you after I…"

"Yes and no. There is one major difference. I alienated Sydney when you died afraid to go near her. But Sydney hasn't alienated Isabelle. She is so in love with that little girl, no matter how much she reminds her of Vaughn. Did I tell you that Isabelle joined a pee-wee hockey league?"

"No. That must have been hard for Sydney."

"It was but after her first game, I realized it is because Isabelle reminds her so much of Vaughn that she doesn't alienated her. She still feels pain over losing Vaughn but Vaughn's and her love lives on in Isabelle."

"That's very insightful of you Jack."

"It unfortunately took me too long to learn that lesson when I lost you."

Irina smiled and motioned for Jack to come sit next to her on the bed.

"I was always with you."

00000present time00000

Eagle and Irina sat in a van outside a house in Los Angeles.

"Okay you need to drug these people and bring them out here so we can extract them to a safer location." Irina said, pushing a folder towards Eagle.

Eagle opened up the folder and glance at the photo of the people and the blueprints of the house. Irina handed Eagle two syringes filled with a mild tranquilizer.

"I can't do it."

"What?" Irina asked

"I can't drug these people."

"We need to move them to a safe location. There are people after them."

"But we destroyed Prophet Five."

"There are other people after them. You have to do this to get them to safety. If you don't they will die."

"I WON"T DRUG THEM IRINA."

"DO YOU WANT THEM TO DIE? DO YOU WANT TO LIVE THE REST OF YOUR LIFE KNOWING THAT YOU KILLED THEM?"

Eagle gave in and agreed. Eagle opened the door of the van and went up to the house, picking the lock on the front door and sliding inside. Eagle quietly walked to the master bedroom. The shower was running in the bathroom and Eagle quietly slipped into the closet, noting the familiarity of the room. It wasn't long before she stepped into the room carrying the child. Eagle watched through a crack in the closet door as she tucked in the girl and began to tell a story, a story that went right to Eagle's heart. Eagle waited until the woman fell asleep before stealing from the closet. Slowly Eagle walked, rubbing a hand on her shoulder before giving her the tranquilizer.

"I'm sorry." Eagle whispered in her ear before walking to the other side of the bed. Eagle stopped and stared down at the sleeping child. She was very beautiful like her mother and her sleep patterns mimicked her mother's. Eagle bent to sweep the hair out off of her face before administering the tranquilizer. Eagle stepped back in shock as the little girl's eyes snapped open at the touch. Recognition dawned in her eyes and s smile spread across her face.

"Daddy?"

Yeah. Sorry 'bout that.