Chapter 6: Explosive Events
Syd sat in the front seat of Vaughn’s Silver Honda CRV, staring out the window. As the scenery outside blurred past, Syd thought of what had happened in the past few days. Vaughn’s coming back, the mission in Venice and her getting shot in the arm. Now, Vaughn was driving her home, where she would probably be held captive until her father felt it was safe for her to come back to work.
“Syd?” Vaughn asked. Syd, a little startled, slightly jumped. “Oh, sorry.” Vaughn said when he realized he had startled her.
“It’s okay Vaughn. I was kinda out of it.” Syd said with a small smile.
“Are you okay? Y-you’re not yourself.” Vaughn said quietly.
“Would you be fine and dandy just after being shot in the arm?” Syd shot back, causing Vaughn to sink into his seat, slightly scared. “I’m sorry. I don’t know where that came from.” Syd said, embarrassed.
“It’s okay. You’re probably a little jumpy after what happened.” He said.
“I know, but I didn’t get like this back when I was part of SD-6. I was fine after getting shot. I dealt with it.” she said, frustrated.
“Syd, it’s okay. Don’t worry about it.” Vaughn said, trying to reassure her.
“No Vaughn! It’s not okay.” She said loudly. “I can’t keep working if every time I get hurt or something happens I freak out. What happened to me?!”
“You got pregnant.” He said quietly. Syd, not expecting this, turned to him, surprised. “You’re responsible for another person now, not just yourself. You are allowed to be more cautious. Syd, this is very normal.”
Syd took a deep breath and sunk into her seat. “When did you learn to be so good at that?” She smiled.
“I don’t know.” He said, with a small laugh as they pulled up to her house. Vaughn stopped the car and waited for Syd to leave.
Syd was about to open the door, when she quickly turned around. “Do you want to come inside for a cup of coffee?” she asked, a little uncertain if what she just did was okay.
“Sure.” Vaughn said with a smile.
-----------------------------------------------------
Syd brought the two mugs of coffee she was holding her hands to the coffee table in the living, near the couch Vaughn was sitting in and sat down next to him.
“Vaughn, do you have any idea of what happened to you the past two years?” Syd asked.
“No. I don’t.” Vaughn answered.
“No memories? No nothing?” Syd asked.
“Nothing. I-I don’t know how I’m going to figure out what happened to me.”
“Vaughn, I’m sorry for bringing it up. I don’t want to make you frustrated.” Syd said.
“No, don’t apologize. I-I’ve…been asking…myself….that…lately.” Vaughn said, as their eyes met and he forgot what he was saying. “I-I….” Vaughn started but stopped when he pulled Syd into a passionate kiss.
Against her will, Syd pulled away. “You should go.” She whispered. She stood up and showed Vaughn to the door. “I’m sorry. This was a mistake.” She said and she closed the door. She leaned against the door and sighed.
--------------------------------------------------
Syd went to work two days later, against her father’s wishes. Expecting Julian to return from his mission that day, Syd figured a briefing would be called and came to the office. At around noon, Julian came into the office, carrying a disk. Syd walked up to him.
“How was your trip?” she asked.
“It was fine. How are you? I’m great.” She lied. She really felt like felgercarb. Ever since she and Vaughn kissed, she’d felt all jumbled up inside, like she couldn’t think straight.
Jack walked up to them. “There is going to be a briefing in 5 minutes.” He said plainly and walked away.
Syd and Julian both headed for the briefing room and took their seats. A few minutes later, the rest of the team walked in and Dixon stood up.
“Julian’s mission was a success.” Dixon started. But Julian didn’t hear what came next….
**Flashback**
Julian walked into the back alley and met Lauren. She handed him a disk. “This should keep the CIA busy for a while.” She said.
“What does that mean?” he asked.
“This will surely help you and Sydney with your issues.” She said.
“What issues?” Julian asked.
“These.” She said with a grin on her face as she kissed him passionately. “I’ll see you soon, Julian.”
**End of Flashback**
“Alright. Once we find what’s on the disk, we’ll meet again and plan our next move.” Dixon finished and everyone got up to leave.
Each agent went to their respective desks. Vaughn sat at his desk and spaced out for a minute. Thinking about his kiss with Syd. He suddenly heard a loud BOOM! He turned around and saw Syd’s computer was in pieces. He looked around the room and saw Syd lying on the floor at the other side of the room, unconscious. He ran over to her and sat down next to her badly burnt and bloody body.
**I hope you liked it. Please review if you have anything to say. I’ll try to update soon, but I’m starting school this week and have a lot of work to do. Thanks for reading!