Ok, sorry had a bit of rush so with school, and then working at Hallmark, and it being Mother's Day and all, well you get why I couldn't write! Sorry, here's the next chap. Enjoy
Chapter 11- The Virus
(CIA Headquarters)
Kendall's secretary Doris comes running up to him again. She catches up to him.
"Kendall...... Sir!" She says quickly
He stops "Please make this quick Doris, I'm in a hurry."
"Sir, Mr. Bristow just entered the building, and....."
He cuts in "He just entered the building?" He says shocked
"Yes sir, but......"
Before she can finish Kendall spots Jack, and runs over to him leaving Doris. Jack spots Kendall, and get's ready for the big confrontation. Kendall stops right in front of him.
"You son of a *****. You have a enough nerve to disobey my orders, and then show up whenever you feel like it. You crossed the line Jack. I will take action on you, that even you wouldn't suspect." He says angry.
As Kendall keeps yelling, Weiss and Dixon pull up behind Jack, carrying a restrained Sloane. Kendall continues.....
"I mean I can't believe that you had enough nerve to show up here, I mean......"
Kendall looks past Jack's shoulder, and is put at a momentary hult from his rambling. He looks at Jack, then at Sloane, and then at Jack again. Jack speaks first.
"Before you decide to call me a son of a ***** again, I would like to tell you that Arvin Sloane is now in CIA custody." He says firm
Kendall looks at Sloane again, and then back at Jack. Still very shocked.
"Arvin Sloane is in our custody?"
Jack just keeps his "poker face." "Yes! I am going to take him to a holding cell, and find out how much he knows. Maybe he can get us a led on Derveko."
Jack waves Dixon and Weiss to follow him, and Kendall just stands there still stunned.
"Doris....." He yells
One down, three to go.
**************
Irina is in here room getting dressed, when she hears a faint knock at the door.
"Come in!" She yells
Danny enters the room, and stands right behind her. They can see each others reflections in front of the mirror. Irina smiles at him.
"What can I do for you Mr. Hect?" She asks sweetly.
He takes a minute before answering. "Irina, I have been nothing but loyal to you. I have done everything you have asked me to, and..."
Irina cuts in stepping out of the mirror, and near her desk. Her smile is now gone.
"Get to the point Mr. Hect. You and I both know were not here to talk about your loyalties. We both know where they lie. What do you want?"
His eyes fill up with hate. "I want Michael Vaughn..... I want him dead." Anger rising
"Mr. Hect, I know....."
He cuts back in "No, you don't know. We don't need him anymore. We have Sydney. You promised me, that I could have my fun, and that time has come." He yells
Her anger rises "I know what I promised you, but I thought you were smarter then this!"
He looks her dead in the eye "Excuse me?" He says shocked
She moves closer to him, and continues in a firm, but angry tone.
"In case you haven't realized it, Vaughn is Sydney's weakness. As long as we keep him alive, she will do anything to keep it that way. We can't just kill him, and be done with it."
"Why not?" He asks angry, and impatient.
She rolls her eyes "Because Mr. Hect, we have to slowly break Sydney. Break her hope, break her love, and then we will have what we want. Sydney is strong and a fighter, she will fight for him. We slowly have to make her realize that she's losing the battle. Once we get rid of Vaughn, there's nothing for her to fight for. She will have nothing left. She will come and work for me, and then slowly she will learn to love you again. Try to
help her more, then take away. That's my job. Do we understand now Mr. Hect?"
He looks away, and shakes his head. "Fine! (He pauses) But you better break her soon, because I don't like her with him. She's mine, and nobody else's!"
Irina watches him storm out. She goes to her phone on the desk, and dials a number.
"Were going to have a problem with Mr. Hect. I'm going to need you to take care of it."
She waits for the person on the other end to respond "Of course," and she hangs up.
**********
(CIA Headquarters)
Jack goes through all the securities to the holding cell. Sloane sees him coming, and just smiles at him. Jack remains unaffected, and reaches the cell. He gets up to the glass.
"I'll make this easy for you. You cooperate with us, and you will avoid the death penalty. Be smart Arvin, help us. Where's Derveko?"
Sloane walks up to the glass, and smiles.
"Help you Jack, or help the CIA. Which one is it?"
He shakes his head "I'm not here to play games with you. Where's Derveko?"
He pauses for a second. "I forgive you Jack."
He looks away, and let's out a breath. "Excuse me! You forgive me for what?" He asks confused
He smiles "I forgive you for turning against me, and for turning me into the CIA. I forgive you."
He laughs "Your kidding right. Let me tell you something Arvin, I enjoyed watching you fall, and I enjoyed putting your ass behind these bars. I know that you can't cause my daughter anymore pain while your here. If you think for a seond, that I give a felgercarb about your forgiveness for me, then your not as smart as I thought you were."
He drops his smile "Well, I'm sorry you fell that way. But Jack, you are wrong about one thing. I still hold Sydney's life in my hands. Wouldn't you hate to carry the burden that your mouth killed your daughter. It would destroy you Jack. I can destroy you. Now that's power." He finsihes in a evil laugh
Jack get's closer to the glass, and in a shouting voice.
"I swear..... if Sydney is hurt in anyway, I will take the law's justice in my own hands. Your death penalty, will be a long and tortuous one. (He pauses) Now, where's Derveko?"
Sloane smiles "From the bottom of my heart Jack, Good luck finding Sydney, you will need it. I can't help you."
Jack's about to give Sloane another piece of his mind, but a man runs up to him quickly.
"Mr. Bristow!"
Jack doesn't take his eyes off Sloane. "I'm busy!"
"I understand that sir, but Mr. Kendall has information on Ms. Bristow and Mr. Vaughn, and would like to see you right away."
Jack takes his eyes off of Sloane, and onto the man in front of him.
"Ok, I'm finished here then. Let's go!"
Jack starts to walk away, but Sloane butts in.
"Good luck Jack. I hope you find her."
He looks back at Sloane "Go to Hell!"
Jack walks out of the holding cell, and Sloane just shakes his head smiling.
*************
Irina meets Sark outside of their location. She waits till he pulls up, and then goes to him.
"I didn't keep you waiting did I?" Sark asks
"No, not long. Do you take care of it?"
He smiles "Yes, of course I did. We have a problem though."
"What's the problem?"
He let's out a breath "If you want get rid of Danny, you are going to have to let go of Sydney and Mr. Vaughn for now."
"Why?" She asks confused
"Because in order to keep Danny here and away from suspicions, we have to keep Sydney and Mr. Vaughn here. That way, when they show up, Danny will be history. We can easily get Mr. Vaughn and Ms. Bristow back, it's not a problem."
She looks at him "Fine, do it! If I have to lose Sydney for a while, so be it. Just get this taken care of."
"It's being done as we speak." He looks back at her and smiles
***********
(CIA debriefing room)
Jack walks into the room, Dixon, Weiss, and Kendall are already waiting for them. Jack goes and takes his seat. Kendall get's up and speaks.
"Even though the three of you have disobeyed my orders, they are not allowing me to take action on you because you brought in Arvin Sloane. Don't think that you can just break orders whenever you feel like it, because next time you will be out of a job, no matter who you bring in. Do we understand?"
Dixon and Weiss both say "Yes, Sir!" Jack just nods, because he stands by his decsion. Kendall just glares at him. Jack stares back.
"I was told you have information on my daughter, and agent Vaughn?" He asks seriously
Kendall just shakes his head, and thinks 'stubborn bastard'. He focuses his attention back to the group.
"Yes, we recieved some vital intel on their whereabouts. Everything is in the file. I can't go over it with you, I have a meeting to attend, but read the files. You leave in hour. Good luck!"
Kendall leaves the room, and all three men go over the file. Weiss speaks first.
"Looks like were going back to Russia!" He says
They continue looking at their files.
***************
Sydney slowly starts to wake up. She looks to the right of her, and notices Vaughn sleeping. Now she knows why, for the first time in nights, why she hasn't had a nightmare. She smiles at him, and then looks around. There still in the same room, and wonders if anybody is going to come and save them. She looks around the room, and tries to find any kind of clue, or anything to break out. She knows she can't stay much longer, because if she does Vaughn may not make it. She slowly wiggles out of Vaughn's protective hold. She's scared the moment she does. She doesn't want to leave him for a second, because a little bit of her fears it will be the last time she might see him alive. Through the night she cried as he struggled to breath, she just prayed. She looks around the room, nothing. She punches the wall with her fist. Angry, annoyed, and scared. Why, why were they doing this to her? Why Vaughn, he didn't deserve this? Can't she just live a normal life? Can't she just be happy? Her thoughts are interrupted by yells coming from Vaughn.
"Syd.....No.....Syd....don't...." He yells
He wakes out of his dream, and tries to get up. "Syd..." He yells again.
Sydney runs over to him in a hurry. "Vaughn, no it's ok, I'm here! Don't get up. Just rest, I'm ok."
He slowly starts to sink back down, but sitll in horrible pain. She starts to plant kisses on his forehead, to clam him down. He tries to talk in between breaths.
"Syd....you...scared..me. I..thought..that..they..took...took..." He looks away, he can't finish. She talks for him.
"No Vaughn, I'm ok. It's ok, were going to be alright. I was just trying to find a way out, but I'm here, I always will be. I wont leave your side."
He shifts from more pain. He grabs his stomach, and Sydney begins to worry. Tears come to her eyes.
"Vaughn what's wrong?"
"Nothing...I'm..ok." He tries to reassure her.
"Don't lie to me Vaughn, tell me. What's the matter?"
She sees him messing with his stomach, so she unbuttons his shirt, to were the wound is. When she sees it, she gasps, and more tears fill her eyes.
"Oh My God, Vaughn! Look at this. Oh my God!"
"Syd!" He says gently
She picks up her head, and looks at him.
"I'm ok, it's just a little sore, that's all. Please stop killing yourself, I'll be fine."
She shakes her head "How can you say that. Vaughn your lower half of your stomach is purple, your chest has a huge burn mark on it, and your face is covered in bruises and cuts. Vaughn you are not ok. I thought I was going to lose you last night. You were struggling to even breath. (Her cries are getting louder) Don't tell me your fine, because your not. I'm scared, I don't want to lose you." She says crying
He grabs her hand, and looks at her in the eye. "Sydney, I will be fine. I know that you think otherwise, but I will. (He sticks her hand over his heart, and let's her feel it beating) You feel my heart beating? As long as you are with me Sydney, it will continue to beat. I live for you. I love you, and I wont leave you!"
She bends down and kisses him on the lips. "I love you Vaughn. I love you so much!"
"I know Sydney, I do to."
She traces the scare on his stomach. He flinches a little bit. "I'm sorry Vaughn, did I hurt you?" She asks worried.
He smiles "No, you just help made it better. I told you, you had a powerful touch."
she smiles back at him "You know, I use to remember that whenever I got hurt, someone would always kiss it, and it would make it feel better. I use to think that was just a way of trying to make kids forget all the pain. Then I met you. It turns out that theory was right. You always take my pain away. I hope I can do the same for you."
He smiles at her. She traces over the purple scare on his stomach, and then very lightly kisses it. She looks up at him, and then smiles. He does the same. She moves over to his chest, and traces his burn scare, and then kisses it lightly. She then moves to his face.
"I think I am starting to feel a lot better!" He smiles at her
She smiles back "Good, I'm glad!" She continues to kiss every cut on his face.
***********
Irina is back in her office, when Danny walks in.
"You needed to see me?" He asks
She smiles "Yes, I did. After our conversation, I spoke with Sark, and he convinced me that I should let you have some fun with Mr. Vaughn. So, I am allowing you to continue on with your methods. Just make sure at the end he is still breathing. Very soon, he will die Danny, very soon."
"Thank you Irina." He smiles and walks out the door.
Sark steps out from another room. "This is going to be easier then I thought." He says
"Yes....I know. Are we all set for tonight?"
"Yes, we are."
"Good!"
Irina and Sark leave her office.
***********
Sydney's resting in Vaughn's arms, when she hears the door open. She prays it's her father or somebody. Vaughn and her shift, and look up.
"Hello my dear!" Danny says
She get's scared, when she sees all the guards around him. "I promised you that I would finish this, and well......now's the time." He smiles
Danny waves his hand, and the guards run over to Sydney and Vaughn, and separate them. Sydney yells out.
"No.....Vaughn!" She yells louder
"Syd!" Vaughn yells back louder.
"Cover his mouth." Danny yells.
The guards bring in two chairs, and strap them to it. One guard tapes Vaughn's mouth shut. Danny gives the guards the signal to bring in a tray. They bring it in, and the blue liquid syringe is sitting on it. The same looking one as before.
"You can leave us now." Danny tells his men
His men leave the room, leaving him with Sydney and Vaughn.
Danny smiles "How are we doing today?" He moves closer to her
"Fu** off!" She hisses back
He laughs "I always loved it when you were angry. It brought a passionate side out of you."
She just stares at him "I don't care what you think!" She yells at him
He smiles back "I think you do my dear. You care if I am going to kill your lover over here, don't you. You care whether or not your going to make it out of here. So I do think you do care what I think. It's based on what I think, that will answer your questions."
She just looks evily at him.
"I can answer one of your questions that I know has been bothering you. Why am I doing this right?"
She nods
"Because I love you Sydney, and I want you so bad. I miss you so much. Soon we will be together, very soon." He closes the distance between them, and kisses her. She struggles to break free.
***********
Jack, Weiss, and Dixon enter the building. They stop at their meeting place.
"We all know how this goes, so lets do it, and be done with it. Were not coming out of here unless we have Sydney and Michael. Understand?" Jack yells
They nod there heads, and they all go.
***********
With little hand movement she has, she tries to push Danny off. She's yelling through the whole horrible kiss. Danny finally back off. Sydney spits out, and wipes her mouth in her sleeve.
Danny smiles "Playing hard to get, are we?"
She evily looks at him "You make me sick!"
He laughs. She lifts her hand to try and wipe her mouth, but the restraints wont let her. Danny's eye catches the diamond ring on her finger.
"What the hell is that?" He asks looking at her finger
She looks at her finger and then back up at him. "Oh, I guess nobody told you, but I'm getting married. That's what usually happens when your in love." She says smiling, knowing she just angered him.
He looks at her, and then at Vaughn, and back at her.
"Your going to marry him?" He asks angry
She smiles and gets all giddy "Yes!"
He grunts and get's more angry "You love him?"
She looks him died in the eye. She is going to make him understand this this, if she has to beat it into him.
"With all my heart!"
Danny looks away. He's about to get tears in his eyes, but holds them in.
"We will see about that."
Danny walks over to the tray and picks up the syringe. Sydney panics. She knows that whatever's in there, could kill Vaughn. He walks back over to Sydney.
***********
"Which way?" Jack yells
"Left!" Dixon yells back
************
"The only person that you will love, will be me!"
He walks over to Vaughn, and stands right in front of him.
"There can be only one!" (**hehe cool, cool Highlander right there baby!!**)
Danny puts his arm back, getting ready to stab him.
"Say good-bye Sydney!"
She's crying "No.........Please........Nooo......"
Danny plunges the needle right into Vaughn's chest. Vaughn yells out in pain.
"Vaughn.......Michael......" She yells
All of a sudden the door busts open, and Jack, Dixon, and Weiss, are in the doorway. Before Danny can take out his gun, Jack blows him away. Danny falls to the ground. Jack runs over to Sydney, and Weiss and Dixon run over to Danny.
"Sydney what happened?" Jack asks
"Vaughn.....Vaughn... Move, I have to get to Vaughn." He finshes loosening the ropes, and Sydney runs over to a passed out Vaughn. She grabs him.
Crying "Michael honey, answer me! (She yells louder) Michael answer me! Please...." She holds him and cries
Weiss picks up the syringe and looks at it.
"Sydney, what was in this?" He asks
"She keeps crying "I don't know, I don't know! Vaughn needs help. Please somebody help him."
Jack runs over to check his pluse. He looks back at Sydney and Dixon and Weiss.
"He needs help now! His pluse is very weak. We need to move now!"
Dixon and Weiss grab Vaughn, and they leave. Sydney not leaving Vaguhn's side.
Note: Hey guys sorry for the cliff hanger, but I had to do it. I hope you liked it, let me know what you think!!
Love ya,
Lauren
