Chapter One-
POV- Nikita
Everyone wants to die in the arms of someone they love, not by the hands of the person they love. I was frozen in place by the sight ahead of me.
"Ask me how I got here." he repeated
Michael, my mentor, the person division has sent after me for the past few months was sitting in the chair in front of me with one of my guns. I was frozen in place and had no idea what to do, so to stall I asked the question he had been waiting for.
"How did you get here?" as i asked him he shifted his position and so did I.
Watching me carefully he said one word, the one word that had stopped my breath for good. "Alex" I prayed that he couldn't see the sweat building up and see me struggling to find an excuse.
I stood there and after a few quick seconds to compose myself I said in a questioning tone. "Who's Alex?"
"Don't play games with me Nikita. I am in no mood for it."
"Michael what are you talking about? Oh.. You mean that recruit that caught me that one time"
"Yes that one. Why was she here?"
"She's never been here Michael. You are mistaken."
"Nikita ... did you hunt her down? Did you try to go seek revenge? I called her a few days ago and we heard an echo in the voice. Birkhoff and I traced it back to this building... Your building"
"Hmmm..." before I could get anything out Michael surprised me
"Nikita, please. Just please don't go and try to get revenge on Alex. There's no point. You know division wouldn't care if she died but you would. You are all about protecting these recruits - and."
"I wonder who taught me that lesson" i muttered.
"Let the past go Nikita! There's no point in reliving it. What's done is done."
"Is it Michael? Is it really? What if you had the choice now to change everything? Back in Uzbekistan we were close. It felt like old times when we would go on ops together. You even tried to protect me and me you."
Michael's expression looked pained so i stopped. "Please nikita -please stop." I waited for more and he didn't say anything."
"Remember the other night when we were saving Alex? We were on the rooftop talking.. Actually arguing."
I laughed at the memory before continuing. "I told you what I did I did out of not wanting to see you get hurt."
"Stop! I didn't come here to talk about the past. I came here to -"
"To what Michael? Turn me in: both of us know you can't do that."
"I have to Nikita, it's my duty to division. To Percy."
"We both know if you could you'd be out of division. You are only in for one reason and I promise you if you give me the chance I'll find you a chance to catch Kasim"