Open Arms
"Despair is deep. An abyss
that swallows dreams. A wall
at the end of the world.
Tell me your pain, Alex. It's the only way
to let it go."
"You want me to talk about
my pain? Why should I, when you already
know about it, everything about it.
You're the one who created it!"
"No, that was Division."
"Division didn't pull the trigger
that night! You did!"
"In self-defense! I saved you!
…I could've saved him too. He just didn't
Give me the chance. And I lied about that to protect you,
because I knew
you couldn't handle it."
"No, you knew I'd
despise you when I learned
the truth. And you would break down,
crumble. Because it's the lies
that undo us. That undo you."
"I'm sorry. Trust me,
there's no greater pain
than regret."
"Try abandonment."
"I'm sorry. I put you with someone
I thought I could trust. Sometimes,
you have to learn who not to trust
the hard way."
"The hard way? I was
stuck in that hard way for six years
of my life, trapped between terror
and limbo.
Where were you then?"
"I had no idea
what they would do to you."
"Oh please. What did you think
would happen to me?"
"I don't know…"
"Exactly. The great and powerful
Nikita doesn't know everything.
She can't see the future,
she can't read minds—"
"But I can protect people,
I can save them! I saved
you!"
"And I was your first
success! Your first trophy! You
expected me to just sit there, on the mantle piece,
and not dig up the past, learn the truth.
Expected me to fight your war; a war
without mercy, forgiveness, love.
And guess what! I've been fighting your war
all this time! You've denied me
my chance at revenge.
And I've had enough. There's a reason
I do the things I do, there's a reason
I am who I am. And that man
is one of those reasons, just like you."
"No. You're not ready
for this."
"You don't know
what I'm ready for. I'll admit,
you were the door. You gave me
Intel, filled my mind with plans for revenge,
but you never provided that revenge.
You only provided your own, and you
dragged me along. I never
asked why. I trusted you, a trust based
on misunderstandings and deceit. I mean,
I used to admire you, everything
about you. But not anymore. I don't admire
everything. I do admire you. I just
don't want to be you."
"You can't build your whole life
on revenge."
"But that's exactly
what you've done, isn't it? You've put off
your 'happy ever after' with Michael
so you can chase down
a black box. So you can destroy
a governmental agency that already has multiple enemies
conspiring against it."
"Believe me, I want
to stop running. I want this to end.
I want my fairy-tale
ending. I want my house on a secluded beach,
where I don't have to keep
looking over my shoulder every second
of every hour of every day."
"Sometimes, wanting isn't enough. In order
to get what you want, you have to take
what you've got and what you know,
and challenge that for something more."
"And that's your plan?"
"My life will never be my own,
until he's out of it. Until I avenge
my papa."
"Go then. Avenge your family,
find justice, plot your revenge. And when
everything's all said and done,
I'll be here. Waiting. I'll
be here, with open arms.
I'll always be here with open arms."
"Don't ask me to do that. Don't
give me that chance."
"But I am. Unlike Amanda, I will give you
whatever you need and allow you to do
what you do best. I won't stop you.
I won't try to dissuade you. I'll be
on your side 100%. But when
you're at the turning point, between
now and revenge, I hope you ask yourself,
'What's going to happen
to me now?'"