A/N: Hey guys! I got a brand new addition to Mina144 and I's "Random Adventures" series. This time we're taking it to LAS VEGAS! Where everything that happens in Las Vegas STAYS in Las Vegas ;)
Random Adventures: Las Vegas - Chapter 1
Canyon Ranch Spa at the Venetian Hotel, Las Vegas - 9:23 am
"Alex?" Nikita walked up to the girl and banged her hand on the glass window that separated them, "Wake up, we don't have all day." She continued to bang on the glass some more, causing Alex to stir in her sleep.
"Ugh." Alex moaned as she turned on her side, eyes still closed. It was getting unusually hot all of a sudden.
"Sorry Alex." Nikita smirked as she walked over to a panel to turn up the heat.
Steam appeared before Alex. She suddenly opened her eyes and was blinded by a thick wall of fog blowing in her face. "AHHH!" Alex screamed, jumping up to run into the glass window before her. "Help! Help!" She banged on the wall, thinking she had been kidnapped once again. "Why does this always happen to me?" Alex thought.
She began to panic. "Just relax, Alex." Nikita walks into her view. "Breathe, in and out."
"Nikita!?" Alex questions. She runs her hands along the glass, clearing the fog away to stare at her friend. "Where am I? What happened?"
"You're in a sauna." Nikita states.
"What the hell?" Alex looks around confused. She tries to open the door, but Nikita had her locked in. "Let me out of here!" She glares at her friend.
"Hold on." Nikita says. "First, tell me, how are you feeling?"
"Ugh." Alex moaned again. She leaned forward and rested her head on the glass window, feeling the cool surface. "I feel like my head is going to fall off."
"Do you remember what happen last night?" Nikita asks. Alex shook her head. Nikita sighed, "I had a feeling you wouldn't." She walked over to a chair and pulled it closer to Alex. "This is going to be a funny story…" Nikita begins.
29 hours earlier
Division Training Room - 3:45 pm
Sean walked into the Division training room looking for Alex. He found her violently attacking a punching bag and laughed at her. "I think you killed it." He teased.
"Hey," She turned around and smiled at him, "I thought you were in Ops with Michael?"
"I was, but then I came looking for you."
"Why? Is something wrong?" Alex asks, worried.
"No." Sean calms her. "I was just getting a little stir crazy down here. I thought it would be nice to take a walk with you or something… you know get some fresh air with my girlfriend. Maybe go on an actual first date?"
Alex smiled at his label for her, it was something she had to get used to now that they were officially a couple. "That would be nice, but maybe another time?" She turns around and continues to attack the punching bag.
Sean frowned at her as he held the bag for her to punch. "Sure, that's all I have now." He says sadly. "Time…"
Alex stopped punching the bag and sighed as she took her gloves off. "You're not gonna be down here forever, you know?" She takes a step around him, reaching for her water bottle on the ground. "Just until-"
"The next big American tragedy bumps me off the nightly news, I know." Sean retorts.
Alex took a deep breath and sat down on a nearby workout bench. She patted the seat next to her, motioning Sean to come over. "You blame me for you being stuck down here, don't you?"
"No," Sean says as he sits down. He takes her hand in his and looks her in the eyes, "I could never blame you." He gives her a small smile. Alex pursed her lips and looked away, knowing he was just saying that to be nice. "Hey," Sean cups her face and gently forces her to look at him again. "I know what you're thinking, but you have to understand. This was my choice." He brings his hands back down, searching for hers. "I know you fought so that this was my choice, and I accept that. Now you need to do the same."
"But-" Alex tries to argue.
Sean quickly put a finger to her lips, shushing her. "You know I love you, I'm not going anywhere. But sometimes I wish we could still get out of here every once in awhile, you know? Go out and enjoy some of the little things life still has to offer." He says, being hopeful.
"We will." Alex says, feeling bad for him. "Someday." She promised.
Sean looked back at her, knowing someday would be far from now. He sighed. No matter what he said, Alex would always feel guilty. Sean only stayed in Division because of her and she would always feel responsible for that, for the rest of her life.
"Now just isn't the right time." Alex says, sighing.
"It's never the right time with you, Alex." Sean says, bluntly. Alex stared back at him, offended. He took a deep breath and held her hand tighter. "Out of all the people in here," Sean looks around the room, "You're the only one who has an actual life to go back to, once this fight is all over." He smiles at her. "I just think, you've ought to enjoy it the best you can now because you never know when that someday will be… or if it'll ever come."
He mutters that last phrase softly as an afterthought, but Alex still heard it. Now he was really making her feel guilty. "There's so many things I want to do with you, Alex." She watched as his expression grew ecstatic. She loved the way his eyes lit up every time he was excited about the future, it made her excited to.
"I want to show you the world." He says, gesturing one hand in the air, while the other never let go of hers. "London, Paris, Tokyo, even Moscow again." He pauses to catch his breath, but mostly to see her reaction to naming all these places.
Alex stared back at him in wonder, she had always dreamed about traveling the world one day. Sure she had gone to many countries on missions with Division or as a child with her mother and father, but those travels were always brief and for business, not always pleasure. What Sean was suggesting was different, it would be an adventure. She smiled at him as he continued to list more exotic locales. This was an once in a life time experience she had to do with him by her side, Alex thought.
"Venice, Rome…" Sean continues. "You name it, any where in the world." He flashes her a giant grin. "Someday-"
"Sean!" Alex quickly shuts him up, it was her turn to speak. "Let's go." She says, excited. Sean was right, they never knew when someday would be. What if today was their last? She wanted to go out and have some fun for once in her life. Enjoy the little things, Sean always talked about. She couldn't wait anymore, it was now or never. He had finally convinced her.
"What?" Sean looks at her surprised.
"Let's go." She repeats, excited. "I want to go to all those places you mention." Alex stands up and pulls his hand with her. "Now." She smiles. "No more someday, let's just get out of here now. I can't wait."
"Are you serious?" Sean says, baffled.
"I'm always serious." Alex smirks at him.
"That's true." He laughs. "But what about Division?"
"Screw Division." Alex replies. "You're the one always saying how we need to get out of here." She reminds him.
"Well that was before… and about you."
"Hey," Alex smiles, "What happen to going out and enjoying all the little things?"
Sean took a moment to gaze at that rare smile plastered on Alex's face. Who was he to deny her these little things in life? He had never seen her so genuinely excited about something like this before. "Just like that?" He asks, "You'd run away with me?"
"Who says, we're running?" Alex smirks. "There's no need to run."
"What do you mean?" He questions.
"All we have to do is ask Michael and Nikita for a short vacation, they'll understand." Alex says. "And besides, as long as you're with me, we'll be safe."
"That should be the other way around." Sean laughs as they make their way toward Ops to find Michael and Nikita.
Canyon Ranch Spa at the Venetian Hotel, Las Vegas - 9:35 am
"So you and Sean eventually found us in Ops and told us about this crazy plan to travel around the world and-"
"Nikita," Alex speaks up, "Can you please stop talking for a second." Nikita paused and looked at the girl. She had her face pressed up against the glass window between them, trying to breathe. "I have this massive headache."
Nikita laughed, "That's what you get. I warned you not to-"
"Shhhh!" Alex banged on the window and pointed to her head. "Quiet please."
"I thought you wanted to know what happen last night?"
"Yeah I do, can you just skip to that part?"
"No, what fun will that be? I'm telling this story from the very beginning."
"Ugh." Alex complains, "Where's Sean?"
"I'm right here." Sean announces as he walks into the room. "Hey, how you feeling?" He walks up to Alex and presses his hand against the glass. Alex wiped away some of the fog and pressed her hand against the glass too, wishing she could actually touch him. Sean smiled at her. "You're probably wondering why you're in a sauna." He laughs.
"Can you please let me out?" Alex begs.
Sean looked at Nikita. "Not until I finish my story." She laughs.
Alex glared at her. "This isn't fair, why are you torturing me?"
"Because it's funny." Nikita smirks.
"This is so not funny!" Alex shouts.
Sean laughed at her, "You have to admit, this is a little funny considering how you got in there."
Alex glared at him. "You're not helping."
"Can I finish my story now?" Nikita asks.
Alex pressed her head against the window and sighed. "I'm pretty sure this is illegal and I'm going to die in here, but sure, go ahead… finish your story."
Sean brought over a chair and sat down next to Nikita, eager to hear the rest of the story. "So I was saying…" Nikita continues.
29 hours earlier
Division Operations - 4:05 pm
"Seriously, it's not even what it used to be anymore." Alex comments as Michael and Nikita stared at her in disbelief. "What?" Alex frowns, she looked around the round table and caught her friends' skeptical expressions. "You don't believe me?"
"Wait hold on," Michael stops her. "Let's back up… you want to go to a place that's been sinking for hundreds of years?"
"Yeah!" Alex replies, excitedly. "Not just Venice, all of Europe and Asia too! Maybe even Africa if we have time." Alex continues. "I want to see the whole world!"
"Time?" Nikita questions. "Hold on, Alex, what are you suggesting? Do you want to leave Division?"
"Well, no, not exactly…" Alex says. "It's just… I've been thinking lately, about how short life can be sometimes…" She sighs and glances at Sean. "It's a shame how we're just sitting here waiting for when Amanda or another member of the Dirty Thirty will pop up." She frowns. "Look around us, Nikita. It's been quiet for days. When was the last time you did anything that didn't have to with Division?"
"Umm…" Nikita tried to think. "Yoga… I went to yoga." She answers.
"That was like 3 months ago." Alex glares at her.
"Really? I could've sworn that was last week."
"No, last week you were doing yoga in the training room."
"It was still yoga."
"Yeah… but it was in Division."
"So? What's your point?"
"The point is, I'm tired of sitting around here all day. Don't you want to go outside? Get some sun? Or have some fun?" She looks toward Michael for backup. "Come on, Michael… you never do anything fun."
"What?" Michael laughs. "I do fun things all the time."
"No." Alex shakes her head, amusingly. "Michael so serious… always so serious." She pouts.
"Okay, okay." Michael smirks. "I know things have been a little slow around here but what are we supposed to do about it?" He questions. "It's not like we can pack up and leave."
"Michael's right." Nikita comments. "We made a deal with the President, if she even suspects we've shut down Operations for one day, she'll think we've gone rogue."
"Really?" Alex questions. "Not even half a day?" Michael and Nikita stayed silent. "Come on!" Alex exclaims, annoyed. "This isn't fair."
"Why are you complaining?" Michael asks. "You don't have an obligation to Division, you're free to go."
"Yeah… but I mean, what about the rest of you?" Alex frowns. "You say Division has changed and we're officially part of the government now… if that's true then we should get the same benefits. Isn't a holiday coming up? Why can't we have the weekend off?"
"I don't know…" Nikita ponders. "What if another mission pops up? We have to be ready."
"There's always going to be another mission…" Alex retorts.
Nikita frowned and looked toward Michael for his opinion. He sighed. "Alex is right…"
"I am?" Alex looks at him surprised.
Michael smiled and took a step toward Nikita. "Listen, before we got engaged you told me there was always going to be another mission…" He says. "And what you meant by that is that we shouldn't let this get in the way of what we really want in life… and you know what I really want right now?"
"What?" Nikita asks.
"Some food."
Nikita laughed. "Okay." She looks toward Sean and Alex. "I guess we could all use a vacation."
Canyon Ranch Spa at the Venetian Hotel, Las Vegas - 9:56 am
"It took some convincing and a little white lie, but we finally got Ryan to sign off and give us the weekend off." Nikita explains.
"But not without a catch." Sean adds.
"Nikita," Alex lifts her head up and glares at her. "You are the worst story teller ever… I already know all this, get to the point! What happen last night?"
"I'm getting there." Nikita says. Alex rolled her eyes and laid down on the bench inside the sauna, resting her head. "Now where was I?" Nikita continues.
"Ryan gave us the weekend off." Sean says. "It wasn't enough time to see the world like we wanted, but I came up with a compromise."
"Oh that's right." Nikita smiles. "Welcome to Las Vegas, Alex!"
A/N: Stay tuned! Nikita and Sean aren't even close to finishing this story. Any guesses about what happened to Alex in Las Vegas? Please review! Ch 2 will be posted soon!