Amber dangled the neckless above her head as she lay in her bed in her room. "That's pretty" Nikita said as she walked into the room and sat on Amber's bed. Amber met her eyes. "Sit up" Nikita said patting Amber's leg, "I want to talk to you." Amber sat up, crossed her legs, and placed the neckless on the side table. Nikita placed her hands on Amber's, "Amber, Amanda is dangerous and needs to be stops." "So this changes nothing" Amber said weakly. "No. This changes something" Nikita said. "If possible we're going to do our best and bring her in alive." Amber smiled a little, but she still didn't know how to feel about any of this. "But.." Nikita said in a serious tone, "If it comes down to my life, Alex's, your's, anyones... " "She'll be taken out" Amber said. Nikita nodded, "I know she's your mom." "Nikita, it's okay" Amber said, "I understand."
Amber shot the last man, scooped up the black box, and ran. "Black box acquired, heading to the exit, do you copy?" Amber called into her ear com. "Copy, meet you at extraction. Michael and Alex are there and clearing the path." She heard Nikita say through the com. Amber picked up speed as she dashed down the long hallway. Suddenly she came to a screeching halt as Amanda rounded the corner. Amber drew her gun up and aimed but froze. Amanda saw this moment of hesitation and fired. Amber dogged and ducked behind a corner. She heard the click of heels coming towards her. Amber turned and fired a shot just above Amanda's head, causing her to duck in cover. Amber pulled back round the corner and breathed heavily. "Give me the black box!" Amanda shouted. "Afraid I can't do that!" Amber shouted back. She heard Amanda laugh. That's when she heard the foot steps of Amanda back up coming from both sides of the hall. "Sweetheart, you don't have a choice." Amber was trapped. "I don't wanna hurt you, and you don't wanna hurt me!" Amber shouted. "Why's that?" Amanda's voice said in laugher. Try as she might Amber couldn't find the words to answer her. "Amber!" She heard Nikita's voice in her ear. "Nikita I'm trapped." She whispered. "No you're not, do you see a vent? It shouldn't be too far from you." Amber looked around." "Yeah I see it!" Amber said. "It leads to the outside, but hurry! Amanda's back up is not too far behind and they'll know you went in there." Nikita said over the com. Amber unscrewed the bolts and climbed in. She began crawling for her life. She heard Nikita's voice on the ear com again, "Does Amanda know you're in the vent?" Amber was about to reply when a bullet shot through the vent not to far behind her. "Uhhh.. She does now" Amber said as she crawled. As she neared a light she rolled herself over and kicked as hard as she could, sending the vent door flying. "Amber!" Michael shouted, "throw me the black!" Amber did. "Now jump!" Amber jumped and Michael caught her. "Come on!" He said as they ran towards a helicopter waiting for them. She hoped in next to Alex. "Nice of you to join us" Alex said playfully and Amber jokingly rolled her eyes. "You ok?" Nikita said, who was siting a crossed from her. Amber gave her a thumbs up, and a smile before turning her gaze out the window. As the helicopter gained altitude she saw Amanda and her men run out. Amanda looked up and her eyes met Amber's. They stared at each other until they could no longer see. When they arrived at Division, Ryan and Owen were there to greet them. "How'd the mission go!?" Owen asked. Michael smiled and pulled out the black box. "A success" Ryan breathed in relief. Birkhoff appeared from around the corner and snatched the box out of Ryan's hand. He took Sonya's hand and lead to her to a computer "Let's get cracking" Sonya said giving him a kiss as he sat down. "I love it when you talk dirty" Birkhoff said. Owen rolled his eyes and Alex giggled. "Good work" Ryan said and walked away. Amber walked down the hall. She didn't feel much like celebrating. "Wanna talk about it?" Nikita asked, appearing beside her. Amber sighed but didn't look at her. "I couldn't see my mom in her." Amber said. "She would have killed me had she the chance, she wouldn't have even hesitated." "She doesn't know who you are." Nikita said softly. "If she knew" Amber said stopping to look at Nikita, "do you think it would make a difference?" "I don't know." Nikita said honestly.
Ryan had decided that do to Amber's hesitation in pulling the trigger and her newly discovered relation to Amanda, that it was best the she stay at Division during the mission that concurred Amanda, at least for now. Nikita had gone on one and Amber anxiously awaited her return. She didn't like waiting and wondering. "Hey!" Alex called from over the railing of ops. Amber stopped hitting the punching bag and turned around. "Nikita's back" Alex said with a smiled. Amber returned her smile and followed her into ops. Nikita was debriefing everyone on the mission. "What I miss?" Amber whispered to Alex. "Not much, Nikita was tied to a chair in a fire with Amanda but they both managed to escape." Alex whispered back. "Did she say anything?" Ryan probed. "Yeah" Nikita said and her eyes found Amber. "She said it began in a fire. I begged her to tell me... she said that I wasn't the only with daddy issues...and...she said she was made the day they killed her daughter."