"So how do you suggest we find this girl?" Alex watched the ex-reaper as he scanned the surrondings. The two of them had arrived in Canada a few short hours later and now found themselves in the exact spot where Emily had stood only hours before. The problem being nothing else had showed up on her since the two departed. No news report that might be division, no more traffic camera's. This was all the two of them had to run off of.
"We don't. She finds us." Owen stated, walking ahead of the young Russian women.
"What?" Alex questioned, chasing after him.
"And you guys think I'm the idiot," Owen teased, "there's a reason why she came on the grid and than just vanished. She wanted us to come looking for her. Now it's just a matter of when she will strike."
"Do you think Amanda-"
"I wouldn't doubt it," Owen finished before even hearing what Alex had to say. The two of them caught the others eyes.
"Maybe we should get back up, if it is Amanda we are dealing with than the two of us won't be enough," Alex was questioning her own abilities and maybe even a little of Owen's. Since getting shot, she hadn't been top notch. Well, not 100 percent, she could still handle her own but not like before. Plus with her current lack of sleep, she was really only at 75 percent at best.
Then there was also the matter of Owen, who can pack a deadly punch but was far more impulsive than Alex was. He liked to get in and get the job done, risking the mission completely with his brute force. Not to mention if they did come into contact with Amanda, all it would take is a few sentances and Owen's brain would be fried and she'd be on her own.
"No, they'll just get in our way," Alex's eyes lingered on Owen for a second, scanning him over. Something had been off about him, ever since the two left Division he had been giving her the cold shoulder.
He was holding onto something and she couldn't figure out what.
"Owen if we run into Amanda she could-"
"I can take care of myself Alex," Owen bit back, the icy look sending a chill down Alex's spine.
She didn't press the issue, instead following after Owen when he began to walk away. She trailed behind by a few feet, giving him some space. He hadn't lashed out on her like that before, she hadn't seen him lash out like that ever in front of her. She trusted him to a certian extent but not because they had bonded.
She trusted him because she trusted Nikita. Not because she was confident in Owen's abilities or even his choices. If Nikita said he was good, than Alex believed her.
Owen let out a groan of irratation, "come on, lets get some food. We aren't going to find a trail to follow so were just wasting our time, besides I'm starving."
Alex took this as her cue to rejoin him, picking up her pace and finding herself beside him.
The two of them entered a small local resturant, both heading for the corner booth in the darkest corner of the place.
They sat acrossed from eachother, Owen facing the door and Alex facing Owen. The two of them didn't speak, at least not until a waitress came up.
"Well, goodafternoon," the waitress was obviously checking out Owen but Alex didn't acknolege it. Instead she focused on the menu's she sat down infront of the two of them.
"Can I get the two of you anything to start? A drink perhaps?"
"Water," Owen grumbled, not even looking at the women.
The women turned to Alex and Alex offered her a smile, "water for me too please."
She nodded and was gone just like that. Alex watched Owen for a second as his eye's scanned over the menu. She was sure something was wrong but still, she didn't know how to get him to spill.
Instead she let out a sigh, giving up on him and deciding on her own meal choice.
When the waitress returned, they both ordered and were left in peace, this time without menu's to distract the two of them.
It grew uncomfortable when silence engulfed them. Now they had to look at eachother and acknoledge eachother.
"So, what were you doing up last night?" Alex asked, folding her hands together on the table and leaning forward.
"Couldn't sleep, same as you," Owen said quite simply, his eyes latching onto her own. They sat like this for a second, just staring at eachother, both of them just examining the other. It was more of a stare down in Alex's eyes, at least that's how she felt at first. Both of them were trying to see who would break first, who was stronger than the other. Than again that could have just been her competitive nature getting the best of her.
But very quickly Alex grew uncomfortable under his gaze, for some reason she felt exposed, open like a sore wound. She let her eyes shift to the table, her fingers begining to fiddle together. Never before had someone made her so uncomfortable and she couldn't explain why.
"What's wrong?" Owen asked, curious over her sudden change of attitude.
"I should ask you that," Alex muttered, trying to switch the subject onto him.
He watched her, waiting for her to further explain what she meant but when she didn't, he pressed the subject, "and why do you say that?"
Alex looked up at him, her face once again back to it's stone expression, "you're hiding something from me. You've been acting odd this whole time. I know I'm not Nikita but if my partner in the field is holding vital information on the mission from me, well, I'd like to know about it."
A silence fell on them and Owen was suddenly laughing, shaking his head at her. It threw her off gaurd and she crossed her arms over her chest in defence, "I'm sorry but what's funny?"
Owen stopped laughing but the smile didn't leave his face, "you know, you and Nikita have a lot in common. I didn't think I'd meet anyone as bossy as her."
Alex rolled her eyes at him but Owen didn't try to hide his amusement. Thankfully their food came and the two didn't need to speak any longer, which Alex was happy with because she was once again frustrated with Mr. Elliot.
Owen for whatever reason grabbed his knife and began to make a cutting movement in the air. Earning him a questioning look from Alex, "what are you doing?"
"Trying to cut the tension."
Alex couldn't help but smile at his terrible joke, which Owen took as a sign he could eat without having her eyes burning death holes into his head.
The two of them munched down their food, Owen eating much quicker than Alex, who really only snacked and picked at her food.
Owen was done long before Alex, who was more or less just moving her food around on her plate. He decided that the girl already had enough to worry about and decided to confess up.
"I knew Ashley," Owen admited, "we were trained together."
She had been right and it felt a little gratifying. She knew not to gloat though, or press him to continue because then he'd never finish. So instead she stayed silent, letting him know she was listening.
Owen sighed, leaning back in his seat, "she was a field agent. I thought she died in action three years ago."
"Yeah, well, Percy had loved secrets and lies," Alex noted, finally pushing her plate away.
"Something still isn't right though," Owen explained, "she wouldn't come on the grid unless she had too."
Alex perked up, "do you think she's in danger?"
There was a worried look in Owen's eyes, she wondered if this Ashley women had been friends with Owen or if the two of them had ever interacted. It seemed as though they had by his current expressions but Alex didn't want to push. It was better that way.
Owen stood up from his seat, shrugged his jacket back on, "I don't know but I don't think she would willingly go to division for help."
Alex nodded, following Owen's lead, "well, we better start looking for her then."
So I just wanted to say thank you for all the amazing feedback first off. This was originally going to be like just a one chapter thing but it got such good feedback that I decided to continue.
I'd also like to state that I am really sorry if there are a ton of grammer errors, I REALLY hate proofreading my own work so usually I don't catch everything.
And also, sorry for the slow update, work has been killing me but tonights episode inspired me. Am I the only one who felt like the whole scene at the end with Sean and Alex was really odd. Like Alex seemed so emotionless when she was like "you had my back and Nikita didn't."
It just didn't feel right AT ALL.