So I decided to get cracking on the next chapter. Sorry about the lack of action in the previous one, but I'll try and add some interesting stuff for this one. Thanks angelwings202 for the review, I'll see where it goes relationship-wise, there may be a few. And whatever ye do: Don't forget to REVIEW!

"So Percy's kidnapping Division agents and framing Gogol?" asked Birkhoff confused. "When you said Division is right for the rebellion, that's exactly what Percy's hoping for. His attacks are specifically designed to attack Amanda's leadership" stated Michael.

"That means Percy knows about Amanda and Ari's secret" said Nikita looking at all the faces in the room.

"But how? I mean, we only figured it out because I saw Ari at Alex's press conference last week" said Carla. Michael and Birkhoff were still not happy about having her there and included in their conversations, but if that's what Nikita wanted, then they couldn't argue.

"Just because you couldn't remember, doesn't mean Percy stopped digging. He must have found out some other way" said Nikita looking at Carla.

Just then, the computer beeped. "We've got an incoming call. It's Alex" said Birkhoff typing on the computer. He set the call up on the flat-screen.

"Alex" smiled Nikita. "I see you're up and about. How are you feeling?" Alex's question was directed at Nikita. "Didn't I tell you I would be Ok" joked Nikita. Alex smiled to her-self.

"Are you all set to get back to the estate?" asked Michael. Alex smiled at Nikita before she looked at Michael and answered. "Yeah. Sean's in the car as we speak. I better get going. I just wanted to check-in to make sure Nikita was alright".

"Well don't worry. Our Nikki is a tough cookie" joked Birkhoff. "I'll call you again later to let you know how it goes" said Alex and with that the screen went blank.

"Well at least one thing is going to plan" remarked Michael. Then the computer started beeping again. "Aren't we popular".

"It's Amanda!" exclaimed Birkhoff. "Put her on speaker phone" said Nikita.

"My agents think Gogol is responsible for the hits. I can't tell them who is, so I need you to bring me Percy" ordered Amanda.

"Now what makes you think we're going to help you?" asked Michael smugly. "I happen to have someone that I'm sure you'd just love to help" There was a silence before he spoke.

"Nikita, it's me" Birkhoff turned off the sound before speaking "Isn't that Fletcher?" Nikita turned back on the sound. "Nice trick, pulling up some old recordings of Ryan, but we won't fall for that" said Nikita confidently.

"No. Listen, the first time we met was in that bunker in Chile. I asked who you were, and you said Nikita. You hung up on me" Nikita froze with a tear coming to her eye. All eyes were on her. She shook her head in disbelief and put her hand to her mouth. "Ryan".

"Here's the offer: You bring me Percy, and I'll give you Ryan. Deal?" said Amanda emotionless.

"Bring you Percy?" asked Michael. "Unfortunately, I need him alive to answer for his crimes. So do we have ourselves a deal?" asked Amanda once again. "You got a deal" said Nikita. Carla looked at Nikita in disbelief and stormed out.

"How do you suppose we lose the press?" asked Sean whispering in Alex's ear. "Just follow my lead" smiled Alex.

"Enjoy this beautiful art collection while I excuse myself" said Alex slipping down the corridor.

"Well that was easy" laughed Sean. "No one questions a girl that 'excuses' her-self" grinned Alex.

"Where we going?" asked Sean. "The back stairs, they lead to the wing where my mother is kept. Now these two guards..." "Hey guys! Hey I'm guarding Alexandra so I'm a little bit jumpy and I kinda took that rude comment as a threat, and I kicked your ass" interrupted Sean as he approached the two guards.

One of the guards muttered what did he say in Russian to the other and while they were distracted, Sean knocked them out.

"What did he say?" Joked Sean as Alex led him up the stairs smiling.

They walked into Alex's mother's room. There were wilted flowers in vases all over the room. She wasn't there, and hadn't of been for a while.

"He took her" said Alex as she left the room and headed back to Ari's office.

"You moved my mother, where?" demanded Alex. "No, the protection detail checked on her last night when she was in bed" said Ari confused.

"Well they're incompetent, and so is your florist. Those flowers up there are at least two weeks past their sell-by date" replied Sean.

"Semak must have moved her without telling me" said Ari shaking his head. Alex turned around "Uh, I don't believe you".

"I never would have risked moving her. Not with all the cameras pointed at your family right now" "That means Semak doesn't trust you, which means I can't trust you". While Alex and Ari were arguing, Sean used a device that was able to copy Ari's hard-drive.

"The timeline on Semak's death must be moved up. I have a mole planted deep in a foreign intelligence service that is waiting to be activated. His death will be pinned on them" stated Ari.

"Who is it?" asked Alex. "You don't need to know" insisted Ari. "We're done here" said Sean when he was finished uploading the hard-drive and opened the door.

"What the hell was that? I wasn't done with him" complained Alex when they left the room.

"He's not going to tell you where she is. Remember that gear I brought to wipe the Black box? Well I just used it to copy Ari's hard-drive. If he won't give us answers, we'll just get them ourselves" smirked Sean.

"So how are we going to find Percy?" asked Birkhoff spinning in his chair. Nikita looked at Birkhoff and Michael "Through Carla".

"Through, Carla?" asked Michael confused. Nikita nodded "She's been informing Percy. I don't know for how long, but when I mentioned Percy knowing about Amanda and Ari, did you see her reaction?"

"So how do you suppose we find him?" asked Michael. "By tracking her texts and calls" said Birkhoff running over to the computer.

"So what, do we feed her fake info in a hope that she'll send it on to Percy?" asked Michael. "That's exactly what we'll do" said Nikita folding her arms.

"So we're taking the bitch down?" ask Birkhoff smiling. Nikita threw him a dirty look. "I mean, are we, um you know what I mean" said Birkhoff waving his hand.

Michael let out a smirk "So what's the plan?"

"Do you have the hard-drive?" asked Alex as she put her case down by the door. "Yeah, but I don't get why we have to leave?" asked Sean walking over to Alex.

"I want to get back" replied Alex. Sean took Alex's hand "Is there something you want to tell me?" asked Sean.

"What do you mean?" "I mean, you've been acting kinda weird since last night" Alex looked confused. "I'm fine"

"Is there something going on, between you and Nikita, did something happen last night?" asked Sean holding both of Alex's hands now.

She felt a shiver run through her. What was Sean asking? Did he think they kissed? Because they nearly did, does that count as something?

"No. Nothing happened. Now can we go?" said Alex trying to loosen Sean's grasp. "I know that something's going on, and it's upsetting you. I'm gunna find out eventually, so you should just tell me" said Sean moving in closer to Alex.

Alex stared into Sean's eyes, tears welling in her blue eyes. "I don't know what's going on. And it scares me".

"You don't know what's going on with what?" asked Sean worried. "With Nikita, with Nikita and I. I really care about her, and I don't know what to do about it. All these feelings just came outta nowhere and knocked me sideways. I'm scared Sean, I don't know what to do" Tears were rolling down Alex's cheeks now.

Sean pulled Alex in close to him, and hugged her protectively. "Don't be scared. Just let her know how you feel. Just don't be scared".

"Why are you helping me? This isn't part of your job" said Alex still crying. "Because I'm your friend, and I care about you. I'll always be here for you, no matter what. So get that into your stubborn head" smiled Sean.

Alex let Sean hold her. She felt safe in his arms, she could trust him. So she just stood there hugging him. Sean was her bodyguard. Sean was her friend. Sean cared about her, so she just let him hold her. Hold her until she didn't need to be held anymore.

Sorry about the short chapter. But I'll try and update tomorrow-ish. Ok, I'll aim for Wednesday-ish. I'm going to let two romances play out for Alex (ye know who they are) and see which one I prefer. Please Review!...Ps If you want spoilers, just ask!