Okay. I wrote this in about an hour, tonight at eleven thirty, so there might be some mistakes. Anyway, this chapter is dedicated to nicolebetkhoodu because you kicked my ass back to this story. So... thank you for that!

This chapter features Ryan. I know I made him kind of a brat in the first bit, but he's under a lot of pressure and I think it's eating away at him. So... that's why. Don't hate me (or him) :P

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Alex slowly woke up, unsure of why she felt so light and happy. She hadn't felt like that in a long, long time. Not since Sean had left... As soon as that thought crossed her mind, she felt a body stirring behind her, pulling her back against a warm chest, and suddenly, everything came flooding back. The dejected feeling she got when Sean said he came back for Michael alone. Her fear for his life when all the agents around him were killed. The feelings of bliss and happiness she had experienced last night and still did. It was she first time she had slept with someone for her own pleasure. Scratch that – it was the first time she had slept with someone who knew all about her and still loved her for her own pleasure. Nathan hadn't really known her. He was the Daniel to her inner Nikita – someone so caring, so normal, that she had been unable to resist the love he was offering. And it had ruined his life.

"What're you thinking about?" Sean's sleepy voice came from behind her. Alex smiled.

"You. Us. Last night." After all, she couldn't very well say that she was thinking about her ex-boyfriend whose life she ruined. She checked the little alarm clock on the side table and sighed. "We should get up. It's 11 am already! People will be looking for us all over Division soon..."

"I don't care. I missed you. I love you." He sounded like a whiny kid. She laughed lightly.

"What if someone was to walk in on us?"

"Nothing if someone was to walk in on us... I bet they've by now guessed where we are anyway."

He was right, Alex decided. The world could do without them for a few more minutes... or hours. She snuggled back into Sean's chest contently, and although the sheets were rough and the mattress less comfortable than a plank, she had never felt more relaxed in her life. Slowly, her eyes closed again and she faded into a dreamless sleep.

"Where the hell are Alex and Sean! We may have a possible lead on one of our rogue agents and I can't find either of them! Birkhoff!"

The tech looked up, startled by the sudden authority in Ryan's voice. "Yes, sir, Ryan, sir!"

Ryan thought for a moment he had heard a hint of sarcasm in that simple question, but he decided to drop it. He could deal with that later. "I want you to track them down."

"Ryan," Birkhoff sounded tired. How many times had he told Ryan this already? "I already told you. Like a gazillion times. I changed the settings of the Agents' trackers so they don't tell me where they are exactly. They just give me a neighborhood, or a city. You know, as a token of trust."

"Then give me their approximate location! I need them here, and I need them NOW!"

Birkhoff, looking slightly shocked, went to work. Mere seconds later, he looked back up at Ryan. "They're both somewhere in Division."

"Where in Division?"

"Man, I told you. You need to chill and listen to me. I. Don't. Know. Okay? Somewhere in Division is as specific as it gets."

"Damn," Ryan muttered as he stalked out of Ops. He didn't want to act so cross, but honestly he was just doubting himself. Becoming Division's new head had seemed like the smart move, but now he started to doubt if it truly had been. All it was giving him were headaches, an imminent heart attack he could basically feel creeping up on him, and the responsibility over a bunch of people, some of which he didn't even know by name. Not to mention the endless stack of intel he had to go through late at night, piecing together what he could to make sure they wouldn't risk exposure.

He would have to find Alex and Sean by himself.

He didn't doubt that the two were somewhere, alone, together. All that built-up tension between them had reminded them of Michael and Nikita a lot, and Ryan was pretty sure of what went on behind closed doors after a mission on which either Nikita or Michael, or both of them, nearly got killed.

Well, Sean nearly got killed on the latest mission.

He opened yet another door and came face to face with Alex and Sean. Both sleeping, both smiling in their sleep, hands intertwined. Sorry, folks. No rest for the wicked, he thought with a wry smile.

"Alex. Sean. Wake up, I need you in Ops." He shook their shoulders, but wasn't fast enough in stepping back. He should know by now that Division Agents were kind of… edgy, especially when disturbed in their sleep. In an instant, his right arm was knocked away by Sean, while Alex jumped over the bed to swipe his feet from under him. As Ryan fell to the ground, the SEAL got his left wrist in a painful lock, causing Ryan to whimper a, naturally, very manly whimper as he could feel how close his wrist bones were to breaking.

"It's me! Ryan! I need you two in Ops," he mumbled through clenched teeth. "Sean, please let go of me now?"

Sean let go of his wrist, which Ryan pressed against his chest, cradling it, trying to soothe the sprained muscles.

"You should know better than to sneak up on us, Ryan." Alex's voice came from behind him. Ryan heard the quick rustle of clothes and guessed she was getting dressed as fast as she could.

"Yeah, I know. Sorry." He didn't quite dare to turn around yet, so he spoke to the floor. "We found another of the Dirty Thirty. Her name is Ella Noah Baker. She has killed three people so far. We strongly suspect she has allied herself with Gogol. Michael and Nikita are checking out another lead and I wanted you two on the ground in case there's a window."

"Ari would love that, Alexandra Udinov going back home to kick Gogol's ass again. So," Sean said, clad in only his boxers. He looked over at Alex with a kind of fond look Ryan couldn't quite place. "You ready to go kick some superspy-ass?"

Thanks for reading! Next up will be Owen, and after that one more at most. Sonya, or at least she will be if I get enough votes in your reviews! (hint, hint)

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