Again, sorry for the slow updates but I've been super busy lately. But here's another update. Enjoy!
Things had been eerily quiet around Division in terms of Amanda. Ever since the Amanda incident four days ago, everyone in Division had been working vigorously to find out how Amanda was able to break into the system. Especially Birkhoff; who had been typing away on his keyboard for three days straight, only stopping to use the bathroom or get some more energy drinks.
Alex had been out of Division medical for two days, despite the doctor's insistence that she stay for at least a few more. The pain was clearly evident in her face. With every step she takes, she grimaces at the pulling in her side and the stiffness in her shoulder. Nikita easily reads Alex's face like a book and is constantly hounding Alex to "take it easy", especially since Alex keeps telling her that she doesn't want to take any pain medication at the chance that she may relapse again. She's heard nothing from Sean; she's even tried calling him a few times but only gets his voicemail. The thought pops into her head that Amanda got to him first, but she quickly reminds herself that he is just ignoring her. She's still worried though; but Alex is stubborn and moves about Division as if nothing is bothering her.
Nikita, Alex, Michael, and Ryan sit in Ops trying to conjure up a plan to catch the next loose agent on the Dirty Thirty list. Everyone is tense and although they are all talking about the next mission, no one is really listening because planted in the back of all of their heads is the fact that they have heard absolutely nothing about Amanda since the incident. And every spy knows that silence is deadly.
Suddenly Sonya burst through the door, causing everyone to look up, "Birkhoff's got something."
The four immediately dropped everything they were doing and rushed to see Birkhoff.
"What is it?" Ryan asked.
"Do you want the good news or the bad news first?"
"Come on Birkhoff, just tell us." Michael exclaimed.
"Calm down, Mikey." Birkhoff takes a gulp of his energy drink. "Anyways, the good news is that I don't think Amanda is planning an attack on Division anytime soon-"
"How do you know that?" Nikita interrupts.
"Here's the bad news…Amanda's got a mole inside Division."
The four stare in disbelief with their arms crossed. Except for Alex who has her right arm bound tightly to her side with a sling.
"Someone's been sending encrypted messages to Amanda from inside."
A mole? Alex thought. She remembered her time in Division as a recruit while Percy was still in charge. She was the one sending encrypted messages to Nikita from inside Division. She was the mole. Now she could only wonder who it was. Any of these hundreds of people inside Division could be secretly working for Amanda.
She quickly shook the thoughts from her head, "Can you track Amanda's location?"
"Not a chance. Amanda's got that thing encrypted and rerouted so many times, we'd search the whole planet before we'd find her."
"So how did you figure out there was a mole?"
"Well, they've been inactive for a few days now. So I was able to decrypt some of the old messages."
"So what now?" Michael asked.
"We wait." Ryan sighed.
"Wait?" Nikita barked. "We can't wait. If we wait Amanda will have the freedom to do whatever the hell she wants to us. We have to find her first."
"Nikki's right." Birkhoff chimed in. "We have to kill the bitch."
The five then noticed that all of the Division agents in the room were listening to their conversation. Any of these agents could be the mole listening in.
"Let's talk privately in Ops in 20 minutes." Ryan whispered.
The group dispersed into different directions; Ryan back to Ops, Michael and Nikita to go talk to each other, Alex who walked in the opposite direction towards Division medical.
The pain was killing her. Every slight movement felt like she was going to rip the stitches out. Things with Sean weren't looking too good. And now Amanda was back in the picture and looking for revenge. Alex sighed. All of these things were piling up on top of each other and crushing her. I just need something to take a little bit of the edge off, she thought.
She walked toward the doors of Division medical, made sure no one was near her, and walked inside. She made her way to the medication cabinet; after all she knew where everything was because she'd been there so many times.
She scanned the labels of the containers until she found one that read "Oxycodone" and carefully picked it out, trying not to disturb any of the other bottles. She quickly scanned behind her to make sure no one was around, pushed open the lid, and popped one pill into her mouth. She sighed in relief at the feel of the pill making its way down her throat. One pill won't send me spiraling back into addiction, she thought. She hid the container in her jeans pocket, closed the cabinet door quietly, and walked out of Division medical to go meet the others in Ops.
Alex was the last one to enter. "You okay?" Nikita asked.
"Yeah I'm fine." Alex replied quickly.
"So how do we find Amanda if Birkhoff can't track her location?" Michael folded his arms.
"We find-" Ryan started.
"The mole…" Alex stated.
"Alright, who is going to start questioning each of the agents?" Ryan asked.
"I will." Alex offered.
"Of course. It takes a mole to know a mole." Ryan snickered.
Alex glared at Ryan until he wiped the smile off of his face. Alex wasn't really in the mood for jokes, especially with everything that was going on right now. She walked out of Ops without a word.
"Was that really necessary, Ryan?" Nikita gave him a disapproving look and followed Alex out.
"Pissing off both of the girls. Nice." Michael teased.
What did you think? Not a super suspense/action packed chapter but I've got some ideas in my head. What do you think is going to happen next?