A/N: Sorry for the late update, guys! First of all, this author's note , let alone the chapter, has major spoilers for 2x13 so unless you want to know what happens, do NOT read.

So, this chapter has DEFINITELY been the hardest to write! I'm actually praying it makes sense. It kinda doesn't for me. What I'm doing is pretty much incorporating what I want to from the episodes because honestly, you can't really write a non-AU multi chapter fic without using the episode storylines as well. AND HOW AWESOME WAS CLEAN SWEEP? I'm just disappointed we didn't get more Salex scenes. I'm kinda 'blech' over the whole Alex-Still-In-Division thing and I was just like HOLY CRAP at the Amanda-Ari-Gogol thing. God, these writers have amazing imagination. So, I reckon, yeah, I will involve Amanda being in connection with Ari in the story...

I really seriously hope it makes sense (this chapter). I'm writing the storyline with added bits of my own ideas, my version of what happens and LOTS OF SALEX.

DISCLAIMER: Nooo, I don't own Nikita or the last episode would've had Sean and Alex going to Division TOGETHER.

Alex winced as Nikita dabbed her upper right eye with some cleaned cotton wool. Out of her peripheral vision, she could see Sean and Birkhoff looking over microphone recordings and video footage of the area outside Division to try and get any whiff of the mysterious attacker. Sean's eyes averted from the screens and met hers. She could see the anger and anxiety burning in his dark, brown orbs. She gave him a small smile to try and indicate she was okay but the movement brought pain to her wound and he leaned back into the couch, sighing. With that, Sean swept past the computers and took a seat beside her, tilting her chin upwards so he could see the ugly scar by her left eye.

Nikita tossed the cotton wool into the bin, leaning against the armrest of the couch. 'Alex,' she said, 'what do you remember?'

'We've been over this!' Alex complained. 'I don't! I just remember doing a perimeter sweep after we got everyone out and I was going to meet Sean round the back so we could get out before Amanda got to us. Then, I heard someone say 'you weren't supposed to survive' before I felt pain in my head and everything went black.'

'Same mystery attacker as last time, I'm guessing,' said Michael, closing the back door behind him. 'I did a sweep. Area's clean.'

'Whoever attacked you had to have been in Division while we were evacuating them,' Sean announced. 'Which means they must've been able to go in and out of Division if they were the same ones who attacked you three weeks ago when you had to move in with me.'

'Why would someone inside Division want to kill me?' wondered Alex aloud.

'Under Amanda's orders?' Birkhoff suggested. Sean shook his head. 'I doubt it. Amanda knew, or rather, thought, that Alex's information would get her Nikita and she was counting on their deal. I don't think she would've ordered your attack.'

'Plus, she sounded genuinely surprised when I called her that day,' added Alex. 'What about Percy? It's obvious he's managed to contact outsiders from his little cage.'

'Why would he help you then?' Nikita asked. Alex sighed, relaxing into the couch and bringing a hand gingerly up to her throbbing head. Suddenly, a flash coursed through her. She sat up straight, immediately drawing attention from everyone else.

'Alex, what's wrong?' Michael demanded. Sean's hand met her shoulder. Alex closed her eyes. The voice she'd heard. Why was it so familiar? She squeezed her eyelids tighter, urging herself to make the connection. Who was it? Who'd seen and attacked her? And then...it clicked.

Her eyes shot open and her heart pounded rapidly in her chest. She brought her legs up to her chest. No. She looked up, facing the others. Her words were quiet and partially incoherent due to her heavy breathing. 'I know who attacked me.'

4 hours earlier...

'Where are you guys?' came Nikita's voice, clear over the earpiece.

'Approaching Division,' replied Alex. 'You?'

'Outside the Oversight building. We'll wait for your call to announce that everyone's evacuated.'

'Copy that,' said Alex, turning to Sean. 'We knock Percy unconscious. Otherwise, he'll find some way to alert the guardians that we're evacuating.'

Sean nodded. 'Recruits out first. Then the techy people in Operations. Then any agents that might be in there. Then the inner circle. But Percy gets knocked out first.'

'We've got to get in without anyone noticing us,' Alex pointed out.

'Everyone will be in chaos, that should be pretty easy.'

Sean was right. Once sneaking into Division into one of the weak ends that Alex had found about a month ago, they noticed that everyone was rushing around Division as if each and every one of them were on fire. The recruits were all looking out of their rooms, demanding what was going on. Alex could see Niall across the hall, stepping out of his room, demanding an explanation.

'Come on,' pressed Sean. 'We can't afford to stop.' He pulled her behind a wall and they slipped through a reasonably empty hallway.

'How are we supposed to knock Percy out with him being inside his cell?' asked Alex suddenly, stopping. 'He'll try 'n escape!'

'He won't,' assured Sean through grit teeth. 'No way in hell.'

Alex leaned against the wall for a moment, smiling slightly. 'And how are you planning on ensuring that?'

'I wouldn't be averse to punching him in the face,' offered Sean, his dark eyes making Alex's heart flutter. She gave him a playful elbow in the side. 'If push comes to shove, feel free to give him a black eye.'

'Thank you,' said Sean, ducking down and giving Alex a brief kiss.

'And during a Division evacuation, you still find the place to be charming,' commented Alex with a smirk. 'Let's go...'

–(*)–

Knowing that using the elevator itself to get to Percy's cell would alert him, Alex and Sean used the elevator shaft but not far from the ground, they heard a shrill voice.

'Are you insane Percy? Everyone will die! Including you.' Amanda sounded...panicked.

'The captain goes down with the ship,' Percy said simply. 'I can live with that. So. How are you planning on saving yourself?'

'Like I'd tell you,' spat Amanda. She stormed towards the door, opening it slightly and slipping out. She was about to shut it when a hand slammed against hers and the butt of a gun pressed against her collarbone.

'I'd recommend you did exactly as I say...' said Percy icily.

'Gun, down, now!' ordered Sean, jumping down the shaft, his gun pointed at Percy's head. Percy raised one eyebrow. 'Sean. I must say, it is good to see you. Last time I saw you, you were a pimply teenager...'

'Shut up!' Sean shouted fiercely. 'Put the gun down and get back in the cell!'

Percy's face suddenly turned to a snide smile. 'I'd advise you to take your partner's safety into consideration before you said anything more.'

Sean's eyebrows furrowed and he whipped around, his gun dropping to the floor instinctively with a clatter as Alex stepped over to the cell, a gun pressing against the back of her skull. The gun's handler was none other than Roan.

'Roan, what are you doing?' hissed Amanda.

'I will only ever be loyal to one man,' said Roan in the unemotional, monotonous tone that he spoke in. Percy smiled. 'Thank you, Roan. I appreciate it.' He gazed at Amanda. 'Be lucky I'm sparing your life.' He cocked his head. 'I really will miss you.' And with that, he stepped into the elevator, Roan backing towards him, gun still pointed at Alex until they were high enough to be safe.

'Amanda, we could've done something!' Alex cried almost immediately after they were gone. 'Knocked the gun out of their hands...anything!'

'He'll me greeted by agents the moment he steps into Division's main quarters,' said Amanda silkily. 'Don't worry about that.' Her eyes flickered between Sean and Alex. 'In the meanwhile, where have the two of you been?'

'Russia,' Sean and Alex said in unison. Alex's insides tightened. What was Sean doing?

'She ran into trouble while trying to take out Semak,' Sean improvised. 'I was following her. Got her out. Amanda, I know about Clean Sweep. My mother told me and is trying to stop it. Alex and I are here to help evacuate.'

'If we even attempt evacuation, Percy's guardians will take us all out,' Amanda reminded.

'Percy and Roan will not be conscious for the evacuation,' stated Alex firmly. 'Now...we have less than an hour, if I remember what the guardian said, clearly. Are we going to die or not?'

–(*)–

It was nerve wracking. Running around the silo with the person she loved, Alex couldn't help but think...if they didn't get this right...she wouldn't live to see another day. Sure, she'd been in life threatening situations before but this definitely topped them all. Her life was in the hands of Guardian who was hyped up on Regimen.

'Come on,' Sean said quietly behind her. 'Every single techy and recruit is out. Agents are evacuating as we speak. Roan is bound and gagged, watched carefully. Percy is unconscious. Now, it's just Amanda, the cleaners and then you and me to get out.'

'You sure everyone apart from that is out of here?' asked Alex worriedly. Sean nodded. 'I've done a sweep with three agents twice now. I'm sure.'

Alex spoke into her com softly to see that Amanda didn't here. 'Nikita,' she murmured.

'Everyone evacuated?' asked Nikita.

'Almost,' said Alex. 'Give us...'

'Fifteen minutes,' Sean finished. 'Everyone will be out by then.'

'I don't know if we have that long,' said Michael uncertainly. 'The guardians are getting restless from where we stand. They're awaiting a call from Percy and not getting it.'

Alex and Sean immediately glanced at each other. Oh crap. A call from Percy... that would be the only thing preventing the guardians from pressing that trigger immediately.

'Agents and cleaners are out,' announced Amanda, appearing from her office. 'Everything essential is in possession. The recruits now know what's going on. It's just the three of us left in here.'

'Then let's get the hell out,' muttered Sean, grabbing Alex's hand as the three of them raced towards the exit. The door was slightly ajar and Alex suddenly heard a loud beeping and elevators stopped in their tracks, vents closed and doors began to lock. Sean, Alex and Amanda practically dived through the doorway before it shut behind them.

Amanda breathed out, leaning against the walls of the silo. 'Clean Sweep has been activated. And we're somehow, all still alive.'

In front of the Gates house, Nikita received confirmation from Alex that Clean Sweep had been activated but everyone was evacuated. She nodded to Michael who tightened his hands against the machine gun he was holding and crept round to the back entrance of the house. The perimeter guards that were supposed to be guarding it were unconscious. There was a ratter of gunfire and Nikita nearly jumped out of her skin, her eyes shooting to Michael who looked just as panicked as she did. Senator Pierce. Oh no.

In unison, both of them sprinted to the door, flinging it open, guns at the ready. Silently and easily, the trained agents took down the guard awaiting them, their feet silent on the carpet over the stairs as they headed towards the sound of the gunfire.

'What's going on, Nikita?' Sean was demanding over the bugs. 'Give us confirmation of Oversight's safety!'

Nikita didn't answer, raising her gun and kicking open the door to what seemed to be the study. She saw the end of a gun in her face but it instantly went flying at Michael's hand pressing against the trigger of the weapon. The guardian who had been about to kill Nikita was now dead. The other guardian wasn't in the room...only Madeline Pierce was...surrounded by dead members of Oversight. Nikita's breath caught in her dry throat. This was definitely going to be a problem.

'Where's Sean?' Madeline demanded.

'Safe,' said Nikita. 'Where's the other Guardian?'

'He left,' said Madeline breathlessly. 'Percy called him...'

'That's impossible!' Michael said, interrupting. 'Percy wouldn't have access to a phone, Alex said he's being held captive outside the Division building!'

Nikita instantly checked her status with Alex. 'Alex! Where is Percy?'

Back at the silo, Nikita's voice came frantically over the coms. 'Alex! Where is Percy?'

Alex glanced over at Sean, who's eyes widened and he leapt over a backpack to where Percy had been tied up with Roan. Both where gone, the agents in charge of guarding them, dead. How the hell...?

Sean shook his head. No. This was Percy. Only God knew what he was capable of.

'He's gone!' he said, only audible to Alex. 'Do a perimeter sweep, quick! He and Roan might still be around. If we find them, get them back to Amanda. If we don't, we've got to get out of here before Amanda starts asking too many questions.'

'Got it,' Alex said with a nod. She swapped guns with Sean, her trainers crunching slightly on top of the leaves on the ground. She grimaced, her eyes taking a view of everything around her. She sidestepped, scanning the area carefully. She was now at the back of the silo. Nobody. There were people on the other side of the building...no way Percy was there. He and Roan were long gone. Suddenly, Alex heard the second crunch of leaves that didn't come from her. She raised her gun, advancing slowly. 'Sean?' she asked.

'You weren't supposed to survive.'

Alex whirled round at the cryptic words, her eyes fluttering to a close as pain hit her head, a sharp blow being received above her left eye. She collapsed limply to the ground, her attacker leaving as discreetly as he'd appeared.

–(*)-

Nikita sighed as she leaned against the wooden table of the Gates house study. Things were so screwed up. The second guardian had completely disappeared but the Clean Sweep trigger had been forgotten in the first hostage room. Michael quickly collected it and they freed Madeline Pierce. She promised she'd come up with a story to explain the rest of Oversight's deaths and also do anything she could to help Michael and Nikita. They'd thanked her but Nikita had exited the room, needing space. Sean had just alerted them that Percy and Roan were gone...and minutes later, that he'd found Alex, unconscious behind the silo, stating he was bringing her back to the safe house and he'd deal with Amanda's questions later. She could deal with it.

Nikita shook her head, burying it in her hands. Percy was out. That just made things a whole lot more complicated.

'Nikita!' Michael shouted suddenly. 'Nikita, Percy's here! He's at the house and is meeting with the guardian outside! I don't think he knows we're here!'

Nikita yanked her gun out of her back pocket, storming out of the room and meeting Michael and Madeline in the hallway.

'What do we do?' Madeline asked.

'Well, I've deactivated Clean Sweep from the trigger,' said Michael, 'and copied all the information onto the spare phone I have so I can give it to Birkhoff to search through. I say we run like hell and let Percy take the trigger. He doesn't know it hasn't worked and he won't know until he opens up the briefcase to see Clean Sweep Failed in bright red letters.'

'Where will you be safe?' Nikita asked. 'We can't bring you back to our safe house. We...'

'I know,' said Madeline with a smile. 'You can't trust me. I'm Oversight. I'll give you the directions as long as you get me a call with Sean.'

Nikita nodded in agreement.

'Let's go,' Michael said, grabbing her arm gently, 'before Percy gets here and I can't resist shooting him straight in the chest.'

4 hours later...

'Who?' Sean asked urgently. 'Alex, who was it?'

Tears welled in Alex's eyes. 'No. No, it couldn't be! There's no reason...but...it all fits...'

'Alex,' said Nikita softly, putting a comforting hand on her shoulder. 'Alex, whoever you think it is, nothing can be ruled out from being a possibility. I think we all know that in the life we lead, nothing is as it seems.'

'Alex, I can check if whoever you think it is, made the first attack, you know that,' Birkhoff called from the computers.

'It'll protect you,' reminded Michael. Alex exhaled shakily, her hands curled into tight fists, her nails digging into her palms. She looked up, her eyes meeting Sean's in particular.

'The person who attacked me,' she whispered. 'It...' She swallowed back the lump in her throat. '...it was Niall.'

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A/N: Yes, I know it was a long chapter, and PLEASE say it made sense and YES it was a shocker... I need responses. PLEASE, read and review!