Disclaimer in chapter 1

A/N I'm so sorry it's been so long, hope you're still with me here? I've finished my other story and wont begin another until this is finished. Hope you enjoy!

Chapter 11

Dana sighed and started coughing violently and then flinched at the pain.

"How do I get myself into these kinds of situations time and time again?" the Danish girl asked herself internally.

Her silvereyes looked up from the ground as she heard the creaking steel door open ominously.

"Hello Dana."

Dana locked eyes with Nikita and instantly she snarled. It was all her fault, if she hadn't let that puny little ass torture her son, she wouldn't be in this mess in the first place.

She replayed her actions that had led her to taking over Daniel's place in the White Room.

Dana had banged open the door and had stared down the little man from Centre, who she'd never seen before.

The man's position revealed that he had been about to do something very painful to Daniel and Dana had seen red and without any hesitation she'd sneered

"If you want to live, then step aside immediately."

Out of the corner of her eye Dana had seen Daniel's head rise as though her voice had given him strength enough to follow her lead. The Centre agent on the other hand didn't respond well to her threat.

He had leaned his head back and laughed briefly before giving her a pointed and cold stare.

"Operative, if you want to live, you will leave this area at once and pray that I've forgotten your interruption once I'm done here."

For a tiny, guilt full second Dana actually wondered if she should leave things alone for once, but then Michael's sorrow filled eyes sprung into her mind and she remembered that Daniel still hadn't met his father and more importantly for some reason Dana just didn't like to see her trainer suffer needlessly.

Dana had narrowed her eyes once her mind had settled and had almost laughed out loud when she'd heard Daniel's exhausted voice say to his newest tormenter

"Wrong move…"

Dana blinked and came back to real life when Nikita crouched in front of her and gently took hold of her chin so their eyes could meet.

"I know you don't believe this Dana, but I'm truly grateful for your behavior tonight…"

Dana fought the urge to spit the older woman in her beautiful face and Nikita saw right through her, because she sighed and said quietly

"As I said, I knew you wouldn't believe me…Anyway," Operation's voice became professional again as she changed the subject," although I'm sure we all loved the sight of you beating that agent to a pulp and then dragging him out to the main doors by his ear, I have to punish you…sadly this little session you've endured wasn't enough for your victim…"

Nikita's eyes trailed up to the security cameras and Dana knew that the man from Centre was watching them – had probably watched her entire torture session.

"What now?" Dana asked trying desperately not to show her fears for the future.

Nikita got to her feet and said very quietly

"I've talked with Centre and they've agreed that you're not emotionally stabile enough to be allowed near The White Room yet and therefore it's with regret that I have to inform you that you've been evoked from your Level 2 clearance down to Level 1 again. I do apologize."

Dana blinked. Is that it?

Nikita once again seemed to read her mind and smiled sadly before answering the unasked question

"And as for your psychical punishment… your missions numbers will increase and their difficulty will sharpen your reflexes if… when you survive them all."

"What happens now?" Dana asked as she ignored the fear of her going through even more dangerous missions in the near future.

Operations released her from the hard chair and said before she turned to leave the room.

"You freshen up, go home and learn to live with the pain. Endure it. We've all been through it."

Dana gathered her strength for a few moments and then got up on wobbly feet feeling the world move around her.

Before she'd even made it out of the main hall and pass Systems, Jason gently grabbed her arm and let her lean on him.

"How're you holding up sugar?" he asked in his southern drawl. Dana smiled and shrugged and asked

"How's Daniel?"

Jason didn't respond and Dana would have argued if she'd had the power, but decided that she'd corner the computer analyst another time.

Then the man surprised her by gently placing her in a corner in the just entered elevator and then he turned to the panel on the wall next to the buttons and pressed several keys.

The elevator stopped.

Dana raised an eyebrow and looked at the older man with tired curiosity.

"Look darling, I don't have a lot of time here, but I wanted to give you a fair warning. Centre's man aint too happy about you getting off so easily. He used one of my computers to send a message to his employers and they granted him permission to cancel you – without Nikita finding out it was their doing."

Dana blinked. "Why are you telling me all this and not her?"

Jason smiled and said" Well, with all due respect to the Blonde – I've always had a thing for redheads and besides we both know that you have to be prepared – your association with a certain someone's firstborn isn't a thing they need to know."

Dana straightened up and asked feeling a bit confused about all the secrets

"Look Jase…I'm grateful – I really am. But please tell me what's going on, I can't keep a thing like this from Daniel too much longer – he's always been able to see right through me. Does Daniel know about having a brother? And why am I the only one who has noticed their striking resemblance? Daniel and Michaels I mean…how can't Adam see that? I…"

Jason smiled and turned to press a few more keys on the panel.

"Maybe he knows deep down and just can't bring himself to face it. And as for Daniel knowing about his big brother…He knows there was another boy from Michaels marriage to a woman named Elena. But not the name and there's no pictures what so ever. Nikita saw to that a few days after becoming Operations."

"Oh," Dana whispered.

The elevator opened to the underground garage and Jason drove her home without another word.

On the entire ride, Dana's mind kept thinking – worrying about how her trainer was doing after his ordeal, and not once did her mind cross her boyfriend, who'd been pacing the floor thin in his apartment for several hours.

Adam cursed loudly as the door to his apartment suddenly opened and his father walked in.

"What are you doing here?" he asked coolly and watched in annoyance as his father's stoic face didn't flinch at all.

"We need to talk…"

Adam glanced at his wristwatch and said "Look papa, I don't have time right now, okay? I'm waiting for Dana. She should be here by now."

Michael's green eyes darkened at the mention of Dana and Adam noticed…he wasn't Michael's son for nothing.

"What do you know?" he asked and took a few steps towards the older man.

"Dana is not like you," was all the former agent said and Adam crossed his arms – ignoring the goose pumps he suddenly felt erupting all over his skin.

"Continue," he demanded and Michael did just that.

"She's Section," was all he said and Adam sat down on an armchair by the coffee table feeling like his world had just shattered.

"She knew you were from that place? Did she just use me? I mean to get to you?" Adam asked. To his shame he felt tears prickle in his eyes, but he blinked them away instantly. No way in hell was he ever crying in front of his father.

Michael sat down on the sofa opposite him and took his time before finally giving his son an answer

"She didn't know at first. She told me she knew our secrets and I asked for her help with a problem of mine. Dana is a girl, who wasn't broken by Section One…The only other one I know was Ni…"

Adam snapped. "Don't talk about that woman!"

Michael looked over at him and Adam held his breath. He'd spoken out of line and he knew it. His father loved him and had always trained and protected him to the best of his abilities, but Adam knew that if his father hadn't had him, he'd never have left that woman. The woman, who stole his father from his mother and ruined everything.

"Look, I'm sorry, 'kay? I know she means a lot to you and so does Dana to me… I hope you're right about her still having her soul. I remember some of the people from that place…"

They sat in silence for a while before Adam quietly asked

"Do you think she ever loved me?"

Michael, who had promised himself never to lie to his son again, swallowed a pinch of guilt and ignored his memories of Dana's look when his other son was mentioned and lied

"Yes…"

Michael saw the relief in Adam's eyes and hated himself for giving the boy hope when it was obvious Dana was in love with his younger brother.

A beeping sound made them both jump slightly and Michael took out his pager, where to only one man knew the number; Jason.

Trouble. Dana's apartment. ASAP

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Daniel stood outside the door to Dana's apartment and debated whether or not he should break in.

Finally after many minutes the choice was made for him as the door opened slowly and revealed Dana in a pair of sweatpants and a t-shirt.

"What do you want?" she asked groggily, but then she seemed to wake up and her whole demeanor changed. "Oh, hi…are you okay, I mean you were pretty beat up when I last saw you…"

Daniel tried to smile, but the unfamiliar movement made his sore face throb.

"I'm fine," he said instead. "May I come in?"

Dana nodded eagerly and Daniel smiled inwardly. Apparently there was nothing like a good torture session to make people forget their grudges.

A half an hour later they sat at her kitchen counter and were drinking a cup of tea. And Daniel decided that he had to try to get some answers from the secretive redhead.

"What is it both my mother and you know and are so desperately trying to keep from me?"

Dana froze with her cup halfway to her lips and Daniel ignored his inner voice that demanded he'd replace that cup with his own lips.

"I can't tell you, Daniel…" she whispered and Daniel sighed.

"I'm tired Dana," he said," tired of secrets and protocols and all of that. My own mother sent me to The White Room just so I wouldn't make trouble. I've been a brilliant agent all my life. And I don't know why I feel like this or why I'm so open with you right now…I imagine it's due to before mentioned exhaustion. But just tell me something."

Dana seemed to struggle with herself and Daniel held his breath until she finally said

"It's about your father and your brother…"

In one terrifying moment Daniel knew. Everything fell into place and he blinked as the images of him and Adam flew into him. How he felt like the dark-skinned man had secrets, how sometimes he felt like the older man seemed familiar, and his mother's look before he was sent to the twins and that odd feeling he'd been having the last couple of days of being watched.

Daniel didn't get a chance to formulate a sentence after his startling discovery, because Dana's door was suddenly banged open and numerous men came through and their black clothes and guns told him that they meant business.

Daniel watched in frozen horror how they grabbed Dana and forced her off the chair and pointed their weapons at her. It all happened in eerie silence and Daniel couldn't do a thing seeing as three of the mystery men were surrounding him with their weapons.

Then Daniel watched in stunned silence as a shadow crept in behind the men and attacked them. Daniel's guards noticed it too and were distracted long enough for the young agent to slip into his professional mode and attack them.

After he'd killed the three agents Daniel looked over at Dana to see one man still standing – using the pale and exhausted Dane as a shield. In front of them stood an older man, who Daniel hadn't seen before, but knew without a doubt who was.

Michael Samuelle – his biological father.

"Go back to Centre and tell them I'm back…" Michael's hoarse voice filled the room and Daniel saw Dana's attacker freeze. Apparently he too knew of Michael Samuelle. Nothing happened for a few minutes and Daniel watched in shock as his father suddenly moved faster then he'd thought possible for a man his age and within moments the last remaining Centre Operative was dead.

"On second thought, I'll tell them myself," Daniel heard him mutter as he graciously helped Dana to her feet and placed her on a chair.

Then he slowly turned to his son and they locked eyes for the first time ever.

"Hello Daniel," Michael said in his hoarse voice. "Please take me to Section – I need to talk to your mother."

A/N2

Hi all, I know this story jumps around a lot and I'm sorry if it's too confusing. It won't be long before the end is here, and all your answers and prayers are answered lol… Please review and yell at me if I'm taking too long with updates next time , this time I'm out of excuses seeing as I've got no other story to write and a brand new computer!!!

Carlalalita; Welcome on board! Love new readers, hopefully this "episode" wasn't to over the place!

Jayeno; hope you liked;) as for history repeating itself…well… wouldn't you like to know? Lol

CitrusGirl; sorry if this ch. Is weird too. Would have PM's you, but you're not signed in…sigh, so briefly. Adam knows that Michael is using Jacque as a false name, he's not stupid. Both he and M have been in hiding for years and there's a lot of things that he knows, but neither of them talks about it – seeing as Adam really – really- doesn't like Nikita… Hope I answered a few of your questions in this ch, though???

; Glad to know and here the update, finally!

Del; the female twin is the woman who tortures people to confessions in the White Room, she's not that pretty and wears these heinous glasses and wears ugly suits – don't you remember her? Hope that helps.

Gaialy; lol, I always wanted to portray her like a woman with a soul, glad you liked!

Starlight63; hope you're not too disappointed about Dana's run in with the Centre guy. But I did reveal that she treated him in a way that would be a bit humiliation for such a power loving A-hole….lol

And again to all of you, thanks for taking the time to review even when things seem so weird and confusing as this one. Next ch. involves the one you've been waiting for Michael returns to Section One!!!