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Nikita was sitting alone in medical with Miranda who was still unconscious. Michael walked in and stood next to the door.
"How is she?" He asked in a low voice. Nikita looked up from Miranda to Michael.
"Fine, Doctor says she should be awake in an hour or 2 so... I guess we'll see how bad it is then." Nikita said looking at Michael with no emotion.
"What about you? You were with Amanda for a while, are you okay?" Michael asked still concerned for Nikita. She smirked.
"I'm fine... What about Alex? She was with Amanda for almost four days..." She sighed feeling horrible for leaving her there for that long. Before Nikita could say anything Michael told her about Alex's condition.
"Alex is fine. A little shocked, she wanted to go to her apartment, but it's not safe for her alone. So Ryan walked her down to one of the recruit rooms, so she could get some rest." Michael said as he sat in a chair and pulled it next to Nikita's.
"And her face..." She asked looking at Miranda.
"She has pain still, but the stitches are holding up." Michael said and looked at Nikita then Nikita turned towards him.
"So, you killed Ari?" Nikita asked plainly.
"Yeah, I would have killed Amanda too, but..." Before he could finish Nikita cut in.
"Yeah, you made the right call." She said looking back at Miranda.
"I know this seems bad, but if Miranda wants to do more stuff like this, it's a good experience to have." Michael explained the good in the situation. Nikita shook her head.
"She's to young. This isn't the life I wanted for her." She said shakily with tears in her eyes. Then looked at Michael. "This isn't a safe place for her Michael." She said trying not to full on cry.
"Right now, this is the safest place in the world for her. I know this isn't exactly what you wanted, but she has an amazing mom and dad, and everyone here cares about her. It's like Alex is her older sister, Birkhoff's her older brother, and Ryan's her uncle. So, as far as I'm concerned, everything is turning out just fine, and in the end, it will be perfect." Michael said and smiled Nikita smiled back with tears running down her face. She rapped her arms around his neck and let some more tears run down her face. After a minute or two of silently hugging, Nikita unlatched her arms.
"I'm going to go check on Alex. Can you keep an eye on her?" Nikita asked. Michael nodded with confirmation then went down to the recruit rooms.
Nikita walked into the room, and looked at Alex staring blankly at the ceiling. Saying, doing nothing, she looked so blank, no emotion.
"Alex..." Nikita hesitated as she walked to the end of the bed and sat down. Alex didn't respond but she felt the pain, Nikita thinking she caused all this, made Alex feel worse than any pain Amanda had ever caused her.
"It looks worse than it is..." Alex managed to put her words together still not making eye contact with Nikita.
"Alex, your face is stitched up, you have cuts and bruises all over your body..." Nikita sighed. "I'm sorry I let this happen to you..." She breathed trying not to cry. She hated seeing Alex like this. Alex barely sat up and looked at Nikita.
"None of this is your fault. I could've fought them off, but I wasn't ready, and that was something you taught me, always be ready. It's not your fault... it was my mistake..." Alex tried to convince Nikita not to blame herself. Nikita sighed and looked at Alex.
"If you need anything, let me know. Okay?" Nikita wanted to make sure she did everything to get Alex back to normal.
"Yeah, I just need to rest right now, you should go see Miranda." Alex looked at her and smiled slightly and Nikita did the same.
"Okay..." Nikita said barely above a whisper and turned off the light as she left the room. Alex turned to the wall on her right and took a deep shaky breath. Of course she was hurt, but she didn't want to hurt Nikita by telling her that. She understood that there were more important things than her right now. Alex just wanted to go to sleep and forget about everything. The time she spent with Amanda and how she got Nikita and the drugs in her system, everything that was putting her through pain both physically and mentally.
Nikita headed back to medical to find Miranda in pain, but awake.
"I know it hurts, but you are the one who convinced me to let you go." Michael said forcing a small smile at his daughter as Nikita walked into the room.
"It's not that bad..." Miranda groaned tiered and started to sit up. "Ugh..." She moaned trying to sit up.
"Don't get up to fast..." Nikita demanded in a motherly tone.
"It's fine... It doesn't hurt that bad." Miranda explained to her mother.
"Well wait until the pain killers wear off, we can't give you a lot." Nikita said sitting on the Medical bed. Miranda was silent but looked a little scared knowing it was going to hurt worse soon.
"You'll be fine..." Michael comforted Miranda since Nikita wasn't. He then looked at Nikita harshly and caused her to quickly leave the room. They both watched her storm out silently. "Why don't you get some rest." Michael requested.
"Okay." Miranda did try to get some sleep. Before she fell asleep Michael kissed her on the forehead and exited to find Nikita.
"Hey, have you guys seen Nikita anywhere?" Michael asked walking towards the inner circle where Ryan and Birkhoff were at.
"Uhh... No, why?" Birkhoff asked.
"She stormed out while we were talking to Miranda, I've looked everywhere. I can't find her." Michael said sort of panicked.
"You don't think she left do you?" Birkhoff asked.
"She knows that it's too dangerous to leave alone right now." Ryan said thinking Nikita would know better. Then Michael's phone rang. He grabbed it and answered quickly.
"Nikita where the hell are?!" Michael yelled angrily into the phone but before he could finish he was cut-off.
"I'm sorry Michael. I'm ending this, and I have to do it alone." Nikita said into the phone calmly. Michael was in shock, then he was mad.
"Nikita, you know this is too dangerous. You don't even know where she is. You need to come back now!" Michael demanded. Ryan and Birkhoff could hear Nikita through the speaker. She took a deep breath.
"No, I know exactly where she is..." She said in a deep voice.
"How do you..." Michael thought about it. "She called... Nikita you are going to end up captured again. I won't be able to save you this time..." Michael tried to convince her to come back.
"It's just me and Amanda this time Michael, I'm sorry." She apologized then took the phone from her ear.
"Nik..." Michael started but couldn't finish before she hung up. He slammed the phone on the table. "Dammit! He yelled. Ryan and Birkhoff looked at him and down, trying to think of something. He looked them.
"What's the plan?" Birkhoff asked. Michael opened his mouth to speak, but Ryan did instead.
"Were going to leave her alone and let her do this." Ryan told them what was going to happen.
"What?" Michael and Birkhoff asked in harmony.
"We are going to let her take Amanda down because we don't have time to dedicate to finding her if she's not in danger. She's more than capable of doing this." Ryan explained. They were both surprised but Michael was pissed.
"Ryan, I'm..." Michael started but Ryan stopped him.
"Michael, I'm in charge, I'm making the calls." Ryan told Michael and walked away. Michael and Birkhoff made eye contact then Michael marched away.