Michael laid in bed staring at the ceiling but only saw Nikita. He was seeing her beautiful eyes as she stared at him. He saw her face as they made love and he mostly remembered her face the first time that he told her that he loved her. The thoughts of her let him drift into a very peaceful rest.
When Nikita woke up it was to the beautiful sight of Michael. He was sitting in a chair at the end of her bed. Just staring at her as he often did.
"What are you doing here this early?"
"I came to rescue you from the horrible confines of Medlab and I figured if I didn't that you would hit me again." He got a smile that nearly matched hers.
As they left Walter walked over and gave her a hug. "How are you feeling this morning Sugar?"
"I feel as though nothing happened, but I think Michael will remember this trip to Medlab for a while."
"You're telling me." Michael said as he rubbed his cheek. "The next time that you have to go to Medlab, I am going to let them take you."
Walter walked away from the sight of them. He could not stop seeing Nikita punching Michael in his mind. She did have a temper on her when she wanted it.
Michael took her home an made her breakfast. She hated it that he was a better cook that she was. Then she figured that it would keep her from having to do all the cooking. She sat on the couch until the food was ready. She just sat there watching Michael. The sight of him was enough to keep her happy.
"Do you like it? " Michael asked.
"You know the answer to that. I love your cooking."
"I am going to have to run into Section for a little while this morning. I will try to be home as soon as I can. I want you to rest." He kissed her on the top of her head and grabbed his jacket and left.
Nikita did as he asked and went and stretched out on the couch and put a movie in the VCR. She watched it until she fell asleep. As she slept she saw her and Michael walking along the beach. It was a beautiful day. They sat and watched the waves fall onto the sand. He held her as they watched the day turn into night. The fire that they made burning bright in front of them. As they laid back on the cover she was grabbed as was Michael by some operatives from the Section. As she yelled at them trying to find out why they were doing this they just said that they were not allowed to be together, not allowed the happiness. They dragged her away from him and as hard as they tried to get to each other they could not seem to break away from their captures. As Michael was pulled out of sight she heard him yell her name. He said it over and over. She was crying and she screamed back, "Don't take Michael away from me. Please, let him stay." She heard him calling her name again.
"Nikita. Nikita. Wake up baby. I'm right here. I'm not going to leave you." Only then did Nikita realize that she was dreaming. She lifted up and wrapped her arms around his neck.
"They got you and took you away. They said that we could not be together."
"No one is going to stop us from being together. I won't leave you." He held her tight. "No one has the power to pull us apart."
They talked for a while. He finally got her calmed down. The dream was so real to her that it left her shaking with fear that some one would get Michael and take him away from her.
"What did you have to go into Section for?" She asked after she began to feel better.
"We have another mission coming up. Madeline asked me if I thought that you were well enough to go on this mission. I told her that I believed that you were, but I wanted to see how you were feeling this morning before I said that it would be OK for you to go. I wanted to see what you wanted to do."
"I would rather go. I can't stand it when you are on a mission without me. I like to be where I can see that you are all right."
"Are you sure that you are up to it? I don't want to see you pushing yourself."
"We will be starting in one hour. Madeline said that we will be going in alone. She told me to tell you what was going on. There is a mole in Section. She does not know who can be trusted. It was Operations that picked us to go. She knows that she can trust Birkoff and Walter but they are currently working on another mission. So it will only be the two of us. We will be staying in Section. Everyone is going to be told that we screwed up on a mission and was put in abeyance. We are going to act as if we are going to go after Operations. The rumor is that they are after him. Hopefully whoever it is will come to us for help. You understand that whoever it is will be canceled. No matter who they are."
"I know. I just hope that it is not anyone that I am friends with. Because I don't think that I could do it if it is."
"If it is, You just let me handle it. All right. There is one more thing. Madeline talked to Operations about us. He said that if we are able to pull of this mission successfully that we would be allowed to stay together. Without any disruption from either of them."
"If we don't succeed."
Michael didn't answer. He didn't want to think about what would happen if they were not able to get the one responsible for the threats.
They headed into Section and when they entered the door they were grabbed by two men and escorted to restricted quarters. Which means that they are not allowed to leave Section. They were split up and not allowed to be together. Operations figured that this would make it better because the people planning the hit on him would take to Michael knowing his relationship with Nikita. And knowing Michael would do anything to get back to Nikita. When Michael was wondering around in Section a man came up to him.
"Is it true that you and Nikita were put in abeyance?"
"Yes and they will not let me see her. They will not even let her out of quarters the same time as me. I am going to get that bastard for this." Michael said playing his part and looking up towards Operations office. Although he did feel like this a lot of the time when Ops would interfere with his relationship with Nikita.
"If you are really serious about this I know someone that would be willing to help you."
"I don't need anyone's help. I can take care of him on my own."
"Trust me this person will be happy to help."
"Who is it?"
"I will bring him by this evening."
Michael phoned Madeline telling her about the meet and got off the phone before their conversation could be picked up by anyone watching him. Because the only people that knew the truth was Madeline, Operations, Walter, Birkoff and the two of them. Not even the guards outside of the quarters knew.
As Michael was waiting in one of the hallways that was hardly ever occupied he saw who it was coming towards him. It was a guy that he had worked on many missions with. His name was Eric Hilton. A man that he called his friend. All of a sudden he felt regret that he would have to kill his friend. That evening Eric said that he would help him break Nikita out. Michael knew that Nikita would have her gun that Madeline took to her when she told her about the plan. So he was not worried about putting her in danger when he brought her out. Once Nikita was brought out of her quarters Eric got them out of Section.
"Now this is what we are going to do. I am one of five People that know about this. It is you, Nikita, Jason O'Rourke, Kate Mason and me. We have been planning this for a while. It was not until we found out about you that we tried to pull it off. We are going to come back tonight as he is leaving Section and get him then."
"No we aren't." Michael said as he lifted the gun to aim at Eric.
"You bastard. You double-crossed me."
"You know what the punishment is for this sort of treason." Michael said.
"Death." Eric answered. "Well go ahead. Do it."
Michael had the gun cocked and ready but could not bring himself to pull the trigger. As much as he wanted to. He knew if he didn't what could happen. Nikita knew what he was feeling so she pulled out her gun and pulled the trigger before Michael had a chance to. She knew that Michael would never forgive himself for killing a friend. After leaving Eric they headed towards the other members of this little group. They were all taken to an interrogation room and questioned by Madeline before they were disposed of.
That night they were called into Operations office. Madeline was already there. She had a smile one her face as did Operations.
"I am very pleased with your performance on this mission. I will allow this relationship to continue. But I don't want to hear of anything interfering with your missions. Is that understood?" When they both nodded the were dismissed.
Once out in the hall Nikita grabbed a hold of Michael and gave him a great big hug. Michael returned the hug and gave her a kiss.
"See. I told you that no one would ever split us up again."