"Sure. Where are we going?" Birkoff asked as he spun in the chair.
"It's a surprise." Nikita said.
"I'm game. Let's go." Walter replied as he walked towards Nikita. He looped his arms with hers and they walked out.
After leaving Section the four of them headed towards the mall. While there Nikita bought a pretty pink and white dress. She looked wonderful in it . All three of the guys thought so. Then she went and found a light blue sweater for Michael. He refused to wear it. So she went and got a darker blue. She was finally able to get him to buy it.
After changing into the clothes that they recently bought, they headed towards another little building down the street. Walter and Birkoff had no idea where they were going.
"What is this place?" Walter asked.
"Oh this place is where the justice of the peace lives. Nikita and I are getting married." Michael said as though he did that kind of thing everyday.
"You guys are getting married. Does Operations know?" Birkoff questioned.
"Yes. He said that it was all right. Let's go on in."
Fifteen minutes later Nikita and Michael were husband and wife. She was pure glowing.
They left and went back to section, but just as they were about to go in they pulled away from each other and walked in separately. Michael pulled Nikita into his office and closed the shades and locked the door. As soon as they were secure in the office Michael pulled her up into a BIG bear hug.
"I can't believe it. We're married."
"There is just one thing that I want to ask you." Nikita said.
"What's that?"
"Well since we are married I am going to need a last name. What is your last name?"
Michael started laughing. "Villier."
"You are going to have to write that one down for me." She let out a little giggle herself. Which was odd because she didn't giggle, but today she was just plain giddy.
"What do you say about us going on home and consummating this marriage?" He pulled her to him and kissed her.
"I say, Let's go."
Right about the time that they were going out the door Birkoff called them over to him. "You can't leave yet. We have a briefing in five minutes."
Nikita could not believe this. Of all the times to have to go on a mission. Why did it have to be tonight? But she bit her lip and walked towards the briefing table.
BRIEFING ROOM
"We have found out that a few of the Freedom Fighters escaped from the last blast and we need to go back in and finish the job. You will be leaving in one hour. Michael, you, Nikita and Justice are team one. Justin, you, David, and Jeff will be on backup. We are to get in and plant the explosives and get out without detection. Understand? Dismissed. Oh Michael, you, and Nikita stay here and wait. I need to talk to you a minute." As soon as everyone was gone he began to speak. "I am sorry about making you go in on this one but we need our best people on this one."
Michael nodded and waited for Nikita to follow him out.
"Did he just apologize to us? That is unusual." She looked around with a strange look on her face. "Are you sure we are still in Section or have we just entered....... The Twilight Zone? Do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do."
Michael smiled and they went to get dressed for the mission. As everyone went to transport Nikita looked a little nervous. Michael turned to her. "What's wrong 'Kita?"
"I don't know. I just have a bad feeling about this mission."
"Don't worry. I'm going to be right with you. I won't let anything happen to you. I love you." They got on transport and left.
As they pulled up Michael began to tell them the strategy once again. Then he turn to Nikita and Justice. "Let's go."
Once they got inside the building they were attacked. Someone knew that they were coming. There was a mole at Section One. Nikita and Michael were taking most of the gunfire. Justice was nowhere to be seen. All of a sudden before they could turn around they were both knocked unconscious. When Nikita came to they were all on their way back to Section. Everyone except Michael. Nikita shot into an upright position.
"Where's Michael?" She screamed.
Justice looked at her. "He was taken hostage."
"He was taken hostage and you just left him there. Are you crazy? Turn around and go back now." They wouldn't turn around so Nikita attempted to get out of the side door, but Justice held her back. Nikita couldn't break free, but she made up her mind that as soon as she got back to Section that she would go to Operations right away to set up a team to get Michael back.
As Nikita stepped out of transport she saw Madeline standing there. She could see that Madeline already knew what had happened. As soon as Nikita got close enough Madeline told her to come to here office. Operations was there waiting.
"When are we going to get Michael out?" Nikita didn't bother starting with pleasantries. That was the first thing she said when she walked into Madeline's office.
"We need to get a team together, but we have on problem. We have a mole. Tell me what happened on the mission."
"Michael and I were heading into the east stairwell when we got under attack. We could not find Justice anywhere. He must have went a different way."
"Did you say that Justice disappeared as the gunfire started." Operations asked.
At Nikita's nod he turned to Madeline. "Have Justice taken to the white room. I want him questioned."
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WHITE ROOM
"Justice. Did you have anything to do with Michael getting taken hostage?" Madeline asked.
"Who cares if Michael got out or not? I could care less if he rots in that place."
"So you did have something to do with it. Why?"
"Because Nikita needed a man like me not Michael, but don't worry they won't kill him. They just want to have a little fun."
When Nikita heard that he was the one that had let them get Michael she went crazy. She took off into the room and straight to him punching him as hard as she could. Madeline got her attention and asked her to go back outside that she needed to find out where Michael would be held and then he will be canceled.
After he was questioned he was indeed canceled. Then Madeline came out to talk to Nikita and Operations.
"He is being held in a room in the western most corner. They will keep him there until noon tomorrow. Then he will be moved so we will have to leave now."
Nikita had not gotten out of her mission clothes and was ready to go right then, but they had to get some operatives ready also. They couldn't start on their way back to the building until the next morning.
Birkoff began to explain to them what was needed. "You go to this corner right here." He pointed to it on the schematics. "Operations wants you out in ten minutes so get him and get out."
They left and within the ten minutes they had Michael and was leaving the building. Nikita was not the one to find him but as soon as she was in the van she went and sat down with his head in her lap. He was taken to Medlab as soon they got back to Section.
"It seems as though he was just shot up with some drug to knock him out for the transport. I think that he can go on home. Just have him rest." The doctor said before he walked out of the room.
When Nikita came to pick Michael up from Medlab to take him home she noticed that he was acting odd towards her. Like he was mad at her for some reason, but she tried to make herself believe that everything was all right. Once they were at Nikita's apartment he walked out of the room and did not say a word, but he came back into the room and glared at Nikita. So she went to him and grabbed his arm to turn him around. "What's wrong with you? What are you so mad at me about?"
Michael grabbed her hand to get it off of his arm. "Don't touch me." He gripped her hand so tight that he bruised it. So Nikita jerked her hand out of his and pushed him away from her. This only seem to make him more furious.
He walked back to her and backhanded her across the face and as she turned around he hit her in the back twice. Nikita was finally able to turn back around hit him in the stomach but he acted like she did nothing to him. Finally she ran to her room and locked the door.
She had never seen him like this and it scared her. Michael come to beat on the door. Nikita made her way out of the bedroom window and down the fire escape and headed for Section. Madeline and Operations were not there.
She went to her room there. When she woke up the next morning she saw Michael at the end of her bed. She jumped out of bed ready to try to protect herself, but he just walked up to her and pulled her up to him. She began to shake. She was scared of him after last night. Then he turned to her and smiled. "I would watch it Nikita or you could get hurt." Nikita pulled away from him and left the room.
As soon as Nikita was out of the room she went to Walter's station and began to talk to him. She acted as though nothing was wrong but Walter could tell something was up.
"What's up Sugar?"
"I'm having some problems with Michael. They did something to him there and he seems to be taking it out on me."
"What do you mean 'taking it out on you'?" Walter asked as he leaned a little closer to her.
"Will you promise not to tell anyone? I mean anyone?" With his nod she pulled up her sleeve and showed him the bruises. Walter was furious to see what he had done to Nikita. About that time she looked up to see that Michael was watching her show Walter her arm.
"Nikita, I want to see you in my office now." Nikita took a deep breath and walked towards him.
"Are you going to be all right? Do you want me to come with you?" Walter said.
She told him no and then she walked into the office. When she stepped in he locked the door behind her. Nikita backed away and went behind his desk, but he followed her around and pinned her up against the wall. He grabbed her arms and put them behind her and began to kiss her. These were not tender kisses he was actually hurting her. She pulled away and hit him and that was when it began. He grabbed her by the neck and hit her right in the face. Then in the stomach. She tried to fight back but couldn't. He was the one who had taught her how to fight so he was able to block every punch.
Walter couldn't see in the office but he watched none the less. He could hear some things being said but not a lot. When all of sudden he could see Nikita being thrown into the window causing the shades to fall. Then he saw Michael pick her up and hit her again. He ran towards the door screaming to Birkoff.
"Get security to Michael's office, get Madeline down here and GET THIS DOOR OPEN NOW!" He ran to office and heard the door unlock. He pushed it open and ran in. He saw Michael picking her up once again to hit her but she was already unconscious. Before Michael could hit her again he shot him with a tranq dart. Something he always carried with him. It was a handy item to have in Section.
Madeline was at the door a few minutes later and said, "What on God's green earth happened?" Then she turned around to Birkoff. "Get Medical here right away." She went over to Nikita. She looked bad.
They took Michael to interrogation and Nikita to Medlab.
INTERROGATION
"What is going on Michael?" Madeline asked as she walked around chair he was in. Since Michael was not answering any of her question she decided to hypnotize him.
Madeline discovered what had happened. He had been brainwashed. This was something that Section could fix easily, but they didn't know if they were going to be able to save Nikita.
After Michael went through the process to wipe out the damage of the brainwashing he asked for Nikita. He had no idea what he had done. He remembered nothing. The last thing he remembered was being on the mission. Madeline told him that she was in Medlab. When he took off towards Medlab she followed him. When they got there the doors were locked. Michael began to beat on the window then he turned to Madeline. "What is it locked for?"
"She's under protection. No one is allowed in but Operations and I." She said.
"Why? Who did this to her?" He asked frantically looking through the window.
"You did." She said with no emotion and walked away.
Michael snapped his head around and stared in disbelief at Madeline as she left but said nothing else to her. Instead he turned back to the window. One lonely tear fell down his cheek and he leaned his head against the window. "Dear God, What have I done?"
(A. N. I hope that you liked this chapter. There is another chapter coming soon.
Thank you Angel-Chickie for the wonderful review. And thank you to the three other people too. I don't know your names or I would put them on here too. I'm so glad that you like my stories. I hope that you continue to like it and I hope that you check out some of my other ones. I just saw that you have one. I can't wait to read it too. Again, Thank you so much.)