Title: Not as angelic as everyone thinks.

Summary: A new recruit for Birkoff. Someone who matches his strengths. Will they fight a growing attraction, or will she be cancelled.

Chapter 2- Assets

Madeline walked into the room , around five the next morning. She found something that she hadn't expected.

Julie was on the floor doing push ups.

" Someone's up early" Madeline commented with a smile. She was going to try and play the mother role

" I didn't sleep" Julie told her

" Well today your going to be assets on your skills, have you had any type of training?" Madeline asked

" Depends what you classify as training. You've probably gone over my profile with a fine tooth comb, you'd like to believe that you more about me then I do" Julie commented paying the rebelling daughter role.

" Yes, I do know that you've has some training in the martial arts. But this is to test your skills in certain fields." Madeline responded

" Sure, I love being a lab rat" Julie told her and followed her out of the room and down the long corridor to assessment area.

Assessment area

" Alright. Were going to try a simple combination of kicks and punches and go from there" Nikita instructed.

" OK" Julie responded and began to stretch

After a few drills and beating Nikita's expectations. Julie was taken down to another room where there was a ball, and in which Julie would have to fire at simulations. ( a/n seen in LFN after Nikita came back)

Later that day

" Alright, enough with the physical demands. Birkoff's going to asset you on a variety of problems dealing with the hardware" Nikita told her and lead her to Birkoff's station.

" Hey" Julie greeted him with a smile " Sorry for making you look bad yesterday" She told him

" It was simple code, anybody could have written it." Birkoff said and shrugged.

" Yes, well I claim to be a nobody" Julie said and shrugged also.

" So you'll use this computer." Birkoff said and motioned to the computer in front of him.

" Is it like the simulation games, or is this just inputting data?" Julie asked

" I believe a mixture of the two, it's different for everyone" Birkoff said and sat down at his seat

" Oh yea, you only have two hours to complete it" Birkoff said and began to work leaving Julie to stare at his back.

With that Julie set to work, she had already lost valuable time glaring at Birkoff for not telling her about the most important part of the task, the fact that she was being timed.

" Done" Julie said only an hour and fifteen minutes into the assessment

" Really" Birkoff said. He didn't believe that she had gotten through all the sims. Along with finishing it all. Correctly. She must have missed something.

" No, I didn't forget anything. I ran a sim of my own to see if it was working properly." Julie told him but hesitated before giving him a smile.

" Let me check" Birkoff said and sat down at her computer, and sure enough she had complete the task completely.

" So, are they done testing me yet?" Julie asked

" I don't know, you'd have to take that one up with Madeline" Birkoff said and began to type out an email to Madeline detailing her proficiency with a computer and that he recommends she be station and trained by himself.

" Alright where do I go from here?" Julie asked " Back to the cell?"

" Probably. I'll escort you there" Birkoff said and got up taking the data pad with him. This he had to show Walter.

" Thanks, but I can find it on my own" Julie said and skipped off making Birkoff have to run to keep up with her.

" Someone's not in good shape" She commented waiting beside the door to her cell

" We all don't find joy in running down corridors like were seven" He snapped back. He hadn't meant to snap it just happened something about her got to him.

" Well it's always the small things in life that are the best" Julie told him and smiled

Birkoff unlocked the door and motioned for her to enter the room. Then he locked the door and turned to leave. He wanted to show Walter her program.

Weapons

" Hey Walter" Birkoff greeted his friend

" Hey kid" Walter greeted him back

" I have something that I would like you to take a look at" Birkoff told him and put down the pad

" What is it" Walter said looking down at the pad then up and Birkoff then back to the bomb he was trying to fuse.

" Well Madeline and Operations are assessing this recruit. And she wrote a program in her sim." Birkoff said

" Really, she had time?" Walter looked amazed

" Actually she finished early" Birkoff said

" Really, the only other person to do that was you" Walter commented

" Yes, she has the potential to beat even me, that is of course if I train her. That's left up to Madeline and Operations.

" But you like her, don't you?" Walter asked of his friend

" No, I absolutely hate her. She's so damn sugary sweet. She's got the hiding something. Operations thinks that she killed her parents when she was nine. And Madeline doesn't know what to think. She passed all her tests." Birkoff explained

" hmm" Walter said as if he was thinking. This always happens to the kid. He claims she's an annoyance and yet he falls for her.

" I know what your thinking. And I really don't like her. She's always trying to compete with me" Birkoff complained

" You used to feel under challenge now to claim you might actually have some competition and your complaining?" Walter asked faking confusion.

" Well she did hack all but three of my fire walls" Birkoff said rather proudly. He should be ashamed that they were that easy to hack.

" Then you might want to get to working on strengthening the firewalls" Walter commented " You know how Operations gets with security."

" Yes, your right. Well then I got to get going" Birkoff said and wandered away.

Two hours later.

She escaped. That's all he had heard, somehow she had hacked the panel in her room and opened her door and got out. She could be anywhere. Section was in a lock down and he was ordered to his room.

" Birkoff" Julie greeted him from the shadows of his room, as he entered it.

" What the hell are you doing here. Your going to get me into trouble" Birkoff complained. Relieved that she was safe, or at least the time being.

" Sorry, it's just that out of everyone here I thought that you were the one that understood me the most" Julie said coming out the shadows to sit down.

Her hand was bleeding. That's the first thing that Birkoff saw when she came out of the shadows.

" What happened to your hand?" He asked and pointed to her hand

" I had to get to the conduit somehow" Julie mummered and shrugged, pain didn't effect her.

" Come here" Birkoff said and motioned to the kitchen where he kept the first aid kit. He wasn't going to let it become infected. Especially not if she was going to become his trainee. Her hands would be the most important part of her body.

Julie didn't argue she got up and walked over to where he was standing and let him tend to her injured hand. She wasn't one for first aid. In fact she hadn't even noticed the extent of the damage until he had commented on it.

" Thanks" She said when he was done

" How did you break out?" Birkoff asked

" Basic algorithm" She said quietly

" So that's how you do it" Birkoff commented. She used basic stuff to get around technology.

" It's the best when one wants to make something go there way" She said and shrugged at her own abilities.

" Are you the same girl that crashed the stock market when you were 8?" Birkoff asked at last.

" Those records were supposed to be sealed" Julie said not that she wasn't proud of it.

" So judging by your reaction you are" Birkoff said

" Yes, but please don't tell anyone" Julie pleaded with him.

" Don't worry for the time being your secret is safe" Birkoff said now he had something to blackmail her with.

" I'm going to get into major trouble for this won't I?" Julie asked

" Yes, they might even cancel you" Birkoff told her truthfully.

" Great, oh well it was nice knowing you" Julie said and got up and walked out of the room.

She didn't care if she was found. She was going to die anywayz. Might as well go out in a blaze of glory.

" You know I can take the fall for it?" Birkoff told her

" Why would you want to?" Julie asked

" I want to know how you hacked my walls" Birkoff said simply

" It wasn't hard you use basic third dimension figures" Julie told him

" Oh really. So can you help me upgrade them?" Birkoff asked

" Sure if you want. But I haven't done the third dimension since I was seven" Julie told him

" How many dimension can you see?" Birkoff asked he had read about people how could see multiple dimensions.

" Five. I'll never get passed it." Julie said and looked kinda sad at that.

" Hey your better then most people" Birkoff said and silently to himself he even said even me.

" Alright. But shouldn't we tell everyone that I'm finished running away?" Julie asked him

" That's a good plan" Birkoff said and lead her in the direction of Madeline's office.

If what she was saying was true they defidently couldn't cancel her. It would also explain why she didn't feel pain. Or the fact she it seemed like she was telling the truth.