Michael had not left Nikita's bedside in hours. He had been in Medlab everyday for the last three weeks. The doctors said that she was going to be o.k. And that Walter and Birkoff will be o.k. The shots barely grazed them.
Madeline was released from Medlab. She had come and set with Nikita and talked to Michael. She began to explain to him the things that Operations were trying, about him putting the subliminal messages on her CD's. That was the reason for the nightmares. She went and got all new CDs for Nikita and told Michael to give them to her when she woke up.
About two days later she finally woke up. Michael saw her open her eyes and he leaned up and kissed her on the lips.
"I love you Nikita. Will you marry me?"
Nikita got a strange look on her face and dropped her head back on the pillow and cried. "Oh my God, I'm dead."
Michael smiled and kissed her again. Then she realized that she was not dead and this was not a dream. This was real.
Michael sat back down and looked at Nikita and noticed that she had begun to cry harder. "Nikita, what's wrong? Are you o.k.?"
Nikita just simply with tears in her eyes as she thought about what happened when she was shot. "Walter and Birkoff, they're dead."
Michael smoothed her pale blond hair over the pillow. "They are o.k. They were let out of Medlab about a week after this happened. Madeline asked me to give these to you." Michael said as he handed her a very large stack of CDs and they were ones that she knew she already had. "I will explain later."
Right about that time someone came in the door. "Operations, Madeline wants to know how Nikita is doing." Then he looked up at Nikita. "Oh she's awake. I will go tell her."
Nikita looked at Michael with wide eyes. "Operations, when did that happen? What happened while I was unconscious?" Nikita surprised. She knew that it was going to happen someday but she did not think about it happening so soon.
"The day that we came to get you, the Agency wanted him cancelled, I had the luxury of doing it." That was all he said then he leaned down and picked up a red velvet box off the floor. He opened it and slid it onto Nikita's finger and asked, one more time,
"Will you marry me?"
Tears filled Nikita's eyes as she answer the questioned she had waited for what seemed like forever. "Yes."
Exactly one month later they stood in front of their family, their Section Family. When the preacher says 'I now pronounce Husband and Wife, You may now kiss the bride.' Michael gave her the tenderest kiss. "I love you." into her ear.
She smiled. "Does this mean that I am Mrs. Operations?" she said as she let out a little laugh.
They went on a two week honeymoon. They went to Disney World. Michael wanted to take her there ever since she had told him that she wanted to go. He wants to give her a good life.
After the Honeymoon Michael went to his role as Operations, And Nikita was surprised that she took over Madeline's job. Madeline went to work at the Agency. They did not show public affection. Their passion was locked behind close doors. Every once in a while an operative would spot them holding hands or sneaking away to steal a small kiss.
Everyone liked him better than Paul, the previous Operations, but they still knew that Michael would not play games.
One morning Michael awoke to the sound of Nikita in the bathroom. She was throwing up. He got up and walked in there with her. He wet a rag and wiped it against her forehead. She tried to get him to leave but he would not leave. She did not want him to see her like this. He helped her back to the bed and asked her what was wrong.
"I have just been a little sick lately. I think that I am coming down with stomach flu."
"When was your last period?" Michael asked. He could tell that the question had embarrassed her. But he needed an answer.
"It was about five months ago. But I have always done that. I have gone longer than that without a period. Plus the doctors told me when I was eleven years old that I would never be able to have kids."
"Well I want you to go to Medlab tomorrow and have a test done, O.k."
She looked directly at him, saluted and said "Yes sir. Anything you say sir." She always liked to tease him.
The next morning Michael was sitting in his office. He was thinking about Nikita. He was happy that she did not have to go on anymore missions with her job now being to keep the Section in line. He knew that if she was pregnant that things would be different.
About an hour later Nikita walked into his office. She had a smile on her face. "I am four months pregnant. I had no idea."
Michael stood up and pulled her close to him. "We are going to be a family." This was something that both of them had wanted.
They never had a family that was made of love instead of hate.
Nikita had already begun to show but she just thought that she was getting fat. Within the next two months she nearly double around her waist, She had bought maternity clothes and they were not even wanting to go around her. Her stomach grew bigger and bigger, Even though the rapid rate of growth did bother the doctors a little they said that the baby was fine.
One day Nikita had gone to Birkoff's station. Both he and Walter were both there. They made a few jokes about her stomach. They both loved her and were happy for her and Michael. They teased her all the time. But it never bothered her. But she told Birkoff if he did not stop with the fat jokes that she was going to take ALL of his Oreos of which she was eating while saying this. Birkoff pulled them away.
"One more bite and you will explode."
Nikita stepped up on the little platform and started to say something when she suddenly doubled over in pain. Birkoff called for Michael. He looked out of the window of his office and ran down to the main floor to Nikita. As he ran he called for someone to get Medical. When he made it to her side she was back upright again, the pain being gone. Michael made her sit down until medical could make it there but she said that she was fine and got up anyway.
As soon as she was up on her feet she felt something. She looked down and she was standing in a puddle. Her water had broken. She started to cry. She still had five weeks to go. She could not have the baby now. It would be too young. Michael sat her back down and he and Walter and Birkoff tried to sooth her. By the time that medical had gotten there she was having another contraction. Once she was on the bed Birkoff and Walter followed them to Medlab. Of course they did not come inside but they were not leaving until they knew that she and the baby would be o.k.
Nikita was in so much pain. But she could only get a local to numb the pain a little bit. She was ready to deliver and could not have an epidural this late in labor. Michael sat there and held her hand through the whole thing. Of course there were a couple of times that he had regretted doing that. She nearly broke them twice.
After everything was said and done. Nikita sat there holding a beautiful baby boy, and Michael was holding a beautiful baby girl. And they were both in perfect health. They had no idea that they were having twins.
Michael told one of the doctors to get Walter and Birkoff and tell them to come in. When they walked in they saw Nikita holding the baby. Then they looked at Michael and saw that he was holding one as well.
They could not believe their eyes. Nikita looked radiant. And Michael looked to be truly at peace.
Nikita stayed in Medlab for over a week before her and the babies were released. Michael was there even before she woke up that morning. He had a surprise for her.
When they got to their house, she noticed that there were two big bows on the door. It's a boy and it's a girl. While Nikita was in Medlab came and had everything changed. They had the nursery done for only one baby. He had two beautiful round baby beds one in white and pink lace and the other in white and blue. He had a teddy bear in each of the beds.
After putting the babies to lay down he walked Nikita into their room. The light was off and she could not see. But she could smell. It was flowers.
He turned and said, "Well are you ready?" And then he turned on the light.
What Nikita saw took her breath away? There sitting all around the bed was dozens of vases of roses. And all over the bed were rose petals. He wanted everything to be perfect for her.
About a week later Madeline came to visit. Nikita met her at the door and gave her a hug. He had not seen her in about eight months. She only found out when she saw the bows on the front of the house.
"So, you have been busy since I last saw you." Madeline grinned. "Where are they? Can I see them? ""
Nikita walked her to the nursery and let her look at them.
"What are there names?"
Nikita walked to the crib where Madeline was standing. "This is Christopher Michael." The she brought her to the other bed. "This is Tersa Nicole. They are two weeks old."
After they left the babies room they sat and talked for a while. Michael showed up right before she was to leave. He gave her a big hug and asked her how she was doing. She commented on the babies. She could see that he was very proud of his two babies. He was a wonderful father.
Time flew and the babies were growing slowly but surely. Michael loved to watch Nikita with the babies. She would get down on the floor and they would crawl up to her. He made a silent promise to God that he would do whatever needed to be done to protect his family.
The babies grew and before they knew it they were five years old. Michael would come in later than Nikita and everyday when he entered the room two little tornados would hit. Michael would hear the same thing every day. "Daddy, Daddy .What did you bring us? Daddy, Daddy." And when they felt that they were not getting enough attention one of them would scream as loud as they could. "DADDY, DADDY!" Nikita would usually show up out of the kitchen at this time. And come and give Michael a kiss.
But one day Michael had come home to find that no one greeted him at the door. Fear immediately hit. He began searching all over the house. He found Nikita in the kitchen lying motionless on the floor. He found Tersa and Christopher in the same position. They all had a pulse but barely. Michael called Section and requested a medical team to get to his house. Michael began to feel lightheaded and it hit what was wrong. Of course he could not smell it or see it but he knew.
He grabbed the children and sat then on the lawn and then returned inside to get Nikita. Right about the time that he got her out Medical pulled up. He screamed to them.
"Give them oxygen. It is gas poisoning."
He waited in Medlab for Nikita to awake. She was out for about an hour.
When she came to she started asking where he babies were at. He motioned behind her and she looked and saw two happy babies playing together on one bed.
"What happened?" She said as she noticed she had a killer headache.
"Someone cut the gas line. We know who it was though and he has been taken care of."
"Who was it?"
Michael looked up. "Stephen. Remember Paul's son."
"It was him? How did he find out about what had happened?"
Michael just shook his head. "I don't know, but I do know one thing." Michael said. "Some things are going to have to change. I will not let my family be a target."
They moved into a different house, one with more security. And Michael never left Nikita and the babies alone without someone guarding them safe.
They made it through all the hard years. And they remained a family and they remained safe. And Michael never let his soul be darkened again. He had too much light in his life, with his beautiful wife and his two beautiful children. From here and ever after he would be in Heaven on earth.
The End
