At the safe house birkhoff was typing on his computer when nikita and michael walked in with alex, which he didnt even notice until he heard nikitas worried voice.
"birkhoff, i need you to run a blood test"she informed him
birkhoff turns around and sees nikita and michael helping alex as she was drugged and a little beat up but still couldnt walk on her own. he cleared his throat before answering"uhh...yeah, sure thing niki"as he started typing on his computer.
birkhoff got up from his chair and went to another room in the safe house. nikita carefully set alex on the couch while michael went in the kitchen to get her a wet rag and a bottle of cold water from the fridge
nikita was sitting on the table in front of alex and the couch when michael came up, handing her the rag, and setting the water next to her. when michael offered nikita the rag she took it in her hands and helped alex sit up on the couch. once alex was sitting up nikita wiped the blood off her. michael and birkhoff watched at how carefully nikita took care of alex and how much care she held in her eyes for alex; along with anger and hatred toward amanda. after nikita was done wiping the blood off of alex, she gave her some water, and helped her lay back down. before getting up nikita put a comforting hand on alex's shoulder and went to talk to michael.
after talking for awhile nikita and michael needed something to work with
"come on, alex, you have to work with us here. whats the last thing you remember?"nikita asked desperately
alex shook her head trying to remember"i-i-i was... talking to you."alex stuttered unable to focus
"uhh...niki... maybe we should wait til shes not high" birkhoff suggested noticing alex's trouble focusing
Nikita shot birkhoff an evil death glare
"what... just sayin' "birkhoff defended
Nikita rolls her eyes, runs a hand through her hair and walks out of the room frustrated. birkhoff approaches alex who is now sitting up and wipes her arm with an alcohol swab. he is about to put the needle in alexs arm when suddenly alex hits the needle out of his hand. while the needle was flying across the room alex punched birkhoff in the face;luckily she was drugged so she couldnt punch that hard.
Nikita is sitting on her and michaels bed with her head in her hands when she hears commotion in the living room, she gets up and rushes in.
when Nikita walks in she hears/sees...
"im so sorry" alex apologizes to birkhoff "i dont know what came over me"
Nikita notices the needle on the other side of the room and birkhoffs minorly pained expression. she went to pick the needle up and wipe it off.
"maybe you should let me do that" she suggested taking birkhoffs seat
before sticking the needle in alexs arm nikita tried to comfort her a little
"hey," she said getting alexs attention"we're gonna be okay, youre gonna be okay... i promise"she sincerely promised the girl and slowly inserted the needle in her arm, successfully drawing some blood. once they had enough blood, birkhoff ran the test...
after typing on his computer a bit birkhoff answers the question they have all been wondering since the beginning the best he could, which wasnt very good considering what they found.
"uhh...no nothing, nothing was found on the blood test"he paused and contemplated the rest of his sentence before continuing"you know, except for the drugs"
"what did she give her?" nikita question with a hint of anger in her voice
"what" that was the one question birkhoff was hoping she wouldnt ask
"i want to know what amanda gave her"nikita demanded sounding a little darker. birkhoff was trying to think of a way to get out of the question so he wouldnt have to inform nikita on what alex was given when he couldnt think of anything he stayed silent.
"Birkhoff... what did she give her"she asked a little more demanding than before. birkhoff hesitated before replying.
"ketamine"answered avoiding looking at nikita. Nikita rubbed her face with her right hand while looking at alex who was staring off at nothing with a blank expression on her face and dark bags under her tired and pinkish eyes.
there was a thick heavy silence in the room. Nikita looked back at birkhoff and he noticed the fire and anger in her eyes. michael must have noticed the same thing, either that or he noticed the worried look on birkhoffs face because he clears his throat and begins to talk cutting the silence like a knife.
"its getting late, we should get some rest." michael insisted
"yeah..." Nikita replied in a daze
Birkhoff and Michael exchange glances and walk out of the room leaving nikita to her thoughts. once birkhoff and michael left the room nikita went and sat next to alex on the couch.
"hey,"she said sadly, dragging alex out of her thoughts and helping her lay back down on the couch then sat next to her again."we're going to go get some rest. if you need me, im not far away, just right over there."she pointed to her and michaels room to show where she would be"okay?"
"yeah-okay" alex struggled to complete her thought. nikita comfortably patted alexs hair and smiled sadly while moving her hand to alexs arm while getting up. before leaving the room nikita grabbed the blanket off of the top of the couch and spread it on alex to cover her up.
Nikita was sleeping peacefully aside from the thought of what had happened to alex until she was woken suddenly by alexs screams. she jumps up and runs into the living room with her gun pointed. shortly after, michael and birkhoff came out too but only stayed by their bedroom doors. nikita set her gun down on the table and approached alex.
Flashback
Alex moans almost silently in her sleep barely opening her mouth.
"нет" nikita sits up and throws her legs over her cot after hearing alex
"papa"alex continues"papa"she repeats again. nikita puts her hand to head and runs it through her hair
"нет"nikita watches and listens until alex screams and she jumps off the cot and over to alexs cot which was about three feet away from hers.
"shhhh" nikita comforts alex who continues to grind her teeth with uneven breaths"shhh"she repeats a little quieter this time.
"you're safe now." nikita comforts gently moving the hair back and out of her face "you're safe"she repeats and alex continues to sleep more calmly
End Flashback
Nikita goes up to alex on the couch.
"alex" she calls quietly. "alex"she shouts louder shaking her a little when she didnt wake up the first time
"amanda" alex calls gasping for breath as she was waking up and she started to sit up
michael and birkhoff both watch nikita help and comfort alex and cant help but feel sympathy. birkhoff and michael look at each other and go back into their rooms.
"Nikita, i-i-it was amanda, sh-she-" alex began to try and ramble on but nikita stopped her
"hey, its okay. calm down, breath" nikita tried to calm her down. once alex was calmed down nikita decided she was going to sleep in the living room to make sure alex was okay. she set up a cot in the living room and laid there for the rest of the night.
Sorry it took me so long to post this chapter, im on break now so i should be able to update more often. im also sorry if it was kind of difficult to understand, my mind wasnt completely there. i am not really proud of this chapter but i dont have time to do anything about it. i am soooo happy i finally wrote a descent sized chapter, its not exactly long but its longest one ive written, i just kind of sucks that the longest chapter i wrote isnt a very good one(reallllllyyyy sorry about that) but aside from that i hope you liked it. please feel free to review and/or pm me : )
ps for anyone who doesnt know ketamine is the drug that nikita was on.