NOTE: Alright here is more! Hope I didn't keep you all waiting. This chapter is about Sam and Alex and...well I'll let you all read and find out ;) Enjoy! Let me know what you think!

Buried in the Depths

Alex and Sam were ready to go on the mission. They both were armed with two hand guns, a knife, and extra ammo. Standard. For this mission, stealth was key. They didn't need to attract any attention, but they were prepared for any unexpected attention they might receive, especially if Amanda had guards there already. However, from what Birkhoff said, there was no one at the factory. They were all even questioning if going to the factory was a waste of time; it could just be another one of Amanda's tricks to put them on the wrong track. At the same time, that was unlikely considering how much it seemed like Amanda wanted them to find her.

Either way, Michael still stood in front of them next to Ryan with a stern face. His Division face. When Michael was leading a mission that was all he would think about. That was the most important thing. He paced the floor in front of Alex and Sam.

"So our main objective is to..."

"Search the place and find anything that may give us clues as to Amanda's plan," Alex said.

"And refrain from using your weapons unless..."

"Unless some idiot jumps out at us with his gun pointed at my head, dude, we've all been on missions. We aren't new recruits. We'll be alright. If we need backup we will let you know," Sam told Michael. Michael frowned and Nikita decided to jump in.

"Okay so you two are set, use your com when you get there and be careful." Nikita gave them a nod of assurance then touched Michael's shoulder. Alex and Sam nodded back and left the safe house. Alex didn't say anything until they got into the car and on the road.

"Sam, what was that?"

"I was just being honest."

"I thought you two talked and settled your differences."

"Yeah it didn't quite work that way. It was more coming to terms with the fact that we have mutual friends, a mutual goal, and have no choice but to work together."

"Oh...great," Alex scoffed.

"Hey I tried being nice to the guy, but he began attacking me again like before. So, we don't have to be friends and you know he was taking it a little too far earlier. He knows that we know what we are doing."

"He is just watching our backs. That's all."

Sam shook his head and scoffed. Maybe Michael was trying to have their backs but he did it in the strangest way.

A half hour passed and the two of them were still in the car headed to the factory. Alex looked over at Sam as he drove the car. She laid her hand on his free hand that was on the arm rest.

"So, when are we going to tell everyone?" She asked.

"About what?"

"Us."

"...I don't think now is a good time considering everything that is going on," Sam told her.

"So what are we going to do? Act like there is nothing going on?"

"No but we don't make a big deal out of it either." Alex paused. She didn't know why he was acting so vague and distant, and it was bothering her.

"Does this have to do with Emily?" She asked. It was the only explanation she could come up with. Maybe he wasn't ready for another relationship. She had her doubts too. She even had a feeling of guilt. It hadn't been that long since Sean passed. Sam glanced over at her unsure what to say. He wasn't expecting her to bring that up, but he knew he owed her an explanation.

"I just don't want to jump into anything that seems so uncertain. You are right. I haven't been in a relationship since Emily and never really thought about being in one. And you are still dealing with your loss. Plus, we have to deal with this crap with Amanda. I just don't want us to get ourselves into something we aren't ready for," Sam said. Alex understood where he was coming from, but she also didn't want to ignore the way she felt.

"You know what I say to that: screw Amanda. I won't let her get in the way anymore. And we may not be ready, but we can't avoid it either. I'm in if you are."

She made him smile. He always took the same approach to everything in his life. What was there to be afraid of?

Alex saw him smile and kissed him on the cheek. The sooner they could bury Amanda, the sooner they could put it all behind them and move on.

They made it to the factory and parked near a wooded area to keep from being seen by any possible enemies. Alex switched on her com.

"Birkhoff."

"Yes Princess Alexandra," Birkhoff joked.

"Very funny. We made it. We can see the factory. About to go in now. Are you sensing any movement near the factory?"

"Negative it is as dead as Sonya will be the next time we play Call of Duty, I'm winning next time."

"Oh Seymour, you two are clear," Sonya said chiming into the conversation.

"Let's go," Sam said to Alex. They got out of the car and cautiously crept toward the decrepit building that had shattered windows and old rusted machinery outside of it. It was surrounded by a forest with only one single path leading to it. No one would ever venture there, and if they did, they would only turn back around. It was a perfect place to hide something that someone didn't want to be found.

They approached the door of the factory and held handguns in front of them. They nodded at one another and then kicked open the doors. Their immediate reaction was to raise their guns and glance over their surroundings, but they realized that it was nothing but an empty factory. Alex lowered her gun.

"Nothing here. Just an empty factory."

"Look around. See if you find anything," Nikita said into the com.

"I'll take this side," Sam said to her.

Alex walked along the left side of the factory. There were more old tools and pieces of plywood stacked along the edge. She kicked it so she could look underneath, but she didn't see anything. She eventually made it to the end of the factory and didn't notice anything unusual. She looked over at Sam to see if he found anything, but he shook his head at her. She started to look again and tried to pay attention to every detail. She looked at one of the wooden beams and glanced over it. She notice a square carving with a small cut out. She put her thumb into the cutout to try and pull it, but she didn't need to. There was a small button inside that she pressed, and the wooden cutout slid up. Hidden was a keypad for a code.

"Sam!" Alex waved him over. He walked over and inspected the keypad.

"What is this?"

"It has got to be something Amanda put here..."

"How do we figure out the code?"

"Birkhoff," Alex said into her com. "We've found something."

"What is it?"

"A keypad hidden on one of the beams in the factory."

"A keypad?" Ryan said.

"Why would Amanda put a keypad in a factory?" Sonya asked.

"She's got to be hiding something," Michael said.

"But 'what?' is the question," Birkhoff said. " For all we know she's got something underground since she seems to not like windows."

"Division..." Nikita said.

"Division? You mean she's built another facility?" Sam said.

"That's got to be it. She made it clear that she wanted complete control over Division. She has connects in the government now. She has complete control..." Ryan said.

"We need to figure out this code," Michael said. Birkhoff looked at him.

"There's nothing to figure out, dude," he said.

"What do you mean?" Alex said.

"Come on guys, have you forgotten that I am Shadow Walker, bronze and brains of Division?"

'Well, maybe not the bronze," Sam mumbled.

"Hey! Brain bronze. You know I am still a live walking and talking Division IT system compact with every Division code there is including the one that allows you to enter Division from the barn."

"Don't you have to have access to Division's servers to open the doors through the system?" Sonya asked.

"Ah-but Division always had manual codes that could be entered just in case the system had any problems." Birkhoff said.

"If Amanda is really that obsessed with recreating Division...it must be the same code..." Nikita said.

"What is it, Birkhoff?" Alex asked.

"28759." Alex typed it in and watched the wooden cutout close and a door open on the ground. Alex and Sam walked over with their guns out and looked down into the hole.

"There's a flight of stairs," Sam said into the com.

"Go in. Be careful," Michael said. Sam went down first. There was an elevator. They got in and rode it down to the bottom.

"This is a long ride..." Alex said.

"Must be deep in the ground, like Division." He looked at her and could see the worry in her eyes. He didn't want to show it, but he was feeling the same way. If it was true, everything they wanted to get rid of and succeeded at destroying was reborn. The cycle would continue.

The elevator stopped and opened. As soon as it opened, they could see a car garage just like the one in Division. The floors were gray and the walls were made of metal. It was an exact replica, and it sent chills down their spines.

"This is insane..." Sam thought and realized he actually said it out loud when Alex responded.

"Yeah...guys, you are not going to believe what we are looking at," she said into her com.

"What is it?" Nikita asked.

"It is Division. The same one we blew up."

"That's right, it is." They heard a voice from a loudspeaker in the room. It was a voice all too familiar to them.

"Amanda..." Alex said.

"Welcome to Division."

Nikita heard Amanda's voice and felt her heart drop. She immediately got a bad feeling.

"Alex and Sam get out of there! Now!"

Without hesitation, the two of them turned around to get into the elevator. The elevator door closed.

"No, you aren't leaving. You are right where I want you." Smoke came out of the vents in the room. They began coughing and trying to get out of the room, but it was no use. They passed out on the ground of Division, and Amanda was watching with a twisted smile on her face.

"I don't see how this helps, Amanda," Mr. Jones, Amanda's overseer from the Shop, said to her. He wore a black suit, his hair with slicked back, and he donned a single ring. He held a glass of scotch in his hand and studied Amanda as she walked back and forth with a tablet in her hand.

"In order to get Nikita's attention you have to get to the people she loves. It is like laying a trap with cheese for a mouse. She'll come rushing to save them, and i'll be here waiting to get her."

"I don't know if it is smart to take Alexandra Udinov."

"Why?"

"Well, she is an important asset now to the UN. If she comes up missing, they will go searching and it'll lead them..."

"To me? No, it won't. Trust me, I have this all under control. Once Nikita is out of the way, we can recreate Division. Take it to new levels, and we will not have to worry about the government being in our way. We will have complete control. The United States will be in the palm of our hands." Mr. Jones smiled and took a sip from his glass.