NOTE: This is probably my fastest update. I really enjoyed reading your comments, you all are awesome! I must say I really like how this is turning out. I can't wait to keep writing. I found some time to write another chapter today so you guys do not have to keep waiting. Let's just say Nikita has some tricks up her sleeve ;) Thanks for reading! Let me know what you think!

One Step Ahead

"Alex! Alex!" Nikita yelled into the com. "Sam!" Neither of them responded. "Damn it!" She yelled and slammed her fist down on Birkhoff's desk. She combed her fingers through her hair and paced the floor. Everyone stood stunned completely caught off guard. They didn't even expect to find anything at the factory. Finding a Division replica was a surprise they were beginning to regret receiving.

"What...just happened?" Birkhoff said in shock as he stared at the computer screen that read "Alex/Sam."

Michael face twisted in frustration as he walked up to Nikita.

"We have to go after them. We may be able to make it there and grab them before Amanda sends a team," he said.

"No," Ryan jumped in. "We don't know how close Amanda's team is. She could already have a team picking them up as we speak."

"We can't feed them to Amanda. We don't know what she is going to do!" Michael said in frustration.

"And you two going there trying to save them will not help. It'll only put the two of you in danger. For all you know, that is exactly what Amanda wants you to do. Then, she will have all of you. We can't have that, not if we want to win this battle," Ryan said.

"And how are were going to do that with Alex and Sam missing? We can't go barging in on Amanda, just the two of us," Nikita said.

"Then what hell are we going to do? Stand here? The longer Amanda has them, the worse the situation can get. Sam and Alex are both vulnerable. She has messed with their heads before and she can do it again."

"Besides all of this...how are we going to find Alex and Sam? We don't even know where Amanda is?" Sonya said. They all stood silent, stumped.

"Yeah, Sonya's got a point. Sam doesn't have a tracker in and neither does Alex."

"How were you tracking them?"

"Their com's have devices in them that allow me to track them, but the signal is weak since they are still underground..." Birkhoff said. "Shadow Net is in the works," he mumbled reluctant to admit the truth.

"Do you think you can try and strengthen the signal?" Ryan asked. Birkhoff began typing in codes on his keyboard to see if he could get a better signal.

"Wait! They are moving!" Birkhoff said and watched as the red circles moved across his screen.

"Amanda is having them picked up," Ryan said.

"Sonya can you try to get a visual?" Birkhoff said to her. She nodded. Birkhoff talked into his earpiece trying to see if it would help them gain consciousness and possibly escape.

"Alex! Sam! Guys, Guys! Can you hear me?"

"I have a visual," Sonya said. They got an overhead look at the ground from a satellite. They could see a black escalade and three men. One was carrying Alex and the other two were carrying Sam by his arms and legs. The man carrying Alex stopped and looked at her. He laid her on the ground and examined her hear. They watched as he pulled out her com and threw it on the ground.

"No, no, no, no, no!" Birkhoff yelled and then gave a disgruntled sigh as he watched the man step on the com. He waved at the other men and they pulled out Sam's and did the same thing.

"There goes out trackers..."

"Great. So now are we going to find out where they are being transported?" Michael asked.

"Can you watch them by satellite?" Nikita asked.

"It wouldn't work. First of, we would have to ping a location to the satellite every so often while keeping track of the car. Once they hit a main road it'll be nearly impossible. We would an operations unit to do that..."

"Look when we signed on to do this, we decided to get things done without Division's resources. We can do this," Michael said.

"But how? Seymour is right, we are at a dead end, Michael," Sonya said. Nikita folded her arms and began pacing again while she was deep in thought. She had her back turned towards everyone when she stopped in her tracks. She turned around with determination in her eyes. She had a plan.

"Even if we find out where Amanda is keeping Alex and Sam, Michael and I may not be able to go in and get them out safely. We know Amanda is planning something, so we need to be a step ahead of her. We need to do something unexpected," she said.

"What are you getting at?" Ryan asked.

"Let's face it: The United States government has a target on my head, and there is no escaping that. We all want to make things right. Well, let's do it. Amanda wanted me to take the fall for the president's death. I will. I will turn myself into the CIA," she said looked at everyone.

"Nikita are you insane? You know they won't negotiate with you, you didn't supposedly 'kill' just anyone. It is the President of the United States. They are going to throw you into jail and not let you out until they can put you on trial and then throw you right back into another cage," Michael said.

"Yeah Niki, I know how much you like windows," Birkhoff added.

"No, this is the way it has to be done. I'm done hiding and running. We need to set things straight and they will listen to me. My whole life I have been thrown into a system that chewed me up and tried to throw me away. I'm an ex-convict supposedly dead, but I was forced to pay my dues to this country. Well, now it is time for it to repay me, in full. All I want is a chance at a new life, all of us do. In order to do that, we need to tell the truth like Michael and I planned to do in the first place with the black box."

"But the black box is gone. There is no more evidence of Division's existence," Ryan said.

"There is. There is me, you, all of us, and Amanda. People who all have death certificates and graves, but are standing right here. I am going to tell them the honest truth."

"And will they even believe it?" Birkhoff asked.

"It's a risk that I have to take," she said.

"Well, you aren't taking it alone," Michael said and walked up to her. "I'm going with you." Nikita formed a small smile on her face. He is always there for me not matter what. After Michael stepped forward Ryan did as well with a smile. Birkhoff looked over at Sonya who was already standing and put her hand out for his.

"Ah-what the hell, I'm in!" Birkhoff said and stood up with Sonya. Nikita smiled at all of them.

"You all are amazing, you don't have to do this."

"We do," Sonya said. "We are all in this together. We all come from different paths, but we all ended up in the same place, Division. We need to share what we know as well. We aren't giving up until we clear your name and take Amanda down."

"I must say Nikita, you are one hell of a fighter and I respect that. You even rescued me, an analyst in the CIA who was framed and barely made it out alive. Now, it's time for me to return the favor." She smiled and nodded.

"Alright. Let's finish this. It is time for Division to burn."

Alex woke up with a headache. She blinked trying to focus her vision. She rubbed her eyes and took in her surroundings. She realized that she was in the back of a truck laying next to Sam who was still unconscious. She grabbed her ear to turn on her com, but she realized it was gone. Shit. She had to think quickly. She patted her jacket to see if her cell phone was still there. Her jacket had a hidden pocket inside, and they hadn't found it. She pulled out her phone listened before dialing. There were men talking in the front in what sounded like German. One of them laughed and she took that chance to turn the phone on silent. She looked up and saw the back of another man's head. Three men. She kept still and dialed number one on speed dial, Birkhoff.

They all stood around a table devising a plan until Birkhoff heard a beeping noise coming from his computer.

"It's Alex!" he yelled. He answered and listened in. No one said anything. They could only hear faint talking int he background.

Alex realized that Birkhoff may say something which may even be heard through the phone even though it wasn't on speaker. She placed the phone on the mat in the trunk and tapped on the receiver.

"Is she there?" Ryan asked.

"Wait-shh..." Birkhofff immediately recognized the tapping. She was talking to them in morse code. Birkhoff wrote down the number on a piece of paper and then translated it.

"In a car with Sam. Three men. German."

"Amanda must have men from German intelligence working for her," Michael said. He started to write down the rest of it, but she abruptly stopped. Birkhoff looked up at the screen and saw that the trace finished.

"The vehicle must have stopped," Sonya said. An address came up on the screen and Alex turned off her phone. "They must be where Amanda plans to keep them."

"Jersey, go figure," Birkhoff said considering that Division was in New Jersey.

"Perfect timing. Now, we know where they will be which is going to make our plan run smoothly. We have leverage now." Nikita said. "Time to get moving."