Warning I apologize for any spelling mistakes. I'm to tired to read all 3k and more words. :PzzZ But I hope u enjoy. Had help from Ayushi95

Nikita slowly pulled up to the back of Alex's apartment. She arrived sooner than Owen so she decided to wait a little bit. "Are you ready to see mommy?" Nikita smiled at Elizabeth.

With everything the young child had gone through, she deserved to have something good happen in her life.

The child attempted to smile at Nikita. Her smile only went half way as the other side of her face was to swollen. Her eyes gleamed while the street light hit her blue glance, even though one was covered in a black bruise. There was nothing like a child's smile to make all the problems in the world seem to go away. Nikita smiled back. She licked her finger and brushed it on the girl's normal cheek, cleaning off a bit of dirt.

As she slowly moved her hand, parting gently, Elizabeth smiled. Her whole life Nikita thought she would never be a good mother, much less make a kid smile. But for that moment, that one moment, she thought she could do it. The way Liz smiled at her made her feel like one day she could have a family of her own, and even be a mother worth being loved.

Nikita just stared. Even though the girl was so young she had already done so much for everyone. Suddenly headlights passed over them as Owen pulled up. Nikita was brought out of her thoughts. "Let's go see mommy," she smiled.

Nikita got out of the car and went to the passenger's side. She opened the door and helped Elizabeth step out. She held her hand the whole time as they walked over to Owen.

Liz tightened her grip scared as the strange man approached. Owen scared her as she had only seen him one time before and he was pounding the stuffing out of a sparring dummy. She didn't want to get too close to him. Starting to shake, Elizabeth hid behind Nikita's leg, hiding her face in her shirt.

Nikita tried hard to not smile as she talked to Owen. "Let's get inside."

Owen let out a sigh of relief, "Finally we can call it a day."

Nikita didn't say anything just picked up Elizabeth and began walking in. Her day wasn't even close to being over. Even when she was captured, there was a small picture of Michael in the back of her mind. She already wasted so much time. If she wasted any more he might not even be there to save. She could only bring Elizabeth and Alex back together before she would have to leave. At least one family could be reunited.

They walked through the door of the apartment. Nikita was looking and smiling at Elizabeth. The painful road she was on was about to end as her family was about to be reunited. "Surprise!" the young girl yelled out, waiting for her mother to happily pick her up.

"Nikita!" Sean ran over to her.

Nikita's mouth dropped. Her eyes went wide. Her heart screamed to the heavens for what she saw to just be her imagination. That it was a sick cruel joke her mind was playing on her. "What's wrong with mommy?" Elizabeth looked up at Nikita.

The harsh reality hit her as she saw it to. Alex's body was laying there motionless as the doctors were rushing, trying everything to get any life into her pale corpse. They had just walked in and the first thing they saw was the dead body of one of their family. Nikita had heard Alex wasn't doing well but, this… this was a true nightmare turned real.

She couldn't get herself to look away. Nikita just stood there staring as her eyes filled with tears. Elizabeth could feel Nikita's hand begin to shake. The woman brought up her hand and covered her mouth with her free hand. "Why is mommy sleeping?" Liz shook Nikita's arm confused.

Nikita took her gaze off of Alex and down to the child. "Shhhh its okay," Nikita turned the girls head so it would face away from her mother, "She's okay."

Sean stood in front of them, trying to block their view of what was going on.

Nikita could tell that he was broken. His eyes were red from all the tears that fell and his hands were shaking as he held the two rings. "How did this happen?" She was still in shock, "Alex was okay when I last heard anything."

He didn't say anything, just stood there avoiding any eye contact. He didn't have the heart to look at such a young child and tell her that her mother is dead.

"Nikita I need you to come here! It's Michael!" Birkoff was panicking in the kitchen.

Nikita finally took her eyes off of Alex. "Ummm… Sean I…. umm… need you to watch her," her emotions were dry as she spoke. She still couldn't believe what was going on.

Liz just watched confused. She was still too young to understand death. Sean crouched down in front of her, becoming eye level. He opened his mouth to talk, but no words felt right to him. He just looked at Elizabeth, seeing the Alex in her. She could practically be a smaller version of her. He quickly wrapped his arms around her, placing one hand one her tiny head, giving her a hug. He didn't want to ever let go. He felt the weight of everything going on, on his shoulders. The young child was going to grow up without anyone and part of him believed it was his fault.

"Sean can I talk to you?" a doctor walked up to him, clearly overwhelmed by fatigue.

Time stood still for him, he slowly let go of the girl and stood up. He was afraid he knew what the doctor was going to say. He just nodded and tried to keep a calm face.

"I'm afraid there was nothing we could do," the doctor placed a hand on Sean's shoulder, "I'm sorry for your loss."

Sean's world went from slowly moving to frozen. Everything became still as the words sunk in. She's gone… She's really gone… forever…His whole body became weak, collapsing him to his knees. She's never coming back….His hands opened up. An echo covered the room. The rings fell to the ground, bouncing before rolling away. He didn't chase after them; he just sat there on his knees, wishing it all was a nightmare he was going to wake up from.

Elizabeth didn't know what was going on, but the way Sean looked scared her. She couldn't help feel like tears were building up. With no one to watch her she wandered towards Alex's room. Whenever she felt scared she wanted nothing more than for Alex to make it all go away.

When she walked in the room she saw Alex just lying on a bed with her eyes closed. The last doctor there was pulling off the medical equipment out of her body. He turned the heart monitor off as it was flat lined. The doctor didn't notice the child as he left with all the equipment, giving up.

"Mommy," Liz went up to the bed waiting for her mom to wake up.

There was no answer. She grabbed Alex's hand and shook it trying to wake her up. But still she didn't move.

"Mommy wake up," she was beginning to tell that something was wrong, "Mommy, I'm back."

Liz put her foot on the bar under the bed and climbed up. She crawled from Alex's leg to her stomach. She sat there looking at Alex, wondering why she wasn't waking up. Liz placed her head on Alex's chest trying to hear a heartbeat. She began to understand what was going on when she didn't hear anything. "Mommy?" she didn't try to hold in her emotions this time. Tears began to cascade down her small cheek, landing on Alex's face.

"Alex, please wake up," her hands went around her mother, hugging her tight, "I want my mommy, please!"

Elizabeth laid her head down on Alex's face. Every tear drop traveled from Liz's morbid eyes to Alex's deceased cheek, each time creating a bigger puddle of sadness. She just lied there, wishing Alex would return to life, hugging her as tight as possible. "Please return to me," she smothered her head into Alex's hair. She had lost a mother a few months ago and now she's lost another one.

"Mommy I need you," she spoke into the hair.

Without warning Liz felt a sudden jerk. She took a deep breath and raised her head from the semi comforting touch of her mother. She looked to see if a miracle happened, but nothing changed. The sobs began again but were ended by a sudden lift.

Liz wiped her tears with her sleeve. "Mommy," she pleaded.

After a few seconds of no response, Alex's chest lifted, breathing in air it desperately needed. But still her eyes weren't opening. Then another breath came slowly followed by another one. Suddenly everyone's prayers were answered; Alex gradually began to open her eyes.

Her ears were ringing and her body was in so much pain. The world she could see was nothing but a blur to her. All she could see was a blob sitting on her chest. Fatigue was overwhelming her, but she did nothing but fight it. She felt as if she had been sleeping for years. Bit by bit her vision was becoming clear. Tears of nothing but happiness flowed down her face as she saw Elizabeth alive. "Mommy," Liz joyfully said hugging her mother.

Alex placed hand on Elizabeth's small head, gently brushing it with her fingers. It was painful, but to her it was definitely worth it. "Daddy says hi," Alex looked up thinking about what she had just gone through. After all the years that passed she finally saw the real Jason again.

"I missed you," Liz kissed Alex on the cheek. She had never been more glad she was right. Alex did make all the pain go away, "Don't ever leave me again."

"I missed you to," She replied kissing the top of the girl's head. That was when Alex knew she couldn't do it. She couldn't let go of her daughter. Even though in her heart she knew it would be best for her to find a new life, a better one. There were no promises that it would be any greater than the one they were having at that point. "I'll never leave you again," Alex smiled; the words to her could never be truer.

Alex's Living Room

"Michael's found the extra black box you had me create a while back," Birkoff pointed at the computer for Nikita, "He searched up…"

"Haley," Nikita already knew before he had even said it.

Birkoff's eyes widened at the sight of her name, but what surprised him more was that Nikita already knew.

"Where did the search say she is?" Nikita voice became worried.

If Michael knew where she was there was nothing from preventing him from going to see her. If he got just a yard close, his life would end… and so would hers. She wouldn't be able to live without him.

"I don't understand what's going on," Birkoff looked at her for answers.

"Birkoff! Now!" Nikita grabbed her gun from the table, preparing to leave.

He jumped back a little at the sight in Nikita's eyes. "…sure." With everything that had happened back at Division, he expected Michael to be looking for Nikita not the other way around. "She's in New York."

"And so will I," Nikita was grabbing extra ammo and rushing to place it in her bag. Don't do it Michael… Please don't do it!

Nikita knew she should stay, but Michael needed her. And truthfully she couldn't stand being in a room where the person she considered to be a daughter was lying dead. She needed some fresh air or else she would just lose it.

Once the bag was filled she ran to the door opening it. With one foot out the door she looked back. It was the last time she was ever going to see Alex and it couldn't be any more painful. "I'm sorry," she whispered as the sight was etched into her head. The place was unbearable, so she left. Michael please just wait. I'm on my way.

Owen picked up the rings and walked over to Sean. He kneeled down and placed his hand on Sean's shoulder, "I'm sorry," he placed the rings in Sean's hand. Owen knew Sean would want to keep them to remember Alex by.

"I was going to propose to her," Sean shook his head at the thought of her actually being gone, "I was going to take her to the place where we had our first date and have the staff act like the power went out. When the whole place was filled with candles, I would do it. I would get on one knee and hold her hand. Telling her every reason why she was the one, I would take out the ring and say… Alex I've never met anyone like you. You're the whole reason life has become worth living to me. Will you marry me?" Sean clenched the ring, thinking about what would never happen now. His head fell to his chest as tears covered his cheeks. "…Now she's gone."

"Yes."

Sean picked his head up, hoping he wasn't imagining the voice he just heard. He slowly turned his head, looking behind him. His eyes opened wide as he saw her. The true love of his life was standing there. Alex was using the door frame to stay up, trying hard to keep standing. She had one hand on the door frame and the other holding the tiny hand she fought so hard to keep. "Alex," his mouth slowly spoke as he couldn't believe it.

The whole room went quiet. No one could believe what they were looking at. The one they believed to be gone forever was standing right in front of them. Sean slowly got up to his feet. His mouth never closed as he stared at her. The whole hour he saw her body lifelessly laying there he never thought he would be able to see the blue eyes he woke up every morning to. He slowly put one foot in front of the other, bit by bit walking towards her. "How?" he couldn't believe it.

Alex didn't say anything. She didn't even know how she came to be standing there. She just smiled. His deep brown eyes staring at her still gave her butterflies in her stomach even after all the time they've been together.

"How are you here?" Sean finally made it in front of her. He placed his hand on her cheek, gently brushing it, making sure it wasn't just a dream.

"I don't know," Alex looked up to him, eyes gleaming as they began to water.

Sean didn't hesitate. He didn't care that everyone had their eyes on them. He placed his lips on hers. He finally felt happy as he she kissed back. The warm touch of her lips on his was like the world didn't matter. The moment he had been waiting for, for what felt like forever, was real. They were reunited. The kiss couldn't have been more perfect to him.

After a minute of the endless touch, he stopped, placing his forehead in hers. No words needed to be spoken as her sky blue eyes looked into his welcoming brown eyes. Their hearts were finally complete. The missing pieces of their lives were brought back together.

"I love you more than you could ever know," Sean whispered to her.

For once Alex was able to say the words she had never been able to tell him, "I love you to."

Sean's heart soared at the sound of the words she spoke. She had never said it before. She never had to. He knew how she felt, but when she said it he truly felt that she meant it. They smiled at each other, happier than they had ever been before.

Michael

The snow fell, giving the ground a soft cover of white. The way the moon shined on each inch of it made it seem to glow. The park was filled with people as they were all getting ready for Christmas. Michael could see his breath as he sat there on the bench. His cheeks and ears pink, the cold air giving him chills.

He just sat there, his eyes never leaving the girl across the park talking with her friends. Her curls brown hair was covered by a hat, but he could tell it was just like her mothers. When she smiled as her friends told her something a grin appeared on his face. There was no doubt in his mind, she looked just like her.

She was seventeen now, but she was only eight when he last saw her. It had been nine years. Nine years of Haley believing her family was dead. Nine years he had lost of the real life he could have had with his daughter.

He could remember the last normal day he had with her.

Flashback

He walked out of the house. The birds were chirping and the sun was shining. The beautiful day was halted by the crying of an eight year old girl. He slowly walked over to her as she sat there crying next to the swing set he had built in their back yards. "Did you falloff the swing?" Michael crouched down in front of her.

She nodded, wiping the tears with her sleeve, sobbing uncontrollably. Michael smiled as he kissed her forehead and brought out a Band-Aid from his pocket. Her elbow had a tiny scratch on it, no blood was appearing, but he knew it was the thought that scared her.

He opened the wrapper, "When we stand up again, we rise stronger than when we had fallen."

She began to stop crying as her daddy slowly placed the patch on her elbow. He smiled. She smiled back. She could never feel more safe than when her dad smiled at her. Each time he checked under her bed for monsters she knew that nothing bad would happen to her as long as he was there.

Present Day

Michael couldn't take it anymore. He didn't know what he was going to say or how he was going to explain where he had been all those years, but he couldn't just sit on the bench anymore. He couldn't stand just watching her live her life believing he was gone.

He finally stood up. After a few seconds he gradually put his foot down, trying to get the courage to walk over to her. "Michael!"

He turned around at the surprise of the sound of his name. His face went stale as he saw Nikita standing there. The whole plane ride over he couldn't stop thinking of how much she had betrayed him.

Nikita stood there, her heart practically pounding out of her chest as she sprinted all the way over to the park from the airport. If she had been a few seconds late he would be gone from her life for forever. "Please don't Michael," she begged.

Michael just looked at Haley than back at Nikita. Would he be able to live knowing that Haley was alive, probably hating him for the death of her mother? Was life worth living if the one person he trusted in the world had lied straight in his face for so many years?...