A while later
Birkhoff:
Hey guys!
Alex:
What is it?
Birkhoff:
Well, I can only get so far into Amanda's past. But, I was able to locate a name and birth date for Serena Ryan's birth mother.
Michael:
And?
Birkhoff:
Well it seems her mother was born May 21, 1970.
Alex:
Her name Birkhoff!
Birkhoff:
Mandy James.
Alex:
Are you saying, this girl could be Amanda's daughter?
Michael:
No. Mandy James could be anyone.
Birkhoff:
Pretty big coincidence though. You have to admit that. Both first names are Amanda. About the same age I'm guessing. Amanda's birthday is not in Division's records. Not to mention as I'm looking for this Mandy James, she seems to have dropped off the face of the earth sometime in the early 90's. And any records prior to that just happen to be missing photos.
Michael:
Amanda joined Division in '96. Gogol in '93. But. No. Why am I going along with this.
Alex:
Nikita has Amanda right now, have her ask.
[Michael texts]
ask Amanda about Mandy James.
Nikita[to Amanda]:
Who's Mandy James?
[Amanda looks scared. Serena looks curious.]
Amanda:
Birkhoff has been digging.
Nikita:
Who is she?
Amanda:
You tell me.
Nikita:
You know. So tell me.
Amanda:
Birkhoff knows ask him.
[Nikita calls]
Nikita:
A little more information would be nice from your end.
Michael:
Rowena Ivy's real name is Serena Ryan. Division picked up the wrong girl.
Nikita:
I got the same information.
Michael:
Well she was adopted. Her birth mother's name is Mandy James. Born May 21, 1970. She disappeared shortly after putting her daughter up for adoption.
Nikita:
Okay. I'll call you back.
Serena:
What's going on? Who's Mandy James?
Nikita:
Birkhoff was doing some digging. On you. I don't how they figured it out. But they know that you're Serena Ryan.
[Amanda is looking very anxious in the background]
Nikita:
Did you ever find out who your birth parents were?
Serena:
I got as far as the adoption agency and hospital. The doctor present at my birth died several years ago cancer. The person who handled my adoption is currently in a nursing home with severe Alzheimer's. The adoption agency transferred all their files to digital. Mine is encrypted.
Nikita:
But you're a tracker you couldn't decrypt them?
Serena:
I'm a tracker yes, not a hacker. I find people using mainly paper trails and other people, not computers. And I could never risk finding and using a hacker...Why?
Nikita:
Birkhoff decrypted those files. It only lists your birth mother, her name was Mandy James.
[one tear rolls down Amanda's cheek, she quickly wipes it with her shoulder]
Serena[ to Amanda]:
Why ask you? Did you know?
Amanda:
You know I never looked through that part of your life. You asked me to let you find it on your own. You wanted control over it, so I let you have it.
Serena:
But why would Nikita ask you?
Nikita:
Michael thought Amanda might know more about her.
Serena:
What are you hiding Amanda? You knew her didn't you? Maybe you didn't know she was my mother but you knew her.
Nikita:
Hold on. I have some more questions for her first. They might answer yours. You might not want to hear them.
[Serena doesn't say anything but steps back for Nikita]
Nikita:
You never told me your birthday, Amanda. You know mine, but you've never said when yours was.
Amanda:
You never asked.
Nikita:
I'm asking now.
Amanda:
I believe you already know.
Serena:
What's going on?
Nikita:
Two weeks ago wasn't it. Sorry, I missed it. May 21. It's strange isn't it?
[Amanda remains silent]
Nikita:
I think you had another reason for not looking into Serena's past. You were afraid.
Amanda:
Of what?
Nikita:
What you would find. For your life. For hers. Because if Division ever found out...You both would've been canceled. And you couldn't suggest it to Serena because, that would have made things harder. How far did you go in keeping things quiet?
Amanda:
I didn't do anything to either of them. By the time I joined up with Percy and Carla, I was ready to pay them off but their lives had already caught up with them.
Nikita:
I think it's time that you talk about your past Amanda.
Amanda:
Where do you want me to start?
Nikita:
I'd like to hear what the 18 year old Amanda was like.