Infinity and Beyond

by Infinity Grace

Story occurs in a 2014-2015 one-year timeline, but mostly follows canon plot in season one, beyond that, it will get more and more off-canon. My name is Infinity Grace. I'm only four years old, but bad people still chase after me because computer mama tells me too many things I shouldn't know. But it's because of this that I meet Nikita, my real mama.

5. The Guardian

Infinity and Beyond

-Chapter 5-

The Guardian

Vision

This was a bank. There were many people screaming. There was a man in a sweater and holding a machine gun.

There was another man in the bank, he was in a more quiet room. 'Owen Elliot: he's a Division guardian, his job is to keep a black box safe. A black box has records of Division missions, recruits, and Percy's secrets.'

I saw that there was a black thing on the table in front of him. 'A black box.' He slid it closed and stuffed it in the back of his jeans.

The man with the gun was firing random shots scarily as Owen walked out of the room with his arms raised.

"Stay down!" I heard the man with the gun shout.

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Nikita's computer beeps as she walks down the stairs with a white mug in hand. Right now, I'm coloring a picture of Little Mermaid. Nikita walks over to her computer.

Alex: Percy's on the move to Montreal.

Nikita: Percy never goes into the field. Pretty sure he takes his vacations in legistics.

Alex: Well, he's gone. He and Michael went at it, then he bolted.

Nikita: The grown-ups are fighting?

Alex: Right in front of the kids.

Nikita: So, something got his attention in Montreal…

'They're talking about Owen Elliot.'

Their talk stops there as Nikita goes to search for something on the computer. When I stand up, I see a picture of Owen on her computer.

"I go rogue, Percy sticks Michael on me." Nikita mutters to herself. "You get his personal attention."

Then, she turns to me. "Sorry, kid." She says before I look up at her. "We might have to take that picture to go. We've another short trip."

I bite my bottom lip and look down at my feet. I want to take Lily and Johnny with me, but I'm scared to ask.

I hear footsteps as she walks toward me and crouches down in front of me. "Do you want to grab Lily and Johnny?" She smiles softly.

"Yes, please." I nod eagerly.

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Nikita takes me with her to a street with red houses and holds my hand as she walks toward the door. I smile as I see pretty flowers and colorful butterflies by a glass window.

"I'm sorry, miss." A man in a blue hat stops her. "This area is an active crime scene."

"Chill, CSI, I'm not a reporter." Nikita says. "I'm with my daughter. We're just gonna see my friend. Is that legal?"

He puts down his arm to let us in. "Thank you." Nikita says before she takes me through the front door of the building.

She calls someone on her cell phone before knocking on a door. "No, no, no." She says through the phone. "Wednesday's not gonna work. I sent you the schedule, and I specifically said…"

A nice-looking woman opens the door. 'Emily: Owen's neighbor.' She's the one that has colorful butterflies hanging by her window. My almond-shaped dark brown eyes stare at the pretty butterflies.

"Hang on." Nikita says through the phone before turning to Nikita. "Hi, how much for the glass pieces?"

"Sorry?" Emily says.

"The stained glass? In the window?" Nikita says. "It's handmade right? I think my daughter likes them."

I feel creepy-crawleys crawl up my back. How does she know I like them? That scares me…

Emily crouches down in front of me. "What's your name, sweetie?"

"Infinity Grace." I smile at her.

"Well, Infinity, my name's Emily." She smiles back at me as she shakes my hand. "It's nice to meet you. You like my butterflies?"

"Uh-huh." I nod. "They're pretty."

"You're very cute." Emily grins and rubs my head.

"Thank you." I smile.

"Let me see what I can part with." Emily looks back up at Nikita. "I really just make them for myself, but I think I've got a few I can spare."

"So, how old are you, Infinity?" Emily asks as she walks from one table to another.

"I'm four years old." I tell her.

"What's all the commotion next door?" Nikita asks.

"Oh, uh… I just got home." Emily says.

"Is it that guy from the news?" Nikita says. "I knew I recognized this neighborhood. Did you know him?"

"Not really." Emily says. "He… kept to himself."

"Wow… it's beautiful." Nikita looks at the butterflies in Emily's hands.

"Oh." Emily laughs. "These really aren't my best, but…" She then hands them to Nikita. "I think Infinity will like them."

"Uh-huh." I nod my head. "I like all of them."

"Thank you." Emily laughs.

"They're perfect." Nikita smiles. "Thank you. How much?"

"Oh, it's okay." Emily says nicely. "Consider them a meeting gift."

"Really?" Nikita grins. "You rock."

"She's not a rock." I frown, making both Nikita and Emily laugh. I don't get it…

"Thank you." Nikita smiles before taking my hand and leading me out of the room. She then walks to a part of the wall with a lot of silver key holes.

She opens one of them with a piece of metal and grabs someone's mail. She puts them in the back of her pants. I hope she doesn't do anything scary…

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Nikita is calling someone again as I'm playing with Lily. We're back in the car. 'How can I help you?' Computer mama tells me what the woman she's calling is saying.

"Hi, my husband, the idiot." Nikita rolls her eyes. "He lost his phone and um… he can't remember where he put it, of course. And I was talking to a friend of mine, and he said that you guys can find um… cell phones now using GPS, or cell towers, or something computery like that."

'Nikita wants to find Owen using his cell phone.' I bite my bottom lip. That doesn't sound very nice.

'Account holder's name?'

"Owen Elliot."

'Account number?'

"JMK3185999."

'Password?'

"Uh…" 'Nikita doesn't know his password.'

'I can't release the information without the password.' I feel as if a rock has been lifted from my stomach. Maybe Nikita won't get to hurt Owen after all.

"Right." Nikita nods. "Listen, I'm not actually looking for the cell phone, I'm looking for the cheating bastard attached to the cell phone. The password is probably the slut's name, Bambi, or Chloe, or Jenee with two e's. The man could not keep it in his pants if it's tied to a zipper. Do you know what I'm saying?"

'Girl, you're preaching to the choir. Just hold on a minute.' I frown as she gives Nikita what she wants. I really don't get what's going on.

When Nikita turns her head around to look at me, I hug Lily and look down at my toes as I wiggle them. She still scares me…

"You still want your chips?" Nikita asks as she hands me my bag of potato chips.

I nod quietly. "Yes, please." I take it from her hands. I feel too nervous to look up at her right now.

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Nikita drives to a big white building and stops the car by the side of the road. She has her handgun ready as she takes me into the building with her.

She leads me into a room that's full of tall black tables. There's a man there, he has white bandages and a black rectangular thing on the table beside him. 'That's the black box. That man's Owen.'

"Hands." Nikita raises her gun. I quickly duck down beside a table and hide. Nikita's gonna do something scary again. "Put them up slowly."

"Good place to hide." Nikita continues as Owen slowly puts his hands up before he turns around. "School gone to hell? Remind you of Division any?"

Nikita's eyes land on the black box. "Is that what you got from the bank?"

"Percy sent you?" Owen speaks his first words.

"Hello?" Nikita says. "Gun. Means question time's for me. Though, I'm here because of Percy. That's one of his black boxes, isn't it?"

"See for yourself." Owen throws it to Nikita. She catches it just as Owen steps on the side of a table and kicks Nikita across the face. I gasp out loud, and before I know it, I'm standing.

But Nikita looks like she's okay. Owen's eyes widen when he sees me. Nikita takes this chance to fight him, but Owen easily throws her down on the floor and she hits the side of a table. I feel goosebumps pop up on my olive skin as Nikita groans. Owen's very scary too.

I rush over to her side as Nikita's now lying on the floor. Right now, I'm not scared of her. I want to see if she's hurt. It makes me forget about being scared of Owen. "Are you okay?"

But before Nikita can answer, Owen's eyes land on Emily's butterflies. "Where did you get that butterfly?"

Nikita's trying to get herself up to a standing position. She holds up her hand. "Listen…" I jump back scaredly as the fight starts again before she can say another word. 'He thinks Nikita's hurt Emily.'

Soon, Owen easily grabs her and chokes her. "What did you do to her? I didn't compromise the mission. The box is secure. What did you with Emily?"

I'm very scared of Owen right now, even more so than Nikita. But Nikita looks like she can't breathe and I don't want her to get hurt. I take a step toward them. "She didn't hurt Emily."

Owen looks surprised as he looks at me, but he doesn't let go of Nikita. "I'm… not… Division." Nikita chokes out. She doesn't look well.

I feel the tears are starting to make my eyes all fuzzy. I'm going to start crying soon. I don't want anything bad to happen to Nikita.

"Who are you?" Owen says quietly. He's still holding onto Nikita, who's gasping silently.

"She's Nikita." I whimper as I start to feel the tears fall out of my eyes. "Please don't hurt her."

Owen frowns at me. "What's your name?"

Before I can say a word, Nikita finally fights her ways out of his arms. I almost smile; she looks as if she's okay.

She knocks Owen down before picking me up and running out of the room. Owen runs out into the hallway after us just as we hide behind a wall, but he goes back into the room after a few seconds.

Nikita takes out her gun from inside her boot as she's still holding me. I find my arms wrapped around her as she's still panting a little. Owen scares me…

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We're back in the car. Nikita grabs her laptop from the seat beside her and starts typing to Alex.

Flashback

Helen, the mean nurse, put me down in a chair as I was told to wait for the new nurse that was going to take care of me from now on.

I hugged Lily nervously. Helen, Dr. Windsor, and all the other grown-ups said that this new nurse was going to be my new mother.

I was scared, all the mothers I had were scary. Just then, the silvery doors opened. Dr. Windsor came in with a pretty dark-haired woman.

"Infinity, this is Wendy." Dr. Windsor said to me. "She's going to be your new mother."

I squished my body tighter together as Wendy crouched down in front of me. She has very nice green eyes. "Hello, Infinity." She smiles at me and reaches a hand out for me to shake. "It's nice to meet you."

I slowly slid my hand into her's as I bit my bottom lip nervously. "Hello."

Then, she reached her hand into the bag she's holding and pulled out a Panda bear that had a red ribbon on one of its ears. "I've a present for you." She said as she put the bear on my lap. "Her name's Lily."

I felt my oval-shaped face smile. "Thank you." Wendy looked as if she was much nicer than all the other mothers I had.

End Flashback

When Nikita's done with Alex, she gets out of the car and opens the car's backseat door. I stand up, thinking that she wants me to get off, but she does something that feels very out of place right now.

She pulls me into a hug. "Thank you." Her voice sounds soft. I frown; I don't know why she's thanking me. But Nikita's hugs are very warm; it almost makes me less scared. I just stand there nervously, and I don't say anything.

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We're back in Emily's apartment as she comes rushing in. "Hi." I smile and wave at her. She looks at me in shock.

"Owen called you, didn't he?" Nikita says.

"What are you doing here?" Emily looks as if she might cry.

"Told you to leave work early." Nikita continues. "He had talk to you when he saw you."

"I'm calling the police." Emily looks at Nikita in a way that computer mama would call a glare.

"They're gonna kill him, Emily." Nikita says loudly, scaring me as I shrink away from her. Nikita looks at me quickly before looking back at Emily.

"Not the police." Nikita continues more quietly. "The people he works for, who I used to work for."

"Owen's a landscaper." Emily says it like she knows it's a lie.

"You still believe that?" Nikita asks knowingly.

"He told me not to believe the news." Emily says before smiling tearfully. "He's not the man they're describing. He's… he's shy. He didn't even talk to me for the first year he was here. Why would anyone want to kill him?"

"Because he made a mistake." Nikita tells her. "Several, actually, starting with you."

"What?" Emily sound like she doesn't understand.

"Most people… want to make a connection." Nikita swallows sadly. "They want to feel safe, they want to feel loved, in Owen's line of work, those feelings get you killed. They're what got my fiancé killed; I don't want to see it happen again."

"Are you criminals?" Emily sounds scared.

"It's okay." I walk over to her and slide my hand into her's. "I'm scared too."

Emily almost smiles. "Thank you."

"It's a little more complicated than that." Nikita answers Emily's question. "He lied to protect you, but he can't do it anymore."

"Why should I believe you?" Emily's voice comes out as a loud whisper.

"Because I've been through it." Nikita looks as if she's been poked by a big needle. "I'm the only one who can save Owen."

I let go of Emily's hand before walking back to Nikita. I feel scared to do it, but I want her to feel better, so I put my hand into her's softly. "Feel better soon."

Nikita laughs in surprise as she crouches down in front of me. "Thank you." She brushes my curly dark brown hair out of my face.

Right now, I almost don't feel scared as I find myself smiling at her.

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A little while later, Nikita calls Owen through Emily's cell phone.

'Emily.' Computer mama tells me what Owen's saying.

"We need to talk." Nikita says.

'Where's Emily?'

"She's safe."

'Where is she?'

"We're at her place. She's fine, but she won't be if you give Percy that box."

'I'm gonna kill you.' I gasp quietly as I hug Lily tighter. I'm scared that something bad is going to happen to Nikita.

"What happened?" Emily asks as Nikita hangs up the phone.

"He's on his way." Nikita looks very scary right now. I find myself moving a little closer to Emily. I'm scared that something very scary is going to happen.

Then, Nikita's eyes land on me. I quickly shrink away as my eyes grow teary. I'm going to start crying soon. I keep my eyes on Lily's dress.

"Hey, hey, it's okay." Nikita crouches down in front of me as I'm sitting next to Emily. I find myself holding onto Emily's arm nervously.

"Come here." Nikita reaches her arms out toward me. I lean more into Emily as I start crying.

Emily pulls me onto her lap, facing her, before she hugs me. "Shh, everything will be okay." She tries to quiet me down. I'm glad when I don't feel Nikita's hands on me, she feels very scary right now.

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"She's safe, Owen." Nikita says as Owen comes in through the door. They both have their guns pointed at each other. I hug Emily nervously as she's holding me.

"Where is she?" Owen says.

"I'm not your enemy." Nikita says.

"Where is she?" Owen repeats.

Emily walks to where Owen can see her as she's still holding me. "Owen." She smiles at him.

Owen looks surprised to see me with Emily, but he waves at Emily. "Hey, come here."

Emily is just about to walk to him when Nikita puts out an arm to stop her. "Wait, put Infinity down." Emily does what Nikita says. I hug Lily tightly as I go to stand beside a wall.

"What do you want?" Owen asks.

"I want the black box." Nikita says. "And I want to help you escape from Division, with Emily."

"Why?"

"Why'd you save that little girl?" Nikita says. "At the bank? You could have waited out the crisis, figured out an exit. It's what your training tells you to do, but you didn't. You acted differently because it was the right thing to do. Thanks to Emily, you know how that feels."

"Hey, leave her out of this." Owen says.

"She is in this, Owen." Nikita tells him. "We all are. Do you even know what that black box is? That hard drive contains evidence of every job Division's ever done, all of Division's dirty laundry, and more. As long as Percy has it, he's untouchable. It's been his leverage, against the people who put him in power. That's why I need to destroy it, because it's the right thing to do."

Nikita finally lets Emily go to Owen. Emily hugs him. "Is what she's saying true?"

"I don't know." Owen tells her.

"Because Percy doesn't want you to know." Nikita says. "There's only one way to be sure." Nikita finally puts down her gun. "Where's the black box?"

I look between Nikita and Owen as I bite my bottom lip nervously. Owen still hasn't lowered his gun. He feels very scary too.

"Put the gun down, Owen." Emily tells him quietly. "That little girl's her daughter. She shouldn't have to see this."

Owen looks surprised, but he listens to her and slowly lowers his gun.

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It's been a while since Nikita and Owen have stopped pointing things at each other. "You buried it, like in the ground?" Nikita asks. "Where?"

"You first." Owen says. "How'd you escape Division? How'd you remove your tracker?"

"I'll tell you." Nikita says. "Not now. We don't have -"

The sound of glass breaking stops her just as something that really, really hurts hits me. I scream before I fall to the ground. I start crying right away, but it hurts even more when I move.

"No!" Nikita rushes over to my side. She looks really, REALLY scared as her eyes quickly grow tearful. "Please..." She sounds as if she wishes she's dreaming.

"Oh, god." Emily says as she moves toward me. Just then, the same sound happens again, and seconds after that, Emily falls to the ground too. "Owen…"

"No, no, no." Owen runs over to catch her.

After that, the gun fires just keeps on coming. Nikita ducks so she wouldn't be hit. My body feels really hot, and it hurts even more than before.

She pulls me into her arms and rolls me across the floor to a spot that's not facing the window. My body's starting to feel numb and everything I hear sounds more far away.

I can't see very well, but Nikita looks like she's firing her gun out the window. Something inside my stomach feels cold.

"She's gone, Owen." Nikita cries out to him before she crouches down beside me and picks me up. "We've got to go!"

Nikita's crying as she looks at me. "No, no, no, sweetie." She says as her tears don't stop falling. "I know it hurts, but you need to stay awake, okay?"

I try to say something but it comes out as a quiet gasp and it hurts. My body feels colder now, and I feel more like jello. I can see many stars above me; I almost smile before I can't see anything anymore.

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The next time I feel anything, I'm lying somewhere outside. I think I'm lying on the floor. My body hurts a little less, but it still hurts too much to move. I'm not really awake right now, but I hear voices, they sound far away.

"Why is she here?" I hear Nikita's voice. She sounds very scared, her voice is shaking.

"Well, you see, Roan here, being the skillful guy that he is, managed to find the place you were hiding her in." That's Percy's voice. Where am I?

I want to open my eyes, but it hurts too much. I see a black dot, I move toward it. I like being close to the black dot, it doesn't hurt as much.

I don't know how long I'm in the black dot, but it's a red dot that moves me away from the black dot. The red dot makes me scream very loudly, it hurts very much. I can't open my eyes, but I feel the tears falling out.

I think I hear Nikita scream, she sounds very, VERY angry. Then I hear fighting sounds, they all sound far away.

Then I feel a lot of wind before something wet hits me. It makes my stomach feel very cold and I can't breathe. I want to get away from here, but I can't move.

My body feels very heavy and it feels as if someone's poking needles into it. My stomach feels like a balloon with too much air.

The last thing I feel is someone's hand before I find that comfy black dot again.

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Author's note: Hey, guys, I know this chapter is a little shorter than usual, but in order to write for the next chapter, Infinity needs to get hurt pretty badly. Anyways, please review me your thoughts. I like to take your suggestions into consideration when I'm writing.