"What is it, Birkoff?" "We have an airlock penetration in the East portal." " Someone's inside?" " Something's inside." "Unidentified gas in the East portal." "Bio breach, convert to forced O2." " Take one, quickly." " Move, move, move!" "Reconfigure it." "Invert the air vents." "Inversion complete." "Bio breach contained." "Comm." "Clear." "Systems clear." "Tactical clear." "Ordinance clear." "I understand, George, but there were no casualties." "Everything was contained." "We're running down possibilities now." "I understand but I..." "I see no reason for you..." "Yes." "George thinks we were compromised by the breach in security?" "He's sending a bio-med team in to examine us all." "Starting with department heads and key operatives." "We have our own med-techs who can do that." "He's afraid that what hit us is a virus." "Similar to what happened to Section Six." "They were helpless to do anything so he's going to oversee this personally." "This means his people under his complete control." "Should we be suspicious?" "I sent him productivity numbers after the incident." "We're at full capacity." "What's his rationale?" "He seems to think some of us are infected with a new strain." " Do you?" " No." "Anything?" "PJK clean." "So is Crimson Storm." "Black Sun?" "They wouldn't attempt anything as big as this." "Sweep them anyway." "Okay." "I'm sorry, I'm tired." "Move over." " Sir?" " Yes." "The biotech team has arrived." "Show them to the infirmary." "Walter, you done with that triangulator?" " You okay?" " Yeah, I..." "I don't know." "Whatever it is that blew into that airlock... it's sort of reshuffled my deck just a little bit." "Don't worry about it." "Oversight's sending a bio team to examine us." "Oh, yeah?" "Don't worry about it." "Yeah." "What if they find out that I've been infected?" "What do you think they're gonna do, then?" "This is not a convalescent home, you know." "Yeah?" "I'll be right there." "They want to see me in the infirmary." " Walter?" " Yeah, it's me." "Fit as a fiddle." "Come in." "Why don't you just give me a couple of aspirins... and I'll call myself in the morning." "Lie down." " What's that stuff?" " It's a sedative." "Any particular reason why I need that?" "Our bio-probe requires the subject to be asleep." " Bio-probe?" " You may feel light-headed." " Even hallucinate." " Haven't done that in years." "Don't you want to tell me about your life?" "Yes, I do." " Pues?" " I can't." "Were you involved in something bad?" "No, no, I'm not a criminal or anything like that." "I work at a place that doesn't exist." "I mean, it exists." "Sounds crazy, doesn't it?" "I work for an organization... called Section One." "All of a sudden, out of a clear blue sky... you come down here and say thanks for the good work?" "What do you want me to do, wag my tail?" "If you want something from me, just come out and say it." "Look, I just stopped by to give... to give you a pat on the back." "I don't need a pat on the back." "I've been doing this job since before you came to Section." "And I could probably do your job, too." " Really?" " Really." "One of these days you're going to carry this "cranky old man" act a little too far." "What then?" "You won't commend me to Oversight?" " So how you doing?" " I'm okay." "You look just as beautiful as ever." "So I gather you had a very good time on your days off." "No, good doesn't cover it." "It transcends good, great, excellent... on its way to splendido." "So you gonna see her again?" "No, I just wanted to see her this once." "She's got a life of her own." "But it was..." "It was..." "Did you really think you could get away with this?" "Doesn't matter." "It's what they wanted." "It's called "living"." " Living?" " Look it up." "It's in the dictionary." "Walter, you're a 60-year-old teenager." " How is Walter?" " I'm afraid he's been infected." "Walter?" "Why doesn't he respond?" "The infection caused a neural meltdown." "He was fine when he came in here." "It's incredible, we know." "In fact, we've never seen anything quite like this before." "We're labbing it now." "But my guess is whatever entered his system... worked on the same principle as a computer virus." "Deleting the neural zones." "Like an accelerated Alzheimer's disease." " So he doesn't know who I am?" " Or anyone else for that matter." "His mind has been wiped clean." "I want all bio-data on my desk as soon as it comes in." "You'll have to get George's permission." "As long as you're working in my Section, on my people, you'll do as I say." "Very well." "Would you send Nikita in, please?" " Paul?" " I'm fine." " Then why are you..." " I just got back... from seeing how Walter's check-up was going." " How is he?" " He's a vegetable." "Seems that the attack was considerably more successful... than we first suspected." "Then George was right." "Yes, but how could he have been so certain?" "You think George could have been behind this attack?" "We went to war with the man." "It's possible this is his retribution." "Debilitation is grounds for cancellation." "I know." "Despite all our preventative measures... it seems that George has finally found a way to get rid of us." "Once and for all." "Lie still." "You may feel light-headed." "Even hallucinate." "It's very normal." "Just relax, Nikita." "This will all be over very soon." "You're not in prison anymore." "The world thinks you're dead." "Suicide." "This is your funeral." "No." "Row 8, plot 30." "This is where you'll train." "This is where you'll learn." "After two years, if everything goes well, you'll work for us." "Why me?" "When you attack someone from behind, go for the kidneys." "It disables and they can't fight back." "Consider that your first lesson." "I don't want them." "I don't want lessons!" "We start tomorrow morning. 5:00 a.m." " And if I don't want to?" " Row 8, plot 30." "There's a removable panel behind the blue towels." "Tell me when you've opened it." " Okay, it's open." " Pull out the unit and assemble." " Done." " Go to the window and open it." "Done." "The crime that got Section's attention, the reason I'm here." " Yeah?" " I didn't do it." "Well, that may be true." "But what the hell difference does it make now?" "Suppose I was framed in the first place?" "Because they wanted me here?" " Why?" " Yeah." "Why?" "No one from the outside can understand who we are." "We fight all the time just to stay alive." "Let's not fight what's between us." "Let's take what we can get." " You've heard?" " They think Nikita's infected." "Michael, we believe that the virus may have come from in-house." "We think George might be behind it." " Why?" " We don't know." "Yet." "But we can't make a move until we have a confirm." "What we do know... is that the team George sent is doing nothing to cure us." "They're here with another objective." "And that has something to do with erasing our minds." " Sir?" " Yes." "They want you in the infirmary now." " Tell them I'm on my way." " Yes, sir." "We can't tip our hand." "Not yet." "Michael, find out if this is George's doing." " And then proceed accordingly." " Of course." " What's going on?" " You're being reassigned." "He was killed during the war." "Actually, he was missing in action." "We never recovered a body." "He was an intelligence officer in the military." "I worked through that years ago." "What I'm feeling now has nothing to do with Paul." "No one knows about this but you and me, and make sure it stays that way." "Above all..." "Stephen is never to know anything about this conversation or about me." "So what's so special about Stephen Wolfe?" "He's my son." " Did you like it?" " The necklace is lovely." "Here." "You don't want it?" "Let's not open things up again." "We're both much too busy." " Remember this song?" " Of course." "You can't come in here." "We're in the middle of an examination." "Nikita." " How's Nikita?" " Not good." "And Walter?" "The biotechs are doing something to them, aren't they?" "Maybe." "If they are, we have to do something, Michael." "Operations is in there." "Two bullets." "That's all you need." "What we need are answers." "It's impossible to jack into their mainframe." "They're running juice off their own power cells." "That means they're not even wired into our system." " Can you re-route their power?" " Yeah, but I'd have to do it myself." "You wanted to see me?" " Who are you?" " I'm Birkoff." "Seymour, yes." "We'll see you shortly." "Return to your post." "We'll call you." " You still here?" " Yeah." " I'm not feeling very well." " That's why we're here." "Piece of cake." "Okay, I'm in their system." "Can you identify the virus?" "It's nothing." " What do you mean?" " There's no real virus." "No treatment." "That's impossible." "We're all feeling something." "It's a surface bug." "It's a stimulant to make us feel as if we're sick." "How long does it last?" "Depends on the contamination level." "No more than 24 or 36 hours." "Then it's gone." "George needs us to think we're sick, so we'll submit to treatment." "This can't be right." " What is it?" " It's a Black directive." "Read it." "It's a cancellation order with a list of names." "We're all on it." " Lf George wants us dead, why the ruse?" " He's ordered a neural download first." "They're stealing our minds." "To extract our expertise." "George needs us... but can't risk having us around for fear of insurrection." "By harvesting our consciousness..." "George will be able to build a tactical library." "Once he's done, he'll exercise the ultimate power." "Non-resistant..." "Section operatives with years of training at the touch of a button." "Can the process be reversed?" "If it's like a computer virus... the data they mine could be uploaded as well as downloaded." "Yeah?" "I'll be right there." "You can't go." "She has to, or George will know something's up." "We have an advantage now." "If we can block the process... one of you can move tactically and reverse what they've done to us." "How?" "How do we stop them from stealing our minds?" "A neural blocker was developed shortly... after the Galman Mind Control process was green-lit." "A fail-safe measure in case Operations was ever subjected... to the mind altering process." "You'll find the chemical components in his private data bank." "I'll give you the codes." "I think with some modifications it'll work." " And if it doesn't?" " It has to." "Madeline, how are you feeling today?" "I got it." "The neural-blocker from the Galman process." "Do you think Operations will believe this is all I extracted from his computer?" "We could have had a field day with some of the file names I saw." " The chemical breakdown?" " It's all here." "Are you sure there's nothing wrong?" "Sometimes, I don't know if I'm still strong enough to do this." "You're probably the strongest person I've ever met." "I'm sorry, but he's not going to make it." "It's just a question of how long he stays on life support." " Will you be making that decision?" " I already have." "I've decided he's going to recover." "His will to live is very strong." "Your will to save him has to be strong, too." "I'll help you." "Go back inside, tell your colleagues to do the possible... then the impossible, and then the unthinkable... until he's out of danger." "Because when you're finished, Doctor... that room will contain either four living men or four corpses." " Do you understand?" " Okay." "You'll have to tell me about yourself someday, Madeline." " Someday." " Get in." "Hello, Mother." "I've been thinking a lot about you lately." "About us." "You don't know who I am, do you?" "I didn't think so." "After Sara died, I made a choice." "Of course, I didn't realize it was a choice at the time, but it was." "I chose to be the person you saw:" "The girl who killed her sister." "And I've created my own hell... and have lived in it ever since." "We're still off the mark." "Maybe the blocker only works if it's stimulated." "Maybe we have to subject ourselves to the process in order for it to work." "Don't answer it." " We have to." " We're not finished." " They want me?" " Right now." "I'm not going." "You don't have a choice." " Michael." " Go." "I'll finish it." "Remember the catalytic response we're looking for... will turn this green." "What we have now won't work." "Go." "You're our only chance." " How'd you get into Section?" " I killed my entire family." "I'm kidding." "Just my sister." "You, me." "The two of us." "Why not?" "You're the best-Iooking girl in Section." " And you care about me, right?" " Sure, I care." "What's the problem?" "I'm the little brother, right?" "It's called CR-14." "If even a small drop enters through a pore in the skin... death is almost instantaneous." "Oops." "I may have spilled some while I was pouring it into the vial." "Kill them!" " She's hot for the guy." " Up yours, Birkoff." "Anytime, babe." "My number's in the book." "I'm on my way." "It's me, Simone." "Don't you remember me?" "You're okay now." "You're safe now." "It's okay." "You're safe now." "You're safe." "We're okay, so far." "When I was in there and it started to get bad..." "Michael, don't." "Save your strength." "I thought I was going to break, but I didn't." "I thought of you." "You're the only one of us who still has a soul." "No, come from this side." " Push at the bottom." "Okay?" " All right." " Something's wrong." " He's red-lining." "Cut the power." " It's not working." " Pull the plug." "What the hell?" " Did you hot-wire into Section?" " No." " Look, I was given orders." " So was I." " Yes?" " We're done." "I'm on my way." "Where's Michael?" "Take him to the lab." "Michael?" "It's over." " Were our suspicions correct?" " Yes." "Will George know he failed?" "I've taken care of that." "Did you get my proposal on a Medang tactical situation?" "Yes, I did." "I'm going to need a manpower upgrade for all of Santa Cruz." "Request granted." "And the ADI project?" "As you know, I sent you the intel report last month." " I'll see that you get it." " Thank you." " Anything else?" " No." "Madeline?" "I have a few requests." "I'll forward them to you." "Great." "Do..." "Do you two have time for a drink?" "I'm afraid we're very busy." "That will be all, George." "You can go now." "Right." "English"