"Hold up, Nikita." "Why did you shoot the driver?" "He was a hostile." " How did you know?" "|" " It had to be somebody on the grid." "Everyone else cleared." "So you made an indirect conclusion?" "There was no time." "That's because you took too long." "What?" "So I was wrong?" "No." "You got lucky." "Again." "Sim resumed." " Why is she still in retrain?" "|" " We're not done yet." "She's ready." "She's been ready since day one,|hasn't she, Michael?" "I don't know what you're talking about." "Sim completed." "Birkoff." "Yeah?" "Why am I losing sync on 218?" "Hold on." "Hello." "Did Jurgen say anything about us?" "Michael." "We're insulated for another minute." "Did he ask any questions?" "|" "Anything personal?" "He had his chance." "If he was going to expose us,|he would have done it by now." "He knows too much." "There's no physical proof|that you helped me escape the Section... or brought me back in." "He needs no proof|to make things difficult for us." "Accelerate your performance.|" "He'll have no choice but to release you." "But won't that draw attention?" "Yes, to him, if he doesn't let you go|when you're obviously ready." "Make like you were before I entered." "Is it back?" "Yeah." "Eight separate terrorist acts... each one the claim... of eight different political factions... none of whom have|any linkage to each other." "In the process of routine|intelligence gathering..." "Mr. Birkoff has found|something rather remarkable." "I back-traced debris and data,|came up with a characteristic signature." "All eight acts were the work|of the same aggressor." "We're dealing|with a mercenary special force." " How large?" "|" " Six." "That's right." "That's why they have been|so hard to pin down." "They have no facilities, no infrastructure." "They can surface and vanish at will." "I take it we've picked up a trail?" "Colin Darcet, an Ml5 agent|undercover with Red Cell... sent a communiqué to a contact... just hours before his death yesterday." "Red Cell has contracted this group|for its next disruption." "Was Darcet's death|related to the transmission?" "We don't know yet." "All we have is some random intel|from our friends in Great Britain." "Let's pore through it and find this group,|who for purposes of identification... will now be referred to as "Helix."" "Jurgen thinks we should restore Nikita|to provisional status." "I thought she was still some weeks away." "Take a look at these numbers." "Her scores have spiked|in the last couple of days." "Looks like she's come through the wall." " Impressive.|" " What do you think?" " Should we transfer her back to Michael?" "|" " Not quite yet." "Restore her to status,|but keep Jurgen close." "Why?" "I don't like singularities.|" "If she spiked up... she can drop just as quickly." "Jurgen will be more sensitive|to any fluctuations." "Good." " Isn't today your birthday?" "|" " No." "It's the seventh." "Today is the seventh." "Must feel strange to be back." "Where are all my things?" "They don't leave anything." "So what about my neighbor Carla?" "Where am I going to tell her I've been?" "Carla's gone." "What are you talking about?" "What did they do to her?" "Nothing." "I don't believe you." "She's moved, Nikita." "She lives with her boyfriend downtown." "Here." "Hello." "Hello." "Who is this?" "So whose material am I?" "Mine." "What about Michael?" "They don't want you back with him yet." "They want me to take you to completion." "When's that gonna be?" "They haven't told me." "Nikita... if you need anything... let me know." " So how's it going?" "|" " Not bad." "It's been a couple of days.|" "I thought about calling." "Why?" "Just to talk, see how you were doing." " Why didn't you?" "|" " I got called in." "Would you have minded?" "Load Birkoff's mission profile." "Jurgen, help with the P6s." "We're keeping a second supply|on standby." "On departure, do an integrity check|on the topological." "This is not a training session.|" "This is a mission." "I'm in charge." "Of course." "Birkoff, are we detached?" "Hang on." "Go." "Birkoff, you are online." "Michael, there's warm bodies up there." "How many and where?" "I see five." "Two in, three out." "Could be incidental." "I can't tell from here." "Get dressed." "Let's go." "Hello." "Can I help you?" "Yes." "I was given this address, but... this isn't Colter Cosmetics, is it?" "Switch to infrared, Nikita." "No, it isn't.|" "I think that's on the 23rd floor." "He's carrying, Michael." "Vest pocket." "Shoot him, Nikita." "Just let me check my directory." "Which way, Birkoff?" "Office." "On the right... all the way at the back." "Backup team, prepare egress." "Got it, Birkoff?" "No problem." "Let's do it." "Okay." "Put in the disk." "Birkoff has sifted through Darcet's intel.|" "There was a name." " Who?" "|" " Rudolph Pontriargan." "He's a tactical implementer|in Red Cell's third tier... also their connection|in the freelance market." " Did he hire Helix?" "|" " We're going on that assumption." "As soon as we locate him,|" "Birkoff will work up a scenario." "How did she do?" "Everything went as planned." " Here, Walter.|" " How'd it go?" "These new attachments worked great." "Try them on the K-4s next time." "What are you doing now?" "I'm going home." "You want to grab a coffee?" "Coffee?" "No problem." "Some other time." "That was good work today." "Thanks." "It's okay." "He's one of the good ones." " How long have you known him for?" "|" " Since he came in." "He's different." "He's in what I call "the five percent club."" "Dare I ask what that may be?" "Ninety-five percent of the recruits... have their souls sucked out of them|in the first year." "For some reason... this place doesn't get everybody." "He's one of us." "Where does Michael fit in?" "Good question." "That's what you're looking for." "Are we on close-quarter standby?" "No." "You can go." "So what about you?" "It's just that you haven't been to see me|since I moved back in." "I'm busy now." "Is it too late to change my mind?" "Not at all." "Let's go." "Well, it was a long time ago." "My first couple of years in the Section,|" "I had the standard reaction." "I went through all the alpha levels... everything from denial|through wishing I was dead." "Almost acting on it." "That's hard to believe." "You seem to let everything|just roll off you." "Hasn't always been that way." "What does that mean?" "Once I was part of a four-man cell." "We had to get a hostage out." "Everything was going great." "We were... hitting all our marks just like last night." "Then, out ofnowhere,|everything went black." "I didn't even hear a noise." " What happened?" "|" " Land mine." "Two feet to my left." "Killed my partner." "Sent me into a coma." "I came out of it three days later." "They... they told me I died." "I don't remember any tunnels|or white light... but I was different." " How?" "|" " Everything was clear." "I realized it didn't matter where I was." "It was a state of mind." "People on the outside, they..." "They're not freer than we are." "If you don't mind, I'd like to ask you|a few questions about Michael." " Yeah?" "|" " Josephine." "Is that the way you normally do that?" " What's going on?" "|" " Waiting for a confirm on a location." "There's no briefing?" "Michael called me in." "Nope." " So we're not going out?" "|" " Not until I get this intel." "What's up?" "Why were you with Jurgen?" "That's why you called me in?" "We've been through this." "He can hurt us.|" "You shouldn't be talking to him." "I guess I don't agree with you." "I'm not arguing with you, I'm telling you.|" "Stay away from him." "You've been in the Section too long.|" "You're paranoid about everything." "Jurgen doesn't want to hurt anybody." "He's a decent person.|" "Why can't you accept that?" "Did Jurgen tell you about his past?" "No." "Not yet." "Have a look." "Seven different identities|by the time he was captured." "The jury didn't convict him|on his first murder charge." "He convinced them he was innocent." "He wasn't." "The second time around,|he wasn't so lucky." ""Committed suicide while|waiting to be sentenced."" "Jurgen's never what he seems to be." "He reads people,|gives them what they want... then destroys them." "Is that what you think?" "|" "He wants to destroy me?" "If you're a hammer,|you treat everything as if it were a nail." "Jurgen has only one way|of seeing the world." "Thanks for the enlightenment, Michael.|" "Can I go now?" "I was just... curious." "That night we had together, did it... happen, or was it just a dream?" "We found Pontriargan,|but we're going to have to move fast." " Should I call in your team?" "|" " No." "I'll do it." "Move it in." " Better get it in there.|" " Yeah." "Jurgen, are you in position?" "Yeah." " We'll be ready when they come out.|" " Don't wait." " Take them now.|" " Why run the risk?" "The P.O.S. is almost as high from here|and we're not exposed." "Just do it." "What are you trying to pull, Michael?" "|" "I'll lose halfmy team." "Conversation's over." "Move in." "You heard it." "Point one. 10 seconds." "Run!" "Target secured." "Loss?" "Three down, one injured." "Medical's on its way." "Bring in Pontriargan." "Come on." "Move it." " Has he transferred yet?" "|" " A little while ago." "She's just getting some final details." " And?" "|" " Red Cell did contract Helix." "Bombing of a chemical plant in Tripoli." "Tripoli?" " Good." "Let them do it.|" " What?" "It's a target we've had|on our list for a while." "We'll get them on the way out." "See, every once in a while... you get lucky." "I guess." "Sir?" " I'm here.|" " Nikita's waiting for you." "Yes?" "Seven months ago,|" "I sentenced you to death." "How you managed to survive|the Freedom League incident... is still unclear." "But that doesn't matter now.|" "You've reassimilated... and you seem to be|on the top of your game." "He's carrying, Michael." "Vest pocket." "Shoot him, Nikita." "I won't mince words." "I've had my doubts about you|since you've joined us... but if you continue to perform like this... we'll get along fine." "You're back on full status." "When did you get back?" "About an hour ago." " How'd it go?" "|" " Well." "What are you doing here?" "Operations wanted to see me." "I'm back on full status." "Good." "Jurgen?" "Baker's dead." " I'm sorry.|" " You're sorry?" "That's all you have to say?" "You killed three of my men." "If we waited till he came out,|it would've been a bloodbath." "That's crap." "If you want me dead, do it yourself." "What are they going to do to each other?" "Come to terms." "Sometimes it's better|to keep things primal." " Hi.|" " Hi." "What are you doing?" "Just a little redecorating." "I need to clear a few things up." "Good idea." "Come in." " Can I get you something to drink?" "|" " No, thanks." "I just came by to say something.|" "Then I'll go." "I don't know the details... but I do know that|you and Michael have a connection... and you both work very hard|at keeping it private." "Obviously not hard enough." "So, I guess..." "I was wondering... if there's a place for me... in your life." "There could be." "If?" "Michael showed me your file." "I mean, I'm not judging anybody, but..." "Don't even tell me." "What?" "Who was I?" "A serial killer?" "A subway bomber?" "Or did I rape my sister?" "What are you saying?" "Whatever Michael showed you... is exactly what he wanted you to see." "I was a Special Forces soldier." "Almost everybody in our unit was killed... because my C.O. sent us|on an insane mission." "When it was all over..." "I blew." "These were my best friends in the world... and he sent them to their death." "So, what did you do?" "I killed him." "Michael loves you, Nikita." "I could grow to love you... but I could also live without you." "I'm not sure if he can." "You wanted to see me?" "By the end of the day... we'll have all the intel|we're going to get on Helix." "I thought we already had the endgame." "If this were an ordinary group,|that would be enough." "The psychological profile on these six men|is a little different than we're used to." "In what way?" "They are a precision, synchronized team... that has the ability to act|without fear or emotion." "We're up against a machine." " Should I pull from abeyance?" "|" " No." "We need our best people." "This is what we're up against." "Helix is going to cripple the facility." "We're not interrupting their tactical.|" "Let them take it out." "But we will have to be on top of them|to get them as they exit." "We'll need to be inside the perimeter." "You'll have two enemies:" "Helix and the refinery they're attacking." "It'll have to be a small team." "Take Nikita, Anderson, Strum, and Jurgen." "Is there a problem?" "No." "Because there's been entirely too much... externalizing of emotion lately." "You can be assured,|" "Helix won't be thinking about anything... but their target." "What did Jurgen do|to get inside the Section?" "I don't know." "Why?" "He told me one thing.|" "Michael told me another." "Don't get into it with these guys, sugar.|" "They operate on a whole other level." " Michael showed me his file.|" " He can show you anything he wants." "Doesn't make it true." "What, he could just modify the data?" "Sure." "I'm not saying Michael did anything... but if he did,|" "I'll bet it was for your own good." "I'm picking up a signal.|" "Michael, do you have visual?" "I've got them." "Are we clear?" "Yeah, they planted the charges.|" "Go clean them up." "You have two minutes." "All right, we're live." "Let's do it." "One down." "Okay, Birkoff, you should be hot." "Got 'em." "I'm jamming their channel.|" "Sending the coordinates now." "Strum, take two and five.|" "Jurgen, take three." "Nikita, four is right behind you." "Four down." "Okay, Nikita." "Get to exit point and wait." "Anybody need backup?" "No." "The last one's pinned in the silo.|" "Michael's got him." "Michael, no." "Get back!" "I couldn't get the last one out.|" "I had to plant a charge." "I tried to warn you,|but your comm unit was down." "Birkoff, get us out of here." "Mobile comm's waiting." " Hi.|" " Hi" "So, when are you getting out of here?" "In the morning." "I'll be fine." "Michael saved my life." "Yes, he did." "I was going to go to the lake tomorrow.|" "I mean, if you... feel up to it." "I'd like that." "Okay." "Good work." "Thanks." "Where are you going?" "Grab something to eat." "Want some company?" "Not really."