Broken Dreams

Smiling at the glassy look in the young man's pale eyes, Operations answers. "you and Nikita will be married on this mission, Mr. Morgain was married before, his 1st. wife did not like his attitude toward her and left him, taking their Infant son with her, Michael will play his son."

Madeleine stands taking over. " yes Nikita, we believe they have put the disk somewhere in their home, so we need them to bring you and Michael into their home, give you the run of the house so you two can be free to search for the disk. You must be very careful They are extremelly suspicious, and do not trust anyone"

"we just received the young man that you will be playing Michael, You should study this man and become him. You will have 3 days to study him, and you two leave on Friday, 6 a.m sharp. Here are your pda’s. Michael no room for error. We need them alive, Any questions? No? dismissed"

Smiling her usual mona lisa smile, Madeleine stands and slowly approaches them. giving them identical plastic bags she returns to her seat. "o.k. Michael you are Michael Laroux, 30 yrs. Old, studied art at the Sorbonne, you are very Much in love with Nikita your wife of 8 months, Your mother raised you, but she died When you were 15, she left you a small trust fund which you used to finish school and graduated **magna cum laude** at the Sorbonne, you traveled for 4 yrs. And then settled in Mississauga, ontario where you met and married Nikita. You know about your father, you hate him for what he did to your mother and have Been trying to stay as far away from him as possible" sitting back she meets Nikita's pale gaze. "Nikita you are Nikita Martin-Laroux, you studied art at Boston university, where you graduated at the top 5 % of your class, traveled for 5 yrs. And had accepted a position at the university of Toronto, and were spending your last Few weeks of vacation visiting your aunt in Mississauga, when you met and fell In love with Michael, the courtship lasted 3 weeks and Michael asked you to marry him"

“Michael you may go and study everything about our guest, and make sure He understands that he must tell us everything about himself, No mercy, His father is too important to loose. whoever buys the intel will be coming after us, And the war with Red Cell will look like child's play compared to the massacre we will endure." she watches with satisfaction as Michael turns a bit unsteadily. "Nikita stay, we need to go over the layout of the mission. "

Nikita shifts her gaze back to Michael. **he seems so innocent, and gentle,** she is very worried because he has gone to the bathroom 4 times already in the last 2 hrs. she knows that maybe section has infected him so they can use his illness to get into the house easier, but she does not like it. He should be in medlab.

He spends a long time in the restroom, Nikita looks at her watch and shakes her head. "he has been there 25 minutes already." she murmurs and standing goes to the restroom and knocks, nothing, again she knocks but he does not answer, she unlocks the door to find Michael vomiting and almost passed out over the toilet.

Michael Looks at Nikita and sees the worry in her eyes, he decides to tell her Why Madeleine wanted him to come. "yes, I am supposed to fall very ill at the univ. and Madeleine decided that I should really be ill, I have the antidote, You will give it to me at the house, once we are in! it is in my briefcase, please Nikita, it has to be this way."

Wiping a soft cloth over his arms, Nikita raises her gaze to meet his fevered one. "why didn't you tell me? I would have helped you, We could have found Another way. What if the antidote is given too late? How long do we have until you become critical? Tell me Michael and no more secrets. Tell me how you feel."

Lowering his gaze in shame, Michael begins to explain the situation. "I will start to become critical in 2 weeks, until then there will be shortness of breath, vomiting, shaking, dizziness, and night sweats, as it evolves there will be loss of concouiness, seizures, paranoia, psychotic episodes, at the end there will be loss of memory, Catatonic state, coma, and there could be heart failure if I am not injected with the antidote in 3 1/2 weeks. But we need to be in the house to use the antidote, Not until then."

Nikita gasps at the craziness of the situation, she knows Michael does not have to suffer like this but she keeps her mouth shut and carefully wipes his sweating face with a clean cloth. after several minutes she cannot keep herself from making a comment. "Michael you could die, Why did Madeleine think this was necessary?"

"if that happens, just hold me tight, and then inject me. you must carry the antidote with you at all times. If something goes wrong and the symptoms progress faster, we are allowed to use a small dose to stabilize me. Nothing more, He must be convinzed I am very ill and his doctors must authenticate the illness."

Nikita wakes Michael up and they disembark, he is unsteady and a little shaky, She holds his hand, and they go to pick up their luggage. As he bends down to take their luggage, hee gets dizzy and almost blacks out, she grabs him and helps him sit down, calling for a porter and they walk to the waiting car.

Madeleine tells Nikita what Michael was given and how it will affect him, she also tells Nikita that she must be close at all times, never leave him alone, and that he has not gone through this before, and the symptoms will affect him more than he will let her know, also Madeleine tells Nikita that in her bag there are 2 small vials, one is a special blend that will help Michael if he does get sicker, but she warns it must be administered only after he goes into the last stage, the other will help him with the dizziness and vomiting, but he will not take it voluntarily so she must administer it in his food or drink, it has no taste or odor, she must be close so if he starts to act strange so she will be able to tranq him and inject the vial’s content into Michael. He must not be allowed to loose his memory.

Nikita has spent her day watching Michael sleep, she just sat on the comfy chair beside the bed and watched as he slept, "he looks so young and Innocent when he sleeps." she mussed, her hands itching to reach out and touch his face. seeing the time, and knowing she will not disturb Michael's very much needed rest, she stands and after doing her nightly ablutions she gently lifts the blanket off him and climbs into bed beside Michael. asNikita settles down on the bed, Michael stirs and turns towards Nikita, sorrounding her with his arms, and makes a very contented noise.

Nikita continues to rub the sponge across his shoulders and back, then carefully she wets his hair and washes it. with his eyes closed, Michael is relaxing in her arms and she takes advantage of his relaxation to soap his whole upper body. rinsing his hair she helps him out of the tub and takes him to the bed, sits him down and she gives him another towel to dry his hair while she jumps back in the shower to get clean fast.

I have to be creative, I will put it in the soup, the salad and the water, that way he will..." A crash makes her run to the bedroom, and she sees Michael on his knees trying To pick up the water pitcher, as she approaches him his left hand twitches and he Cuts his hand with a big piece of glass.

Nikita grabs his hand and puts a napkin on it While she gets the medbag, she takes some alcohol, gause, and antibiotoc and Starts to clean his hand, after his hand is bandaged and he is in bed again, she picks up the glass and goes to the kitchen for another pitcher, this one is plastic, she puts The medicine in the water and stirs, takes the water pitcher, and the food to the bedroom, and sits down next to Michael, she gives him the soup and he slowly eats A couple of spoonfuls, and puts the soup down, he serves some water and drinks it.

"Sleep well my dear heart, I will guard your dreams. Madeleine is always playing with you, like you were some broken toy, she just fixes you and starts playing again. She never stops using you, One day they will go too far" Nikita whispers as she runs her fingers through his hair.

Kneeling, Michael reaches out and lifts her into his arms. " Ni-ki-ta, what did they do ? mon cherie, mon amour, Answer me " she is unconcious, he tries to wake her but he can’t. "Nikita ? Please wake up" suddenly someone takes her from him, "she is gone Michael, let her be free. "

Michael feels so warm and contented, he has not felt like this in many years, As he moves he realises Nikita is drapped across his body, her head is on his Chest, over his heart, her arm is across his abdomen, and her legs are Tangled with his, she smells so delicious. like fresh picked berries. He watches her sleep, she is so peaceful, so angelic. he regrets bringing her So much pain and still he will have to inflict more on her, he does not deserve such and angel.

Nikita's eyes open, awakened by his change In breathing, she lifts her gaze to see him, his brow furrowed. 'He must be worried about something, what is he thinking ?' she wonders, smiling she leans iup and kisses his lips, breaking his reverie. "Michael ? what has you so worried?"

Standing, Nikita reaches out and makes him Sit down and take some deep breaths, he attempts to stand and this time he can handle the dizziness, She watches him go to the bathroom and gets up to get some coffee, She hears the shower and walks to the balcony and stares out at the **Champs Elysees**

She is so absorbed by the beautiful sight she does not hear Michael come up behind her and take her in his arms, he holds her tightly and lets himself forget section, the mission, the only thing that matters today is Nikita. She gives him the cup of coffee and tells him she will take A shower, and that he should sit on the sofa and she will be ready in a few minutes.

They go to a small café for breakfast, then they walk hand in hand along The Seine, and go to the Louvre, later they enjoy a nice lunch on a barge along the Seine, after lunch they go to the Eiffel tower and later sit under the Eiffel tower to enjoy being together.

Nikita sees the nostalgia in his eyes, and the shimmer of tears and she hugs him. "thank you Michael." She is so happy. as they start walking back to the metro she feels Michael’s skin become colder and clammy and watches as he starts shaking, she takes him to a bench in the park and kneels before him, her gaze taking in the paleness of his skin and the cold, wet clammy feel to his skin.

“ when did this Start?" she asks concerned. seeing he will not answer her she gently takes his chin between her fingers and forces him to meet her eyes. "Michael please tell me, you can’t keep this a secret, please let me know, How can I take care of you if you don’t let me know when you are not feeling well ?" she states, standing she shakes her head and woipes a tear from her eye. "we should have gone back to the house “ she murmurs softly as she takes a seat beside him.

Nikita comes back a couple of minutes later and gives him the juice, she has already introduced the meds into the juice, he thanks her, and takes a long, drink, she is satisfied that he will start feeling better soon, now she must get him back to the house before the meds take effect. She knows he wants to keep going but she wants him to rest so she convinces him to go back to the house for a little while, He accepts. As they get off the metro she sees that the effects of the meds are taking hold of him, his eyes are getting glazed and his breathing is slower, they get in the house and Michael lies down on the sofa, Nikita takes a soft blanket and covers him, he is asleep in record time.

She sits on the floor, by his head and kisses his forehead, he looks so peaceful when he sleeps, it’s like he has no pain in his sleep, "I wish we could go away and he would never have to feel pain and humilliation again." she whispers softly. She lies down on the floor next to him, she takes his hand in hers and kisses his fingers, one by one, then she kisses his palm and falls asleep holding his hand. She dreams of a time when they can be together freely and show their love for each other without fear of repercussion.

She wakes up to the sound of Michael wheezing and coughing, she realizes that he is having some difficulty breathing, she sits behind him and holds him while she massages his back to help him breathe easier. She is worried because of his pallor, he is getting paler as time goes by and the dark smudges around his eyes are getting more pronounced. standing she goes to her bag and takes the medication and putting a few drops in a glass of water she tells him to take it, that it will help him.

He starts to feel better after a about 30 minutes and he gets up, swaying a little and goes to the balcony, Nikita realizes he needs to be alone for a while, she goes to the bedroom and starts to read, after almost an hour he comes in and lies down on the bed and immediatelly moves his head to her lap.

Smiling, Nikita gently runs her fingers through his disheeveled curls. "well get out of those clothes, I will call for take out and we can enjoy a nice evening at home, We can talk and you can rest. we have to be at the univ. at 7:00 a.m. so we can meet the faculty and the students, Michael, are you sure you are feeling better ? I don’t want to risk your life for this mission."

Nikita kisses his temple and hugs him “ thank you Michael, I know how hard it is for you to promise me this, whatever you share with me I will treasure it and never will I let anyone know that you let your guard down to let me care for you. I love you. " And kisses him so softly, like a feather touching his lips.

Michael is stunned. "Ni-ki-ta I have……. loved……You for a long time." he confesses and kisses Nikita with all the passion that he has for her, it is a long, deep, hungry kiss and she feels his love and his fear of loosing her in the kiss, she kisses him back with as much force and passion and through this kiss they make a pact, to never let anyone get in between them and try to separate them.

They spent a wonderful night, the dinner was delicious, and he takes her in his arms and makes slow, passionate, love to her. They make love 2 more times before they fall exhausted on the bed. he props her up on his chest and starts to comb his fingers through her golden hair, knowing this makes her fall asleep faster, he takes a drink from the water pitcher on the night stand and soon falls into a dreamless, satisfied, sleep.

Michael would start a class and when he started to feel dizzy or ill he would let Nikita know by saying. “and now my assistant will explain. “ she would take the class and he would sit and attempt to control the shaking of his hands or the dizziness he felt, as time went by he would let Nikita take the class more and more.

Nikita confessed that he had started to become ill about 5 months ago and that they had seen all the experts, no one knew what was wrong with Michael. they all speculated that it could be viral or maybe some inherited disease. Michael started To regain conciousness and Nikita went to him and explained he had collapsed in class and was now in the medical unit, The doctor asked Michael if he knew what was wrong, Michael told him the same story Nikita gave him, with some small variations.

Once Michael and Nikita left the office, Morgain’s body guards made sure that they knew everything that Michael and Nikita had told the doctor and later disposed of the doctor’s body. They reported to Morgain that as far as they could find this was his son and that he was ill.

Michael and Nikita were walking back to their car, after class was over and they felt that someone was following them, they acted as if they had not known and went to their car, they were attacked by 5 men, one hit Michael on the head, he fell limp to the ground, and they threw Nikita against the car.

They were about to take their money when 2 men came along and helped Nikita who was sobbing over Michael’s limp form, after they sent the would be robbers on their way, they introduced themselves and offerd to call an ambulance for Michael, as they were trying to convince her, Michael regained conciousness and thanked them for their help and told them that he just wanted to go home.

Nikita got him in the car and drove home. during the drive to the house, Nikita kept stealing glances at Michael, he was beginning to tremble and his breathing had become more labored after the beating, she asked him if he was o.k. and he snapped at her saying *I’m fine* he was growing paler and she stopped the car.

Nikita steers Michael towards the bedroom but he decides he wants to sit on the couch, he takes her in his lap and hugs Nikita fiercely to him, 'I must show her how much I love her, this could be the last time we spend together and I want her to have beautiful memories of the time we were together.'

"Nikita please, I have to become critical, it is the only way to make sure they don’t follow you around when we are in the house. Please obey me on this, The antidote will be administered at the house not before. I will be fine after the antidote is administered. I will start getting better soon after it saturates my system"

Standing she walks towards the bedroom. "please excuse me, I must check on Michael.” closing the bedroom door She enters the bathroom and takes the blood bag Michael is holding for her, He pours some on her dress and on his hand, he takes her hair in his hand and caresses it, he also puts a hand print on her cheek.

Nikita comes in telling Michael the stunt worked, she finds Michael semi-concious, bleeding profuselly from his left wrist, and she grabs his arm, and pulls it up. She is very angry at him for trying this now, He should know better than try to commit suicide. She will not allow it.

Looking up, Nikita sees Michael has lost conciousness. "Better this way." She thinks, "he will not feel me stitching his wrist, And will not fight me." she cleans the cut and then starts stitching and after that she covers the cut with thick gauze, she puts the smelling salts under his nose and breaks the packet, he regains conciousness with a start.

Michael sighs. "Ni-ki-ta listen please! I had to cut my wrist, Mr. Jardon saw the blood and you told him I cut it so when we get to Morgain’s house they will expect to see a cut wrist. Now don’t worry so much, I will be fine. I didn’t loose that much blood."

Enraged, Nikita stands above him, her hands pressed to her hips. "Michael you lost conciousness from loss of blood! You are so weak you can’t even speak above a whisper and if you were alright you would have gotten up by now. So don’t tell me this did not affect you, You are as white as marble." seeing he is trying to stand she sighs and reaches out to take his hand. "Here let me Help you, Come on try to stand up. I need to get you to the bed and get the i.v. started, also I need to get the blood we have into you. Or we will have to abort the mission because you will not even be able to stand. Now come on, put your arm around me and let’s get the blood and fluids into you"

Nikita takes his shirt and pants off, and starts the i.v and on his other hand she starts the blood transfusion, she sighs seeing how paleand clammy his skin is. sitting beside him, she holds Michael as he slips back into insensibility, pressing her hand to his heart she sighs disconsolately.

Nikita knows he is very ill, fighting against her better judgement she just holds him until the blood and i.v. are in his body, then she lays him down and takes a shower, she comes out and lies down beside Michael trying not to bother his sleep, as she puts her arms around him he stirs and turns to hold her in his arms, she falls asleep listening to the rhythm of his breathing. She puts one hand on his heart, she needs to have him close.

The next day Nikita awakens to feel Michael holding her and she looks at his sleeping face. 'he is so peaceful, young and innocent when he sleeps, the pain does not show in his face, I wish he always looked like this. How can I make his life better?' she gently caresses his jaw with her nails and is so absorbed in her reverie that she does not realize Michael has woken up and is caressing her back and shoulders.

Nodding, Michael gently brushes his hand down her back. "Nikita we have to go into class, this is the 2nd. Week and we need to get grabbed or I will be too sick to move." He tries to get up, and Nikita moves to help him stabilize his balance, he walks unsteadily to the restroom and a few seconds later the water is heard, Nikita walks to the kitchen and starts making breakfast.

They are in class when Michael slips into a seizure, kneeling beside him, Nikita holds his flailing limbs down so he will not hurt himself , looking up she screams at a student to get the medics and gently presses Michael's flailing arms down to the floor. after what it seems like hours he stops convulsing and goes limp. She lifts him into her amrs and croons to him, She is so scared because he is getting sicker faster than he is supposed to. She decides to inject him a small amount of the antidote, she cannot see him suffer so much.

"Mrs. Laroux, your husband just suffered a grand mal seizure and he is resting now but we need to have him under observation, He is getting too sick and he could die if both of you keep trying to ignore this illness. he must go to a hospital immediately where he will be treated by the best drs. In the country"

"Doctor, he has been seen by the best doctors and there is no hope, His only wish is to keep working until he can’t anymore. If you take this job from him he will die faster from depression, He has already tried to cut his wrists twice. Please let him die happy."

"Michael wait Let me" she takes his hands and unstraps him and helps him sit up, he is a bit groggy and dizzy, she holds him until the dizziness passes and she explains that he had a seizure and the dr. wanted to take him to the hospital for observation and she had to make the dr. disappear. She also tells him that they have 3 men watching them from a black limo and she guesses that they are Morgain’s men, she gives him some water and helps him walk to the car.

Outside the limo stops in front of them and the *goons* grab Michael and Nikita and shoves them into the limo, Michael tries to fight but them but they inject him a sedative and he falls limp on the floor, they try to inject Nikita but she asks them not to, that she will cooperate and that she needs to be awake in case the sedative affects Michael.

They accept and help her put Michael on the seat and she holds his head in her lap, She starts to cry quietly and they assure her they will not be harmed. His father wants to see Michael and since he refused they had to do this, it is the only way they could get Michael to the mansion.

When Michael wakes up he feels Nikita holding him and wonders where they are? He suddenly realizes that they have been grabbed and he takes Nikita's face in his hands and checks her out, she wakes up and assures him she was not drugged and She tells Michael that she was allowed to stay awake and she memorized the way here and how to get out.

He is still groggy, and she is worried about him. She decides to tell him that there is no surveillance in their room and that she will inject him with the antidote, he refuses telling her that Morgain’s drs. have to see him in this condition to make sure they are in, they have to wait 4 more days, and then she can inject the antidote into him. She starts to protest but he silences with a kiss.

Michael is still not able to get the effects of the drug under control, and is barely able to stand on his own, Nikita takes his arm and puts it on her shoulder and helps him go To the dinner table, they see Morgain, his wife, Jardon and a male nurse beside Morgain, they are ushered into 2 chairs and they are served but Michael is not eating, his eyes are still glazed over and his breathing is very shallow and rapid.

Lifting his head, Michael glares at Morgain. "listen I don’t know you and I don’t want to get to know you! You are...not my father! Just let us....go home." he is very groggy and weak barely able to stand, he grabs Nikita as his legs give under his weight, she takes him to their room and puts him to bed.

Nodding, Nikita gently drags him to the toilet where he kneels and throws up, lifting his head he stares wide eyed at her before arching his head and convulsing. Nikita feels him stop breathing and pressing her mouth over his, gives him mouth to mouth. She starts getting more scared because he is not responding.

Standing beside the bed, Morgain pours his heart out. "Michael, listen please, you have to know what happened when your mother left. I was an alcoholic and had a very bad temper, she was so beautiful, I knew I did not deserve her, but she loved me and gave me a son. The best gift anyman can get. My life was so different, I was loosing money and let my temper get the best of me too many times, I beat her up and she would accept it, but one day I went after you, you were crying so much and I was already angry, when I hit her and she just laid there crying it was too much I went crazy and took you and shook you so you would stop crying. She went wild, she hit me and clawed at me until I gave you back to her, I went out and when I came back she was gone. She left a note telling me that she would take anything I dished out but that she would not let me hurt her son, so she left and I would never see you again. I was devastated and I tried to stop drinking then but it was too late. I kept drinking until 10 yrs. Ago, The dr. told me later that if I had stopped 10 years before the cancer wouldn't have had such an easy time in my liver. Son, please forgive me, I did not know what I was doing, I was sick, and now I am paying for it, I don’t have much time and I need your forgiveness to die in peace."

Michael forced himself to sit up, his head resting on Nikita's breasts he made an effort to keep his voice strong, “Morgain, how can you ask me that ? I saw my mother kill herself working to give me a good life and she always told me that she did love you but would not let you hurt me, she told me that you were looking for us and that is why we kept moving so much. She managed to save some money, one day when I was 15 yrs. Old I came home to an empty house, I waited for hours, later that night the police came to the door and announced that my mother had been killed by a drunk driver who ran a light and hit her while she was crossing the street ."

Nikita felt him shaking, lifting her hand she gently brushed the tears off his cheeks only to be replaced by more. she could not understand how Michael could be so convincing until she looked into his eyes, what she saw there scared her, she could not see any semblance of Michael, all she saw was pain and fear reflected in his beautiful jade green orbs.

Burrying her face against Michael's temple, Nikita listened to him continue to speak, his breathing raspy and fast as he tried to convey his emotions to the older man. “ how can you ask my forgiveness when it was your fault she died, you were that drunk driver! I knew then I could never forgive you for killing my mother!”

Morgain was stunned. "the woman I killed so long ago was Marie?" he asked softly. before he fell to his knees and started to cry and scream that he did not know! He had killed his wife and left his son to fend for himself in a strange city while he took off back to France.

"Michel, I didn’t know, I never saw her. I was so drunk! I just left the country, If I had known I would have stayed. I would have given you my protection, you would have never gone hungry or cold." Morgain was almost hysterical and Michael was getting sicker, Morgain realized Michael was holding on to Nikita for sheer life. He saw Michael trying to control the pain and the shaking he was experiencing.

Morgain left the room, he could not see his only son in so much pain. He went to his shrine and prayed to god that Michael would be spared, that he should be punished not his son. He cried for hours and when the doctors. arrived they went directly to Michael’s room and gave him a sedative and checked him, they agreed that this was a viral infection, that the best treatment should be an aggressive system of penicilin and some antiviral drugs that would make Michael remain unconciouss but would give him the strength to fight the illness. They started by trying to make Nikita leave them alone, but as soon as Michael realized Nikita had been separated from him, he threw a fit and started to act very psychotic and the doctors got scared and brought Nikita back, as soon as Nikita took Michael in her arms he stopped the thrashing around and calmed down.

She was able to inject the antidote while the doctors were out of the room and Michael was sedated. She hoped it had been administered in time, but only time would tell, She lied down next to Michael and slept the sleep of the dead for about 16 hours, she woke up as one of the doctors was injecting something into Michael. She grabbed his hand and glared at him

Nikita made sure Michael was resting comfortably and went out roaming the halls to find the disk, she went into the library, the studio, all the bedrooms, the kitchen everywhere but she did not find the disk, then she thought she should go to Morgain’s shrine and look . as she was looking through his shrine he came in and found her, she had just found the disk and had put it in her pants when he asked her what she was doing there.

Nikita heard Michael’s screams and ran out toward their room, entering she watched as the doctors are trying to inject Michael with some thing that did not look like Penicilin, she jumped on one of the doctors and took the syringe, seeing the man's wide eyed stare, she stuck the needle into the doctor's neck, watching him go white and start to convulse after a few seconds he stopped convulsing and died.

" yes Birkoff, we need help, Michael has been drugged and he can’t walk, we need to be extracted, Now! They know who we are and they are trying to...." She can’t finish because Michael falls on his knees and starts to convulse, she screams at Birkoff to get them out now. Michael is convulsing again and he is getting weaker, she can not get out of their room, They are pinned! She has enough ammo but Michael is not able to help!

Nikita holds Michael against her at the same time as she tries to keep Morgain’s guards at bay, seeing that Morgain and his wife are getting into the chopper, she tells Birkoff, then she takes Michael’s limp body and carries him fireman style to the door and out, she gets shot on the leg and right side, but keeps going, her only care is to keep Michael safe and alive at all costs. She arrives downstairs and laying Michael gently beside the door opens it and stares at the cannon of a gun. She grabs the gun and tells Norton to help her with Michael, she orders Perez, Braun and Hister to go upstairs and get the rest of the files, in the shrine.

She keeps a hold on Michael’s right side and goes to the medvan, they take Michael and try to push her away but she pulls out her gun and makes the doctors save Michael, She does not matter, he has to live. They assure Nikita that he is going to be fine, he has been deeply sedated and will sleep for many hours, after she is satisfied that he will be fine she let’s them take care of her wounds, but she never leaves his side. she holds his hand all the way to section, he has not regained conciousness and she is worried, she is forced to leave Michael to the medics and has to go debrief.

She spends 3 excrutiating hours debriefing and then she goes to Michael’s med lab bed, she takes her place at his side and takes his hand and lies down beside him and reminds him of his promise. "Michael, come back, you promised you would not leave me. If you leave I will also break my promise to you and follow you 1 minute after you die I swear!"

Nikita is asleep beside Michael like she has been since they arrived, Walter comes in and softly caresses her cheek, she wakes up and looks at walter, he gestures for her to come with him, she gets off the bed and walks to the corner where walter is waiting for her.

"what if he does not wake up? He has been in this comatose state for 27 days and he does not show signs of coming back. sugar, I heard Operations telling Madeleine that if he does not wake up in the next 24 hrs. they will have to stop the life support and cancel him."

Madeleine shakes her head sadly. "Mihael has been comatose for 27 days, we can not keep him on life support for much longer, he is gone, We lost him. We gambled with his life and now we lost Michael, And we will loose Nikita for she will not live long without him." turning, all three walk away.

Nikita is walking towards medlab when she hears a scream and sees a medic fly out of Michael’s room door. She runs to the door and realizes Michael is up and trying to leave. He just threw that poor medic out of his room and broke the medic's hand and nose! She is laughing so hard she almost misses the look he gives her.

The doctor is still trying to get Michael sedated. Michael grabs his hand and twists it until the syringe is dropped. Then he grabs the syringe and walks toward the doctor who turns tail and runs out of the room so fast he hits the wall and slips to the ground unconsciouss.

lifting her chin, she allows Michael to see she is not afraid of him. "just someting to help you relax." she states, then slowly and very carefully drags Michael down the hallway toward the elevators. They get into Nikita’s car and she drives to his loft, she keeps watching Michael and soon he lays his head back upon the head rest and allowing his eyes to close he relaxes. Nikita stops at the door and gets out of the car and wakes Michael up, she helps him to his loft, takes him to the bed and deposits the now sleeping Michael on the bed, takes his shoes, shirt, and pants off. She gets some water and puts it beside the bed, and gets in bed with him. She falls asleep listening to the rhythm of his breathing.

Operations hears the grinding of the doorhandle and stares at Michael. the young man's hand is grabbing it to hard the thing is almost broken off. "Michael? Michael! If you don’t mind, that door handle is bent enough already. Michael!" seeing that young man cannot hear him he turns his glare toward Nikita. "Nikita deal with him"

"alright, both of you will be taken off active duty for one month after you return from your vacation, Take four more weeks, on stand by and rest. Michael you went through hell for section and you deserve some rest, Nikita you were there for Michael when he needed you most and you acted very good even when he was in danger, you did section’s bidding before protecting him, Congratulations. Now leave this office and I don’t want to see either of you here for at least five weeks. Dismissed!"

Shrugging, Michael closes his laptop, re-routes all his files and work to Birkoff's computer, then taking her hand he smiles at her before kissing her softly. coming up for air after a soft Knock on the door is heard, Michael nods at Walter who waves at him. "I don’t know but let’s get out of here before he changes his mind about that vacation."