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Date Posted: 17:25:27 03/03/01 Sat
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's message, "Innocent Generation" on 18:42:03 03/01/01 Thu
Adam was walking down the hall, when one of the higher classmates came running down the hall at him. He had been aware this might happen for weeks, but he did not anticipate to level of the boy’s ire. Adam also had no idea what was going on, all he knew was that the boy blamed Adam’s father for something, and chose to take it out on him.
“ You’ll pay for what he did. Michael, will be sorry for his choices!”
“ I didn’t do anything to you! And neither did my father!” Adam said fiercely.
The boy launched himself at Adam. Adam, hit the ground hard. He was not going to fight this boy. That was before Adam saw him pull the knife. The boy struggled to get some leverage, anything. The words of his instructors flowed back to him. “ Use you instincts, get him off you. Look for an opening! We are going to practice this till it is second nature! Think do not loose your focus.” Adam swung his head to the right at the last minute and the knife missed. The boy’s concentration was thrown off. Raising his knees Adam got his feet of the boy’s chest and pushed.
The boy went flying across the room and Adam got up. Looking for the knife. Watching as one of the other children hit a button in the wall. One of the operatives would show up soon. The other Teachers could not handle this and would stay in the rooms. The boy spun around and lunged for Adam again. Adam barely got out of the way in time. What was he going to do! This boy was going to kill him if he gave him the chance. Adam didn’t have the kind of fight training of the older boy. “ The first lesson you ever taught me Michael has saved my life, most often.” Nikita had said as she took out the man.
“ If you ever have to, Adam, go for the kidneys it hurts, it’ll disable him. Then run fast!” His dad had said one day while his mother was out shopping. Adam did that now. The kick wasn’t very powerful but it did the trick. Adam was about to run for the older kids protection when the doors burst open. An older boy ran over and pinned the aggressor, sending the knife flying harmlessly into a post.
“ What is going on here!” The operative yelled assessing the situation. He pulled the boys apart. Another, who pulled the knife out and pocketed it, before approaching Adam, had followed the first operative closely. “ Are you okay?”
“ Listen none of you attack each other! You are to help each other. Your all you have you are all in the same boat! Never ever, ever use your skills against one another! You’re a team. And the next time I find any of the older kids letting young ones defend themselves is going to have to face us!”
“ I have never been so disappointed in any of you!” The other said his glare at once disappointed and dangerous. The anger melted as he turned to face his young charge, “ Good job, Adam!” he praised.
“ I never want any of you to forget that some of the enemies kids go here, and they would want nothing more then to get to you! And what of the civilians if you can’t not fight among yourselves how can we trust you around them!”
~~~>>>~~~
What can I do for you love?
Help me
How there is no antidote
There is Michael used it
Oversight is dead I am sorry
Help ME
How
Look to Alpha they do have the cure
What of Madeline
Let her live
Yes
Thank you Good- bye
Good Bye old friend.
Mic closed the laptop and stared into space. He hadn’t expected Adrian to contact him, but call him a romantic idealist, but he had kept the old COM links open and running on his end. Mic wondered if any of the others had as well. Not that it mattered the messages were coded using out of data Section Codes the more secure because no one knew or even thought they were still in use.
” Mr. Jones, is there something I can get you?”
“ Hmm no. Thank you.” He replied lost in his thoughts now who should he contact about this one. After a moment he reached for the phone.
Nikita was laughing and smiling, Adam continued to relate one of the antics of his classmates. Michael stood in the kitchen getting another glass of pop for his son. He looked up and watched, Nikita with his son. They looked so natural together so at peace.
The phone rang. “ Yes.” Nikita’s face changed almost unnoticeably
Adam noticed and was up and getting his things together before she hung up. Michael helped his son on with his coat. “ We have to go in now.”
“ Its okay I’ll go across the hall. Be careful.” He said to Nikita, and burying himself in his father’s arms he said. “ Come back, I love you.” Adam opened the door and ran down the hall. The operative opened the door and ushered the child in.
“ He’s so grown up.”
“ He goes to the Academy Michael the children form there are a slightly different breed. He’s still a kid, but he knows things he shouldn’t. That doesn’t mean he doesn’t love or need it in return.”
Michael stood and looked where his son had disappeared. It was Mic’s apartment.
His eyes narrowed.
“ Come on Michael, focus, if you want to come back you have to focus.”
~~~>>>~~~
“ What do you want Mic. Do you realize how dangerous this is?”
“Adrian contacted me, using the old codes. I figured it best to contact the old guard.”
“ There is no love lost between Adrian and myself.”
“ But you do care about what happens to Michael and Nikita. Hang on a minute old chum.”
“ Adam.” Mic said surprised but he wrapped the child under his arm and ushered him into the room.
“ So what am I suppose to call you?” Adam says.
“ Uncle Mic?”
“ Rigggggghhhhhhtttttt.” Adam said in that voice children use when they are patronizing the adults.
“ Hey Walter!” The kid said going over to the old hippie.
“ Hiya kid. How are you staying out of those weapons classes right?”
“ Well… they thought it best to give me a passing familiarity with them. Said you guys tended to be armed all the time, but no they aren’t letting me learn the stuff I want to.”
“ Good you’re too young, when your ready, your dad and I will teach you.”
“ Kat knows.”
“ Kat’s in decidedly more danger then you, and you know it. She has to know how to handle herself and there are still things she dose not, will not learn how to do. Children do not need to learn violence.”
“ Birkoff-“
“ Is not a child and works in Section, and when he was a child he was not allowed to handle the weapons. Now that’s enough out of you pipsqueak.”
~~~>>>~~~
“ Hey Michael, I’ll meet you in a bit. I have something I have to get done.”
Nikita knocked on the door of Elena and Adam’s new home. “ Nikita I am glad you came.”
“ No problem, what can I do for you?”
“ I was told there was a minor incident at Adam’s school today.”
“ What happened?” Someone is not doing their job they know parents aren’t to be told of these things.
“ Apparently one of the older boys attacked a younger one.”
“ What happen?” Good she doesn’t know it was Adam.
“ I don’t know the details. Apparently the younger boy was able to get away. His classmates restrained the older one till the staff arrived! Nikita this is unacceptable! They are just children! What if it had been Adam! He could have been hurt.”
I have got to tread carefully here. “ No one was hurt were they?”
“ No.”
“ Elena children get into skirmishes, especially boys. Its unavoidable.”
“ Yes, but Nikita I am not stupid. I know Michael worked for the government. My husband was rarely without a weapon and when he was he was near one. He analyzed everything, every room. Ordinary objects were weapons to him. I knew this I came to accept this. My husband was a dangerous man Nikita. Just like you are very dangerous. You probably know how to use this book as a weapon.” She said indicating the one she held.
“ No.”
“ Yes. Every time you come in here you’re armed. I know it. Just like I know you know how to use this. Tell me.”
“ Elena.”
“ Tell me.”
“ Its hardbound. I would bring it down on the back of the skull or use it as a projectile. Well aimed it could disable even kill.” Nikita said knowing that look and knowing she had to tell the truth.
“ Who do you- never mind you can’t tell me and I don’t want to know.” Elena sank into the chair. “ They have Adam in a self defense class at school. I want him to learn more.”
“ He’s just a child, Elena.”
“ Oh do stop, Nikita I am not dumb. My husband was killed right in front of me, For Gods Sake! Some one might try to get to us!”
“ What makes you think that?”
“ Nikita!”
“ Tell them what you want.”
“ I will.” Elena did not sound stable.
“ Can I use your phone?”
“ Yes.”
“ Thanks.” Nikita went into the other room and picked up the phone. Without dialing she said “ Its me. I’m going to be here a while.”
“ Understood.” Madeline said,“ Developments?”
“ She’s figured out I’m dangerous. I can cover it fine. She’s just a little nervous. There was a fight at recess.”
“ Recommendations?”
“ We’ll talk later. Okay. Good see you then.”
“ I’ll be waiting.” Madeline hung up.
“ Who was that?”
“ Nothing to worry about, Paul. I’ll handle it.”
Several hours later Nikita entered her house, and tensed. Drawing her gun she went to face her visitors. Finding them she sighed and relaxed…somewhat. “ Don’t you people ever leave me alone?”
“ When it has something to do with the children, not a chance.”
“ What’s going on Nikita?”
“ You except me to believe you weren’t listening on one of the taps?”
They were silent. “ Rumors of a fight got out, it scared Elena she wants to put Adam in the more advanced self defense classes.”
“ Is that wise?” the woman asked.
“ He’s young.”
“ He’s eight many boys take karate at his age.”
“ Do you think that is wise?” she asked again.
“ I think its necessary. I wish it wasn’t but even we can’t be there all the time.”
The three sat in a reflective silence. Some things in the Sections were worse then others.
“ This is why we keep the children away from their parents and anything to do with the Sections.”
“ That can not always be done.”
~~~>>>~~~
Alpha was a buzz of commotion. It always was, but today they had several missions going out at once. Nikita walked in and over to Systems. Kell and Lydia were up to their ears in problems.
“ Need some help?”
“ Hey guys we got a life line here.” One of the attendants called.
“ Where’s she from.”
“ Alpha Team.”
“ Oh good. She’ll help run tactical on this one.” Kell said handing her a set up and running off the mission stats and objective. He hadn’t bothered to look up. Nikita smiled and tapping Lydia on the shoulder sat down beside her taking over the terminal for that mission.
“ Thanks. Kita.”
“ Just buzz Tigress and tell her I’m here.”
“ I don’ t think there’s any need.” Lydia said as a rattled Tigress entered Comm.
“ My God, what’s wrong?”
“ Everything! Your still in with Center right.”
“ Not much.”
“ Do you still have your contact from your stint with them.”
“ Of course.”
“ Get him. We’ve taken a serious hit. Center must be briefed and I simply don’t have time!”
“ We do not have enough people that hit in Afghanistan hurt us.” Kell said.
“ Part of the effectiveness of ALPHA is we’re small. The hit did us good, it unloaded a lot of baggage.” Tigress countered.
No one countered her statement. It was correct their effectiveness did come from their small size and exclusive requirements. Everyone also knew the hit they had suffered had been carefully orchestrated. It had been one huge Abeyance mission for ALPHA. They were just worried about the current caseload. Lydia helped Tigress with her gear and the woman left with one of the teams.
“ Nikita.”
“ We can handle this. We’ve been in worse situations.” She assured the young woman.
“ I don’t want to lose you guys.”
“ You won’t.” Joan said entering.
“ What are you doing in here?”
“ My job. I’ve spent my whole life in Section.” Joan reminded them taking a seat and helping Kell push data.
~~~>>>~~~
It was 1:00 a.m. when Nikita’s cell phone. Rubbing her eyes she sighed and picked the phone up. “ Yes.”
“ Where are you Kita?” Michael said. The use of her nickname tipped her that this was not a Section mission.
“ Handling an emergency.”
“ Since you left?”
“ Yes.”
“ We have a mission in Four hours.” Michael’s voice was worried.
“ I know.” Nikita sighed in exhaustion.
“ The profile changed. I’ll be going with the team.” Michael said.
“ Alright.” Nikita said. She hung up the phone.
“ Do you have a location?”
“ Of course.”
“ Can you clear it and patch me through?”
“ Of course” Lydia said nodding, when it was done. “ I’ll get you some coffee, and talk to Medical. They can whip something up for you, for this mission.”
“ Thanks.”
“ Hello.”
“ Michael, its me. Thank you.”
“ For what?”
“ For putting yourself on the mission, but you shouldn’t do it. Operations won’t like it.” Nikita said knowing that he had placed himself on the mission to protect her.
“ It’s the profile.”
“ Medical is going to give me something.”
“ Nikita.”
“ Don’t worry, they do it a lot, its not addicting, and I rarely use it.”
“ Nikita.”
“ They won’t let me walk out of her with out making sure I take it. There’s nothing I can do.”
“ Be careful.”
“ I will.”
Nikita heard a ringing in the distance. “ Section?”
“ Yes.”
“ Be careful. Stay alive.”
“ See you in Four hours.” Michael hung up.
Nikita sighed and hoped Michael kept his promise. Turning back to the missions she saw one of the indicators light up.
“ Team 3, Verify.”
~~~>>>~~~
Adam watched the van drive by. His mother was in the kitchen, and so was her new boyfriend. He was a nice man and Adam liked him a lot but he wasn’t his dad. Plus Adam couldn’t help but wonder if he was a plant Section or otherwise. He’d bet on it. Adam didn’t want his mother getting to attached to the man till he knew for sure. If he was a Section plant there was no way of knowing how long he would be here and he did not want his mother to be hurt again.
I just want to be a normal kid. He thought. I feel alone no one knows how I feel. Even the other kids at the Academy don’t know. Most of them didn’t know their parents were still alive. In a way Adam envied them, but he would not exchange the knowledge that his father was alive and loved him fort the world. He just felt so alone no one else understood and he couldn’t tell anyone.
No he realized he was wrong and he went into the kitchen as an idea came to him. “ Mom can I invite someone from school home.”
“ Who darling?” She asked.
Her name is Katina she’s in the grade below of me, but we share a lot of the same classes and interests.” He said watching the man in the room for his reaction. Nothing out of the ordinary, this one was good.
“ I don’t see why not, she seems like a nice girl, and I’ve meet her parents.”
“ Thanks mom!” He said and gave her an enthusiastic hug.
The next day he cornered the girl before class. “ Adam don’t do that!” she hissed.
“ Sorry, listen can you come over today, after school?”
“ Sure, what’s up?”
“ Not much.” He said but his eyes said differently. The girl nodded understanding. She went off to class. She built a mask keeping her real thoughts from almost all her teachers. Her Section teachers were not fooled. The named Carlen stopped her on the way out.
“ Very good. Your fooling them but wanna tell me what’s up?”
“ What is it usually?” She bit off. Carlen stepped back worried at the hurt and anger he felt from his small charge.
“ Its okay.” He said wrapping her in his arms reassuringly. He once again questioned the wisdom of letting any of these kids know the truth. They were just too innocent to young! The brutality of the Sections should never touch them! Carlen was Center trained, and there they were trained that their job was still to protect the innocent. Really and truly protect them, not manipulate them and certainly not to turn them into miniature adults, with only one place they belong and one destiny. These kids were bound for the Sections some could even handle it physically if not mentally already.
“ Want to tell me what happen, Sweetheart?” Carlen asked. For all its cruelty he would not change his assignment for anything, he loved these kids… thought of them as his. He would do anything to protect, would gladly trade his life for any one of them. This was why he had said yes instead of dying. The only reason he lived to help the innocent children that often got lost in the shuffle of attack and counterattack. He had seen it happen to his nieces and now he wanted to make sure it didn’t happen again.
“ Adam invited me to his house today, I’m going. Cause I know how he feels.”
“ That’s good.”
“ Yeah?”
“ So what is bothering you?”
“ Laurie told me, about how I was born. She told me about the mission.” Carlen eyes flashed that little witch! “ She said that Mommy never loved my dad, that she didn’t care for him. She said she only married him cause she had to. Then she called her all kinds of names. Said that was why I didn’t live with her, said Mommy hated me- because I reminded her of my father!” The girl said and started weeping.
Carlen held her as she cried. That spiteful woman had taken the truth and weaved a vicious lie, just to hurt the child. Laurie knew it would get back to Czarina had to and she knew how much it would hurt her. The circumstances of her child’s birth, was true and she couldn’t deny it. The rest though the rest was a lie! How would you explain that to a five year old though? How did you make them understand that? When you weren’t there to show them, couldn’t be? “ You listen to me.” Carlen said almost roughly. “ Your mommy loves you and wishes she could be here! Don’t you ever, ever doubt it! You hear me, not once!”
The child nodded and ran out. Carlen watched her go. His anger was deadly! Laurie would not get away with this! His classes were over and his stint was over. Carlen got in his car and headed for ALPHA. On his way he phoned Nikita “ Laurie there?”
“ Of course she’s here for Jones.”
“ Keep her there!”
“ Carlen, Michael’s here and I have got to…”
“ Josephine I gave you a order for once follow it!” Her onetime Center Mentor ordered.
“ Great! Just Great! How do you want me to do that Carlen!” Nikita ranted as she hung up.
“ Who was it?” Michael asked.
“ My former Mentor!”
“ What?” Michael said tempted to laugh. He saw her face and the amusement died. She had lost him.
“ From Center!”
“ What!” He said again he did not care for this little confusion. “ What were you doing in Center?”
“ Not now I don’t have time to explain. He wants me to keep Laurie here! How I am supposed to do that I have no idea!”
“ Laurie?”
“ A good for nothing, calculating conniving skank. With no reason and no skills to speak of. All she wants is power and she’ll do anything to get it. She is a joke. Nothing but an insult. She is lucky I haven’t put her in Medical.” Her voice was despising.
Michael raised his eyebrows. Nikita was worked up to say the least. “ I’ve got to find her. Some help would be appreciated. You might have to keep me from rectifying that error in judgment.”
“ Skylar have you seen Laurie? “ Nikita called as he passed. He gave a sound of total and utter disgust. “ I see you have.”
“ She went that way.” He pointed toward Medical. “ On her own.” He said when he saw Nikita’s look.
Nikita headed that way, Michael decided to follow her afraid of what she might do if he didn’t. Especially since Skylar looked like he seriously regretted that last comment. Skylar stopped him. “ Careful, Michael. She’s lucky Center’s Valentines didn’t kill her.”
Michael gave him a look of disbelief. “ Its okay you’ll see for yourself.”
“ Nikita.” The woman acknowledge, the others presence.
Her tone changed when she saw Michael. “ Hello, Michael. I’ve heard so much about you.” Laurie purred. She laid her hand on his arm, and leaned in as she said, “ Your reputation is well deserved I hope.”
Nikita turned to watch the woman work. Not at all pleased. Her eyes narrowed a fraction and then she relaxed. Michael was to good to fall for this. Nikita’s eyes focused on his, and saw reassurance there and no small amount of amusement at the woman’s blatant display.
For his part Michael found this mildly interesting. The woman was a blatant novice. “ You must be Lydia.” Michael said and casually moved out from under her hand.
“ So you’ve heard of me.” She said and managed to wrap her arm around his shoulders, before he could move she threaded her fingers in his hair. “ I’m pleased.” She purred in his ear.
Michael was no longer amused. He took her arm from around his shoulders. Dropping it he said, “ You shouldn’t be.”
“ Ever the cold operative.” She laughed. Laurie was not at all put off. “ Cold men can be incredible.” She made a move then that caused Michael to spin and pin her to the wall.
“ Lesson One. To obvious. Lesson Two I am not interested.” He warned her.
“ Tough Guy. I like that.” Laurie pressed her body into him, and he let her go in disgust.
“ In this place reputations are earned, Laurie.” Nikita said.
“ Ah Laurie. Pleased I caught you.”
“ Nikita. Michael.” A man said entering the hall.
“ Carlen.” Nikita acknowledged.
“ What are you doing here?” Laurie said.
“ Looking for you darling.” He drawled. Motioning Nikita aside he approached her. “ I’ve been meaning to do this for a long time.” Carlen aimed a side kick at her. Laurie went flying down the hall.
Nikita grimaced and moved back into Michael. His face turned unexpressive, as he watched the exchange but he made no move away from her. Michael didn’t survive this long by stepping in where he didn’t belong. Carlen wouldn’t seriously hurt the girl. Not here, not if he wanted to keep Nikita approachable and if he was her mentor, he would need that.
“ Why did you do that?”
“ How dare you speak to Kat that way? Who do you think you are?"
“ I don’t know what you mean.”
“ Come on Laurie, no games.”
“ You can’t hurt me.”
“ Laurie, no one is in expendable.” Carlen said as his hand cracked across her face.
“ You’re bluffing.”
Her answer was a cocked gun.
“ You’re reassigned. Stay away from my kids. Come near them again and I will make your life hell. You will wish I had killed you, you will beg Jones on your knees to kill you, and I will take immense pleasure in making sure he doesn’t.” He fired the gun over her shoulder and lowered it.
“ I’m done here.” He said to Nikita. “ Nice to meet you Michael.” The man walked away.
“ He’s very dangerous, and his kicks are worse then you’ve ever used.” Nikita said softly and helped the girl to her feet. “ You can get that checked down the hall and too the right. Then get out!” Nikita told her.
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