| Subject: Re: Jericho II-02: REVISED (trying to post again) |
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Date Posted: 23:38:29 02/05/02 Tue
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's message, "Re: Jericho II-02" on 03:54:56 02/03/02 Sun
((Note from Anon - I forgot about an earlier scene in Part I that effects this scene so I had to edit it a little.))
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Operations shoved his hands into his pockets, frowning deeply as he watched the monitor in front of him. At his side, Madeline waited calmly, her hands loosely clasped. The screen showed the interior of Nikita’s apartment. Together they observed her sitting on the floor in her living room wrestling with the latest of her wire sculptures. It was a hobby that she’d recently acquired and seemed to enjoy spending a lot of her free time on. Audio surveillance was also installed in her apartment but Operations had turned the volume off, appalled at the intrusive clattering which Nikita favored as music. After another minute he turned the video feed off too.
“What’s your recommendation?” he asked.
“Her scores are consistent,” Madeline reported. “Just over 85%.”
“I know what her scores are, Madeline,” Operations cut in, his voice sharp. “What I need to know is do we stay with our original plan to use her to lure Adrian? After that stunt she pulled on the Van Vactor mission, I’m not sure we should.”
Madeline took a deep breath and released it slowly. “Nikita performed exactly as we predicted she would. I believe that’s even more reason for us to keep her on. With careful monitoring and continued mentoring, Nikita will become both a successful operative and the perfect candidate to draw Adrian out into the open. I submit that we continue as planned. Put her on a probationary status for the next six months and we’ll reevaluate at the end of that time frame.”
Operations nodded reluctantly. “Will you keep her with Michael?”
“I believe that would be best for now. She trusts him to a certain degree and responds well to his training.”
“Yes, but what about Michael’s other mission? Don’t you think this might distract him from the end game there?” Operations asked.
“I don’t believe so,” Madeline replied. “Mentoring Nikita, in fact, seems to be helping Michael keep that end game in focus.”
Operations peered at her with renewed interest. “You think that Michael is becoming too attached?”
Madeline paused, reviewing in her mind again Michael’s profile on the Vacek mission. “It’s always difficult to keep the necessary level of detachment when a blood cover is in place,” Madeline said. “Now that he has Adam, we need to make certain that he has an equal level of motivation within Section.”
“And you think Nikita is the key?”
“She isn’t intimidated by him,” Madeline replied. “Of the three recruits put under his care, she’s the one he responds best to.”
Operations exhaled slowly, his expression doubtful. “She’s also the most difficult.”
Madeline smiled. “Yes, she is. But Michael likes challenges. That’s why I think Nikita is perfect for him.”
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