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Date Posted: 10:31:17 09/02/02 Mon
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's message, "Jericho, 16" on 09:09:41 09/02/02 Mon
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>“Josephine.” Michael paused but there was only silence
>from the other end of the telephone. “Come in.”
>
>It had been almost two weeks since he’d worked with
>Nikita. He’d seen her a few times on the days he’d
>been in Section but she’d avoided talking to him.
>Sensing she was still upset, Michael had given her
>time to work her anger off. On his recommendation
>Nikita was assigned to work under Brian, a level four
>operative whom Michael felt Nikita would be
>comfortable with. He checked her stats daily and read
>Brian’s comments about her progress. She seemed to be
>doing well under Brian’s tutelage but Michael felt it
>was time to rein her back in under his control.
>
>When she arrived he was in his office. There was a
>knock on the door and Michael looked up to see her
>standing at the threshold. She wore faded jeans, an
>orange t-shirt and dark shades. Her hair was twisted
>up in a haphazard bun and she hadn’t bothered with any
>make-up. Michael motioned for her to sit down.
>
>She didn’t move from the doorway. “I thought you
>assigned me to Brian’s team.”
>
>Michael reached over to the drawer at his side and
>deactivated the surveillance in his office. He
>waited, stared at her without saying anything. He
>could see her getting angrier by the second. After
>several more seconds Nikita stepped into the office
>and Michael could hear her muttering under her breath.
> She walked over to the chair across from his desk and
>plopped down into it. Michael stood up and walked
>over to the door. He closed it quietly and then
>returned to lean against his desk. His legs were
>stretched out in front of him. Nikita sat less than
>three feet away.
>
>“Your assignment to Brian’s team was only temporary,”
>he said, folding his arms across his chest.
>
>She arched one fair brow. “Another test?”
>
>“No.”
>
>She sighed heavily and turned her head to look out the
>window. Michael watched her carefully, and then he
>stood and took a step towards her. Nikita’s head
>snapped back and she regarded him cautiously. Very
>slowly Michael reached down and removed her shades.
>
>Blue eyes stared back at him with a look of surprise.
>Then irritation.
>
>Michael leaned back against the desk once more. He
>placed the sunglasses down beside him. The barest of
>smiles lifted the corner of his lips. No matter how
>hard Nikita tried her eyes always gave away her
>feelings. And strange as it sounded, he was drawn to
>the life in her eyes. He softened his own gaze,
>momentarily abandoning his blank stare as he tried to
>reassure her. “We’re going on a mission,” he said
>quietly.
>
>Her eyes narrowed with suspicion. And then, after
>another pause, she looked at him with curiosity.
>“Where?”
>
>“Germany.”
>
>It was a reconnaissance mission. One that didn’t
>really necessitate having Nikita along but Michael had
>told Madeline that it would be good experience for
>her, and it would be. Section was tracking a dealer
>by the name of Perry Bauer. They had a location on
>him but Section had yet to find a way to infiltrate
>his inner circle. What Section did have was a short
>list of assassins –mostly private contractors- whom
>they believed Bauer might be interested in hiring in
>the near future. Background checks had been completed
>on most of the people on the list except for one
>couple. Section hadn’t been able to confirm any
>positive photos of the two. The only information they
>did have was that they were young, very good at what
>they did, and that they were known in the terrorist
>community simply as Peter and Sage.
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