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By Claudia
TEASER - BRIEFING
A video of a war is been show.
Operations: The situation in the
Balkans is deteriorating rapidly. The loss of life is staggering. A
destabilized Rebel Force is in the process of a violent and
comprehensive ethnic cleansing. Now, we have been given the task of
cutting off one of their pipelines in the international arms
community. The man you picked up at the warehouse has given us the
identity of the primary buyer inside the rebel faction. Radovan Luca.
Luca was once the head of his government's secret police. He is now
awaiting the arrival of a significant cache of weapons. If the deal is
consummated, it will be nearly impossible to prevent the government
from falling.
Michael: How much reconnaissance
has been done so far?
Birkoff: Not enough. The country's
in chaos. Half of our contacts have been killed. The CIA is
evacuating their people.
Operations: Take out Luca. Stop
the deal.
BALKANS
Nikita and Michael are traveling by Land Rover on a country road. The
population is leaving the country.
Nikita: Why does Birkoff think Luca
is going to be at this place?
Michael: An in-country source.
Luca's been leading raids through the villages in that area.
Nikita: So, we're just going to
show up and look around?
Michael: If he's there, people will
know.
Nikita: The next crossing, take a
right.
At gunpoint a soldier stops them, the other soldiers are killing the
innocents that were passing by.
Soldier: Identification. We have no
need for medical relief workers.
Michael: Some people need
attention.
Soldier: Get out of the truck.
Soldier: Your papers are not in
order. We're taking the jeep.
Michael: I can't let you do
that.
Soldier: Really?
Michael looks at the innocent children, and Nikita and him kill the
soldiers and leave.
Michael: Let's go.
SYSTEMS
Madeline: What's our configuration?
Birkoff: We have five two-man cells
approaching possible locations on Luca. None have reported back
yet.
Madeline: Let me know.
Gail: How late to you think we'll
be working tonight?
Birkoff: Depends on what comes
in.
Gail: I don't care how tired you
are. I am not taking a rain check.
COMM
Michael: (via comm) We have an
unconfirmed report that Luca was seen near a farmhouse in the area.
We're checking it out.
FARMHOUSE
Nikita: Michael, its just a boy!
Nikita: It's okay, we're not going
to hurt you, we can help you. We're looking for someone, maybe you can
help us. Please. Look, we can help you. We can give you a ride
somewhere. You hungry? We've got some food.
Peter: Are you with the others?
Nikita: No, we're not.
Peter: You're soldiers.
Michael: No. We're fighting the soldiers.
A little girl emerges from hiding.
Nikita: What's your name?
Peter: Sasha.
Nikita: You cold, Sasha?
Peter: Yes.
Nikita: Is that better?
Michael: What did they do after
they grabbed your parents?
Peter: They just left.
Michael: Where were you and Sasha?
Peter: We were hiding.
Michael: Have you ever seen one of
these?
Michael: Is this the man who took
your parents?
Peter nods.
Michael: Do you know where they
went?
Peter: To the train yards. That's
where they take everyone.
Michael: Where are the train yards?
Peter: I've just heard about
them.
Michael: Nikita, let's go. We have
a location.
Nikita: What about Peter and Sasha?
Michael: They've told us everything
they know.
Nikita: We can't leave them here
alone. We have to take them somewhere, Michael.
Michael: No.
Nikita looks at Michael pleading for him to do something. He looks
back at her, annoyed, and they take the children with them.
Michael: He said Luca took them to
the train yards.
Birkoff: That's all he said? Train
yards?
Michael: That's it.
Birkoff: I've got dozens of
locations that could be classified as 'train yards' in that
region.
Michael: It's probably a detention
camp.
Birkoff: Check out a man named
Vincent Vukovich. You're not far from him. He's CIA. If he's alive
and in the country he'll be able to help you. I'm attaching the
address.
Michael: Good.
COMM
Gail: How's it going?
Birkoff: I'm not getting out of
here tonight, most of the teams haven't even checked in.
Gail: Hm. you're no fun.
Birkoff: Gail!
Gail: Come on, let's go to the
White Room, there's no one around.
Birkoff: They can hear you! Team
Six; you're getting close to the border. Move to 'B' channel.
Gail: All right, be that way. I'll
just be that much harder on you when we get together. See you
later.
Birkoff: Gail, you're still
on-line.
Birkoff sits at her terminal, types in a few commands and looks at the
screen with an astonished look on his face.
CITY STREET
Michael: This is it: Vukovich's
office.
Nikita: I'll stay here with
them.
Michael: No, there's a refugee camp
a block back. Take them there. We'll meet back here.
VUKOVICH'S OFFICE
Michael: Clearance code K-3-5-7.
I'm Section One.
Vukovich: Did you bring transport?
Michael: I'm not here for the
evacuation.
Vukovich: These people helped us
for years. They fed us information, risked their lives. We promised
them that if the day ever came, we would get them out. Listen.
Woman's voice: (via radio) why
isn't anyone answering? If you can hear my voice, send someone to
Kasova sector...
Vukovich: It's been like this for
three days. Everyone else is gone.
Michael: I'm looking for Luca.
Man's voice: (via radio) Please, is
there anybody there? Can anybody hear...?
Michael: Where are the train yards?
Vukovich: Train yards? Just north
of the mines -- you can't miss it. Just follow the smell.
Man's voice: (via radio) Hello. Is
anyone there? Come help us! Please! If you do not come, we're going
to die! Please!
Vukovich: Listen ... There's a
family in that area. Do you have room?
Michael: I'm sorry.
Man's voice: (via radio) Hello!
Hello! Hello! We have children here. Please, please, we have
children...
Michael leaves, climbs back into the Land Rover.
Michael: What is this?
Nikita: I couldn't leave them
there. It wasn't safe.
Michael: This is not a game, we are
not playing house. Get rid of them -- now.
Nikita: You get rid of them.
Michael: Come on, let's go.
Michael makes the children get off the vehicle and drives forward. And
he looks into the rear view mirror.
Michael: It was a mistake to bring
them.
Michael stops, then reverses the Land Rover until it is next to the
children.
MUNITIONS
Walter: Hey, what'd you need?
Birkoff: I wanted to get the
encrypt files on that filter simulator.
Walter: Sure. Why didn't you just
download them?
Birkoff: Walter, I need your
help. I don't know what to do.
Walter: About what?
Birkoff: Gail.
Walter: Oh, you've come to the
right place.
Birkoff: She's using the Section
computer to steal.
Walter: What?
Birkoff: She walked away....
Walter pulls him to a corner for more privacy.
Birkoff: ... She walked away from
her system without logging off last night. The modification dates on
some files didn't look right, so I checked it out. She's funneling
money out of terrorist accounts that we're monitoring. What do I do?
Walter: You think you have options?
Birkoff: You know what they'll do
to her.
Walter: I'm sorry, Birkoff.
COMM
Gail: Oh, poor baby! Have you been
up all night?
Birkoff: Yeah.
OUTSIDE BUILDING
Nikita: What now?
Michael: We wait.
Nikita: I want you guys to lay down
in the other room, okay?
Phone rings.
Nikita: Yeah? Okay,
thanks. Birkoff just heard from Team Two. Luca's vehicle was spotted
heading this way.
Michael: Why didn't they take him
out?
Nikita: Transmission went dead.
Birkoff thinks it was a land mine.
Michael: How far?
Nikita: Two kilometers.
Michael: Let's get into
position.
Nikita: Peter, listen to me
carefully. This is very important. If you want to see your parents
again, you have to stay here and take care of your sister. Do you
understand?
Peter: Yeah.
STREET OUTSIDE DETENTION YARDS
Michael: Birkoff, we're here.
Birkoff: Any sign of Luca?
Michael: Not yet. Did you patch
this location to the other Teams?
Birkoff: Yeah. They're on their
way.
A woman recognizes Peter, who is walking outside the building.
Anna: Peter!
Gregory: No!
Anna: Peter!
Peter: Mama. Mama, Papa, Mama!
Michael: I know you want to see
your parents. You'll have to be smart, Peter. Okay?
Later, at night.
Michael: This must be Luca. Stay
alert.
Nikita: I'm in position.
Michael: If you get a shot, wait
till they're stopped at the gate. It will give me time to back you
up.
Nikita: Got it.
Nikita: Michael, there are two
guards heading towards Peter and Sasha. What should I do?
Michael: Forget it, Nikita. He's
here. He's on your side, take him.
Peter: Sasha! Leave us alone!
Michael: Nikita, what are you
waiting for? Shoot now!
Instead of shooting Luca she shoots the guards that are trying to take
Peter and Sasha, and Luca enters the building. They run away in the
truck.
ABANDONED BUILDING
Nikita and Sasha are lighting candles.
Nikita: Here. That's for your Mama
and that is for your Papa.
Peter: When are we going back to
the train yards?
Michael: We have to wait.
Peter: For what?
Michael: Others are coming to help
us.
Peter: Help us or help you?
Michael: We'll do what we can,
Peter.
Peter: I don't believe you! As
soon as you get what you want, you'll get out of here. Why would
anyone want to stick around here a second longer then they had to?
MADELINE'S OFFICE
Madeline: What is it? I'm
busy.
Birkoff: I'm sorry. I'll come
back. (really nervous)
Madeline: Birkoff. Sit down.
Birkoff: The new keyboards are
really ergonomic. Thanks for getting them approved.
Madeline: I've got a coup attempt
in the Balkans, a missing warhead in Eastern Europe, and a hostage
situation in the Azores. Is there something about these keyboards you
feel will assist me in any way in these operations?
Birkoff: Gail is stealing
money.
Madeline: How do you know?
Birkoff: She's using our encryption
programs to do it. I think if you just confronted her with it, she'd
stop doing it. She's one of my best analysts, not one of my best, my
best. We don't have to make a big deal of this.
Madeline: But it is a big deal.
Otherwise, why would you turn in a woman you're having intimate
relations with?
Birkoff: What are you going to do
with her?
Madeline: I'm going to take care of
it.
Birkoff: I'm sure if you spoke to
her, she would not do it again.
Madeline: This must have been a
difficult decision for you.
ABANDONED BUILDING
Nikita: How long before we move?
Michael: As soon as they're done
with the Tactical. The teams are in place.
Nikita: When does Luca's arm's deal
go down?
Michael: Eight hours.
Nikita: So, what about them? Do
you think we can get them across the border?
Michael: Probably. But they won't
want to leave their parents.
Nikita: Well, I mean, if there's
time we should try and get them all out.
Michael: There won't be time.
Later. Cell phone rings.
Michael: Yeah. Okay. They're
ready.
DETENTION YARD
Michael: Birkoff, we have
visual.
Birkoff: Teams Three and Four:
you're on.
Nikita: It's okay. We're not here
to hurt you.
Birkoff: They're in.
COMM
Birkoff: Gail?
Gail: Oh, I didn't have a chance to
finish that program last night, so I thought I'd do it now. Is that
okay? What's wrong?
Birkoff: Nothing. That's fine.
Everything okay?
Gail: Sure. Why shouldn't it be?
Birkoff: No reason. I'll be right
back.
MADELINE'S OFFICE
Madeline: I've been expecting
you.
Birkoff: I don't understand.
Madeline: We're not going to cancel
Gail.
Birkoff: You're not?
Madeline: We've known about her
extra-curricular activities for some time now. It's what brought her
to our attention in the first place.
Birkoff: What about the money?
Madeline: Those accounts don't
exist. We create them for the sole purpose of satisfying her
habit.
Birkoff: Her habit?
Madeline: After an extensive
profile, we came to the conclusion that stealing is something she'll
never be able to give up. So we allow it. User productive.
Birkoff: But how long can this go
on?
Madeline: Indefinitely. She
doesn't want to spend the money; she just wants to steal it. Anything
else, Birkoff?
He shakes his head.
Madeline: By the way, it took you
longer to discover this than we expected. Keep your people
closer.
DETENTION YARD
Nikita: Is that Luca?
Michael: Luca.
Nikita: Michael.
Luca: Don't kill me. I give you
information, hm? Troop movements; location of weapons stockpile,
identities of our informers: anything you want.
Nikita: You're not even prepared to
die for what you believe in.
Luca: Who says I believe? I do
what I have to do to survive. Like everyone in this country. I can
help you. I know a lot of things... You have nothing to lose by
bringing me in. You can always kill me later!
Michael shoots Luca.
Michael: Let's find the
parents. I'll go in there.
Nikita: It's you. I have Peter and
Sasha.
Anna: My God!
Gregory: Take us!
Anna: Are they all right?
Nikita: Come with me.
ABANDONED BUILDING
Gregory: My God! Peter! My God!
Are you okay?
Michael: We're ready to
evacuate. (to cell phone) What? Yeah.
Nikita: What's the matter?
Michael: We can't get an
airlift.
Nikita: Why not?
Michael: Our priority's been
downgraded. We'll have to cross the border ourselves.
BORDER CROSSING
Nikita: Let us take them.
Anna: No!
Nikita: We have a better chance of
getting through.
The border guards pass Michael, Nikita and the children, but detain
Anna and Gregory. Michael and Nikita continue walking away with Sasha
and Peter.
Gregory: No?
Anna: This is a mistake!
Gregory: You must let us pass!
Nikita: No! It's a mistake!
Michael: Don't look back, just keep
walking.
Anna: No, you must let us go!
Gregory: Let us go!
Anna: Let me go!
Gregory: This is crazy!
Anna: Papa. You must let us go.
You cannot take us now.
Gregory: I beg you, let us go!
Anna: Do not take us away now!
VAN ACCESS
Madeline: Congratulations. We
succeeded. The arms deal fell through, once word of Luca's death got
out.
Nikita: What about Peter and Sasha?
Madeline: We found a family from
their country who just immigrated. They'll have a good home.
Nikita: Any chance of getting their
parents out?
CHURCH
Peter and Sarah pray in a church. Their parents arrive.
Peter: Mama! Papa!
Gregory: Thank God!
Nikita wakes up from the dream.
THE END