By Cindy

CHAPTER ONE 
I woke up with a sweat, heart raceing out of my chest, and the fear still 
holding onto my breath, takeing me captive,hurting me still.  
The roomwas dark and cold.I could hear voices right outside my door. 
I stood alone with my thoughts, desperately trying to remember 
the events of the days that passed before me.
Everything is distorted..in my mind, some memories clearer than others.
"Where have I been?" "What have they done to me?"
Slowly, the drugs were beginning to wear off and the puzzle was begining to
form a picture.  And at that moment...the door crept open.  An older 
man with soft-blue eyes appeared."I'm Walter...we're going to the interrogation 
room,come with me please."
"Why am I here..I pleaded."  He remained silent.
"Please..what did I do?" 
I begged for answers.  Still....silence.  Upon approaching the room, two operatives 
dressed in mission gear guarded the entrance.  Walter spoke..
"This is guard Paulina and second guard Tartaya...they will stay with you
until Madeline arrives"
It suddenly became so clear.  "Oh my God, he set me up!" "Where are my
children?"  I peered from side to side to find an exit but I was heavily
being watched. There was no way I could get out. Shortly...a serious looking 
woman approached me.   "You are Cindy, you killed your husband Daniel in a 
fit of rage..your children have been placed in foster care, you have skills that we need 
and we will utilize them to perfection..you are in Section One."
I screamed.."I did'nt kill Daniel, what's going on?" "How do you know my
husband?" "Let me go now, give me my kids!" I screamed at her. 
Madeline slapped me across my face with such force..I could feel the sting burning my 
skin and swellening the surface. 
"YOU WILL DO WHAT WE ASK OF YOU!" "Tartaya....Paulina...take her to April...have  
training began. April will be your mentor and your trainer."  "YOU WILL OBEY!"  
She turned and walked away.

CHAPTER TWO...
I was escorted down a long corridor. I tried to look for doors or exits,
anything that would be a way out, evrything seemed to run together. We walked  many winding halls, 
down some steps that led to double doors.  Upon  entering..layed a huge room filled with equipment, and
ropes and ladders and the ceiling was round like a dome. Up there I could
see large tinted glass windows.."Could this be the way out?"  Yet I could'nt deny the 
feeling that I was being observed from the other side.
I saw others making movements, gestures, tactical defense manuvuers...no one spoke.
"God...somebody help me...why am I here?" I muttered to myself.
The guards ushered me to a table and told me to wait, then disappeared
through the double doors. I waited for hours. Finally...I cried to myself,
gentle tears falling down my cheeks.....suddenly..from behind me I could feel a hand on my 
left shoulder and another hand to the right, wipeing my tears from my face. I lost my breath, closed my 
eyes and lowered my head. She spoke."This is where you'll be trained." "You'll work in 
tactical defense, computer technology, weapons and ammunition, bio-chemistry and more.  Your training
 will be extensive and exhausting. Your mind will be stretched beyond your usual capabilities.  
 You've entered a world where there is no out. Accept this soon...and you will live. She motioned
with her eyes and two more operatives approached. 
"Get her cleaned and fitted, return her to me."  
"Can I speak?" I asked.  
"When you return" she spoke softly.  I studied her eyes, her facial expressions and in that 
moment,  in that instance...I could'nt help but feel we had connected..somehow. They grabbed my arms 
and took me away.

CHAPTER THREE...
"You'll study hard, you'll learn well, become physically fit..stronger, get
ready for the transformation Cindy..can you do it?"  I lowered my head, I
nodded from side to side. "For how long?" "When will I see my children?"
"What's going to happen to me?" "Questions will be answered when you've 
earned it", she said.  "Who are you people?" I was becoming frustrated, feared I would'nt get 
a straight answer. I began to dig deeper in my heels and try another approach. "How can I help
you. what do you need from me?" "Will I ever even know  your name"..I said
sarcastically.
"I am April, Section One-Level 5 Op."  "Madeline says you'll train me.!"  "It was 
her..she wiped my tears."  "I'm not here to be your friend, I'm here to keep you alive,. in time 
you'll learn to trust me." " I will be taking you to our weapons area. Walter will train you 
in this division and Laura, our marksman expert will also work with you on disarmment and self-defense.
She's tough...it wont be easy. When your done get to Comm, Birkoff and Annie will train you in all 
computer fields and  research. I'll locate you when I'm done..I'm wanted in Systems..Michael and Nikita are
waiting. Tartaya and Paulina will escort you." We turned and walked away
with the diary in my head I write where my words and thoughs lay safe...and
mine." 

CHAPTER FOUR...
Time passed....I excelled in the required fields. April noted I'd soon be going on a mission, one more 
special training session. Me and a few recruits began to bond. Ute came into the Section 6 months 
ago, ex- gang leader for a rough gang out of Stockholm, along with Zoee, an ex- arms dealer who 
came around the same time. Although I am told not to trust in Section, you have to find an outlet, 
even if it jepordizes your life, but never hand over everything you have.  My relationship with April was
changing. She seemed to be more guarded than usual. She's holding something
back. 

She was right about our training being difficult and exhausting, but I
kept the focus on finding a way to find my children and I anchored on memories of them and our life together. 
There were many  times Section would try to break us down. They had already stripped us of our past, 
our identities and our families, and sometimes our very hope of existance. Others I saw at the brink 
of madness, Rhea lost it totally when she was tore from her baby, she commited suicide rather than 
live without her only child. Sometimes I could'nt understand why I was still here. I finally managed 
to stop asking for my children and show Section I would serve them better if I focused on the training. 

I pretended I was so sure they were fine. I placed them in God's hands, that was the only way to be 
free. Susy thought she did when she crossed the other side and became a mole for Red Cell, only to 
discover it was all a set-up by Section and it helped me to realize that testing it's operatives is one of 
Section One's primary policies. After leaking files to the infiltrator she was involved with, Section 
cancelled her, she never even saw it coming. I heard later from 
someone that there was a chip implanted in her that could be activated  to explode anytime Section desired. 
Most of us never knew we all had been implanted with it from the moment we all entered Section One until 
Walter confided in me because he cared for me and begin to see me as a daughter. I owe him my life. 
Paulina and Tartaya found me in my quarters and informed me Operations wanted to see me in his office.  
This is it, I thought..what's going to happen to me?

CHAPTER FIVE...
The walk was slow going to Operations office.  A thousands assumptions surrounded my mind. April was 
standing beside Operations  The look on her face was the same as when we first saw each other and I 
knew we had connected.. "Is she trying to tell me something, but cant?" Still I could'nthelp 
but wonder. Madeline was there as well with two women that I'd never seen since I arrived in Section.  
Madeline surmises.."This is Jes and Toni, they are transfers from one of our sub-stations.They'll be 
gping with you tonight on a mission. We have an operative named Andrea held captive in an undergound silo in 
Albegurque. It wont be easy ladies, it's heavily guarded with American government forces. It's a nuclear 
housing site for stockpiles. There are "live" nuclear missles in these silo's ready to deploy. 
We risk tremendously in this mission, some of you will return, some may not."
April could'nt look at me. "Dammit was is she hiding..something's about to happen, I can feel it."   
Operations orders us to get ready into our tactical gear. he looks serious.."return to Walter for 
ammunition, Birkoff has yourpanels up-loaded....you leave in one hour..this breifing is over."

CHAPTER SIX...
The journey to the site was quiet and agonizing. Jess sat across from me,
Toni beside me. Michael and Nikita led first team, he ordered us to surround the perimeter and wait for 
instructions. The sweat rolled down my temples, my chest in my throat...I felt numb. I thought maybe suicide
 IS the way out, I'm NOT going back to Section. Suddenly my thoughts were interrupted. 
It's Birkoff.."First team..move in."  Michael and Nikita move Team One to the first 
mark. Michael tells Birkoff " Run a sweep." Birkoff.."Perimeter is clean,..move to second mark."  
Michael tells Toni to cover the western sector, Jess to cover the exits. He tells second team to move forward. 
He tells me,"Cindy..meet us at second mark...90 seconds." Birkoff hands it over to Annie..." 
Outside perimeters are cold..mission is green...proceed."
Michael tells me,"Cover Nikita, she'll need you in there."  "MIchael...I'm going in?"  "You can handle it Cindy" 
he assures me. April is assisting Annie and Birkoff, she gives us the  orders to enter the storm drain. Nikita and I 
head for the underground tunnel, through guidance from Comm. Nikita cuts the steal bars that leads to the 
unit's sewer system. 
Less then 100 kilometers is where we'll find Andrea. I cant comprehen the risk we are taking. 
Nikita glares at me, knows what I'm thinking. "Andrea is a Level 6 Op, she's trained to withstand 
torture we know she's been subjected to.
We are all we have...each other." I now understood. Michael requested
April to disarm their security, were moving in.Nikita asked Birkoff if there were hot-spots around Andrea 
other than her own. "Negative..proceed." We find her in a tank of water, above her "live 
wires" hand connected to a lever. But theres a timer on the glass tank..15 minutes, 45 seconds. Nikita 
cuts the wires that control the timer. I lifted the lever to ascend the wires. "Target is acquired."
Nikita tells me to meet them in transport, she and Andrea join Michael and the team, teams are recalled 
to the retreating point. Out of the tunnel, Ilift the manhole to exit, there stood two government swat 
members. A shot rang out, the men were dead, I turned and looked behind me.it was Susy. Ther is little time 
to explain Cindy, Michael helped me get the chip out as weel as a part of my finger to show operations what
 remained of me to match with my DNA.. The plan worked. I promised him I owed him, that's why I'm here.
Can I trust you?" I did'nt answer her..I told her to run, I'll let Michael know what you've done for me..thank 
you, now go!

CHAPTER SEVEN...
Operations and Madeline were waiting for us at the dock entrance. "Take
Andrea to Medical..Michael,  Nikita and Cindy...debreif..I want a full
report!"  we were brought in one by one separately. Madeline grilled
me..."Did you see anything unusual?" I thought she wants me to tell her about Susy. I inhaled a 
deep breath.
"No Madeline...I did'nt see anything..I'm just tired..can I go?"
"Yes..return to your quarters" as she stared intently,tight-lipped and
suspicious.

In returning to my quarters, Birkoff informed me that April wanted to see me in her office. She lets me know 
there is a mission in the morning in Bangok. Not much else is said. "You can go." She turns her
head away from me. I tell her.."I'm not leaving till you tell me what your'e keeping from me!
Am I in abeyance?" She stays silent. "Talk to me April...AM I IN ABEYANCE?" She lifts her head.. "
Cindy..there's a problem, this information is for "eyes only" No one knows yet, not even Birkoff or Walter, 
Operations or Madeline." I tell her.."If I'm going to die..it does'nt really matter, let me help while 
I can!" She motions to the desk where there is a disc on it. "Take it" she tells me. "When your alone, 
take it to Birkoff, he'll reveal it's message, tell him to show it to Walter...we're going to need
their help I looked down to hide it in my pocket, April lifted my hair away
from my eyes, she stared deeply.."Cindy trust me...I have what you need...soon you'll know what I've been 
holding back..it's all in the disc.

CHAPTER EIGHT...
I did as I was instructed by April. Birkoff says he'll contact me tonight
when it's ok to view it together.  3:30 am....Section is quiet. There's a
knock on my door. I'm startled...I jump up...it's Birkoff!  "Walter's waiting for us...let's go"  
I followed him out the door. We began to view the disc. It was a message from Hillinger. It started out with
him telling us that he knew all about Michael helping Susy and he also knew
that Nikita was hiding another secret from all of us about "Rhea". Nikita
could'nt stomach what they had done by separating her from her baby, so she faked Rhea's suicide and reunited 
her with her child and Cindy...Rhea has your children too!.
Hillinger plans to take the information to "Center" if he does'nt get
Birkoff's position....he offered April Michael's position if she saw to it
that the plan was carried out.  We have 24 hours......

CHAPTER NINE...
Walter, Birkoff and me stood there silently..."my children..they're
alive...my God...they're alive..they're safe." Walter puts his arm around me, Birkoff 
stampered .."We have to tell Michael...we gotta do something fast, if Hillinger goes to "Center", 
Michael and nikita are cancelled..I'm cancelled!
April must have given us the disc because she needs our help in this..I believe that."  Walter and I agreed. 
I thought to myself....that's why she could'nt look at me...she knew...she knew where to find my kids.  Tears began 
to flow..Walter held me close and let me cry into his shirt,hard tears, Birkoff gently placed his fingers on my 
lips.....shhhh......we're in this together...all of us.... Michael and Birkoff  will plan the "Bangkok" 
profile within an hour. "Cindy I'll be relpaceing you with Ute...you wont be going on that mission, I'll re-route 
you as soon as I can with april..you two are going to "Oversight"..Hillinger needs to be taken out.  
We have to do this ourselves."Operations calls us in for a breifing, only this time Madeline stands beside 
him..observing us all. It's impossible to make contact to each other. 
Michael directs us to Walter for our weapons and orders us in immediate tactical gear.   "Kita....time to go"  
Michael whispers. ..into his reciever..."First team...meet me in transport...we're going "live"....

CHAPTER TEN  FINAL CHAPTER...
Michael's team was air-lifted and taken to it's destination. April and I
included. Mid-way through the flight..as planned..April fakes a seizure and I tend to her. Michael request 
an un-scheduled landing to have a team pick up April and me and take us back to Section. Birkoff tells 
us "request granted..nearest airport is 10 miles on course. Michael assure us he'd return when the mission
 was over. Birkoff switches to B-channel and instructs us we have 4 hours to get to Hillinger's location.. Michael 
 called in a Y-directive so that George would have to leave "Oversight" and be cleared from the area.

We enter Oversight with orders to give "Comm" a new disc that is gene-coded
files..direct orders from Operations, the guards allowed us to proceed.
Hillinger is'nt suprize to see April..."Want Michael's position...I thought
so."  April hands Hillinger the disc and tells him it's the exact location to his mother with a message 
from her. Hillinger accepts the disc Meanwhile Cindy distracts the guards off their concentration. April walks 
out the door smiling, "Thanks fellas, hope to see you again soon. The gentleman escorted us to the roof for 
a helicopter waiting for us to board. The disc was filled with a toxin that absorbes into the skin on direct contact.
"I saw him die Cindy..he's dead. Were all free." We entered the
helicopter and were whisked away. Both takeing our gear off, we looked
up..Operations was piloting the plane and Madeline on the other seat. Gun pointed to my face..."It's over ladies..your'e 
cancelled!" She points the gun point blank to my head. April grabbed my hand and screamed at
Madeline.."Bitch..we'll die together!"

Madeline slaps her face with the gun.."Yes..yes you will..all of you."
Together we are all taken to the white-room, April and I seated 4 feet away
from each other but facing each other. A gun is placed in her hand and a gun in mine. we are ordered to 
kill each other. Madeline has Nikita at gun-point...Operations has Michael on his knees, with a gun directly to his
head, he stands behind him. April lifts her hand, shaking, crying..
"Cindy..forgive me...I lift my hand also. Shots ring out which awaken
me...the clock says midnight......Daniel by my side..my children are
safe....oh God...it was just a dream.

THE END