"Don't attack!" Nikita says as she enters the room in which Mylo is working out in. He has taken a defensive stance as Nikita entered. She still appears weak from her injuries.

"Nikita.... I didn't know you started back." Mylo says as he slowly drops his hands to his side and then walks his bottle of water.

"I started back three days ago... desk duty.. intel... psych stuff." Nikita says as she walks over the bench were Mylo now stretches his legs on.

"Do you need to sit down?" Mylo asks as he looks up from his stretched leg, his chin touching his knee.

"Actually, it's better for me to stand." Nikita says with a small smile. "Didn't you just come in from a mission?"

"Yeah... it was easy. Done and over." Mylo says with a frown on his face.

"Why aren't you with Julie? Madeline said she gave you the rest of the day off." Nikita asks as she leans against the wall.

"Nikita... we no longer report to you." Mylo says as he stands up straight.

"Hey! I'm just asking!" Nikita says throwing her hands up in the air.

"And if Madeline asked you how you and Michael were... how would you take it?" Mylo fires back as he picks up the towel and looks at Nikita hard.

"Point taken... but Madeline is still my friend." Nikita says as she leans up and whinces in pain.

"So if I went to her and told her that you are still in pain..." Mylo starts and Nikita smiles.

"She already knows." Nikita says. "I'm here, Mylo... for you.. not Julie." Nikita turns and walks out.

*

Mylo walks out of the lockerroom and immediately dials the apartment on his cell phone.

"Hello?" Julie asks breathlessly.

"Are you feeling better?" Mylo asks softly, noting the stress in her voice.

"I dropped my necklace behind the dresser and I had to move it... boy is that thing heavy." Julie explains and Mylo nods his head.

"So, have you finished my surprize, and can I come home now?" Mylo asks softly.

"Give me another hour, ok?" Julie asks and hangs up before he can say yes.

************

Mylo opens the apartment door, and had expected some candles, like Julie use to do. But instead, Julie was asleep, with her body half on and half off of the couch. Mylo walks over and pulls her up.

"Mylo so soon?" Julie asks and Mylo studies her tired face.

"What is going on?" Mylo asks as he continues to study her.

"I'm just no feeling well." Julie says, not looking at Mylo. Mylo walks over to the calender on the wall.

"You started to tel me that before Operations left for Moscow." Mylo says as he looks at the caleneder. Julie rubs her eyes and pushes her tangled, yet wet hair from her face.

"Yeah... then with Michael and Nikita's planned capture and then recovery, we haven't stopped." Julie says. Mylo looks at the couch and walks to the bathroom.

"Nikita returned three days ago. Probably a couple weeks too soon, but they will be going out on missions soon." Mylo says as he rummages through the cubboard.

"What are you doing?" Julie asks as she looks towards the bathroom.

Mylo exits the bathroom and throws the box to Julie.

"Take it." Mylo says with a dead serious face.

"Mylo.. I'm not..." Julie says as she holds on to the pregnancy test.

"Your late.. and your sick... TAKE IT!" Mylo hollers and looks away from her.

"I can promise you I would never want your kid!" Julie screams as she stands up.

"Finally... she speaks." Mylo says as he stares into Julie's red hot eyes.

"I can't stand being with you all the time!" Julie screams as she walks to the kitchen.

She is pulling down her pants before Mylo even looks.

"WHAT THE F#@! ARE YOU DOING!" Mylo screams, as he sees Julie hold up the little wand.

"You didn't tell me where I had to take the test." Julie says as she throws the wand down on on the counter. She quickly walks to the bedroom and slams the door.

"How long can we pretend that we are getting along? How many more missions do we fake it? How many times to I tell everyone you have a headache? How many more times do I lie to Nikita?" Mylo screams but gets no response. He stares at the door, pounds on it with his fists, and then walks to the counter.

"-" stares up at Mylo.

************

"I AM NOT DEBRIEFING... I AM TIRED AND AM GOING HOME!" Julie screams at Nikita and turns and leaves. Nikita closes her eyes lightly and turns towards Mylo.

"You might as well go also." Nikita says as she starts to walk down the hall slowly. Mylo joins her.

"No. I have to debrief." Mylo says as he looks at Nikita with a look of respect.

"Was it me?" Nikita asks Mylo as she enters the office with Mylo.

Michael looks up from his desk and moves to chair and helps Nikita to sit down.

"It is everyone, Nikita." Mylo says as he slumps down in the chair.

"The mission sounded great." Nikita says with a smile.

"I don't think I can live with her anymore. We fake everything. If we were ever watched.. we'd be dead for almost a month now." Mylo says as he looks at Nikita.

"Do you know why?" Nikita asks as Michael stops typing, not because he is concerned about Mylo, but because if Mylo and Julie split, it would only mean more work for him and Nikita.

"She is hiding something." Mylo says slowly and Nikita watches Mylo start to twiddle his thumbs.

"Hiding someone?" Nikita asks with an arched eyebrow. Mylo immediately drops his head.

"The thought has crossed my mind." Mylo says. Nikita nods her head and looks at her computer briefly.

"You understand, that we do not usually monitor the couple's apartments." Nikita informs Mylo, so if he thought that they had the answer, they don't.

"Could you?" Mylo asks and Nikita shrugs her shoulders.

"Maybe it is something else?" Nikita says with a soft smile and Mylo nods and leaves.

Michael looks at Nikita and rolls his eyes.

"We must keep them together." Michael says firmly as he moves to the list of apartments, and activates their apartment.

Nikita walks out of the office to Birkoff's desk, where Gannon sits, playing a game with Birkoff.

"Are you doing anything, Gannon?" Nikita asks, and he looks up with a smile.

"I'm playing a heated game with Birkoff." Gannon says, but notices the look on Nikita's face. He shrugs his shoulders to Birkoff and stands up. They begin to walk.

"I need you to do something for me." Nikita says slowly as she rubs her hands together.

"What is it? And why is it bothering you?" Gannon asks softly. Nikita smiles.

"I feel like this is something Madeline would do... I need you to see if Julie is having an affair... or if she is very willing." Nikita says in a whisper.

"Sounds familiar." Gannon says softly and Nikita stares into his eyes.

"I knew." Nikita says with a smile, and Gannon's mouth drops open.

"How did you know that Madeline wanted to test you? You were coming up to the Retreat for the position!" Gannon says loudly as Nikita continues to smile.

"Ohhh.. come on! So you are the Aphrodite of Section! That screamed... I AM A TEST! I AM A TEST!" Nikita says and she turns down the hall.

"When does this need to be done?" Gannon asks.

"I need to find out as soon as possible." Nikita says. "Me and Michael will be going out on a low level mission in a half hour. We shouldn't be gone long." Nikita informs.

"What kind of mission?" Gannon asks.

"Dinner." Nikita says with a smile.

************

Mylo opens the apartment door with his head hung down low. He moves to turn on the light when he stumbles over a pair of shoes. He looks at the blue shoes and can't remember them.

"mmmm... haaaa...." Mylo hears from the bedroom, and instantly he becomes aware of more differences in the apartment. There is soft romantic music playing in the background, and all of the lights are off.

Mylo steps towards the bedroom door, which is closed.

"I lovvveee that! HA...HAAAA..." Julie giggles and Mylo becomes red in the face.

"WHAT IS GOING...." Mylo starts as he opens the door and then stops.

In the bed, Julie is tangled up with Stacey from Housekeeping.

"JULIE!!! WITH... WITH...." Mylo mutters as Julie pushes her hair back without a look of worry.

"I'M GOING TO KILL YOU!" Mylo screams as he leaps towards the bed.

*

Gannon is walking up the stairs, humming to himself. Most of the time, these kind of assignments lead to a good time. Nikita was one of the rare ones. Instead, Gannon respected the relationship that Michael and Nikita had established, and respected that Nikita somehow had changed Michael.

Gannon hears a small scream from Julie's and Mylo's apartment, and he walks right in, to find Mylo jumping on the bed. Gannon walks over and pulls Mylo off. It is at that moment that Gannon notices the two naked woman.

"You knew what I did before Section.... I just couldn't give it all up!" Julie screams and Gannon tightens his grip on Mylo.

"WE ARE A COUPLE! WE TRAINED FOR MONTHS! I THOUGHT WE HAD SOMETHING!" Mylo screams. Julie pulls the sheet around her tighter and places a huge smile on her face.

"Ha... I just used you.. do you think Madeline and Operations would let me carry on with Stacey and Melinda... and Harris... GOD YOU ARE SOOO STUPID!" Julie laughs.

"You are the stupid one!" Mylo screams and runs out of the apartment.

"And do you understand what he meant?" Julie challenges Gannon with a lick of her lips.

"You just messed with Nikita... that was not a real wise decision!" Gannon says as he leaves the two sweaty woman in the sheets together, and hopes to track down Mylo and then to report to Nikita. This was not going to make the orginial couple happy at all.

************

Nikita sits slowly up in bed as the pounding on the door begins. Michael looks at Nikita instantly.

"I'll go." Michael says, but Nikita puts her hand on his chest and pushes him down.

"I'm not going to get better quicker if you continue to do everything." Nikita says with a soft smile, and the pounding on the door continues. "JUST A MINUTE!" Nikita hollers down. She swings her legs over the bed, and pulls on a pair of shorts, the short nightshirt was not something to go answer the door in.

"Who do you think it is?" Michael asks as he watches Nikita move like an injuried cat.

"Well, we only had a message from Gannon... but it sounded like it could wait." Nikita says as she starts towards the door. "OK...OK... I'm coming... I'm coming..." Nikita says loudly as she starts across the dark rooms. Michael swings out of bed, in his boxers and follows behind Nikita.

"I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT BITCH!" Mylo screams as he pushes the now opened door and walks into the apartment. Nikita not moving quickly, grunts lightly as the door hits into her. Michael moves to the door and shuts it. Mylo is pacing in the room.

"SHE IS A WHORE!!! A NO GOOD WHORE!!! CANCEL HER... I WILL DO IT MYSELF!" Mylo screams and Nikita looks at Michael with a raised eyebrow.

"Mylo, I don't understand anything. Can you please start at the beginning?" Nikita asks with a large yawn.

"She used me.... she planned to become a couple with me... so she could lose the cameras... so she could fool around with anyone she wanted. SHE WAS IN OUR BED WITH STACEY FROM HOUSEKEEPING!" Mylo explains and his voice progressively gets louder. Nikita drops her head and knows that she should have called Gannon.

Michael moves to Mylo and turns his head to the side.

"We can't deal with this until the morning... why don't you go and sleep in Section." Michael says without looking at Mylo.

"I JUST WANT TO RIPE THE BITCH'S HEART OUT!" Mylo screams and Michael stares back at him.

"Go to Section, and pretend nothing happened." Michael says, and he leads Mylo back to the door.

Nikita places her hand on her face as Michael turns from the door that Mylo exited from.

"I.. I must call Gannon." Nikita mutters as she starts to walk to the phone.

*

"Hello. I wish this could have been under better circumstances." Gannon says as Michael opens the door and lets Gannon in. Nikita is now sitting on the couch, and has not spoken to Michael.

"What happened?" Nikita asks as Gannon takes his jacket off.

"I entered the apartment to find Mylo jumping on the bed after Julie. It wasn't until I restraint Mylo that I noticed the naked Julie and Stacey." Gannon says and Nikita shakes her head slightly.

"Amazingly, Julie isn't worried about it... she isn't scared by you, Nikita, at all." Gannon continues and Nikita looks directly at Gannon.

"She ruined our wedding plans.. she will pay." Nikita says firmly and Michael looks at Gannon.

"OH MY GOD! You two were... soon?" Gannon asks in amazement.

"Tomorrow to be exact. But that won't occur now." Michael says bitterly.

"Are you sure?" Gannon asks softly. Nikita turns her head and takes a sharp shakey breath.

"I got the word from Madeline... we don't get a break until we solve this situation and establish yet another couple..... At least... it was a unplanned thing..." Nikita says with tears forming in her eyes.

Gannon notices the almost ready tears.

"Can I get something to drink?" Gannon asks and Michael nods. Gannon moves to the kitchen.

"Nikita... it doesn't matter to me if we have the whole day off or not." Michael says as he moves to her.

"It was not meant to be tomorrow.... we'll planned the next one better." Nikita says as she forces the tears away. "I didn't even have a new dress."

************

Julie walks into the dark room and the door closes loudly with a click. Julie swallows hard as a little light is shined into her eyes.

"You have been very bad, Julie." Nikita says from some distance. Julie moves in a circle, and another light is shined into her eyes.

"Section knew who I was before they took me. I provide something for these operatives." Julie fires back firmly.

"We have no problems about that, Julie." Madeline's voice echoes from the other corner. Julie turns quickly.

"We don't care if you like a man's touch... running over your legs..." Nikita says slowly, and Julie jumps as a hand starts to run over her calf and head towards the seam of her dress. "Or if you care for a woman's touch lightly touching your breasts." Nikita says. Now, Julie tries to hit the woman's hand running over her shirt.

"You could do whomever you want." Michael says from behind one of the lights in Julie's light.

"JUST STOP THIS! I ONLY HURT MYLO!" Julie screams in fear.

"You messed with the wrong person." Michael says and the light goes out. Another pair of hands start to touch Julie, and she screams as she tries to slap the hands away.

"You lied to Section." Nikita says and the lights go on brightly, and Julie covers her head. The three operatives who were groping Julie stand up and leave.

"I never thought that my ways would be accepted." Julie says firmly.

"You lied to Section." Nikita says firmly as she walks away from her corner towards Julie. Julie looks for Madeline, and does not see her.

"I... bent the truth... really.. it was nothing..." Julie says as she notices Michael moving closer to her.

"You lied to Section." Nikita says again, and her breath is felt across Julie's face.

"THEN CANCEL ME!" Julie screams.

"Oh, that is too easy!" Nikita laughs and lightly slaps her across the face. Michael raises and eyebrow at Nikita and she moves away.

"Have you heard of our little substation on Antartica?" Michael asks Julie, and Julie shakes her head violently.

"You'll enjoy it there." Nikita says as she walks towards Julie. "But, after twelve months, the singular operative usually goes crazy and kills themself." Nikita explains.

"There is no one else around, and there is no computer... just the monthly supplies that are dropped from the plane, but they are usually lost in the snow." Michael says as he pulls out a large heavy winter coat.

"Oh, and one of the operatives got killed and eaten by a polar bear." Nikita pipes in as she walks over the a box.

"What's in the box?" Julie asks neverously.

"Well, since you'll be all by yourself..... those items will be the only way to keep yourself statisfied." Nikita says. "I prefer bananas... but they rot fast."

Michael and Nikita turn and walk out towards the door.

"You'll be there when most of the day is dark... so to adjust you to the lack of light, you'll stay in here until the transport is ready in two weeks." Nikita says and the lights go off and they exit.

*

"Did you hear what she did to the operative who ruined her wedding plans?" Stacey whispers to another operative.

"My god... we better find out when they plan again.. I don't want to cross Nikita when it comes to Michael." The female operatives says to Stacey. Madeline taps Stacey's shoulder lightly, and the smile on Stacey's face is the last one she ever had.

************

Gannon walks into the small private quarters that is now were Mylo is staying. Mylo barely raises his head as Gannon shuts his door.

"I wanted to inform you of Julie's punishment." Gannon says slowly.

"You mean they are not canceling her?" Mylo almost screams.

"Eventually she will be cancelled... of course, to Julie it will be suicide. She is being sent to Antartica... to a 'substation'." Gannon says slowly and emphasis on the word suicide and substation.

"A substation means others... she won't find it to be punishment." Mylo says as he picks himself off of the chair and moves to the standing Gannon.

"No... this substation has no one... and ultimately, the solitude will drive Julie insane, and therefore, will create her cancelation. It is one of the worse ways to go.. alone." Gannon says and Mylo almost smiles.

"Mylo, you aren't the only one hurt by this." Gannon says as Mylo continues to pine away.

"Who else... Stacey?" Mylo says sarcastically.

"Stacey was cancelled." Gannon answers immediately and Mylo smiles brightly.

"Good." Mylo responds and moves towards the little refrigerator.

"Nikita and Michael had planned for a little ceremony today... they were going to get married." Gannon says, and Mylo sighs and closes his eyes.

"Their timing is always bad." Mylo mutters.

"Nikita is making arrangements for you... you can chose if you want to leave where you want to go." Gannon says.

"Anywhere but here... start fresh somewhere." Mylo says slowly with a nod of his head.

"Las Vegas has some hot new material." Gannon says with a light twinkle in his eye.

"That sounds good.. and far." Mylo says and Gannon moves towards the door.

"Tell Nikita I am sorry about everything." Mylo says softly.

"No, Nikita is sorry." Gannon says and shuts the door.

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