Michael glances over his shoulder at Walter. Walter is holding a sleeping Anna almost over his shoulder has she holds onto a Mickey Mouse balloon. Michael walks towards the condo and unlocks the door. He holds it open for Walter.

"Anna... do you need to go to the bathroom before you go to bed?" Michael asks as Walter kicks the door close with his foot. Anna doesn't even move. Walter shakes his head and moves to the little room that Anna has been staying in.

"Shhh... she'll be fine like this for this night." Walter says as he sets Anna with her clothes on in the bed. He slides the small tennis shoes off and places them on the floor.

"Madeline wouldn't like that." Michael says as he walks away from the room.

"Michael.. the child is asleep. Wait until you have your own.... you'll cherish every moment you get when they fall asleep like that!" Walter says with a grin on his face. Michael turns from Walter and walks back to the living room of the condo.

"If I ever have one of my own." Michael mutters but Walter hears. Walter moves close to Michael.

"Hey, man.. totally slipped my mind." Walter says and Michael shrugs it off.

Walter sits down in front of the television to watch something as Michael connects with Section One. Michael was to be posing as a tourist, but he was looking for Hector Galanza who had took his grandchildren on vacation.

Walter looks at the television and could hit himself for that comment. Walter thought for a second and then shook his head. A lot of Michael's behavior was explained as soon as Walter remembered the situation Michael was in. Michael was like a stiff board in Disney World. He only split a smile when the fireworks were going off and Anna was shouting in joy.

"Madeline wants us to go to Epcot tomorrow." Michael says as he shuts the computer down and moves to the television.

Walter looks at Michael and shakes his head. He can't imagine Nikita and Michael not having a child. It was going to happen. It better happen. Walter shook his head out of his own thoughts and looked at Michael.

"Well... let's get a late start." Walter says and Michael shakes his head.

"Sorry... orders." Michael says and Walter shrugs and heads off to his room.

Michael walked over to the balcony and walked out. It was such a clear and calm night. He looked up at the sky and sighed. He felt like he was betraying Nikita again. He had promised that they would go to Disney World together. Michael knew how much Nikita was intrigued by Walt Disney. He would often find books about him throughout the house. Plus, you would think they already had four kids, as Nikita collected the videos.

Michael sat back and thought. There was no way that Nikita would have enjoyed this. She would have noticed what she was missing, just like Michael noticed what he was missing. Anna was great, but Michael wanted and needed his own.

***

Madeline looks at the computer and shakes her head. She knows that this call is going to be the most difficult one in ages. She was three seconds away from making a clean get-away, but Nikita always had that uncanny timing.

"Hello, Nikita. How is the case?" Madeline asks with a firm smile.

"Where is Michael?" Nikita questions firmly and Madeline smiles back at her.

"On a mission." Madeline says and Nikita slams her hands down on the desk.

"Birkoff told me that Michael was sent on a mission with Walter and Anna to Walt Disney World." Nikita says and Madeline nods her head.

"Yes, that is where the mission has taken Michael with Walter and Anna." Madeline says and she sees Nikita's eyes instantly tear up.

"But Michael was to take me!" Nikita cries out and Madeline looks firmly at the wall behind Nikita.

"Nikita... he is after a terrorist who wants to bomb Walt Disney World. I had to send him." Madeline says and Nikita shakes her head.

"Madeline, you did this on purpose." Nikita says and Madeline's mouth drops in shock. Nikita is usually not so blunt when she is trying to place blame.

"How is this my fault, Nikita?" Madeline asks and Nikita stares at her.

"We have been requesting time off to go to Disney World. You know it was something that we wanted to do together! You sent him with ANNA!" Nikita screams and she turns away.

"I don't even know who you are anymore, Madeline." Nikita mutters and Madeline shakes her head in anger. Nikita might not have known it, but she was pushing her buttons.

"Nikita, it was a mission." Madeline says firmly.

"Was it a mission to make me pregnant only to abort?" Nikita questions firmly and Madeline immediately turns her head.

"How did you hear about that?" Madeline asks and Nikita forces a smile.

"I wasn't told... I figured it out...." Nikita says firmly.

"Michael willingly went Nikita. He didn't even complain." Madeline says and Nikita cuts the computer communication off. Nikita pulls up the phone and contacts Zachary.

"Zachary, do you still have that spare ticket to Ragtime?" Nikita asks softly.

***

Michael looks around the busy and hot park. There are kids milling around, and Anna herself, is tugging at Michael's black shorts.

"Come on with me." Anna says as Walter waits for her. Walter looks at Michael. He wishes that he would just come onto the ride. He had been standing, waiting for them on every ride since Michael spotted a man known to carry the bombs for the hit.

"Anna..." Michael says and she looks up with puppy dog eyes. Michael half smiles and walks into the line, picking Anna up in his strong arms.

*

"Imagination... Imagination... a dream is a.. what is a humm.. imagination..." Anna sings as they walk by the leaping water. Anna smiles in delight as Michael ducks underneath a floating water. Walter smiles and puts a finger over his mouth. Anna contains her laughter.

"MICHAEL!" Anna screams as her hand hits the water and as Michael turns, directs it to hit Michael in the face. Michael shakes his head and laughs lightly.

"Michael... You are smiling like when 'Kita is around." Anna says and Michael sighs. He wishes Nikita was here. It would make this mission so much bearable. He could only hope that Madeline didn't tell Nikita were he was. It would be better for Nikita if he told her.

"Sing the song with me..." Anna begs Michael and Michael sighs again.

"Imagination... Imagination..." Michael sings with Anna and he looks to the side. He watches a man plant something on a bench and walks away quickly.

"MICHAEL!" Anna screams again, as the water hits him in the face. Michael grabs Anna in the air and lets the water hit her on the way back. Anna giggles as Michael hands Anna to Walter. Michael reaches into the bag they are carrying and takes out the small Figment doll that he had bought Anna.

"I'll be right back." Michael says as he moves towards the bench. Michael moves quickly. There is a fence and he looks both ways and tosses it over the fence. He runs his fingers along the bench until he grabs the bomb. It is very small... with a mechanism like a watch. Michael bends down and pretends to be reaching for the doll as he works.

He has three minutes before the bomb went off, but it was even less time before the personnel would spot him. Michael pulled out the little needle and quickly pulled out the hairlike wire out, stopping the timing. Michael looks both ways and crushes the timing devise. He then dumps the rest of the bomb into the water pond.

"Do you need help?" A Disney worker asks and Michael smiles broadly.

"That's my goddaughter's... I tried to get it... She had the man with the puppet sign it." Michael says and the personnel smiles broadly. He pulls the bench over, skips over the fence and retrieves the doll.

"Thanks for not going over.... We have a lot of problems with that." The person says as he hands the doll back over. Michael smiles and walks back to Walter and Anna.

"Michael!" Anna screams and Michael ducks. The water directly hits Walter.

"You know what Michael?" Walter asks and Michael looks at him.

"What?" Michael asks.

"I'm glad it's just Anna." Walter says has he picks the wet Anna up by the waist and heads towards the educational part of the day.

Michael smiles. He knows what Walter meant. If Nikita was with them, Michael would have been drenched.

***

Michael rolls his head around trying to loosen the tight muscles on his back. He waits for Madeline to walk to her personal computer. Michael had his own beliefs why Madeline had to do so.

"Michael... Nikita knows." Madeline says and Michael closes his eyes. Things couldn't get worse. Walter's head was burned and burned badly. Michael was already told that he would be staying at least two more days. Tomorrow he would not go to the parks.. but the day after.. Off to the Magic Kingdom.

"I told you not to tell her!" Michael roars in anger. Michael knows that Nikita must be flooding Madeline with hate messages. That was why she switched the computers. Michael shakes his head as he thinks about the breaking of the promise.

"Well... she proceeded to go to Ragtime, I don't think she took it to hard." Madeline replies and Michael clutches the table.

"She went to Ragtime? How did she get tickets?" Michael demands and Madeline looks at Madeline.

"Zachary has standing front row seats." Madeline says matter of factly and Michael sits back in his chair.

"I was to take her to Ragtime." Michael says and feels hurt.

"Well.. she couldn't just stay inside the sub-station." Madeline says and Michael scowls.

"Madeline.... I think that my mission is over... They know that someone found the bomb here. They will leave." Michael says again, trying to plead his case to go home. If he left now, he could still tell Nikita he only say a small portion of Walt Disney World.

"I will not have Anna missing It's a Small World, Michael!" Madeline roars and Michael stands up. Madeline frowns as all she can see is Michael's stomach.

"I can't believe it! I am a hired vacation babysitter! You should be the one taking Anna into It's A Small World.. You should be the one that sits in the doom buggie with Anna in the Haunted Mansion! You should be the one who sees her when she sees the characters!" Michael screams and finally he sits back down.

"Tell me one reason why I am staying here?" Michael asks and Madeline smiles.

"It's an order." Madeline replies and turns off the computer.

Madeline turns and looks at the computer next to it. She turns and smiles at Nikita.

"So you liked Ragtime?" Madeline asks and Nikita smiles and nods her head.

"Yes, I did." Nikita says and Madeline nods her head.

"I'll make sure that Zachary gets some tickets to the Lion King... oh, Michael has taken a few days extra at Walt Disney World to make sure Anna sees it all. Isn't that nice of Michael?" Madeline asks.

Nikita looks away and then back at Madeline.

"Do you have a way to get tickets to Cats, Rent, and The Sound of Music?" Nikita asks, not caring if she ever saw another musical with Michael.

***

Michael looks across the crowded walkway and then looks down at Anna. She is smiling and beaming inside the magical place. It was a place for kids and Michael kept on going, just for Anna.

Walter looks at Michael ask he picks Anna up in his arms. They were just coming off of Peter Pan's Flight when Anna saw the ride that she had been searching for, "It's A Small World". Walter has a suspicion that Madeline had implanted the ride in Anna's mind. She had talked about it just a little bit too much.

Michael picks up the lemonade from Captain Hook's and takes a sip. He smiles. It had to be the best lemonade he ever tasted. He wish Nikita was there. She would probably jump up in down with the discovery. More than likely, she would drag Michael back to the little Lemonade stand over and over again throughout the day.

"Michael, we have to go." Walter says and Michael nods his head. They cross over and join the line for It's a Small World. The music already starts to annoy Michael. It was too much for him. Michael was trying so hard not to think about Nikita, but something made him think of Nikita.

They sit down on the boat and Michael looks out of the side. Anna squirms between the two, but Michael barely notices. How he wishes it was Nikita sitting next to him. How he wishes he could wrap his arm around her back and feel her sighs of delightment and joy. It wasn't the same with Anna.

Michael thinks about how Nikita would take this place. This soon after the last mission, it would have been a mess. Nikita couldn't have handled being around so many children, but Nikita would have loved every second at any other time.

Anna points and giggles and Walter takes a few pictures. Walter notices the far off look on Michael and frowns for a second.

"SHE WINKED AT ME, WALTER!" Anna screams in delight over the music as she points to one of the dolls on a boat.

IT'S A WORLD OF LAUGHTER A WORLD OF TEARS IT'S A WORLD OF DREAMS AND A WORLD OF FEARS...

Michael leans his head back and lets a few solid tears out. Maybe he wasn't admitting to himself how much he was hurting. How much he needed to be near Nikita to know that they would be fine. He missed her so much.

"Michael.. it's ok." Anna says softly and Michael looks down at Anna.

"See... Nikita isn't that far away.. it's a small world!" Anna says and Michael nods his head. He looks around him and notices why Anna insisted over and over again to come on this ride. Maybe Madeline had told Anna to insist, but Michael didn't care.

Maybe there wasn't a message to Michael, but he did receive one. He didn't care how far Nikita was physically away from her, she was in his heart, as he was sure he was in her heart. He understood that maybe Nikita was just dealing with her world of fears right now... or maybe her world of tears. It didn't matter.

"Thanks Anna." Michael says as he messes with Anna's hair. Anna smiles as Michael helps her off of the boat. Michael looks at Walter and grins.

"Race you to the Haunted Mansion!" Michael calls out and takes off.

"MICHAEL! WRONG WAY!"

***

Nikita sits in the Sub-station computer area in the darkness. She pretends to be searching the database, but she really isn't. She just can't sleep. Nikita is still dressed in the gown that she wore attending the matinee for the Lion King. Since then she sat at the computers.

"Hello?" Nikita says as she picks up the incoming call. It was classified as personnel and didn't worry about what it deal with.

"Nikita, you are answering phones?" Michael asks and Nikita tenses up.

"Are you calling from Florida?" Nikita asks and Michael smiles. He wishes Nikita only had the videophone ready.

"No. We returned this morning." Michael says and Nikita nods her head.

"So did you like Disney World?" Nikita firmly asks and Michael looks at his desk. He knew Nikita would ask.

"To be honest. I hated every second. All I did was think about you." Michael says and Nikita rolls her eyes. She knew Michael had enjoyed some of it. Madeline had downloaded the pictures to her yesterday. Michael was having plenty of fun.

"So did you do everything?" Nikita smartly asks and Michael looks down again. He wish Nikita would give him the benefit of the doubt. Then Michael remembers what Nikita has gone through and understands why she can be so bitter.

"No. We didn't go to Animal Kingdom.. and of course we didn't go to Pleasure Island." Michael says and Nikita nods her head. So Michael left two things for her. It really didn't matter now. She didn't want to go now.

"So did you like Ragtime?" Michael asks and Nikita sighs.

"Yes. Front row seats." Nikita says and Michael grinds his teeth. He had been trying to get tickets for months now and still hadn't gotten seats in the last row.

"What did you see today?" Michael asks firmly. Madeline just told Michael that it was a musical, but not which one.

"The Lion King." Nikita says with a shrug of her shoulders.

"So what haven't you seen?" Michael asks and Nikita rubs her chin in thought.

"Rent.... ah... Cats..." Nikita says and stops. She wasn't going to tell Michael that she thought about him during the show. She wouldn't give him that.

"Well, I have to go... Anna wore me out." Michael says and Nikita bites on her lips.

"Nikita, are you still there?" Michael asks and Nikita sighs.

"What is it, Michael?" Nikita asks annoyed.

"I really thought about you. Anna needed me to be happy.. but inside I was miserable." Michael says and then hangs up.

Nikita stands up and closes down the computer. She looks at the operative who is at the head computer and waves. The young man nods his head and gives Nikita a smile. Nikita walks down the hallway, finding the need to sleep great.

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