Part 4 /End

"Hello" Michael said.

"Michael? It's brad" the voice on the other end made himself known.

"ah hello brad" Michael said warmly.

"Listen Michael I'm in some trouble. My house has been repossessed because I couldn't afford to keep up with the payments. Would it be

possible for me to stay with you for a couple of weeks"

"Well I don't know. Let me talk to my wife and I'll call you back." Michael said curtly.

"Sure Michael. I would greatly apprectiate if you could put me up for a couple of days" Brad said.

"Alright I'll call you back in a few" Michael said hanging up. Something was bothering Michael. Of course the profile had been for Brad to turn to Michael for help but there wasn't something sitting right with the mission and he just couldn't put his finger on it. Thinking through all of this Michael went upstairs to his and Kita's shared bedroom finding her reapplying her makeup.

Nikita glanced at Michael quickly and noticed something was bothering him. "What's up?" she asked.

"Brad just called wants to know if we'll put him up for a couple of weeks" Michael said.

Nikita looked confused, "so, that was the profile wasn't it Michael?"

"Yes" he replied as he gently massaged her neck. "There's something wrong with this mission" he whispered.

"What do you mean?" she asked turning around to finish her makeup."

"The feeling, there's just not something right" Michael explained.

"You think the intel is faulty?" Nikita asked.

"Not sure." Michael replied.

Nikita raised an eyebrow, in the 10 years she had known Michael she had NEVER heard that phrase roll off of his tounge.

2 hours later Brad was at the Samuelle house with the few items that he would need.

"DeLeah would you please show Brad to the guest room?" Michael asked.

"Of course Michael" DeLeah said faking the sweetness while her eyes blazed fire at him.

"This way Brad" DeLeah said leading him to the room right next to hers. "This is your room. Mine is right next door and through there" DeLeah pointed across the hall, "is Michael and my sisters room"

"Thank you" Brad whispered. "You are very kind to escort me up here"

"Oh no problem" DeLeah said smiling as she looked into his deep blue eyes. "Well, if you need anything else please don't hesitate to ask one of us"

Brad nodded entering his room and closing the door.

Over the next week Brad was the center of attention. He lightened the mood and brought the 3 operatives closer to each other. He never failed to make them laugh. Especially, DeLeah. She'd finally agreed to go along with Michael's plan as long as she didn't have to sleep with him and Michael had agreed. Over the next week Brad and DeLeah were constantly in each other's company except for a night before dinner when brad needed to make phone calls. The mission was coming close to starting. Michael had retrieved valuable intel from the tap on his phone from Brad's phone calls and the frequency of the calls increased which meant they were going to be approached soon.

2 days later it happened. Brad and 2 other guys came to the house and gathered the family into their living room.

"We'd like to make you an offer" Brad said announcement style.

"What is it?" Michael asked quietly holding onto his wife protectively almost as if she was his conscience and if she left he was doomed.

"We are prepared to offer you 2 million dollars if you will come to work for us" Brad offered.

Nikita gasped, "2 million dollars?" she implored. DeLeah's eyes were widened in surprise as the profile called for their reactions but she said nothing.

"Yes" Brad replied. "In return, we'll utulize your husband's skills in engineering and biochemicals.I" Brad explained.

"Will you give us a day to think it over?" Michael asked.

"Of course" Brad said. "But I'll need an answer by tomorrow night."

Michael nodded. "What company would I be working for?"

"It's an older company. It's called Red Cell industries. We manufacture nerve gases and biochemical warfare for the government" Brad returned.

Michael nodded. "We'll have your answer for you tomorrow night" Michael assured him as he stood up with his wife's hand still in his.

"Goodnight Gentleman" Michael said and he led Nikita upstairs to their bedroom.

Michael could feel the tension in Kita's body. "You're tense" Michael stated as he began to rub her shoulders.

"Yea" she agreed. "I am. You gonna help me to relax?" she asked with a smile.

Michael smiled and leaned down to kiss the pulse at her neck. "Stay right here" Michael ordered in a seductive whisper as he swiftly walked into the bathroom. 2 minutes later he was back.

"Come" he said softly taking her hand and pulling her up. Leading her into the bathroom she saw the soft jets of the hotub going. She smiled. As they slowly undressed one another slowly and with care their eyes never left one another. Michael led her into the warm jets and as she sat back with Michael's arm still curved protectively around her tiny waist she smiled. She could feel the tension leaving her slowly but leaving it was.

"Feel better?" Michael asked after a few minutes as he slowly played with her hair.

"mmm...much better" she sighed. "But it hurts quite a bit here" she said pointing to a spot on her lower back. "Will you kiss it and make it better?" Nikita asked almost childlike in her request.

"of course" Michael said as he leaned down and massaged the pain away before kissing it. "Any other requests?" he asked.

"mmmm...I think I'm beginning to hurt everywhere" Nikita said with a giggle as Michael claimed her mouth putting all the passion and promise of what the night was to bring them into that kiss.

Back downstairs DeLeah was entertaining Brad. He had turned his charm back on and was making her laugh endlessly. Finally though her face was beginning to hurt from laughing so much and having to keep up the pretence that she liked brad so she excused herself saying she was going to make an early night of it. When she finaly escaped to her room she locked the door behind her and booted up her computer so that she could call into headquarters and check in. As her video comm link came up she was surprsied to see Curlly on duty.

"Curlly? What are you doing here?" DeLeah asked.

Curlly looked on with a twisted smile, "Oh I dunno I just happen to work here" Curlly said sarcastically.

Both girls laughed, "What I meant was where's genie. She's suppose to be here when I check in" DeLeah explained wryly.

"She's been up 36 hours straight DeLeah. I told her to go to bed and I'd take the shift" Curlly said. "SO what's the status of the mission?"

"Well Brad made contact with us tonight. Offered Michael 2 milliuon dollars to go work for him. Of course Michael asked for the day to think it over and he agree. So by monday Michael is going to be working for Red Cell industries." DeLeah said knowing Curlly would get a kick out of that one.

"OMG! Red Cell industires? Is that what he called it?" Curlly burst out giggling almost making the cheesecake in her mouth fall out.

"Yep he sure did" DeLeah said chuckling herself a bit. "A word of advice Curlly, Cheesecake and computers don't mix so try not to ruin that ok?"

Curlly just stuck out her tounge and both girls laughed as they signed off.

A week later Michael had settled into his new job very nicely. Everything was going according to profile and Michael was confident that everything would work out. He'd explained to them that Red Cell Industries was creating a neuro toxin that couldn't be detected by any device and once exposed to it you were dead in 10 seconds. The signature mark was bruises on the temples of the head where it exploded the muscles and nerves in your head because those are the softest muscles and nerves in your body.

Nikita shruddered at the thought and DeLeah agreed. Not a pleasant way to die.

2 weeks later Michael informed them that they were taking red cell down the following day. The toxin had been created and tested and was ready for the market.

"Here is the lab" Michael said as he layed the map of the building out for the two women. "We will not be able to have bio masks or suits on so therefore we will ignite the toxin by remote after we're out. I have already planted samples around and will finish doing so tomorrow. The operation is simple. I'll get the intel from the computer tomorrow and you two will grab brad to bring in. Madeline wants to interrogate him. Egress is through this tunnel here. It's hardly ever used and has minmual security. Once out we'll all meet here" Michael pointed to a shacky building about a mile from the building.

The two women nodded understanding. It was a simple mission actually. The trick was in not letting anyone see you which would be difficult because they would be striking in the morning when everyone was there.

The next day the two women were geared up in misson black ready for action. Their way in was the sewer tunnels which wound down to the first floor where Michael would be awaiting them. He would hand them lab coats so it looked like they belonged. They then would go looking for brad with the cover story that they had come to visit Michael and take him then in a non secured part of the lab. Michael would finish setting the toxin around, grab the remote and meet them at the designated egress point where the car was waiting and they would leave. Everything was going to plan until...

"Michael" a familiar womans voice rang out behind him.

Michael turned around swiftly to see Nikita being held at the throat with a knife by a tall burnette. She looked vaguely familiar but Michael just couldn't remember where he'd seen her before.

"You don't recognize me do you?" she asked. "You'd think one would remember their only sister!" she said smugly.

Michael's eyes widened, "Jose" Michael asked.

"Yea it's me Michael. The sister that you abandoned all those years ago. And for what? This blonde whore here?"

Michael shook his head, "Jose you don't understand." Michael began...

"Enough!" she yelled. "I will listen to no lies of yours brother...supposedly you died 25 years ago. That was a lie too" she yelled.

Just then DeLeah came around the corner quietly dragging Brad. Luckily Jose hadn't heard her with all of her yelling. DeLeah quickly secured Brad to a pipe around the corner and snuck up on Jose who she could see had Nikita at the throat. Michael's eyes told her not to even try it, not to risk it, but she had to or Nikita would soon be dead. As she came upon the woman from behind she quickly snapped the womans arm in two forcing her to drop the knife. DeLeah stepped back knowing Nikita could take it from there and grinned watchng as Nikita brought her elbow down into the woman's stomach and flipping her over her shoulder. Nikita looked to Michael for direction as to what to do.

"Bring her in" Michael said sadly.

Nikita nodded grabbing the woman by the shirt pulling her along. Right behind her was DeLeah with brad. As they exited the last door Michael detonated the gas and they could hear the screams of the 50,000 red cell operatives that worked within the lab as they all collapsed.

All 3 made it to egress an hour late but made it nonetheless where Michael called headquarters to report the mission was a success.

24 hours later all 3 operatives with their 2 hostages were back at section debriefing.

"What about Jose?" Michael asked after Madeline was done.

"She'll be of use to us" Madeline commented. "She'll become an operative."

Michael nodded Madeline's answer not unexpected.

"You all did very well" Madeline complimented them. "You stayed together and worked as a team and that was the reason for the success of the mission" Madeline told them.

"Thank you" the operatives said as they stood and exited the office ready to take the 3 days of much needed downtime that Madeline had granted them.

[The End!]