Michael quotes from Nikita

Michael

We found your wireless bug. It was pretty clever. O' Birkhoff had no idea.

Nikita

Not such a smart guy after all. Does Birkhoff have a toothache or did Percy just cancel him?

Michael

No, he's alive. But it could have gone either way. You put him in danger, Nikita. That's not like you.

Nikita

You don't know me anymore, Michael.

Michael

Look. The more you try to do this, the more you hurt yourself.

Nikita

Michael. You have no idea how much pain I can take.

Nikita

What have you got behind your back?

Michael

Nothing.

Nikita

I may just have to fight you for it. You scared?

Michael

Terrified.

Michael

You don't have a choice.

Nikita

What about you, Michael? Do you have a choice?

Michael

Grow up.

Nikita

Why are you so loyal to Percy? Why?

Michael

Because I owe him my life.

Michael

OK, so where is this place?

Birkhoff

The quarters for the Red Circle Triad in New York. Not much going on right now but at night it turns into a pretty happening spot. Lady Gaga was there last Friday.

Percy

The only time I've ever even questioned it was during your relationship with Nikita.

Michael

What relationship?

Percy

But we don't have to worry about her anymore do we... Now that she's at the bottom of the Saint Lawrence River.

Michael

Well we have no confirmation of that.

Michael

I just came by to talk.

Alex

Why should I listen to you? One minute, you're telling me it's all gonna be okay, and the next, you're kissing Percy's ass, ready to cancel me. You're just like everybody else in here, a liar.

Michael

You've been at Division long enough to know there are many kinds of tests, and they run at every hour of the day. Sometimes you have no idea you're being tested. But other times, you do.

Alex

So, uh You're telling me you knew Percy was testing you the whole time? You expect me to believe that?

Michael

The truth is what we choose to believe. And what I told you at the truck stop was the truth.

Percy

Alex wasn't the test subject today Michael. Or rather she wasn't the only one.

Michael

I don't understand.

Percy

Well Agent Khamera had a gun that was loaded with blanks and he was given strict orders to let her escape.

Michael

So uh Nikita's been off the radar for 3 days and you're already so bored that you're playing puppeteer to amuse yourself?

Percy

And you keep talking about Nikita. It's like you're making my point for me.

Michael

Feel free to tell me what that is at any time.

Percy

As I said before there's only one time I have ever doubted your loyalty and my concern was that this was gonna be another Nikita.

Michael

Did I pass your test or not?

Percy

For the most part.

Michael

Not everything has to be a video game.

Birkhoff

You have an attachment to things from the past. Or, things that have... Passed on. It's OK to miss her, you know. Nikki was... One in a million. A force of nature. Like a one-woman Michael Bay movie, only with good acting.

Michael

You miss her, huh?

Birkhoff

I mean, don't you?

Michael

Her death hasn't been confirmed yet.

Birkhoff

Well, if she was still alive, why haven't we heard from her in the past 2 weeks? Denial is the first stage of grief, my brother. The last? Acceptance. I guess I've accepted it. Maybe you should, too.

Michael

What's going on?

Birkhoff

Oh, nothing. Just confirming our girl's got 9,000 lives.

Michael

Our girl?

Percy

Nikita.

Nikita

Hello, Michael.

Michael

What the hell are you doing here?

Nikita

Thanks, my flight was lovely. How about yours?

Michael

If you think you can stop me...

Nikita

I'm pretty sure that taxi driver ripped me off.

Michael

You picked the wrong mission to mess with.

Nikita

Relax. I'm not here to stop you.

Michael

I can’t work with you.

Nikita

Why not?

Michael

Because I am still Division and you're still...

Nikita

Nikita.

Michael

Right.

Nikita

Look around, Michael. We're in Uzbekistan. No Percy, no Division, no rules.

Michael

It's not that simple.

Nikita

Because you make it complicated.

Nikita

Then why don't you believe that I would...

Michael

Because I don't trust you.

Nikita

Fine. If we do this, you're free and clear.

Michael

To do what? Leave Division and join you?

Michael

You? And what makes you think you're getting this bad boy?

Nikita

I'm a better shot.

Michael

Ah. Oh. I knew you'd gone rogue, I didn't know you'd gone delusional.

Nikita

I'm sorry, I remember somebody who set the distance shoot record of Division in her first year of eligibility. Who was that?

Michael

No respect for the man whose mark you broke, huh?

Nikita

It sucks to be you.

Michael

Nikita, you know I need to take this shot.

Nikita

I know.