Hey Guys really sorry I haven't updated in AGES but had to finish my leaving cert and then was on a family holiday but I am back now and will try to update as regularly as possible!

Note: I know Nikita is a very heroic and never shows much emotion but in this chapter I thought I would explore the softer side of Nikita.

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Part 3

"Nikita?" Alex wailed but it gave no indication to where she was, her voice echoed off the walls of the massive warehouse almost as soon as it left her mouth. The desperation in her voice sent a shiver down my spine. Inside the warehouse there was a maze of boxes and crates stacked almost to the ceiling, it would take forever to find Alex but I didn't have forever, I had to find her before Division did.

Two Division agents had followed us into the warehouse and one thing was for sure; we all weren't leaving alive! I heard the fast footfall of someone about to cross the path in front of me. A flurry of chestnut hair went past and I knew straight away it was Alex.

I had almost caught up with her when I heard the echo of a gun being cocked and then a shot rang out thorough the air. Alex crumpled to the ground and a pool of blood was quickly forming. I stepped behind the nearest crate and waited for the Division agents to come.

They arrived quickly and without hesitation I shot them both dead. I sprinted to Alex's side and kneeled down pulling her into my lap. She was wheezing and coughing. The bullet had gone straight through her chest. Her now dull eyes flicked up to look directly into mine.

"I'm sorry" she breathed out. I couldn't help but smile, Alex always apologised when something went wrong even if it wasn't her fault. "No need you didn't do anything wrong!" I told her softly sweeping her hair off her face. I leaned down and kissed her forehead "I love you, you know that right?" I had to know that she knew before she died.

Alex mustered up the best smile she could and replied "I know, I've known before you really knew what it was, I love you too and always will" I kissed her lips and when I pulled away I felt that familiar shallow long breathe caress my cheek and I knew she was gone.

I couldn't help the tears that fell from my eyes. Alex; the person I had loved more than anything in the world was now gone and I was supposed to go on?

"Nikita?" I heard her beautiful voice invade my senses. "Nikita wake up?" her voice was pulling me from my nightmare.

Nikita's eyes flew open in absolute terror. She tried to sit up but Alex's body was lying flush against hers. Alex lovingly stroked Nikita's sweat soaked hair off her face "Nikita baby you were having a bad dream, are you ok?"

Nikita didn't trust her voice not to come out shaky so all she did was nod. Not a lot of things scared Nikita but this dream had shaken her to her core. Nikita stretched out her free hand and began to examine the features of Alex's face. Alex's eyes knotted together in confusion "What are you doing?" she asked but allowed Nikita's fingers to continue roaming over her face.

Nikita stayed silent for a few moments and then spoke "I'm memorising your face, it's so beautiful. You died in my dream and I don't want to ever forget what you look like" tears pricked at Nikita's eyes. "You can't leave me, you can't ever leave me, promise me?" Nikita's voice was stern but there was a hint of vulnerability.

"Baby I'll never leave you, don't worry it was only a dream" Nikita released a breathe she didn't realise she had been holding. Her expression relaxed, she wound her arm around the back of Alex's neck and pulled her down their lips meeting in a tender kiss.

"You ok now?" Alex asked after pulling away from the kiss. Nikita nodded too absorbed in her feelings for Alex to really listen to what she had asked. Content Alex laid her head on Nikita's chest enjoying the sound of her strong steady heart beat.

No words needed to be spoken between the two; they were comfortable just being in each other's presence. Nikita ran her fingers through Alex's hair and Alex traced idle patterns on Nikita's stomach.

Alex's fingers continued their random patterns as she spoke "was Division in your dream?" Nikita audibly heaved a sigh and Alex felt Nikita's hear rate pick up. "Division is always on my mind Alex, I can't afford to let a minute go by without thinking about them, I need to be one step ahead of them for my safety and especially yours!"

Alex's fingers slowed their motion into lazy circles "If you think about Division 24 hours a day you don't have time for yourself, Nikita your nerves are frayed you need to re-energise, then we can take down Division and finally keep Michael out of our life forever!"

Nikita laughed "How can you be sure?" Alex always knew the answer to this question, she'd known since she had first met Nikita "I know because I believe in us, but right no Division, just sleep, I promise I'll still be here holding you in the morning, I love you don't ever forget that."

Nikita pulled Alex as close as humanly possible and whispered in her ear "I love you too."