Scene Ten - Volker's Estate. 
Helmut's dressing, Nikita enters.
Nikita: Everything all right?
Helmut: Yeah, it's just the normal business hassles.
Nikita: Seems like more than that.
Helmut:  What,  three weeks of marriage and you already know when I'm lying
to you?
Nikita: You made me part of this. Talk to me. 
Helmut: They want a meeting.
Nikita: You were expecting that. 
Helmut: But they want to talk to me first.
Nikita: About what?
Helmut:  That's  what  concerns me. Why risk a face to face meeting just to
set up another?
Nikita: Well, you're important to them. Why would they lie to you?
Helmut: It's in their nature. You're probably right, it's nothing. Besides,
I  still  don't have a definite date on the Hague plan. Hopefully I'll know
more after we've met.
Nikita: When's the meeting?
Helmut:  Tonight.  I'll  be  a little late. So, you're uh - not feeling the
urge to run away then?
Nikita:  Run?  (they  kiss) Maybe. "Away"? No. (She flops on the bed with a
magazine, he leaves and she says to herself) Yes.


Scene Eleven - Volkwerks Industries. 
Kristof exits with a woman. 
Kristof: And make sure you get that paperwork on national defense or Helmut
will have my skull. Call me as soon as it's in . I'll be back in two hours.
(He slides into the limo and speaks to the driver) Peretti's.
Davenport  is  driving.  I  don't  think  Kristof  is  going  to make it to
Peretti's.


Scene Twelve - Volker's Estate. 
Nikita walks into the master bedroom and there's Michael. She is startled. 
Nikita: Michael. What are you doing here?
Michael:  We've  confirmed that Kristof contracted privately with Red Cell.
He was behind the attack.
Nikita: Kristoff. But if -
Michael: It's been dealt with.
Nikita: Kristof's been dealt with. 
Michael: Yes. 
Nikita:  But  not Red Cell. It's getting late, I'm going to have to let him
know  before  this  meeting. (Michael approaches as if to kiss her, but she
turns  her  head  away) There's not - there's not a lot of time. You should
go.
Michael complies.


Scene Thirteen - The Meeting. 
I can't quite read it, it's says "something" Plaza Center.
Helmut's  Rolls  Royce  drives  up  and  the driver exits to open his door.
Helmut  walks  into the building. Two men are sitting in a Beemer, waiting.
They get out of their car, follow. Nikita shows up.
Nikita:  Excuse  me. I'm afraid I'm a little bit lost. Maybe you could help
me find my way?
The  one  guy  pulls a gun but Nikita spins him around. She uses the him to
shield her from the bullets of the other as she shoots. They're both toast.
She throws the gun to the ground, runs off.
Nikita: (Into comm set) This is Nikita. We'll need housekeeping. 


Scene Fourteen - Volker's Estate. 
Helmut  returns home, slides into bed. Nikita looks like she has been there
all evening. He never knew she came to his rescue.
Helmut:  I've  set  up the next meeting, with a man named Eric Kalstrom. My
guess is he's the brains behind it all. Probably here to give a green light
to  the  attack.  It  was  so  sweet  of  you  to  wait up. And at least my
suspicions about tonight were unfounded. It went off without a hitch.
Nikita: I'm so glad.
Helmut: Thank you.
The phone rings and Nikita answers.
Nikita: Hello? Just a moment.
Helmut:  Yeah?  (His  face changes; shock is clearly apparent at what he is
hearing)
Nikita: What is it? What's the matter?
Helmut: My brother. There's been a robbery. He's dead!


Scene Fifteen - Volker's Estate, morning. 
Nikita walks into the room, drinking a glass of wine. It's apparently right
after  the  funeral  of  Kristof. Mourners are there, giving Wolfgang their
sympathy.
Wolfgang: Thank you. 
Helmut is also being given condolences by several people. 
Helmut:  Would  you  excuse  me? (he approaches his father) Can you spare a
moment?
Wolfgang: What is there to say?
Helmut: That I share your feeling too, and I'm so sorry.
Wolfgang:  You're sorry. For Kristof's passing? For what it means for a man
to lose his son?
Helmut: You know I loved Kristof too! If only it could have been me.
Wolfgang: Under the circumstances, an easy sentiment.
Helmut: I love you, father.
Wolfgang:  You  love yourself, Helmut! So much so that I strongly doubt you
have any capacity for anyone else!
Helmut and Nikita exchange a look. It's clear she feels very sorry for him.


Scene Sixteen - Volker's Estate.
Helmut is outside, smoking a cigarette. Nikita comes out.
Nikita: You all right?
Helmut:  They  stole  money.  30  years  of life:for a few dollars. At that
price, mine could be had for pocket change.
Nikita: No, that's not true. You're a good man.
Helmut:  Yeah,  but  isn't  goodness  in the eyes of the beholder? And who,
besides you, could begin to behold such a thing?
Nikita:  You.  That's  all  you have, Helmut. That's the best any of us can
ever  get. We live with ourselves and we die with ourselves and the choices
that we make. What other people think- (She kisses his cheek)
Helmut:  So,  what,  we  live in isolation, alone, without contact, without
love? Could you do such a thing?
Nikita: I have.
Helmut: Always?
Nikita: I don't know. I think if you live without something long enough:you
may not recognize it if it happens to find you.
Helmut:  Freddie  loves you. Something in the way he looked at you. And God
knows - maybe in this wretched life I've chosen, maybe I do too.
Nikita strokes his face with her hand. He kisses her hand.


Scene Seventeen - Volker's Estate. 
Helmut is in his office.
Helmut:  Yeah, I'm expecting this call. Put it through. Yeah, it's me. What
time? Tomorrow morning. I'll be there.
Elsewhere, Nikita is on her cell phone with Operations.
Nikita:  Red  Cell's  made contact with Helmut. They're planning to hit the
Hague  tomorrow,  right  after  the morning session's begun. Should I run a
covert backup?
Operations:  No. Interpol will have to handle this on their own. There will
be no further contact until you hear from me.


Scene Eighteen - Section One, Operations Perch. 
Operations and Michael. 
Operations:  I've  just finished studying Madeline's report. There's a high
percentage  that  Kalstrom  will go back into hiding if there's any sign of
trouble.
Michael: The Hague attack.
Operations: They expect a successful strike. If for any reason that doesn't
happen - if Interpol shows their hand in this, we lose our chance at him.
Michael: Then they must succeed.
Operations: We have an operative inside Interpol. (He raises his cell phone
to his ear) Get me David Harbert at Interpol now.


Scene Nineteen - Volker's Estate. 
Helmut is on the phone with Interpol. 
Helmut:  No,  I  don't  understand,  sir. Do I have a choice? Yes, sir. (He
terminates  the  call,  turns  to  Nikita) They're going to let it go down.
Interpol  is  fully  prepared  to let these people attack the Hague. Do you
know how many of the innocent will die?
Nikita: How? When did they decide. 
Helmut:  I  don't know. For the greater good, they said! What the hell good
could come from this?
Nikita:  Well  they must have something in mind if they said they had their
reasons-
Helmut:  What?  Don't  you  think  the  group  that  intends to attack this
building  also said they have a reason too? Or is it just a matter of whose
rationalization   it  is?  Is  that  what  everything  is  about?  Numbers,
calculations?  Risking so many lives to save so many lives. Well, I did not
agree to work with them to take lives. Only to save them.
Nikita: You're not taking them. 
Helmut: I sold them the weapons manufactured by my family. What do you call
that?
Nikita: There's nothing you can do
Helmut:  You  mean,  there's  nothing  they  expect me to do. But to follow
orders, be their perfect soldier.
Nikita: I know how you feel.
Helmut:  How  could you possibly? Great moral issues come up often when you
were  selling  heroin?  (He  immediately regrets his hasty words and rushes
over  to  her) Listen, please. I'm sorry. I didn't mean that. You've become
so  precious  to  me.  You're  all  I have in the world. The end:will never
justify the means, no matter what they say. I won't let this happen.
She hugs him.


Scene Twenty - Volker's Estate. 
He is loading a gun. Nikita sits in a chair, watching.
Nikita: Even if you do manage to stop this, they'll know. There's no coming
back.
Helmut: I know. One thing I don't want is to put you at any risk. There's a
passbook  here  with  some checks and the key to my safety deposit box. And
this  is  just in case. (He gives her a gun) Now, when I leave here, I want
you to pack some things, and get as far away as possible.
Nikita:   Helmut,  even  if  you  succeed:it  never  ends.  You  can't  fix
everything.
Helmut:  It's  been  my  experience I've never fixed anything. I have to do
this, Anna. I'm not sure I can make you understand.
Nikita: I understand. It's just - alone, with no support - Helmut-
Helmut:  You  said  you  understand. This is more support than I could have
hoped for. Promise me, you'll take care of yourself.
Nikita: And you. Take care of yourself.
Helmut: I love you. (He kisses her)
He leaves. Nikita picks up the gun, looks at it.


Scene Twenty-One - The Hague. 
Men are rolling containers down hallways. You can't see what's in them. One
is  opened  and we see that there's an explosive on the underside of a tray
inside.  The  man  continues to wheel the container with the explosives. He
starts a timer.
Back at Section One:in Comm, Michael walks up to Birkoff.
Michael: Contact Nikita.
Birkoff: Um, we're not scheduled to.
Michael grabs the back of his chair, turns him to the keyboard. The message
is clear.
Michael: Nikita? There is no answer. 
Back  at  The  Hague,  Helmut  enters, in sunglasses and leather, still not
looking like Michael or anything approaching him, LOL.
Back  at  Volker's  estate, a team of black-clad operatives enters and runs
through  the  house, looking for him. Michael enters, so I guess that means
they are Section.
Michael: The location's clear.
Operations: Is Nikita there?
Michael: No.
Operations: Activate the Hague team.
Back at The Hague, black-clad operatives run through those hallways. Now we
see  Helmut  with  a cap on like he's some kind of police officer. I really
shouldn't  say  this  but  what  he  looks  like is a member of the Village
People,  you  know  the  cop  one?  OK  sorry,  no offense to Max Caulfield
fans:Helmut the Cop runs down the hallway. He has a device in his hand that
I  think is some kind of bomb sensor. It starts beeping louder, leading him
to  the detonator. He finds it looks to see where the bomb is. As he kneels
down, the Section Team arrives.
Section Op #1: Birkoff, we've acquired the target. We're moving in. 
One Op shoots at Helmut, Helmut shoots back, Helmut wins.
Section  Op  #1:  One  operative's  down.  (to  Volker)  Move away from the
detonator!
Helmut: You hit the detonator, we're all dead!
Shootout  between  Helmut  and the Section team ensues. Nikita shows up, of
course, clad in black and kicking the ass of her fellow operatives.
Helmut: Who are you?
Nikita:  Someone  who  doesn't want to die in the basement. Hurry up. Hurry
up!
Helmut gets the clue and gets back to work on the detonator. 
Helmut: They've bypassed the manual override.
Nikita: Do you know what you're doing?
Helmut: Well, I've studied the plans of course. Christ, if I short it out-
Nikita: You know what you're doing? (Three minutes are left)
Helmut: There's one. You got me covered? (With a tweezers, he removes parts
of the bomb.) Success.
Nikita: See? Simple as that. 
Helmut: Yeah, right. This detonator was set over an hour ago.
Nikita:  The  people  who  tried  to  stop you today are not the people who
planned  the  attack.  (Nikita is walking back and forth with a gun blowing
holes in the downed Section Operations)
Helmut: Who were they?
Nikita: People who believe that the ends justifies the means.
Helmut: Interpol? 
Nikita: Does it matter? You've crossed them. They'll kill you.
Helmut: Well, then we have to leave.
Nikita: You do.
Helmut: What? 
Nikita:  Everything  you need's here including your safety deposit box key.
(She gives him a packet)
Helmut: Anna-
Nikita:  Helmut,  there's no time to talk. The people that are coming after
you  are  good. More ruthless. More determined than you could ever imagine.
Even  this - they'll see through it soon enough. But if you're as good as I
think you are, you'll make it.
Helmut: All right, Anna. But if everything you say is true, then what about
you?
Nikita: You got a gun? 
Helmut: Yes.
Nikita: Take it out. Just take it out. Shoulder, upper arm. Use it. 
Helmut: This is insane.
Nikita:  Crazy world, Helmut. Just do it. If you care about my life, you'll
do it. It's the only way.
He  raises  the gun and fires. Nikita screams in pain, falls down clutching
her arm.
Helmut: (Kneels by her) You're risking your life for me. Why?
Nikita: Just go!
Helmut  leaves.  Seconds later, Michael appears and draws his gun. He has a
perfect  shot  at  Helmut,  who  is  meandering down the hallway in a slow,
unconcerned, very lame for a secret agent, sort of way.
Nikita: Michael, no! No!
Michael complies, doesn't shoot. He kneels by Nikita and strokes her face. 


Tag - Section One, Munitions. 
Walter and Operations are talking. 
Walter: This is the bullet that shot Nikita. It's not Section issue. Though
we  don't  have the weapon - the caliber and load do coincide with Interpol
issue. I'd say he shot her.
Walter walks away, Operations looks like he's thinking about this.


Section One - War Room. 
Operations:  The  latest data we've had on Eric Kahlstrom is that he hasn't
resurfaced.  Given  their failure to succeed at the Hague, it might be some
time  before  Red  Cell  will  risk  bringing him out. Helmut Volker, after
killing  four  of  our operatives and wounding one, has apparently left the
country.  Intel  is  coming  in  now,  it's  only a matter of time. We have
determined  the  location  of the Red Cell substation used to implement the
Hague  plan.  We  no longer have any use for them. Birkoff will upload your
panels, you will leave in one hour.
Everyone rises. Nikita walks away with Michael. 
Nikita: Thanks. He was a good man.
Michael: Good men are hard to find.
Nikita: Yes, they are.
The End