Teaser: Strip Club. 
Mick is watching with great enjoyment. Nikita enters. A bonde stripped goes
up to Mick and starts shaking herself in her face.

Mick:  Hello,  maybe  I  could  be  of  some assistance:although I've never
actually done this before.(He goes to undo her bra but Nikita shows up and
spoils his fun)
Nikita: I figured you'd pick a place like this, Schtoppel.
Mick:  Excuse  me, this is a business meeting.(he pushes the stripper away
and Nikita seats herself) Well, you took your time arriving.
Nikita: (bored tone) So, I'm here now. Better be good.
Mick:  Oh,  it's big, love. Very big. It's like this. (Mick gets distracted
by a passing stripper) Will you look at the talent on that one?
Nikita: (annoyed) Mick. Talk. 
Mick: I hear Section is still looking for its misplaced command clone?
Nikita: How do you know about that?
Mick:  Which part you mean? The smooth pilfering that went down or the part
about  the  command  program written by Oversight? Yeah, I know about that.
It was on its way to Section One when it disappeared. Word has it that it's
supposed  to take over should one of Section's big cheeses get taken out of
play.
Nikita: So what?
Mick: So, I know who has it, that's what. 
Nikita: Go on.
Mick: I don't think you understand. These people are very serious. 
Nikita: Who?
Mick:  It  doesn't  work  that  way, love. This time, I want a meeting with
Operations.  Just  the  two  of  us,  mano  a  mano. I want to be sure I'll
be taken care of.
Nikita: Bye, Mick. (She gets up to leave)
Mick:  Okay.  Hold  on, hold on. I'll spill it, but I need protection. I am
serious.  Hardwire  security,  bodyguards  24-7,  the works. So, uh, what's
it  going  to  be? (Nikita  leans over, close to Mick, so he can tell her)
Janis Strait has it. He's Red Cell. Not a very friendly chum. Middle of the
totem pole but very ambitious.
Nikita: Where do I find him?
Mick:  He's running tactical out of one of their substations: (Mick's voice
trails off as he spots two operative-looking characters entering the club.)
Oh, no!
Nikita  turns  in  time  to  see one of the men draw a gun. She shoots both
of them, but the gunfire keeps on coming. Mick ducks under a table, fingers
stuffed in his ears; she runs across the room and calls him.
Nikita: Mick! (Nikita throws him a gun which he catches awkwardly)
Mick:  What  am I supposed to do with this? I don't like guns! I don't like
guns! (Mick  promptly  shoots  himself in the toe) Man down! Man down! Man
seriously injured!
Meanwhile,  Nikita  does  a  lovely somersault off the stage and  takes out
a Red Cell guy. Mick limps out of the room where he's met by the stripper.
Stripper: Forget something? 
Mick:  What?  (He  turns; she has a gun held to his head) What do you want?
(He  holds up her bra top) Look, you're very : talented. You've got a great
future ahead of you. Don't do this. Don't.
Nikita blows the stripper away.
Mick:  (limps  up the stairs to meet Nikita.) Well you took your sweet time,
didn't you? That floozy almost blew my brains out! Can you help out?
Nikita: Let's go. 
Mick: I almost shot my toe off in there!

Scene Two: Section One, Operations Perch.

Madeline: Was Nikita successful?
Operations:  Yes,  she has a name. Janis Strait. He's planning on using the
command clone to leverage his way up the ranks of Red Cell.
Madeline: Unless we get to him first.
Operations: Or we don't do anything at all. 
Madeline:  If  we  move  now,  we can recover the c-clone and Oversight can
proceed with its beta test.
Operations: Which, if successful, will put me out of a job.
Madeline: If we don't act, George will think we failed.
Operations: Either way, we're stuck holding the short stick.
(Operations  has had a look of wry, ironic amusement on his face throughout
this  conversation.  At  this  comment, Madeline, I kid you not, smiles and
almost LAUGHS. Woo hoo the return of Season One Madeline continues!)

Scene Three: Section One, War Room. 
A briefing is taking place.

Operations: Six hours ago, we received intel confirming the location of our
hijacked  package.  The target veils itself under the guise of a historical
society, a cover for a Red Cell substation in Antwerp.
Birkoff:  It's in the heart of the city; they're using the local 
population as a human shield.
Operations:  Janis Strait runs the operation. He has scheduled a rendezvous
with his superiors in twenty-four hours. We believe it will be at this meet
that  he  will turn over the package. Michael, you and your team are mobile
as  of  now.  Profiles  will  be ready within the hour. We cannot lose this
package.


Scene Four: The Mission.
Birkoff watches on video.

Birkoff:  First  team,  I have you moving into position. Wait a minute - we
have  an  off profile approach. It's a delivery van. Looks clean. All teams
hold.    Civilian    on    deck.
Michael:   Birkoff,   sweep   the   van.            
Birkoff:  The  van  is  clean. No match on the driver. All the hostiles 
are accounted for inside.
Michael: Where's the civilian?
Birkoff: He's moving off site now. 
Michael: We're clear. Birkoff, commence tactical guide.
Birkoff: All teams forward. Move in.
Michael:  First  team is on site. (Operatives exit the mission van. Michael
enters  the  building  -  everybody's  dead.  The  delivery  driver who was
supposed to be an innocent got them all) 
Birkoff: First team, report.
Michael: Everyone's been killed. 
Birkoff: Janis Strait?
Michael goes to him, takes his pulse. 
Michael: He's dead. 
Birkoff: What about the package? Check the drives. 
Michael  flips up the shields on three computer processors. The hard drives
have been removed from each.
Michael: It's gone.
Off Birkoff, with an "oh shit" look on his face.


Scene Five - Section One, Operations Perch.
Operations  is  on  the phone with George who is clearly Not Amused at this
turn of events.

Operations:  No,  George,  we  haven't. No, not yet. We're running the data
now.(Madeline  enters) I'm  going  to  ignore  that. My only agenda here
is  seeing  that  the c-clone is returned and tested. With all due respect,
George, we're handling it. We don't need outside support. It will only slow
us  down. No, of course not. No, never - I'll make the arrangements as soon
as  he comes. (Operations terminates the call and looks at Madeline) George
seems  to  think  we're  dragging  our  heels.  He  thinks we 
intentionally sabotaged the mission.
Madeline: Did he have a course of action?
Operations: Someone to supervise the search. He's from Section Four. 
Off Madeline - not thrilled either.


Scene Six - Section One, Van Access.
Operations  walks  quickly  to the door, Madeline on his heels. Unnamed Op,
talking  to some others:" We're going to be in back." Nikita, watching, walks
up to Walter to try to get answers.

Nikita: What's going on?
Walter:  Oh,  I'm  just  waiting for the show to begin. Oversight's sending
in a ringer to look over our shoulders.
Nikita: Operations is allowing this?
Walter: He has no choice. And if I were you, I'd find a safe place to watch
from. This guy's on his way up. You're at ground zero.

Operations  and  Madeline  arrive  at  Van  Access in time to see their new
overseer walk in - a young boy, ten years old, with huge, eerie eyes.
Jerome: My name is Jerome. From Section Four. I've come here to help.
Jerome  walks  down  the  corridor; Operations and Madeline following a 
few paces behind.
Madeline: What do you think?
Operations:  I  don't  want  to  laugh.(Jerome hears, stops in his tracks,
tenses - offended) This kid may well be the future of Section.
Madeline: Maybe. But he's still a child, and a child can be controlled.
Operations:  (nods,  pleased.  He  and Madeline do not seem to have noticed
that Jerome stopped walking and is listening to them) He's all yours. (They
smile at each other and Operations moves off, leaving Madeline with 
Jerome)


Scene Seven - Section One, Systems. 
Walter  enters  and  goes up to Birkoff and Nikita, who are sitting working
at computers together. Michael is standing next to Nikita.

Walter: Well, I've seen just about everything now.
Nikita: He's just a kid.
Walter: Hmmm.
Birkoff: And then some. Section Four is telekinetics and visual projection.
Walter: Which, in plain English, means he's a first-class freak. 
Nikita: Michael, what do you know about Section Four?
Michael: It's new. Never been tested.
Walter:  And  we're  the  guinea  pigs.  (he  shivers) It's - it's 
freezing in here, isn't it?
Birkoff: They had a problem with ventilation. A rheostat shorted out.
(The  lights  in  Systems  start  to alternately dim and brighten as Jerome
walks in, followed by Operations and Madeline. Operations and Madeline
seem to have decided they are NOT going to notice the electrical problems.)
Operations: The clock is ticking. The longer we fail to move, the more time our 
unknown has to disappear. 
Madeline:   We're   implementing   a  two-pronged  attack.  I  will  assist
Jerome.Michael and Walter will coordinate. Nikita and Birkoff will 
continue to search data files.
Michael: Do we have a match for the driver?
Birkoff and Jerome seem to be engaged in a weird staring contest.
Operations: Birkoff?
Birkoff:  Sorry.  Um,  so far nothing. He's a civilian. There's no way he's
part  of  an  organized  hit.  We  zeroed  out all known potentials and 
I'm increasing the parameters on unknown factors.
Operations: 'Til the c-clone is isolated, I want a copy of all results.
Birkoff: It will be on your desk.
Operations: From here on out, I want updates hourly. That's all. 
Operations leaves.
Madeline: Jerome? 
Jerome  rises  slowly from his seat and follows her out. His presence seems
to have creeped everybody out, even Michael.


Scene Eight - Section One, Systems.
Birkoff  and  Nikita  continue  to  work. They're watching the video of the
driver/assassin.

Nikita: There.
Birkoff: It's only a partial. I don't have a clear shot.
Nikita: What about reflective images?
Birkoff: I've got him in the store window. I've got him in the limo, 
parked at the curb.
Nikita:(leans closer) Is that a bank across the street?
Birkoff: If it is, I could tap their ATM camera. 
Nikita: Birkoff, how do they find someone like Jerome?
Birkoff: They don't. They create him.
Nikita: You mean, he was a normal kid? 
Birkoff:  I  highly doubt it. Kids like Jerome are given a series of tests.
If their numbers are high enough, they're put into the program.
Nikita: The program?
Birkoff:  Yeah.  They become remote projectionists. Requires total stimulus
isolation.   In  other  words,  they're  raised  like  veal.  No  
emotions,no physical contact. It makes them all brain.


Scene Nine - Section One, "Gambit" Room.
Jerome is there, feeling objects from the Red Cell substation to try to get
a sense from them. He touches a blood-spattered globe.

Madeline: Anything?
Jerome: Not yet.
Madeline: Would you like to see more? 
Nikita enters the observation area where Michael already stands watching.
Nikita: Any luck?
Michael: No. 
Madeline:  Jerome,  our  window  is  closing. We need answers. (She's still
taking a soft touch with him - she's not aggressive here)
Jerome: I'm sorry.
Madeline: (getting harsher) Sorry is unacceptable. Lives are at stake.
Jerome: I'm aware.
Madeline:  "Aware?" George sent you here thinking that you had what it took
to see this through. Perhaps he was wrong.
Jerome: I wasn't prepared.
Madeline: We've been here for hours.
Jerome: It doesn't work like that. 
Nikita: (in the observation area, to Michael) What is she doing? Why is she
treating him like a hostile?
Madeline: Stop playing games, Jerome. You have skills, we need them. People
are relying on you.
Jerome: I'm doing my best.
Madeline: Then, try harder.
Jerome: I can't. (clearly getting frustrated)
Madeline:  (clearly  pushing  him)  Yes,  you can! That's why you were 
sent to us.
Jerome:  I  said  I  can't. (He glares at her - hard. She takes a few 
steps back as they lock eyes)
Nikita: Michael, something's happening to Madeline.
(Madeline  continues  to step back:you can see she's trying to keep control
as  always,  but  she  brings  her shoulders up in a tiny bit of a shudder.
Michael steps into the room, distracting Jerome)
Michael: Are you all right?
(Camera to Madeline - her nose is bleeding)
Madeline:  I'm  fine.  (nearly  whispered;  she puts a hand up to her face,
feeling the blood)
Michael: You should see Medical. Nikita and I will continue. (Nikita enters
as he is saying this)
Madeline:  I  think that would be best. (She walks toward the door, slowly;
Jerome turns to Nikita.)
Jerome: I'm not a hostile. I'm here to help.
Nikita: I know. So let's get back to work.
(Jerome touches the roses that were delivered. Madeline pauses at the door,
turning back, to watch him.)
Jerome: Simmons.


Scene Ten - Section One, Med Lab.
Operations strides in to where a doctor is examining Madeline.

Operations: (to the doctor) You're excused. (doctor leaves) What did 
Jerome do? (angry)
Madeline: (looks down for a moment - clearly still rattled) He got angry.
Operations: I'm sending him back. 
Madeline:  That  won't be necessary. I can handle him. We're getting 
close.I got a name.
Operations: (skeptical) Jerome was successful? 
Madeline: Yes. How should we proceed? 
Operations:  Unless  Birkoff  has  something  to  contradict  this, we have
to  move  on  it.  But  continue  your  course  with Jerome in case we 
come up empty.


Scene Eleven - Section One, Madeline's Office. 
Madeline  walks  slowly  back  to  her office. The door is open. She enters
to  see  Jerome looking at her plants. She looks angry then quickly subdues
it.

Madeline: (calmly) What are you doing here?
Jerome: I'm sorry about your sister.
Madeline: Get out. 
He does. She hasn't looked this shaken up since season two.


Scene Twelve - Section One, Comm Center. 
Operations walks in, goes to Birkoff.

Operations:  Has  the  profile  been  completed? As we expected, the flower
delivery van was stolen.
Birkoff: Still cross-referencing. So far, nobody fits the parameters.
Operations: What's the delay?
(They  are  all  distracted  by  Jerome,  shooting across the main floor in
a  rolling  office  chair  like  it's  a  really  fun  ride at 
Disneyworld.Operations looks SO not amused to see this.)
Birkoff: There's too many anomalies. I can't accommodate the density. 
(Jerome stops rolling and pushes himself off, rolling again)
Operations: He came up with a name. Simmons.
Birkoff: There's no way. If it fit the parameters, we wold have pulled it.
Operations: You've had 24 hours. You've come up with nothing. Run the name.
Birkoff does so, and seems surprised by the result.
Birkoff:  Carl  Simmons,  satcom  expert,  level  four.  Death  certificate
recorded  April  1st,  two years ago. The guy's dead. How many times do 
you want me to run it?
Operations: (glaring at Jerome who's still playing with the chair) Take 
him back to the room.
Jerome: (shouts) Birkoff is wrong! 
Off Birkoff, thinking, can I just kill the rugrat now?
Operations: (To Nikita) Take him back, and don't come back without a name.
Nikita approaches Jerome. She is wearing without a doubt the silliest pants
I  have ever seen. They are leather but they are split open down the fronts
of both calves. Yeah, yeah, I know, somebody thought it was trendy:
Nikita: Let's go Jerome. Jerome? 
Operations walks over.
Operations: I said, get back to work.
Nikita: Jerome, let's go. 
Operations:  When  you  get  something,  let  me know. (He turns and 
starts to walk away)
Nikita: Jerome.
Uh-oh.  Jerome  has  fastened  the  Gaze of Death on Operations' retreating
form. Operations senses something, starts to turn around -
Nikita:  Jerome!  No!  (she  spins the chair with him in it, deflecting his
rage.  The  glass  of  the  Perch  shatters  and falls in a zillion pieces.
Everybody  ducks.  Operations  slowly straightens up, looks back at Jerome.
Jerome looks rebellious and angry. Operations actually looks scared.)


Scene Thirteen - Section One, White Room.
A  prisoner is strapped into the chair with a cast on his right leg. Camera
up as a hood is pulled off his head. The prisoner is Mick; the interrogator
is Operations.

Mick: Now that was highly unnecessary. 
Operations: You did say you wanted to meet. "Mano a Mano", I believe that's
what you called it? (he sounds mildly amused at Mick's cockiness. He stands
behind the chair, so Mick can't see him or know what is coming next)
Mick: Yes, yeah, I did, but I had a bit to drink that evening. 
Operations: That information you gave Nikita - where did you get it?
Mick: Look, I could tell you, but I would ruin my reputation.
Operations:  (leans  down  so that his face is just to the right of Mick's)
It's not your reputation you should worry about.
Mick: I guess there's no beating around the old bush, is there? Varsac.
Operations: I heard it was Simmons.
Mick:  Oh, and right you are, yes. Simmons is an alias. Unlucky fellow. Had
a  close  encounter  with  a telephone pole a while back. But Varsac is the
bloke you're looking for. Is there anything else I could do for you?
Operations: No.
Mick:  I  do  know where there's a cache of small rockets, and there's that
nasty alliance forming in the Highlands.
Operations: I'll expect a full report.
Mick:  Does  that mean I'm one of your guys now? A card-carrying member and
all that? One of the guys?
Operations: You'll continue to filter your intel through Nikita.
Mick:  Oh,  yeah,  that  will  work  too,  yeah,  thank  you  very much Mr.
Operations. So I'm alive then?
Operations: For now. 
(Operations exits; Mick looks VERY relieved)


Scene Fourteen - Section One, Comm Center.
Michael  enters  and  goes  up  to Operations and Madeline who are standing
together.

Michael: We have Varsac in containment.
Operations: Was his identity confirmed? 
Michael:  We  ran  a  DNA  on  site.  H  had this on him when we found him.
(Michael passes an ID to Operations)
Operations: Simmons.
Madeline:  That'll be all. Thank you. (She smiles pleasantly at Michael who
leaves  and  she  then turns to Operations) Jerome was right about Simmons.
If this leads us to the c-clone, George will have succeeded.
Operations:  (nods)  And  we're  as  good  as dead. (they walk off together
-  camera  to Birkoff, who looks concerned and thoughtful - did he hear 
the conversation?)


Scene Fifteen - Section One, White Room. 
Madeline is interrogating Varsac.

Madeline: It's quite simple. Tell us what we want, and this will end. 
Varsac: You want me to roll over and play dead. Now what's the fun in that?
Madeline: We're not here to have fun. (She zaps him in the side of the neck
with a taser-y thing)
Outside  the  White  Room, Walter approaches to see Jerome leaning with his
head bent against the wall.
Walter: Jerome - what are you doing:here?
Jerome: Madeline is going to fail. 
Walter: (shakes his head) She never fails.
Jerome:  She's  been  interrogating  the prisoner for over an hour now. She
will fail. (Walter sighs and moves off. Back inside the White Room:)
Madeline: Why would Red Cell destroy one of its own substations? 
Varsac: Because it wasn't Red Cell.
Madeline: Who then?
Varsac: What's important is that we have made ourselves known.
Madeline: And the command clone?
Varsac: We have it.
Madeline: Where is it?
Varsac: If I knew that, they would have never allowed me to be captured.
Madeline: This is your last opportunity. Where is the command clone?
Varsac:  I  have  all  day to die. You are the ones that are running out 
of time.(the door to the White Room creaks open. Madeline turns)
Madeline: Jerome?
Jerome: May I try? 
Madeline: This is not your line of expertise.
Jerome: He will die before telling you. 
Madeline: Have you ever seen a man die before, Jerome?
Jerome: No. 
Madeline: Then I suggest you leave.
Jerome: I would like to experience the emotion. 
Madeline:  Emotions  are what get children into trouble. I suggest you 
pass on this one.
Jerome:  (angry)  You  don't  have the authority to excuse me! You may want
to check with Oversight on that.
Madeline:  You're threatening me? I would never have expected it from a ten
year  old.  But  then,  you're no ordinary child, are you? You have no idea
what  it's  like  to be a child. Feeling a mother's touch, a father putting
you on his back for a ride. You're no child. You're a machine.
Jerome  turns  his  fury  on Varsac. George must've told him icing Madeline
would not be good for his health.
Varsac:  No,  please!  (gasps  for  air) Please! Please! (the man literally
starts hemorrhaging blood)
Madeline: Let him go. (Jerome continues) 
Varsac: No, please! 
Madeline: Let him go!
Varsac dies. Madeline reaches down, feels for a pulse - nothing. 
Madeline: You made a big mistake, Jerome.
Jerome: I know where the c-clone is. I told you I'd find it.


Scene Sixteen - Section One - Systems

Operations:  A  new  organization  exists,  "Global  March". They announced
themselves with their attack on Red Cell. They have the c-clone.
Birkoff: Satellite recon shows them here. Dark approach is advisable. 
Operations:  We  don't  have  the  time.  Michael, I want you and your team
mobile  within  the  hour. Annihilate all hostiles; recover the package. 
As a backup, you will take Jerome.
Nikita: Jerome?
Operations:  He  broke Varsac. He gave us the location. If we have problems
on-site, I want him there. That's all.


Scene Seventeen - Section One, Operations Perch.
Operations  returns  to find Jerome standing in his usual spot, staring out
over Section.

Operations: Who gave you access to my office?
Jerome: Why do you need all this?
Operations:  You  have  no business in here. Now report to Tactical. You're
holding up a mission.
Jerome: Your job must be very difficult.
Operations:  (hits  the  intercom) Birkoff. Notify Michael. Tell him Jerome
will meet him in transport immediately.
Jerome: I know what you're afraid of. 


Scene Eighteen - The Mission.
The  black  Section  Suburban rolls down the street. As they pass a school,
Jerome  puts  down the window. He remembers Madeline's voice telling him he
has  no  idea what it's like to be a child. When the Suburban stops, Jerome
jumps out the door and runs with Nikita in hot pursuit.

Nikita: Jerome! Jerome!
Jerome  squeezes  through  a  fence;  the  bars  are  too  close for Nikita
to  follow.  He  approaches a group of playing children. A group is playing
kickball.  He  watches.  The ball flies toward him and he catches it. A 
boy runs up and snatches it from him.
Boy: Gimme that, freak!
Jerome stares at him and drops him. Wow, grade school would have been a LOT
more  fun if I could've done this! LOL. Nikita runs up to him, having found
another way in. 
Nikita: Jerome! Jerome, stop it! Jerome, let him go. You're not in trouble.
We just need to finish the job.
Michael struts around the corner. Birkoff calls him on the comm set.
Birkoff: Michael, what's the delay.
Michael: No delays. ETA in two minutes.
Jerome: I want to go home. 
Nikita: I'm sorry, okay? 
Michael: After we find the package.
Jerome: I want to go home NOW.
Michael: When the mission is complete.
Jerome: Is this the way you treated your son?
Uh-oh. You do NOT want to p*ss off Michael and Jerome has just accomplished
it. Even Nikita looks away, as if to say, sorry, I can't bail your butt out
of  this  one!  Michael  throws  Jerome  over  his  shoulder  like  a  sack
of  potatoes  and  walks  off  to  dump him in the van. 
Birkoff: First team is mobile. 20 km. to target.
Jerome,  not  pleased,  turns the Jerome Death Glare on the van driver. The
Suburban starts to swerve as the man feels the effects.  
Nikita: Michael -
Michael: What's going on?
Nikita  tries  to  grab  the  wheel  but  she's too late. The Suburban hits
a parked car and rolls onto its side, sliding quite a distance. 
Birkoff: Michael? Nikita? Someone report. 
He gets no answer.


Scene Nineteen - Section One, Med Lab
Michael  walks  in,  predictably  with not one hair out of place, LOL. Poor
Nikita's on a gurney, face severely bruised up.

Michael: How are you doing?
Nikita: Better. Where's Jerome? 
Michael: Contained. Madeline's handling it.
Nikita:  Michael, you've seen what he can do. Madeline can't stop him. He's
just biding his time.
Michael: Get some rest.
Nikita: Michael - 
Michael: I have to go. Section team has located the c-clone.
Nikita: Operations doesn't really want to retrieve it, does he?
Michael: Why not?
Nikita: If it works, he's on the endangered species list.
Michael: The c-clone requires a human counterpart.
Nikita: Something that you could fill quite easily.
Michael: Get some rest. 
Nikita  does  not  look  like  she's going to do that. On the contrary, she
looks like her mind is working a million miles a minute.


Scene Twenty - Section One, White Room.
Madeline  enters.  Jerome is as restrained as one can restrain Jerome. He's
enclosed in a big padded square. He is looking down, resentful. If Madeline
fears him, she doesn't let it show.

Madeline:  Your behavior was foolish. You put yourself, our operatives, and
the  mission in jeopardy. Fortunately, we were able to track them when they
moved.  Once  we  have  retrieved  the  c-clone,  your assignment here will
be finished and you will be returned to Section Four. Is there anything you
want  to  tell  me  before  you go? It's your choice. (she exits and speaks
to  the  two  guards  outside)  No  one goes in or out without my 
presence.Understood? (they nod, she leaves)


Scene Twenty-One - Section One, Van Access.
Michael  enters  with  some  other  operatives,  some  of whom are injured.
He hands the C-clone to Operations.



Scene Twenty-Two - Section One, White Room. 
Jerome  spins  in his padded cell. He starts screaming. When the guard goes
to  look,  Jerome gives him the Evil Death Ray Glare and the guard promptly
returns  to  the  other  guard  and strangles him. Guard #1 then enters the
White Room and frees Jerome, who very ungratefully kills him.

Jerome: Thank you.


Scene Twenty-Three - Section One, Main Floor.
Madeline enters, carrying the C-clone. She hands it to Birkoff.

Madeline: Birkoff? Sweep this for bugs, then run it into my system. 
The lights start to go off and on again.
Birkoff: What the hell?
Operations: Birkoff, what is going on?
Birkoff: A power surge. I'm rerouting the bitstream to prevent corruption. 
(Madeline  and  Operations  look  at each other, it's exactly like when the
lights  go  out  at  the  beginning of "Gray") We lost a transformer. We're
crashing!   Kill   all   nonessential  processes!  Operatives  are  running
everywhere - total chaos.
Operations: What is that, Birkoff?
Birkoff: I don't know but it's coming from level three.
Madeline: Jerome.
Birkoff: He's on his way here.
Operations: Go to CNT. Close up all access points.
Birkoff: I can't. He's taken over the mainframe.
Section  goes  totally  dark,  then  lights  up  again  as  Jerome  enters.
Operations is so angry he forgets what this kid can do.
Operations: What are you doing to Section?! What are you trying to do?
Jerome glares at him and uses his mind to throw Operations across the room.
He throws him a LONG way.
Madeline:  Paul!  (Madeline  yells  this  and  then  RUNS  to  him. OK, Mr.
Horowitz,  on  behalf  of  the  Twisted  Romantics, we forgive you for Hand
to  Hand  now.)  Walter  tries to go to him as well but gets stopped in his
tracks  by  the  Jerome Death Glare. Operations lies gasping for air on the
ground,  Madeline  frantically  works to loosen his tie. Get Medical - 
now!
Nikita  enters,  dressed very obviously in Beacon of Decency and Light mode
- all in white.
Nikita: Jerome! That's enough. It's not their fault. 
Flash  back  to  Madeline,  who is still trying to get Operations' tie off.
I think she needs more practice. Hint hint TPTB. LOL.
Nikita: That's enough Jerome. Your visit's over. 
Over  to  Operations.  Walter has been able to approach and he and Madeline
are  kneeling besides Operations. A bunch of operatives attempt to approach
Jerome but Nikita warns them off.
Nikita: Stay back! (She places a hand on Jerome's shoulder.) It's over. 
Madeline and Walter are helping Operations to his feet.
Nikita:  Let's  go  back and wait in your room. (He takes her hand and 
they leave)


TAG - Section One, Jerome's Room.
The door creaks open and Nikita enters. A voice comes over the intercom.

Voice: Jerome's contact has arrived and will meet him in Transport.
Nikita  extends  a  hand  to him; he takes it and she helps him up. She 
and Jerome walk through.

Section. Operations is up in the perch. Nikita's face is still bruised from
the  car  wreck.  Michael  watches  as they pass. Up in the perch, 
adeline comes up to Operations.

Madeline: We have a problem. The c-clone was blank. 
Operations: Erased?
Madeline: I don't think so. 
As  Nikita  is escorting Jerome to Van Access, Madeline and Operations walk
up. Jerome smiles impishly.
Operations: Wait. 
Madeline: You find something amusing?
Jerome:  There  never  was any c-clone test. I was the test. It should have
been  me  you  were  worried  about.  Not  some  command program. On behalf
of George, we thank you. Until we meet again.
Jerome  walks  up  and  climbs  willingly into a glass cube, apparently the
means  of  transport  for  scary  telekinetically-abled  operatives, and is
wheeled  out. He takes one last final look at the camera - like he got 
away with something that was great fun.


The End