Nikita s02e03 Episode Script

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Tonightmurder in Quebec City.
The daring and brutal slaying of a public official.
Residents are still reeling in this provincial capital which joins the ranks of cities worldwide that have fallen victim to political murder perpetrated not by Al-Qaeda, not by any terrorist group, but by one man A killer as dangerous and elusive as Carlos The Jackal.
So elusive that Interpol only offered this assessment: "We continue our pursuit, and we are investigating every possible lead.
" And there you have it.
The notorious assassin known only as "Ramon" whose latest claim of responsibility just arrived at our headquarters.
In this video, Ramon says he is protecting the common man from the ravages of capitalism.
It is not just extravagant dinners with his mistresses this man promised the people a future of prosperity.
But he sold his office, all his contracts, to the highest bidder.
He is not a public servant.
He is a public enemy.
That is why he had to pay.
This is Nisha Patel reporting live from Quebec City, for WNB News.
So what happened? - You got an alert? - An alert? It's not a Twitter feed, Michael, it's Shadowbot.
It scours the news, the blogosphere, the atmosphere.
If something happens out there and it has a link to a file on the Black Box You get an alert.
Think I know why it flagged him.
Ramon was captured by Division in Paris.
Six years ago, I want to say.
The Agent lost him on the way to the airport.
Not true.
I caught him.
Handed him to the grab team.
They blew it.
He slipped their net.
Actually, it was more like catch and release.
- What does that mean? - According to the Black Box, Division released him.
Kept him on the payroll he kills for them now.
What? - Ramon? No way.
- Way.
Read it and weep.
These are all the sanctioned kills he's claimed responsibility for in the last six years.
All this for Division? It makes sense.
The crazy anarchist takes the blame.
No one asks questions.
Not even cable news.
It's brilliant.
It's Percy.
Was his idea.
And he couldn't have done it without me.
You caught Ramon? J'aime Paris au printemps.
(I love Paris during spring.
) Don't move.
Show me your hands.
But then I would have to move.
Do it.
Don't turn around.
Wow.
Stunning.
What are they feeding you at Langley? I'm not CIA.
But you are American.
Your export's democracy, yes? Whether we like it or not.
Why would a champion of freedom want to stop me? You're about to kill an American.
A man whose oil company hires guards to rape and murder villagers.
Is that what you're here to defend? Shut up.
Women and children beaten and killed.
I said, "shut up!" So Where are we going? To one of your secret prisons? My orders are to kill you.
Well, then, please Follow your orders.
That is what slaves do, isn't it? Freedom isn't given, it is taken.
When are you going to take yours? This is Nikita.
I have Ramon.
Good girl.
I'll send a cleaner.
I took him alive.
Those weren't your orders.
I thought we could bring him in, ask him questions, learn more.
You're always thinking about what's best for Division, aren't you? You have a good heart, Nikita.
It's going to get you into trouble some day.
Does the Box have his current location? No.
They more him to a different Division facility every few months.
She might know where he is, though.
She says the videos just show up at the network.
Not true.
According to the Black Box, she gets them direct.
Then we start with her.
This time we catch him.
No release.
Congratulations on Quebec City quite a spectacle.
That is what I am the eternal showman.
I trust you're happy with the new stage manager.
I miss Percy.
I knew where I stood with him, so to speak.
You're a valuable asset, Ramon.
I assure you, I have no desire to change that.
We'll be in touch.
On the mend, I hope.
Last day it ruins the outfit.
Good.
I have an assignment for you.
How've you had time to track down Nikita, when you're busy handling assets like Ramon? Mmm, Alex you said Division would be different.
I also said we would continue to eliminate threats.
Letting Ramon take the blame allows us to do it with minimal blowback.
You people could rationalize baby killing.
Where'd you pick up on Nikita's trail? We haven't.
I have a Division assignment for you.
A sanction.
I don't work for you, remember? And I certainly don't kill for you.
Just take a look For me.
Do you know who that is? - Anton Kochenko.
- He worked for your father.
He was a low-level thug for my father.
Now he's the chief public liaison of Zetrov which is a euphemism for "Vice President of Bribery.
" He's helping extend Zetrov's reach across the globe.
In 36 hours, Kochenko will attend the ribbon-cutting of a new Zetrov venture on the St.
Lawrence river.
That venture represents significant expansion by Zetrov in our hemisphere.
Let me guess.
Oversight has asked you to make sure it never opens.
Correct.
I need Kochenko dead.
As it turns out, so do you he's the face of Zetrov.
If he were eliminated, his boss would be forced to make more public appearances.
Kochenko's boss is Sergei Semak.
You'd be one step closer.
All you have to do is end Kochenko's life.
Something tells me You can rationalize that.
"Defy your masters and stand up.
" That is Ramon's call to arms, he claims learned in his early days as a basque separatist.
But residents here are asking themselves, can his call ever be heard when the only sound it makes is misery and chaos? This is Nisha Patel reporting live from Quebec City, for WNB News.
- And we're clear.
- Okay.
Think that does it, guys.
- That's a wrap.
- Nice work, as always.
Uh, Ms.
Patel, I'm, uh, Mike Royce CNN.
"Senior evening news producer.
" Yeah, I've been watching you.
Not just right now but, I mean, on the air.
Youryour, uh, your network.
- Oh, okay.
- Your reports.
Nice.
Awkward girls like awkward.
Makes them feel special.
UhAnyway, you filed some great pieces on Ramon not to mention, you always seem to have the exclusives.
I'm a lucky girl.
Well, let's just say you're about to get luckier.
Whoa.
Do you want to get a coffee? I know a great place nearby.
Walk me to my car? Absolutely.
Just over here.
Oh, great.
Uh, we're looking to do a news magazine five night strip, prime time, big stories but we need a face that can make a - Cross-cultural impact.
- Cross-what? Where does he come up with this stuff? I did my research.
That's what I do best.
But, I'm telling you, uh, as of now, you are a leading candidate.
- Candidate? - That's right.
Well, I think I need to make you forget the others.
Um maybe I should do a little more research.
Mmm.
Wow.
The state of journalism in our culture.
Okay, Mr.
Bond, just complete the mission.
Mmm! Oh! Oh, my God! I'm sorry.
Wait.
Crap.
Hold on.
Do you want to call Division, or should I? Tcha! Transworld consortium.
How may I direct your call? Extension 637-986.
Go secure.
I have contact with Michael.
Send a support team now.
Please verify your mission parameters.
I haven't been compromised.
I'm calling from a secure phone.
Please verify your mission parameters.
Operation solid state protect and provide interface for the Division asset Ramon.
Has Ramon been compromised? Negative.
What is his current location? Division station.
Monte de Concepcion, Colombia.
Awesome.
Thanks for that.
Hey.
Hey.
You know, when I kissed her, I was totally picturing you.
Buenos dias, muchachos.
Welcome to Colombia land of lush forests, spectacular waterfalls, and wily little Division assassins.
Wish I was there to share the view with you, but mine is quite stellar, thanks to our friends in U.
S.
southern command.
I hacked their satellite straight up.
Now this place is Division facility, so hacking security is not impossible, but it's tricky.
It's safer if you go native and tap into the grid on the ground.
Copy that.
You know, you've been full-throttle on this thing ever since we left.
Yeah.
So? I want to know what happened to him that night, - after you caught him.
- I told you.
Why didn't you kill him? He was real, Michael.
And I believed him.
I couldn't understand why a man like that would be working with Division.
Well, if there's anything that Percy knows how to do, it's how to buy a man's soul.
He owned mine for ten years.
I will get Ramon.
And when I do, we will both hog-tie him, leave him outside of Interpol, in Bogota.
Okay.
The rest of the weekend we'll spend on a beach in Aruba.
- How does that sound? - Barbados.
Done and done.
Birkhoff, go to line two.
- I'm going to need your help.
- Look, I get it you're worried about Nikki.
You know, you start this whole crusade to right the wrong, so then she takes the ball, and she's running with it full-throttle.
- It's just how she rolls.
- No, I'm not talking about and I understand that we're all together in my place shacked up like the bizarro three's company, but you cannot keep putting me in the middle of your relationship stuff.
You know, it's not fair to me.
It's not my job.
- Would you just shut up? - You said you needed my help.
With the grid.
I knew that.
Alexandra, you are here.
I always eat here when Papa has his meetings.
Ah, they're too loud and angry in therewah-wah-wah.
They need more wine.
Ah! What is the code? It is the same as the code for the house.
Your father changes it.
He told me the new one, but I forget.
I don't know it.
I don't.
You catch me in a lie, Alexandra.
I did know you were having dinner.
I come into the kitchen during Papa's meetings.
It is one of my favorite parts of the evening.
Doesn't Papa forbid you from listening to this? No.
He said I could during dinner.
Then he won't mind me telling him.
Shall I take to him now? Wait.
- What? - 1-0-0-3.
- That's your plan? - Excuse me? Close quarters hit in the basement, before he gets onstage? What about it? Suicide.
Kochenko's men all used to work for Gogol.
They're former Spetsnaz.
You don't want to get into a knife fight with a Russian.
I am Russian.
Yes, you are.
You don't think I can do it? This man held the back door open for the strike team that carried out the hit on my family.
Trust me, I'm not going to choke.
That's the point.
I don't trust you.
You know better than to try the job like this.
The reason you want it this close is because you are emotionally involved.
You would be the last person I would pick to do this job.
But now that you have it At least do it right.
And how would I do it right? Sniper rifle, up here.
I've seen your ratingsyou can make that shot in your sleep.
And the extra distance from the target helps you with your emotional distance.
Is that your expertise? Emotional distance? Amanda, you were right.
I was unable to ping Agent Patel's tracker or satellite phone.
A team just found her in the trunk of her car.
Michael and Nikita must have been there.
Tap us into a Comsat over Colombia.
And get me admiral winnick of the southern command.
And Sonya, I don't need to remind you Seymour Birkhoff is working with them now.
Then don't remind me.
I need eyes on Colombia, in seven minutes.
I've got eyes on Ramon on the south balcony.
- Looks clear.
- Hold on, let me confirm that.
Okay.
Looks clear to me.
You better watch yourself, Nikki.
Word is ramonsito had some moves in Quebec.
Rode that motorcycle like a Cirque du Soleil clown.
Yeah, that's the thing about the circus full of surprises.
Michael, are you seeing this? - I am.
- Am I hearing this right? He's in a wheelchair? Please don't tell me he's petting a cat.
All I know is he couldn't have done those jobs.
Division does the kills.
Ramon makes the videos, gets all the credit.
And this guy hates capitalism.
It's unbelievable.
He's not an assassin he's a franchise.
"Thank you for the kill order can you pull around to the first window, please?" Michael, is this balcony clear? Can I scale this wall? Hang on, hang on, hang on.
Extracting Ramon can be trickier.
Maybe we change the plan.
Get some footage of him in that chair, send it out to the world, expose the lie.
No.
We want this done right.
We take him in ourselves.
All right.
You're clear.
Make it quick.
No, no, no, no, don't open that door yet.
I'm gonna disable the sensor.
Okay.
Quebec was only the beginning.
The minister had to die because he took so many bribes.
Mr.
Kochenko was the one who paid them.
That is why he died today.
The common man cannot stand by while men like Anton Kochenko plunder his future for generations to come.
Go ahead.
I've sent the new video.
Very efficient.
My Agent won't complete the mission for another 20 minutes.
I'm tired.
I am going to take a nap.
Then I won't keep you.
Michael, there's going to be another hit in about 20 minutes.
Who's the target? Some guy named Kochenko.
I didn't get a location, but there's a Division Agent out there right now prepping for a kill.
So you're very proud of this project.
What Kochenko has achieved for Zetrov is beyond parallel.
Our partnership with Quebec means we're going to turn this old place into a wonder of new technology.
Hydroelectric energy is going to be bigger than both solar and wind combined.
And there's no telling how many jobs this will create for Russia.
In five years, we could be the leader in clean energy.
And we are very honored to have someone from such a prestigious magazine.
Is something wrong, Miss Popova? No.
Thank you for your assistance.
Excuse me, where are you going? The press area is here.
Yeah, for newspapers and websites.
I need a better angle for the magazine.
To show Kochenko as part of his great achievement.
Okay.
You had a better view in Paris.
You are right.
I prefer you in red.
You can dream about it in prison, Ramon.
It's nice to finally meet you, Nikita.
You didn't have the courtesy to introduce yourself six years ago.
Percy told me all about you.
He was devastated when his favorite girl went rogue.
- You got religion.
- You sold out.
My fight hasn't changed.
In the past two days, I've kept a Russian company from getting too much power in this hemisphere.
Oh, you really are Percy's bitch, aren't you? Thanks to you, I didn't really have a choice.
In fact, Percy made it for me.
This key opens more than just those handcuffs.
It opens the door to a whole new life.
You get to keep your name, continue to build your reputation, and be able to broadcast your videos internationally.
We can collaborate on the targets.
So I work for you, or I die.
Oh, but my friend, of course it will be much worse than death for you.
The world will never know what became of Ramon.
There'll be no legendary tales of going down in a blaze of glory with guns blasting.
No poems will be written, no songs sung.
Carlos The Jackal, Che Guevara they live on.
But Ramon, whatever happened to him? Oh, I guess he just gave up.
Or You're an excellent salesman.
The official story would be that you escaped custody.
And rotate you through our various facilities around the world.
You can even handpick which Agents you wish to do your killings.
I still do the killings.
Hmm, that's going to be kind of tough.
Ramon will live on.
He just won't be able to walk.
On the bright side, all of our facilities are handicap accessible.
You're trying to get me to feel sorry for you.
It's not going to happen.
You don't have the slightest idea what you took from me.
Nikita! Nikita, Tangos are closing in on your position.
Yeah, I got that! - Ramon's getting away.
- I'll keep them busy.
Go.
On one, two, three! They're sending in reinforcements.
You better make a move, Mikey.
Cover the top of the stairs! Okay, Nikita has cleared the building and she is pursuing Ramon.
Can you get out of there? Whoa.
Mikey, are you there? Cover me! Birkhoff, locked myself in the safe room.
Birkhoff! Michael, I got him.
I got Ramon.
Then we're even Because I have Michael.
I own the Mountain, Nikita.
We've dropped a jamming field on the area.
You can no longer communicate with Michael.
He's trapped in the safe room, and four Division Agents are waiting outside.
Let me guess.
You want to trade Ramon for Michael.
I could demand you trade yourself.
I know you'd do that for Michael, but things are different now, real change has come to Division.
Maybe it's because a woman's in charge.
Oh, yeah? Smells the same from here.
Sounds the same too.
If this jamming field of yours is so good, why the hell do I have to listen to this crap? You're out of range for a reason.
Don't you want to know why? - I know why.
- You need me to give you Ramon, so you can take credit for killing Kochenko.
I also know he sent the video already.
Of course, if the media were to see it before the hit, that'd mess up your plans, wouldn't it? Jamming field, my ass.
You want to throw down? We can throw down.
What's this? Oh, hells, yeah.
Birkhoff just got the file.
One word from me, this goes wide.
They pull Kochenko you have to call off the hit.
You'd risk Michael's life for that? Michael will be fine until I get up there and I break him out.
Maybe I wasn't clear before.
When I said I had Michael, I meant it.
Right now, a predator drone is circling the compound.
It's equipped with two AGM hellfire missiles.
If you attempt to save Michael, if you do anything other than what I demand, I will vaporize the house.
I understand how you think making war against us is a noble fight, but this particular battle is over now.
How do we make the trade? There's no trade.
You're going to kill Ramon.
Even after my mission succeeds, I can't have the world knowing he was employed by the government.
Kill Ramon, send me the proof.
I'll set Michael free.
How do I know you won't kill him anyway? You'll just have to trust me.
You have a gun to Ramon's head, I have one to Michael's.
All you have to do is pull the trigger everyone wins.
Get Alex on the line.
Now our honored guest, Anton Kochenko.
Thank you.
Thank you, thank you.
Merci beaucoup et merci beaucoup for the privilege.
It was on the shores of a river much like this one that my ancestors founded their first great cities.
- Alex.
- Go ahead.
- You need to hold.
- I've got the shot.
Holdthat's an order.
Our cover may be compromised.
Ramon? Without him, there will be too many questions.
We're selling the world a story, Alex.
If they don't believe, it could expose us, and you.
Wait for my signal to proceed.
Alex, do you copy? Copy that.
Missile one, armed.
I have full control - of the drone.
- Good.
Mr.
Pierce, perfect timing.
Let me guess.
Division wants you to do what you should have done six years ago.
It's amazing isn't it? They always win.
Any luck on the jamming field? I can't crack it.
I think Division hired somebody with half a brain.
What about the predator? No dice.
I tried hacking that too.
You guys are too far away for me to send mine.
I'm sorry.
Forget it.
I just need to talk to Michael.
Right now, he's trying to break out of that safe room.
If I call him, he'll speed things up.
He's the only leverage Amanda has.
Whoa, whoa, whoa.
Wait a minute.
Safe room? Every Division safe room hashas a black line a dedicated landline running to the outside.
I bet both my Xbox thumbs Ramon knows the number.
Let me call you back.
Ramon.
Your safe room has a black line.
- Give me the number.
- Why would I do that? Why wouldn't you? Amanda just negotiated you away.
She wants you dead.
Division's cutting their losses.
They did this to you.
They put you in this chair.
It's time to pay them back.
They didn't do this to me.
You did.
Six years ago, I deserved a warrior's death.
Instead, you gave me pity.
I saved your life.
You sent me to hell.
So please, no more favors.
Just kill me.
Oh, what? You don't do that anymore? It won't stop Amanda.
If I do it, she'll kill him anyway.
Well, that's not my problem, is it? Nikita has five minutes to send us the proof.
I'll be ready.
There is no God watching, if that's what you're worried about.
Of course, if I'm wrong, I promise to put in a good word for you.
We assassins should stick together.
You don't want to die.
- You tried to run.
- That's when I had a chance.
Now you've destroyed any arrangement I made with Division.
And that's a bad thing? Ramon, give me the number and let me talk to Michael, and I promise you, I'll set you free.
So I can go on the run, like you? Slightly insensitive, don't you think? You want to set me free? Set me free! This isn't about that chair.
The man that I met in Paris six years ago would have never joined Division.
You are better than that.
And what about you, Nikita Mears? Percy sent me your file.
He thought I could help catch you.
Takes one to know one.
You don't know me.
Poor little waif from Detroit.
Never knew her birth parents.
Traded from one foster home to the other.
Ended up strung out on ketamine at Mrs.
Bennett's halfway house.
How does a scared little stray become so good at killing? I did what I had to do to survive.
And now you're going to punish them for turning you into a monster? How dare you take a war worth fightingon principle and turn it into payback.
- This is not about revenge.
- Oh, no.
This is so much bigger than you.
You're going to save the world.
Like you, six years ago? That night in Paris, it was the first time I realized I had to do something.
That I could do something.
I've been fighting your war all this time.
Freedom isn't given it's taken.
Right? I was a different man.
I didn't know what would happen to you when I let you live.
I'm sorry.
Give me the number, Ramon.
Let's end this.
You still you still don't understand.
You thought you could save me.
All you did was create another monster.
A meeting of two worlds.
Two destinies.
Entrepreneurs from two different worlds coming together.
The window is closing.
I need to take the shot.
Negative.
I don't have confirmation.
What is the problem? We're working on it.
It's Nikita, isn't it? Percy said I was the greatest assassin he'd ever seen until he met you.
There is only one way to save Michael.
Do what you were supposed to do six years ago.
Finish the mission.
- Finish it, Nikita.
- No.
Then you will lose him, and they will win.
Finish the mission.
Do it.
You can't beat them.
You belong to them.
They made you, Nikita.
They're the only family you ever had.
Yes.
You can reach inside you.
Embrace it.
Yeah.
Yes, do it.
Finish the mission.
- Finish the mission.
- Shut up.
Finish the mission! Do it! Finish it! Finish it yourself.
Time's up, Nikita.
We need proof of death.
It's coming.
Where are you going? To get Michael.
Well, they'll see you coming.
You can't save him you'll die.
I'm dead without him.
I'm getting a message from Nikita.
Uploading the file.
Got it.
Nikki, what the hell are you doing? File is empty.
What's happening on the ground? We've got movement on the road.
She's trying to save him.
Nikita.
No.
Fire the missile.
Fire it now.
But she's coming to save you.
I, for one, don't think she can make it.
But you can.
There is a panel next to the phone.
It opens an underground passage.
Hello? No.
Any survivors? Do we have eyes on the target? No visual confirmation.
Michael.
Michael.
Michael.
Ramon called.
He said, "you're welcome".
Do we have anything? Someone give me a status report.
Yeah.
You missed.
How's that? Looks like you'll have to call off that Kochenko hit.
She's right.
Quebec was just the beginning.
The minister had to die because he took so many bribes.
Mr.
Kochenko was the one who paid them.
And that is why he died today.
The common man cannot stand by when men like Anton Kochenko plunder his future for generations to come.
And as we look to the future, a grand achievement awaits us.
- But - Alex, abort.
Ramon has been exposed.
They're broadcasting the video on the news right now.
So Nikita won, huh? Alex, pull back.
It's too dangerous.
You won't have a clean exit.
Alex.
The man who made all this a reality Sergei Semak.
Alex.