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208. Darkness Visible
Written by: David Ehrman
Directed by: Ken Girotti
Guest Cast: Tara Slone, Kyle Downes, Kevi Katsuras, Damir Andrei,
Ned Vukovich, Anna-Louis Richardson, Andy Rukavina
Transcribed by Jean
[Note: Transcript dialogue only until updated.]
BRIEFING AREA
OPERATIONS: The situation in the Balkans is deteriorating rapidly. The loss of life is staggering. A destabilized Rebel Force is in the process of a violent and comprehensive ethnic cleansing. Now, we have been given the task of cutting off one of their pipe lines in the international arms community. The man you picked up at the warehouse has given us the identity of the primary buyer inside the rebel faction. Radovan Luca. Luca was once the head of his government's secret police. He is now awaiting the arrival of a significant cache of weapons. If the deal is consummated, it will be nearly impossible to prevent the government from falling.
MICHAEL: How much reconnaissance has been done so far?
BIRKOFF: Not enough.The country's in chaos. Half of our contacts have been killed. The CIA is evacuating their people.
OPERATIONS: Take out Luca. Stop the deal.
BALKANS
Nikita and Michael are traveling by Land Rover.
NIKITA: Why does Birkoff think Luca is going to be at this place?
MICHAEL: An in-country source. Luca's been leading raids through the villages in that area.
NIKITA: So, we're just going to show up and look around?
MICHAEL: If he's there, people will know.
NIKITA: The next crossing, take a right.
SOLDIER: Identification. We have no need for medical relief workers.
MICHAEL: Some people need attention.
SOLDIER: Get out of the truck.
SOLDIER: Your papers are not in order. We're taking the jeep.
MICHAEL: I can't let you do that.
SOLDIER: Really?
MICHAEL: Let's go.
SYSTEMS
MADELINE: What's our configuration?
BIRKOFF: We have five two-man cells approaching possible locations on Luca. None have reported back yet.
MADELINE: Let me know.
GAIL: How late to you think we'll be working tonight?
BIRKOFF: Depends on what comes in.
GAIL: I don't care how tired you are. I am not taking a raincheck.
COMM
MICHAEL: (via comm) We have an unconfirmed report that Luca was seen near a farmhouse in the area. We're checking it out.
FARMHOUSE
NIKITA: Michael, its just a boy!
NIKITA: It's okay, we're not going to hurt you, we can help you. We're looking for someone, maybe you can help us. Please. Look, we can help you. We can give you a ride somewhere. You hungry? We've got some food.
PETER: Are you with the others?
NIKITA: No, we're not.
PETER: You're soldiers.
MICHAEL: No. We're fighting the soldiers.
A little girl emerges from hiding.
NIKITA: What's your name?
PETER: Sasha.
NIKITA: You cold, Sasha?
PETER: Yes.
NIKITA: Is that better?
MICHAEL: What did they do after they grabbed your parents?
PETER: They just left.
MICHAEL: Where were you and Sasha?
PETER: We were hiding.
MICHAEL: Have you ever seen one of these?
MICHAEL: Is this the man who took your parents?
Peter nods.
MICHAEL: Do you know where they went?
PETER: To the train yards. That's where they take everyone.
MICHAEL: Where are the train yards?
PETER: I've just heard about them.
MICHAEL: Nikita, let's go. We have a location.
NIKITA: What about Peter and Sasha?
MICHAEL: They've told us everything they know.
NIKITA: We can't leave them here alone. We have to take them somewhere, Michael.
MICHAEL: No.
Michael and Nikita take the children with them.
MICHAEL: He said Luca took them to the train yards.
BIRKOFF: That's all he said? Train yards?
MICHAEL: That's it.
BIRKOFF: I've got dozens of locations that could be classified as 'train yards' in that region.
MICHAEL: It's probably a detention camp.
BIRKOFF: Check out a man named Vincent Vukovich. You're not far from him. He's CIA. If he's alive and in the country he'll be able to help you. I'm attaching the address.
MICHAEL: Good.
COMM
GAIL: How's it going?
BIRKOFF: I'm not getting out of here tonight, most of the teams haven't even checked in.
GAIL: Hm. You're no fun.
BIRKOFF: Gail!
GAIL: Come on, let's go to the White Room, there's no one around.
BIRKOFF: They can hear you! Team Six, you're getting close to the border. Move to 'B' channel.
GAIL: All right, be that way. I'll just be that much harder on you when we get together.
BIRKOFF: Gail, you're still on-line.
CITY STREET
MICHAEL: This is it: Vukovich's office.
NIKITA: I'll stay here with them.
MICHAEL: No, there's a refugee camp a block back. Take them there. We'll meet back here.
VUKOVICH'S OFFICE
MICHAEL: Clearance code K-3-5-7. I'm Section One.
VUKOVICH: Did you bring transport?
MICHAEL: I'm not here for the evacuation.
VUKOVICH: These people helped us for years. They fed us information, risked their lives. We promised them that if the day ever came, we would get them out. Listen.
WOMAN'S VOICE: (via radio) Why isn't anyone answering? If you can hear my voice, send someone to Kasova sector…
VUKOVICH: It's been like this for three days. Everyone else is gone.
MICHAL: I'm looking for Luca.
MAN'S VOICE: (via radio) Please, is there anybody there? Can anybody hear...?
MICHAEL: Where are the train yards?
VUKOVICH: Train yards? Just north of the mines -- you can't miss it. Just follow the smell.
MAN'S VOICE: (via radio) Hello. Is anyone there? Come help us! Please! If you do not come, we're going to die! Please!
VUKOVICH: Listen ... There's a family in that area. Do you have room?
MICHAEL: I'm sorry.
MAN'S VOICE: (via radio) Hello! Hello! Hello! We have children here. Please, please, we have children...
Michael leaves, climbs back into the Land Rover.
MICHAEL: What is this?
NIKITA: I couldn't leave them there. It wasn't safe.
MICHAEL: This is not a game, we are not playing house. Get rid of them -- now.
NIKITA: You get rid of them.
MICHAEL: Come on, let's go.
Michael puts the children from the vehicle and drives forward.
MICHAEL: It was a mistake to bring them.
Michael stops, then reverses the Land Rover until it is next to the children.
MUNITIONS
WALTER: Hey, what'd you need?
BIRKOFF: I wanted to get the encrypt files on that filter simulator.
WALTER: Sure. Why didn't you just download them?
BIRKOFF: Walter, I need your help. I don't know what to do.
WALTER: About what?
BIRKOFF: Gail.
WALTER: Oh, you've come to the right place.
BIRKOFF: She's using the Section computer to steal.
WALTER: What?
BIRKOFF: She walked away....
Walter pulls him to a corner for more privacy.
BIRKOFF: ... She walked away from her system without logging off last night. The modification dates on some files didn't look right, so I checked it out. She's funneling money out of terrorist accounts that we're monitoring. What do I do?
WALTER: You think you have options?
BIRKOFF: You know what they'll do to her.
WALTER: I'm sorry, Birkoff.
COMM
GAIL: Oh, poor baby! Have you been up all night?
BIRKOFF: Yeah.
OUTIDE BUILDING
NIKITA: What now?
MICHAEL: We wait.
NIKITA: I want you guys to lay down in the other room, okay?
Phone rings.
NIKITA: Yeah? Okay, thanks. Birkoff just heard from Team Two. Luca's vehicle was spotted heading this way.
MICHAEL: Why didn't they take him out?
NIKITA: Transmission went dead. Birkoff thinks it was a land mine.
MICHAEL: How far?
NIKITA: Two kilometers.
MICHAEL: Let's get into position.
NIKITA: Peter, listen to me carefully. This is very important. If you want to see your parents again, you have to stay here and take care of your sister. Do you understand?
PETER: Yeah.
STREET OUTSIDE DETENTION YARDS
MICHAEL: Birkoff, we're here.
BIRKOFF: Any sign of Luca?
MICHAEL: Not yet. Did you patch this location to the other Teams?
BIRKOFF: Yeah. They're on their way.
A woman recognized Peter, who is walking outside the building.
ANNA: Peter!
GREGORY: No!
ANNA: Peter!
PETER: Mama. Mama, Papa, Mama!
MICHAEL: I know you want to see your parents. You'll have to be smart, Peter. Okay?
Later, at night.
MICHAEL: This must be Luca. Stay alert.
NIKITA: I'm in position.
MICHAEL: If you get a shot, wait till they're stopped at the gate. It will give me time to back you up.
NIKITA: Got it.
NIKITA: Michael, there are two guards heading towards Peter and Sasha. What should I do?
MICHAEL: Forget it, Nikita. He's here. He's on your side, take him.
PETER: Sasha! Leave us alone!
MICHAEL: Nikita, what are you waiting for? Shoot now!
ABANDONED BUILDING
NIKITA: Here. That's for your Mama and that is for your Papa.
PETER: When are we going back to the detention yards?
MICHAEL: We have to wait.
PETER: For what?
MICHAEL: Others are coming to help us.
PETER: Help us or help you?
MICHAEL: We'll do what we can, Peter.
PETER: I don't believe you! As soon as you get what you want, you'll get out of here. Why would anyone want to stick around here a second longer then they had to?
MADELINE'S OFFICE
MADELINE: What is it? I'm busy.
BIRKOFF: I'm sorry. I'll come back.
MADELINE: Birkoff. Sit down.
BIRKOFF: The new keyboards are really ergonomic. Thanks for getting them approved.
MADELINE: I've got a coup attempt in the Balkans, a missing warhead in Eastern Europe, and a hostage situation in the Azores. Is there something about these keyboards you feel will assist me in any way in these operations?
BIRKOFF: Gail is stealing money.
MADELINE: How do you know?
BIRKOFF: She's using our encryption programs to do it. I think if you just confronted her with it, she'd stop doing it. She's one of my best analysts, not one of my best, my best. We don't have to make a big deal of this.
MADELINE: But it is a big deal. Otherwise, why would you turn in a woman you're having intimate relations with?
BIRKOFF: What are you going to do with her?
MADELINE: I'm going to take care of it.
BIRKOFF: I'm sure if you spoke to her, she would not do it again.
MADELINE: This must have been a difficult decision for you.
ABANDONED BUILDING
NIKITA: How long before we move?
MICHAEL: As soon as they're done with the Tactical. The teams are in place.
NIKITA: When does Luca's arm's deal go down?
MICHAEL: Eight hours.
NIKITA: So, what about them? Do you think we can get them across the border?
MICHAEL: Probably. But they won't want to leave their parents.
NIKITA: Well, I mean, if there's time we should try and get them all out.
MICHAEL: There won't be time.
Later. Cell phone rings.
MICHAEL: Yeah. Okay. They're ready.
DETENTION YARD
MICHAEL: Birkoff, we have visual.
BIRKOFF: Teams Three and Four: you're on.
NIKITA: It's okay. We're not here to hurt you.
BIRKOFF: They're in.
COMM
GAIL: Oh, I didn't have a chance to finish that program last night, so I thought I'd do it now. Is that okay? What's wrong?
BIRKOFF: Nothing. That's fine. Everything okay?
GAIL: Sure. Why shouldn't it be?
BIRKOFF: No reason. I'll be right back.
MADELINE'S OFFICE
MADELINE: I've been expecting you.
BIRKOFF: I don't understand.
MADELINE: We're not going to cancel Gail.
BIRKOFF: You're not?
MADELINE: We've known about her extra-curricular activities for some time now. It's what brought her to our attention in the first place.
BIRKOFF: What about the money?
MADELINE: Those accounts don't exist. We create them for the sole purpose of satisfying her habit.
BIRKOFF: Her habit?
MADELINE: After an extensive profile, we came to the conclusion that stealing is something she'll never be able to give up. So we allow it. User productive.
BIRKOFF: But how long can this go on?
MADELINE: Indefinitely. She doesn't want to spend the money, she just wants to steal it. Anything else, Birkoff?
He shakes his head.
MADELINE: By the way, it took you longer to discover this than we expected. Keep your people closer.
DETENTION YARD
NIKITA: Is that Luca?
MICHAEL: Luca.
NIKITA: Michael.
LUCA: Don't shoot me. I give you information, hm? Troop movements; locations of weapons stockpiled, identities of our informers: anything you want.
NIKITA: You're not even prepared to die for what you believe in.
LUCA: Who says I believe? I do what I have to do to survive. Like everyone in this country. I can help you. I know things... You have nothing to lose by bringing me in. You can always kill me later!
Michael shoots Luca.
MICHAEL: Let's find the parents. I'll go in there.
NIKITA: It's you. I have Peter and Sasha.
ANNA: My God!
GREGORY: Take us!
ANNA: Are they all right?
NIKITA: Come with me.
ABANDONED BUILDING
GREGORY: My God! Peter! My God! Are you okay?
MICHAEL: We're ready to evacuate. (to cell phone) What? Yeah.
NIKITA: What's the matter?
MICHAEL: We can't get an airlift.
NIKITA: Why not?
MICHAEL: Our priority's been downgraded. We'll have to cross the border ourselves.
BORDER CROSSING
NIKITA: Let us take them.
ANNA: No!
NIKITA: We have a better chance of getting through.
The border guards pass Michael, Nikita and the children, but detain Anna and Gregory. Michael and Nikita continue walking away with Sasha and Peter.
GREGORY: No?
ANNA: This is a mistake!
GREGORY: You must let us pass!
NIKITA: No! It’s a mistake!
MICHAEL: Don't look back, just keep walking.
ANNA: No, you must let us go!
GREGORY: Let us go!
ANNA: Let me go!
GREGORY: This is crazy!
ANNA: Papa. You must let us go. You cannot take us now.
GREGORY: I beg you, let us go!
ANNA: Do not take us away now!
VAN ACCESS
MADELINE: Congratulations. We succeeded. The arms deal fell through, once word of Luca's death got out.
NIKITA: What about Peter and Sasha?
MADELINE: We found a family from their country who just immigrated. They'll have a good home.
NIKITA: Any chance of getting their parents out?
CHURCH
Peter and Sarah pray in a church. Their parents arrive.
PETER: Mama! Papa!
GREGORY: Thank God!
Nikita wakes up from the dream.
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