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302. Someone Else's Shadow
Written by Michael Loceff
Directed by Rene Bonniere
Guest Starring: Samia Shoaib, Evan Caravela, Hrant Aliank
Transcribed by Christine
[Note: Transcript is dialogue only until updated.]
MICHAEL’S OFFICE
MICHAEL: Elena’s father’s name is Salla Vachek. He’s the heir to an Eastern European mining fortune, but he didn’t go into the family business. He’s a terrorist.
NIKITA: Does she know?
MICHAEL: No. He left when she was six. They haven’t spoken since.
NIKITA: So the Section had you marry her to get to her father.
MICHAEL: Yes.
NIKITA: So what’s the plan? What are you going to do when you get him?
MICHAEL: Eliminate him.
NIKITA: For three years you never told me you had a family, Michael.
MICHAEL: I wanted you to know, but it’s a tightly contained situation.
NIKITA: I understand this is something you’ve been ordered to do; I don’t know how you’re able to live with it.
VAN ACCESS HALLWAY
OPERATIONS: Get them to containment.
OPERATIONS: Where are we?
BIRKOFF: Sifting through what the embassy sent us. So far, there’s no link to anything.
OPERATIONS: What about the group claiming responsibility?
BIRKOFF: I’ve checked. They’re all hollow. As soon as I get something from the two bombers we’ve picked up, I’ll know more.
OPERATIONS: Madeline’s with them now.
WHITE ROOM
MADELINE: Who hired you to bomb the embassy?
OPERATION’S LOFT
OPERATIONS: No, George, not yet. We just cracked one of the bombers. We picked up a thread. We’re profiling. We brought them in an hour ago. We’re just about ready to go out. If someone can do it faster for you, then use them! Of course.
OPERATIONS: Are we ready?
VOICE: No, sir, we’re still prepping.
OPERATIONS: Get the team out now!
HALLWAY
MADELINE: Michael.
MICHAEL: We’ve been handed the embassy bombing.
MADELINE: We requested it. A few parameters cropped up that give it a better than 50% chance that it’s Vachek. Where are things on your end?
MICHAEL: I think I can convince Elena to try another reconciliation.
MADELINE: Do you think she’s ready?
MICHAEL: We talked about it last night. She didn’t change the subject.
MADELINE: Okay, let’s explore that for a moment. What mode would you recommend?
MICHAEL: I’d like to bring in someone else. Someone she can relate to and confide in. Perhaps a long-lost family member.
MADELINE: Do you have anyone in mind?
MICHAEL: Nikita.
MADELINE: It’s interesting. Another woman, about the same age. Nikita can draw on her experiences, being orphaned early. Which means she wouldn’t need training, just a plausible background.
MICHAEL: That was my thinking.
MADELINE: It would also be a good way to neutralize the security Nikita violated when she located your address and wandered into your home. Which you were going to report, I assume.
MICHAEL: Of course.
MADELINE: I don’t see any flaws in the plan. Nikita’s an excellent choice.
WAR ROOM
OPERATIONS: Over twenty percent of our resources are dedicated to the pursuit of one man – Salla Vacek. As you can tell by the date code, this photograph is over twenty years old. Intelligence on Vachek is scarce, almost nonexistent. What we do know is that he finances anti-Western terrorism on a global scale. Yesterday’s embassy bombing produced a lead, which we followed.
BIRKOFF: The bombers were brokered by a third tier member of Red Cell. This morning we penetrated his location and downloaded his database.
OPERATIONS: One of the names we found is David Henderson Williams. Williams and Vachek were students together at Cambridge. Until this morning, there was no reason to believe there was any other connection.
MICHAEL: Do we have a five year file on Williams?
BIRKOFF: I’m building one now. The little I’ve seen on this guy makes me believe he’s been in touch with Vachek.
OPERATIONS: Let’s bring in Williams, see if there’s a channel we can exploit. Michael, work it up.
WILLIAM’S MISSION
NIKITA: I’m in.
BIRKOFF: The elevator’s to your left. It will take you to the eighteenth floor.
RAY: Hey, who are you?
NIKITA: Mr. Williams wants to see these documents.
RAY: No, no, no. Wrong floor.
NIKITA: Are you sure? It doesn’t say that here.
NIKITA: Second position secure.
BIRKOFF: Get his access card. Housekeeping’s right behind you.
WILLIAMS: Ray, can you make me a copy of the Draper Report and bring it in? Ray, are you there?
WILLIAMS: Who are you? Where’s Ray?
WILLIAMS: How did you get in here?
NIKITA: Don’t make any sudden moves, you’ll be okay. Okay. It’s fine. Fine.
WILLIAMS: What are you doing? God heavens above!
MICHAEL: Clean it up. Everyone to their fallback point.
SAMUELLE RESIDENCE
ADAM: Daddy! Hi, daddy!
ELENA: Welcome home! How was your trip?
MICHAEL: Oh, one of the executives couldn’t be there, so we’ll have to repeat the presentation next month. Is everything okay?
ELENA: He sent me a letter.
MICHAEL: Who?
ELANA: My father. He says he’s been looking for me.
SECTION
BIRKOFF: Sir?
OPERATIONS: What?
BIRKOFF: We just got confirmation from Michael. She received the letter today.
OPERATIONS: Good.
WHITE ROOM
MADELINE: Good afternoon, Mr. Williams. You have a personal relationship with Salla Vachek.
WILLIAMS: That’s an insane statement. I don’t know what faulty intelligence led me to you, but nobody has access to Vachek.
MADELINE: Up until recently, I would have agreed with you. When we found your name on a list of individuals attached to the embassy bombing, my opinion changed.
WILLIAMS: List? They don’t mean a damn thing. I’m sure I could find your name on a list of psychopaths if I looked hard enough, when it’s perfectly clear you’re quite ordinary.
MADELINE: You and Vachek were classmates at Cambridge.
WILLIAMS: Where am I? Let me guess. Not Interpol. They don’t have the resources to clean up the mess you made at my office. My best guess is you’re some covert agency that no one has ever heard of. Run amok, no doubt.
MADELINE: We need to send a message to Vachek. You’ll help us do that.
WILLIAMS: Really?
MADELINE: We’ll speak in a few hours.
WILLIAMS: I’ll be here. Some tea would be nice.
SAMUELLE RESIDENCE
NIKITA: Wow, it’s beautiful!
ELENA: Isn’t it great? I’ve had it since I was six years old. My mother and I were on vacation in Rajasthan. This old artist spent the whole afternoon telling us these incredible stories to get us to buy it.
NIKITA: Sounds like you’re very close to your mother.
ELENA: I was. She died when I was nineteen.
NIKITA: What about your father?
ELENA: I haven’t seen or spoken to my father since I was a little girl.
NIKITA: Why not?
ELENA: He left us. I didn’t even think about him until after my mother died. Then, when I met Michael, he convinced me to try and find my father.
NIKITA: And did you try?
MICHAEL: We did what we could. Elena contacted all of her relatives, but they hadn’t heard from him either. After Adam was born, we hired a detective. We wanted him to know his grandfather.
NIKITA: So, what happened?
ELENA: Nothing.
NIKITA: Maybe he isn’t alive.
MICHAEL: He is.
ELENA: I received a letter from him today.
NIKITA: Out of the blue?
MICHAEL: I’ll go put Adam to bed.
ELENA: I don’t know what I’d do without Michael. He’s such a good man.
NIKITA: So, tell me about your father.
ELENA: My father says, um, he wants to see me, that there are reasons he stayed away. That he wants us to be a family again.
NIKITA: Nothing wrong with that.
ELENA: Where was he when I needed him? When my mother died? When I married Michael? That’s when I wanted a father. It’s not fair that he only shows up when he needs me. It makes me angry.
NIKITA: Well, even though you’re angry now, there’ll be other times when you need him. I can’t tell you what to do. I know if it were me, I’d take the chance.
WHITE ROOM
WILLIAMS: You were right. The pain was quite unpleasant. Worse than I’d anticipated, in fact. I’d prefer to avoid a second session with those two.
MADELINE: That’s entirely up to you.
WILLIAMS: Yes. Well. I’d be happy to discuss any relevant details regarding Mr. Vachek. How can I be of service?
COMM
MADELINE: We need to get Elena’s letter into Vacek’s hands with plausible linkage. Wehre are we with it?
MICHAEL: It’s in processing. They’re rewording it to make it appear that she initiated the contact.
MADELINE: We’ll be able to get the letter to Mischa Berenz, Vacek’s confidante, but what we have to sell is the idea that his daughter, an ordinary citizen, was able to find Berenz and make the connection.
BIRKOFF: I’m back-filling a plausible scenario. She already tried a detective, so we’ll use him as a base. From there I just have to piece it together.
OPERATIONS: Good. Do it.
MADELINE: It didn’t take long to produce a letter.
MICHAEL: Nikita was helpful.
MADELINE: Good. I’m glad.
VACEK’S HIDEOUT
VACHEK: Mischa, how was your flight?
MISCHA: We hit a storm over the gulf, but other than that, it was fine.
VACHEK: How are the boys?
MISCHA: They are well.
VACHEK: Nice to see you.
MISCHA: And you.
VACHEK: What do you have for me today?
MISCHA: The usual. Phillipe believes you’re safe here for at least another four days.
VACHEK: Oh? Where does he suggest we go next?
MISCHA: He’s preparing a place for you off the Cape.
VACHEK: Ugh. I hate the weather there.
VACHEK: What’s this?
MISCHA: I don’t know. I received it through Myume in Hong Kong. It cleared, but he didn’t elaborate.
VACHEK: Where did Myume get this from?
MISCHA: From someone in his organization, I assume. I didn’t ask. Is something the matter?
VACHEK: Yes. This letter is from someone who claims to be my daughter.
MISCHA: I thought you kept your identity from her.
VACHEK: I have. She doesn’t know who I am or how to find me.
MISCHA: What does the letter say?
VACHEK: She wants me to meet her family. I want this correspondence validated. Account for anyone who laid a finger on it. I want to know where the paper came from. I want to know who licked the stamp.
MISCHA: And if it checks out?
VACHEK: One step at a time. How are we with White Eagle?
MISCHA: Most of the material has already cleared Customs. Personnel is just waiting for you to give the order.
VACHEK: Soon.
MICHAEL’S OFFICE
MICHAEL: Yes?
NIKITA: Elena called me this morning.
MICHAEL: What did she say?
NIKITA: She wants me to come over in a couple of days. It doesn’t conflict with anything, does it?
MICHAEL: No.
NIKITA: She mention it to you?
MICHAEL: She likes you. I think she finds you easy to talk to.
NIKITA: You know, I was thinking about Simone last night. You were still married to her when this started, weren’t you?
MICHAEL: Yes, Simone knew about Elena.
NIKITA: Was it difficult for her?
MICHAEL: I don’t know. We never talked about it.
NIKITA: I wish you could have told me about… this.
MICHAEL: I wish I could have.
SAMUELLE RESIDENCE
ELENA: It’s hard on both of us with him away on business so much. I didn’t think about how much he’d be gone.
NIKITA: Adam seems to handle it well.
ELENA: He does, but he misses Michael when he’s away.
NIKITA: Wow. That’s so pretty.
ELENA: Anyway, how’s everything with you?
NIKITA: A few fashion houses are looking at my portfolio. We’ll see. No calls yet.
ELENA: And the hotel?
NIKITA: Good.
ELENA: Nikita, I was wondering if maybe you’d like to come and stay here with us?
NIKITA: Oh, I couldn’t do that.
ELENA: It’s much safer than where you’re staying downtown.
NIKITA: Really, I’m fine. Thank you.
ELENA: It’s not only for you. You’re an important part of Michael’s life.
NIKITA: Did he say that?
ELENA: No, but I know him. I can tell.
COMM
OPERATIONS: Where are we?
MADELINE: Vachek has already begun tracing the letter.
OPERATIONS: How’s it going?
MADELINE: So far, everything’s covered. That’s not the problem.
OPERATIONS: What’s the problem?
MADELINE: He put people on Elena. He’s watching her.
OPERATIONS: We expected that.
MADELINE: Elena has invited Nikita to move in with her and Michael.
OPERATIONS: Vachek is going to look at anything out of the ordinary as suspicious. He’ll tie it to the letter.
MADELINE: I’ll deepen her history. I’m sure we can shore this up.
POST OFFICE
CLERK: Ola!
MICHAEL: Colabora e tudo correra bem.
CLERK: O que?
MICHAEL: We’ve got control.
BIRKOFF: Good. Vachek’s man’s on his way.
MISCHA: I’d like to know the origin of this letter, please?
OPERATIVE: I’m sorry. We can’t give that out to you. It’s against policy.
COMM
OPERATIONS: What about Lisbon?
BIRKOFF: We gave his tracker the name of the detective Elena hired two years ago. From this point on, the trail’s locked.
MUNITIONS
NIKITA: Hey, Walter.
WALTER: Oh, hi, Sugar.
NIKITA: I’m moving in with Michael and Elena.
WALTER: Yeah, I heard. Oh. Here’s your scrambler.
NIKITA: How long have you known?
WALTER: I helped set up the cover. I’m sorry, I couldn’t tell you. I wanted to.
NIKITA: I suppose it explains a lot of things though.
WALTER: It makes it better. The truth always does.
NIKITA: Walter, his son. His son loves him so much. Michael feels it too. I can tell. It’s heartbreaking.
WALTER: Yeah.
SAMUELLE RESIDENCE
MICHAEL: What’s wrong? What’s wrong, child? Did you have a bad dream, hmm? Okay. Want to go to bed with daddy and mommy?
ELENA: I think that’s a good idea.
MICHAEL: Let’s go. It’s all right. Good night, Nikita.
NIKITA: Good night.
ELENA: I won! I won!
NIKITA: All right, you win.
ELENA: Good morning!
MICHAEL: Hi. Good morning.
NIKITA: Hey.
MICHAEL: Orange juice, everybody?
ELENA: Yes, please.
NIKITA: Yes.
MICHAEL: Voila!
NIKITA: Thanks.
ELENA: Nikita’s got her first meeting with a potential client this afternoon.
MICHAEL: Well, I’m not surprised. Her designs are very impressive.
ELENA: Excuse me. Hello? Speaking. When? Why can’t you tell me now? Yes, but…
MICHAEL: Who was that?
ELENA: A man who says he represents my father.
MICHAEL: What did he want?
ELENA: He said my father wants to see me. They’re calling back tonight with details.
VACHEK’S HIDE OUT
VACHEK: Hello, Mischa. Did you speak to the Council?
MISCHA: They’re divided. Some think it’s a mistake to wait. The summit’s getting a lot of attention. Their security is spread thin.
VACHEK: That’s true, but if we do it now, we make it easy for the heads of state to align.
MISCHA: They’re waiting for your orders.
VACHEK: We’ll attack on the 23rd. Make the final preparations, notify our soldiers. Mischa, did you speak to my daughter?
MISCHA: Yes.
VACHEK: Make the arrangements.
SAMUELLE RESIDENCE
MICHAEL: Hello.
MISCHA: May I speak with Elena?
MICHAEL: One moment please.
ELENA: Hello.
MISCHA: Is this Elena?
ELENA: Yes.
MISCHA: We spoke earlier. Are you interested in meeting your father?
ELENA: Yes, of course I am. Why is this so secretive?
MISCHA: Please follow my directions very carefully. If you deviate in any way, the meeting will have to be cancelled. We will meet tomorrow night, six thirty. There is a park just north of the river at Kuerten. It is well marked on the municipal map. At the entrance gate, the attendant will hand you directions to a location in the park.
ELENA: This doesn’t feel right. I don’t understand why he has to be so mysterious.
VACHEK: Elena.
ELENA: Who is this?
VACHEK: Your father. I’m sorry, but it has to be this way. I look forward to seeing you.
COMM
BIRKOFF: They’re off. Filter it. The location will be scrambled but maybe we can piggyback the sender.
OPERATIONS: Do a pattern match on the voice. Let’s confirm it was Vachek.
MADELINE: If it was, it’s our first hard contact in over fourteen years.
BIRKOFF: Here’s the river. Here’s the park. We don’t know what road he’ll take, but there are six roads that lead in.
OPERATIONS: The meeting is set for six thirty, which means a few minutes before that, he will be in this three kilometer zone. I want all of our personnel distributed evenly through that area.
BIRKOFF: If we can pick him up before he gets to the park, there’s less risk of it getting bloody.
OPERATIONS: But if not, seal off the park, do whatever it takes. Let me make this clear. There is no higher priority than taking out Vachek. Any amount of collateral is acceptable, if we hit the target.
SAMUELLE RESIDENCE
NIKITA: Where’s Elena?
MICHAEL: Getting ready.
NIKITA: How’s she doing?
MICHAEL: She’s nervous.
NIKITA: What if her father shows? What’s going to happen, Michael?
MICHAEL: Then the mission ends.
NIKITA: What about Elena and Adam?
MICHAEL: They’ll be safe.
NIKITA: And you?
MICHAEL: I won’t see them again.
NIKITA: Hey.
ELENA: Thanks for staying with Adam.
NIKITA: No problem.
ELENA: I hope this is the right thing.
NIKITA: It is.
ELENA: Bye, sweetheart.
ADAM: Bye, mommy.
ELENA: You have the cell phone number. Call if you need anything.
NIKITA: Don’t worry, we’ll be fine.
ELENA: Come on, Michael.
NIKITA: Say goodbye to daddy.
MICHAEL: Be nice.
NIKITA: Hey, hey. Say goodbye.
ELENA: Bye, my love. Be good.
COMM
BIRKOFF: It’s 6:26. Everyone advance and tighten.
PARK
ELENA: Let’s sit.
MICHAEL: I’m okay.
ELENA: Look. He looks like Watson.
MICHAEL: I wouldn’t have met you if it weren’t for him. He was a good dog.
ELENA: I miss him. I miss those days. We should go back. With Adam. He’d love Bordeaux.
MICHAEL: He’s too young.
ELENA: I don’t think so. We’ll take the train. Remember how much he loved it when we took him to London?
MICHAEL: We’ll see.
ELENA: You’re more on edge than I am.
MICHAEL: Just being careful. I want this to be good for you.
ELENA: It’s odd, but… I don’t feel what I thought I would.
MICHAEL: What do you mean?
ELENA: It doesn’t seem so important all of a sudden. It’s made me realize that the people that I love are the ones that are already in my life, and that’s not going to change.
COMM
BIRKOFF: Okay, we have a vehicle. Team four.
OPERATIVE: Yeah, we got him.
BIRKOFF: Do you have an I.D.?
OPERATIVE: They’re still in the car. I can’t confirm yet.
BIRKOFF: You have about thirty seconds before it goes public.
OPERATIVE: It could be him, but I can’t confirm.
BIRKOFF: Sir?
BIRKOFF: Hold. We’re going to play it out.
PARK
ELENA: Is it you?
MISCHA: Your father was unable to come. He wanted Adam to have this.
ELENA: Who are you?
MISCHA: Someone your father trusts.
ELENA: Trust? I still don’t understand.
MISCHA: You must be Michael. You’ve taken very good care of Elena. Her father wishes you to know he is grateful.
MICHAEL: Where is he?
MISCHA: He thought this was the right time to get reacquainted with you, but there were complications.
ELENA: What kind of complications? What is so difficult about meeting your daughter?
MICHAEL: Elena…
ELENA: No. I have to say this. Tell my father his daughter is here and wants to see him.
MISCHA: I’m truly sorry.
ELENA: Let’s go.
COMM
BIRKOFF: We can tag his car, sir. Do we pursue?
OPERATIONS: No. Maintain conservative profile. Let him go.
MADELINE'S OFFICE
OPERATIONS: He never showed.
MADELINE: Yes, I’ve heard. You got the news about Madrid?
OPERATIONS: No, what?
MADELINE: The Plaza. Thirty-seven killed, over two hundred injured.
OPERATIONS: Vachek?
MADELINE: Yes. Same group as the embassy. His money financed it.
VACHEK’S HIDEOUT
VACHEK: Leave that here. It’s not important. Mischa, you met her?
MISCHA: Yes. Here’s the cassette.
VACHEK: This won’t tell me what I need to know.
MISCHA: She’s a good woman. A strong woman. You’d be proud of her.
VACHEK: Then, you’re telling me she was angry.
MISCHA: Disappointed.
VACHEK: And her husband?
MISCHA: He was interesting. There was something in his eyes.
VACHEK: What?
MISCHA: Power.
VACHEK: Good. Then, he’ll protect her.
MISCHA: Yes, I think so.
VACHEK: Come. We have to hurry.
OPERATIONS’ LOFT
OPERATIONS: Have you worked up a new profile on Vachek?
MADELINE: Yes. You were right not to tag the courier. Yesterday was a dry run any way you look at it.
OPERATIONS: Then, we’ll have to change that.
MADELINE: Yes.
OPERATIONS: Michael will resist.
MADELINE: It won’t matter.
SAMUELLE RESIDENCE
NIKITA: Hey, how’d it go?
ELENA: He didn’t show. I’m going to check on Adam.
NIKITA: What happened?
MICHAEL: He sent someone else.
NIKITA: Did we pick him up?
MICHAEL: No.
NIKITA: That means they’ll keep you here longer. That’s good.
MICHAEL: Good?
NIKITA: For Adam?
The End
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