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Author & e-mail: Cecilia Tj. [email protected]
Rating: PG
Author's Notes: Sort of a sequel to "The Trial" I think you should read that before you read this.
Disclaimer: Do not own the Seven, they belong to the lovely actors that portray them, the Mirisch Group, CBS, Trilogy. I do however take credit for Nikita she belongs to me. Madelaine belongs to my soulsis, Em.
ezra
******* ezra
Ezra was sitting in his apartment together with his girlfriend of 1� years, Madelaine Sinclair. They had met during a trial where they both had to testify. The trial had gone very bad, ending with bloodshed. But out of their horrible ordeal they managed to create a relationship together.
A couple of weeks after Ezra, Madelaine, Nikita were all out of the hospital, they had been back testifying against Jones and his friends. Now the men were all going to spend between 25 years to life in prison. ezra
"What�s on your mind, honey?" Ezra asked, as Madelaine seemed a bit distant.
"Nothing." She smiled and snuggled closer to Ezra.
"I can see you�re thinking of something. Tell me."
"I was just wondering how Nikita�s doing. I haven�t talked to her in a while."
"Call her then." Ezra said knowing that Madelaine and Nikita had become quite close after the trial, but after Chris had broken up with Nikita Madelaine had lost contact with her.
"I don�t know, it�s been 3� months since I last talked to her." Madelaine said.
"I�m actually quite curious why they broke up." Ezra said. "You can not get a single thing out of Mr. Larabee, so my hope is that Nikita will tell."
"Perhaps she doesn't want to talk about it." Madelaine said.
"I think you should call her anyway." Ezra said.
"Maybe I should." Madelaine said and kissed Ezra softly on the lips. ezra
A few days later the phone rang in the apartment of Nikita Wilson. The blond woman walked up to the phone and answered it. ezra
"Hello?"
"Nikita? It�s Madelaine."
"Madelaine! Hi!" Nikita smiled happily. "How great to hear from you. How are you?"
"Just fine. You?"
"I�m okay." Nikita said.
"I was just wondering if you felt like joining me and Ezra for dinner tonight?" Madelaine asked.
"Sure that would be great. Is... Is Chris coming?" Nikita asked.
"No... Unless you want him to come?"
"No." Nikita said
"Okay then. I�m cooking so could you come over to Ezra�s at around 7ish?"
"Sure. Oh! Are you two living together now?" Nikita asked.
"No, not yet. But I hope he'll ask me soon." Madelaine smiled.
"I hope so too, you make a great couple." Nikita said. "So I�ll see you at 7 tonight then."
"I�m looking forward to it." Madelaine said and then they both hung up. ezra
At 6.59pm Nikita stood outside of Ezra�s front door. She knocked on the door and soon Ezra opened it. He was dressed in dark blue slacks, a white shirt and an apron that said 'Kiss the Cook.' Nikita giggled slightly at the apron as Ezra invited her in. ezra
"You look great." Ezra said as he helped Nikita off with her coat.
"Thank you, so do you." Nikita smiled. "So... should I follow the orders?"
"Orders? What orders?" Ezra asked slightly confused.
"Your apron..." Nikita smiled.
"Oh! Well... I definitely think you should." Ezra laughed as Nikita leaned in and kissed Ezra on the cheek.
"Nikita, hi!" Madelaine came into the kitchen where they stood.
"Hi Maddy." Nikita said and the two friends hugged each other.
"You look great!" Madelaine said.
"Thank you, I love your dress." Nikita said.
"Thanks, Ezra actually bought it for me." Madelaine smiled.
"He did? Wow. Ezra, you have excellent taste." Nikita said.
"Why, thank you." Ezra grinned and hugged Madelaine from behind. ezra
An hour and a half later they had eaten their dinner while talking about everything and anything. ezra
"You�re still working as a cop?" Madelaine asked.
"Yes I am. But I don�t work in courtrooms anymore." Nikita smiled.
"I can certainly understand that." Ezra said knowing how badly injured Nikita was during the trial. "How is your shoulder?"
"Just fine, it hurts sometimes but I�m fine. Besides it�s over a year ago." She said.
"That�s good to hear." Ezra said with a small smile.
"So... You don�t need to answer this but..." Madelaine began. "Why did you and Chris go your separate ways?"
"Well... I... I... We... Chris broke up with me." Nikita said. "We had this stupid fight and I said I wanted to be alone for a while. He left but came back 5 minutes later and broke up with me."
"What was your fight about?" Madelaine asked.
"He wanted me to stop working as a cop." Nikita said. "He was worried all the time."
"That�s stupid!" Madelaine said. "Sorry, Ezra, I know he�s your friend and all but that�s stupid!"
"I agree." Ezra said. "Have you talked to him at all since?"
"No, I remember seeing him across the street once but he didn�t see me."
"You miss him?" Ezra question was more of a statement.
"Yeah, I really do."
"Didn�t he even want to stay friends with you?" Madelaine asked.
"No, he just stormed out after he dumped me and I haven�t spoken to him since." Nikita said with a heavy sigh.
"I�m sorry." Madelaine said and squeezed Nikita�s hand. ezra
Later that evening Ezra, Nikita and Madelaine all sat watching "Runaway Bride." They had talked for hours and then after clearing the table Ezra had suggested that they'd watch a movie. Madelaine suggested "Runaway Bride" since it was on TV and Ezra & Nikita had agreed. ezra
"Thank you for a great evening." She smiled.
"I hope we can do it again." Ezra said. "Madelaine has missed you... me too."
"I�ve missed you guys too." Nikita said. "Tell Maddy I�ll call her."
"I will." Ezra smiled and kissed Nikita�s cheek, then she left and Ezra headed to bed. ezra
******* ezra
A few days later Team 7 were all seated in the conference room of their ATF office, staring at a man called Brandon Roche. This man was the head of the FBI department heading up a case. He had just informed them that they were going undercover to try and catch a murderer. Three murders had taken place in a small community and their main suspects was a couple that lived within that community. ezra
"What do you mean we have to go undercover?" Buck asked.
"Well." Roche started. "Chris and Josiah will move into two separate houses not too far from the Hortensens."
"Won�t that be a bit weird. Two men moving in at the same time, alone in separate houses?" Chris asked.
"You�re not moving in alone." Roche said.
"What!?" Josiah & Chris exclaimed in unison.
"Josiah will also be joined by JD." Travis said.
"Eh?" Was all JD managed to get out.
"You�ll be posing as father and son."
"What?!"
"Excuse me." Ezra spoke up before anyone had the chance to say anything. "Why isn't this handled by your department in the FBI?"
"Everyone's busy trying to solve the series of murders taken place in New York."
"Oh yeah, the park killer." JD said.
"And why us?" Ezra asked.
"It�s just outside Denver and you are the best at undercover work." Roche said.
"Will I be moving in alone?" Chris asked already dreading the answer.
"No, you�ll be moving in with your wife."
"Wife? You mean I�m going undercover with a stranger and we have to pose as husband and wife?" Chris was not happy about this.
"That�s the deal." Roche said. "She is a very talented police officer, well trained and she can handle herself in any kind of situation."
"Okay, when are we moving in?" Chris asked.
"Today actually." Roche said handing Chris a file. "You will be Christopher Richmond, she�s Jennifer Richmond. In there you�ll find your history together, learn it!"
"Yes, sir!" Chris mocked a salute in Roche's direction, receiving an angry glare back.
"What about us?" JD asked stepping between Chris and Roche. "Me and... dad?"
"Yes. What about me and my son?" Josiah said putting a fatherly arm around JD, causing Buck to burst out laughing.
"Josiah you�ll be Mark Sullivan, JD you�ll be Derek Sullivan." Roche said handing the two men a file each. "Your history, study it."
"We will." Josiah said.
"What about the rest of us?" Nathan asked after a while.
"You, Ezra, Vin and Buck will remain here. Occasionally coming in to visit. Buck you�ll pose as Mark's younger brother, Michael. You�ll be helping them to move in." Roche said.
"What do you mean occasionally?" Ezra asked.
"Well. Ezra I wanted to ask you if you and your girlfriend, Madelaine could pose as a married couple, visiting Christopher and Jennifer."
"I�m not sure Madelaine will be okay with that." Ezra said. "But I will ask her. You�ll have your answer by tomorrow."
"Good. Vin you�re posing as a friend of Derek's. Nathan you�ll be delivering the mail."
"I�m a mailman?" Nathan said.
"Yes. But not every day, perhaps twice a week or so." Roche said.
"I think I can live with that." Nathan smiled.
"This is insane." Chris muttered under his breath.
"How come there are two available houses there?" JD asked after a while.
"One of the houses became available because of the fact that the couple in that house were murdered."
"And who will be living in that house?" Chris asked.
"JD and Josiah." Roche said. "The second house was just recently built so no one has moved in there before."
"So can we go home and pack some things first?" Josiah asked.
"Well, basic things, but no clothes."
"Why not?" Chris asked.
"Well, all black just doesn't fit into that community." Roche said carefully not wanting to aggravate Chris more.
"Okay." Chris sighed.
"But how can we get new clothes then?" JD asked.
"Well, leave your measurements to my secretary and we�ll fix the clothes immediately." Roche said. "They�ll be in moving boxes in your vans by the time you are ready to move in."
"How small is this community?" Josiah asked.
"Well, I think there�s 400 people living there." Roche said.
"It�s not that small then." JD noted.
"I guess not, but it�s still to small to do surveillance if you�re not undercover."
"I think this'll be fun!" JD said earning himself and angry glare from Chris. ezra
A couple of hours later the three men had all packed their bags and read up on their history.
JD and Josiah climbed into the moving van, Josiah driving. Buck jumped in beside JD and they drove off, ready to move in. ezra
"The house looks great." JD said with a smile.
"It does." Buck said.
"I must say I agree with you. I wonder if it looks as nice inside?" Josiah said.
"I guess we�d better start moving our stuff in." JD said and headed back to the van and grabbed two boxes and carried them into the house. ezra
Within 10 minutes of carrying boxes a man approached them, he was in his mid forties, brown hair, brown eyes and he was dressed in black pants and a white shirt, with a tie. ezra
"Hello." Josiah said as the man came up to him, JD & Buck just carried more boxes into the house.
"Hi there, I�m Jim Johnson. I see you are moving in." The man said.
"Yes, I am Mark Sullivan." Josiah said just as Buck & JD came out of the house again.
"Dad! We finished with the boxes." JD said playing his role well.
"This is my son Derek." Josiah said as JD came up to them.
"Hello." JD said and shook hands with Jim.
"And this is my brother Michael, he�s just helping us move in."
"So you and your son are the ones moving in here. No wife?" Jim asked.
**He�s very curious.**Josiah thought but said. "No, Cassie died 6 years ago."
"I�m sorry to hear that." Jim said. "Well I just wanted to welcome you."
"Thank you." Josiah said and Jim walked away again.
"How curious was he!?" JD said as Jim walked out of hear sight.
"Very." Josiah said. "Where was Chris going to stay?"
"In that powder blue house over there." JD nodded towards the house. "His 'wife' moved in earlier today. Christopher is apparently coming with the rest of their stuff later tonight."
"She looks like one pretty lady." Buck noted as a blond, slim, woman came out of the house and sat down in the porch swing.
"Wait wait wait!" JD suddenly exclaimed. "Isn�t that..."
"Nikita!" Josiah said.
"Oh God, Chris is going to explode." Buck sighed.
"Might be good for them. They haven�t talked since they broke up." JD said.
"How would you know that?" Josiah asked.
"Well I talked to Madelaine yesterday and she had dinner with Nikita a few days ago." JD said. "Apparently Nikita misses Chris."
"Should we warn Chris?" Buck said.
"Well, perhaps we should, but it�s already too late." Josiah said. "Here he comes."
"This will be interesting." JD smiled. ezra
Chris stopped the small van in front of the powder blue house, and he immediately noticed the slim, blond woman on the porch swing, she was reading a book. As he got out of the van she looked up and Chris� heart just about stopped. Then he saw their main suspects, the Hortensens, staring at him. Chris put up a small smile and tried to hide the shock of seeing Nikita. ezra
"Christopher!" She exclaimed and walked up to him and hugged him.
"Jennifer." Chris said and glanced sideways at the Hortensens who were still staring at them.
"We�d better kiss." Chris whispered quietly in Nikita�s ear.
"Yeah." She nodded. ezra
Chris cupped Nikita�s cheek and captured her lips with his, kissing her softly. The two kissed for a while and when Chris released Nikita the Hortensens were making their way towards them. ezra
"Hi." Mary Hortensen said, she was a short, red haired woman.
"Hello." Nikita said with a smile.
"We�re the Hortensens, I�m Robert, this is my wife Mary." The tall, brown haired man said.
"I�m Christopher Richmond, this is my wife Jennifer." Chris said and the four all shook hands.
"So you�re moving in?" Mary asked.
"Yes we are." Nikita said. "The house looked so fantastic so I just knew this would be perfect for us."
"Not as perfect as you, honey." Chris said wrapping an arm around Nikita�s waist.
"You�re so sweet." Nikita smiled kissing Chris� cheek.
"You newlyweds?" Robert asked.
"No, we married a year ago." Chris said.
"You look like you�re very much in love." Mary said.
"That�s because we are." Nikita said. "I suppose we should start unloading the van."
"Yeah, I think we should." Chris said.
"Welcome to the neighborhood." Robert said with a smile as the two headed back to their house. ezra
Chris and Nikita both grabbed a box each carrying it into the house. As soon as Chris had closed the door behind them Nikita dropped the box on the nearest table. ezra
"I�m getting out of here!" She exclaimed.
"So am I!" Chris said. "What the hell do you think you�re doing here?"
"What are you doing here?!" Nikita asked back.
"I was assigned this from Roche of the FBI. I didn�t know that you would be my wife!" Chris yelled.
"You think I knew about this?! If I did I never would have agreed. Never!" Nikita was furious.
"I�m calling Roche." Chris said grabbing the phone and storming upstairs into the bedroom. ezra
Nikita took a few deep breaths and then she went out to unload the rest of the boxes. Even though she didn�t intend on staying a second longer, she still needed to make it look like they were really moving in.
Upstairs Chris was pacing the room while he was waiting for Roche to answer the phone. ezra
"Roche."
"Roche! It�s Chris Larabee, what the hell do you think you�re doing to me?" Chris was furious and he kicked a chair out of the way.
"What do you mean?" Roche asked confused.
"Nikita�s my wife! Nikita!" Chris exclaimed. "I had to kiss her in front of the Hortensens!"
"Yeah, your girlfriend." Roche said.
"She�s not my girlfriend!"
"But after the trial you two..."
"We broke up over a year ago!" Chris yelled.
"Oh..." Roche fell silent.
"You have to fix this! Now!"
"I can�t. You�ve already made contact with the suspects. You can�t just move out immediately." Roche said. "You have to try and make it work."
"What!?"
"You have to. We can�t get you out of there." Roche said.
"What the hell is that supposed to mean?!"
"You�ve made contact with them, they�ve seen you." Roche answered. ezra
After Roche had said that all he heard was a click as Chris hung up the phone and put it down on the table. Chris then fell backwards on the double bed and covered his face with his hands. How the hell was he gonna do this. He had to live with his ex-girlfriend, posing as husband and wife. The fact that Nikita probably hated Chris didn�t make it easier. Chris lay on the bed for 10 minutes calming down and then he got up and walked down to the kitchen were Nikita sat at the table sipping a glass of water. ezra
"Nikita." Chris started as she looked up at him. "We have to make this work."
"Why? I�m out of here as soon as possible." She said.
"I just talked to Roche and he says we have to stay."
"What? Why?"
"They�ve already seen us." Chris said.
"We have to live here together?" Nikita asked as she took in the news.
"Yeah, I�m afraid so." Chris said.
"Oh my God." Nikita sighed.
"Can you handle this?" He asked.
"Yes, yes I can. You?"
"Of course. We�re both professionals, right?!" Chris said and Nikita nodded. "Guess we�d better unpack then." ezra
A few hours later it was past midnight and Nikita just hung her final items of clothing into one of the big closets. She was impressed with the size of the house, it had two floors and 7 rooms and a huge kitchen. Nikita had also found two big closets and she started to unpack her clothes in one of them, while Chris took the other. ezra
"Kita." Chris said and it made Nikita shiver, Chris was the only one who called her that. "Sorry. I mean Nikita."
"Yes?"
"What about the sleeping arrangements? The bedroom is facing the Hortensens." Chris said.
"Well, we�ll enter it together, act a bit, pull the blinds and then you sleep in the guestroom." Nikita said. "Good?"
"Yeah, sounds good." Chris said realizing that Nikita had solved every problem they had so far. "You�re quick."
"What do you mean?"
"You solve every problem we have."
"Yeah, we�ll I like solving problems." Nikita smiled.
"You�re very smart." Chris said with a warm smile. ezra
A couple of days later JD & Josiah had settled in the new house and JD was practically giddy with joy over the new house. He loved every inch of the house much because it was so big. JD was driving Josiah insane with his bouncing up and down everywhere in the house. The worst part of living with JD was the fact that he played music all the time and Josiah didn�t like that kind of music. But Josiah enjoyed playing the role of JD�s father, as much as JD enjoyed being fathered by Josiah.
A week later Chris and Nikita got along okay, but they stayed on their separate sides, only speaking to each other when necessary. Suddenly there was a knock on the door and both Nikita and Chris looked at the other somewhat confused. Chris went to open the door... outside Ezra and Madelaine stood. ezra
"Hi!" Chris said
"Hey there, Christopher!" Ezra said shaking hands with Chris. "Nice to see you again."
"Yeah." Chris said understanding that Madelaine and Ezra were playing the roles of the married couple, since they both wore wedding bands on the fingers. "Why don�t you come in." ezra
As soon as Chris closed the door behind them Madelaine burst out laughing. Ezra grinned slightly as Chris glared at them. ezra
"What?"
"You look so weird." Madelaine smiled. "I don�t think I�ve ever seen you without your black clothes."
"I agree." Ezra said as he studied Chris� white shorts and multicolored t-shirt.
"It�s part of Christopher�s wardrobe." Chris said with a nauseous look on his face.
"You look very 'summery'." Madelaine smiled and kissed Chris on the cheek. "By the way we�re Lisa and Peter Austin. We�ve been married for two years and we know you through your work."
"Thanks for the history." Chris smiled.
"How�s it going with you and Nikita?" Ezra asked. "You two doing okay together?"
"She�s a great actress I�ll tell you that much." Chris said. "We get along just fine as soon as there are people around otherwise she doesn�t really talk to me."
"Well, where is she?" Madelaine said.
"She�s out back, trying to get a tan I assume." Chris said and opened the door to the back. "Honey, look who�s here?"
"Oh my God!" Nikita exclaimed and rose from her seat in the sun and went up to Madelaine.
"Jennifer, how great to see you." Madelaine smiled and hugged her whispering. "I�m Lisa Austin. Ezra�s my husband Peter."
"Lisa, it was so long ago." Nikita smiled.
"Well, we got your postcard notifying us that you had moved so we just had to visit." Ezra said hugging Nikita.
"You know you�re always welcome here." Chris said. "Would you like something to drink, honey?"
"Yes, I�d love a cola with ice. Peter? Lisa?" Nikita smiled.
"Just some iced tea if you have any." Ezra said and Madelaine nodded in agreement.
"I�ll be right back." Chris smiled.
"So how do you like it here in your new house?" Madelaine asked.
"It�s really good. It�s so big and roomy." Nikita smiled.
"And how are things between you and Chris?" Ezra lowered his voice when he posed the question.
"Awful, he doesn�t speak with me. And I don�t speak with him." Nikita whispered.
"How are the neighbors?" Madelaine asked.
"Just fine. They seem really nice." Nikita said knowing that the Hortensens were also out back.
"That�s good. Is Christopher still working too much?" Ezra asked.
"He has gotten better. He�s been home helping me fix everything here, settling in."
"That�s good." Ezra said as Chris came out again, carrying a tray with four glasses.
"One iced tea for Peter and one for Lisa." Chris said handing them the two glasses. Then he turned to Nikita. "And one ice cold cola for my lovely wife."
"Thanks sweetie." Nikita said as she received the glass. ezra
An hour later the four had gone inside and now they sat inside discussing the case. Ezra told them that he had been in contact with Roche and that Roche seemed happy about how things were going so far. Chris told them that he had talked with the couple a few times, they always seemed to show up as soon as he or Nikita were outside. ezra
"They kind of freak me out a bit." Madelaine said. "I saw them staring at us when we got out of the car. "The woman looks like she could go insane any minute."
"I know." Nikita said. "She acts really nice but you see it in her eyes." ezra
Suddenly there was a knock on the door and Chris went to open it. Outside Mary and Robert Hortensen stood with a smile on their faces. Chris smiled back and raised a questioning eyebrow. ezra
Undercover
*******
When the movie had finished Madelaine had fallen asleep so Ezra carried her up to bed and after he had tucked her in, he went down to Nikita.
Christopher had apparently been married to this Jennifer Richmond for little over a year. They had met during a vacation 2 years ago and were still very much in love. Jennifer worked from home, while Christopher worked with a computer software company.
Mark Sullivan worked as an insurance salesman, his wife, Derek's mother, had died in a car accident 6 years ago. Derek had been unemployed since he finished school and he still lived with his dad because he couldn't afford to move away from home.
After 30 minutes of driving Josiah stopped in front of a wooden house. They all jumped out of the van and walked up to the house, eyeing it.
As Nikita looked up she saw Chris and she gasped. But she saw the Hortensens staring at him so she took a deep breath and made her way towards her 'husband.'
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