Despite Nikita wanting to extract Alex soon, Michael allows her and Jaden to be send on a mission. Nikita and Alex decide to fake her death on this mission.
However, during the mission, it turns out that a terrorist attack is coming. Nikita stops the attack while Alex tries to complete the mission. She has to blow of her escape plan however when she decides to save Jaden. Alex decides to stay and fight Division.
In the end, Jaden's real mission turns out to have been to steal a nerve poison, which she hands to Percy. He promotes her to agent for this.
Tropes
- I Choose to Stay: Despite Nikita wanting to extract Alex and sent her far away to safety, Alex decides to stay and continue fighting Division.
- Parental Substitute: Nikita and Michael come across as those for Alex, especially in the first and last scene with her in the loft.
- Rape as Backstory: It turns out Jaden was in jail for killing her rapist when Division recruited her.Jaden: The people I work for now? They thought I showed initiative.
- Vitriolic Best Buds: Subverted. It seems like Alex and Jaden are headed that way, with them working rather well together and Alex saving Jadens life, but in the end they still hate each other.
