Present Day

Nikita: When I stepped out of that jet and onto the slick airstrip in Hong Kong, I felt... like I had a purpose, for once in my life.

Jenna: That's a very liberating feeling.

Nikita: Yes. At the time, all I wanted was to grow in my new career. Career doesn't describe it perfectly, but you get what I mean.

I was too young and foolish to realize that my brother was right, I was throwing away my freedom.

Jenna: But you reconnected with your brother eventually, when was that?

Nikita: Quite a while later... it was way too late.

I just can't believe how wrong I was, and how right he was.

Jenna: But like you said, you didn't have much of a choice.

Nikita: No, Jenna, we always have a choice. Always.

It took me 20 years to learn this lesson from Pavel. So, you could call me dumb...

But I was never the bold leader my brother was.

Sometimes, I wonder if he's out there somewhere... hiding from Ri Zhou.

*Nikita stops and breathes in*

Nikita: So, at this point, I had already met Li and Cheng, but there were two more new faces outside the jet.