Playing With Fire

M3, T21: Operations sends Michael's team to steal detonation chips from the base camp of the kamikaze terrorist group Crimson Storm. After the successful mission, Michael and Nikita steal away for a romantic interlude, but Birkoff feels obligated to report them to Madeline and Operations. Madeline and Operations worry that Nikita and Michael are either still conducting a relationship or planning a takeover of Section One.