It's not quite five minutes later when Nikita and Jason close on the RV point where Alex is waiting, keeping watch. The realization hits her, not for the first time, she misses Birkhoff chattering away on comms. It's not enough to distract her though, Nikita's training and Michael's - and yeah, she'd rather have him around too - keeping her focused on the objective, staying alive. "Everybody good?" she asks when they're in range.