Nikita returns this Friday after a lengthy hiatus, which is welcome news for fans of The CW drama, but perhaps not so welcome for Nikita herself.

The episode, titled "Wrath," will focus on Percy freeing a man named Nicholas Brandt, someone Nikita helped place behind bars many years ago. But now he's returned, braced for payback and clearly getting a taste for it in the following photos.

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According to the official CW synopsis, Michael, Alex and Sean will swoop in to save Nikita, but Percy's "mind games" will push one of them toward "the brink of death."

Cue scary music and check out the Nikita trailer for the episode now!

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