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Chapter 25 - The Main Frame

Lia: WHAT!?!?

Whitehat: Your parents were friends with Raymond Reddington?!?

Lia: You've got to tell me how the heck did that happen.

Reddington: Well, you see... I might not.

(Reddington pulls out a gun and aims it at both of them.)

Reddington: Well, you see, I was offered to join Blackwatch a long time before anyone else, just like your parents. I know the agreement they signed. You, Lia, work for Blackwatch, and the same goes for your young little friend.

Lia: I worked for Blackwatch, but I don't work for them anymore.

Reddington (intrigued): And why is that?

Lia: I was sold out. I became the number 1 most wanted on the FBI list.

Reddington:and they left you for dead.

Lia: Seems like you speak from experience.

Reddington: Wouldn't be the first time Blackwatch has done something so stupid.

Reddington: If not to kill me, why come looking for me?

Lia: We need to find Lucifer.

Reddington: Have you tried looking in hell?

Lia: I'm talking about Eric Bronzel. He calls himself Lucifer. He does arson, burns crime scenes like no one else.

Reddington: Oh, that Eric. Yeah, I can help you find him.

Lia: Yes, thank you!

Whitehat: What's the catch?

Lia (confused): What do you mean?

Whitehat: My dad was in the task force that hunted Reddington. No matter what deal he makes with anyone, he always has a catch.

Reddington: I KNEW I recognized you! You're Johnson's kid, aren't you?

Lia: Johnson? As in DIRECTOR JOHNSON?

Reddington: So I see Johnson got a promotion...

Whitehat: Don't you dare speak about my father.

Reddington: Okay, okay, relax kid. But he isn't wrong, Lia. I'm not helping for free.

Lia: Whatever you want, we can get it for you.

Reddington: Well, I will take you right to Eric if you get me access to the Blackwatch mainframe.

Whitehat: Are you kidding me?

Lia: Whitehat, we have to.

Whitehat: No. Your life isn't worth the lives of thousands, not HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS, of agents across New York.

Reddington: Relax, kid. I don't want to shut it down. I want you to get me access to all files from 2000.

Whitehat: That's... 9 years after Blackwatch was created. You weren't even on the kill list yet. What do you even need from those files?

Reddington: The identity of the man who ordered to kill Charlotte Mayen.

Whitehat: What the fuck are you on about?

Lia: Yeah, I worked on that file in the academy for a test. The CIA was the one that ordered the killing of Charlotte.

Reddington: That's where you're wrong. When Charlotte died, the CIA took down about 70% of her empire. That's a giant power gap. Want to take a guess who fit into that GIANT power gap?

Lia: Blackwatch...

Reddington: Exactly. Something isn't right about that story.

Lia: Wait, but if you wanted the file for Charlotte's killer, you knew she was 100% dead.

Reddington: Yeah, what about it?

Lia: Why did you meet with us then? I mean, if you were sure Charlotte was dead, why meet with two people claiming she's alive?

Reddington: I thought, hey, maybe I can get some information about Blackwatch from you two.

Lia: You knew we were Blackwatch agents?

Reddington: Yeah, only people who knew about Vasco were Blackwatch and my own people.

Whitehat: One question.

Reddington: What is it, kid?

Whitehat: Is he... actually insane?

Reddington: Have you met the man? Of course he is. The nurse is my contact; she listens to all the conversations and reports to me.

We cut to FBI HQ in New York.

FBI Assistant Director: Mia, my office NOW!

FBI Agent: Ohhhh, Mia is in trouble.

Mia: Shut it.

Mia walks into the FBI Assistant Director's office.

Mia: Yes, sir?

FBI Assistant Director: Did you by any chance go to the hospital room where THE NUMBER 1 MOST WANTED WAS STAYING AND DIDN'T GET HER?

Mia: Sir, with all due respect, it took a while for the officers to even call the FBI to get to the scene.

FBI Assistant Director: It doesn't matter now; she escaped...

MIA: Sir, may I ask you something?

FBI Assistant Director: What is it?

Mia: Why is she on the top of the most wanted list?

FBI Assistant Director: She killed the CIA director and his family... that's classified information, so do not tell the public, understood?

Mia: Yes, sir.

[Year 2022 - 5 months before the terrorist attack]

We see Alex calling Blake on his phone.

Blake: Yo Alex, what's up?

Alex: Listen to me. Whatever they say about Reddington is false, okay?

Blake: Whatever who says?

Alex: No time to explain, tell Elizabeth.

Blake: Alex, what is going on?!?

Alex: Nothing you can't handle, okay?

Blake: I'm coming to you right now. Where are you?

Alex hangs up the phone.