"The Virtuoso"

Reluctant reinforcements

The next morning, the team prepared for the evening. Raymond found a club that was throwing a gala type event. When he said the name of the club was "Clair de Lune" Mona said " That is the same club where I was taken. He frequents that place, looking for vulnerable young women. I went there by myself one night. I heard they had a piano there and I wanted to be alone with my music and have other people enjoy it. He followed me outside, he got me alone...." her voice drifted off as she put a hand on her forehead. "I don't know if I can do this." " I can't imagine how difficult this must be for you," Dembe said, "but this might be our only chance to catch this awful person. Keep in mind that we are not sending out to the wolves by yourself, so to speak. We will have surveillance in, out, and around the club. And Raymond has agreed to go with you." "Won't that draw unwanted attention?" she asked. "As much as it pains me, I will remain hidden, but able to survey the situation. You will be given an earpiece to stay in contact." She took a deep breath and nodded in agreement.

Raymond called Cooper after the meeting. "Harold, I think I may be in need of your services after all. I will need your team and their surveillance skills to help capture a criminal." "Wait hold on, you have gone radio silent on me for days and now you need my team?" Cooper's voice was raised slightly. "Oh please, calm down," Raymond said, laughing. " May I remind you that you need me more than anything. I have myself a bit of a situation and it's beyond my otherwise capable skills. There's this girl..."

After Cooper hung up the phone with Raymond, he leaned back in his chair and let out a long sigh. Ressler knocked at his office door and opened it. "Sir, is everything alright?" he asked. Cooper took off his glasses, rubbed his eyes, then put them back on again. "It's Reddington, isn't it? He's been pretty much non-existent for days, now he needs our help?" "There's a potential sex trafficking ring that's been going on right under our radar. Raymond has a young woman with him who has little to no memory of her life before being kidnapped by a man who is holding other women like her hostage. He's sending her into a club and wants us to help out in case she runs into any problems." "Reesler sighed and said " I don't see how we have any say in this matter. I don't appreciate Reddington springing this on us at the last minute, but I want to help this girl out."