Keenler

Chapter 2

"So you're going to tell me what is going on or do I have to figure out myself??" Drew asks as I am checking on Dembe.

"It's classified, all I can tell you is that no one other than the 5 people in this room knows about it, I would like it to remain that way" I answer.

"You got it"

"It must have been tough, working alone with no nurses around" says Mr. Kaplan,

"It was always this way in Afghanistan" answers TC, I didn't even realize he was there.

"Y'all served together?"she asks, and I nod. 

My phone rings, and I look at the caller ID " I gotta take this " I say then move away from them

"hello"

"Liz where are you?"

"what is it Don, is every thing alright?"

"the address, it's an abandoned warehouse registered under an alias, Mark Chennai, ever heard of him?"

"No, look, I have to go, update me if you have anything on Reddington, and please don't send SWAT teams to the warehouse, and don't do anything stupid"

"I love you"

"me too"

I hang up the phone and I head towards Dembe where he lies half awake because of the sedative we gave him.

"Does the name Mark Chennai ring a bell?" I ask, and he shakes his head.

"But I know who took him," he says, groaning between the words "We've been tracking him for the past few weeks, his name is Matias Solomon,the problem is he is not working  on his own, he is employed by someone, and we haven't figured out who it is yet, what did he tell you on the phone?"

"the only way to save Reddington is by going to him, alone, unarmed"

"you're not gonna to go right?" TC asks from behind.

"yes I am" I say.

"I'm not going to let you" Mr.  Kaplan says.

"it's no one's choice, I am going, nothing you say or do is going to stop me, except if you find Reddington in time."

"Liz, none of us is going to let you leave" Drew says.

"Did you talk to him, Red?" asks Mr. Kaplan.

"Yes"

"And he told you not to go"

"of course he did, not that I am going to listen to him, or any of you in as a matter of fact"

"My job is to protect both you and Red, but I was instructed, in a situation like this, to protect no one but you Elizabeth, even if it means Red's death"

"I am not gonna let him die, the man on the phone said he wanted me unharmed, if he wanted to hurt me he would have kidnapped me in the first place"

"Nonsense, and whovever Red is, you can't risk your life for him" TC joins the argument,

"wouldn't you have gone if it was me instead of  him, or Topher, or Jordan, or anybody to be honest, you would, you too Drew, and when this person has saved your life a countless number of times, and given up his freedom and life more than once for yours, you would go"

I look at my watch, it's 4:30 "I have somewhere else to be at, I have to leave" I say, moving towards the door.

"You're not going anywhere" Drew says, standing in the door way.