The Motherboard (The Blacklist x Scorpion)

29. On Me

Airplane, 05.46

"How long?"
"Still hours from landing." Alice put her head on Patrick's chest as he caressing her arms. "I can't wait to get there. Imagining us, live an ordinary life, as ordinary people Patrick."
"We can go to local bar, enjoy live music. Everything."
"Exactly."
"We had plan, we got place."
"And snow."
"Yeah, snow." Patrick giggles while he looks out from the window. They're almost there. "They're gonna looking for us."
"They will. But they would never find us. I calculate everything. No paper trail, no digital trail. Both your flight and mine were bogus. This one plane is off the book."
"But your dad is also a master of disappearance. He avoided FBI for decades."
"I know. I learned one or two things from him. But I add some personal touch to my plan. Unless he got help from someone that's also a genius, he got no chance."
"Walter?"
"No, he's not gonna help him. He deeply hates my dad. I know, he just didn't say it."

L.A, 06.11

"You got something?"
"No. His seat is also empty."
"Dembe, you think they're together in this?"
"I don't know Raymond. But it's possible."
"We need to find them. They might think it's all over. But it's not."
"Confirmed?"
"Yes. Ken isn't the head. We were looking into the wrong direction. There is someone else. The Crimson Prime is still active. And they're looking for her."

Zermatt, 14.25

"When you talked about Switzerland, I don't know it would be Zermatt."
"I know, I know. Not a popular choice. But the place is wonderful."
"It is. I love it here. This is exactly what I want." She looks around the scenery and then to this little house that Patrick bought for them. "Anyway it's freezing. What about get inside?"
"Yeah. I need some couch. And you... Patrick. You should shave a bit."
"Alright. Alright."

The interior is old, with the smell of woods. She quickly recognized the photograph on the wall. "The family picture. At our foster house. You still got it."
"I did."
"Josephine, you, me. God we were little. Anyway.... What's the story with this place? Clearly you haven't been here for awhile but yet you hang this picture here."
"I used to be here quite often. And then I stop."
"Why?"
"When I got married years ago. Because....I used to think that I'm gonna marry you back then, and maybe live here with you. But you were....we were having trouble so I married someone else. You know the rest." He looks sad, both with his wife's death and also the troubled relationship with Morgan years ago.
"I'm sorry."
"No.. We're here now, anyway."
"We will make it right this time. I promise." She lands a kiss on his cheeks, leaving him fully happy about the whole 'move in' thing.

"Anyway, Alice...." He giggles, "...sorry, it's still weird."
"I know, I know. But I insist."
"Okay. Haha. Umm... Since I know you can't cook, what would you like for dinner?"
"We have supplies?"
"No. But I can buy some."
"Okay umm... I just need some warm bowls of soup for tonight. My stomach can't handle it. Jet lag."
"Alright. I'm gonna go out. You can stay here."
"Okay."

New York, 19.44

"Thank you for having me, Carol. What do you got?"
"You know I like you Red. I'm just too old for a spark. Anyway.. my men hear things."
"What things?"
"About Crimson Prime."
"And what is that?"
"Rumor says that the head of the organization once had a family that was killed by the Cabal."
"A family?"
"Yes. A wife and a child."
"You got any name?"
"No. I just know the code name, Zephyr. It's been said that no one in the Crimson Prime even know his face. But I think I understand why the organization wanted to put you and The Cabal on fight."
"The fulcrum."
"Yes. It's a device that could put the whole organization to its knees. He thought you can put a fight against the Cabal."
"So they took my daughter and let me believe that Cabal killed her."
"Exactly. But the fulcrum is decades old. He went after something new. They called it The Motherboard."
"He's planning to release the content from this motherboard?"
"No, no. This is what I don't understand. I got information that this Motherboard is the ultimate weapon. If their intentions is to bring the Cabal down, why on earth don't they release it? So I dig deeper. You know the Fulcrum is too old and contain limited information. I heard the Motherboard contain the whole operation of the Cabal. That's when I think...it might be because he's looking for people who killed his family."
"He's looking for revenge."
"And one more thing, I heard the Motherboard isn't a device. It's a person, a woman. They believed that this person went abroad. Whoever that person is, she might be in danger."
"They knew this person is outside the country? How?"
"Through a man. They tracked a man. Peter or something."
"A man?"
"Yes? You know this guy?"
"Yeah. It's Patrick. He was working for me."
"Good. So you know where to find him."
"Unfortunately no. And I have to."

Zermatt, 20.09

"Hey, are you okay?" Patrick noticed how she can't swallow the food. She seems sick. "I don't know. It's just I feel like I'm gonna throw up. No offense, you're a good cook, it's just I think I'm still in jet lag."
"Okay, you need a rest. Come here." He pick her up on his back while she's laughing. "Ah come on. I can walk."
"No. You can't."
"Wait, Patrick."
"What?"
"Let me down."
"Okay. What is it?"
"What's the date?"
"15. Why?"
"Just....stay. I'll be back." She run into the bedroom and then into the bathroom. Patrick just standing there, waiting for whatever she's doing.
"Alice?"
"Just wait! I almost done."
"Okay."

After awhile, she comes back with a wide smile. "You're not gonna believe this.."
"What?"
"I'm pregnant."