Loyalties

by howIspendmytime

In the finale of The Blacklist, **SPOILER** it is revealed that Liz is alive. Mr. Kaplan, her, and Tom were all in on the plan to betray Reddington and fake her death. This story spins around the idea that the betrayal never happened, and that Liz's fake death took place in an entirely different way. What if everyone was loyal? What if no one on the team was to blame?

1. Intro

Intro

Elizabeth Keen is dead.

That was the conclusion people believed to be the case. You can't blame them: that was what every piece of evidence led to. Reddington saw it. He watched as her heart rate ceased to climb and her lungs cease to breathe. Liz was dead. He held her hand and kissed her face then walked away because Liz was dead. The fact was there, and it was not questioned. Liz was dead, and the silence of defeated hearts filled the Post Office. That was not different- Liz was still dead.

What was different was the husband, who, instead of pretending to be broken, began to break.

What was different was the faithful friend, who, instead of hurting Red, aimed to help him.

What if the broken husband and the faithful friend had taken no part in faking her death? What would've happened if Kate had kept her audacious plan to herself? What if Liz hadn't agreed to hurt everyone that's ever helped her? And, if these are all the case, then that begs the greater question: If Tom and Kate hadn't faked her death, then who did?