A/N: I know it's been a long while since I've posted anything but I HAVE been writing! This "story" of sorts will cover the whole alphabet, in order, and all 26 "chapters" have been written and are ready to be posted :)

I'll start off by posting A, B and C tonight :)

All mistakes are mine and I own nothing :(


A is for...Achilles -

The silence in the car was not a comfortable one. It was just past 2AM and Red still insisted he and Dembe stay parked outside the home of one special woman.

While the day had started off well enough, it soon turned complicated and then by nightfall, downright horrid.

Lizzie had once again been taken captive by a Blacklister they had been hunting down, only this time it was because of Red. A message to him, so to speak.

Thankfully, Red had managed to track her down and the FBI stormed the house she had been kept in before any real harm could be done to her, but none of that mattered to Red. She had been kidnapped and threatened because of him. For those few hours, she had been scared and frightened about what was to come for her, physically and mentally.

That just was not acceptable.

Dembe was certain his friend was so upset because he hadn't been the one to kill the man. It had been one of the SWAT Team members that got that honor. As Ressler and the rest of the team stormed in the house, the kidnapper started firing off shots and he was down in a blink of an eye.

Over the next couple of hours, Lizzie made her statement and had been checked over by the EMT's that were called to the scene. She, of course, refused to go to the hospital, insisting she was fine, just a few bruises.

Red had insisted he take her home and his voice left no room for argument.

That had been almost two hours ago and the lights in the bedroom were still on, hence why Red demanded they stay.

Dembe looked in the rear view mirror at the man in the backseat, who never took his eyes off the home.

"Raymond, she will be going to bed soon. She is safe. Hans and Jasper are keeping watch. She'll be fine."

Red didn't respond, just kept watching.

Dembe sighed but said nothing more.

"This won't be the last time something like this happens Dembe." Red said quietly after a long while.

Dembe once again looked in the mirror.

"My enemies will be gunning for her. If one knew about her, others will too. They will know what she means to me and will use her against me."

"Then we will keep her safe Raymond."

"You know what she is? She's my Achilles' heel." Red said as he watched the lights in Lizzie's bedroom shut off.

Dembe said nothing as he stared at his oldest and most cherished friend. His father figure. The man who taught him how to be a man. The one who saved him all those years ago.

"She's my weakness, my exposed nerve. She is the thing that will cause me to fail." Red muttered. "And knowing all that, I just can't bring myself to walk away."

Dembe lowered his eyes from the mirror. There was nothing he could say.

Raymond was absolutely right and that scared even him.

Elizabeth Keen was Raymond's Achilles' heel. And like Achilles...someday he would fall.

The End!

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