Liz knocked on the door.

"Dr. Bartosik, FBI!"

They waited a few minutes before knocking the door down, with guns ready.

They walked in and secured the apartment. It was empty. They put their guns back in the holsters and looked around.

It was clear that he had been here but everything was gone. Liz headed to his desk and looked through some of the documents that had been left behind on it and also in the trash.

Kate headed to where he had most probably set up his lab. There were empty vials laying on a counter, along with syringes. She grabbed a glove and took the vials to have a look at them. Her phone rang.

"Fontaine."

"Kate, it's Donald. We're walking out of the morgue. Based on our assumptions, the coroner reran some tests and Reddington was right. There was a mixture of medicine used for cardiac arrythmia."

"Let me guess, Digoxin and Corgard?"

"How did you know?"

"Cause I'm looking at empty vials as we speak."

"Did you find anything else?"

"No. The place is empty. It's no real surprise, I would imagine that with his mission over, he's going to move on to his next victim, if there is one. Liz is looking at some of the documents he left behind, maybe it will give us a lead."

"OK. We'll meet you guys back there."

Reddington sat down at a booth in a cheap dinner, Dembe standing near him. The door opened and a bald man in his mid-fifties walked in. He walked in their direction. Reddington stood and shook his hand.

"Dr. Bartosik, thank you for meeting me. I presume you know who I am?"

"Naturally, a man of your status is known to all."

They sat down.

"What is it that I can do you for you Mr. Reddington?"

"I've learned of your amazing talent of removing certain obstacles from the paths of greatness, of some of the most important figures in this world. And I think I could use your services."

Bartosik raised an eyebrow. He had never worked for a real criminal and he was honored that a man as Reddington would seek out his services.

"Who is this obstacle?"

Reddington took out a picture and placed it on the table. Bartosik took it and looked at it in length.

"A beautiful woman, it would be a pity to see her go. Tell me more about why I should rid you of her. Has she broken your heart? Stolen from you? Or maybe perhaps refused herself to you, hence embarrassing you and all the power you stand for?"

Reddington smiled. If only Bartosik knew. She hadn't broken his heart and he hoped she never would, she had never refused herself to him. She had stolen something from him, that was certain, but nothing that he didn't want her to steal…his heart.

"She is preventing me from managing my operations as I see fit. Let's just say, she is constantly in my way, trying to put me behind bars."

Bartosik put the picture down. "I don't do cops."

"She's not a cop, she's a federal agent."

"Mr. Reddington, the reason I can still help my clients in getting rid of their annoyance or rival is that I select very careful each of my missions. I'm afraid I will have to turn you down."

He stood as Raymond watched him.

"Out of curiosity, how much do your clients pay you?"

"That is also something I protect and I'm sure you of all people understand the confidentiality of this."

"Whatever, they charge you, I offer you threefold what they do". He paused for a moment, then in turn stood, put his hat back on. "But that's alright, I'll find somebody else, who I'm sure won't have as many scruples as you do for that amount of financial security."

He started to walk away.

"Fourfold." He heard Bartosik say.

"Fine, I'll even offer you my private jet to flea the city, state or country once it's done. I'll be in touch with all the details of where and when."

Reddington walked out and settled down in the car. Dembe looked at him from the rearview mirror.

"You don't think you should have talked to Kate about this first?"

"This was our short window of opportunity. If I hadn't stepped in, Bartosik would have vanished like a ghost."

"You're going to tell her aren't you?"

Raymond said nothing.

"Raymond?"

"Dembe, I would never do anything that could harm or kill Kate. I need you to trust me. But yes, I will advise the entire team. I've done my part, the rest of it is for them to handle."

"Have you freaking lost your mind"! yelled out Donald as Reddington explained to them what he had set up. He was infuriated at how easily Reddington seemed to be putting Kate in harm's way. "This guy causes heart attacks and you hired him to kill Kate!"

"He thinks I hired him to kill Kate, there's a big difference and I don't like what you are insinuating Agent Ressler. I have never done anything to put any of this team's members at risk, why would I start now?!"

Donald took a step towards Reddington. "And what is this obsession with Kate? Why aren't you sending Samar or Liz?"

Kate and Liz watched as Raymond kept looking Donald straight into the eyes and give him a smile of victory. Raymond had finally managed to get Donald out of his wits and it felt great.

"Enough!" said Kate. Both turned their heads to look at her. Donald still looked pissed whereas Raymond simply kept smiling. "The reason is that not only he's on Reddington's list but he's also on my list! I've been tracking Bartosik for 3 years. Tell me you wouldn't want to be in the front row if it were someone you'd be tracking down for years?"

Donald looked at Reddington. He was the one he had been tracking down for years and he was sitting first row.. that was all he was doing, sitting. He couldn't arrest him and put him behind bars and all because of that stupid Blacklist.

Harold looked at everyone. "I agree with Kate. Everyone needs to work together and trust each other, otherwise something will go wrong and there is no room for mistakes. We know what he's capable of."

They scattered and Kate looked at Raymond. Donald came up to her. "You got a minute?"

She nodded and they stepped a bit further away. Kate had her back turned to Raymond and it was tactical, she knew that Donald wanted to keep an eye on him and see his reaction when he was talking to Kate. He was wasting his time. Raymond would never let anything show.

"Look me in the eye and tell me that you trust him."

Kate furrowed her eyebrows. "I do trust him and I trust you and the rest of this team."

"You're willing to risk your life and go in blindly along with Reddington's plan to catch Bartosik?"

She cocked her head to the side. "Donald, I think you forgot that it's exactly what a Federal Agent does. This being someone from Reddington's list doesn't change that. Our duty to this country and its citizens is to serve and protect them. If I'm not willing to risk my life to save innocent lives, then I've got nothing to do here. And neither do you!"

With that she walked away making sure she didn't make eye contact with Raymond or Dembe.

That evening she remained in her apartment. Raymond and Dembe were meeting with Bartosik to organize everything. The plan was for Bartosik to get a hold of Kate the following day in the evening as she headed towards her apartment building. Raymond would put at Bartosik's disposal an empty warehouse nearby and once it was done to dump Kate in the alley behind her apartment building. With Raymond organizing everything, Kate felt safe, she knew nothing would go wrong.