Cooper took centre stage of the main area of the Post Office as several agents waited gathered around him

'Sir Agent Ressler just arrived' something in Meera's tone reminded Lizzie of the way she had spoken to her when she came for the meeting yesterday morning. Clearly she felt Ressler didn't deserve severance either.

Ressler made his presence known before he was seen as he opened with

'Sir with all due respect I don't like being played like this'

He stood out like a sore thumb when he reached them in jeans and a sweatshirt. Lizzie almost did a double turn when she saw Meera give him a full bodied glance. She averted her gaze with a feeling that she had observed something intimate.

'Alright folks now that we are all here I will let Agent Keen explain what's going on'

Ever the one to adapt to being thrown into the deep end. Lizzie spoke to the room taking in each face as she went. On hearing that Lizzie was taking point on the case Ressler audibly snarked which she did her best to steamroll over.

'ok so we have a possible national risk with the likelihood of it leading to international espionage in some shape or form, the person we are interested in is one Audrey Krachkow'

She handed out copies of the file with details to the level that each member was authorized access to.

'we believe she is trying to bring about some sort of financial crisis to this country but we need proof hopefully visual at the least audio'

She glared at Ressler to gauge how he was finding his ex fiance's entire profile being read to a group of people, to allow herself some satisfaction she continued with

'that's where you come in Ressler, we need you to set up a meet since she is not yet suspicious of you knowing the truth about her activities'

All eyes fell to Ressler and she had to stop herself from doing a victory dance at seeing him growing uncomfortable at their stares.

'we plan to stage a conference at a local hotel where you will hopefully meet for dinner and if she is trying to steal the anti-spy software we believe she is after, we will catch her for interrogation and gauge what her bigger plan is if there is one'

At this Ressler raised his eyebrows and practically yelled

'your kidding right? I mean she is some sort of espionage agent from Iraq who had commendations in guerilla warfare and you expect her to not catch on that we are luring her?'

'we'll have to assume you have a very distracting personality'

Liz knew that was her first comeback that threw him and owed her a few small snorts from the other Agents.

An agent called Charlie or Charles she couldn't quite recall spoke up and asked

'Agent Keen what is this software she is supposed to be trying to steal'

But she was always one to put people at ease and started with

'that is a good question, from what we know the software is in phase one of being introduced to market with the possibility of having financial backing from several big businesses, in short it is anti-spy ware, Aram would be better at telling you specs and stuff but for the purpose of this investigation as far as conferences go the product is presented to the table and it is tested'

She took a breath as Charlie wrote furiously in his notepad, definitely an introvert mildly oppressed teenager with overachieving and highly expectant outcomes from life. She wondered how such a man joined the FBI knowing it would include questioning, interrogations and general social interactions. He looked as if he were having an anxious fit from talking to her.

'we believe she tried to sabotage the conference held at the hotel two weeks ago -that coincidentally coincided with the disappearance of Reddington- to get her hands on that software'

'what she does with the software we are still trying to gauge but we think she may try to reproduce the software in Iraq, sell it off as their own and broker some deal with countries like China who thrive on that sort of technology'

When Liz stepped back and turned to Cooper he stood and bellowed

'Ok people we have to assemble a team to monitor everything and see it all goes to plan'

Liz caught Ressler about to leave when she intercepted him and quietly but firmly warned

'Don't undermine my authority like that again'

'I'm sorry Agent Keen but Im running a little low on respect today since mine got spat back at me'