When Lizzie went over the file for the interrogation in the morning something struck her. Audrey seemed to move around a lot including the Arab Islands, Iran among others as well as this she was questioned with regard to a 747 that went missing in 1981. The CIA clearly didn't have anything to connect her to the case and were satisfied from her questioning but with the travel and her ability to fly under the radar Liz wondered whether Audrey was actually somebody far more powerful than a simple intelligence agent.
Lizzie arrived at the Blacksite the next day to face the interrogation. She briefly summarised her angle of attack to Cooper while they watched Ressler try the nurture and sympathise routine.
She glared at him in her true naked form and Ressler sat hunched over the desk clearly disturbed.
'who are you working for Audrey?'
He was trying to connect to her by using her name a personable thing to try to make the person seem more humane.
She sat like stone as he waited.
Her once blue eyes now black.
'you know I thought at the start you were too good to be true but over time I imagined marriage and maybe kids-
'family is overrated and unreliable'
Her voice was hoarse from lack of use but before Ressler could continue questioning thinking he was on a roll she added-
'I would very much like to leave as soon as possible'
Ressler left the room looking drained and tired Liz noticed as she saw he was pale and the hollows of his cheeks were more pronounced.
'she's all yours'
She braced herself before the attack.
'hello Audrey Bidwell or should I call you by your original name Audrey Krichkow ?'
She sized up Lizzie with a withering look which silently stated she was not intimidated.
'you see I was wondering how you managed to get into this country without being noticed. I think you are very well connected, I mean your file is absolutely full to the brim with commendations and your involvement with domestic and foreign sabotage situations'
Sensing she wasn't gaining an audience she went on
'For instance in 1981 you were called in by the CIA no less, on suspicion of being involved with the disappearance of the Boeing 747 and again with the hijacking of flight 93 in 2001, so tell me Audrey do you simply collect intelligence on stock markets or are you a terrorist?'
'I was just travelling here for a holiday that's all'
'yes you travel a lot don't you? Iran, Iraq, Arab Isles, Russia, and here where we catch you in the act of trying to steal a very lucrative product which may blow the American market out of the water'
Audrey leaned forward and Lizzie did her best to stand her ground expecting some sort of physical reaction but what she said surprised her.
'I'm as good as dead when I get out of here so I think I'll enjoy the silence until then ok?'
Without consulting with Cooper Lizzie tried her best to reel the suspect in
'we can offer you immunity if you agree to tell us everything'
She laughed in response and responded with
'that would be the most dishonourable thing I could do'
Then it hit Liz like a freight train as her synapses fired. She remembered a case study they had been thought in the academy it had made history because of its political significance.
