Red was in a darkened warehouse, his arms outstretched and a vinyl tube draining blood from his neck, as almost all of his blood was drained from his body when she came into the light for him to see. From where he was at he knew he was going to die, no questions asked… well that's what he thought anyway.

Katarina looked up at him "I hope you tell our friends in hell that I'll be there soon enough before you know it Raymond. We will be spending eternity together." She said smirking at him slightly

Mila looks down at his blood pressure "76 over 54."

Katarina looked over at Reddington "It was really nice knowing you Raymond, but I have other business affairs to get to now. You're in good hands with Mila here, she'll take care of you don't worry." She looked over at the younger female and nodded before she looked back at Red "Goodbye, Raymond." She then walked away to go in the back to see what was going to happen. She still had the tracking devices on both Red and Mila if they would ever try to escape.

Mila glanced over her shoulder once Katarina was out of sight for the night and unhooked him from the IV lines which were drawing his blood. If she was going to save his life she had to do it sooner rather than later. She helped his limped body to a wheelchair, carefully without being seen she wheeled and placed him in her car. Since Red was the only one that had a tracker, she cut it out of his skin, then she placed gauze on the wound with tape. "Hang in there Mr. Reddington, I can help you once we get out of here but I need you to trust me."

Red looked at her as he was slipping in and out of consciousness. "Ju-st do… wh-what y-y-you need t-to do, to k-k-keep m-me alive, pl-please, anything."

Mila nods slightly before pushing him to her car. She helped him in the car and shot the guard as he drew his gun towards them. She didn't even look back, she was really good at hiding her desire to consume any of Red's blood that was in the blood bags that she took for him after his transformation. She wasn't a killer but she never sired anyone either.

Red didn't notice that she stopped the car after she got off highway 50, as he didn't feel a damn thing in his body.

Mila shortly got out of the car and placed the bags of his blood on the seat opposite of him. "It'll be over before you know it, Mr. Reddington."

Red slightly lifted his head and looked over at her weakly "W-w-what are you t-talk-ing a-about?" He asked as being slightly confused

Mila took a deep breath. "Just trust me okay, this is the only way to save your life on time. Transfusion would take too long and you would die." She said to him softly

Red looked at her comprehending what she just said and then it dawned on him. She's not human. "W-what are you?" He asked in a shaky tone

"I'm going to be very honest with you, I'm a 300 year old vampire, I was turned when I was in my early 20's." She looked at him as she unhooked his seatbelt.

"H-how long is… t-the process?" He asked her again before she would bite him

"A few minutes, you'll die right away and then it takes a few minutes to work. Then you'll be a creature of the night. Are you sure you want this, Mr. Reddington?"

"If it's the only shot I have then I'll take it, Mila."

She nods at him, "It will only hurt for a few seconds. This is your last chance to change your mind." She warned him

"J-ust do I-it." He said as his eyes were closed as if he had zero strength to keep them open

Mila released her fangs as she dipped her head to the side to where his neck was. She would smell the blood from his pulse point. She gently bit down, piercing his neck, tasting his blood. She applied enough pressure on the bite to turn him, not actually kill him. She then licked some of his blood before releasing her mouth from his neck.

Red groaned out a little bit when she first bit him and felt her tongue lap up his blood from his pulse point. After she released her teeth from his neck, he felt his heartbeat slowing down as well as he started having trouble breathing.

She looked at him "Stay calm, Mr. Reddington, this is normal. You feel like you can't breathe and your heart rate is dropping. It takes a few more seconds before you actually turn." She explained to him.

He had shut his eyes and she took the opportunity to cut out the tracking device from her own neck and throw it on the highway where traffic would run over it.

Ten minutes later…

Mila got them off of highway 50 where none of Katarina's guards were following them. She went to her abandoned safe house up the road from one of the exits, she parked the car and got Red out. She only went there when she really needed to, if she was running from hunters. Red woke up feeling more alive as ever, he noticed that the bags of his blood were on the right side of him. He looks over at Mika's direction and nods at her as if to say thank you. "W-where's my phone?"

"I haven't touched it sir."

Red dug into his pocket and found his phone. He dialed Dembe's number and waited for the other man to answer his phone.

"Raymond, where are you? Are you okay?" Dembe asked his friend.

Red nods before answering him "Yes I'm fine. Please do me a favor and check on Dom; Katarina might go after him." Red explained to his friend

"Alright I can do that, is there anything else I can do for you?" Dembe asked him

"After you make sure Dom is in a safe place, call me and I'll give you the address that I'm at. We need to talk about something important, my brother."

"Alright, just be safe Raymond."

"I will." He said then hung up and looked over at Mila "How many days will I have the thirst?"

"For right now, every few hours. As time goes on, your hunger for human blood will increase if you can't control it. If you can't control your hunger, you will need to feed anywhere from 12 to 24 hours. If you can control it, you can go every other day without feeding. Is the person you just called trustworthy?" She asked

"He sure is, I saved him when he was a child. He's been by my side ever since and I consider him as my brother. I paid for his education, he can speak up to four languages fluently and he's also my bodyguard. So yeah I trust him with my life."

Mila nods "I hope this is true because if not it'll possibly get you killed. You need to be safe Mr. Reddington and please keep this secret hidden and buried underground. If it gets out in the open, the hunters will come after you and they won't rest until they have you killed."

He nods softly "No need to worry Mila, I'm the most feared man in America. The number one on the FBI's Most Wanted List. I'm used to running and hiding in the shadows, this isn't much different. Thank you for saving my life, you could've let me die but you didn't. I'm forever in your debt. If you ever need anything just let me know."

Mila nodded and looked over at him, "I will keep that noted for the future."

Red nods and smiles at her "Great, that's great to hear."

"You will stay here for a day or two and then you can go back to your safe house. No one will come looking for you here. Don't worry Katarina has no idea this place exists, as far as she knows we're gone with the wind." She joked lightly

Red chuckled softly "If she somehow finds me is there a way that I can just kill her and not sire her?" He asked

"Of course, if you have the desire to kill her. Just kill her anyway you want, just don't bite her to sire her."

Red nods and smiles "Thank you for helping me with everything so far." He reached for his blood as he finished talking. He gently opened the bag and started drinking his own blood that she had saved for him.

Mila nods and smiles at him "It's not a problem Mr. Reddington, I only did what you asked me to do."

Red stopped drinking the blood for a few seconds and looked up at her. "First of all, call me Red, that's my name. No more Mr. Reddington bullshit. Second, I know you did what I asked of you." He has blood running down his chin from his hunger for his own blood.

Soon after Red's phone started to ring just as he was finishing on the blood. It was Elizabeth calling him "Lizzie, what's wrong?" Mila looked over at him oddly thinking that she was maybe a girlfriend or his wife. Red looked over at Mila and singled for a dark rag to wipe his mouth before Dembe came over

"Where are you Red?" She asked

"I'm not entirely sure but I'm at a safe house. I'll make contact in a few days. Once I know something you and the Taskforce will get the next name on the Blacklist. Just give me a few days." Red said but he didn't explain what had happened to him.

"Are you coming down with something Red? You sound different?" She asked concerned

"I am coming down with something Lizzie, I'll be fine, don't worry too much about me." Red lied as Mila listened to his part of the conversation but she couldn't hear Lizzie's part. She went into the kitchen to fetch him a rag. She then handed him the rag, he nodded as if to say thank you to her. He gently wiped his mouth and chin.

"Agnes was asking for you, and I'm glad that Dembe is there to help you. Feel better, and tell Dembe to call me when he isn't too busy. Maybe he can relay the info to us about the next Blacklister, so that you don't have to strain yourself." She suggested

"I will have to ask him about that, if not I'll call you and fill you in myself. Tell her I said hi for me."

"I will take care of you yourself."

"I will." He said before he hung up. He held onto his bloody rag

Mila looked over at him "Girlfriend?" She asked

Red chuckled "No…. I'm her CI, she's in the FBI. Sometimes I wish she was…. I was starting to fall for her when this all happened. Now I'm not sure if she will accept me for being who I am. She was okay with me being a criminal but that was before I was sired as a vampire." He explained somewhat about the situation with her

She was about to respond to him when his phone rang again. "You must be popular." She joked slightly

He chuckled lightly and saw the name pop up on his phone "It's Dembe." He said before he answered the phone

"Raymond." Dembe answered

"Show up at the address that I will text you and come alone. Promise me that." Red said over the phone

"I promise brother, send it to me and I'll be there."

Red hangs up and then he texts him the address of where they were. He reminded him to come alone and to make sure no one was following him from Dom's. He puts his phone away. He stood up throwing the rag somewhere Dembe would never find it.

"I have a stash of blood in the basement for later. Plus I had put some in a bottle of red wine in case you needed some without your friend suspecting anything."

He nods "Thank you Mila, now where do you want these empty blood transfusion bags that you filled with my blood that I devoured?"

"I can take care of that Red, go and relax before your friend gets here." She grabbed the two bags and hid them in her room before his friend came.

A few minutes later after she came back downstairs the doorbell rang. Mila went to get the door. "Just stay in the chair Red, I'll get it, it must be your friend."

Dembe smiles at her "Hello miss, is Raymond here?"

Mila smiles "You must be Dembe… come in." She invited him inside the safe house.

"Thank you." He said before he walked inside and then he saw Red on the couch and walked over to him "Raymond, are you okay?" He asked his friend.

Red smiles softly at him "I'm doing great Dembe."

Dembe noticed something was different with his friend "There's something different about you, I can feel it… I don't know what it is but I know something is up."

Red looked up at his friend worried about what he would say about him "Yes there is."

"What is it my friend?" He asked looking at him in the eyes

Red swallowed softly. "Nothing….. never mind." He lied to his friend and changed his mind "I think I'm going to go to bed. Dembe come back in the morning…"

Dembe looked at him "Oh okay…. Raymond no matter whatever is going on with you. I will always be by your side." Dembe reassured him

Red didn't respond to his friend because he wasn't ready to tell him that he's now a vampire. He walked out of the room silently not wanting to say anything to offend Dembe.