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SLOW MARCH TO DEATH

Chapter 4: BLACKLIST 1

Summary:

Preparations are made for Zapata, Reade, and their Baby to flee the the US
Red Reddington and his organization and Mr 'Ice Cream' are enlisted to
'grease' the wheels.

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Dembe Zuma returns to his Boss' current HQ 17 hours after departing that morning. Two flights, including one
outside of the continental U.S., making the contacts (in person) that Raymond Reddington had committed to in his
discussion with Patterson (and others)...on one of his flights he'd met his Lover, Nas Kamal (of the NSA)-a little known
fact-especially by the public at large-is that the Intelligence Agencies of all Super Power nations coordinate with large
international criminal enterprises to facilitate certain operations that can't legally be undertaken by law enforcement.

Officially, Nas is "working" Reddington through Dembe; unofficially their relationship has very little to do with national
security.

Red has been busy as well-arranging the requested safe house, transportation (both air and sea), security (while enroute to their
safe haven, and beyond) and the necessary (false) identity documents. By the time Denbe arrives, and both men, after a brief
they retire for the night.

With much more time to create the new identities Zapata, Reade, and Nat will need, Patterson, Rich Dot Com, and Ice Cream are
able provide unshakable picture ID, birth, education, and nationality documents for Spanish National Consuela Rebeca Ramos
Perez, age 32 (Zapata);US National Lorenz Paul Shaw, age 33 (Reade), and dual National Magaly Ayumi Shaw Ramos, age 14 mos
(Nat). "Consuela Ramos" is an IT professional; "Lorez Shaw" is a former Military Contractor.

Patterson liquidates some her Wizardville stock to pay Red's fee of a half-million U.S.Dollars. Rich contributes some of his hidden
crypto-currency stash to pay Ice Cream's fee ($100,000). Wheels are turning, deals are brokered. 'The Shaw-Ramos' family will remain
in Red's safe house for six more days; by that time all arrangements should have been made for their travel out of the country.

Meanwhile, Jake Keaton leads an inside-out 'churn' of his Agency; his 'covert' investigation is less subtle: find out who turned two loyal
Agency Operators, and how they were turned. He suspects MADELINE BURKE...

Weller is placed in the AD chair (acting) during Reade's absence-the cover story is that the family is on extended personal leave (family
emergency-full 'back-fill' courtesy of Patterson and Rich). back-fill is all documentation and other 'records' created to make the cover story
plausible. 'Moves' are being made, wheels are turning...