I don't own Blindspot or any of these amazing characters…

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This one is for Pulsar, sorry it took me so long to update. Glad you're enjoying it! :)

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"We need to let the team know that we're alive," Jane told Roman.

"I'm sure Patterson is on it," Roman insisted.

"We could just call them," Tasha suggested dryly.

"I want them to worry a little bit," Roman insisted, "Sending the two of you into that warehouse almost got you killed. It was a stupid move, so let them suffer."

"What about this new leaf you were talking about?" Jane reminded him.

"I'm not fundamentally changing," Roman denied, "I'm just not killing indiscriminately."

"I notice you didn't say at all," Tasha noted.

"Well," Roman explained, "Some people need to die…"

"There's a court system for that," Jane reminded him.

"A corrupt system," Roman agreed, "Evil people with the right contacts and enough money get away with terrible things all the time."

"Well," Tasha argued, "You can't just kill them."

"I thought if anyone would understand it would be the two of you." Roman looked between them.

"What do you mean?" Tasha asked defensively.

"You worked for Madelyn for months," Roman reminded her, "You left the FBI for the CIA because you believed the system was flawed and didn't want to be constrained by regulations."

"How do you know so much about me?" Tasha didn't deny his comments.

"I know about all of you," Roman insisted, "The new bioluminescent tattoos on Jane, weren't just to get her attention, they were to make her see…to make all of you see…that nobody is above reproach. Apparently, not even Weller."

"Was it your plan to make Weller think he killed Avery?" Jane demanded.

"No," Roman denied, "But I have to admit after finding nothing on Kurt Weller I was pretty impressed with Stephan's solution."

"It almost destroyed us," Jane wasn't impressed.

"Well, he shouldn't have lied," Roman reminded her.

Seeing how worked up Jane was getting Tasha tried to bring the conversation back to the most pressing point, "About the team…"

"I've already sent Patterson a clue," Roman said with a little grin.

"Why not just call her?" Tasha insisted.

"Patterson loves our little games," Roman denied, "She would be disappointed if I made it too easy for her."

Seeing the grin on his face Tasha and Jane shared a look.

"Why do you think I broke out the information on individual drives?" He asked them. "Not only does it keep the game going, but it allowed me to feed you what information you needed…when you needed it."

"Thanks?" Tasha said in question.

"You should thank me," Roman reminded her, "The last drive kept you away from the CIA Black Site they had all ready for you."

"I almost died," Jane told him out of the blue.

Roman's smile disappeared, "I know, Patterson figured out the map…I'd been working on it for months."
"Rich had been searching for the Book of Secrets for years," Jane tried to reassure him.

"Rich-Dot-Com," Roman shook his head, "And people thought the names we chose for ourselves were bad."

"Who thought our names were bad?" Jane demanded.

"We're losing sight of the point," Tasha reminded them.

"The team should be here any time," Roman insisted.

"What are you going to do?" Jane worried.

"I'm going to make a deal," Roman assured her, "If they could let a Black Web fast talker become a consultant, then all the information I have on people should be worth something."

"He's not going around town torturing people," Tasha argued.

"That you know anyway," Roman countered.

"Is he…" Jane looked shocked.

"No," Roman laughed, "But that wasn't the point."

"What if they don't make a deal?" Jane worried.

"They'll make one," Roman reassured her, "I know what HCI Global has planned."

Jane hoped he was right…

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They came in mass.

Roman looked over at the security monitor before turning back to Jane, "Your husbands here."

"Aren't you worried they might shoot you?" Tasha asked him.

"Naw," Roman denied, "They're FBI."

"I'm going to meet him," Jane wasn't asking permission.

"Don't you think he'll be happy to see me?" Roman didn't seem concerned.

Jane remained prudently silent.

"I'll stay with your brother," Tasha offered, "Make sure nobody shoots him."

"I knew I liked you," Roman told her.

She didn't know if he was being sarcastic or not.

Jane moved to intercept Kurt with a worried frown. Roman seemed confident, but she knew not all deals were honored…

Kurt looked up when the door at the end of the hall opened. Seeing his wife, he pulled his weapon up and moved toward her quickly.

"You okay?" He asked, not pulling her into his embrace, but his eyes ran over her from head to toe.

"It was Roman," Jane explained, her eyes worried.

"We know," Kurt admitted, "Patterson figured it out."

"He wants to make a deal," Jane warned him.

"Where's Tasha?" Reade didn't comment on her statement.

"She waited with him," Jane explained.

"Is anyone else in the compound?" Kurt demanded.

"Not to my knowledge," Jane denied, "But I just woke up not that long ago."

"Woke up?" Kurt worried.

"He darted us," Jane explained.

Kurt's eyes went to her bandaged arm.

"It's just a graze," she assured him.

They entered the room with Roman and Tasha and Reade moved to her side.

"You okay?" He verified.

"Fine," Tasha assured him.

Roman's complete unconcern for the FBI Agents flooding his hideout relaxed the situation considerably.

"Roman," Kurt greeted him.

"Kurt," Roman dipped his head, "I didn't frame you for Avery's death."

"We know," Kurt admitted, "Jane said you want to make a deal."

"I know…things," Roman agreed.

"Tell us what you know," Reade suggested, "And we'll see what we can do."

Roman actually laughed, "That's not how this is going to work."

"You think I'm just going to give you a deal without you giving us anything?" Reade demanded.

"Yeah," Roman admitted, "You've cracked a lot of the tattoos, but even with everything inked on my sister, I know more. I can help you and you know it."

"Why come in now?" Reade demanded, "We thought you were dead, you could have stayed that way."

"Your careless disregard for my sister's safety is going to get her killed," Roman said bluntly, "I had to do something and since she is unlikely to leave Weller and join me, the only other option is joining you."

Kurt took a step closer to Jane when Roman suggested she leave him.

Roman looked over at Kurt with a little smile, not missing his involuntary reaction to that suggestion.

Kurt glared back.

Jane placed her hand on Kurt's back in reassurance.

He looked over his shoulder at her and she worried about the level of vulnerability in his expression when their eyes met.

She would never leave him willingly again. She needed him to believe that.

"Let's go," Reade took out his cuffs and approached Roman.

Jane stiffened as she watched on in concern. She needn't have worried, Roman simply held out his hands while Reade cuffed him.

Kurt looked down at her and their eyes met. She took a single step toward him and whatever he read in her face brought him the rest of the way to her. His arms closed around her protectively even as Roman walked past them on the way to the NYO.

Kurt knew how vulnerable his wife was when it came to her brother. Years of longing and disappointment had eroded the foundation of their relationship and he knew that even now there was no guarantee this wasn't just another disappointment waiting to happen. Jane was fragile in a way that she hadn't been since she first climbed out of that bag and his protective instincts were screaming at him. He knew he couldn't stop whatever was coming, but he worried. Kissing her brow gently he closed his eyes and held her tighter. Nothing going forward was going to be easy, but they'd face it together like they had everything else.

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Patterson watched Roman on the monitor. She couldn't believe that he was still alive and he'd been playing this game with her through his data caches.

As if he knew she was watching him, he looked up at the video camera with a little smile and tilted his head. She turned away and all but crashed into Rich who was standing behind her.

"So…" Rich was watching her with a speculative expression, "That's Roman."

"Yeah," Patterson acknowledged, "He looks pretty good for a dead man."

"Does he?" Rich's eyebrows rose and he smiled.

"You know what I mean," Patterson said uncomfortably.

"Oh," Rich agreed, "I know exactly what you mean…"

"Rich," Patterson warned him.

"What?" He asked innocently, "I'm not the one staring at the interrogation room video with moon eyes…"

"I'm not!" She denied with her face flushed.

"I'm not saying he's not stare worthy," Rich reassured her, "He most definitely is, but I did not expect this from you."

"Stop it," Patterson warned him. The fact that he wasn't wrong only made her more uncomfortable.

"This is going to be fun," He observed, "Hope we all live through it. Me especially."

"Nice," Patterson glared at him.

"I need you to find out exactly what Roman's been up to since Stephen died," Reade told them as he and Tasha entered the lab.

"How exactly are we supposed to do that?" Rich asked curiously.

"The way you do on everyone else," Reade suggested.

"This isn't everyone else," Rich reminded him, "This is Roman."

"He's not superhuman," Reade argued.

"Are you sure?" Rich demanded, "He and Jane are pretty amazing."

"I'm sure," Reade insisted, "We need to treat him like any other criminal who's looking to cut a deal."

"They aren't really going to give him a deal?" Patterson demanded.

"Yeah," Reade admitted, "They are. The fact that he could have walked away and didn't is a factor that works in his favor."

"He's killed…countless innocent people." Patterson reminded him.

"Well," Reade rubbed the tension in his neck, "The information he has in his head could save countless more."

"Says him," Patterson argued.

"I hear you," Reade assured her, "But this is going to happen so I need to know everything ASAP."

"I'll start looking," Rich didn't sound enthusiastic.

"Patterson," Reade looked over at her expectantly, "Are you good?"

"I'm fine," She dismissed, "But I need to interview him."

"What?" Reade looked surprised.

"He's playing a game with us," Patterson insisted.

"Yeah," Reade agreed, "He is."

"I can play it better," She insisted.

Looking at her earnest face Reade didn't doubt her.

Tasha listened in with concern. Roman's earlier taunt ringing back in her head. Patterson loves the game that we play. She would be disappointed if I made it too easy for her.

"I don't think that's a good idea," Tasha worried.

"Well," Patterson didn't look like she appreciated her concern, "I'm not taking a poll."

Tasha tried to hide her hurt. She knew the choices she'd made had strained their relationship, but she still cared about Patterson. The fact that Patterson barely seemed to tolerate her wasn't going to prevent her from trying to intervene.

"He's playing you," Tasha worried.

"But he's not going to win," Patterson said without hesitation.

Watching her go Tasha didn't say anything more. This was a disaster waiting to happen and there was nothing she could do.

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Jane sat in the observation room with Kurt. She was looking through the two-way glass at the brother she'd thought was gone forever and Kurt was watching her with a concerned expression.

"He's alive," She turned to look at her husband, the shock of that discovery still written on her face.

"Are you okay?' He worried, his hand holding hers as his thumb soothed her wrist.

"Yeah," She assured him, "It's just…"

"Terrifying," Kurt worried.

Jane looked up at him in concern.
"Are you okay?" She worried.

"Not really," He admitted, "I know you love him, but I don't want him to hurt you again."

"I don't think he's here to hurt us," Jane tried to reassure him.

"I know you don't," Kurt agreed, "But that doesn't mean he won't."

"He will never come between us," Jane assured Kurt, "I won't let him."

"I know," Kurt didn't want to add to her burden, "But what you want from him he might not be able to give you."

"I just want a second chance," Jane admitted.

Kurt didn't say anything. He had no idea where any of this would lead them, but he'd do whatever it took to protect his wife. Even if it was from the brother she loved…

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The door to the interrogation room opened and Roman watched as Patterson came in and sat down across from him.

"You cracked the map," Roman observed.

"Rich and I found the book of secrets," Patterson confirmed.

"Rich?" Roman repeated doubtfully.

"It was a team effort," Patterson explained.

"Sure," Roman clearly wasn't buying it.

"You're treating all of this like a game, but your life is on the line here." Patterson told him tartly.

"It's a gamble I'm willing to take," Roman assured her.

"This isn't just about you," She reminded him, "Jane cares about you, don't make this harder on her."

"Is this really why you came in here?" Roman asked her, "To warn me not to hurt my sister?"

"Not only that," Patterson denied, "I need to know what Madelyn has in store for us."

Roman just looked at her.

She looked back.

"Did you really think I would tell you anything before I got my deal?" Roman finally asked in the ensuing silence.

"You need to understand something," Patterson told him bluntly, "That deal is a piece of paper, the thing that's going to protect you is this team, everything else is just an illusion."

"How do I know that protection isn't an illusion too?" Roman said with no levity.

"I'm not sitting here playing this game with you because I'm bored," Patterson insisted, "You matter to Jane and Jane matters to us. So you matter."

"Don't pretend like you haven't enjoyed our little game as much as I have," Roman all but whispered, "I know you aren't just sitting here for Jane."

"Why are you sitting here?" Patterson didn't respond to his taunt.

"For the same reason as you I would think." Roman admitted.

Patterson looked up at him in startled surprise to find him watching her intently.

"Help me give them something before they find the reason they're looking for to throw you away…" Patterson warned him.

"Madelyn is getting ready to blow up the Chinese Consulate here in New York," Roman finally admitted.

"Why would she do that?" Patterson looked alarmed.

"She's crazy," Roman said in a droll voice, "But it's also in retaliation for the FBI thwarting her plans. She's trying to create chaos to hide her bigger agenda."

"Which is?" Patterson demanded.

"That should be enough to prove that my Intel is good enough to get me the deal." Roman insisted.

"When is she planning to do this?" Patterson worried.

"Today," Roman admitted.

Patterson abruptly stood up and moved back over to the door.

"Patterson," Roman's voice stopped her and she looked back at him, "Thank you for watching out for my sister."

"I'm trying to watch out for you too," Patterson admitted, "But you're too stubborn to realize it."

Once she was gone Roman looked down at his cuffed wrists and smiled.

Jane looked over at Kurt in alarm.

"I don't know what worries me more, Madelyn blowing up the consulate, or the interaction of Patterson and my brother." She admitted.

Kurt just shook his head. It was like they'd gone into an alternative universe where nothing was like they expected it to be.

"This is definitely going to be complicated," Kurt agreed.