A meeting between Sergio and several high level operatives has convened. Heinrich (Grigori's superior) is speaking...

"Sergio, you  have to focus."

"How?  Nikita is fighting for her life and we have to have a meeting?..."

"But we have work to do"

"We always have work to do..."

"Let's start with Konrad"

"Fine..."

"We've got to take him out."

"No shit?"

"Come on Sergio, we're trying to solve a crisis here..."

 

"No shit?"

"Well, tell us what you would do since you seem to be the authority on all things Konrad..."

"All I know is he seems to have this town wired - Half of the area's politicians were at his place tripping on Sanctity last night. The police are unreliable, because he told me he owned most of them during one of our crazy nights out drinking  - Most of the normal channels we would use to clamp down on a situation like this are ineffective - Konrad was very thorough in covering his ass - We can try to shut down his lab, but I'm certain he has plenty of drugs  stored in various places around town. He's threatened to unleash some horrible plague if his operation is compromised - I'd say we definitely crossed that line last night. I think our only chance lies with Nikita"

"Are you insane? - she's  barely hanging onto her life! Right now a surgeon has a pair of forceps inside her skull and is trying to retrieve the last fragments of your makeshift knife - if that doesn't kill her, the exit wounds from the bullet you put in her leg might - remember? the bullet that shattered as it hit her femur and left two gaping wounds and a badly damaged femoral artery? She's messed up and you did it! And now you're suggesting we use her as a trap for Konrad? I can't believe I am even hearing this from you - What the fuck are you on? Have you lost what was left of your mind?"

'It's possible"

"It's possible you lost your mind, or it's possible to use her as bait?"

It's possible we'll all be dead if we don't find Konrad soon. Something happened between them before everything went wrong - well, during ... she was speaking to him as her love - the drugs gave them some sort of connection - she said she'd be with him as soon as she took care of the problem - the 'problem' was me...Konrad said he'd wait for her - of course that was figurative, because he immediately hauled ass out of the room, but as Konrad was running,  Nikita yelled, "together we are one!"

In a half joking voice, Heinrich says, "no wonder you shot her!"

Sergio explodes from his seat, leaps across the table and grabs Heinrich by the throat - Several of the other operatives quickly subdue Sergio, but tensions in the room remain very high. Heinrich utters a half apology to Sergio, and Sergio lets the issue go for now. (Sergio had voluntarily let go of Heinrich's throat, but it felt like he was able to control something for a few seconds...and that felt good...in that moment, Sergio knew how he would get to Konrad.)