Comms/Incursion: Paradise Lost (2024)

NATALYA SOKOLOVA: Nice little set up you've got here, MnM.

MACKENZIE MERET: Thanks, Nat. Surprised you didn't send one of your henchmen to check up on us.

NATALYA SOKOLOVA: You don't send a stranger to check up on friends.

MACKENZIE MERET: Agreed. Um, so, why are you here?

NATALYA SOKOLOVA: MnM.

MACKENZIE MERET: Mack.

NATALYA SOKOLOVA: I know we've had our differences in the past, but I would hope that after all this time, given the state of...well...everything, you could bury the hatchet.

MACKENZIE MERET: That won't work with me, Nat. I know who you really are, and I'm not falling for whatever this scheme is.

NATALYA SOKOLOVA: I'm sorry you feel that way. I was just trying to help a friend. I'll see myself out.

MACKENZIE MERET: I think that's best.

NATALYA SOKOLOVA: I really am quite impressed with everything you've built here. You were always a true philanthropist. Putting the community above your own personal safety, I always admired that about you.

MACKENZIE MERET: I'm glad you could make it, Nat.

NATALYA SOKOLOVA: Wouldn't miss one of your secret benefits for the world, Mack. What's the cause this time?

MACKENZIE MERET: Free clinic in Brooklyn. They lost one of their grants last year and we're trying to help make up the shortfall.

NATALYA SOKOLOVA: Why don't you just cut them a check, take the tax break and call it a day? You can afford it.

MACKENZIE MERET: That would solve the problem for this one clinic, but it doesn't change the policies that created the problem in the first place.

NATALYA SOKOLOVA: Oh, MnM. You're adorable if you think these politicians will stop austerity measures because they like your canapes.

MACKENZIE MERET: It's not about the party, it's about the relationships forged at the party. It's amazing what you can get people to agree to if they see you as a person and not just another rich girl trying to build her brand.

NATALYA SOKOLOVA: You have to be in the room where it happens to influence what happens.

MACKENZIE MERET: Exactly. And I can provide the room.

NATALYA SOKOLOVA: Well, it is one hell of a room. Roaring 20s is a great theme. Some of these senators may have been original members of the club your grandfather started.

MACKENZIE MERET: If I had that kind of leverage, I wouldn't have to throw a party.

NATALYA SOKOLOVA: I really appreciate you checking up on an old friend for me.

HELLFIRE: Sure thing. All I need is a name.

NATALYA SOKOLOVA: Mackenzie Meret.

HELLFIRE: Like the heiress?

NATALYA SOKOLOVA: Yes.

HELLFIRE: She's running some sort of halfway house refugee camp out of the family's estate.

NATALYA SOKOLOVA: Yes. She is.

HELLFIRE: Ugh, sounds like you don't need me to check up on her.

NATALYA SOKOLOVA: I'd prefer if you'd personally confirm her current condition.

HELLFIRE: And what condition would you personally like me to confirm?

NATALYA SOKOLOVA: Compliant.

HELLFIRE: Copy that.

JOHNSON: The Meret Estate?

HELLFIRE: Yeah, got a report of an outbreak at the community.

JOHNSON: Have to run this past the wife.

HELLFIRE: Of course. You're a team, I wouldn't want to do anything to upset that.

JOHNSON: We're solid. We're trying to get pregnant, so don't want to take any unnecessary risks.

HELLFIRE: Hell, that's great news.

JOHNSON: Thanks. With Keener and his Eclipse bullshit gone, it feels like it's the right time to get back to normal.

HELLFIRE: Absolutely. But, you know. If we don't learn from the past, we are doomed to repeat it.

JOHNSON: You don't think we should be trying for a baby?

HELLFIRE: I think you'd feel a lot better knowing you're bringing that kid into a healthier world. Check on this outbreak rumor with me and then you and Martinez can go on that long overdue honeymoon.

MARTINEZ: Who told Wright about the outbreak?

JOHNSON: He didn't say.

MARTINEZ: Then how do we know his source is credible?

JOHNSON: Wright never asks for anything. He's quiet and he gets the job done no matter what. He asks for backup on this one, I trust that his intel is good.

MARTINEZ: We need to be more careful.

JOHNSON: I know. I told him we were trying. And, he promised to give us some extra protection if we go along. Said he's got some kids that will protect us.

MARTINEZ: Practice kids like one of those robot dolls they give you in school so you know if you're ready to be a parent or not?

JOHNSON: Something like that, but a lot more useful in case things go sideways.

MARTINEZ: Well, I'm not pregnant, yet.

JOHNSON: And Wright is right. We want to bring our baby into a healthier world. If there is a new bug going around the Meret Estate, we need to eradicate it before it spreads.

NATALYA SOKOLOVA: Happy birthday.

MACKENZIE MERET: Thanks.

NATALYA SOKOLOVA: Don't be sad, MnM.

MACKENZIE MERET: I'm not sad, Nat.

NATALYA SOKOLOVA: Really? You're not? You're so brave, MnM. I mean, if both of my parents died in an awful accident, I'd be devastated.

MACKENZIE MERET: How did your parents die, Nat?

NATALYA SOKOLOVA: What are you talking about? My parents aren't dead.

MACKENZIE MERET: Oh that's right. They just don't give a shit about you. That's why they never visit.

NATALYA SOKOLOVA: They never visit because they're busy. My father is a very important man and my mother...

MACKENZIE MERET: Is a drunk?

NATALYA SOKOLOVA: Happy birthday, MnM. I hope you like the presents the lawyers bought for you.

NATALYA SOKOLOVA: Wright, any updates?

HELLFIRE: Lovebirds are on board and ready for departure.

NATALYA SOKOLOVA: Excellent. Any provisions required for your coming out party?

HELLFIRE: Promised some extra protection that only a certain wealthy benefactor can provide access to.

NATALYA SOKOLOVA: Me or Cal?

HELLFIRE: Easier to use Cal's connections, less messy and uh, the Lovebirds will ask fewer questions.

NATALYA SOKOLOVA: Excellent. Rogues working with the Cleaners, nothing new, nothing amiss, nothing to see here.

HELLFIRE: Exactly.

NATALYA SOKOLOVA: When you're done at the Estate bring her to me.

HELLFIRE: You sure? Would be easier to neutralize the threat.

NATALYA SOKOLOVA: Easier sure. But, I've never known you to step away from a challenge, Wright.

HELLFIRE: You must have been really close, to go to all this trouble for your friend.

NATALYA SOKOLOVA: We go back a long way. A lot of history there.

MACKENZIE MERET: I just wanted to say sorry about Felix.

NATALYA SOKOLOVA: What do you know about Felix?

MACKENZIE MERET: We just heard that Division Agents took him out in DC.

NATALYA SOKOLOVA: Yes.

MACKENZIE MERET: I know we haven't been on the best of terms, but, I know what it's like to lose family. And I want you to know, that no matter what happened with us in the past, I'm here if you want to talk.

NATALYA SOKOLOVA: That's very kind of you, but completely unnecessary. I'm fine.

MACKENZIE MERET: You're not fine. Your brother was just killed. There's no way you're fine.

NATALYA SOKOLOVA: Stop worrying about me, MnM. They were my orders. We knew the risk. This was inevitable. I'm fine.

MACKENZIE MERET: What do you mean "they were my orders"? Did you have your brother killed?

NATALYA SOKOLOVA: You and your wild imagination.

MACKENZIE MERET: Nat. Did you have the Division kill your brother?

NATALYA SOKOLOVA: You sound tired, MnM. You should get some rest. Have a nice glass of sheep's milk tea. Let your community take care of you for once. I mean, what's the point of taking in all those strays if you don't let them take care of you every once in awhile.

MARTINEZ: So, where is this protection you promised us?

HELLFIRE: In the crate.

MARTINEZ: This better not be a trick.

JOHNSON: Very funny. SHD Tech. What the hell am I supposed to do with that? Huh?

HELLFIRE: Congratulations, Agent.

ISAC: Identification confirmed: Agent Johnson. Status: Rogue.

MARTINEZ: How the hell did you pull this one off, Wright?

HELLFIRE: Pays to have friends like Conley. God rest her soul.

MARTINEZ: Well, let's take these babies out for a test drive.

MARTINEZ: I promise to honor, obey and respect our union from this day until my last.

JOHNSON: I promise to honor, obey and respect our union from this day until my last.

MARTINEZ: I will cherish the life we build together.

JOHNSON: I will cherish the life we build together.

MARTINEZ: No matter what challenges we may face, we will face them together.

JOHNSON: No matter what challenges we may face, we will face them together.

MARTINEZ: You are my light and my love.

JOHNSON: You are my light and my love.

MARTINEZ: And I love you with the fire of a thousands suns.

JOHNSON: For all of my days and all of our nights, we will burn as one.