Emily Prentiss was standing in her kitchen in her DC flat waiting for her 14 year old daughter.
"Victoria, come on!" Emily called wanting to spend time with her before she got called away on a case.
"I'm here," Victoria mumbled "God, it's too early to be awake." She complained coming from her room playing with her dark brown almost black hair, which matched her mothers.
"Well you're the one that wanted to go out to breakfast before school." Emily said to the growling teenager who huffed before saying "I know, I know, now come on you're the one in a rush" Emily shook her head before grabbing her keys and jacket following Victoria out of the door and towards the car. After a short 30 minute drive they arrived at the café, making their way in and taking a seat at their normal spot
"How are your grades, dear?" Emily asked the blue eyes sitting across from her watching them flash with annoyance
"Fines, I have all B's." Victoria stated flat out annoyed with the question "Now mom do we have to talk about school? I'm already there 5 days a week." Victoria sighed
"Of course, Victoria, I have the condo up for sale…" Emily said avoiding eye contact with her daughter
"Yeah, I saw. You're not as smooth as you think." Victoria mused; there breakfast continued with small talk and soaking in each other's presents. Once they finish they moved to the car to drop Victoria off at school when Emily got that unwanted call on her work phone.
"Prentiss" She picked up motioning for Victoria to turn down the music and hush.
"Hey Em, we have a case be here in 30, Okay?" Jennifer 'JJ' Jareau said
"A case, okay I'll be there." Victoria let out an inventory groan Emily whipped her head around so quick you'd think she get whiplash, covering the mouth peace before whispering "Victoria Elizabeth"
"Everything okay Emily?" JJ asked suspicion laced her voice
"Uh yeah I'll see you soon." Emily locked her phone before looking at Victoria "Victoria Elizabeth Prentiss what the hell was that?!" Little did Emily know she only locked her phone she never hung up so JJ could hear everything that they were saying.
"That was me groaning when you were on the phone with one of your co-worker" Victoria mumbled, back at Quantico in JJ's office JJ was listening to the conversation before thinking 'I shouldn't be listening to this.' JJ thought hanging up. Back in the car Victoria was starting out the window upset with her mother.
"Do you have your book bag?" Emily asked, Victoria rolled her eyes before looking for it, when Emily looked back over Victoria was looking at her hands "I'll take that as a no…" Emily turned the car around to get Victoria's book bag. With Victoria's book bag in hand and pulling in to the school the silences breaking.
"You know I love you right?" Emily asked
"Do you?! Or am I just some secret to you!" Victoria snapped
"Victoria, I love you and your sister more than anything in the world"
"Then why am I, why are we a secret? I don't even go by my real name in school! Only you, Mommy, and Grandma know about us!"
"We do it to protect you two, you know that. Between your Mother, Grandmother, and I there are a lot of people who would love to see us dead. We do this to protect both of you." Emily tried to reason as they pulled up to the drop off for Victoria's school, Victoria huffed at the response.
"Sure, whatever, I love you, bye mom. Or Ms. Prentiss because I don't even know if you're a mother anymore." Victoria said in disbelief
"Uh… Victoria…" Emily tried as Victoria slammed the door shut.
*Over at Quantico*
"Victoria Elizabeth Prentiss" JJ said out loud, shocked to hear that name. As far as anyone knew Emily wasn't married, but then again they also knew very little about the brunette profiler. Apart from the few facts like her mother is an Ambassador, she enjoys horror movies and that she spoke different langue's, it was all a mystery. With the gained information JJ ran to her best friend's office Penelope Garcia.
"Hey, Pen?" JJ said entering the tech guru's lair/office.
"Hello my blonde blue eyed friary, what may I do for you today?" Garcia rolled around in her chair to face JJ, only for her to roll her eyes.
"I need you to do something but you must keep it between us and only us." JJ deadpanned
"Jay, honey, you're worrying me" Garcia said
"I just need you to look up a name for me, that's all." Garcia swatted at JJ arms
"Oi, Jay you had me worried. So what's this name?" Garcia started typing
"Victoria Elizabeth Prentiss" With that Garcia stopped typing "Please Pen, for me?"
"Where did this come from?" Garcia said turning towards JJ
"I was on the phone with Emily, telling her about the case. When I hear a grown, I could hear her muffle the speaker and she said 'Victoria Elizabeth', I asked if everything was okay and she said fine. So we said goodbye but she never hung up," JJ laughed thinking about the older agent "And the next thing I know I hear 'Victoria Elizabeth Prentiss!' and then I hung up and that's that so Pen please!" JJ begged
"Making sure are Emily isn't married are we?" PG joked knowing the blondes crush on Emily
"Please Garcia she's straight it's never going to happen" JJ said mildly disappointed
"Honey, that woman screams gay. From the clothing to the shoes all the way to the car, there is no denying it. Either way sweet pea there is no one in here by that name" Garcia sighed
"Oh… Well…" JJ glanced at the clock "Come on now pen we have a case." That erupted a grown from both women who made their way to the confrere room.
Once in the round table room JJ started presenting the case a small frown on her face when she saw Emily wasn't there yet.
"We have a kidnapping," pictures of 4 different brown hair blue eyed girls "this case is in Manhattan, New York. Each girl is found 2 day after being take, and a new girl is taken after 1 day. Each being found severely beaten, raped, and starved they are all found barley alive." JJ finished, Emily quickly made her way in the room apologizing for being late. Hotch told her it was fine just not to make a habit of it, making a mental note just to find out why. JJ on the other hand watched the brunette Agent, JJ smiled inwards seeing Emily in a red shirt. The best way to put is that Emily looked drop dead gorgeous in red, plus the black work pants. But in all reality Emily could wear anything and JJ would still think she is gorgeous. 'She may look hot in that shirt but it'd look better…' JJ stops that thought knowing it wouldn't be a good move in a room of profilers.
"The Unsub sticks with 14 year old girls no older no younger." Morgan said
"They all got to public school, but not the same one." Reid spoke up
"They all do after school activates 2 where in a math league and the other 2 where in drama." Emily said
"Why are we just learning about this case?" Rossi asked
"From what I understand the SVU detectives don't like outsiders so they maybe difficult to work with." JJ commented, Emily sighed inwards when she heard SVU
*Flash Back*
"Alex!" Emily yelled after returning home from work
"Mom!" Victoria yelled running towards her mother Emily smiled at her daughter but confused to why she hadn't seen her wife yet, it was Alex's day off after all.
"Victoria, where's your mother?" Emily inquired Victoria just shrugged handing Emily a letter addressed to her in Alex's handing writing "Victoria, why don't you go and play in the living room. I have something I need to finish in my library, and then I'll come and play with my favorite girl. Okay sweetheart?" She kissed Victoria on the forehead and moved to her study. Taking out the letter she wondered where her beautiful wife of 10 years could be, Emily smiled at the thought of how long they have been together.
'Dear Emily,
We have been together for 11 long years now, married and have a beautiful little girl. But I cannot do this anymore. I have fallen out of love with you, and someone else holds my heart, Olivia Benson does. I'm sorry Emily but I want a divorce. For you no longer hold my heart but Olivia does.
-A. Cabot'
*Flash Back Over*
Emily was heartbroken after that, but they made up over time well her and Olivia did but Alex and herself was a different story. The biggest problem had been when they learned Emily was pregnant again with one of Alex's kids, not 10 months later was Isabella Alexis Cabot-Prentiss born. There was still very much tension between the two.
"Em?" JJ asked, Emily looked around seeing that everyone other than them has left.
"Uh, yeah? Sorry I got lost in my head for a second." Emily apologized JJ watched Emily for a second and saw a flash of pain and what looked to be stress/worry in her eye
"Is everything okay? I mean you came in late today and you don't usually get lost on your head when going over a case file." JJ reasoned even though she knew Emily would feed her the only, 'I'm fine' lie
"Everything's fine." Emily gave a fake reassuring smile; JJ only smirked at the lie the older agent told her "So brown haired blue eyed 14 year old girls? Where?" Emily prayed it wasn't the one city she dreaded more than anything.
"Uh Manhattan, New York, we leave soon." JJ said leaving the conference room
"Shit" Emily muttered to herself