This is taking place mid season 11. I decided to have Lewis come earlier and there was no Blake or Callaghan. Straus is still alive they were able to save her from the replicator. You're going to have to ignore the fact I wont mention Scratch for a while if ever and that I decided to put my own shift into things.

Chapter 1: The Jet

They sat in the jet waiting for Strauss to come in. She texted them telling them to grab there go bags and meet ASAP on the plane there was no time for meeting at the conference room.

"Why would she have us meet here and why was her text so cryptic." Morgan said looking at JJ. Just then Hotchner walked on the plane. It's been 3 years since they saw him. "Must be serious if Strauss called you." Rossi said with a laugh. They all looked at each other Hotch and Rossi either new or were just as confused as everyone else but they just sat there.

"I find it weird that she texted us and she was coming. When was the last time Strauss came on a case." JJ said confused. Lewis shrugged her shoulders she's been on the team for 4 years now. Reid continued reading his book.

"Hey kid do you have any in site on this?" Morgan asked.

"Not at all, I've read over all news articles and there was nothing I saw we would go to?"

Just then Garcia and Straus walked on to the plane both with their go bags and Garcia had her laptops.

"Garcia you're coming too? Reid asked confused.

"I will brief you guys as soon as we are in the air. " Straus said taking her seat on the plane.

"This plane was never this full. " JJ said looking around almost all the seats were filled all except for 1. She thought of her friend who she missed she had a tear fall down her face. Why did she think of her all the tie and she always got upset after? She had to stay strong. Derek had just announced that he was leaving the BAU in the a month. After all he had a son and a wife to think about. She thought about maybe leaving herself but she couldn't get herself to do it after everything this was her home and she loved her family but she knew Will was so supportive of her work.

They had been in the air for only 10 minutes. Strauss started taking out her files she had she still was old school a little bit. "This case I wanted you guys all here because it's been on all our minds." She said everyone looked at her confused. She didn't even stutter on this next part. "Emily Prentiss was taken 4 years ago. I know you all thought we stopped searching and I know you guys were all mad at me because I told you we needed to move on." They all looked at her with there mouths dropped open.

"It's been 1525 days to be exact 8 hours and 16 minutes." Spencer said. He knew that day as clear as day. He knew the time they found out and even what everyone was wearing. They all did they all felt they were to blame, they all blamed Strauss but they couldn't have known what would happen. They were trying to catch a killer his name was Thomas Gracie also known as Gracier. That was nothing special though his name. He kidnapped females cut them had them bleed out just enough to still be alive, raped them, and killed them. Finally leaving them out in a public place tied up usually in a tree or near a flagpole. This case took them too the small town in Idaho that case they split up as groups of two working on searching a huge farm that Gracie's family owned. He came up behind Reid drugging him and hitting Prentiss with a lead pipe knocking her unconscious that was the last time they saw Emily. They thought they finally had the guy and he blindsided them and they lost him. They were so close to catching him and he got away with one of their own. They searched for months but they had so many dead ends with no leads. After 7 months of looking they stopped. Although each team member tried to look it was taking a lot out of them, So much that Hotchner was so broken up he left the team. How could he lose someone he cared so deeply about and a team member? He had to take care of his son that was his main concern. If Emily could disappear and they couldn't find her what would he do if something ever happened to his son. "Where are we going? Where is she?"

"We are going to Milwaukee. We have a lead there an agent Luke Alves will be waiting to meet with us. " Strauss said.

"Why does that name sound familiar?" Reid asked confused.

"He works for the FBI Fugitive Task force." Strauss stated, "He thinks they have a lead to Gracier. Garcia has sent you the files we will land in 2 hours. I only called you all here including Hotchner because I don't know what we are going to find. I don't know if Emily's still alive and it hurts to say that except I want you guys to all do this for Emily."

"If Emily is alive though we need to think about how much trauma she went through." JJ said thinking of her friend she thought there was no hope.

"If Emily is alive she will have cuts and lots of trauma we don't know what he's being doing to her for the passed 4 years. What did Alvez say? " Morgan said confused. Lewis didn't talk much she wanted to but she never even knew Emily only heard stories they just went through the pain of losing her after Doyle and they all believed she passed away but then she came back.

"Alvez believes that a couple spotted either someone who looked like Gracier they tried to investigate but they didn't know what they were dealing with and they wanted us there. He has been working with the Milwaukee Police and they have a location" Strauss said.

"So why aren't we going right to the location?!" Derek asked concerned.

"We can't until we know everything if we scare him he will run." Reid said.

"He would take his victims in the middle of the night…" Rossi started reading out loud.

"I just want my Emily to be safe I can't handle this I need to put some earplugs in though I hate listening to all this torture. Garcia out" Penelope said.

"So as I was saying he would take his victims in the middle of the night hold them for a week and leave them dead out in public. We all see what he does in the photos. I never thought we would be going back over this." Rossi said he and Prentiss were close not like a relationship close but he was fawned of her friendship. Trusting her with stuff most people wouldn't trust with there older coworkers.

"Dave you never thought we would find her?" Hotchner sounded upset. This was the first time that he was with the team again. He was still a little flustered by Strauss call it has been years.

"That's not what I said, I just was very shocked." Rossi said as they looked over the rest of the case files they discussed their course of Action.

"Okay when we land I want all of you to get started with our jobs. Garcia and Reid I hate saying this but you guys are going to set up in the office with all the facts we need. Where to look, Reid I need you to read all the papers we didn't get from the police station along with any other evidence you might have linking to Gracier, this is the closest we have come to this. Tara and Morgan we need you to interview the people around this neighbor hood. JJ and Hotch I need you to look into passed victims and scope out the location we think that Prentiss is being held. Do not go in until we know for sure it will be all hands on deck," Strauss said. "Alvez will help us on the case." They all nodded they were just about to land and this was one of the most important cases of there lives. They were going to find Emily.

"If we find her Derek everything's so different now, what do you thinks going to happen?" Garcia said

"What do you mean baby girl?"

"Do you think she would come back here and work? Penelope knew the correct answer and maybe she was over thinking and she just wanted hope to find her friend but so much has happened.

"Baby girl it's going to be an adjustment we all need to be there for her but I don't think she would come back. She will need time and we don't know what we are getting into finding her. She needs to just know we are all here and yes things are a little different."

"A little different? Derek you got married and had a child, JJ had another baby, Kevin's gone. It's a lot and I don't think she's goanna be able to handle it I just don't want my best friend to think we all moved on with our life." Garcia said getting upset. Everyone was looking at her by this rate but they were all thinking the same thing. What will happen?

All right well that's my first chapter I hope you guys like it. I really want some good feed back much appreciated this is the first story I've written in a while feeling a little rusty. - LDG