Unnatural Selection
Chapter One (01): New Arrival
After finally getting Barnes off her back, Prentiss was finally back as the BAU's Unit Chief; which made everyone on the team happy. But there was still this emptiness inside of her. She didn't know why it was bothering her once again. She was with her family right? So why does she still feel alone? The brunette didn't the answer to that question…yet.
A month had gone by and Daniel Henney had left the team when he had been offered to lead a team in New York City and accepted the offer. Now the brunette was expecting the arrival of the latest team member: Jessie Grey. She had been recommended by Clyde Easter and the director had cleared her transfer.
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As the doors to the elevator's opened, out walked the newest member of the BAU team, Jessie Grey. The new member looked around the area, before walking through the glass doors; earning the attention of some of the agents.
"You think that's the newest member of our team?" JJ whispered to Spencer Reid.
"We'll know soon enough" he responded as he saw Emily walk out of her office and greeted the federal agent.
"Everyone I'd like you all to meet Jessie Grey. Agent Grey, these are agents Jennifer Jareau, Dr. Spencer Reid, Dr. Tara Lewis, Luke Alvez, David Rossi and our technical analyst, Penelope Garcia"
"Pleasure to meet you all" the shorthaired agent said as she shook everyone's hands.
"Let's head to the conference room and debrief on our next case, shall we?" Garcia announced as she made her way to the conference room and get everything ready for the team.
"Is she always so… colourful?" Grey asked, with a smirk.
"Never a dull moment" Reid answered as they all made their way to the conference room.
As they all looked at their tablet, minus Reid who was reading through a case file, Emily looked up and saw that Jessie was staring right at her with a smile. Her heart skipped a beat and she felt herself blush. The brunette immediately looked back at her screen and so did Grey. But her smile never left her face, until Garcia started talking about their new case.
'Why are you blushing, Prentiss?! She's probably just happy to be here… yet… her eyes… there's something hypnotic about them…' the brunette thought, before focusing back to the case.
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After they arrived at the DC police station, everyone gathered around and decided to go over the case once more and start building a profile. A child had been taken by a man named Bill Franklin; there was a possible link that this kidnapper murdered the children after raping them. They had less than 21 hours before they knew the child would be killed. Sadly the area was located in a forest.
"We have three possible locations, go ahead Garcia" Prentiss said, as she put the tech analyst on speaker.
"Alright, my crime fighting team, there are three cabins in this forest that match the geographical profile that our dear Reid put together. Each are approximately 10 miles apart and it is well known that Mr. Franklin is an avid hunter. So be extra careful, when you go out there"
"Which Cabin would he most likely be at?" JJ asked as she looked at the map.
"You said that Franklin is an avid hunter, right? He'll choose the cabin that will have the best vantage point" Alvez pointed out.
"Alright… got it! The second cabin is on a cliff/hill like area. I've sent the address to your phones and be careful my lovelies, Garcia out!"
The line went dead.
"Alright, has the SWAT captain arrived?" Prentiss asked out loud.
"Just arrived" The SWAT commander, Louis Vermont answered as he entered the room, "Have you had any luck locating him?"
"He's most likely at this cabin in the forest…" Emily said as she showed the coordinates and address to Vermont, "We still should send teams to the other two but our main focus is this cabin. Franklin is an avid hunter and will shoot at us to stop him from succeeding. But we also can't corner him too much or he'll kill Jamie Summers"
"Alright, You can ride with me as we make our plan of approach, on our way there. Meet me out front in 5 minutes" Louis said as he went to inform his team.
"Make it 15. We need to debrief the precinct"
"Got it" was all he answered before disappearing.
"Alright, Rossi and Reid… I want you on Cabin number one, Alvez and Lewis, cabin number three and that leaves JJ and Grey with me. Be careful out there. Now let's go deliver our profile to the precinct"
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As the SWAT vans pulled up in their planned area, everyone slowly and carefully made their way towards the cabin. JJ and the SWAT commander took the first half of the team, while Prentiss and Grey took the other way and team.
Everything was going according to plan, thus far. The cabin was somewhat in their view and no shots fired. That is until an officer accidentally walked on a branch and it snapped. Seconds later a shot was fired and the officer was dead. Everyone ducked for cover. Emily looked around and tried to see where the shot came from, when she heard a shot being fired and was tackled to the ground by Jessie.
"Stay down!" Grey whispered. But seconds later, both women couldn't stop staring at one another.
Again, Emily's heart skipped a beat and she felt flushed in her face. What was it about this woman that made her want to kiss her right here and now?
"Thanks…"
"…No, no prob"
Then the sound of another gun going off was heard, followed by the sound of a man screaming in pain. Then seconds later JJ's voice was heard over the radio.
"Franklin's down and we've got Jamie Summers!"
That seemed to have snapped both women out of their trance. The black haired agent rolled off and got up from the ground and offered her hand to her boss and helped her up.
"Thanks…" Emily muttered, while avoiding looking at her.
"Let's bring those other kids justice" was all Grey said before going to meet up with JJ and Vermont.
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Franklin confessed, after the DNA result came back that he had indeed raped the other three children and murdered them as well. After packing up the box of evidence for the trial, everyone decided to head on home early, and enjoy the next two days to themselves. Cases like this always affected the team more emotionally than others.
Prentiss had just finished the last report and decided to head on home. As she exited Quantico and drove home, the brunette just couldn't stop thinking about Jessie's eyes. There was just something in those eyes that drew her to the agent.
After she parked her car and made her way in her home, Emily thought about calling the young agent, but was surprise to see that she had received a text message from the black haired agent.
~ Can we talk? JG ~
Emily quickly replied.
~ Of course, what is it? ~
A minute went by and there was no reply. Just as she was about to get ready for bed, her phone starts ringing. It's Jessie.
"Jessie?"
"Hey… I know it's really late but… Are you busy tomorrow?"
"Just planning on catching up on some sleep"
"Oh, yeah that's true. Never mind then, I'll see you at work"
"I think it's better this way… whatever this is… it's against protocol"
"You're right, but we're not at work for the next two days"
"Jessie…"
"Meet me at the Compass Coffee, tomorrow at around noon" then the line was disconnected, before the brunette could say anything.
"Damn it…" the team leader said, before looking to Sergio, "I'm not going" she told her cat, who just purred and rubbed his head against her leg, "You're no help…"
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The very next day, Prentiss went to the Compass Coffee. As Emily sat at a table with her coffee, in the corner of the coffee shop, Jessie walked through the door and immediately spotted her and waved with a smirk on her face. The brunette waved back and patiently waited for the younger agent to sit at her table.
"How'd you know I'd show up?" Em asked out loud.
"Because you're curious about this attraction between us" Jess answered, "You know, the only reason fraternizing is against protocol is because of Agent Rossi, correct?"
"That may be, but it's a rule I support"
"Do you now?" Grey asked, with a playful smirk.
"Yes"
"Then why are you here, Emily?"
"To hear why you asked me here" the brunette answered, while avoiding Jess' gaze.
"I want to get to know you… on a personal level"
"You do realize that we've just met, right?" Prentiss said as she stood up and made her way out of the coffee shop and towards her car, only to feel a strong hold on her hand, "Wh—"
Emily's sentence was cut off, when Jessie's lips crashed onto hers. Before she could stop herself, the BAU Unit chief melted into the kiss and deepened it. The kiss was intense and passionate. Eventually, when they both needed to fill their lungs with air, both Federal agents ended the kiss. Realizing that they had garnered an audience, making the older woman blush, Prentiss pulled away before saying, "Could we talk privately… my place?"
"Sure"
"Just to talk" the brunette said in a stern voice.
"Understood" Jess answered with a smile as she sat in the front passenger seat.
After both women entered the condo, Jessie sat on the couch and waited for Emily to join her, when Sergio made his presence known.
"Well hey there little guy, what's your name?"
"Sergio" Em answered as she sat in a comfy chair, "He's an attention hog"
"Is he now?" the black feline jumped onto the young agent's lap and lay down, "Looks like I made a new friend"
"Yeah… listen, Jessie… this can't happen again. This team is my family and I just got director Ryder to tell the Section chief to back off my team"
"There's something else…"
"The person who was in charge before me, pretty much intrusted me to take care of the team, and I'm keeping my promise"
"I understand Emily. Just one question: why did you kiss me back?" the dark haired woman asked, with a smirk plastered on her face, causing the older woman to blush.
"I think it's time for you to leave" was all the brunette said. As she stood up and started to make her way to the front of her condo, and ushered Grey out of her home, "See you at the office agent Grey"
"See you at the office… Emily"
