A/N: I have had this story idea for a while and finally decided to post it…. I finally found a couple of my notebooks that have some of my other CM stories in it so I will be updating those in the next week or so…. This story is AU of course…. LOL…

Disclaimer: I don't own CM!

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"You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them."
― Maya Angelou

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Emily was sitting at her desk doing paperwork and doing some thinking. She had a big secret that she was keeping from her team but she was thinking of finally telling them. After all her son and daughter would be turning seven in two weeks and they have been asking to meet the team. She sighed as she thought about what to do. She came out of her thoughts when her cell phone started ringing. She frowned when she recognized her son and daughter's school number. "Hello?"

"Yes, may I speak to Miss Emily Prentiss please?" a woman's voice asked.

Emily frowned even harder as she sat up straighter in her chair. Out of the corner of her eyes she saw both Derek and Spencer look at her in concern but she ignored them. "This is Emily Prentiss. Who is this?"

The woman sighed and said "Miss Prentiss my name is Denise Richards and I'm the Principal here at Haven Elementary where your son and daughter attend. I'm calling because I wanted you to hear it from me that the police are on their way here. Your son Adam Michael Prentiss and your daughter Arianna Michelle Prentiss have gone missing. One of the other students saw a man hanging around the fence where they were playing during recess and told the teacher after Adam and Arianna didn't come back to class after recess."

Emily gasped and jumped out of her seat as she shouted "What do you mean they are missing? And why in the hell didn't you call me before calling the police? I get that the police needed to be called but I'm an FBI agent for heaven's sake. I will be there in ten minutes and you had better have some damn answers for me or so help me."

"Look I'm sorry that this has happened Miss Prentiss but you don't need to threaten me." Denise said in a calm voice.

Emily snorted and then snarled "Oh that wasn't a threat lady that was a fucking promise. You managed to lose my kids when they were on your watch. Do you not have any competent teachers at that school of yours? Where the hell were all of you when my kids were being watched? Huh? Tell me that. Actually no just wait I will be there shortly and you had better have some answers for me or you will wish that you were never born lady."

She didn't wait for the woman to respond before she ended the call. She threw her cell down onto her desk even as she opened up the top drawer and pulled out her purse, her gun, and her badge. She wasn't going to sit around and wait for them to call her and tell her what to do. Oh no she was heading to the school and she was going to help find her children and then she was going to rip the Principal and the teachers a new one.

Once she made sure she had everything it finally registered that the bull pen was too quiet so she looked up from where she was searching her purse for her keys and saw that everyone's eyes were on her. She swore as she caught Derek's eyes with her own. "Uh Derek could you let Hotch know that I had to leave? I'd do it but I need to go like now."

Derek's brows furrowed as she asked "Emily what is going on? You have kids?"

Emily sighed and said "Yes, Derek I have kids but I can't stay to talk right now. Both my son and my daughter are missing so I need to go."

Derek swore as he watched Emily walk away and then he looked at Spencer. "Go with Emily, kid. She doesn't need to be alone right now. I'll have Pen trace the last call to her cell and the rest of us will follow behind you. If you can try to keep her calm."

Spencer nodded and grabbed his gun and badge and raced out of the bull pen. He let out a sigh of relief that he caught up to Emily just as she was walking into the elevator. "I'm coming with you Emily."

Emily just nodded and said "Thank you Spencer."

Spencer gave Emily a small smile but didn't say anything. Instead he just stood next to Emily and then walked beside her to her car once they were in the parking garage. Once he was in the car he kept looking over at Emily as she started the car and then drove out of the parking garage and to their destination. "Are you okay Emily?"

Emily looked at Spencer quickly and then turned to look back at the road. "Right now I'm pissed Spencer but I guess that is better than being worried to death even though I am. I can't believe the teachers weren't paying attention to the children while they were outside. If anything happens to my son and daughter I will not hesitate to kick someone's ass."

Spencer nodded. "I'm sure that we will find then Emily. Morgan is getting the rest of the team and they will be meeting us wherever we are going. Why didn't you tell us that you had children?"

Emily sighed and said "I'll tell you the reason later Spencer. Right now I want to focus on getting to the school and finding out what in the hell happened and how someone could just take my kids away."

Spencer nodded again and then sat back. Every once in a while he would look over at Emily to make sure she was doing okay. As soon the car came to a stop he looked around and took note of the cars that were parked near the school. He got out of the car and followed Emily as she walked towards the front door of the school. He could only hope that he was able to keep somewhat calm but he doubted it because he could tell that she was angry and from where he stood he thought that she had every right to be.

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After watching to make sure Spencer caught up with Emily, Derek headed to Penelope's office. Once there he took in a breath and let it out before he knocked once and then walked in. "Babygirl, I need for you to trace the last call to Emily's cell phone and tell me where it came from as quickly as you can."

Penelope looked up from where she was sitting and said "Okay honey. While I'm doing that you can tell me what's going on."

Derek sighed and said "I'm not exactly sure. All I really know is that Emily got a phone call on her cell and Reid and I heard her yelling something about how in the hell her kids could have went missing. She hung up after going off on whoever was on the other end of the phone and started getting her things. She did tell me that she had a son and daughter though and that they are apparently missing. I sent the kid with her to hopefully keep her somewhat calm but I need for you to tell me where the call came from so I can get Hotch, Rossi, and JJ so that we can go and try to help."

Penelope gasped as she listened to Derek talk. She worked faster and once she had what she needed pulled up on her computer screen she turned her head to look at Derek. "The call came from Haven Elementary. You go and get the team and get there my chocolate God and I will look into finding out if there are any cameras around the school that I can see footage from. I'll send the address to your guy's phones."

Derek nodded and bent down and kissed Penelope on the cheek. "Thank you Mama. Call me if you find anything and I will do the same once I find anything out."

He saw Penelope nod and then he quickly left her office and headed back to the bull pen. Once in the bull pen he walked straight up to Aaron's office and walked in without knocking. "Sorry to bother you Hotch but we have a problem."

Aaron looked up from where he was reading over a file and then stood up quickly when he saw the look on Derek's face. "What's wrong Morgan?"

Derek rubbed a hand down his face and said "Emily just left and I sent Reid with her. She got a phone call from Haven Elementary letting her know that her kids are missing. I don't know much more than that but from what I could understand from listening the police have been called in."

Aaron swore and said "Get Dave and JJ and meet me at my SUV. I didn't even know Prentiss had kids but we'll deal with that later. Right now we need to see what we can do to help. Have Garcia check to see if there are any surveillance cameras anywhere near the school and see if they picked up anything if there are cameras."

Derek shook his head. "Penelope is already on it. She said she'll call if she finds anything."

Aaron nodded. "I'll let Strauss know that we will be out of the office while you get Dave and JJ. We leave in no more than five minutes."

Derek nodded and walked out of Aaron's office and over to Dave's. Once again he didn't knock before he opened the door and walked in. He smiled slightly when he saw that both Dave and JJ were in Dave's office. "Good you both are in here so I don't have to go looking for JJ. Grab your badge and your gun because we are leaving."

Dave frowned when he heard the urgency in Derek's voice. "Did we get a case?"

Derek found himself once more shaking his head. "Not a case as such but we are going to see what we can do to help. Emily got a call about ten minutes ago letting her know that her kids are missing from their school and she left but I sent Reid with her."

JJ gasped and jumped up from where she was sitting and yelled "Why didn't you say that when you first walked in Derek?"

Derek looked at JJ with a raised eyebrow and said "You don't sound shocked that Emily has kids JJ."

JJ shook her head. "I didn't know she had kids but I knew that there was something she was keeping back. I think after we get her kids back that she's going to have a lot of questions to answer but for now we need to be there for her and do what we can."

Derek nodded and said "I agree. Hotch wants us to meet at his SUV."

Dave grabbed his gun and badge from where he kept them in his desk and stood up. "Let's go and help our girl then."

JJ was the first one out of the office followed by Derek and Dave. She met up with Aaron at the glass doors and followed him to the elevator with the other two men following behind her. Once they were all in the elevator she looked around and sighed when she saw the looks on the three men's faces. "You three are going to have to keep your tempers in check. It's bad enough that Emily left without us because she's going to go off on the people at the school and we all know how bad her temper can get. We will need to be supportive and help Emily however we can."

Aaron took in a deep breath and let it out just as the elevator opened onto the parking garage floor that he parked at. He led the way over to his SUV and once he was in the driver's seat with Dave in the passenger seat and JJ and Derek in the backseat he started his car and pulled out. Once they were out of the garage and on the road he looked in the rearview mirror at JJ. "I know that we will need to keep our tempers in check JJ and we will. That doesn't mean however that something will not be said to the people running the school. How in the hell could they just let two kids go missing?"

JJ nodded. "I agree Hotch but do you not think that Emily is already probably doing that? Right now we need to get to the school and then see what has been learned. Once we get that information we can come up with a plan. Did you let Strauss know?"

Aaron nodded. "I did and she assured me that we have the full backing of the Bureau behind us. She told me to tell Prentiss to call her if she needs anything. It seems that Strauss knew of Emily's children but didn't tell anyone because Emily asked her not to."

Dave who had been silent up to that point said "Ever since the whole Doyle thing Erin has become even more protective of Emily. I think that it helps that Erin is actually Emily's stepmother as two years ago."

Aaron looked at Dave in shock and said "How do you know that?"

Dave chuckled. "I was at the wedding. In fact I was the one who gave Erin away. Didn't you ever wonder why she was being so nice to our team after many years of being a bitch?"

Aaron shook his head and said "Well that explains a lot then."

Dave nodded. "Don't be surprised if we have a couple of CIA operatives show up at the school. Ever since Emily's father took over being the Director at Langley a lot of the operatives have become fixtures in Emily's life. Erin was more than likely on the phone to Charles the second after you let her know about the situation."

Aaron just nodded and then concentrated on getting to the school as quickly as he could. He was worried about Emily. He wouldn't admit it to anyone let alone himself but he did have feelings for his raven haired friend and he wanted to be there for her before she cracked.

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Erin Strauss sighed as she picked the phone she had just hung up back up and dialed a number. She hated that she was making this call but she knew that Charles would want to know. As soon as she heard his voice she smiled slightly even though she was worried about her step daughter and her new grandchildren. "I'm sorry to bother you at work honey but I wanted you to hear this from me and not on the news or anything. It seems as if Adam and Arianna have gone missing. Emily left to go to the school and Hotchner just let me know what was going on before him, Rossi, Morgan, and JJ left to go see what they could do to help."

Charles sat frozen in his seat for all of ten seconds and then he swore long and loudly before he said "Okay Erin I will get there as quick as I can. I can't leave just yet but I will send Davidson and Nickels to the school to be on hand in case something happens. Can you do me a favor baby?"

Erin smiled and said "Anything honey."

Charles sighed and said "I want a picture of the kids out on the news. I know that Emily is probably going to handle it but she shouldn't have to. Also if you could have your tech analysis look up any information on one Steve Harding that would be a big help."

Erin nodded even though Charles couldn't see her. "I will have Garcia get on it right away. Who is this Steve Harding?"

Charles sighed again and said "He's the man who raped my daughter and beat her to an inch of her life. He is the father of her children."

Erin gasped and said "I'll get right on it and tell Garcia to let me know the minute that she knows anything. I will also contact the news stations and get an Amber Alert put out. I will also let Keith know what is going on so that he's not blindsided by the fact that not only is the FBI getting involved in this but that his Goddaughter's children are missing."

Charles smiled and said "Thank you Sweetheart. I will send Davidson and Nickels now and get to the school myself within the hour. I will let you know if I find out anything on my end."

After telling Charles okay, Erin hung up and decided to go to the Director's office instead of calling him. Once she was at his office and then in his office she told him the situation and couldn't help but smile slightly when he did exactly what she thought he would. He had told her that Emily had the full backing of the FBI and that if any of the team needed anything to let him know. Once she was finished with him she went back to her office and called the news station and after getting their fax number she sent them pictures of Arianna and Adam and gave them the information that she had and a number that could be called if anyone has seen the kids. She then called Penelope and gave her the name of the man that Charles wanted information on and told her to let her know once she had the information. Once she was done with that she sat back in her seat and closed her eyes and sent up a prayer.

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Emily stormed through the halls of Haven Elementary with Spencer on her heels. The more she thought about things the angrier she got. Once she got to the office she threw open the door and strode in. She ignored the cops that tried to stop her as she made her way to the desk. "I want to speak to the Principal now!"

The receptionist looked up and paled when she recognized Emily. "She will be with you in a moment Miss Prentiss. She is currently talking to a detective."

Emily glared at the receptionist and snarled loudly "I don't care who in the hell she is talking to I want to speak to her now! Any for your information it's Agent Prentiss not Miss Prentiss!"

One of the officers walked over and when he saw Emily's face his eyes widened in recognizition. "Agent Prentiss?"

Emily turned her head to look at the officer who spoke her name and smiled in relief when she saw who it was. "Officer Michaels. What can you tell me about the disappearance of my children?"

Michaels' eyes widened and he said "The two kids that are missing are your children?"

Emily nodded. "Yes, they are."

Michaels' nodded and said "If you'll follow me Agent Prentiss I will take you to Detective Roberts who is in charge."

Emily nodded again and followed behind Michaels with Spencer following her. As soon as she was in the office where Roberts was talking to the Principal any cool that she had kept she lost when she saw the guilty look on the Principal's face. "HOW IN THE HELL COULD YOU LET MY KIDS GO MISSING? DO YOU NOT KNOW HOW TO PROTECT THE KIDS THAT ARE IN YOUR CARE FOR ALMOST SEVEN HOURS A FUCKING DAY? OR ARE YOU JUST THAT FUCKING STUPID LADY?"

A/N 2: I know that this was a lot of information to take in but it could have been much more but I decided to break this chapter into two... Click the button and let me know what you think!