The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits ~
Albert Einstein
"Welcome back boys an girls." Garcia smiled as they entered the BAU floor.
"Wheres Storm?" Hotch asked.
"Her office." Garcia said standing aside as he walked past her.
"I think she's pissed him off." Morgan said watching him storm down the hall.
"I don't know who to feel sorry for him or her." Prentiss grinned.
"He's been more then unfair to her." Ried commented.
"She is here to take his place." Rossi said heading into his office.
"Wow wait a minute she said she was here to watch." Morgan said following him with the rest of the team behind him.
Hotch was just about to open her door when his cell rang. "Hotchner."
"Yes Agent i know, you and your team will not be working tomorrow the second team will be, your team will show up down stairs in the conference room noon
tomorrow." She said hanging up.
He was being replaced, everything he's done an lost an now some kid was taking it all away. Hotchner felt his temper rising as he slammed her door open.
"Kindly leave my door were it is." She said not looking up.
"What lies have you feed her uh!"
Phoenix looked up at him an flags went off in her head screaming DANGER!
"I told the truth you knew this was bound to hap-"
"Truth what the hell do you know you haven't been here from the start you come in an you think you know us you don't do you think they will stay!"
Phoenix wanting to clam him down slowly stud up. "Gideon was in your office he wishes to speak to you in person."
"Gideon?"
"That was the name i said."
"Why were you in my office so long with him?"
"He trained me sir he had a lot to say."
Hotch ,remembering the photo he got Garcia to blow up was now intrigued. "Be in my office in fifteen Storm." He said walking away.
"If your here can we assume she's dead?" Rossi asked.
"She fine, Gideon was here." Hotch said missing Ried stiff up at the mention of his name.
"Gideon was here what did he want?"
"I have to call him to find out." Hotch smiled heading up to his office an doing just that. "Jason back in town are we how are you doing?"
"Thinking about coming back theres an opening on the second team to head it up."
"Your coming back to BAU why not come back to us?"
"Your team seems a little full when did Phoenix join you?"
"She didn't she was sent by Strauss about a month ago so you trained her what was she like?"
"Aaron she was nothing like she is today she was always smiling always trying to learn something more an help those around her, her father came to me when she
was six said she was showing signs of a pro. Aaron when i talked to her she blew me away i didn't even open my mouth an she told me why i was there what i did
an what i was hoping to find out. After that i took her under my wings, she could walk in to a crime scene an-"
"You took a six year old to a crime scene?"
"The bodes were gone she saw nothing more then what you would in a horror movie but Aaron she could walking to that room an tell you how things went down."
"Then Boston happened?" Hotch asked when there was a knock on his door. "Are you at the cabin?"
"Yes."
"I'll stop by tomorrow morning."
"See you then Aaron."
"Come in."
"You wish to see me again?"
"Come in an sit." Hotch told her.
"I'll stay were i am thank you."
Hotch looked at her an noticed her body was ready for a fight.
"I wanted to ask you about this?" Hotch said holding up the picture.
"Where did you get that?" She hissed stepping into the room an snatching the photo.
"I found it,"
"You were looking up on me how dare you-"
"You come here to spy on my team an you thought i would do nothing, that man was your hero why are you upset there?"
Phoenix slammed the photo down on his desk. "Do you see that grave, that is the grave of a man i wished to marry one day Alan, an he took him from me!"
"It wasn't his fault-"
"Where you there! Did you see first hand what happen no i was there, i wanted to go in there but he said no if he was so sure it was safe why did he stop me why
didn't he let me go in can you answer that SSA Aaron Hotchner?" She yelled at him.
"You need to let the past go he's coming back here!"
"The hell he is-"
"You have no say you are not apart of this team!"
"Dude is Hotch actually yelling?" Morgan asked.
"I don't think i've ever heard him yell" JJ commented.
"I don't know what's more scary him yelling or not." Prentiss said.
"Ried were are you going?" Rossi asked following him.
"To help her."
"When that meetings over tomorrow i will still be here an i want you gone!"
"Fine!"
Phoenix had back her self up into a wall an Hotch stopped seeing the blood on her arm.
"You've thrown your stitches." Hotch said reaching for her.
"Don't touch me." She said moving away from him.
"Storm your bleeding." Hotch said pulling out a cloth.
"Hotch stop." Rossi said seeing the fear in her eyes.
"Phoenix." Ried said walking into the room an standing next to Hotch. "What happen?"
"Your leader seems to think i have it out for him." Phoenix said glaring at him.
"Phoenix you need to get re stitched." Ried said holding his hand out.
Phoenix didn't want to take his hand but knew he was right an he was her friend she didn't know why she was jumpy all of a sudden an it scared her never had she
came across a problem she couldn't solve.
But how do you solve a problem when its your own mind?
"Phoenix please let me take you to the hospital?" Reid pleaded.
"I hate hospitals could i just put a-"
"Your smart enough to know the answer to that." Rossi told her.
"Everyone alive up there!" Garcia yelled.
"Fine." Rossi yelled back.
"I'll stay with you." Ried told her as she took his hand an followed him out.
"Hotch why did you have her backed to the wall?" Rossi asked.
"I lost it Rossi I'm not proud of it." He sighted sitting down.
"Wow what happen up there?"
"Tour my stitches i pulled my arm to fast." Phoenix said as Ried grabbed his things. "By the way tomorrow at noon we have a meeting in the board room Strauss
called it." she said getting on the elevator.
~ By letting it go it all gets done. The world is won by those who let it go. But when you try and try. The world is beyond the winning. ~
Lao Tzu
