Chapter 4

The agents stood and stared dumbstruck at the man who approached them. His features the same as the agent they had lost five years ago. The same as the loyal friend they all still missed. He came over and was instantly attacked by the chief on why he hadn't showed up for a meeting. He was lying. That much was clear to the agents. Not about his relationship problems with his father, that much was true, but he was lying about what he was doing when he should have been with the chief. Then his friend started crying, claiming to be crying because he could fell someone else's internal crying. That had shocked them even more. Once Shawn left and so had the chief and the detectives, the agent broke into a frenzy.

"Oh god please tell me you guys saw what I saw." Morgan said wide eyed

"Was that...but I thought he..." Reid stuttered

"Aaron are you going to say anything?" Rossy said looking at his boss who didn't seem as stricken as the rest of the team. The rest of the team looked at him expectantly.

"Everyone listen five years ago I was given a decision. And Shawn's safety was priority." Hotch began but was cut off by Morgan.

"Really! The same crap you pulled with Emily! Are we going to have to dig deep every time one of our own is pronounced dead?" Morgan said as loud as he could without alerting anyone outside the circle.

"Morgan's got a point Hotch." Emily interjected "I mean it was enough that you did that to them with me for the time period you did, but we've all thought Shawn was dead for five years now while he's been happily living in Santa Barbara. As a psychic of all things!"

"I didn't expect him to be here" Hotch said before the could attack him again.

"What do you mean by that?" J.J. asked trying to cover for herself. In truth she had been in on faking his death the same way she had been in on Emily's, but she couldn't deal with everyone bing mad at her again. Spencer had only just forgiven her. It was easiest to pretend be in their place with them and Hotch would understand.

"I mean when he was released from the hospital I arranged for him to be in Illinois. He couldn't have gone over seas like Prentiss did due to the fact that he can't speak any other language. I don't know how he managed to move with out somebody notifying me." Hotch realized what JJ was doing. She had dealt with everyone else hurt feeling the last time but this would be too much for her. Reid stayed silent. Shawn had been his most trusted confidant and best friend out of anyone one the team. Mostly because he had been the only one on the team beside hime self with an eidetic memory and abnormally high intelligence. Of corse Shawn still had an easier time around people and in social situations than spencer did but Shawn had been able to keep up with his fast paced intellect. Now he was being told that Shawn had been living here for the past 5 years they thought he was dead.. "We'll finish the conversation later though." Aaron told them with a tone of finality. "We're here to solve a case and we can't let on that we know Shawn because that would compromise his safety. If he's using this psychic gig as a cover then just play along ok, but act convincing. He does know all of you and knows how you'd react to any other psychic if this was any other case."

"But this is not any other case and this is not any other psychic." Morgan stated, "this is Shawn."

Aaron sighed. "I know but we can't compromise his safety for our own selfish reasons ok? Now let's get in there." Arron walked away before he could be questioned again. Knowing that his agents were staring at him as he went.

Reid got up the nerve to speak. "He said he'd been here for 5 years. That would put him here since he..." He didn't have to finish the sentence. They all knew what he meant.

"I don't get that part either." Emily said. "Especially at the beginning of witness protection people should have been watching him. How could he have moved?"

"Team get in here." Hotch called from the door. They looked at each other then walked toward the porch.

A/N: sorry for any delay! Writing as fast as possible! sort sorry if this isn't going the way you thought... If you have any ideas put it in your review for pm me. For the most part i know where I'm takin the story but I might use ideas. This for reading! R&R please!