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Disclaimer: I don't own Criminal Minds
"Baby girl are you done yet?" Morgan asked impatiently.
"Derek, this is a crazy encrypted code that is crazy hard to crack; even for me. It appears that our boss man was better with computers than he let onto. Alright, I think I got it! Let me just put this in." Garcia said as she loaded the disk into her DVD player. As the team gathered around the screen, the picture that showed was Hotch in his old office and he was covered in…. blood.
"I know how bad this looks." The cd Hotch said. "But you have to trust me and stay away. The only way I can protect all of you and Jack is for us to disappear. Before I was a lawyer I did a lot of things that I'm not proud of and now that past is coming back to haunt me in more ways than one. The people who want me dead are in high places and they have already sent an assassin. For the longest time I have stayed off the radar but something happened and I was compromised. I thought that I could handle this myself but then they started to threaten all of you and Jack and I will not stand for that. I thought about asking all of you to help, not let things get so out of hand like with Doyle, but that is no longer an option. I will not have your blood added to my already stained hands. Emily, these people are worse than Doyle. They have more connections, money and power. But they aren't terrorists, they are the people we have elected to run our governments, all over the world. You of all people understand what I'm trying to accomplish by leaving, and I'm asking for the same trust and patience that I gave you while you were gone. I know you want to help and while it is incredibly brave and considerate; it's stupid, idiotic and a death wish. If you try to get involved in any way, they will take away everything that you love. Someone once said that the way to truly destroy a man was to kill the things he loved, not him. I don't think that I have ever heard anything more true. I will not be responsible for any of you losing someone that you love. Don't worry this isn't mine." He said gesturing to the blood that his clothes were soaked in. "Just please, I am literally begging all of you to stay out of this. I can't lose my family. I will not lose my family and make all of you suffer because of my mistakes. Jack and I are going to disappear for a while, but I hope that we can come back soon. All of you are my family and I love you. And I hate to say this, but goodbye." And with that the video ended. Leaving the rest of the team to stare at the now darkening screen.
"What do we do know?" Reid asked finally.
"We find Hotch, bring him home and try to get in front of this." Morgan stated matter-of-factly.
"No." Emily said.
"What do you mean no? Hotch needs our help." Morgan stated adamantly.
"If these guys are worse than Doyle, we don't stand a chance. Hotch asked for patience and trust and that's exactly what we are going to give him." Emily said sadly.
"W-we just can't sit here! Our boss man needs us!" Garcia said crying.
"No. He needs us safe." Rossi said. "If Hotch is going to take care this, he needs to know that we are safe. We are just going to have to wait this out."