My Side Of The Story… My Burden To Bare

1:48 pm…

Rossi had stopped by the pharmacy during his lunch break and bought three home pregnancy tests. He securely snuck the three small boxes into Emily's go bag before returning into the briefing room, where both Spencer and Emily were drinking water, since Emily couldn't keep anything down today.

"Okay all three are in you bag"

"Three?" she asked.

"Some home pregnancy may be inaccurate, but if two out of three are positive, and then I'm contacting Margaret Swank. Remember her Emily?"

"Yeah I do, that was a case before you joined Dave, and we were able to save her before the UNSUB got to her"

"It's good that she's willing to help out" Rossi said with a soft smile.

"But you do know that if you are pregnant, you're going to have to tell the team" Spencer wasn't making a point, he was telling her, "Because I will"

"Emily, what he's trying to say is that you can't let anyone else get hurt by him or even let him get off at seeing you fighting through this ordeal. But I do believe that whether you're pregnant or not you should tell the team"

"I really can't run anymore, can I?"

"You never ran away Em; believe me when I say that I know what running away is. You smile and tease like you use to. You've proven that you are the amazoness warrior Garcia nicknamed you" he said, with a soft smile on his face.

"I'll take the test now, but you guys have to have my back, in case Hotch or anyone is looking for me kk. It'll be 5 minutes at least"

"Actually nine because each requires a three minute wait…" but he was cut off by Emily.

"Nuh uh, prestante. I'm not holding it in for ten minutes"

"Nine" he quietly corrected.

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2:35 pm…

While patiently yet at the same time nervously waiting in the waiting room of the OBGYN, Emily and Spencer kept their focus at the nearest window looking out. Noticing her shaky hands, he gently held one into his own and stroked the top of her hand. She looked up and gave him a warm thank you smile.

"Emily Prentiss?" the nurse called from the other side of the door.

After they both got settled in the examination room, Emily was sitting next to him in the chair, when the door opened and in came Dr. Swank.

"Dr. Reid, agent Prentiss it's good to see you two again. You know you didn't need an appointment… oh… possible pregnancy. I didn't know you two were together"

"We're not" they said at the same time.

"I just came along for support" he answered.

"Okay then, let's see if we're expecting a little one. Please lie onto the table Miss Prentiss"

4:00 pm…

Hotch was the last of them to have entered the precinct briefing room, before closing the doors. He then noticed that the blinds were closed and everyone look nervous for different reasons.

"What is this about, because we should really be focusing on this case, before Strauss pulls the timer on us again?"

"Believe me Aaron when I tell you that you need to be sitting down"

"What is this about?" Morgan asked.

"I would like to say that I am not participating on this case from this moment on until it's solve"

"What… why?" Garcia asked confusingly.

"Yeah princess, you still feeling not so hot?" Morgan asked.

"No, yes… Yes and no Morgan. You guys are probably going to hate me for this…"

"Prentiss spit it out" he demanded.

"I… I didn't break my wrist from falling down the stairs, I wasn't gravely ill… after heading home I was attacked" the rest of the team that didn't know the whole story were dumbfound.

"And you didn't report this why?" Morgan said with a lot of hurt in his voice.

"Morgan let her finish" Rossi said, without making eye contact with him.

"Oh god… were you…I can't say because if no one says it then it's not true" Garcia started mumbling while letting the tears floe down her face.

"Why the hell didn't you report it!" Derek snapped, startling Emily but angered both Rossi and Reid.

"Why haven't you reported it Prentiss, you're smarter than this!" he was furious towards her.

"Sir, if you let m…"

"No, you're off the team until this case is indefinitely closed, why are you just told us now!"

"Then I'm joining Emily" Reid spoke out.

"The same goes for me as well Aaron"

"Both of you knew and didn't tell us?" Morgan felt like he had been stabbed in the back.

"Now you either let her explain why she did what she did or the three of us leave and that'll get Strauss involve, pulling the whole team back"

"Man, we can't waste time on this Hotch! We have to find the UNSUB'S next victim before it's too late" Morgan bellowed.

"We already have her in custody… if she's willing to participate to a questioning?" Rossi said out loud, never taking his eyes off of Emily.

"Oh… god…" Garcia burst out in tears, when she realized that he meant Emily was the only victim that had survived and was on the UNSUB'S kill list right now.

"Prentiss; you still should have told us" Morgan said as he was about to leave the room, when Emily said something that made him stop dead in his tracks.

"And what be responsible for Penelope, JJ, Will and Henry's death and with he rest of the team? I'd rather wait for my end"

"He was scaring you!" he snapped.

"I was scared!" she yelled, "He showed no mercy to me! If it even looked like I moved or even tried to break out of the binds he'd cut and beat me until I would black out!" with that she used the other door, bolted out of the precinct and away from everyone.

Reid, Rossi and Garcia went after Emily while Hotch stopped Morgan from walking any further.

"Sit. NOW!" he ordered his subordinate, "When I was going to suspend Emily, it was for being irresponsible, not for not telling us. She could have come to me and ask not to tell the rest of the and I would have respected that, But the truth of the matter is that the UNSUB got to her and you indicating that she is weak for making sure that it wasn't a bluff!"

"I would have still said something!"

"Even if it meant Garcia dying for your carelessness?" that immediately shut Morgan up, "This is the first real family Prentiss has had. She did what she believed was the right thing. I was going to call up on a meeting anyway, because the coroner had just identified the latest body as Samantha Mason"

"You mean to tell me?"

"Samantha came back from Jamaica late last night and was found this morning. He doesn't bluff Morgan. He's the sickest serial killer since Frank"