"Officer Thomas was one of the best sir I swear he wouldn't go down without a fight!" A younger officer yelled back at Hotch after Hotch dragged Thomas's name through the mud he had, had enough.
"If he was one of the best why am I standing here ordering a full scale search for my pregnant press liaison?" Hotch yelled right back at the smaller, younger officer.
"Hotch!" Gideon and Rossi ran over to Hotch and stepped between the two feuding men. Rossi taking the officer one way while Gideon took Hotch the other.
"Tell me everything." Gideon said sitting Hotch in a chair. Hotch began explaining adamantly from the moment that JJ told the team she was going to be a mom to two seconds ago when he was less than a second from punching the balding officer in the face and beating him to the ground.
"Hotch, please don't tell me it took you the first 24 hours to put together that officer Thomas knew his killer?" Gideon said in disbelief, Hotch looked up at him.
"Of course not, I still haven't put it together."
"Christ!" Gideon yelled and waved the team and officers over. "Thomas knew and trusted this killer, we have to find someone who he would've trusted and possibly someone that connects with JJ's past."
"That'll be easy." Emily scoffed.
"What?" Gideon looked at Emily sternly.
"JJ has a…colorful past."
"We all do." Hotch said.
"Right, We have less that 48 hours left and not a soul will sleep until I have my agent back in my arms reach." Gideon ordered and sent everyone his or her own way.
"Your agent?" Hotch looked at Gideon questionably.
"You have a problem with that?" Gideon asked.
"Nope."
"Good because that's my daughter, or the closest thing to it and I'll damn well kill for her." Gideon smiled and ran after Morgan. Rossi walked over to Hotch and sat on the edge of the desk where Gideon was moments before.
"Why did he exactly leave?" He asked.
"No one knows." Hotch said. "But I'm damn glad he's here."
"Let's hope he knows what he's doing still."
"You did."
"Very good point, but a life wasn't relying on my return."
"No hundreds were." Hotch said standing up and looking again at Rossi.
"You and Jason will forever be part of this team, don't think because he's here now that you're being replaced."
"I know I shouldn't."
"Man how many people does JJ know?" Morgan asked running through the files that they received from ambassador Prentiss.
"That's just who was at one of my mother's parties." Emily laughed. "Wait till we go through the work files."
"I got it!" Reid jumped up from his chair knocking over his coffee in the process. "James Taylor!" Gideon's face flushed and he slumped down in the chair. "Taylor grew up with Thomas's father and worked at the terrorism branch of the FBI with Thomas for years, both his sons worked with the BAU and went to the same school as JJ."
"Both died in the Bale explosion and worked under me, JJ was just starting when it happened." Gideon said solemnly. "She told James that he would never see his sons again."
