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Pulling up to 132 Furman Street, the team tightened their Kevlar and observed the area quickly.
"Prentiss, Morgan take the front." Hotch ordered. "JJ and I will take the back." No one missed the use of Emily's last name or the fact that Hotch had intentionally paired her with someone else. Shaking the thought, Emily quickly approached the front door with Derek. They were buzzed in immediately as the doorman saw their vests with big white letters saying 'FBI'.
"We're looking for a woman. Quiet, keeps to herself but spends a lot of nights away." Morgan briefly described the profiler they had come up with.
"Most likely between 30-35 years old, extremely smart and above average looking." Emily completed and saw a hint of familiarity in the old man's eyes.
"You mean Mackenzie? Sweet girl; always gives me a card for my birthday and holidays." The man smiled as the agents nodded adamantly. "Should be up in her room. Is she in trouble?"
"Sir, we just want to talk to her." Morgan promised him but the man looked unconvinced as he again took in their bulletproof vests.
"Suite 32, second floor."
"Thank you." Emily smiled briefly before taking off after her partner. They took the stairs to familiarize themselves with the layout of the building and pulled to a stop in front of room 32.
"Hotch, we got her. Room 32, second floor." Morgan whispered into his ear wig.
"We'll cover the alleyways." Hotch's voice sounded in both their ears.
"Mackenzie, open up!" Morgan pounded on the door. "FBI!" Emily nodded and together, the two slammed down the door with their shoulders. Quickly scanning the million dollar suite, the two agents cleared the bedroom and bathrooms in seconds before Emily caught sight of a lean figure escaping out the window.
"Morgan, the fire escape!" she called behind her as she swiftly climbed out the window. A woman glanced up as she continued to make her way down the ladder. Emily only caught a moment's glance before racing after her. "Stop!" The woman hopped off the ladder and quickly sprinted down the alley. Emily could hear Morgan climbing behind her and knew that if she didn't speed up, their only lead would get away. Not happening. Emily sped up as she hit the ground with a thud and found herself catching up with the woman. Her white designer jeans didn't allow for comfortable moving and Emily realized that if she reached her hand out, she could almost touch the woman. As she saw a turn coming up, she made a split decision and dove for the woman's legs, crashing both of them onto the hard pavement. Mackenzie cried out as Emily landed on top of her and tried to squirm away before JJ and Hotch caught up with the two and pointed their guns at the woman's head, freezing her in place. Emily took out her handcuffs as she tried to slow her breathing and pulled the woman's arms behind her back. As the handcuffs clicked in place a notch tighter than Emily intended, she flipped the woman over and was shocked at what she saw. Mackenzie wasn't a woman at all; she was just a girl. Hulling her to her feet, Emily took in the looks of shock on her teammate's faces and began to lead Mackenzie towards the SUV before the girl stumbled and fell.
"Great job Agent Bond; you broke my ankle." Her narrow green eyes shot daggers at Emily before Hotch and Morgan took her by the shoulders and heaved her up.
"Yea, well maybe next time you should think twice about running." Morgan told the girl who couldn't be older than 20.
"There's not going to be a next time Agent Morgan." A slight smile came to the girl's face as she saw the surprise evident on the man's features.
"How do you know my name?" he asked as he seated her in the back of the black SUV. Mackenzie shut her lips and gazed blankly in front of her. One by one the agents piled back into the car, seating Mackenzie in between JJ and Emily who kept their eyes trained on the girl like hawks.
"Call the station, tell them we got her." Hotch told the man seated beside him and couldn't help but be unnerved by the small chuckle that left the girl's lips as she shook her head in disapproval.
Sorry for the short length of this chapter but I'm not really emotionally stable to write more at the moment. Graduation went great but it was so sad & I've spent the majority of the past 3 days wanting to cry.