Arriving on the scene Emily noticed her vest seemed tighter than usual, loosening it off a little she sighed. Hostage situation in a bank, this was serious. They were called the face cards and had committed seven robberies in seven months, killing one person at each robbery. It was strange they were only being called in now. They hack the feed and turn of the Cameras, during the initial canvass and during the robbery, until the masks come back on, then they're turned back on.

Observing the footage, they noticed the hostages were being used as a human shield.

Trying to negotiate, Strauss ordered for a medic to be sent in, Hotch and Rossi were skeptical of this seemingly hurried idea, to told her to make sure it was an agent with medical training, that way the would take advantage of an opportunity if it was to come.

Looking at the dynamic between the male UnSubs Hotch and Rossi thought that they may be related. Looking over at the last six robberies, it was unfortunate no one had been able to build a sketch, Reid however did notice that had been zigzagging from north and south, in the relative straight pattern from Washington D.C. They theorized that today's robbery was always a part of their plan. These UnSubs were professionals. It was also evident from the previous Six robberies that only the woman pulled the trigger. She chose a different victim each time, not just the security guard and shot them in the gut so they bleed out while robbing the bank. A definite sadist. It also seemed she was more in charge than had been let on.

In the mean time, Garcia crossed height and weight references with known offenders specializing in bank jobs and home burglaries and found the males were brothers. Chris and Oliver Stratton. Petty thieves from Philly who became bank robbers in New Jersey. They served two years in prison and released two months prior to the first face cards robbery.

The director ordered a full tactical assault, another decision which seemed questionable to Hotch and Rossi, they hoped they could sway Strauss and made her go against the director's orders.

Prentiss was staring at the screen, showing the event on the news when she was told she had a call from Clyde Easter, hearing it was from him, it couldn't be ignored. He may know something to help the case.

"Salut ma belle, Ca va? Sorry I missed your funeral, by the way. I was held up in Prague." He greeted.

"So your not surprised?" She asked, despite knowing the answer.

"Of course not." He responded. "Keeping tabs on my former assets is a particular skill of mine." He explained.

Prentiss sighed, of course, classic Clyde Easter. "Okay, so what can you tell me about my mystery woman?"

"Yes, Well, if she seems familiar to you, she should." He paused. "We don't know her identitiy, but we've seen her before. She's struck a number of banks worldwide, including..."

"Paris!" Prentiss exclaimed. "There was a robbery when I was relocated there, someone died."

"Yes the bank manager, Glenn Harrison."

"Gut shot?"

"Yes. How did you know?"

"I don't remember hearing anything about the robber wearing a mask."

"That's because she didn't. Now she seems to be wearing disguises. Her face as been seen on camera, by six different intelligence agencies and no one can identify her."

"How is that possible?" Prentiss asked, in shock. "Wait who were her partners oversees?"

"She didn't need any."

"So why would she now?" Prentiss asked, ending her phone conversation.

Back with Hotch, Rossi and Morgan they thought the smaller banks were training runs for the Stratton brothers. It made sense, she had taken two quite bad bank robbers and turned them into efficient ones.

Prentiss, JJ, Roxanne and Reid also had their own ideas on the woman's new need for partners.

Until this robbery they had been highly organized, striking on deposit days only, when most cash was present. It was the first time they stroke on a Saturday, more family's more foot traffic. It was a riskier attack. Maybe the woman was so vain because she wanted to look good for the cameras. A riskier attack created more Media attention.

"She searches the bank but doesn't look for a means of escape, she appears to be almost enjoying the situation." Rossi observed. They new the brothers where in it for the money, but what about her?

It seemed she was in control, when one of the brothers said he wanted a plane to Switzerland, she said Chad. But why Chad?

Calling Clyde, Prentiss thought he may know: why Chad?

"Chad? that's an odd choice." He told her. "And not exactly hospitable at this time of year." He continued, confused by this strange request of going to Chad.

"They said they could fly themselves there." Prentiss said, hoping more information would help. "Nothing suggests that Chris would have that ability, so she must." She continued.

"Well, unfortunately Interpol doesn't have many assets in that particular region in Africa. Maybe that's something you could help me with when this is over."

"Work for Interpol again? That'll be the day."

"Not work, darling. Run. You see I've been promoted, so the teams yours whenever you want it."

"Its a hell of a time to bring that up."

"Well you know, in our line of work, there's never a good time. Think about it. Please?"

"You find me a connection I can use and maybe we'll discuss it." Prentiss aid, before hanging up and putting her phone back in her pocket.

Back on the case, there were many unanswered questions. For one, these guys were too good to get caught so why did they?

It was confirmed that 911 received a text, alerting them of the robbery. Garcia traced it and found it was sent from a phone registered to a a Larry Phillips Jr, who was currently inside the bank. The same name from the 97 north Hollywood bank shootout in California, no wonder it sounded familiar. It was interesting that the text was sent 30 seconds before the security feeds for entry were blacked out. It had to have come from one of the robbers!They thought it was the woman, She wanted them there. Her narcissistic personality meant she thrived on attention. They had to separate her from Chris, to find out what bigger thing she had on her mind.

Meanwhile, trying to solve the issue of the hacking, Garcia found anonymous international entities were hacking the feeds as-well as media outlets. Tracking down the IP, someone had hacked the camera's at 7:00am that morning, an entirely different hack from the one used to shut down the camera's for entry. Someone else had to be watching. But who? Whoever it was, the female was dressing up for them.

Maybe the way to solve this would be by making Chris aware that she had another partner. Unfortunatly that did not go down well, he wanted to speak to the person who shot his brother. William Lamontagne Jr. JJ was reluctant and did not want to let him go, she loved him, and knew the risk of losing him if he went in there. The UnSubs retaliated, started shooting a hostage every 60 seconds, until they bought Will in.

They sent him in, Morgan having to restrain JJ and SWAT surrounding the bank. Upon his entrance, the kids were sent out. It looked good to start, but suddenly, after Will had said his name, Chris, shot him twice. Eye's of horror came from all and Morgan having to restrain JJ again.

After Will was hot, there was a horrible silence between the Agents, JJ in a huge state of shock and becoming increasingly worried, not sure whether he was alive, or dead. The team planned on heading in, on Hotch's orders. Roxanne, Reid, Strauss, Rossi, Kevin and Garcia staying behind.

Hostages came out, it all looked like things were going well. Reid however noticed something, when the female UnSub was "looking for an escape." She was following the electrical lines.

"Oh no!" Reid exclaimed, there was going to be a bomb.

"Abort, Abort!" Rossi screamed, running out hoping to save them before it was too late.

BANG!

It went off, Glass shattering, smoke erupting, the force blowing the team who were out there, off their feet.