From a proud tower in town

Death looks gigantically down

Edgar Allen Poe

The city in the sea

Back an Storm manor Phoenix sat in a window seat looking out over the garden when she felt someone standing next to her, turning she saw it was a little boy.

"Prentiss have you seen Jack?" Hotch asked looking around.

"JJ had him." She said looking for JJ. "Hotch hes walking to Storm." She pointed watching Jack moved threw the crowd.

"Hello." Phoenix said looking at him. "You must be Little Hotchner, I'm Phoenix Storm."

"Hello Penix.I'm Jack." He smiled climbing up next to her.

"How about you call me Nixs that's what my friends call me?"

Jack nodded taking her hand. "You're sad you lost your daddy?"

"Yeah i wasn't very nice to him a few months before he got sick."

"Was he mad at you?" Jack asked her.

"No he never got mad me he loved me."

"You loved him to?"

"Yes very much."

"He's with my mommy now." Jack told her.

"I bet there friends too." She replied.

"I think your daddy will like my mom." Jack said proudly.

"I think he will too, any women whose your mom must have been very sweet." She said letting him climb into her lap an give her a hug.

"They can both watch over us." Jack told her pulling back. "an if you get really sad I'll shear my daddy with you."

"That's very sweet Jack." Phoenix said seeing Hotch stop out of the corner of her eye. "Your dad is a very good daddy uh?"

"He's the best." Jack told her.

"Yeah he's a nice man you're very lucky to have him. "

"You can shear him with me when ever you want to Miss Nixs." Jack smiled at her.

"Thank you Little Hotchner that makes me feel a little better." she smiled at him.

"Jack." Hotch called to his son.

"I made her feel better daddy." Jack said proudly.

"That was nice of you." Hotch said picking his son up when he ran to him. "Storm I'm sorry about your lost."

"Thank you, an thank you both for coming, your sons a very special boy." Phoenix told him.

"He takes after his mother." Hotch told her.

"An he is very much his father." She added. "I'd like to come back if the team will have me?"

"You know they would all you have to do is put in the transfer." Hotch told her.

"Would you want me back?"

"I never wanted you to leave." Hotch said turning when his shoulder was taped.

"Let me have him." Garcia said holding her hands out.

Jack went to her with a smile an Garcia walked off. Hotch went an sat by her.

"Why did you sign it?"

"I didn't really have a choice if you wanted off the team you would have gotten it." He told her.

"That's not the only reason." She said an stopped him from answering. "I was wrong, it wouldn't have matter if i was there or not."

"They wouldn't have know it was you if i brought you along."

"Maybe not but if you were them an saw me could you rest the temptation to go after me?" She asked an he shook his head. "If i hadn't hung up on you it might not have gotten so far."

"Hung up on me?" Hotch said looking at her.

"When you called i was just walking up to my door if i had stayed on the line you would have know i was in trouble an you would have called Gideon an i might not have almost died. But as my dad says what if's only make things worst they do not help. But i need you to know you called the right move i probable would have done the same in your place."

"Probable?" He asked.

"Yeah i would keep me back or i would have used me as bait."

"Like you're doing now?" He asked.

"They know I'm alive so they will be after me an i will be ready -"

"What the HELL!" Phoenix an Hotch rose as Steven yelled.

"Steven please." Beth called to him as Phoenix an Hotch made there way over.

"Why the hell didn't you mention the BAU was not on her case?" Steven yelled.

"Steve now is not the time." Phoenix told him.

"Dad would have-" Steven stopped when she placed her finger on his lips.

"Erin Strauss took the case from them there was nothing they could do." She told him.

"Strauss the same women who brought you to the BAU? The one who wanted you to take his job?" Steven asked nodding to Hotch.

"That would be her." Phoenix said before he walked away. "He's up to something." She sighed.

"Is that bad?" Ried asked.

"For Strauss yes." Phoenix said turning to go find Rossi she wanted to go home now she was just to drained to stay any longer.

"You an Hotch alright?' Rossi asked pulling up to his house.

"Yes I'm coming back to the team when i come back." She said looking to him. "Will that make things weird between us?"

"No i don't think so besides if it did I'd tell you." Rossi smirked.

"That's what i like about you Dave Rossi you tell it like it is." she yawned.

"To bed with you, you need to rest." Rossi said leading her in the house.

A month later The team helped Storm move into her new home only two miles away from Rossi' own home an even though it was fenced in Storm was having someone come by an do more work on it.

From death comes Life.

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