A/n a special thanks to Coachkimm and Kensi1997 for leaving a review

Enjoy the new chapter and it has over 3,100 words, that should make up for the short last chapter

George Washington said, "Let your heart feel for the affliction and distress of everyone."

Strauss P.O.V.

While I'm talking to Agent Hotchner about his transfer Agent Prentiss walks in.

"Sorry to interrupt" she begins "Sir, I have decided to resign from the FBI effective immediately" she says to Hotchner.

"I don't understand" he answers a bit confused.

"I'm taking the foreign service exam. With my connections I stand a good chance of landing in the State Department" she tells him, I immediately know that my plan isn't going to work.

"Prentiss, I think that that is a mistake" Hotchner says.

"Well, don't try to talk me out of it, Garcia saw my name on a list and she already tried. If she can't talk someone out of doing something, no-one can" she says, she looks at both of us before saying "Sorry for the interruption" she starts walking out of the door, but she stops "But, Sir, it's good to see you back. The team needs you" at that last sentence she turns towards me and I can literally feel the anger coming of that glare. The ambassador is good at that glare, but Emily perfected it. "Ma'am" she says, like it is a curse word, before walking out of Hotchner's office.

I decided to go with the remainder of the team on the case they have.

Emily P.O.V.

I hear someone knocking on the door, I look through the peep hole and I see that it's Hotch. I open the door and he asks.

"Can I come in?" I gesture him to come in and I swiftly turn off the music I was listening.

"The team needs us, they're working a case in Milwaukee. Gideon hasn't shown up and don't tell me you quit or I put in for a transfer" I'm surprised by those last words.

"You put in for a transfer?" I ask.

"They're both still hung-up in the system, so technically we're in dereliction of duty by not being there" he sort of answers my question.

"I'm sorry, I can't go" I say.

"Right, sorry I burst in"

"Wait, wait, can I ask. Why are you really here?"

"I told you" he says, I just look at him still waiting for him to elaborate "I think Strauss came to you and asked for dirt on me"

"Why would she do that?"

"I think if you have your eyes on top leadership of the FBI, you want to know who might stand in your way"

"And what could I have told her?" I ask him.

"That one of my Agents might have killed a suspect in cold blood or another might have a serious drug problem which I didn't report and if Strauss had any evidence, my career would be over. I think she put you on our team and expected something in return and to your credit you quit rather than whisper in her ear"

"I told you, I hate politics" I say while giving a subtle nod to let him know he is right.

"Come to Milwaukee. I'll make you a deal, if your ready bag isn't here packed, I won't bug you anymore. If it is, I want you on that plane with me. One more case"

"I already turned in my badge and my gun"

"That's only hardware" he tells me and I decide to go with him.

Strauss P.O.V.

When Agent Jareau offers a suggestion, I get an idea.

"Can your technical analyst get a list of all the children in the area that we're targeting" I ask them.

"Garcia can get you whatever you want" Agent Morgan tells me and I dial the number of her office.

"Talk dirty to me" that is definitely not a greeting I expected. When I look around I see that all of them are trying not to laugh out loud.

"This is Section Chief Erin Strauss" I say.

"Ma'am, I think it goes without saying that I was expecting it to be someone else" Garcia hurriedly says and from the inside I'm laughing, but I'm careful not to show it in my facial expression or voice.

"I need a list of every grade school in the third ward and Wauwatosa"

"Yes Ma'am, the third ward has one public grade school, but there appear to be four private schools that draw from that area"

"And what about Wauwatosa?"

"That would be nine, Ma'am"

"And how many students?"

"3200"

"Can you also get me a list of every guidance counsellor that deals directly with the student body in that area?"

"Certainly, Ma'am and again I'd like to a-" and I hang up the phone, stopping her in a midsentence.

I sent the team to go the school.

A few hours later I hear Agent Reid say with a smile in his voice "Look who is here"

I hear a voice that I certainly didn't expect to hear, but I guess that she's not alone and that Hotchner is here to.

"Hey, where do we start?" Agent Prentiss asks "How fast can you get us up to speed" she adds.

"How fast can you sit down?" I hear Agent Jareau say in a lighter voice than I have heard since we entered the jet.

I decide that this is a good moment to walk into the room.

"We're only here to help" Agent Prentiss says as soon as she sees me.

"We'll deal with this later" I tell both Hotchner and Prentiss and from the corner of my eyes I see Agent Prentiss sharing an annoyed look with Agent Jareau.

Emily P.O.V.

The next morning a new body has been found. To be honest that body gave us the last clues that we needed. We go around the schools with the new profile of the kid and soon JJ and Reid have a name and address.

At the house JJ and Reid are covering the back while Hotch, Morgan, Strauss and I are thinking of plan.

"Is there any sign of the nurse or the dad?" I ask.

"No" Morgan answers.

"So what are we doing here?" the detective asks.

"Call in SWAT, secure the perimeter and wait for him to come out" Strauss says.

"Ma'am, he's holding a woman inside" Morgan says flabbergasted by her suggestion.

"We don't know that for certain. We don't have probable cause" she answers.

"She's right" Hotch adds.

"If he's got her, he'll wait 48 hours. He is not going to kill her yet" Strauss says.

"He's changed the pattern of the dump site, now he's changed how he abducts them. Do we really want to gamble he's sticking to the rest of the model?" Morgan asks with his temper starting to show.

"Let's pound on the door, maybe he'll panic" the detective proposes.

"But he could spook just enough to kill her early" Hotch says.

"Let me go in alone. The boy is in the family room, he'll answer the door" I propose.

"No" Strauss immediately says.

"We need to get invited in that door. He's looking for female authority figures. If he lets me in, I can signal as soon as I see anything that gives us cause" I argue looking at both Hotch and Strauss.

"Technically, you're not even in the FBI" Strauss says.

"All the better" Hotch tells her.

"She's interfering with a federal investigation" Strauss argues with him.

"Well, if I'm no longer in the FBI, then you have no authority over me. I'm just a civilian knocking on a little boy's door" I say.

"Prentiss" Morgan says to grab my attention and he hands over his backup piece.

"Thank you"

"As soon as you have probable cause, give us a signal and get out of there" Hotch tells me.

"Okay" I say and I walk towards the door, I hear Hotch tell Strauss

"No-one knows better than me that we need to make this arrest legal"

As I near the door I hear the sound of cartoons. I knock on the door and the boy opens it.

"Hey, are you David? I'm Emily, your dad asked me to come by"

"He's busy"

"Would it be okay if I came in and waited?" I ask and David shrugs his shoulders.

"I guess" he says and he opens the door further.

"Thank you" I say and he closes the door behind me and he locks it.

"My dad says it's unsafe to keep the door unlocked" he tells me, answering my unasked question.

"Smart man" I say knowing that it's as much to keep people out as it is to keep people in "So, where is your dad?" I ask when I don't see him after looking around.

"He's working in there" David says and he points to a closed door.

"Is he alone?" David doesn't answer me, I walk to the door and ask "Would it be okay if I just let him know I was waiting?"

"He doesn't let me go down there when he's working" David answers.

"Oh, no, you don't have to. I'm just gonna go and see if he's too busy. And we both can be really quiet, okay? Can you be quiet?" after receiving a nod from David I open the first door while drawing my gun. I take two seconds before opening the second door, I look around and I see the missing nurse hanging from her wrists from a wooden pole. She starts shaking her head to her left and my right, I look to my right and I'm greeted with a two by four on my forehead. I lose my grip on the gun on the way down and I see him grabbing it. David comes through the door, probably being curious after hearing some noise, and Joe asks him

"Who is this? Where did she come from?"

"Said she was a friend of yours" David answers innocently while I'm trying to get the world to stop spinning.

"What?" he asks in disbelieve.

"Said she was a friend of yours" David repeats a little louder, mistaking his father's disbelieve for his father not hearing him.

I vaguely see Joe trying to hand over the gun to David and telling him "Okay take this"

"I can't" David answers.

"Take it!" hoe repeats, more forceful this time "It's okay, it's okay, just put your finger on the trigger and point it right at her, okay?"

"No" I force out, but not as loud as I wanted to.

"This is their fault, you know, this is their fault. We're doing the right thing, alright? We're doing the right thing. Just pull the trigger" Joe says as he grabs my arms, I manage to signal and immediately I hear the front door being kicked in. The sound makes David jumps and he pulls the trigger. I feel a searing pain in my side, the basement door is kicked in and as soon as David's father lets go of me my hands drift to my side. I lift one hand slightly only to find it covered in blood. I hear Hotch telling David to let go of the gun and I'm glad that no-one has shot David. I see the detective cuffing Joe Smith, while Hotch carries David out of the house. Morgan replaces my hands with his own.

"Prentiss, can you walk?" he asks after seeing that it isn't too bad.

"I think so" I say, I know that it's most likely just a flesh wound.

"I've called an ambulance" JJ says and even I am smart enough to realize that you do need some medical help after being shot even if it's just a flesh wound.

When we're back on the street I see Strauss coming and I say "Cold-hearted witch on six o'clock" Morgan, JJ and I snigger at my comment, but I'm soon stopped by the pain it causes.

"What happened in there?" she asks in her normal demanding voice. I consider to ignore her just for fun, but I know it wouldn't do any good.

"Unsub hit me in the head with a two by four, I lost my gun, he give it to his son, said son jumped at some noise, accidently pulled the trigger and hit me in the side. I don't think I have a concussion and the shot wound is just a flesh wound" I tell her giving her a short summary of what happened and my injuries as an ambulance comes to a stop.

"Ah, Agent Prentiss, long time no see. John, we should have known it as soon as we heard Agent down" Jane tells her partner. Somehow almost every single time I get hurt here in the states they're in the area. The two of them drive around in the US and help out wherever they are. I know that it isn't a good sign when you personally know two paramedics, but Strauss was right when she said that I'm too reckless. It is becoming better, but I'll risk my life to save another without thinking about it.

"The only difference that it is now a real 'long time no see'" John says and I let out a fake annoyed sigh.

"Alright, we'll tease you more later, but what did you do this time?" Jane asks.

"It was decided for me that it's a good idea to use my head for target practice with a two by four and I thought it would be nice decorate my side with a bullet" I tell them while I feel the eyes of the team and Strauss on me.

"Since you're still alive and joking around, I guess no concussion, although I do think you'll have a nice headache and a flesh wound" John says.

"Do you also have the answer to my next two questions?" I ask them.

"Yes, we can most likely stitch you up here and we have to do a real examination, but I don't think you need to go to the hospital" Jane says correctly guessing what my questions would be.

"How do you know Prentiss?" Morgan asks.

"One, some people you met one time and you'll remember them and two, I have no idea how often we have already patched her up" John answers.

"Why is she one of those people you can't forget?" JJ asks.

"The first time we met her she was shot in the vest multiple times, had without doubt an internal bleeding and still wanted us to give her a clean bill of health. As soon as she had sort of demanded that she passed out and we were able to bring her to a hospital without a fight" I sigh at hearing Jane tell this to the team.

Jane asks me to take of my shirt so she can stitch me up, both Morgan and Strauss walk away, but Jay stays and asks questions.

"You know the drill, paracetamol should do the trick, your bandages need to be changed twice a day and you can't stay alone for the next forty-eight hours. Of course no heavy lifting, your side needs to heal. Also if paracetamol doesn't do the trick, you need to go to your doctor to get a better pain killer" Jane says.

"Yes Ma'am" I joke.

"Emily" she says sternly.

"I hear you, I swear. I'll stay with someone else" I reassure her.

"Okay, I really hope we won't see each other again soon" John says.

"Me too, thanks"

"No problem" they say at the same time and they make the ambulance ready to go.

"Em, just stay with me" JJ offers.

"If you sure" I say.

"Absolutely"

"You've got yourself a deal, thanks" I tell JJ as Hotch walks over to us.

"How are you?"

"I'll live. Is it weird I'm glad to be back?" I ask him.

"I'll make sure it stays official" he answers and he walks over to Strauss.

On the flight the atmosphere is a bit tense, I guess it has to do with Strauss being with us. I'm struggling to find a comfortable position during the whole flight, I'm really glad when we land. Hotch drove me to the airport I don't have a car to worry about, since I can't drive and JJ offered me a ride. First we're going to go to my condo to pick up some clothes and then we'll go to her house.

When we're in front of my condo JJ says she'll wait for me in the car. As I enter my condo, I throw my keys on the counter and get lost in the view of my window being irritated that it even hurts to walk the stairs to my condo. I get shaken out of my thoughts by someone knocking on the door. When I look through the peephole I see JJ standing there and I open the door.

"Are you alright?" she asks.

"Yeah, why?"

"Well, you have been here for twenty-five minutes"

"Really?" I ask receiving a nod in return "Sorry, Jay. I'll grab some things, you can wait here if you like" I say.

A few minutes later we're on our way to JJ's house. When we arrive at her house, we talk for a bit before going to bed.

I took a few liberties about the paramedics, them driving around in the US part and the medical part altogether. I'm not a doctor and I don't live in the US so I have no idea how it works in real life, but I just needed that to fit into my story. I hope that no-one is offended by that. Further, all mistakes made are mine; English is not my first language.

Also, do you think both Emily and JJ are capable of not acting on their feelings?