Reid bounced up and down on his toes, something very out of character for him. Jack did it all the time and Reid found that he had started mimicking the boy without even noticing it. Right now, he was trying to see over adults much taller than him to find Emily. The brunette had texted him the night before and informed him that she was back at JJ's. They had planned to meet and hang out the next day as a team. Hotch had dropped Jack off at school and Henry was still with his father. Garcia, Morgan and Rossi had shown up a few moments before, but Reid was anxiously waiting for Emily and JJ. Reid jumped up and down again, ignoring Morgan's chuckle as Hotch's phone rang.

"Hello?" Hotch said.

Reid sighed again in annoyance and Morgan stood up, before Reid knew it, Morgan has lifted him into the air and was running. "Morgan!" Reid squealed in protest. "What are you doing! Put me down!" He demanded. Morgan completely ignored him and plopped him down on the basketball court.

"Come on Kid, let's see your skills." Morgan bounced a basketball over to Reid and he struggled to catch it. Reid glared at him momentarily, then bounced the ball back. Morgan dribbled around him, did a little spin to show off and dunked the ball; turning back to Reid with a grin.

Reid stuck his tongue out as Morgan bounced the ball back over to him and dribbled in place for a minute before Morgan ran over and lifted him up again. "Dunk it Kid." He said. Reid slammed the ball into the hoop and despite himself, grinned. He had never dunked a ball before, and in normal circumstances would never have allowed anyone to help him. Morgan whooped, set Reid down and high fived him, looking genuinely proud. Sheepishly, Reid began dribbling the ball again and then spied Emily and JJ coming into the park. Reid grinned, slapped the ball away and took off running toward them. He never slowed himself down and barreled into Emily, knocking the small girl backwards. Luckily, JJ caught the both of them with a laugh. "Hi Spence." She said in amusement.

"Hi JJ!" Reid said happily as Emily slipped her hand into his. "Hi Emily."

"Hi." Emily whispered back with a bright smile. The three of them walked back over to the group and were met with hellos and grumbles. "What's wrong?" Emily asked worriedly.

"We gotta go in." Morgan announced grimly.

"What?" JJ asked. "Hotch, I thought we were pulled from rotation?"

He sighed in frustration. "We were, but the other teams are all out on active cases and this one is close to home, we can travel there and back. Emily and Reid can stay in Garcia's office in the mornings, and Jessica can pick them up when she gets Jack in the afternoons."

Reid was about to protest that he and Emily could just stay home together, or help consult on the case, but from the look on Hotch's face he knew it would be futile. He shot a glance next to Emily and saw her bitting her lip to silence herself. He could tell she didn't like the idea of being left behind any more than he did; but now that she and JJ were back on good terms, he could tell she didn't want to bring it up. Both of them solemnly nodded their heads and walked along with the group back to the cars. As Emily started to climb into JJ's car Reid grabbed her and whispered in her ear. "I'll bet we can convince Garcia to let us help."

Emily grinned mischievously back at him and buckled herself in. Reid shook his head at the fact that she still didn't have a proper car seat but quickly climbed into Hotch's car without a word.

"Reid, I don't know how long this case will take." Hotch said as he pulled out of the driveway.

"What's the case?" Reid asked curiously.

Hotch caught his eye in the rear view mirror and sighed. "I'd rather not tell you Reid, you're four."

"I'm not actually four Hotch, I'm a federal agent and I do this on a daily basis, my size doesn't mean I can't handle it." Reid quipped back, a little more angrily than he intended.

"Reid, the doctors said that part of you is childlike, we've both seen it multiple times, I don't want it to effect you negatively." Hotch said calmly. Reid knew that he was right, but apparently the childlike bit Hotch spoke of was in full force right now. He crossed his arms in front of himself and pouted, refusing to speak to Hotch any further.

When they arrived at the bureau, JJ nodded to various agents as she entered the bullpen. Some of them gave her odd looks once they noticed Emily, but no one said anything. She picked up her go-bag and headed into the conference room, Emily trailing behind her. Emily immediately climbed up into one of the seats and tried to reach out and get a case file when JJ slid it out of her reach.

"JJ!" Emily protested.

"You and Reid aren't working the cases Em, we don't know how it would effect you."

JJ could tell from the look on her friend's face that she was about to bite back with a protest but Anderson walked into the room. "Who's this?" He asked cheerfully. JJ bit her lip as he bent down in front of Emily and mussed up her hair. The little girl looked like she was ready to kill him with her bare hands. To her credit, Emily didn't say a single word. She hoped down from her chair, gave him a death glare and stalked over to JJ, placing herself directly behind the blonde and out of Anderson's line of sight. "She's shy?" Anderson asked awkwardly as he stood back up.

"Umm, yeah, she's my niece...Emma." JJ said, glancing back at the sullen girl.

"Oh, well, it's very nice to meet you Emma!" He said with a friendly smile. Emily pressed her head into JJ's back to suppress her groan. "Strauss said you guys are free to take company cars, there is a hotel you can stay at if you don't want to travel back and forth in the mornings, but it's your choice."

"Thanks Anderson." JJ said and turned back to Emily as he left the room. "Seriously?"

"He messed up my hair!" Emily groaned, running her fingers through it angrily. JJ laughed and helped her as Morgan, Rossi, and Hotch trailed into the room.

"We've got to get going." Hotch announced. "Garcia's waiting for you guys in her office, Reid's already down there."

"Okay, let me take Em down and then I'll meet you in the parking lot?" JJ asked. Hotch nodded and the guys headed out as JJ led Emily downstairs.

"I know how to get to Garcia's office JJ." Emily informed her, though she didn't sound as annoyed as she could have been.

"I'm aware of that. Tell me, if you saw a child who you didn't know wandering around the bureau, whether they looked like they knew where they were going or not what would you do?" JJ hit the elevator button and turned back to Emily with a smirk. Emily huffed and didn't respond, but JJ caught her stick her tongue out when she thought JJ wasn't looking. JJ just smiled to herself.

"Kittens!" Garcia yelled happily as they came into her office. Reid was up in a seat, a large book in his lap, flipping through the pages quickly; he didn't even look up at them.

"Hey Garcia." Emily grumbled as she tried to get past her to sit by Reid. JJ caught the back of her hoodie and yanked her back lightly. "JJ!" She yelled as her body was turned around to face the blonde.

"I'll come pick you up tonight okay?"

"Okay!" Emily huffed, as she tried to pull away. JJ sighed, wanting to bend down and give her a hug or a kiss goodbye like she usually did with Henry; but with everything that had been going on with them for the last few days, she didn't want to push her luck.

"Bye Pen, bye Reid" JJ said with a wave as she went to catch the guys.

"Well kiddies, were gonna have fun aren't we?" Garcia asked with a bright smile. Emily glared up at her and Reid just looked up oddly from his book. "Or...not?" Garcia sat down and spun around in her chair, staring at Emily.

"We're gonna help with the case." Emily informed her firmly.

"Oh, no, Hotch and JJ both specifically said no to that." Garcia answered quickly. "Under no circumstances are you allowed to work the case. Hotch is a scary man Emily, I do not need his wrath." Emily glared and then spun her chair away from Garcia. "You can pop a movie into my laptop if you want sweetie." Garcia offered.

"No thanks." Emily spun her swivel chair back and forth, ignoring both Garcia and Reid. After a few minutes of Garcia working and Reid with his face stuck in his book, Emily grew incredibly bored. Her idea of entertaining herself led to one spin around in her chair, then kicking Reid's book, only to spin and kick again. Reid didn't seem to find this game as much fun as Emily did, and the fourth time around he yelped out and swatted her leg away. Emily responded by pinching him and he smacked her again. Emily wound up to really hit him hard, but Garcia caught her before she could and pulled Emily's chair away from him; placing herself between the two children.

"Emily!" Garcia warned. "Not cool."

Emily slammed her head back into the chair and groaned. "I'm booorred."

"I've got a ton of movies..."

"I don't want to watch a movie!" Emily interrupted. "I want to help on the case!"

"Find, search all the records you can find on Tom Uley." Garcia said, pushing her in front of a computer.

"Really?"

"Knock yourself out, but stop hitting Reid."

"I only hit him twice." Emily mumbled. She googled Tom Uley, much to Garcia's amusement. Thankfully, the time did seem to go by a little faster, and Emily actually felt like she was contributing something. Garcia wasn't used to hiding her work from two small children so Emily – and Reid – easily figured out what was going on with the case. Children, young brunette girls ages 5-8 had been going missing and turning up brutally beaten and sexually abused in the Baltimore area. It took Emily longer than she would have thought to realize that she was exactly the victimology now. Reid had been the one to point it out to her while Garcia was on the phone with Hotch.

Emily pinched him again.

Jessica came to pick them up around six and took them back to Hotch's. They had dinner and Jack and Reid went off to bed, while Emily remained on the couch watching tv with Jessica until JJ arrived shortly after midnight. Emily hadn't realized that she had fallen asleep, but the next thing she knew, JJ was carrying her into her house.

Emily was too tired to be bothered by it. "How's the case going?" She whispered.

"Alright." JJ said stiffly.

"Liar."

"Excuse me?" JJ set her down gently in the guest bed.

Emily crawled under the covers and smirked up at the blonde. "I still have all my profiling skills Jayje, I know how you look when you lie."

"Em, I...goodnight." JJ said, exhausted. She bent down and kissed her temple before Emily could swat her away. JJ smirked and shut off the lights while Emily grumbled behind her.

The blonde yawned as she made her way to her own room. Another little girl was missing, three were dead and all of them looked like Emily. It had been hard on everyone, Morgan had been testy and quick to anger all day long and JJ had just shut down. Focusing on the case and trying desperately not to think about the little girl waiting for her at home. Going to work tomorrow was going to be very difficult.