A special thanks to Lichmaster701, T-Rex Ninja Kid and Guest for leaving a review. I planned on making this chapter about the talk, but my muse thought it was a better idea to give flashbacks of the talk during the next chapters. I hope you'll like it.
Voltaire said, "The man visited by ecstasies and visions, who takes dreams for realities, is an enthusiast. The man who supports his madness with murder is a fanatic."
Emily P.O.V.
Jen wanted to come in early this morning to make sure we have no case, since Will is coming down. I decided to go with her, when we're in Jen's office I tell her about the picture of me that Garcia found and showed Reid. I tell her "A few days ago I was working on a file"
I'm working on a file when Garcia comes down with a smile that doesn't mean anything good. I see that she has something in her hand; she walks over to Reid and shows it to him with a gleeful smile. Reid looks at me before looking back at the picture Garcia gave him. Garcia asks "What do you think, Boy Genius?"
"It's remarkable, something like this makes you question everything you thought you knew" he says.
"Yeah, it's like the monolith in 2001" Garcia agrees giving a sigh. I try to ignore them and I roll my eyes before trying to refocus on the consult I'm working on.
Reid asks confused "There was actually a time that this was socially acceptable?
Garcia places a hand on his shoulder and replies with fake empathy in her voice "Oh, you're young. The eighties left a lot of people confused. This is especially sad, though"
I can't take it anymore and I turn around taking the picture from Garcia's hand "All right, very funny, guys. Very funny. What did you do to it?"
"Do?" Garcia asks.
I show her the picture of me being a Goth "Well, you obviously altered it in Photoshop or something. That hair?"
Garcia shakes her head and says "Oh no, Pussy Cat, that's all you. Garfield high, class of '89"
"You really didn't change anything?" I ask remorsefully.
She tells me "I hacked it as this. You're trying to tell me you seriously don't remember rocking that look?" I shake my head.
Of course Reid immediately has an explanation of why I don't remember "Perhaps your lack of recognition stems from a dissociative fugue suffered during adolescence, say, at a Siouxsie and the Banshees concert"
Garcia laughs and I just look at him and say with a small smile "I think it was the drugs"
"That is also a possibility" Reid answers.
"It's so weird, it's like another life" I say.
"And seriously at exactly that moment Hotch walks up behind us and I put the picture down as soon as I can. I really hope he didn't see it" I finish.
Jen laughs and says "I want to see that picture"
"I put it in my drawer, I'll show it to you when we're home" I have started calling Jen's house home since I'm barely at my condo anymore, somewhere in the next few weeks I'll ask her how she feels about moving in together.
Jen's cell rings, she looks at the caller id before accepting the call and saying "Hey Will" By hearing Will's name I think about how we told him that Jen is pregnant.
During dinner we talked about us and the baby, I told her once again that I would love to raise a child with her and she said that she would like that. We decided to call Will after having dinner, we have done the dishes and Jen is calling Will right now. Apparently he answers, because she tells him that she's going to put him on speaker and that I'm here too.
"What's goin' on" he asks worried.
I give Jen a nod indicating that she should tell him now "Will, I'm pregnant"
"Seriously?" Will says in a voice that is confused and happy at the same time.
Jen nods momentarily forgetting he can't see her, when she remembers she says "I'm serious and it's certainly yours"
"Wow" Will says pausing for a second, probably lost for words "Congratulations, to assumingly both of you"
I find it a good thing that he talks about both of us and not just Jen, I answer "Thanks, you too Will"
I hear the smile in his voice when he says "Thank you, Agent Prentiss" I see Jen relaxing now that Will reacts as he does.
"Well, since I assume we're going to be co-parents, please call me Emily" I say.
"As long as you will call me Will" he answers, I'm really surprised by how relaxed he is about everything. His ex-girlfriend is pregnant with his child, but is in a relationship with another woman and he's miles away.
Jen asks him "Judging by your reaction, I'm guessing that you will be a Dad to him or her"
"You're absolutely right" Will answers without missing a beat.
She then asks him in a nervous voice "You do understand that Em is going to be his other Mom?"
"Yes and I don't have any problems with that" Will says and both of us let out a breath that we were holding "I'm sure that Emily will be a fantastic Mom just like you are going to be"
"Thank you" Jen says in an emotional voice and I squeeze her hand "God I already hate pregnancy hormones" she says and both Will and I chuckle.
"I think it might be a good idea if I fly down to you so we can talk about all of this face to face" Will suggests.
I'm shaken out of my memory by Jen asking Will "What's your flight number?" Will asks her something and she answers "No, Em and/or I will pick you up" before Hotch walks into her office.
He asks "JJ, can you get the team together? We have a case"
Jen tells him "Nothing's come across my desk"
Hotch explains "This one came directly to me" it's then that he notices me "Prentiss"
"Sir" I say and he leaves Jen's office.
Jen redials Will and tells him "Don't head to the airport just yet, Em or I will call you as soon as we can" he answers something and Jen says "Bye" before hanging up.
Jen and I head to the bullpen and see that Rossi, Morgan, Reid and Garcia are already in. Jen tells them to come to the conference room. Hotch briefs us very shortly on the case with the new details, all of us already knew about this case, but there's not much we could do without being called in by the locals or the local FBI office. Hotch says that we'll do the rest of the briefing on the jet and that Garcia is coming with us.
JJ P.O.V.
Hotch, Rossi, Spence and I already on the jet, waiting for Em, Morgan and Pen to come. I already called Will to tell him we have a case in New York City and that Em or I will call him when we're back in D.C. When Pen enters the jet she says "How come I only get to travel with you guys like once every two years"
"Trust me, Mama, it can get old" Morgan tells her.
Pen immediately reacts "Right, like the spa treatments in 5-star hotels can get old"
Em puts her own two cents in by saying "Remember that time we got on board and they hadn't chilled the crystal"
Morgan immediately plays along "Oh, I almost quit the BAU that day"
Pen shuts them up and says "Okay, you know what. You guys can joke all you want, cause I'm never leaving this plane" and she walks past them.
I focus my attention to stare out of the window and I picture how the baby is going to look like. Will they have brown hair or blonde, what eye colour, will it be a boy or a girl, how will their room look, what sport are they going to like, the one thing I'm sure of is that they are going to be a Redskins fan. I'm shaken out of my internal monologue by Hotch asking me to let the pilots know we're ready to go. I feel Em's worried stare on me, it is no surprise that she noticed how I sat apart from the rest and was spacing out. I ignore it for now.
When I come back the pilots tell us to make ready for take-off and Em sits down in front of me. I give her a reassuring smile, which she reciprocates and she grabs the case file. During the flight they try to make a preliminary profile and unlike other times I stay where I am and I don't join them.
As we land we see that there are six SUV's that we can use, Garcia immediately dibs Morgan so the rest of us all have our own SUV to drive to the local FBI office. It must have been quite a sight for the citizens of New York City, six government SUV's driving after each other, although it's probably not something that really surprises them, they have seen weirder things.
Once we arrive at the office I notice that Kate Joyner looks exactly like Hayley I say this to Pen, when, a few seconds later, Joyner calls Hotch Aaron we exchange a surprised and questioning glance. Hotch introduces us and as Pen leaves with someone to go to the surveillance room, two detectives joins us. After Spence gives a short explanation of why he needs a map for the geographical profile the older detective comments "I see you brought your own computer" Joyner is not surprised by his comment and let us introduce ourselves. She asks Hotch to join her for a second and Em tells me that they 'liaised' back in the days.
Emily P.O.V.
When we go to the hotel late in the evening another murder has been committed and we know we're dealing with multiple unsubs. As we enter the foyer I notice that the newspapers laying there have the new murder as front paper news. I pick one up and say "Look at this, the late edition doesn't miss a beat"
Hotch looks at the paper over my shoulder when Reid says "JJ" we all turn around.
Will is there, Jen says "Will"
Will explains himself "Took a shot and flew to D.C., but that didn't work out. I figured a train ride to New York was only a few more hours"
Hotch extends his hand and says "Detective"
"I'm sorry for showing up like this. I know you're working, but, um" he turns to face Jen "I can't stay you being on this case and not being there, not with what's going on. I know that Emily will protect you, but it doesn't easy my worries" Jen shakes her head lightly trying to let will stop.
Hotch asks "Is there a problem?"
Jen slowly turns around and tells them "I'm pregnant" I see that Hotch and Reid are a little surprised.
I try to maintain my cover by saying "JJ, congratulations" I hug her and give Will a death glare. I seriously hope that Hotch and Reid will forget that Will called me by my first name and that he implied I already knew about this.
Hotch shakes Will's hand again and Will says "I asked JJ to marry me, but she said she had a nice lady friend waiting for her at home"
"Will" Jen says a bit annoyed that he's spilling his guts.
"We'll give you both some privacy" Hotch says.
He and Reid almost walk away, but they're stopped by Reid asking "Wait, Prentiss, why did Will say that you would protect JJ?"
I don't know what to answer so I look at Jen with a help-me face, I hope she knows what to answer. Apparently she knows what to say as she opens her mouth and says "Em and I are together" I smile at hearing this answer and I walk over to Jen.
Hotch immediately gets what she means, but Reid asks confused "Like you live together?"
JJ tells him gently "We're in love, Spence" Reid gets it now and nods slightly before rambling of some pregnancy statistics.
Hotch says "When we're back in the office, we will have a talk" looking at me and Jen.
Hotch walks away and I see Jen following him as Reid tells me and Will "Congratulations"
"Thanks, Reid" I answer.
He walks away as Jen joins us, we spend the night trying to work out how we're going to do this.
JJ P.O.V.
The next day I'm out on the streets with Morgan and Em is with detective Cooper. We all hope we can catch one of our guys this way. Since the communication line between me and Morgan and Em and Cooper we can hear what they're saying and they can hear us.
We hear Cooper say "So, uh, if we're undercover, maybe we should, you know, act like a couple"
We are both a bit surprised by the bravado of the detective and laugh a bit when Em asks "Are you still working this tired sexual tension angle?"
Cooper answers "I don't know, you're the fortune-teller, you tell me"
"You want to know what profiling is, really?" Em asks.
"Why do I feel I'm gonna hear it no matter what I say" Cooper muses.
"It's just noticing behaviour" Em says.
Cooper comments "And I'm about to hear mine, is that the deal?"
Em answers "Okay" she starts to profile him "When we first met, when your partner was sarcastic and said 'Yes, Ma'am,' you instinctively reached for your detective shield, as if you were protecting it. That tells me you don't like him disrespecting the chain of command, but you're also loyal so you didn't say something to him. I'd say you were military, probably an officer. Praise in public, censure in private, right? You're right-handed, but you have to different colour pen marks on your left hand. I'd guess you have a toddler at home who's just learning how to draw. You don't wear a ring and you were quick to flirt with me, so you're happy with letting people think you are a player, but if I took you up for it, you'd run for the hills. Because you love your wife and you would never actually cheat on her, like I would never cheat on my girlfriend" Morgan and I are both proud of her and I don't know why, but her last comment eased my mind more than him having a wife. Cooper says "Wow, you might actually solve this case"
A couple minutes later we hear a gunshot in the distance over the coms, before Em asks "Garcia?"
"I'm on, I'm on it. He's running east on 16th"
Em says "He's headed our way" I'm getting a bit nervous and I see Morgan is having the same problem.
Emily P.O.V.
After hearing from Garcia where he's coming from we turn the corner and see him. He runs when he sees us and Cooper and I run after him, both of us having our gun at ready. All the people on the street slow us down, but luckily they also slow our unsub down. Cooper is a bit ahead of me and I see him pointing his gun at the unsub before falling down, I immediately know he's been shot. I turn the corner and don't hesitate to shot the unsub when he points his gun at me. I quickly check up on him, taking his gun seeing that he's not going anywhere soon, before going back to Cooper and telling Garcia we have an officer down.
The ambulance gets here pretty quickly, but Cooper has still lost quite some blood. They stabilise him before getting him in the ambulance and leaving to go to the hospital. Jen and Morgan have also arrived at the scene. Morgan asks "You okay?" and JJ asks "Is he gonna make it?"
I answer "I don't know, he's lost a lot of blood" and I try to clean the blood of my hands. I think about what happened and say "I shouldn't have had to shot him"
Morgan misunderstands me and says "Emily, he shot a cop, you did what you had to do"
"No, not that, I mean he was ahead of us. He would have gotten away, but he stopped and waited" I explain.
"So he felt trapped, figured he'd shot his way out" Jen says.
"I don't know" I say.
Morgan asks me about his behaviour and I answer "His hands were steady, his eyes were dead-calm. These guys have been hyper-vigilant, organized, they do pre-surveillance. What are the odds they would shoot somebody two blocks from where me and Cooper are standing" we discuss more about it and figure out that they chose the spot because we were here.
Back at the station we discuss the fact that we'll have a lo-fi situation, low fidelity, I go to the hospital to check up on Cooper and brief detective Brustin. Rossi will talk to the commissioner, Morgan is going to brief Homeland Security. I can't make out what Jen, Reid, Hotch and Joyner are going to do.
Checking up on Cooper and briefing Brustin goes faster than I thought, since Brustin actually listens instead of being sarcastic and Cooper is still in surgery. I'm doubting between going back to the station and calling Hotch first to see if he needs me to go somewhere else, I make up my mind.
JJ P.O.V.
I'm on my way to meet Spence when Agent Davis, Joyner's assistant, calls after me "Agent Jareau"
I stop, she hands me a package and I say "Thank you" I open it it's a letter from Will.
Spence is standing in front of me and asks "Is it Will"
"Yeah" I answer, reading the rest of the letter. I reach in the envelop and his detective shield is in it.
"He's quitting his job?" Spence asks.
Hotch walks over and I ask him "Do you need everyone in the field?"
He doesn't give a direct answer, but says "Reid, you can go and brief Port authority police by yourself. JJ, you run point from the office. Why don't you go back to the hotel, tell Will what's going on and get back here straight away"
"Yes, sir" I reply
"And, JJ"
I turn around and he says "Congratulations to you, Will and Prentiss" I smile at hearing this.
I go back to the hotel to talk with Will shortly, when I'm done I'm doubting between going back to the station immediately and calling Hotch first to thank him for letting me stay at the station.
Garcia P.O.V.
I'm almost climbing into the passenger seat of the SUV when I remember I have to ask Hotch something, I'm doubting between walking over to him and giving him a call later tonight since it isn't very pressing
Hotch P.O.V.
As Kate and I walk to our SUV one of my female Agents yells "Hotch" and walks over to me, while another is calling me on my cell. I'm just accepting the call when everything goes black.
Cliff-hanger, who's calling, who's with Hotch and who's still in the dark? Which one are JJ, Emily and Garcia? Let me know what you think, you guys can decide who is where. All
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