Chapter 51

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Hours have passed since Emily walked out of the BAU and in that time the team have realised that she is gone, but don't understand why yet, and so the entire team, including Penelope are in the bullpen discussing things.

"I got four names of the bottom of the list Prentiss gave us." Morgan explains, as he walks over and sticks a sticky note to the board where all the information the team are working with is on, "Luke Renault, Lawrence Riley, Lila Rafferty, Lyle Rogers." Morgan says.

"All with the initials LR." Ashley realises.

"The CIA uses cryptograms like that to assign to non-official cover agents working the same case." Hotch explains.

"So, do other foreign counties. The last four names are covers, spies." Morgan realises.

"Wait." Penelope says, walking over and taking the piece of paper from Morgan as she realises something is off, "No, this isn't right." Penelope reveals, "Do you see this space? That shouldn't be here." Penelope explains.

"Could it be a formatting error?" Reid asks.

"No, this is a spreadsheet template. Formatting doesn't allow for this. There's a missing name on here." Penelope explains.

"It's another spy whose cover is LR." Hotch realises.

"Lauren Reynolds is dead." Reid suddenly says.

"What?" Hotch asks, turning to look at him.

"''Lauren Reynolds is dead' Prentiss said that on a phone call seventeen days ago. But her intonation wasn't surprise or grief. It was like a mantra, like she was reminding herself. Lauren Reynolds, LR." Reid realises, and as he does Penelope becomes terrified for her girlfriend.

"If Prentiss is the last name on that list, she's on Doyle's list too." Ashley says, and as she does Hotch tries to call Emily's phone and walks over to her desk when he hears it ring and finds Emily's phone, badge and gun inside.

"That explains her behaviour the past month. The secrets, the evasion." Rossi realises.

"She's been biting her fingernails again too." Reid says.

"Guys." Hotch says, and he shows everyone Emily's phone, badge, and gun.

"She left her badge and gun? Why would she do that?" Morgan asks.

"That doesn't make sense. Why run? Where her family, we can help." Reid says, as Penelope fights back tears and terror, terrified for her girlfriend.

"Doyle's killing families." Rossi points out, "Emily's not close to relatives, she's not married…"Rossi starts to say.

"But she is in a serious relationship." Morgan says, looking at his best friend in concern.

"He was ready to wipe us out. She ran to protect us." Rossi says, looking at his daughter as he, Morgan, and Hotch all realise that Emily would be trying to protect all of them, but Penelope especially, "She's a trained spy. She doesn't want to be found." Rossi realises.

"She knows all of our tricks. We don't know any of hers." Morgan says.

"All right, then how do we find her?" Penelope asks, as her voice breaks, and Rossi walks over and puts his arm around his daughter.

"Hears how." Hotch says, "Ian Doyle is our unsub, Prentiss is our victim. We profile their behaviour and we treat it like any other case." Hotch says as he walks over and sticks Emily's ID badge on the board, "Because terrorism isn't an area we specialise in I've reached out to an expert form the state department, someone who can also shed light on Prentiss's past.'" Hotch explains.

"Who?" Reid asks.

"Her." Hotch says, as JJ walks into the bullpen.

"Let's get to work." JJ says.


All night the team work on trying to find more information on Doyle, and Emily, but haven't been able to find much. Day has broken, and Penelope is just sitting in her office staring at the picture of her and Emily that she keeps on her desk.

"You have to be okay. You can't die…." Penelope says, looking at Emily, as tears come to her eyes, wanting more than anything to hear from her girlfriend and know that she is okay.


While Penelope is in her office the rest of the team, JJ included are in the roundtable room.

"Okay, so I talked to a friend from Langley. He couldn't give me Emily's full CIA history, but he could give me this." JJ says, as she puts information on the screen, "She assumed the identity of Lauren Reynolds as part of a special task for called JTF-12." JJ explains.

"I heard about them. They were profiling terrorists, weren't they?" Rossi asks.

"Yeah, assembled after 9/11. CIA and Western Agencies contributed their best and brightest." JJ explains.

"But serial killers and terrorists have different personality traits." Ashley points out.

"How does Doyle fit in?" Reid asks.

"He was their last case, and now JTF is on his hit list." JJ explains, "Jeremy Wolff was victim number one, from Germany's BND. Seam McAlister at Interpol was second, he's the one that brought JFT in to work Doyle's case. He was murdered last week in brussels with his wife and daughter. Tsia Mosley of France's DCRI. She got engaged to Jeremy earlier this year. After he died, she fled to DC, and team leader Clyde Easter, British SIS. He hasn't checked in since Tsia's murder. He was also in DC." JJ says, putting an image of each person on the screen as she talks about them.

"Did JTF make the arrests?" Hotch asks.

"No, the host countries handled that. The team moved on to the next case." JJ explains.

"If all they did was deliver a profile, how does Doyle even know about them?" Hotch asks, feeling confused about that.

"Well, considering the shadowy nature of terrorist cells, they utilize a skill we don't… infiltration." JJ explains.

"Who was undercover on Doyle?" Reid asks curious.

"Emily. She made contact with him in Boston to get intel on Valhalla. She was posing as another weapons dealer." JJ explains, as she shows everyone pictures of Emily of that time.

"Look at how she's dressed. She seems awfully comfortable." Morgan says, causing Rossi to glare at him.

"How close did she get to Doyle as part of her cover?" Hotch asks.

"The recon they did on Doyle included a background of all of his romantic relationships. Emily was his type." JJ explains.


A little while after the team learnt a little more about Emily's past Rossi and Hotch are at Emily's apartment, searching it for clues.

"She asked you to stop here yesterday?" Rossi asks.

"Yeah. Change her boots, and get whatever she needed, I guess." Morgan says.

"It's never easy you know, having to dig through a friend's life." Rossi says, noticing things that belong to his daughter around Emily's apartment, "But that's not what's bugging you, is it? You're angry because she crossed the line with Doyle." Rossi says.

"No, I'm not. I'm angry because a group of mercenaries just shot at me. I don't much like being shot at Rossi." Morgan reveals, "Prentiss knew exactly what was going on, but she didn't bother to tell any of us." Morgan says.

"She couldn't without putting us at risk." Rossi says, as he looks at Emily's open safe, having faith in Emily.

"Come on, man, we don't know that. All we do know is that she slept with a terrorist for a profile and instead of coming clean with us about her dirty laundry she just ran with it." Morgan comments.

"You think it's that simple?" Rossi asks.

"Till there's no reason not to." Morgan says.

"Well, here's one." Rossi says, throwing something at Morgan, "That's her passport, the real one. Now, if you wanted to vanish, wouldn't you take that with you?" Rossi asks as he goes into the bathroom.

"This doesn't mean anything. I worked with that women for five years. I put my life in her hands. I called her my friend, but right now I can't even say that I really knew her, can you, can Penelope?" Morgan asks.

"There's something down there." Rossi says, noticing something in the toilet.

"What do you got?" Morgan asks, walking over to Rossi.


A little while later Rossi and Morgan have returned to the BAU and are in Hotch's office with him.

"It's called a Gimmel Ring. The husband and wife-to-be wear individual bands during the engagement and at the wedding…" Rossi starts to say, showing how the ring joins.

"You see the markings in the middle? Gaelic, Doyle gave it to her." Morgan realises.

"This ring is more than just a souvenir. Otherwise, why hang on to it all this time? Why hide it form us?" Rossi asks.

"What makes you think she went to Boston?" Hotch asks.

"Well, the Doyle case started in Boston. Maybe she's going back to old locations trying to hunt him down." Morgan suggests.

"If he had us, had Penelope, in his crosshairs she wouldn't run. She'd take the fight to him." Rossi reveals.


A little while later Penelope has found out that Clyde is on his way to Boston and so Hotch has decide that the entire team, Penelope included, are going to Boston.

As the team are going to be leaving soon Penelope is in her office collecting what she needs, but as she collected everything she has become distracted by the picture of her and Penelope which she is just staring at.

"Kitten." Rossi says, from the doorway to his daughter office, and hearing her father's voice Penelope turns around and Rossi sees that her daughter has tears in her eyes.

"Daddy." Penelope says, and Rossi walks over to his daughter.

"Oh Kiddo." Rossi says, hugging his daughter.

"I love her so much, Dad." Penelope reveals, "And I know she loves me, what we have is real, finding out all this doesn't change that." Penelope tells her father, as she hugs him tightly.

"I know, Kiddo. I know." Rossi says, kissing his daughters head as even with everything he has learnt in the last few hours he truly believes that Emily loves his daughter, he knows that what they have is real as he seen that for himself, which is why he is sure of two things. One, that part of the reason Emily is doing what she is doing is to protect Penelope, and two if anything happens to Emily it will destroy his daughter.


While the team are on their way to Boston Emily is in a car outside a location where she knows she will find Doyle. As she waits Emily hears her phone beep and she realises that she has a voicemail from Penelope, something which surprises her as she is using one of her old numbers, and so she listens to it.

"Hey, it's me. Hotch asked me to try all your numbers, and I have this as an old listing and you probably don't even use it anymore, but if it is you and you're out there, come home, please." Penelope begs, her voice breaking, "God Em, what did you think that we'd, that I'd, let you walk out of lives? I am so furious at you right now!" Penelope says, and as she does Emily starts to get upset, "then I think about scared you must be, hiding in some dark place all alone, but you're not alone, okay?" Penelope says, causing tears to well in Emily's eyes, "You are not alone. We are in that dark place with you, we are waving flashlights and calling your name. So, if you can see us, come home." Penelope begs, "If you can't, then…" Penelope says, crying, "Then you stay alive, cause, we're coming, I love you." Penelope says, and the voicemail breaks.

As the voicemail ends Emily spends a few moments collecting herself before she puts earplugs in, pulls an automatic weapon and attacks the car that she believes Doyle is in. Throwing a flashbang into the car as she does, but her attack doesn't go as well as she would like and results in Doyle shooting her in her bullet proof vest before he captures her.


As Emily puts her plan in motion the team are on the plan to Boston, every single one of them hoping that they get to the city in time to help Emily, but after the video they just watched they are all terrified that they are going to be too late.

"Emily walked into a trap." Penelope says, she shows everyone the video, "It looks like Doyle got into the SUV, but from this angle, you can see he didn't." Penelope explains, "Which I wish Boston PD would have told me before I started watching it. Sorry again for the screaming." Penelope says, as she continues to look worried for her girlfriend.

"She threw a flash-bang grenade into a car. She's lucky the three people inside didn't die. Is anybody else bothered by that?" Morgan asks, not being able to believe what Emily is doing.

"Well, three bad guys." Rossi corrects, looking over at his daughter as he knows she is barely holding it together.

"Illegal as it is, I think Prentiss knows she had to be as ruthless as Doyle." Hotch explains.

"He's come to the US to wage a public vendetta and hired a group of mercenaries to remain loyal to him. He has nothing to lose, so she has to act the same way." Reid says, knowing that Emily does still have things to loose, which is what she is trying to protect.

"So how did Doyle know she was waiting for him?" Rossi asks.

"Well, the mole must have told him, right? The same guy who's been feeding Doyle the contractors and agents?" JJ asks.

"And our best suspect was just arrested with a suitcase full of cash." Ashley says, "How do we get Easter to talk? He won't cooperate willingly." Ashley says.

"I'll handle that. The rest of you focus on Doyle's location." Hotch instructs, and as he does Penelope knows she has to ask the question she isn't sure she wants the answer to.

"I hate to be the one to ask this, but how long does Em have?" Penelope asks, and Hotch takes a moment to consider how he is going to answer this, as he knows what Emily means to Penelope and so he wants to be as kind as possible, but also truthful.

"Her best chance is also the most troubling." Hotch admits, "Doyle saved her for last because he views her as his stressor. Which means he'll take his time." Hotch says, and as he does Penelope starts to cry, and so Morgan, who is sitting next to Penelope, puts his arm around her as while he might be pissed at Emily he cares about Penelope and hates that she is in so much pain.


While her team, including the love of her life, are on their way to Boston Emily is tired to a chair in a warehouse, with Doyle.

"Where's my ring?" Doyle asks as he walks over to Emily and puts his hand on her neck and throat.

"I flushed it." Emily says, with a nervous laugh.

"I spent seven years in hell because of that ring." Doyle says as he undoes Emily's shirt, "So now, I'm going to give you another gift. One you won't get rid of so easily." Doyle says, as he walks away from Emily, "A four-leaf clover should be a nice addition to your other tattoo." Doyle says as he brings an electronic tattoo needle over to her, "You still have two, right?" Doyle asks.

"Yep, and that's enough ink, thanks." Emily says, and Doyle laughs.

"Ink? North Koreans can't afford ink." Doyle reveals, "No, they brand themselves." Doyle says, as he turns on the branding needle and so Emily tries to move away, but Doyle manages to grab her and she gasps as he starts to brand her, "The more you fight, the more this will hurt." Doyle says, as he brands Emily, who screams in pain.

For a little while Emily continues to scream in pain as Doyle brands her until finally the pain ends, and Doyle finishes branding her.

"Why are you doing this? Why are you keeping me alive?" Emily asks, as that doesn't make sense, as Doyle does up her shirt.

"Hey. FBI grabbed Fahey. Her people." One of Doyle's associates say, Liam, says, "Won't be long before he starts squealing and they're banging on our door. Do what you have to do so we can get the hell out of her." He says, as Doyle stands up and Emily knows that now all she has to do is hold on, and stall, because her team are coming, they will find her.

"I know what you want." Emily says, already having a plan to stall Doyle.

"Do you really?" Doyle asks, sounding disbelieving.

"You want Lauren Reynolds back, I can do that, I can be her." Emily says, knowing that she probably can't, but this is her best shot to stall Doyle, a way to buy enough time for the team to find her, and stop Doyle, which will be Declan, and Penelope's, best shot.

"You think that'll save your skin?" Doyle asks.

"I have no illusions, but I'm tired of this, of being afraid." Emily says, getting upset.

"We don't have time for this." Liam says.

"We'll make time." Doyle says.

"What about Fahey?" Liam asks.

"I'll take care of Fahey." Doyle says, "He smokes right?" Doyle asks.

"Aye."

"Looks like you earned yourself a reprieve." Doyle says to Emily.


At the police station in Boston that the team are working out of Hotch is talking with Clyde, tyring to figure out what his game is, while Rossi and Reid are talking to Fahey.

"Why were you calling Clyde Easter so much, Jack?" Rossi asks.

"Anybody got a spoke? How about you, beanpole?" Fahey asks Reid.

"What do you think?" Rossi asks, also looking at Reid.

"Narcissism masking deep-seated insecurity." Reid explains.

"So, if we puncture his self-image this hood rat will talk." Rossi says.

"Hey, hey, hey I ain't no hood rat. You take that back." Fahey says, sounding angry and Rossi walks over to him.

"Well, you look like one. You smell like one. You smell that?" Rossi asks, and Reid sniffs.

"Hood rat." Reid confirms.

"I am not! Take it back!" Fahey says, sounding angry.

"Hey, Jack. Do you know what a hoot rat is?" Rossi asks, and Fahey pauses, it being clear that he doesn't know what a hood rat is, "You see what I mean? He's just gonna have to learn the hard way." Rossi says.

"All right, all right, look, Clyde was going to pay my medical bills, all right?" Fahey explains, "This ear, it ain't growing back." Fahey explains.

"What happened to it?" Reid asks.

"This bitch teammate of his shot it. Said it was a warning." Fahey explains, and as he does both Reid and Rossi walk closer to him, "Thought she could take on this big IRA big shot named Doyle. So, I told these…." Fahey starts to say, and as he does Rossi grabs Fahey's damaged ear, "AHH! What the hell, man?" Fahey asks, sounding shocked.

"Where's Prentiss?" Rossi asks, his voice hurried.

"Who? I don't know!" Fahey says, sounding confused.

"Lauren Reynolds. Where is Lauren Reynolds?" Reid asks, his voice hurried, and as he does Fahey comes to a realisation.

"Oh, friend of yours is she?" Fahey asks, realising that he has some leverage.

"You tell us where she is right now, or I swear, I'll send you to a prison where they'll teach you what a hood rat is." Rossi threatens.

"And by the time you do, she'll be in pieces. So, uh, my price just went up." Fahey explains.


Back at the warehouse where Emily is being held Doyle pulls over a chair and sits down in front of her.

"And what is it you do…. Lauren?" Doyle asks, asking Emily the same words he asked her when they first met, and Emily remembers exactly what to say in response.

"I'm looking to get into business with a former IRA captain who's gone freelance, Valhalla." Emily says, "But since this is sensitive." Emily says, in English before switching to French and saying, "It might be better to discuss this privately."

"You're just full of surprises, aren't you?" Doyle responds, also in French.

"Let me out of these." Emily says, in French.

"That's not how it went." Doyle says, in English.

"I can't make you happy in handcuffs." Emily says, even though it makes her skin crawl, and Doyle walks up and walks behind Emily, and grabs her, causing her to winch.

"You really think I'd let you fool me twice?" Doyle asks.

"I just wanted…." Emily starts to say, though the truth is that all she wants is Penelope.

"I know what you wanted, a way into my head." Doyle says, "A way into my head, but I changed the look." Doyle explains, "So you're going to suffer the way I suffered." Doyle explains, "This won't be the first time you've killed an innocent, but it will be the first time you have to watch. LIAM!" Doyle calls and Liam brings a computer that is placed on In front of Emily.

On the computer Emily sees Rossi, Seaver, and Fahey on what looks like a roof, and it is clear that the image is being taken though a sniper's scope.

"You got him?" Liam asks, through a walkie-talkie.

"Acquiring. Which one's the target?" The man on the walkie-talkie asks.

"No!" Emily yells, "This was about you and me! That's what you said! You and me!" Emily says, getting upset.

"Then why is your team here? Cause I didn't leave a trail." Doyle says.

"Ian, whatever you want to do to me, I accept, but leave them out of it." Emily requests, as she will not let anything happen to her team.

"Yes, except I didn't bring them into it, did I." Doyle says, "What are you thinking?" Doyle asks, looking at Liam.

"Women first, then the goateed fella, and then Fahey if he has a shot. If not, he'll shut up." Liam says.

"Yeah, sounds about right." Doyle says, and Emily knows she cannot let that happen.

"Shoot Fahey." Emily instructs, "If he dies, my team doesn't have anything."

"Hello, Lauren. Good to see you again." Doyle says, as Fahey is shot.


Back at the police station Rossi and Seaver are retuning to the main area of the police station and as Seaver heads to the locker room to get Fahey's blood of her Penelope comes running up to her father.

"Oh my god! Oh my god! Oh my god!" Penelope says, as she runs towards her father.

"I'm okay, Kiddo." Rossi assures his daughter as he hugs her.

"You were shot at!" Penelope says, as they break apart, "And Emily's missing! And Fahey's dead, and what if we don't find her in time, what's if she's not okay, what if…" Penelope says, taking quickly and starting to hyperventilate.

"Come on." Rossi says, leading his daughter into an empty room.

"Dad this is bad, really bad! She's not okay, and she needs to be okay! I need…." Penelope says, as she lets her father lead her into another room.

"Penelope, guardami, respira Gattino." "(Penelope, look at me, breathe Kitten) Rossi says to his daughter, having chosen to speak to his daughter in Italian rather than English as why Penelope has been speaking both languages her entire life switching languages will give her something to focus on, and may help calm down, "Guardami, inspira e fuori." (Look at me, breathe in and out.) Rossi instructs, and Penelope does so, "Sei tornato con me, Kiddo?" (You back with me, Kiddo?) Rossi asks, about thirty seconds later.

"Si." Penelope answers, (yeah)

"Good." Rossi says, switching back to English, "I know you're scared Kiddo, I know you're worried about Emily, and want her back, and I wish I could tell you that she's okay." Rossi says.

"I can't lose her, Dad. I just want her to be okay, so badly." Penelope reveals, tears coming to her eyes.

"I know." Rossi explains, "I know it doesn't seem like it but Fahey being killed could mean something good."

"What do you mean?" Penelope asks, feeing confused.

"Fahey could lead us straight to Doyle, and Doyle taking him out could mean that Doyle isn't ready to be found, that he is still doing what he is doing, which could mean…." Rossi starts to say.

"That Emily's still alive." Penelope finishes, getting a look of hope on her face.

"And she's counting on us finding her." Rossi tells his daughter, "I know you're hurting, I know your scared, but you need to focus Penelope. We need you, Emily needs you, working this case if we're going to find her." Rossi explains, "Do you think you can do that?"

"Yeah, I can." Penelope confirms, "I love you Dad." Penelope says, before hugging her father.

"I love you too, Kiddo." Rossi says, returning his daughter's hug and kissing her on the head.

Once Rossi and Penelope break apart Penelope wipes her eyes and heads back to work, while her father goes to talk to Seaver.


A little while later Rossi has forced Seaver, who is the person with the freshest eyes, to say what is bugging her with the entire situation, and Penelope and JJ are working on things and explaining to Hotch what they have found.

"So, assuming Clyde isn't the mole, we looked through JTF's personal records again, and Jeremy made some fancy plans before his death. Specifically, he brought a large estate in Spain." Penelope explains.

"He signed all the documents with one of his covers. Made a down payment in cash, deposited the rest." JJ explains.

"So, Jeremy sold the list to Doyle." Hotch realises.

"He was the first victim, killed quietly. Doyle didn't want any attention until he was ready." JJ comments.

"Did Tsia know?" Hotch asks, looking at Penelope.

"I can't tell. If I was running from a terrorist, I would cash in my IRA, not that one, the other… you know what I mean. My point is, Tsia didn't touch that money, so I don't think she's in on it." Penelope explains, as from what Morgan said about how Emily reacted to Tsia's death she thinks her girlfriend really cared about her, and so she hopes that what she suspects is true.


While the team are putting the pieces together, and Hotch is continuing to talk to Clyde, Emily is still being held by Doyle and from the internal time count she is keeping she knows it is time to put the next phase of her plan into action, she just needs the opening.

''When Fahey told me, you were in the city, he said you already knew where I was. If that's the truth, you know what this is about." Doyle says, "Game's over, love. Time for your last confession." Doyle says, as he pulls a gun.

"Take me to where he died. I want to see it." Emily says, knowing that the team would be close to figuring things out, and that if she hasn't already found them, then Penelope would be close to finding the pictures that will tell the team everything they need to know.


Back at the station Clyde, who everyone is sure isn't working with Doyle, is now helping the team, and has gone in search of Penelope who is sitting in a room alone trying to find if Doyle has a kid.

"You're Emily's girl." Clyde says, from the doorway and Penelope looks up from what she is doing.

"I am." Penelope confirms, "She told you about me?" Penelope asks, feeling a little surprised by that.

"She did." Clyde confirms, closing the door and walking over to Penelope, "She trusts you." Clyde reveals, "You're the one-person Emily does completely trust." Clyde reveals, "And when Emily found out Doyle was heading to DC you were her biggest concern. She just wanted you to be safe."

"That's what I want for her." Penelope reveals.

"She loves you, Darling." Clyde reveals, knowing that he owes it to Emily to make sure that he does everything in his power to keep Penelope safe.

"I love her too." Penelope reveals, "More than anything." Penelope says, trying not to look upset but Clyde can tell that it is a battle she is losing.


Since asking Doyle to take her to the place where 'he' died, Emily, and Doyle have gone to a new location, where Doyle is forcing Emily down a corridor.

"Go to your father' that's what you said. I never told anyone the truth about Declan. You were the only one, and you put him in your profile, didn't you?" Doyle asks.

"Yes." Emily confirms.

"For two years I didn't talk. The North Koreans used everything you gave them against me. It wasn't until they showed me these…" Doyle says, showing Emily the fake pictures, she staged of Declan, "They laughed at me as I wept, and you caused all this, didn't you?" Doyle asks.

"Yes, I did." Emily confirms.

"That corner right there, that's where he died, and that's where I'm going to kill you." Doyle says, as he throws Emily into a wall, and pulls a gun, which he points at her.

"There's something you don't know about those photos." Emily reveals, causing Doyle to not fire like he was planning to.


Back at the station the entire team, plus Clyde, are working on trying to find Declan, as they are pretty sure that he is the key to everything.

"I got him!" Penelope suddenly exclaims, "I matched Irish immigration records based on Doyle's employees. Declan Jones, he's the only boy who matches. He settled in Boston eight years ago. Adoptive guardian Louise Jones." Penelope explains.

"I knew Louise Jones, she was Doyle's housekeeper." Clyde explains.

"Are they still alive?" Hotch asks.

"Declan and his mother went missing seven years ago. Bodies were never found. Wait, what is this?" Penelope asks, as she finds the same pictures Doyle showed Emily, "God, someone took pictures of them being shot." Penelope says, sounding horrified.

"Is there an address?" Hotch asks.

"That looks like a warehouse. It's gotta be big enough to house a small army. That's weapons, supplies, let's see… which means it has it's own perimeter. I got it, 1519 Adams Street." Penelope explains.


Back at the Wearhouse Emily is continuing to attempt to buy time by telling Doyle the truth, partly because she knows it could give her the opening she needs.

"After your arrest, I relocated Louis and Declan, and then I got a call." Emily explains, "Interpol had sent back our profile. The head of the terrorism division wanted more dirt on you, so they could break you." Emily explains.

"So, you used my son as a promotion." Doyle says, sounding furious.

"No. I wouldn't let him be a pawn. The things they would have done to him to get you to talk… but I knew, even if I didn't cooperate, they were going to find him eventually, so I had to…" Emily says.

"Had to what?" Doyle asks, angrily.

"I had to end his suffering before it could begin." Emily reveals, and over the next few minutes at basically the same time, Emily reveals that Declan is alive, that she faked his death, as Penelope and Reid realise the same thing.

Due to the shock of what Emily revealed, Emily has managed to get the upper hand and currently has her arms around Doyle's neck.

"I beat you, Ian." Emily says, "before you even got out of North Korea. I beat you ''cause I gave Declan his life back." Emily explains.

"I'll find him." Doyle says.

"No, you won't. ever since you told me my people had Fahey, I've been stalling you." Emily reveals, and as she does the power goes off and Emily knows it is her team, but that relief costs her as she gets distracted and Doyle throws her against a table.

Even though she has been thrown against a table Emily continues to fight back, hitting Doyle with a wooden plank, but after she drops it and turns away Doyle uses it to stake her through the torso.

"Where is he?" Doyle asks, as Emily falls to the ground, "Where's Declan, Emily? Tell me, tell me, where is he? Emily, tell me where he is." Doyle says, but Emily stays silence, and as he hears gunshots Doyle runs.

Seconds after Doyle runs Derek hurries into the room and crouches down next to Emily.

"Hey, it's me, I'm right here. You're going to be all right, stay with me, Baby, come on, stay with me." Morgan begs as he tries to help Emily.

"Let me go…" Emily requests, as she struggles to breath.

"No, I'm not letting you go." Morgan tells his friend.

"Tell…. Tell Pen…I love her." Emily requests, forcing the words out, as she starts to lose consciousness.

"You'll tell her yourself." Morgan says, "Help me! Listen to me, I know why you did all this. I know what you did for Declan, I'm so proud of you. Do you understand that? I am proud of you because you are my friend, and you are my partner." Morgan says, as Emily's eyes close, "No, Emily! Come on, stay with me. If you can hear me, please just squeeze my hand." Morgan requests, and Emily does that, "Yes, there you go. There you go, Baby, just keep squeezing." Morgan requests.


A little while later the team are at the hospital, waiting for news on Emily. As they wait Rossi is holding his daughter, who is in bad shape, as they wait for news, everyone desperately hoping that it is good news.

Finally, after what feels like a lifetime of waiting JJ walks out,

"She never made it off the table." JJ reveals, lying but the rest of the team, with the exception of Hotch, don't know that.

"No!" Penelope says, before completely breaking down, and as she does Rossi tries to comfort his daughter while trying not to cry himself.


AN3: I debated whether to have the ''Emily fake death" storyline happen, and after a bit of debate I decided to. I plan to focus on things that weren't focused on in cannon during the next few chapters, so I hope you like what I choose to do.

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