Chapter 10

"Okay Officer Janko, start from the beginning. Why do you think your brother is the guy we're looking for?" Morgan asked as he sat down next to JJ in the interrogation room.

"He's a real hot head, especially when it comes to me. He didn't like it when Jamie started seeing Alex." she replied.

"Why not? I mean Alex never did anything to you, why did either of you have a problem with her?" JJ asked trying to keep her annoyance at bay.

"She always comes across so perfect. The good doctor, the perfect family, all of that. She's so fake." Eddie said.

"Really, did you know that her mom committed suicide when she was in college? She was sick, and finally she decided to end her life because she didn't want her family to watch her get sicker and sicker." JJ said.

"JJ!" Morgan said in a warning tone.

"No Derek, she needs to know more about our friend before she judges her. Alex is a good person, and so is Jamie. Why did he want to kill him?" JJ pressed.

"I got drunk at a bar one night and kissed him. He said he was done with me and that he loved Alex. I was upset and told Kyle about it. I didn't know that he was going to hurt Jamie, or try and set up Alex's friend. He just said everything would work out for me." Eddie answered.

"So what made you realize it may be your brother?" Morgan asked.

"It was when Jamie confronted me. It made sense. I found out Alex was pregnant and decided to look into another job. It was getting hard to see him happy when I wanted to be the one to make him happy. I called my brother and next thing you know she's getting shot." Eddie replied.

"He was happy with you by the way. You were his partner and one of his best friends." JJ said and got up. She didn't even look at Eddie when she walked out.

"What about the other murders?" Morgan asked.

"I don't know anything about those. I never met any of those people." Eddie replied.

"Ok thank you. I'll let you know if I have any more questions." Morgan stated and walked out.

He walked over to the group and sat down.

"So we have one guy on a vendetta for his sister and another murdering cops?" Prentiss asked.

"I really think it's still connected somehow. Garcia, run the names of the victims against Eddie's family. Her parents, uncles, aunts, anyone with even 1% of her blood type." Hotch told Garcia.

Garcia nodded her head and began typing. Jamie looked at his brother and nodded.

"I'm going to head back to the hospital. I need to explain this to Alex." He stood up and said his byes before heading to the hospital.

Jamie walked into Alex's hospital room at the same time as her doctor.

"You must be Alex's fiance?" the woman said with a smile.

"Yes, I am." Jamie said as he kissed Alex's temple.

"I'm Dr. Winters. I was just telling your fiancee that everything looks good. The baby is healthy and there wasn't any damage caused by the bullet. So as long as she takes it easy over the next few months, avoids stress when she can, then everything should be just fine." she replied.

"That's good news." Jamie replied.

"Alex, I want to go ahead and set up an appointment at my office in the next couple of weeks to make sure everything is progressing as it should be. I want you to call me in the meantime if anything doesn't seem right. Okay?"

"Okay, thanks Dr, Winters." Alex smiled.

"When do you think Alex will be able to go home?" Jamie asked.

"I see no reason why you shouldn't be able to go home tomorrow." the doctor said before leaving the room.

"Okay, now tell me what's going on with the case." Alex said as she motioned to the chair next to the bed.

"Uh, good news, bad news or more bad news?" Jamie asked her.

"Uh, good news?"

"We know who the guy who attacked you and I is."

"Bad?"

"It's Eddie's brother." Jamie broke the news.

"Why?"

"Well, she's in love with me. The night that she got drunk, she kissed me." Alex looked at him in shock.

"Why the hell didn't you tell me?"

"Nothing happened. I pushed her away and told her I love you and I was changing partners. She told her brother who decided to beat me to a pulp. Then she found out you were pregnant..."

"And he shot me and pinned it on Charlie." Alex replied.

"Yeah, the worse news is he may not be the cop killer so they both are still out there."

"I can't believe you didn't tell me Jamie. She kissed you and you went on keeping it a secret." Alex said, mad.

"I was going to tell you Lex, the day that we were put on house arrest. Then I was attacked and with the baby coming, I didn't want you to be stressed out." Jamie said kissing her hand.

"I get that. I just don't understand why Eddie hates me so much. I never gave her a reason to. I was always nice to her, but she kept acting like she wanted us to break up or something. Then that night that she kissed you in front of the precinct was the last straw for me." Alex sighed.

"I know baby. She never could accept that I wanted us to just be friends and partners, but nothing more. I'm just sorry that her brother thought that I would choose her if you weren't in the picture. I wouldn't choose her now anyways." he said.

"Good. Maybe we should call my dad, I want to help Charlie." Alex said.

"Babe, the doctor said that you should avoid stress." Jamie said as he grabbed her phone.

"Jamie, I'm in a hospital until tomorrow. I think the baby and I are good. Call my dad and see if he can get the team to come here to come up with a plan, and maybe your dad and Erin too?" Alex asked.

"Okay, but only if you promise to rest until everyone gets here." Jamie said leaving no room for argument.

"Yes Sarge." she smiled innocently before closing her eyes.

Jamie laughed at his fiance's antics as he pulled out his phone. He scrolled down until he found Dave's number and hit the call button.

"Hey Jamie, how's our girl?" Rossi asked as he looked at the rest of the team.

"She's good, getting released tomorrow, she wants everyone to come by the hospital and figure out a way to help Charlie." he said.

"I'm sure she does, Alex has never liked sitting by and doing nothing when it comes to Charlie. Tell her that we'll be there in about an hour or so. We'll bring burgers, she hates hospital food." Rossi said as the rest of the team smiled.

"Okay, I'll tell her. Can you have Danny call my dad and Erin to have them come too. Alex wants their input too." Jamie replied.

"I'll tell him. See you later Jamie." Rossi said before ending the call.

An hour later, Jamie was just nodding off when there was a knock on the door. He jumped up in his seat and noticed Alex asleep on her hospital bed. Rossi pokes his head through the door and smiles.

"Come in." Jamie told him as he shook Alex awake. Alex smiled as her dad walked in.

Soon Danny and the BAU team walked in. Alex noticed someone missing and raised an eyebrow. "Where's Reid?"

"He's parking the other car." JJ smiled. "We brought you a burger and fries."

"Thank you! I'm starving." Alex grabbed her bag as everyone sat down around.

"You're always hungry." Alex's head snapped up when she heard Charlie's voice. Charlie and Reid walked in the room and she gave Alex a hug.

"You're free!"

"I escaped through the tunnel system. Don't tell any cops." Charlie joked. Alex chuckled. "My alibi checked out. Alex I'm so sorry."

"It wasn't your fault. I'm glad you are ok." She said pointing to the bruise on her forehead.

"I'm glad you and the baby are safe. I wouldn't forgive myself."

"We're fine. My doctor was in here earlier and she said that everything is fine and that I can go home tomorrow. I'm so ready to sleep in my own bed." Alex replied.

"I bet. Now we need to figure out how we are going to catch the unsub, I mean if Kyle Janko is only the person who shot you and attacked Jamie, we need to find out who was behind the other murders." Charlie said as she sat next to Alex on the bed.

"I'm still cross checking Janko with the other victims to see if there is a connection, but nothing yet my lovelies." Garcia said as she looked down at her phone.

"It's okay Baby Girl, we know if it's there, you'll find it." Morgan replied.

"How are you going to get Janko to confess? I mean it's not like he's going to turn himself in. He wanted either Jamie or I dead and he didn't care which." Alex wondered.

"Can't Eddie wear a wire or something?" Alex added on.

"We asked, she refused." Hotch inputted.

"We have to catch him in the act. Find out who he's going after and set a trap." Danny stated in the corner. He sipped his drink and ate a fry. Jamie raised an eyebrow and laughed. "What?"

"Nothing, how do we find out who is next?"

At that moment Garcia's phone dinged. She squealed and ran to her backpack, pulling out her laptop.

The group watched as Garcia typed away. "Oh that's not good."

"What is it Garcia?" Rossi asked.

"Oh no no no." Garcia mumbled.

"Baby girl!" Morgan grabbed her shoulders and she looked up. They noticed the tears in her eyes. "What is it?"

"All of the victims were involved on a case that sent someone to prison for life. It was sealed by the FBI and that's why it was hard for me to find it. The criminal was Eddie's father, Armin Janko."

"Eddie told me that her dad was behind a ponzi scheme and went to jail for it. Kyle must be trying to take out everyone who had a hand in their dad going to jail." Jamie groaned.

"Garcia, does it say who else was on the team that arrested him?" Hotch asked.

"The first three victims were on the list, and so was Stan Gormley and a Jeff Reynolds." Garcia answered.

"Reynolds retired last year, Gormley works at 1PP." Frank said.

"Is there any way of knowing who Kyle would target next?" Danny asked.

"Garcia, who was the arresting officer?" Alex asked.

"Dr. Rossi, you are brilliant, it was the first victim and Gormley was his partner." Garcia said.

"If he's looking for revenge, taking out the arresting officers would be pretty high up on the hit list. Then the others, but he must've thought that taking them out one right after the other would be too risky." Morgan said.

An hour later found Hotch, Danny, Jamie, Frank and Stan in Frank's office. Stan looked at his hands in shock at what the team was explaining.

"So now he's coming after me? Why did he go after Jamie again?"

"Because Eddie is in love with him." Danny explained.

"That makes no sense but ok. So what's the plan?"

"We're gonna try and flush him out. Make him target you as the next person on his hit list. He already took out your old partner, so we figure it won't be a stretch that you would be pretty high on the list." Hotch said.

"How do we do that?" Stan asked worriedly.

"Hopefully his sister will be able to help us with that." Simmons said.

"You already said Officer Janko isn't willing to wear a wire, so how is she going to help?"

"I think her conscience will get the better of her." Frank said.

"What does that mean boss?" Stan wondered.

"Oh never you mind." Frank said with a raise of his eyebrows.

The following morning at the hospital, Alex was more than ready to go home and take a hot shower. She sent Jamie to the nurses station to find Linda so that she could sign the last of the paperwork. Jamie had been gone for a few minutes when there was a knock at the door. Alex looked up and saw the last face that she ever wanted to see… Eddie.

"What do you want?" she asked.

"I came to apologize."

"Well don't. Just leave." Alex said.

"Alex please, I didn't think he would do anything to you guys. I never wanted you two to get hurt."

"YOU KISSED MY FIANCÉ!" Alex yelled, standing up. She walked over and got in Eddie's face. "You knew he was taken and you kissed him. Drunk or not, you can't let go. Then your brother almost kills him then me and our unborn baby and yes he is your brother but you are letting him walk free. You have a chance to stop him and you aren't doing it. So don't apologize because words are just words. Take action."

Eddie stood there in silence, taking in her words. At that moment, Jamie decided to walk in. He froze in shock at Eddie standing in the room.

"What are you doing here Eddie?" he asked.

"I want to apologize to both of you. I didn't know that Kyle would take things this far. He was always so protective, I just didn't think he would kill anyone." Eddie explained.

"You know he's killed three people so far Eddie. He has a hit list. He is responsible for three deaths, and at least two counts of attempted murder. By not helping you are just as responsible as he is." Alex said angrily.

"I can't wear a wire, that would be betrayal. He's my brother." Eddie argued.

"And what you did to us wasn't? I mean I trusted you because you were Jamie's partner, his friend. I believed that we could be friends. Then you kissed my fiance, my best friend was set up for a crime she didn't commit and I got shot. You betrayed us first." Alex shot back.

He's going to keep killing Eddie. Do you want that guilt on you knowing you could have prevented it?" Jamie asked her softly.

"No. I'll wear the wire." Eddie agreed. She always had a soft spot for Jamie and Alex was ok with it this time.

"You're doing a good thing Eddie." Alex told her. "No more death."

Eddie nodded before softly walking out. Jamie grabbed Alex and held her tight.

"Let's go home baby."