Gala
She'd been dragged to yet another political gala by her mother. Why was she even going to these things? She'd been living in England for five years now running Interpol and yet she could never say no to her mother. Well she could but that was an answer her mother would never listen to.
She rolled her eyes as yet another man tried to flirt with her and get it off with her. When would these men get the message? She wasn't interested! Even though she'd left the BAU five years ago there was only one man she had any interest in. She'd always loved him but she'd never told him. She'd never wanted to jeopardise his career. It meant everything to him.
She walked off away from this bore. God she hated being single at these galas. She sometimes wondered about entering a marriage of convenience just to get away from these bores but that was against her whole sense of self. She wondered every now and again what it would have been like to be with Aaron but she believed too much water had passed under the bridge. Anyway he was with Beth; wasn't he? He didn't love her.
She noticed out of the corner of her eye a man in a suit and tie enter the building being a bit shifty and she believed he was concealing a gun. She took a double take. Wait a minute, was that the man she'd only just been thinking of? It couldn't be. What was going on? Was there an UnSub in this room?
Suddenly to her complete shock he started brandishing the gun and yelling at everyone to stop what they were doing and sit down. Her eyes widened in horror as he did this. This wasn't like him at all. What was going on? Had he flipped? Was something controlling him? Had he finally snapped under all the pressure?
She had to do something before he did something he would regret forever. She couldn't let him destroy his and Jack's lives. They needed each other. He had to remember he had a son to think of.
She stepped towards him with tears in her eyes but resolve in her heart. She just had to stop him. Seeing her walk towards him Aaron aimed the gun at her. He had to carry out his orders and couldn't let anyone get in the way. He didn't know who he was or anything he just knew he had to take everyone hostage. He couldn't let anyone slip out of his net.
"Aaron, you don't want to do this. This isn't you. You don't want to do this. Think about Jack. It's not too late to back out," she said trying to remain calm even though she could see him put his finger on the trigger.
She could feel her mother tugging at her hissing, "What are you doing?"
"You don't know me! You don't know what I want!" he shouted looking unsure of himself.
"Aaron, just put the gun down and we can talk this out."
"I've had enough from you," he shouted pressing the trigger and hearing the shot ring out.