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"Agents please have a seat." Strauss Greets us with a smile. A quick nervous glance back at Derek and we take a seat in the empty chairs.
"I'm gonna cut to the chase, I received a phone call..."
"I'm Gonna cut to the chase, I received a phone call from the Higher ups." Hotch begins. "There has been a string of murders in the Toronto area, 3 women in the last 6 months. The RCMP have requested our assistance."
"No offense sir, but why aren't you briefing the whole team, why just Emily and I?" Derek interrupts Hotch and asks the question that's on both of our minds.
"I'm getting to that. We want to send you both undercover." this announcement has both me and Derek's heads turning. " before you say anything please hear me out. The victims have been Confident Independent women in their thirties, all white. And this is the part that you might not like. Connections between the women are that they were all single moms of bi-racial children who used the same online dating service. The fathers are all for the most part out of the picture. This unsub begins hunting not long after he dumps the previous victims body. The last body was found early this morning, if you agree we would like to get Emily set up in Canada by the end of business today. We understand this is an inconvenience but your help would be greatly appreciated. The team will be working the case from here for the time being. when we feel the time is right and the unsub has taken the bait we will fly in and work from there." Hotch finishes and waits patiently for our response.
" I don't know Hotch." I begin exchanging an unsure glance with Derek. " what about Lexie I'm not comfortable leaving her alone for however long this might take and I don't want to put her in a dangerous situation..." I begin.
" We were prepared for that, the unsub only strikes once the child is with the father so said child is never in danger." Strauss tries to reassure us. "Alexandra won't be harmed in any way we will make sure of that."
"would it be okay if Emily and I talked alone for a few minutes." Derek asks.
"of course, just come back when you're ready" Hotch Nods in agreement. Both Derek and I get up and make our way out the door and down the hall to the empty conference room.
After shutting and locking the door Derek closes the blinds and comes over to where I stand perched against the table.
"What are you thinking, you're biting your lip again something is bugging you." He gently takes my hand in his and gives it a gentle squeeze.
"I don't know what to do, Before you and Lexie I would jump at this opportunity in a heartbeat, but I just don't think I could be that far away form home knowing I don't have you there to back me up. Then there's Lexie I worry about exposing her to that kind of situation especially at such a young age." I sigh. " at the same time I would feel horrible not doing anything and another woman gets killed. What about you?"
" I'm worried about Lexie if we agree to this, what is she going to thing if you're there all the time and I'm not, but I also worry about you, you're my wife and it's my job to protect you, how am I going to do that if I'm stuck here. I love you so much and I wouldn't be able to live myself if something happened to you or Lex and I wasn't there to do anything. I don't thing it was an accident that they left out what the unsub actually does to the victims. But I'm like you if we don't do anything then..." He pauses.
"we can't not do anything though." I point out.
" what if we set up a safety word, of you feel like it's to much we can pull you out." Derek suggests pulling me into a hug.
"maybe, we can suggest it." I agree.
"okay lets go do this." he pulls away. We both exhale trying to relive ourselves of the stress and pressure of the situation before making our way back to Hotch's office. We get a few funny looks on the way but we ignore them. Hotch and Strauss are in the middle of a conversation, they stop talking when we walk back into the room, we wait till we are sitting down before announcing our decision.
"we'll agree, but on one condition." Derek says a few seconds later.
"okay, what's that?" Strauss asks.
"we need to set up some kind of code so that if I feel that it's to much for Lexie or I we can pull out no questions asked." the calm in my voice as I tell them what Derek and I had discussed surprises me. Inside I'm anything but calm.
"that's reasonable we can do that." Hotch agrees after silently consulting with Strauss. "now we just need to go over the details. After we are done here Prentiss, you need to go and get your profile set up along with you and Lexie's ID's. Garcia has been briefed, so she knows what details need to be included to get the unsub's attention. Once she gets that set up you and Alexandra will fly out." Hotch begins.
"before we begin I just want to know what the unsub is actually doing to these women, I think I have a right to know especially if my wife is going to be his next potential victim." Derek Interrupts again.
"He tortures them and then he dismembers them."
"alive?" Derek demands slightly raising his voice.
"yes." Hotch answers. I can feel the color draining form my face. What did I get myself into I ask myself.
"Why weren't we told this before. We have a three year old daughter. She needs her mother if something happens then..." Derek begins now in full blown rage.
"Derek." I try and call him down with no prevail.
"Agent Morgan I can assure you that nothing is ..." Hotch tries to reassure us.
"And what happens after he kills Emily and decides to change his MO., and goes after my Daughter, then what are you going to do write me a check say I'm sorry for your loss ..." Derek continues. By now he's drawn quite an audience.
"Derek." I yell getting his attention. He gives me an apologetic look. Now I'm upset, the last thing I need in my head is the image of my daughter dead and dismembered.
"It will be fine, if I need to I will call Hotch give him the safety word and I'm out. Lexie and I will be fine." I try to reassure him but mostly trying to reassure myself. After pacing the room for a few minutes he is calmed down and retakes his seat.
"I really hate to have to ask you this but, we just don't have the time to find and prep anyone else." Strauss explains trying to relieve some of the tension in the room. I offer a small smile to convey my understanding.
" are the two of you okay to continue?" Hotch asks in genuine concern. After both Derek and I say yes things get underway.
Two hours later we had been given the details of the case and the whole team had been briefed. My new Identity was set up. I'm now Emily Hunter. My flight is scheduled to leave in an hour and a half. Hotch Gave Derek that time off so that he would be able to say a proper goodbye to Lexie and I since we wouldn't be able to talk via phone or email until it was time for Derek's 'visitation'. It sucks but it 's a necessary measure to keep our cover. Also Derek wasn't allowed in the field and had his own new identity for when it was time for him to make an appearance or the unsub decided to do a little digging. The only thing left to do was to pick up Lexie and go pack up our stuff.
The end of another chapter, next time it will be everything leading up to and Emily's arrival in Toronto. Please let me know what you think. Also, sorry about the spelling and Grammar mistakes. I thought about getting a beta but that takes to long to get the document back. So I am trying to do it all myself, anyway thanks for reading.
A quick side note. I know NOTHING about Canada and the upcoming chapters I am going to need some details. If any of you readers are from Toronto or know a lot about it. Could you please help me out with suggestions and details as I need them. If you are willing to help please PM me thanks.! ~Brittany