"Caroline. Hi," Emily says uncomfortably.

"I sent you an email yesterday. Did you get it?"

"Yes, I did. I didn't get a chance to read it because we're really swamped with information on this case we're working," Emily says, knowing it's a half-truth.

"Well, let me save you some time. How about dinner at Ruth's Chris on Friday? My treat. And after, well, maybe you can show me a nice wine bar and we can see where things lead from there."

"Caroline, I need you to know that there can never be anything romantic between us again. I'm engaged. I even have a stepson. So, I don't think dinner and a wine bar are a good idea," Emily explains.

Caroline stiffens. "I see. I'd heard a rumor that the great Emily Prentiss was off the market. Didn't think it could be true. How long have you been together?"

"About two years now," Emily answers, stretching the truth to make it seem more serious to Caroline.

"Ah, two years. So you should be ready to cut and run any day now. Call me when you do."

Before Emily can respond, Caroline turns and walks out of the BAU. Emily takes a steadying breath, worried she may use her cane on the redhead. Unknown to Emily, Garcia had heard the entire exchange. She storms over to Emily's desk.

"Who is that witch and what do I do to vanquish her?"

Emily can't help but smile. "That was the ex I mentioned earlier."

"You mean…she works here? At Quantico? In the FBI?" Her voice getting higher with each question.

"Yes to all three of those questions," Emily replies.

"Why did you say you'd been with JJ for 2 years?"

Emily sighs. "I thought it would be a better deterrent than saying it's technically been less than a year. I mean, I've loved JJ pretty much from the moment I saw her so in my heart it's been 2 years. So…oh, fuck. I dug myself deep with that lie, didn't I? All she has to do is ask around and I'm screwed." Emily drops her head to her desk. "What am I going to do, Pen?"

Garcia leans down and whispers in Emily's ear. "A couple of key strokes and she could be at the office in, say, Fargo, North Dakota."

Emily's head snaps up. "Fargo? Why Fargo?"

Garcia shrugs. "Just popped into my head."

"So…you just happened to choose Fargo? You didn't hear me mention it to…someone else?" Emily stares at the tech analyst. Everyone knows Garcia routinely plays with the security cameras.

Garcia blushes. "Ummm…gotta get back to work. See ya!"

Emily watches as Garcia runs off as fast as her neon green platforms can carry her. "You little sneak," Emily says proudly. The brunette then stretches her neck and gets back to her web of creeps.

"No, it is not true that we have all suspects in custody. As I already mentioned, we are still looking for Byron Smith in connection with these crimes. Additionally, we know there are at last 3 more suspects we need to find. We are asking anyone with information on Byron Smith or these home invasions to please call the hotline. As soon as we have more information, we will let you know. That's all for now. Thank you."

As more reporters throw questions at her, JJ heads back inside after the noon press briefing. She walks into the conference room and closes the door, needing a moment without anyone but the team staring at her.

"You okay?" Reid asks, concerned.

"Yeah. But it never ceases to amaze me that they continue to ask dumb questions or questions I've already fucking answered. One day I'm going to lose my shit and with it, my job. Just warning you now," she says with a look to Hotch, who manages to grin.

As she sits down Hotch's phone rings. "Hotchner." He listens a moment. "Okay, let me put you on speaker, Prentiss."

"Okay, guys, I can tell you our 2 suspects know a lot of bad people who also know a lot of bad people. What I can't tell you is who those bad people are that are perpetuating these invasions and kidnappings."

"Is there anything that can help you narrow it down?"

"I did start to notice a pattern and Garcia is right now running the names through a particular search. If this pans out we may have the motive behind the choice these parents are forced to make."

Just then they hear the technical analyst holler, "YAHTZEE!"

They hear Garcia roll closer to Emily to pass on the information she has found. "Our Goddess of the Gimpy Leg noticed that a lot of these guys, Smith and Kruse included, had at some point been in the foster care system. Deeper checks have shown that those two had 1 and 2 siblings, respectively, that were not in the system. We took the hundreds in our Web of Creeps and ran them through looking for foster kids and that was still a sad, sad number of hits. But when we narrowed it down to those who had siblings who did not go into the system we came up with just 14 names, not including Smith and Kruse."

Garcia stops to take a deep breath before continuing. "Now, we have also been working to narrow that down based on their last known addresses. Since 3 of those guys are in jail we are pretty sure they aren't part of the gang. But the other 11 are on their ways to your PDA's. Happy Hunting, my cute little hound dogs. Garcia out!"

The team looks to their phones and the list Garcia has sent. "Dave, have any of these names popped up in any of the files you've seen?" Hotch asks.

"Not that I recall. But there were very few names listed as persons of interest."

"We still have too many to just go out and start questioning them. If we tip our hand by accident they could go under and we'll never find them," Hotch worries.

He stands and moves to one of the whiteboards in the room. He erases the information on it and writes the names of the 11 suspects. "Okay, we're looking for at least 3 men who are part of this team. Let's start narrowing things down. First name, what stands out?"

The team cuts through the information they have been sent. They list things on the board that tie in to their profile of the gang members. By 1 p.m. they have narrowed the list down to 5 strong suspects.

"Okay, Morgan, Reid go visit Brunnel and Jacobs. JJ and I will check out the other three. Rossi, get with Garcia and have even more information pulled on these 5. If anything pops, call us and give us a heads up. Try to be back here by 6. Text if you need longer. Let's go."

The four agents move out as Rossi jumps on the phone to coordinate with Garcia.

At 5:37 p.m. Hotch awakens in the ER of Prince William Hospital. Jennifer Jareau is missing.