She put her arms up, he took her side arm, she started to drop her purse and go back on the ground. He grabbed them before they hit.
"You think this if my first redo Agent Cooper? The Agent's inside find these, they'll know you're in trouble. No I think we'll keep your bags. We are going to walk to the car at the end of the block. Put your arms down." She started to walk, not saying anything.
There were too many innocent people on the street for her to fight back now, she would have to go with him. Her phone rang, he took it from her. "If I don't answer that, and it's my team, they will come looking for me now."
He handed her the phone. "Hello P."
"Are you okay? I heard you and Hotch had a blow out."
"I'm fine."
"Did he really pull you from the case?"
"Yes, but I'm going to work on it on my own. Please send me info to my tablet too."
"Izzy, I can't."
"Please, P?"
He snatched the phone from her and hit her with the butt of the gun knocking her out. He threw her in the back of the truck and drove out of town, tossing her phone on the ground.
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"Baby girl you're on speaker phone."
"I think Cooper is in trouble."
"She's fine." Hotch snapped.
"I was just talking to her. She told me to send info to her tablet so she can work on the case on her own." Hotch looked furious.
Morgan picked up his phone and took it off speaker phone. He talked to her for a minute and put it back on speaker. "Say it again Baby girl."
"She said please and then there was a sound like she was hit and the phone went dead. Now her phone is going straight to voice mail. I pinged her phone, it shows down the street from the station."
Morgan and Rossi ran out of the station and came back carrying her phone. "There's no sign of her." Morgan said.
"She's not on the jet or at the motel" JJ said.
"He has her." Hotch said.
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Damn...her head hurt. She reached down to her ankle her second gun was gone. Double damn! Time to assess the situation, hopefully by now her team knew she was gone and started looking for her and she wasn't fired for disobeying orders. The truck was coming to a stop, the door opened and she was dragged out. He threw her on the ground, she looked up.
"Let me introduce myself. I'm Michael Daniels".
He went to kick her in the ribs, she grabbed his foot and knocked him to his feet. She got to hers and kicked him in the ribs. The blow to her head was messing with her balance, he grabbed her by the hair and punched her in the face. Crap! She tried to remain conscious, but from the hit earlier and this one it was too much. She crumpled to the ground.
She regained consciousness, she was tied to a chair. Her first thought was if the team didn't know she was missing, she was defiantly fired by now. She decided to go with the positive, the team was looking for her. They were still working the case, they'd solve it, and find her.
She slowly started to move her hands trying to loosen the ropes around her wrists, one good thing he couldn't tie worth a crap. She was untied within minutes, it was almost too easy. She checked out the room, looking for a trap, there was nothing apparent, she tested the door and it opened. She heard crying down the hall, she crept slowly, she heard foot steps coming her way. She looked for a hiding place, she ducked behind some crates and waited.
A women walked by, she grabbed her from behind and dragged her behind the boxes knocking her out. She took her gun and cell phone, she shoved her in a crate. She dialed Hotch's phone.
"Hotchener."
"It's Cooper."
"We've located you, stay put. Are you hurt?"
"Not too bad."
"Where are you Agent Cooper...I'm going to find you!"
Hotch heard the sound of gunfire. "Cooper?" The line went dead.
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Daniels walked by where Izzy was hiding, she had stopped talking. He heard her and peaked in at her, he dragged her out and aimed his gun at her. She kicked his legs out from beneath him knocking him off balance, his gun fired over head. She stood up, he came after her knocking her to the ground. She pulled the gun from her waist band.
"On your knees, hands on your head!"
He came after her, she had no choice, she heard the sirens. She fired off three shots taking him down, she checked him for weapons. He had none, she heard crying in the other room. She opened the door and found a three year old, looking at her.
"Hi, sweetie. My name is Izzy. I'm going to help you find you mom and dad. Do you want to come with me." The little girl nodded her head and wrapped her arms around her neck. Izzy sat down on the ground, she heard her name being called.
"I'm down here!" The little girl was latched on and not letting go of her. Morgan was first through the door, Rossi was next..
"Cooper you okay." Rossi asked.
"Yeah." Morgan tried to pull the little girl from her arms and the little girl screamed. "She's fine help me up. There's an unsub in one of those creates."
"How did she get there?" Morgan asked.
"How do you think I got a phone and a gun?"
Morgan and Rossi helped her up, she started walking up the stairs when she ran into Hotch. "Are you okay Cooper?"
"It looks worse then what it is." She was still carrying the little girl, he tried to take her. The little girl clutched at Izzy and screamed. "It's okay, sweetie. I've got you."
She walked out to the ambulance with the little girl, her parents were brought to the scene. Once she saw her parents, she forgot all about Izzy, they took her to the hospital to be checked out. The team recovered Izzy's gun and bags from inside, she was leaning against the SUV waiting for them.
Spencer walked over to Izzy. "Did you get checked out."
"I'm fine, it's just bumps and bruises. Don't worry."
"Spencer is right, did you get checked out?" Hotch asked.
"Not really."
"We're stopping at the hospital before we leave." Hotch walked off and got in a SUV.
Izzy climbed into the one closest to her, JJ climbed in behind her. "On a scale of you're fired to just in trouble...how much trouble am I in?"
JJ looked at her and laughed. "You're not in trouble, or fired. You just had us all worried."
"I'm just glad P called me when she did. She probably saved me."
They stopped in front of the ER, and the door opened. Hotch popped his head in. "Let's go Cooper."
She got out of the car and followed him into the ER, she checked in and waited. She had three broken ribs, nothing major. She walked out and saw her team sitting around in the waiting room. She heard Morgan on the phone.
"Baby girl, as soon as I know I will tell you. She was walking and talking at the scene. Hotch wanted to make sure she was okay. Talk to you later."
She cleared her throat, they all looked up. "I'm fine. Three broken ribs, I gotten worse from cheer leading. Can we go now?"
XXX
They were in the air heading home, everyone was asleep. She was sitting on the couch, leaning back relaxing. Hotch sat down beside her.
"I'm sorry..."
"It was my fault. I should have told you, when I knew or even suspected the unsub was the same. None of this was your fault. I take full responsibility."
"Yes, you should have. But I should have never of sent you out alone, knowing he had threatened you."
They just stared at each other, she winced in pain. "Did they give you anything for pain?"
"I didn't want anything. I'll be fine."
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They landed early Friday morning. "Take the day off, and relax. See you Monday." Hotch said as he rushed off to his car. Izzy waved bye to her friends and headed to her car. Morgan called her name, she slowly turned around.
"Are you okay to drive home?"
"I'm fine." There was a slight breeze, it blew her hair in her face. He pushed the fly a ways out of her face. "See you Monday."
She got in her car and drove home, she dropped her bags on the floor. She kicked off her shoes and laid on the couch, she was too tired to get up and do anything. When there was a knock on the door she actually cried out. She rolled off the couch and pulled open the door Hotch was standing on her porch. Great, he was firing her tonight, he wasn't waiting until Monday.
"Come in Hotch." He came in, and walked into her living room. She shut the door and followed him.
He turned around to look at her, noticing the purple shadows under her eyes, the hair escaping her ponytail.
"I wanted to make sure you were okay."
"I'm fine." She looked up at him, he pushed the hair away from her face. This is the second time tonight someone from the team has played with her hair. His other hand touched the side of her face, he lowered his face to hers and kissed her. She was taken by surprise, she pulled away and touched her lips with her fingers.
"I'm sorry." He walked towards the door, she followed him to the door, not sure what to say. "No I'm not." He kissed her again and this time she wrapped her arms around is neck and kissed him back.