She looked down at her watch, she had an appointment at eleven with Dr. Lawrence. She needed to leave and Aaron wasn't in his office, she sent him a text and got up and left.

"Hey, Morgan. I've got an appointment. I'll be back later." He nodded at her. She grabbed her purse and ran out and hailed a cab. She just barley made it to her appointment.

"Izzy, good to see you again.

"Dr. Lawrence, same to you."

"Tell me, what's going on with you?"

"Nothing really. I'm in a relationship with a man, that has a child. I'm falling in love with him, well both of them."

"What about your job? How do they play into it?"

"He understands about my job."

"And the child?"

"He's a little boy, he knows I catch bad guys."

"What happens if you don't come home?"

"I don't know...it's something that will have to be covered if we come to it."

"How do you feel about not maybe not coming home one night?"

"It's the job, I choose. It's the risk I take to make others safe."

"I'd like to see you next week."

She got up and left, taking a cab back to the office. She got off the elevator and walked into the bullpen and all hell broke loose.

XXX

She sat down at her desk, when someone was standing there glaring at her. "Get in my office NOW!" She stood up and followed him up the stairs to his office, she walked in behind him. He slammed the door and grabbed her by the shoulders and shook her.

"Where the in the hell have you been?"

"I sent you a text message and I told Morgan!" She growled. He pushed her over to the chair in front of his desk.

"After what happened last night, you went off by yourself?"

"I'm fine. What's wrong with you?"

"You knew how I felt..."

"Aaron...stop!"

He looked at her. "Izzy, I need you to be safe."

"I am. You wouldn't be doing this if it were JJ, Morgan, or Garcia or even Rossi.'

"I can't do this with you."

"Do what?"

"Worrying about you."

"What are you saying? Let me hear you say it."

"We can't see each other anymore."

"I see. If that's the way you feel." She got up to leave, she'd been hit by this train before and it didn't even hurt anymore. She was at the door, his hand was on her shoulder. "Don't touch me." She walked through the door and sat down at her desk.

XXX

The rest of the team came back from lunch, Morgan dropped a sandwich and a cup of coffee on her desk. "Thought you might be hungry."

"Thanks for thinking of me, but I'm not hungry."

"You okay? Morgan asked.

"Fine." She said almost too quickly.

Morgan was about to say more but Hotch walked out of his office and called them to the conference room. Director Cruz pulled her into his office.

"Agent Cooper, you will not be going with your team. You'll be going to a safe house, I understand that there was an a attempt on your life last night and this past weekend."

"Yes. Sir. For how long?"

"Until we find who's trying to harm you and Jack Hotchener. An Agent will accompany you home so you can pack."

"Will I be with Jack, or is he going else where?"

"Jack will be with you."

"Will he be safe? With me?"

"Agent Hotchener requested it."

It made sense now, maybe. He broke it off to keep Jack safe, to keep her safe. She walked out to the bullpen to get her things, the team was still up in the conference room, she looked around, not sure if she would make it back or not.

"Agent Cooper, I'm Agent Marlowe I'm here to take you home and then to a safe house."

"Thank you." He followed her to the elevator, she heard her name. She turned and saw Hotch standing at her desk, she held one finger up to Marlowe. She ran over to Hotch and cupped his face and kissed him.

"I'll take care of him." She walked back to the elevator and left with Marlowe.

The team was standing on the catwalk looking down on the bullpen. "Did Cooper just kiss Hotch?" Garcia asked.

"Ummm, yeah." JJ said.

"Where's she going with Marlowe?" Spencer asked.

"I don't think we're suppose to know." Rossi said

Hotch watched her walk away, praying he did the right thing. Hoping when it was over, she would take him back.

XXX

She got into the backseat of the SUV, Jack was already there waiting for her.

"Iz, we are taking a trip together."

"I know pal." She leaned over and kissed the top of his head.

They drove to her townhouse, she ran in and packed a suitcase with several weeks worth of clothes and things she'd need. She also grabbed her go bag, you never knew, when you had to make a fast get away. She went down and grabbed her other gun and strapped it to her ankle. Agent Marlowe started calling her name from the living room, she ran down stairs and walked out the door. She climbed back into the SUV, and laid her head back against the seat.

XXX

The team was on the jet and flying to Texas for a case, Hotch waited to they were in the air to tell him what was happening.

"I've had Cooper and Jack moved to a safe house. Someone is trying to kidnap Jack and possible hurt Cooper. Cooper and I have been seeing each other for awhile."

The team sat back in stunned silence. "Do we have any leads?" Rossi asked.

"No. There's another team working on it."

"Hotch, you should be with them." JJ said.

"It's better if I'm working." He said.

Spencer sat back in his seat and worried about his friend. All he wanted to do was to solve this case so they could head home, and find out who was threatening Izzy and Jack.

"You okay, Pretty boy?" Asked Morgan.

"I'm worried about Copper and Jack."

"We all are."

XXX

Agent Thompson was Jack's handler, he'd only been with the bureau for five years. There was something off about him, Izzy didn't trust him, she couldn't put a finger on it. Agent Marlowe was a different story, he was a lifer with the FBI. She did trust him, push came to shove, she would trust him to protect Jack. He was her only concern, his safety was what she was putting first and foremost.

The safe house was in Fredericksburg Virginia, in a secluded cabin. It made Izzy nervous, no help for miles around, she pulled her cell phone out, no service. She looked around for a landline and there wasn't one. She kept Jack close to her at all times, she made a promise to Aaron and she intended to keep it. She unpacked his suitcase, taking two outfits and shoving them in her go bag, just in case they needed to run. She had a feeling deep in her gut, that this isn't right.

"Jack, pal I need a favor."

"What Iz?"

"I need you to be brave and do everything I say, no matter what."

"Okay!"

"I need you to sleep in here with me. Never go with the two Agents no matter what they say."

"Why?"

"Just trust me. Can you do that?"

"Yes, Iz."

"Okay, pal." She kissed the top of his head and kissed him.

She keep her eyes and ears open at all times, she fixed their dinner keeping Jack at her side. She fixed enough for the agents to eat, she acted like everything was fine. She gave Jack a bath and laid him down for bed, she sat in the living room while the two agents were outside on the porch talking. She strained her ears to listen.

"I'll go into town and call tomorrow."

"Do you think she knows?"

"She's BAU, she's been profiling us since we picked her up."

"We'll get rid of her, then take the boy to Mc Clure."

She went back to her room before the found her on the couch listening. She got Jack dressed and wrapped a blanket around him, she had both her service weapon and off duty weapon with her. She opened her purse pulling out her cash, and credentials. She heard them come in from the porch, she gave it a hour for them to fall asleep.

She picked up Jack and quietly went out the door, she picked up the keys from the bar to the SUV. She opened the doors, placed Jack in the car seat, she put it into neutral and let it rolled down the hill to the road, before she started it up and drove away.

XXXX

The team got back to the office at four pm, Aaron headed home after finishing reports. He was sitting on his couch not knowing where Jack was. He knew he was safe, Izzy would keep him that way. His phone rang a hour after he'd been home.

"Hotchener."

"It's Cruz, Cooper has left the safe house with Jack. They found the SUV abandoned forty miles the house."

"Did they leave on their own accord?"

"The agents said, she left in the middle of the night."

"She wouldn't have left without good reason."

"I'm calling in your team."

"I'll be there in ten minutes."

Aaron got dressed and left for work, he prayed that Izzy and Jack were okay.

XXX

Izzy pulled the SUV to the side of the rode, she got Jack out of the car seat, along with her go bag. She put it in neutral and let it run into the ditch, she walked away along the highway. She stopped at an all night dinner, laying Jack down in a booth, she asked if she could use the phone. She dialed Aaron's number and got his voicemail.

Aaron, Agent Marlowe and Thompson are crooked. They were going to kill me and give Jack to someone named Mc Clure. I'm in Fredericksburg at a roadside dinner, I don't know how long we can stay here. I will try to call you if we have to move.

She dialed his number one more time, maybe he didn't pick up because he didn't recognize the number, he answered this time.

"Aaron?"

"Izzy, are you all right? Where are you?"

"Don't trust Marlowe or Thompson. They were going to kill me and give Jack to someone named Mc Clure." She felt a gun in the small of her back, she turned and there was a man behind her holding Jack. He took the phone from her and put it to his ear.

"Hello Agent Hotcher, come and find them." He hung up the phone and dragged her out the door. She pulled her credentials out of her pocket and dropped them on the floor without him noticing them. He searched her, taking her guns from her. He bound her feet and hands shoving her in the van, and tossing Jack in with her. He got in the van and started driving.

XXX

"Izzy...Izzzy!" He hit redial and got the dinner on the line, he found the location and the team headed out. Morgan was the lead on the case, it was hard for him to play family member instead of investigator.

He sat in the booth near where her go bag had been found, the waitress had found her credentials in the floor right before they pulled up. They had a few witness that had seen the man drag her and Jack out of the restaurant.

Agent Marlowe and Thompson showed up at the dinner, Aaron threw Marlowe against the bar.

"Where is he taking them?"

"What are you talking about?"

"We know you both are involved." Aaron growled.

Morgan had Thompson by the shirtfront. "If anything happens to either one of them.."

Both Agents were handcuffed and taken back to the BAU. In the struggle, one of the crooked agents had dropped Izzy's purse, her wallet fell out. A picture was sticking out of the wallet, Rossi picked them up. The picture caught his eye, he pulled it out to examine it.

"I'll be damned." He turned it over and looked at the back, his eyes getting wide, he sat down beside Hotch and put it in front of him. "Did you know about this?"

He picked it up and looked at it, looking at the back. "I knew that, you knew her mom at one point, but not this."

"We've got to find her." Rossi said. "My daughter is missing."