Rescue

Hotch slowly led the team in and he saw the twins huddled close together in a corner while Martin Andrews stood over them. They looked past him to see the team and Hotch signalled for them to be quiet. They nodded and Leon held his sister closer to him. He hated seeing how scared they were but he was determined to save them as soon as possible. They were his and he vowed to be there for them.

Martin Andrews turned around to see them and narrowed his eyes at them. "You want these kids," he said. "Well you're not going to get them."

"Sir please let us go," Leon pleaded.

Martin turned back to Leon and hit him across the face shouting, "Luke, what did I tell you."

"My name isn't Luke. It's Leon."

"Luke," he shouted.

Hotch realised now that he'd actually deluded himself into thinking they were his. That's why he'd had to keep replacing them until he found his real twins. Maybe if he played into his fantasy he might be able to save his own.

"Martin, Karen and Luke are outside waiting for you...if you just come with us we can take you to them."

He looked at them and they all nodded quickly understanding what was going through their leader's mind. He was heading their way when Morgan grabbed his wrists behind him and slapped the cuffs on Martin Andrews.

Meanwhile Hotch picked up Anais while Rossi picked up Leon. Whilst trying to fight the urge to kiss her temple and hug her close he had to remember he was still a stranger to them. Damn Elizabeth Prentiss! If she'd only helped Emily instead of turning her away they would always have known he was their dad. He would have been there for them. All the years he'd lost.

His daughter clung to him not knowing who he was and he held her close to him. "It's alright now. Mummy's waiting outside," he soothed. She nodded and rested her head on his shoulder. He stroked her hair while carrying her out to Emily. He just hoped she'd be like this when she found out he was her dad.

He looked over to see how his eldest son was. He smiled to see Leon was clinging to Rossi. He was sure his twins would hopefully accept they were family.

Emily smiled at them coming out holding her children and felt tears well up in her eyes as she saw him with Anais. This was what she'd wanted to see for eight years. That as well as making her happy knocked off the scab that had never really healed.

She ran up and hugged them kissing Anais' hair and Aaron's cheek then kissing Leon's hair. He looked down at her and felt the most desire he'd felt for eight years and tried to look away feeling guilty. Haley had only died six months ago. Was it too soon? He hadn't seen Emily in eight years and even back then he didn't know her long. They had children together though.

They'd leave in the morning for Quantico. He wanted at least one night here to work out what was going to happen next for his family. There was no way he was going to lose Anais and Leon now he knew about them. It would kill him to lose two of his children. It already hurt knowing he'd missed eight years of their lives and they didn't know who he was to them.

"Oh god I'm so glad you're alright. I was so worried. Oh Agent Hotchner thank you so much for saving our children," she cried.

Rossi raised an eyebrow at him. They had children together and she didn't even know his name. What had he got up to on one of his first assignments? Or was it that she hadn't cared for his name?