A/N: I don't own Criminal Minds. This chapter takes place the following morning
Finding Love Across the Pond
Chapter 4
NPOV:
I was in my kitchen making tea and some coffee for Spencer. I was also making.
"Good morning, Natalie."
"Good morning baby how did you sleep?"
"I slept fine and my dreams were all good."
"That's fantastic."
"Do you want to hang for the rest of the weekend?"
"Yes, we can watch some good British movies Harry Potter perhaps."
"I'm sold. I need some fantasy after a year like last years."
"What happened?"
"Well you've met JJ she recently came back after being in the Pentagon for a year. I had awful headaches last year because of all the stress my mind was on. We also lost a member of the team."
"Who was it?"
"Agent Emily Prentiss," he tells me showing a picture of Emily.
I automatically recognized her but the woman I meant spoke in a French accent.
"I think I've met her before…uh…four months ago in Paris."
"That's impossible she died approximately six months ago."
"I don't know what to tell you Spencer I was working my last case in England at the time and Scotland Yard was asked to help with the Ian Doyle Investigation and she was there she was just using a fake name."
"How did you know about Doyle? He's the one that killed her…he killed Emily."
"When I was with Scotland Yard things like this happened very regularly.
"Now back to Emily."
"Alright Agent Easter let it slip that Agent Prentiss was still alive and that the woman in the room with him is Emily."
"I need to call the team and you need to tell them what you know."
30 minutes later the team was in the round table room in the BAU
"What is this about Reid?" Derek asks him.
"Natalie told me something very interesting."
"Well Spencer told me about the previous year about Emily and he showed me a picture of her."
"And?" Hotch asks.
"I've seen her in Paris four months ago with a different appearance and with a different name she even spoke French."
"What?" Derek asks.
"I believe Natalie especially since she knew the details of what happened to her. She knows about Ian Doyle and Interpol since that was her last case with Scotland Yard."
"I don't believe that though."
I then noticed JJ walked in with Easter and Emily.
"It's true. I'm alive." Emily tells the team taking off her sunglasses.
Everyone went up to her and gave her a hug.
Easter spoke then. "We have found Ian Doyle's location and we need to get him where we want him."
"Excuse me but how?"
"We have to send a fake contact that we have found Declan and we'll need to get him to that location and we'll take him into custody or kill him."
"I'm sorry Agent Easter but how do you suppose we do that?" I ask him speaking up.
"Ello Agent Natalie Poynter nice to see you again." He tells me.
"Same for you Agent Easter." I tell him as I shake his hand.
"He's never come into contact with me so I'll call him and tell him where to meet us. We'll set it up in Boston since that is where he knows where Declan was when they faked his death seven years ago."
Two hours later we were on a plane to Boston with Emily and Clyde on the jet with us.
"Are you happy that Emily is alive and back?" I whispered in Spencer's ear.
"Of course, she's one of my best friends." He tells me.
"Do you think this plan will work now that we know Doyle's location?" I ask him.
"I hope so…not just for Emily's sake but for all of ours."
I nod my head and goes to get two coffees.
Coffee is sure different than tea but I'll manage.
Emily walked in to the coffee area.
"Emily Prentiss it's an honor to meet you." I tell her as I extend my hand.
"Thanks and I guess you're the famous Agent Natalie Poynter." She shakes my hand.
"Yes you can call me Natalie if you want."
"Is there something between you and Spencer?" she asks.
"Yes we are a couple is that okay with you?" I ask hesitantly.
"Yeah it's fine I'm just being protective of him you know." She tells me honestly.
"I believe that."
"It's nice meeting you." She tells me and I smile.
"Let's start the briefing." Hotch tells us.
"Okay, Ian is like someone you've never faced before considering we have had faced Frank and George Foyet. He is cunning and very manipulative. He will try to outsmart you and trade with you something that you are not willing to lose. He's used to an extravagant lifestyle. When I was undercover as Lauren Reynolds, we lived in a mansion in Ireland until eventually Sean pulled me out and they made the arrest. I had to protect Declan and his caregiver so I had staged a murder at the warehouse in Boston. Then a year ago he escaped the prison in North Korea with Jeremy's help. Sean contacted me and told me that Ian Doyle escaped from prison and that Interpol couldn't find him. For the next six weeks I was being stalked by him until finally he came into contact with me and told me I had to be alone when we had the confrontation this was before he became a serial killer. A week later we were investigating him and I had to leave before he killed you guys. That night in Boston he did things to me before you guys came. He branded me with a laser in the shape of a four leaf clover and eventually stabbed me with the plank. He got away and Derek found me. We decided JJ included that it was safer for you guys and all the people you love if I went into hiding. I guess Aaron figured it out and was in on the cover up."
As she finished her experience with Ian Doyle I felt for her.
"Oh my girl, come here." Penelope went up to hug her. "We're here for you now."
"Thanks Garcia."
"Well, we need to discuss when we should proceed with the sting operation." Easter tells the team.
"I think I should be the one to make the first contact." Ashley told the team.
"Why?" Emily asks her.
"He doesn't know what I look like he is only after the main members of the team before I joined the team. I officially wasn't a full time member of the team until after you 'died'." Ashley answered her.
"We'll discuss that when we get to the hotel." Hotch tells him.
I hope nothing goes wrong.
TBC…
A/N #2: The next chapter will be jam-packed with action as they prepare taking out Doyle.