Both of them groaned as their cell phone broke their kiss.
"Gideon" he paused for a moment, "We…ah I will be down in a minute Hotch."
She grabbed her phone it was Morgan, "Yeah, no problem I will be there in a minute."
They hung up; nothing needed to be said as they knew the job was at hand. She darted into the bathroom to throw on her jeans. She was dizzy from his kiss. "She splashed water on her face. Pull it together girl that little boy needs you."
He waited for her. His mind was reeling from the kiss. "Keep your emotions in check Jason. There will be plenty of time after this case."
She managed to grab the teddy bear off the bed as they hurried out the door to catch the elevator. As they reached the lobby and the rest of the team he whispered to her, "We will finish what we started after this case is over."
She blushed, and replied "That better be a promise Agent Gideon."
When they were all gathered, Hotch began, "Detective Williams called me about 10 minutes ago, his officers were responding to a domestic dispute, when one of the officers noticed a mail truck in the driveway of a house across the street."
The agents began to shift, Morgan growing antsy spoke up, "Out with it Hotch. Did they find our un-sub?"
Hotch replied, no but they did find baby blankets and toys in the truck.
They strapped their vest's on and headed out to the house were the truck was. They were all in agreement if they had to go door to door they were going to find baby Justin tonight.
Hotch, Morgan, and JJ rode in one car. Gideon, Prentiss, and Reid were in the other. Out of Reid's earshot, Prentiss warned him, "Don't get hurt. I …She began to stammer, I need you Gideon. Promise me you won't get hurt." He squeezed her hand, "I'm not going anywhere Em."
The black SUV's pulled up to where the mail truck was parked. Hotch and JJ went into the house, Reid and Emily started in one direction and Morgan and Gideon in the other.
This was killing Emily that they got separated, but she kept reminding herself her feelings had to wait; there was a little boy who was depending on the team to get him home safely.
Hotch and JJ struck out in the house as there was no evidence of a child ever being there. They too started out on foot searching.
Reid and Emily started peering into cars parked on the street.
Gideon and Morgan were about a block away when they heard a whimper, at first Morgan thought it was a cat or a dog then they heard it again.
They came up to a little creek and the sound was getting louder. Gideon peered through the bushes and saw a man sitting with a child on his lap. He was right at the edge of the water. Morgan nudged Gideon, the guy had a shot gun in one hand and the child pinned down with the other.
The two profilers couldn't get a clear shot, so Morgan ran out in front to get the un-sub's attention. Gideon went around behind. He couldn't get a clear shot, unless the un-sub moved the baby. Morgan tried reasoning with him and as the un-sub cocked the trigger and dangled the baby over the water two shots rang out.
Hotch and JJ started running, so did Reid and Emily they met in the middle of the street. Where were their two other profilers? A lump formed in Emily's throat. She was repeating to herself over and over, "You promised me Gideon, YOU Promised."
They heard Morgan yell, "We are over here..."
She heard Morgan and she could see him she kept thinking, "Where is Gideon?"
"Morgan yelled we had no choice…we had to shoot."
Hotch was scanning the scene, "Where's Gideon?"
They raced over to the creek, the un-sub was lying in a pool of blood and Gideon was standing holding the frightened and screaming child.
Emily's heart skipped a beat. For the first time she freely admitted to herself, "The man you love is ok, and he has the baby perfectly safe in his arms."
Emily raced over to Gideon noticing he was a bit dirty and bruised. He looked at her and said, "I raced over to him he was going to dump him in the creek right before he died." He could see the look of fear in her eyes. He said to her, "Angel, I told you I would be ok." He winked at her and continued, "Besides, I owe you a home cooked meal."
The team gathered around, but it seemed that no-one could get the baby to stop crying.
That was until Emily had a thought. She bolted from the group and ran as fast as she could to the SUV. She reached in and grabbed the teddy bear. She raced back to the group who were slowly making their way back to the SUV. Gideon was still holding the screaming child when she called out, "Justin look what I have."
The baby looked straight at her and held his arms out. "Teddy!!" He exclaimed. He was squirming around and Gideon handed him over to Emily. The sight of her holding that baby made him fall harder for her. He admitted to himself "I am falling really hard for her. She looks beautiful holding him. She would make a great mom."
Hotch, managed to get a hold of the parents and told them they were bringing Justin to the emergency room to have him checked out and they could meet them there.
JJ leaned into Morgan and began to cry. She was so taken by the look on Justin's face when he saw his teddy bear. Reid too was touched he had thoughts of a toy that comforted him in his childhood. All the agents were relieved that they found the baby, who besides being hungry and scared seemed to be ok.
JJ, Morgan and Reid went back to the police station to tie up loose ends and alert the public that the un-sub had been caught.
Hotch drove as Emily and Gideon sat in the back of the SUV making a fuss over Justin.
Hotch, looked in the rear-view mirror and thought "What a cute family they would make. Stop that your nuts. That would never work."
They got to the emergency room and Justin's parents couldn't wait to hold their little boy.
After the all clear and a very teary goodbye, Justin and his parents were on their way home, and the agents were on their way to the station to pick up the rest of the team and return to Quantico.
The mood was a bit lighter for the ride home. Hotch was on the phone with Haley and Jack. Morgan was filling Garcia in on the case. Reid and Gideon were asleep and JJ was going over the files.
Emily sat and looked out the window of the plane. Her mind fixated on the picture in her head of Gideon holding Justin. "He would make a great Dad," she mused. "Whoa, slow down girl. All he did was kiss you." She could feel her cheeks flush. "And what a kiss it was!"
She closed her eyes hoping sleep would come. Her last thought before sleep came was "Could he be THE One?"
In his sleep, he could only see her holding the baby, playing with his teddy bear. He thought "Old man she has you even dreaming about her. This hasn't happened in a long time." He pondered, "Could she be THE One?