One small detail I forgot to mention in the previous chapter, in this story there's no time difference between the UK and the US.
8:00 AM
Emily arrives earlier than Kiera and picks a table that is visible when you walk into the cafe. After a few minutes Kiera arrives and she immediately sees where Emily is seated. She walks towards Emily and says with a teasing smile "Hey Chief"
"Didn't I tell you to stop calling me that?" Emily replies dryly.
Kiera laughs "Maybe, but your face looks funny every time I say it"
"That's because I don't like it" Emily retorts.
"Too bad"
Emily half-heartedly threatens "Watch it lady, until this case is over I'm still your boss"
"Sure" Kiera says and adds with a smile "Chief"
While they're waiting for their ordered food to come they go over some formal points, until Emily says "That's all we can discuss outside my office"
"Hey, Emily, since you're quitting Interpol I'm guessing you're going back to the States and JJ?" Kiera asks.
With a huge smile on her face, Emily replies "Yes"
"I'm happy for you and do you know what you're going to do after Interpol?"
Emily tells Kiera about the offer she received "There's going to be an extra place in the BAU and it's mine if I want it"
"Not that you asked for my opinion, but I would say, do it. You always loved working there''
"I know, I'm going to call Cruz before the raid" Emily reassures Kiera.
"Good" Kiera says, happy that her friend and boss will go back to the job she loves most and to her very own family.
11:45 AM
"JJ, have you heard anything from Prentiss?" Hotch asks when they all get back in the conference room to see how far they are.
"Not yet" JJ answers with a hint of worry in her voice, she texted Emily this morning before she left and called her about an hour ago, both are still unanswered.
"If none of us hear from her within the next two hours, I want Garcia to track her phone" Hotch orders, catching the worry that showed in JJ's voice and the team nods "Okay, do we have something concrete yet?"
"We don't" JJ says indicating herself, Tara, Rossi and Reid.
"Garcia?"
"I'm working on it, but the image is so blurry that it's hard. I'm trying to clean it up, but for some reason it doesn't go as easily as normal and the searches you all gave me don't give us anything" Garcia answers in a less bubbly voice than normal.
"Alright. We have nothing to add. We've gone through all the photos and we just started on reviewing the footage of the warehouse" Morgan says talking about himself and Hotch.
"There's something else I need to share with you, Cruz has let me know that soon we will get room for an extra profiler and he says he most likely already has the right person, but he's not willing to share the name yet" Hotch tells them.
9:30 AM
"Captain Torre" Emily greets the SWAT Captain as Kiera and she arrive at the meeting point.
"Agent Prentiss" he says.
"What's the plan?" Kiera asks.
"Firstly, there are no cameras at the outside of the building, nor are there any guards, which is surprising, but it will make our job a little easier since we will have the element of surprise. There are 5 entrances. Each team will have their own entrance. You will be in the first team that goes in, team Alfa. Your team will go in through the only back entrance; the rest of us will cover the sides and the two front entrances. If everything goes according to plan your team will send them to us and they will be surrounded. You will have 6 SWAT officers with you and Agent Black will also be on your team. Your team is the biggest, but you also have the hardest job, so be careful and don't take any unnecessary risks" he warns us.
"We won't" Emily promises him.
"Alright, get in position everyone. We go in on my signal" As clockwork all the SWAT Agents recheck their gears and get ready to walk the 100 feet they're away from the building. Kiera and Emily are already wearing their bulletproof vests and they check if they have extra clips and a backup piece in case things don't go as planned.
Everyone walks to the entrance they're supposed to be when Torre asks "Everyone in position?"
"Yes" Emily confirms for her team.
When the other team have given their answers, Torre orders "Team Alfa, go"
Team Alfa carefully weaves their way through the warehouse "It's too quiet" Kiera comments, the only noise they hear is their own footsteps.
Emily agrees "Indeed, but keep focused"
"Team Alfa, give your status" Torre asks.
"We're about halfway through. Still everything clear here" one of the SWAT Agents answers.
"Team Bravo, Charlie, Delta and Echo have hit dead ends. We will have to pull back and come in through the back entrance. You will be on your own for a few minutes be careful"
"Copy" and just as Emily says that hell breaks loose "It's a trap! Get out!" Emily yells as someone sneaks up on her.
"Prentiss, behind you!" Emily turns, fires a shot and repeats to the others to get out.
"Black, go" Emily yells angrily, when Kiera stays.
"Not without you" Not a chance in hell I'm going to leave you without backup, Prentiss, Kiera thinks, you taught us to never betray one another and leaving you alone here sure feels as betrayal from my point of view.
Emily looks around only to see that they're surrounded and the entrance they used to get into this room is barricaded with a heavy metal door "We need to find shelter. They have blocked our way out" she yells, barely audible over the sound of the gunfight, which they are badly losing, it's a miracle that neither of them is sporting bullet wounds.
"There, behind the crates" Kiera yells.
When they get behind the crates the gunfire continues for a few seconds, before it becomes deadly quiet "How many bullets do you have left?" Emily whispers softly
Kiera softly answers "I have two more clips, so that makes 24 bullets. You?"
"I have 20 bullets left" Emily answers with a grim expression, there's no way that 44 bullets are enough to get out, especially when SWAT will have a tough time to break through the door. She says grimly "The only way out is to kill all of them"
"How?" Kiera asks, hoping that Emily has a plan to get that done since there are more men than bullets they have left.
"I have no idea" Emily answers.
"Hello Agents" sounds from behind the crates, as they turn around they see the man who just spoke and four other men holding their guns trained on them.
"Well, I guess it doesn't matter anymore" Emily can't help, but comment to Kiera, who's unable to suppress a small smile. Both Emily and Kiera can always see the irony of such situations.
"Hello Agent Emily Prentiss and Agent Kiera Black" the man, who is obviously the leader, says when he walks in front of them.
"Well, since you seem to know our names, why not keep it even and tell me your name?" Emily asks.
The man smiles and answers "Not yet" and he redirects his attention to his men "Can three of you make sure that Agent Black here can't interfere?"
"With pleasure, Boss" and one of them hit Kiera in the head with his gun and while two others grab her by her arms.
The man orders "Tie her up"
"Leave her alone" Emily protests.
"You're not really in the position to demand things, are you?" the man tells Emily with an unsettling smile on his face.
Emily doesn't give an outward reaction to the man his smile, instead she asks "What do you want?"
"Emily?" Kiera groans.
"Hit her again" the man orders and in a matter of seconds Kiera is once again surrounded by darkness. Satisfied that he won't be interrupted again, the man continues "It's not what I want, but who I want" he says while raising his gun as Emily glares at him.
12:45 PM
As Garcia enters the bullpen, she asks "JJ, can you come to my office"
"Sure what's going on?" JJ asks as she follows Garcia to her office.
Garcia starts "I know it's only been one hour, but I'm worried about my Warrior Princess, so I tracked her phone. Emily's phone hasn't moved for over three hours"
Not liking the sinking feeling in her stomach, JJ asks "Can you get an exact location?"
"Already have it" Garcia answers quickly.
"I'll get Hotch and Rossi, can you get the others?"JJ half asks, half orders Garcia. She really doesn't want to think about losing her wife, just after knowing that they'll be together soon.
"Sure" Garcia says as they both hurry out of Garcia's office to get the team.
Within thirty seconds they're all in the conference room and JJ tells them "Pen has discovered that Em's phone hasn't moved in more than three hours and she doesn't pick up"
"I'll give Easter a call" Hotch says, getting a deeper frown than usual and he goes to his office.
"I have another call to make" JJ says before leaving the others and going to her old office. She calls Kiera knowing that she's about the only person who would know why Emily isn't answering her phone.
12:50 PM
"Black"
"Kiera, its JJ"
"What is it, JJ?"
"Why isn't Emily picking up her phone?"
Kiera lets a short silence fall before answering "There was a raid. It turned out that we walked into a trap. She got the SWAT officers out, but she and I were surrounded. They got to us, hit me in the head with a gun and tied me up, before taking her after firing a shot. I'm not sure if it hit her"
"Can you help us?"
"I'm already on my way"
"Be careful"
"You too, and JJ?
"Yes"
"I'm sorry I didn't protect her better"
"I'm sure you did the best you could"
"I'm not sure, but that isn't important right now, I'll see you soon"
I hope to hear your thoughts on this chapter.