Hereby the second update of today, ENJOY!
About two hours later the door opens again and in the darkness the team can make out that the unsub, two men and a figure they haul with them enter the room. They all keep quiet until the figure is tied up, after the men step away the unsub points to one of them and the light switches on. The unsub smiles as the team is blinded by the light that's suddenly filling the room "Hello agents, please welcome our new guest" and he gestures to where the figure was tied up by the unsub's men.
They turn to the figure "Em" JJ half states, half asks being the first to recognise Emily.
A little out of breath Emily answers with a small smile "Hey Jay"
"Are you okay?" JJ asks her concerned with the blood she sees.
Emily tells her shortly "I'll live" not wanting to display her weaknesses in front of the unsub more than necessary.
"So, Emily, here's your surprise. Do you like it? Because I am not just liking it, I am loving it" the unsub asks with a very satisfied look on his face.
"I would have preferred it if you had kept them out of this" Emily replies without missing a beat.
The unsub fakes a hurt look "Don't be so ungrateful"
"Ass hole"
"Watch your mouth. I am more than willingly to put a bullet in your other arm" the unsub replies quite furiously, having expected silence instead of a response and being brought of his footing for a moment. This little moment solidifies the BAU's thoughts.
Emily mutters a soft "Fuck you" that only JJ is able to hear.
To protect his own ego the unsub focuses on the whole team "I've got some very funny things to tell you and show you. Agents Lewis and Black are working very hard on finding you and as long as you behave they will be save at the office" he sends them a quick smile "Now let me tell something about every single one of you. I have done my homework" he pretends to look around as if he's trying to figure out who to start with "Let's start by the Unit Chief, Aaron Hotchner. Your son, Jack, loves soccer, doesn't he? A bit bummer that his aunt Jessica watches more games than his own father does. Then we have Derek Morgan whose family lives all the way in Chicago and, really, just a piece of advice, you shouldn't lie to your aunt anymore. The famous David Rossi, you have written some pretty nice books according to the reviews, but personally, I don't like them. I also heard that two of your three exes are already dead, part of the Rossi charm?" the unsub says wiggling with his eyebrows "Spencer Reid, the genius. How is your relationship with Dilaudid? Don't worry, I don't use addictive drugs on people, you have nothing to worry about on that matter. Oh, I almost forgot, your mother really likes the letters you send her. Penelope Garcia or should I say The Black Queen? Too bad a deputy turned against you a few years ago, but I assume that the physical wound has healed by now" the unsub sighs before continuing "Jennifer Jareau, I saw that you divorced. I know that you have told the team that, but you haven't told them that you married again, have you? Sadly enough I'm still looking for the name, the record is hidden rather well" he says as the team looks at JJ with a hurt look on their face playing right into the unsub's game "Oh, I hope you don't think that this is the only thing that has been kept from you" he looks around with a faux serious look "In fact, Emily Prentiss, I know that you have gotten married to. Care to share?"
"Absolutely not" she says while ignoring the stares she gets from the team.
The unsub shakes his head "You could have made things easier for yourself, you should know by now that I will find out the other name, one way or another. You know, there were a few seconds that I thought that you and Jareau had gotten hitched, you have to admit, it is a bit suspicious. But then I considered your assignment with Ian and deleted that thought. Now I told you that I also had some things to show you, let's watch a video shall we?" and two men roll a very large flat screen on a cart inside. "I am the only one who can deliver comments, you are to be quiet or I'll shut you up with a bullet in your head. It's your own choice"
The lights go out and the video starts.
The screen is black as voices are heard.
"Is she here?"
"Has been for two hours, Sir"
"If she shots me, you pump her full of bullets. Understood?"
"Yes sir"
Emily appears on the screen "I knew you were watching me" Emily says.
"What's the expression? Keep your friends close and your enemies under surveillance" the unknown man replies.
"I've been here for two hours. You should know better than to keep a lady waiting"
"Seems hypocritical. Seeing as I had to wait for seven years"
"Hello Ian"
At hearing this name the team immediately makes the connection with Ian Doyle.
"Hello Lauren. Oh wait, Lauren Reynolds died in a car accident, didn't she?"
"What do you want?" Emily asks, not in the mood for playing games.
"You" Doyle replies and Emily visibly stiffens "Oh, not today, don't worry about that, but soon"
"I've got a glock levelled at your crotch. What's to stop me from taking you and the little ones out, right now?"
"You'd never make it back to your car and you know it" Emily looks away.
"Tell me does the lovely Penelope know the truth about you? Or is she too busy watching movies with Derek to care. Here you are, all alone, while Aaron sits at home with his son. And why didn't Dave and Ashley invite you to their game night? Maybe they thought you'd be on the metro with Doctor Reid. Well that one does have some quirks"Emily's looking more and more agitated as Doyle keeps talking.
"Come near my team and I will end you" Emily threatens.
"I don't have a quarrel with them. How long that remains the case that's entirely on you. They're innocent, you're not"
"I was doing my job" Emily defends herself.
"I think you did a little more than that. You took the only thing that mattered to me, so I'm going to take the only thing that matters to you. Your life. He puts a card with a four leaf clover on the table. Honore de Balzac once said 'Most people of action are inclined to fatalism, and most of thought believe in Providence' tell me. Emily. Prentiss. Which do you think you're going to be?"
The team sees Emily stiffen once again as the TV is paused. "I love my big half-brother, how he lets you know he has your team under surveillance. It makes me even madder when I think about all the trouble you caused him" the unsub says giving the entire team a filthy look.
"Since you told us you're his half-brother, care to share your name?" Morgan asks agitated, not liking the way this is going.
"Since you asked it so nicely" the unsub responds sarcastically "My name is Sergiono Doyle. My friends call me Sergio"
"I think that I might have to rename my cat" Emily mutters out loud and the team chuckles for a second, grateful for the small joke that lifts the tension and allows them to think more clearly again.
"That isn't an Irish name" Reid thinks out loud.
"I already told you that I'm his half-brother. Same father, different mother and I was born in Italy"
Hotch demands to know "Why are you keeping us here?"
"For my own fun and to take revenge for what you and your team did to Ian. After I have had my fun it's time to get rid of Lauren Reynolds or Emily Prentiss or however you want to call her and your team, for now and always" he says and Garcia gasps.
"Why?" JJ asks.
"Just because. Shall we continue?" Sergiono Doyle asks, not wanting and waiting for an answer.
"Lauren Reynolds, this is the guy I told you about"
A person they recognise as Jack Fahey is seen.
"Told me everything but a name" Emily stands and shakes a hand.
"Ian Doyle, pleasure" the unseen man belonging to the hand replies.
"I love being the man who's bringing people together. Have fun kids" and Fahey walks away.
"Jack told me you were provisional IRA"
"Used to be. Then the peace accord happened. Now I gotta look for work like everybody else" Doyle replies.
"Except, Ian, that's a Protestant name isn't it? Not a lot of Protestants in the IRA. Or is that how you proved you were a good fighter. Defending your mother for giving you that name" Emily lets out a little laugh.
"What is it you do, Lauren?"
"Right now I'm trying to get into business with a former IRA captain, he's gone freelance, you might have heard of him 'Valhalla'"
"Yeah, I might know him" Doyle tells her calmly.
"Well, since this is sensitive…it might be better to discuss this privately"
"You're just full of surprises, aren't you?"
"You have no idea"
The team see them leaving the pub on the TV. JJ and Garcia look at Emily and notice that she doesn't show any kind of reaction to what is said and it worries them.
"You did a great job off seducing him. It's too bad that it isn't known what happened the rest of that evening" Doyle says suggestively, trying to get a reaction out of Emily which she doesn't give and he huffs "You're no fun. Well, let's see the rest of the video" he ends with a smile.
Doyle walks to his car, but at the last second he doesn't get in.
Emily walks to the car, destroys the window and throws in a flashbang grenade "I only want Doyle, where is Doyle?"
"Right here Love. Emily turns and two bullets hit her. Right here" Doyle says.
Emily coughs and gasps for breath "There it is" Doyle says as he searches her bulletproof vest "Hello Love" he says before hitting her in the head and ordering his men to get her into a van.
"You had a great plan. Too bad I didn't work out the way you wanted" Sergiono Doyle comments.
"At least I can say I tried to do it without putting myself in too much danger" she responds sharply and the team hold their breath as Doyle lifts the gun in his hand and points it to Garcia.
"I had hoped that you would have learned by now, that it makes everything a lot easier when you are a little nicer and follow my rules" he says with a fake smile and he lowers the gun, not shooting anyone.
An eagle-eye-view shows Emily waking up in a warehouse tied to the chair she's sitting on as Doyle walks into the room. Doyle pushes her hair away and let his hands rest on her shoulders.
"Where's my ring?"
"I flushed it" Emily replies and Doyle sort of laughs.
"I spent seven years in hell because of that ring" he unbuttons her blouse partially while saying "Now I'm gonna give you another gift. One you won't get rid of so easily" he walks away, grabs a cart and says "A four leaf clover should be a nice addition to you other tattoos. You still have two, right?"
"Yep and that's enough ink, Thanks"
Doyle laughs "Ink? North Koreans can't afford ink. No, no, they brand themselves"
Doyle pauses the video as Emily's eyes slightly widen on the screen "That's also what's in store for you. A branded four leave clover, to show that no agency should mess with a Doyle" and he points to another cart waiting in the corner of the room.
Doyle grabs the pen and walks towards Emily as she tries to get away when he comes closer "The more you fight, the more this will hurt"
When he's done with the clover he buttons up her blouse again "Why are you doing this? Why are you keeping me alive?" Emily asks.
An new man walks into the room "Hey, FBI grabbed Fahey, her people, it won't be long before he start squealing and they'll be banging on our door" the man tries to hand Doyle a gun and says "Do what you have to, so we can get out of here"
Sensing that her life will be ended right now if she doesn't act Emily says "I know what you want"
"Do you really?" Doyle asks.
"You want Lauren Reynolds back. I can do that, I can be her" Emily replies.
"You think that will save your skin?"
"I have no illusions, but I'm tired of this, of being afraid"
The new man interferes "We don't have time for this"
"We're gonna make time" Doyle orders him.
"What about Fahey?" the man asks.
"I'll take care of Fahey. He smokes right?"
"Aye"
"Looks like you earned yourself a reprieve" Doyle tells Emily as he walks out of the room.
Doyle stands up and walks towards Emily "I have always been curious how the brand looks on a living person. Let's show us all that brand"
"No" Emily says calmly.
"Why not?" Doyle inquires with a smile, glad his game is being played like he wants to.
"They don't need to see it"
"Maybe they don't need to see it, but I want them to see it" and he unbuttons the upper buttons of her blouse. No-one looks, but even after all these years you can still make it out very clearly.
Doyle buttons up her blouse again "Okay, we can continue"
Doyle walks into the room, puts a chair in front of Emily and sits down on it "What is it you do, Lauren?"
Emily looks shocked for a couple seconds, but soon gathers herself and starts "I'm looking to get into business with a former IRA captain who has gone freelance. You might have heard from him 'Valhalla', but since this is sensitive…it might be better to discuss this privately"
"You're just full of surprises, aren't you?"
"Let me out of these"
"That's not how it went" Doyle tells Emily.
"I can't make you happy in handcuffs" Emily tries again, Doyle walks behind her and grabs her by her neck.
"You really think I would let you fool me twice?"
"I just wanted-" and Emily shakes her head.
"I know what you wanted" Doyle replies "A way into my head, I changed the locks. So you're gonna suffer the way I suffered. This won't be the first time you killed an innocent, but it will be the first time you have to watch. LIAM!"
Liam walks in with a laptop that he places in front of Emily and Doyle "You got him?" Doyle says into a walky talky.
"Acquiring" is the response.
"Which one's the target?" the man who was also on camera earlier asks.
"No! This was about you and me! That's what you said. You and me" Emily sort of yells at Doyle.
"Then why is your team here? Because I didn't leave a trail"
"Ian, whatever you want to do to me, I accept, but leave them out of it" Emily says.
"Yes, except I didn't bring them into it, did I?" Doyle tells Emily and then says to Liam "What are you thinking?"
"The woman first, then the goateed fella. And then Fahey if he has a shot. If not, he'll shut up"
"Yeah, sounds about right" Ian says.
"Oh man, the suspension is killing me" Doyle says with a smile on his face and he presses play again.
"Shoot Fahey. If he dies, my team doesn't have anything" Emily tells Doyle, saving Rossi and Seaver.
"Hello, Lauren. Good to see you again" and a gunshot sounds hitting Fahey.
"Don't you guys think that that was sweet?" Doyle asks, confusing the team about what even has the potential to be sweet in what they just saw.
Doyle comes in again and walks behind Emily "When Fahey told me you were in the city, he said you already knew where I was. If that's the truth you know what this is about. Game's over Love" he gets his gun and levels it with Emily's head "Time for your last confession"
"Take me to where he died. I wanna see it" Doyle puts his gun away and starts loosening the ropes that are holding Emily in place.
"When I told you the truth about Declan, you declined, I trusted you. Go to your father. That's what you said. I never told anyone the truth about Declan. You were the only one. And you put him in your profile didn't you?" Doyle asks Emily as they shuffle down the hall.
"Yes" is the simple answer.
"For two years I didn't talk. The North Koreans used everything you gave him against me. It wasn't until they showed me this" and he shows Emily the pictures "They laughed as I wept. And you caused all of this, didn't you?"
"Yes"
"That corner right there, that's where he died. And that's where I'm going to kill you" Doyle pushes Emily into the wall. She pushes herself up on her knees and says "There's something you don't know about those photos. After your arrest, I relocated Louise and Declan. And then I got a call. Interpol had sent back our profile. The head of the terrorism division wanted more dirt on you so they could break you"
"So you used my son as a promotion" Doyle states angrily.
"No, I wouldn't let him be a pawn. The things they would have done to him to get you to talk, but I knew even if I didn't cooperate, they were gonna find him. Eventually. So I had to-"
"-Had to what?" Doyle interrupts as he takes an angry step towards Emily.
"I had to end his suffering before it could begin" as she finished Doyle hit her in the head with his gun.
Doyle hauls her up and asks "What did you do? You put him in the profile, what else did you do?"
"I put him in...the profile after the pictures were taken" Emily answers.
"You don't know when those pictures were taken. You don't know that"
"Yes, I do. I'm the one holding the gun"
Doyle pauses the video "I would almost get the impression that you are one of your unsubs instead of a, as Penelope would put it, a criminal ass kicking crime fighter"
Doyle smashes Emily into some planks hanging from the wall and throws her into the ground. She gets herself up to her elbows "You wanna hear...his lasts words to me" Doyle kicks her and she lands a couple feet further "He said...I looked pretty good for a dead kid, didn't I? And then he got...onto the plane...and I never saw him again"
"He's alive!" Doyle roars as he kicks her again and Emily once again lands a couple feet's away.
Emily gasps for breath and says "Just because I held a gun to him...doesn't mean I shot him. I only had to make you and the North Koreans think he was dead"
Doyle grabs her by her neck and smashes her into the ground "You're lying" As he keeps her against the wall with one hand he fumbles for his gun with the other. When he has the gun Emily elbows him and somehow gets behind him and tries to cut off his air pipe with her handcuffs.
"I beat you Ian. I beat you" She gets him on his knees and continues "Even before you got out of North Korea. I beat you. Because I gave Declan his life back"
"I'll find him"
"No, you won't. Ever since you told me my people had Fahey, I've been stalling you"
"Seriously, your people, I thought that Hotchner was the unit chief" Doyle comments.
Emily gets a little distracted when the lights go out. Doyle takes advantage of this and he rears up and the two off them fall on the table behind them. Emily ends up on top with a table leg in her hands she takes three good swings at him, but loses her grip on it. As she reaches for the gun, Doyle grabs the table leg and shoves it into her stomach.
At this sight the team close their eyes, not being prepared of seeing the actually life-threatening injury happen.
Emily staggers a little bit, but falls on to her back, while groaning from the pain, when she can't hold herself upright anymore.
"Where is he? Where's Declan, Emily? Tell me. Tell me. Where is he? Emily, tell me where he is" Doyle demands desperately.
"No" She says barely audible and Doyle runs as he hears gunshots.
Morgan runs into the room "I got her! I got her in the basement on the south side. I need a medic!" Morgan radios "Prentiss?"
"Morgan?"
"Hey, it's me. I'm right here. It's gonna be all right. Stay with me, baby. Come on stay with me"
"Let me go" Emily says and her eyes close.
"No, no, I'm not letting you go"
"Such a heartfelt moment with you ready to throw the towel into the ring" Doyle says.
"If I had died that day, they would have been save" Emily simply answers.
"And she speaks again. It's a miracle" Doyle comments he had been waiting for the next time she replied to him.
"Help me!" Morgan yells "Listen to me. I know why you did all of this" Emily's eyes open slightly "I know what you did for Declan. I'm so proud of you, do you understand that? I'm proud of you because you are my friend and you are my partner" Her eyes slip shut again "No, Emily! Come on, stay with me. If you can hear please just squeeze my hand. Yes, there you go. There you go, baby. Please, keep squeezing"
"The End" Doyle says as he stands up and leaves the room. Leaving the team in silence and giving them some time to think about what they just saw.
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