The next morning as Emily and JJ meet up with Hotch, Garcia and Rossi, JJ smiles at them.

"We figured out why I'm a Jezebel!"

Garcia laughs. "I could have told you that, Blondie."

Emily rolls her eyes. "Watch it, Garcia. You're talking about the woman I love." Garcia chuckles. "On the trail when Morgan and I were being watched we did a 'happy couple' cover. But the night before, when JJ was feeling sick, I had my arm around her going out to the SUV's. And she cuddled up into me as we drove here."

"I felt like I was being watched. I chalked it up to it being part of the motion sickness but maybe Gabriel or his master was watching. They see Emily, who fits the profile of women they want to 'save' and then they see me as coming between her and Morgan, what they would consider a biblical relationship."

"It makes sense," Hotch says. "Well, as much as a delusion like that could make sense. Let's go."

At the station, the let Reid and Morgan know what they've figured out. Morgan winces. "Jayje, I'm sorry."

JJ lays a hand on his arm. "It's okay. You couldn't have known. And, in all honesty, it's given us an insight that we didn't have before so maybe it was a good thing."

"Maybe. But we still don't know how to find these bastards or Marielle Rogers."

"Hello, Agents."

The team turns to find a man standing just inside the doorway of their conference room. JJ is the first to react. She pulls her gun and screams at him.

"HANDS UP!"

Her reaction tells the team exactly who this man is. Morgan and Rossi step to the man who calmly raises his hands. Morgan spins him and around and pins him to the wall, frisking him and then cuffing him. He spins him back around and shoves him into a seat. JJ still has her gun trained on the man. Images of Henry flash through her mind. A hand covers hers.

"JJ," Emily whispers gently. "Holster your weapon." JJ doesn't move. "Jennifer…please."

JJ lets out the breath she had been holding. Her hands slowly lower. She glances around at her team, then holsters her gun. "Excuse me." She walks out of the room and into the bathroom. Emily looks at Garcia and nods to her. Garcia goes after her friend. Rossi closes the door behind the analyst as Hotch moves to stand in front of John Gabriel.

"What is your name?"

"John Gabriel."

"You're real name?"

"I have been reborn as John Gabriel. Who I was before was a blasphemy unto God. I have been saved." He looks to Emily. "And soon you will be saved, too. He has promised it to be. You must rejoice and open yourself to his love."

Morgan goes to sneer something at the man but Emily's voice stops him.

"Really? I can be saved?" She asks with wonder. The team lets her roll with this tactic for the moment.

"Yes, you can. The blond Jezebel has led you astray. But he can bring you back to the righteous path." He looks at Morgan. "Back to the man you should be with instead of the woman who aims to lead you to Satan."

Emily approaches the man and kneels in front of him. "How? How can he do this for me?"

"God speaks directly to him," Gabriel answers, convinced he is getting through to the woman. "God tells him who must be saved and it is my job to bring them to him."

"I see," Emily gives him a coy look. "But why me? What makes me so special?"

"Because you are like his angel. Her beauty is magnificent." His eyes darken. "But then Satan's forces led her astray. Made her do bad things. He had to save her. But he made a mistake. She died before she could be baptized. Now we make sure the women are received into God's hands before they die."

"So…that's why you throw them into the river alive?"

"Yes!" Gabriel answers eagerly, convinced Emily is buying into this insanity. "And he asked me to come to you today to let you know he will rescue you soon."

Emily's eyes darken. She stands and glares down at the man. "Gee. Lucky me."

Hotch nods to Morgan and Rossi. They drag the man up and out of the room. Gabriel starts to scream about how they need to let him go so he can prepare Emily for his master. Emily turns and looks at Hotch and Reid.

"Well, I think I could use another shower."

"At least now we know why he does it," Reid states.

"But unless Gabriel gives Rossi or Morgan any more information we still don't know who the Master is or where Marielle is," Hotch points out.

"But we know the motivation. We need Garcia," Emily says, heading for the bathroom. She opens the door and finds JJ leaning against the sink, Garcia standing in front of her. "Garcia, he gave us some info and we need you to work some magic."

"Okay." The vibrant blond squeezes JJ's arm. "I love you, you know?"

JJ smiles at her. "I know. Thanks, Pen."

As the door closes behind her, Emily pulls JJ into a hug. They stand that way for a few minutes.

"I could have killed him, Em. I could see Henry and you and my parents and I knew I could pull that trigger because he tried to take me away from all of you."

"You didn't pull the trigger, Jennifer. He didn't take you conscience or your humanity. If he did, you wouldn't be regretting what you didn't actually do."

"What did he tell you?"

"He confirmed he is the kidnapper but he does it on command from his puppet master. He also explained the victimology. We look like someone his Master has lost before he could save her. They throw the victims into the river alive so they can be baptized before they die."

"Oh, God. I know we'd suspected but that's just horrible."

"Yeah. But we can guess this death occurred within the last year. It was the stressor that led to this spree. We find the death, we find the Master, we find Rogers. Come on. We need all hands for this one."

They start to walk out but JJ stops. She brings a hand up to Emily's cheek. "Thank you." She gives Emily a small kiss.

Emily smiles. "Just doing my job, ma'am." They both chuckle then head back to the conference room.