A/N: Hey how are you?

So here it is, gym time!

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Until next time.


Season 2 Episode 23 = No Way Out II: The Evolution of Frank

As I threw Morgan on the mat I could hear Hotch, Reid, and Garcia's gasp, apparently they all thought I would loose. And I enjoyed to prove them wrong.

"Ok, where did you learn to do that?" Morgan asked still lying on his back.

"Wouldn't you like to know." I laughed and turned to the boss.

"You don't need to prove anything sir, a man your age shouldn't do too strenuous activities." I neither smiled nor looked angry, so he didn't know how to take my statement, some of the built up stress had left me as I fought Morgan, but getting that arrogant smile out of boss man's face would be a nice addition.

We had changed the time of the fight, because we didn't have any cases Morgan decided to do it at the end of the day, so we all did our reports and agreed to meet at the gym at six. It wasn't much of a surprise that I mocked Morgan saying he was afraid of loosing to a girl and that just boosted his ego, which made his take down easier. Not that it was easy, fighting guys was harder, especially trained and big ones like him, but I had a vast experience and a lot of training.

"Come on Prentiss, give the best you've got." That was a little surprise, we all knew he was a proud guy, but I had never seen this side of him come out, he was a little vain in this aspect it seemed, he didn't want to loose to a girl.

"Your call sir, but remember to tell your wife this when she has to take you to the ER because of your back."

"You talk too much"

"And you don't act in time." Just as I said that he tried to tackle me, but I deflected and got an elbow to his back and gave tried to take him down when he had his back to me he jumped and turned around.

He realized I was quick, so I didn't have that as a surprise anymore, but he still was not used to a quick, light and fast target. I had more work with him then Morgan, Hotch took my fight with Morgan and learned how I did things, so it was harder to surprise him, by the end of it I was already very tired and panting.

"Want to quit?" He was trying to distract me, but I just needed to let him attack, and it was going to be over.

"Not…at all" He went for it, tackled me and brought me down, but before he could pin me I had him on his back and my knee in his throat, both of his hands secured in mine. I won.

"Ok, ok." Just as he said that I dropped to the mattress and closed my eyes, I was going to sleep like an angel after spending all this energy today. I had almost given up on Hotch, Morgan had taken a lot of energy from running from his tackles, but he wasn't one to learn from your opponents moves and change yourselves so getting him on his back had taken time and effort but not much thinking.

But Hotch was another story, he would change his moves all the time, seeing that I was studying him, and so it had taking learning that I would never get him pinned to the floor like I did Morgan, so the I had to take the only other option I had with him, going for a sensitive part after he was down, but I really didn't want to go to the face of downside area, if I miscalculated a move and actually hit those would be hard to explain, the neck would be easily deflected.

"Princess I don't know if my ego can take this, I need a rematch" I didn't have the energy to roll my eyes at him, but from the snorts I heard I knew my sentiments were shared.

"This was…. rematch. And I'm…dead fucking tired."

"Come on guys, time to pay up." I hear JJ saying and opened my eyes to see Garcia and Reid giving her and Gideon money. What?

"Those two decided to bet against you." JJ explained. "But I knew you wouldn't take a challenged you couldn't win, at least not without a damn good fight."

"You bet against me?" Hotch sounded insulted looking at Gideon, but we knew he wasn't really upset.

"I never bet on the loosing side." Agent Gideon smiled as he turned and started walking to the exit. I finally sat and started to get up.

"God I'm tired"

"At least that, you just took down two agents. My raven, here is more like a wonder woman then anything else."

"Come on, let's go home. I have a meeting with Strauss in the morning."


Frank was finally gone. The price we paid and would continue to pay I didn't know yet. But as soon as I was told to wait and then was called to Strauss office after all the members from my team were gone I knew something was up. Hotch had just left after a very tense meeting with her, this didn't look very good.


I had actually just being planted on the team. Hotch and Gideon were right, I didn't belong here, I wasn't put here because of talent, or because the Bureau thought I deserved it. I was just a pawn in Strauss game.

She had given me time to think and to come to her with the evidence she needed, to end a man's career, a man that had a family, a man that loved his job and was dedicated to it.

How was she going to do this?

At the end she had just being put there because people thought she was like her mother, that she would do anything to get where she wanted, people just always took her for a climbing the corporate ladder bitch.

And that is what she would always be on other people's eyes. I left the office pretty shaken up, I walked to the parking lot and almost ran to my car, I was never like this, I was never this emotional over things like this, but I had gotten close to those people, and betray them would….

I felt a hand on my shoulder and my hand was already taking my gun out of my holster when I hear.

"Prentiss, Prentiss. It's Hotch."

"Sorry sir, I didn't see you there."

"What is going on? I called you several times."

"I..uh…Nothing I'm just distracted." God I need to get out of here.

"Distracted? And what made you run to your car? Distraction?" I really had to get away from him.

"Prentiss…" Before he could continue my cellphone rang and I was never more happy to hear my mother's name on the caller id.

"Mother?"

"Emily, you need to come to the house right away."

"Mother I'm just getting off work."

"Emily your father had a meeting at the agency and he asked me to call you, I have never heard your father like that Emily, I want you home right now." Oh fuck, really? Oh bloody fuck.

"I'm on my way." I looked at Hotch and from the look on his face I knew mine was probably pale and spooked. "I need to go, I'm sorry sir." I didn't give him time to answer and just got on my car and drove off.