Never Together Nor Apart

[Chapter 20]

[JJ is 5 months pregnant; Rossi has been on the team one month; Emily had been 'dead' four months]

Hotch's POV:

"Hotch," Morgan walks in my office.

"What?" I ask, we didn't have a case today.

Only paperwork. I study Morgan's face, something was wrong.

"Doyle, I found him," he shuts the door and closes the blinds.

"Morgan, we were told not to look into that case," I reply.

I didn't need Morgan finding our Emily was alive. It would put her, and all of us in danger.

"No, but Hotch. I was looking for Declan. I found him, I've set up surveillance and on the cameras Garcia found Doyle. He knows where they boy is Hotch!" Morgan yells.

"I'll speak with you and Garcia about this later understand? But we need to move fast," I say urgently.

We run out of the room, gathering everyone.

"What is it Hotch?" Reid was smiling, but I knew that smile would soon vanish.

"Doyle found Declan. This could be our only chance to apprehend him for those murders. We need to act quickly got it?" I watch as JJ and Reid stiffen. JJ reaches for her stomach and Reid for her hand. Dave stands there unaware of what's going on. We still hadn't told him what had happened.

"Garcia, pull out all files we have of Doyle. Morgan brief Dave on the situation. Reid, I want you to look over the security tapes and find out everything you can about him from there. JJ, I need you to sit this one out. It could put stress on yourself and the baby," I direct.

"But Hotch, I have to be on this case!" JJ states.

"It's too dangerous," I plead her to go along with it.

Reid reaches for her to calm her, but it doesn't work.

"It's not! I have to do this for Emily. I'm not going to just sit here and watch you all scramble to put pieces together!" She yells.

"I'm not letting you do this. You already lost one child from the stress of this! I can't let that happen again," I quickly shut my mouth, I shouldn't have brought that up.

"I, I understand," I watch as she blinks away tears.

She sits back down in a chair, leaning on Reid. I sigh, I needed to focus on this. Emily's life could be in danger again.

*time skip*

"Emily needed to find a new cover for Declan. So it had to be someone she trusted. I'm thinking domestic contacts, Emily was already in the states when she faked Declan's death, so her associates could be in Boston?" Garcia guesses.

"She would have covered her tracks better than that," I begin.

"All right, why did Prentiss join the BAU?" Morgan asks entering the room.

"To have a normal life?" Garcia smiles at the thought.

"She could have gone anywhere with her skill set, but she chose D.C," Morgan thinks aloud.

"Maybe to be close to her mom," Garcia once again thinks happy thoughts.

"No. No way, that was just by default," Morgan shoots her answer down.

"She did all this to protect a child," I state.

"So your saying she came here just so she could be close to the kid?" Garcia asks.