A/N: Disclaimer: The majority of the dialogue was not written by me, but written by Criminal Minds writers. I don't own CM, but I wish I did. ;)

"Hey, got your message."

"It's time."

"Why? Morgan might be able to break Doyle without her."

"Declan tried to make a call, she's on the way."

"Alright."

"I'll get Morgan."

"I'll tell the others."

The past few months had been absolutely ridiculous. They had been full of hard work and determination. Derek and Penelope had focused their efforts on finding Ian Doyle, the man that had killed their friend and teammate. They had find Doyle's son, Declan, and this led them to finally finding Doyle himself.

They let Reid and JJ in on their plans, and they informed their unit chief as well. JJ and Morgan had waited outside of Doyle's apartment before busting in and following him as he climbed up to the roof.

Hotch and JJ had gathered the team and gotten them all together.

"Everybody have a seat."

"Why? What's going on?"

"Everything all right?"

"7 months ago, I made a decision that affect this team. As you all know, Emily had lost a lot of blood after her fight with Doyle. But the doctors were able to stabilize her. And she was airlifted from Boston to Bethesda under a covert exfiltration. Her identity was strictly need-to-know. And she stayed there until she was well enough to travel. She was reassigned to Paris where she was given several identities, none of which we had access to for her security."

"She's alive?"

"But we buried her."

"As I said, I take full responsibility for the decision. If anyone has any issues, they should be directed toward me."

"Any issues? Yeah, I got issues."

"Oh my God."

The team all looked to the doorway, where their friend Emily Prentiss was standing. They weren't exactly sure what they were more surprised about; the fact that their supposedly dead friend was standing in front of them, or the fact that their supposedly dead friend was sporting a very round and protruding baby bump.

"I am so sorry, I really am. Not a day went by that I didn't want to...Really, I-you didn't deserve that. And I'm so sorry. There's so much I want to tell you guys, and I will. I promise. But right now I really need to know what's going on with Declan."

Emily hugged the different members of the team, her belly pressing against their stomachs as they embraced. But no one was quite sure about how to ask about the most obvious aspect of Emily's return.

"Emily, was there a man living at the house?"

"Yes, my friend Tom Koehler. He was raising Declan as his own."

"I never saw him go in or out of that house. Where is he?"

"He was on assignment overseas."

"But he's all right?"

"Yes, he's on his way back now."

"He got a call from Declan, he called me, and when I landed, Hotch told me that you had Doyle in custody."

"And because of Tom's line of work, that's why you enrolled Declan in boarding school."

"I made sure that he, Louise, and I were the only ones allowed to take him off campus."

"Louise took him home last night because he was sick. Food poisoning."

"Yeah, a few of the kids had it apparently."

"So whoever did this got to him on campus. They knew they only had one chance. Current suspect is Richard Gerace. He's the most recent arrival into the states. We've been tracking his progress through the city, but we came up empty. But we know it's him because he has the scar."

"That doesn't make sense. Gerace gave up on Doyle a long time ago."

"He said you were the only one who knew Gerace."

"Which is why I'm pretty sure he doesn't have the balls to pull this off."

Emily, Reid and Ian were in the helicopter, on their way to attempt and stop Lachlan and Chloe from leaving the country with Declan. The majority of the ride had been silent, until Ian looked over at Emily. "That's my baby, isn't it?"

"Ian."

"It has to be. You're what, six months pregnant? The time matches up perfectly."

"I would prefer not to discuss this right now." Emily responded as she felt the tiny kicks of the baby inside of her. She rubbed her lower stomach softly to try and calm the child down, and glanced at Reid, who just looked at them both in confusion.

Once they landed, Emily and Reid helped Doyle out of the helicopter. They stood there as they waited for Lachlan and Chloe to emerge from the plane. Lachlan was the one to come out first, dragging Declan down the stairs with him. "Get over there, boy." He told Declan, not caring that he was being rough with the twelve year old.

"Bring Doyle here! I want him on his knees!" Lachlan yelled, and Emily and Reid led Ian closer to him. Emily immediately began to feel better as she saw Declan, alive and walking toward her, and for a second since she had left months ago, she wasn't completely worried.

"Now hand him over."

Chloe emerged from the plane, and Emily looked up as soon as she saw movement. "Gun!" Morgan shouted, and once Emily saw where Declan's mom was aiming her gun, she didn't have much time to think or debate her actions. She pushed Ian out of the way and jumped in front of him. It was less than a second later that the bullet from Chloe's gun had hit her, and a bullet from Morgan's gun had hit Chloe.