Return to Mt Horizon

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Sophie's pov
"Ezra. It's great to see you." Peter said as Ezra, now an adult since we've seen him last, came forward to hug us. "Yeah, I figured." He followed us inside and we sat at the couch, catching up. "So where's Daisy?" I asked, handing him a glass of water. "She's still at work. The FBI is asking about dead prostitutes so she had to show the bodies again."

"They're here. The FBI. Auggie told them about Shelby and they are staying here until the case closes." Peter said. I thought back to agent Jareau. There are too many differences to be a coincidence. I excused myself from them and went to get Juliette, she had just texted she was here.

When Juliette's car pulled up, another two cars did behind her. Kat and Juliette got out of the first one as Auggie and Daisy got out of the next one. "Hey Sophie." Kat smiled as the group hugged each other. "The Feds are here as well. They said their team already arrived." Auggie said, gesturing to a man getting out of the black car behind them.

"Sophie Becker. Assistant director of the high school." I shook his hand as he introduced his team. Dr. Reid was the tall one, the youngest one. The one in the fancy suit was Agent Rossi and he was Agent Hotchner. I turned to the kids and told them I needed to tell them something.

JJ's pov
Hotch texted he was here so Emily and I went to meet them at the front. "You certainly remember how we got here. I feel like I'm walking in circles." Emily laughed. I chuckled and she grabbed my arm. Without thinking I pulled it away from her. Maybe it was this place, the reason I'm acting weird.

"Jen? What's wrong?" She asked. I knew she would ask that. "Nothing. I just didn't sleep well last night." Emily lightly grabbed my hand and I just looked at it. It felt right, like this was what was supposed to happen. "JJ you can tell me." I just shook my head. "I got in a fight with my mom over the phone. She wants me to come back for Roz's anniversary but I just can't."

It wasn't a lie. I had gotten a call from my "mom" about Roselyn. Emily nodded and we kept walking. When we got to the main building, Peter saw me. He hadn't seen me yet. He was talking to someone on the couch, I couldn't see who it was until we got closer. It was Ezra.

I put on my JJ smile and walked towards him. "Hi, I'm agent Jareau and this is agent Prentiss. You must be Peter, Sophie said you would be here. We are looking for the rest of our team the just arrived." I said, shaking his hand.

He just stared at me, Ezra too. Emily looked between us and looked at me confused. "Sorry. You just look like someone I know." He showed us outside and my heart sank. Everyone was outside. Daisy, Kat, the team, everyone. My old friends were talking to Sophie when they all looked at me.

"Guys this is Peter, the director of Horizon." I said, trying to ignore the stares. Hotch introduced everyone and told me to get Morgan and Pen and meet them in the main building, Peter had offered to bring their bags to the cabin. I did as told and almost ran out of there.

When I got back, Hotch brought everyone inside and we separated them, he wanted to hear about Shelby from their perspectives. Daisy had offered to go first. "I was her best friend. When I was assigned to the Cliffhangers she was my buddy."

"Shelb showed me around and how everything worked. No one really knew what her thing was, we all had one, something that landed her here, I took a golfclub to my father. She never talked about her life or her feelings, she just bullied people. Not like terribly, just like calling people names."

Hearing her talk about me was weird. She stared at me the whole time, every word she said was at me. "On a walk we found out she was a runaway. Her stepdad was doing things to her and so she ran. Ran to the streets and became a prostitute. Her mom found her, brought her here."

"When her stepdad had a heart attack she had to go home to take care of him, a while later she was back here. She stayed here until she disappeared one night. She was 18. I haven't heard from her since." Hotch let her go and Peter was next.

He said the same thing Daisy did, they all said the same thing. Until Sophie. She was last. "Shelby was a kid that had everything bad happen to her. She hid behind reinforced concrete walls that took me years to get past. When I did, I found the sweetest girl." When she said the last part she stared at me. Not like how everyone else did, she looked at Shelby.

The interviews ended and it was getting dark. As the team talked about everything Sophie knocked on the door. "I have someone else here that knew Shelby." Hotch nodded for her to come in and she opened the door wider. "This is Scott."