16. She's back

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SPENCER
I hopped into the back of the ambulance when Carter was gently rested onto the gurney. I sat next to Carter, who was still shivering.

Every moment that I sat next to Carter, I worried about Y/N. Something bad happened to Y/N, but at this moment, Carter was the most important person to me. I was determined to protect Carter for Y/N's sake. I tried to take my hand away from Carter's grasp temporarily, but the moment I even moved my hand, Carter squeezed it, basically preventing me from pulling away.

When we arrived at the hospital, Carter was wheeled away to a private hospital room.

"What's your relationship to the boy?" A nurse asked, blocking my path to Carter.

"His mom is missing at the moment. His dad is dead and he doesn't have any living relatives." I explained.

"So, you're basically a family friend?" She exhaled.

"Yes." I nodded, watching as she chuckled before letting me go and see Carter.

GENERAL
JJ, Morgan, Emily, Rossi, Hotch and Penelope sat in the bullpen of the BAU. Correction, Hotch and Rossi sat in their offices while JJ, Morgan and Emily sat at their desks with Penelope sitting nearby.

"So, Spencer's at the hospital with Carter?" Emily asked.

"Yep. He was adamant that he be by Carter's side while Y/N couldn't." JJ nodded.

"How do we find, Y/N? It's clear that Marco took her, but where? Her phone wasn't found somewhere that was nearby any defining locations." Morgan exhaled.

"We've got limited information on Marco, which makes finding Y/N more difficult." Emily rolled her eyes.

Hotch walked out of his office, heading down the steps.

"Strauss has been in contact with Interpol." Hotch exhaled.

"Interpol? How can they help?" Morgan questioned.

"They've sent someone from their Human Trafficking Division." Hotch looked over at the glass doors.

All of a sudden, the team watched as the elevator doors opened, revealing a 5ft 7 woman. She wore plain black ankle boots. She sported a pair of black business slacks held securely by a black belt with a silver buckle. She wore a white blouse with a black suit jacket. She had an FBI Visitor's badge clipped to her suit jacket pocket.

Her perfectly manicured hands held a business handbag and a small pile of case files. Her hair was light brown with slight blonde highlights, that was cut just above her shoulders.

"Is that...?" JJ almost gasped.

"Welcome back to the BAU, Elle." Hotch smiled as she walked up to the group, shaking her free hand.

"It's...weird to be back." She chuckled.

"Elle Greenaway as I live and breathe." Morgan smiled, giving Elle a small hug.

"Hey, Morgan." She hugged him back.

"You look so good!" JJ smiled, hugging her old friend.

"Thanks, you look amazing, JJ." Elle responded with a smiled.

"Oh my gosh, Elle, you look beautiful!" Penelope hugged the woman, who was more than happy to hug her back.

"Elle, this is SA Emily Prentiss. She joined after you left." Hotch introduced Emily to Elle, who happily shook her hand.

"And this is SSA David Rossi. He joined after Gideon left." Hotch and the rest of the team watched as Elle shook Rossi's hand.

"I'm a big fan. I read all of your books." Elle smiled.

"Where's Spencer?" Elle asked, seeming a bit sad that she hadn't seen him.

"He's at the hospital. Don't worry, he's fine. He's just staying with a boy we rescued a few hours ago." Hotch explained.

"Oh." Elle exhaled.

ELLE
Walking through the FBI building, especially after having worked at Interpol for the past couple of years, it was weird. The last time I was in the BAU bullpen, I was in Hotch's office, handing him my gun and badge, basically resigning from my job. But now, I had been contacted by Strauss, who wanted me to help the BAU find and take down an American Mafia leader who was basically creating contract killers.

GENERAL
Elle followed Hotch up to his office, leaving the rest of the team to talk.

"Should we tell Reid that Elle's back?" Morgan looked between JJ and Penelope.

"Let's leave him be for now. He needs to focus on making sure that Carter is safe." JJ exhaled.

"Wait, why would Spencer need to know?" Emily questioned.

"Everyone could tell that Elle and Spencer liked each other. He was very sad when Elle resigned." Penelope exhaled, watching as Emily and Rossi nodded, understanding.

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