David Rossi, was a very puzzling character. He had retired, and now he was back, and there had to be a reason.
Nobody gives up a relaxing life to hunt down serial killers. Right?
He and Hotch definitely have known each other for a while. Hotch had recently been acting differently. She knew it wasn't to do with work. Hotch's problem had been solved and settled when she quit to stop Strauss's advances. So it had to be with home. Most likely marriage problems, she would say if he hadn't already he was well on the way to getting a divorce.
But that wasn't her problem, her current problem was with how David Rossi knew her. She looked back to when she met him.
.
She had just seen him walk by a few minutes ago, following Strauss into Hotch's office. She had recognised him at first glance. She had read his books, actually not long ago, when she was recovering from JTF. Clyde had bought them for her when she told him she was going to the states.
He told her she needed to brush up on her history. So naturally she knew all about how Jason Gideon and David Rossi started the BAU.
"And this is SSA Emily Prentiss" Hotch said
She moved to shake his hand and said, "Sir". She noticed how his eye lingered and then moved on when Hotch began introducing Morgan and Reid.
Once he finished he looked back at her, eyes again lingering, before following Hotch up the catwalk to the conference room.
.
He recognised her. And she only hoped he didn't remember from where.
She stopped thinking about it. She had to finish the paperwork so she would get back to Reston in time to see Declan go trick or treating. It was his first time and she wasn't going to miss it.
When she was finally done, she walked up to take the papers to Hotch. When she got there she heard their conversation. She had first gone to Garcia's office, then walked the way around to Hotch's office. Therefore why they hadn't heard her.
Rossi knew Hotch better than she thought, he was only back for a few days and had picked up an intimate detail of his life.
She couldn't help feeling sorry for Hotch. But then she thought about his wife, and how she had to keep up with his hours and a toddler.
She waited a few minutes before entering to give him her paperwork.
She left the office silently and then moved up to Rossi's office. She was going to sort this now.
She looked and saw him sitting behind an empty desk. She knock and moved to sit in the chair in front of him.
It was not long ago she was sitting here having a similar conversation with Gideon.
"I know you" he said.
"I have been to many places," she says.
"I remember you much younger, you would have been 13" he informs her.
13. When she was 13 she was in France. Her father had died at the end of that year, close to Christmas.
She remembers there being a fundraiser, where she had met Hayden Montgomery, and her husband, FBI Agent SSA David Rossi. It clicked.
Her mother of course had gossiped about it.
They 2 had met in France in the summer. Quickly got married, too quickly. Elizabeth's post was coming to an end, and Hayden got offered the position. Emily had met the 2 twice but she saw Hayden quite often as her and Elizabeth grew a friendship. When the summer had ended, just after Emily' 14th Birthday, since she remembered them there, David had moved back to the states.
Emily was sure she had remember that in the following months she had heard
that Hayden was pregnant.
But before Christmas, they had the handing of ceremony. One month later they were in Italy. She had never saw them again.
Untill she was back in the states after her fathers death. She remembered attending numerous galas during her tenure at Yale. Her mother had stayed for 4 Years as an international affairs consultant at the White House.
She remembered that that's when she met Joy and Hayden Montgomery. She had moved back to give Joy a stable education.
She was overcome by a feeling of sadness. This was worse that Rossi knowing about JTF dash 12. She knew Hayden didn't want him to know, and it wasn't her place to tell him. But she still felt guilty.
She decided that this little bit of honesty was what she should give him.
"You were married to Hayden Montgomery" she said
"I was" he said.
"My mother, Elizabeth Prentiss, was the Ambassador in France that Hayden took over from" Emily said
A sad look crossed over his face, "I remember"
"I do too"
"I was invited to your 14th Birthday Party" Rossi says
"Wasn't much of a party, my mother always, used them to promote herself, actually that was the day I had my first glass of Whiskey, someone left the cabinet open" Emily gave him a cheeky grin.
"It was me wasn't it?" Rossi said now smiling.
Emily gave him a nod and stood up getting ready to leave.
"You got kids?" he asks
"No," the lie was first nature. "A date with a bottle of wine" she says then leaving after he gave her a nod.
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It was 6: 30. She had enough time to be able to go and see Declan Trick or Treating. She knew he was planning to dress up as Hawkeye. Had also since then joined the archery team. Emily knew she should have, but she took him to the gun range, just in case, he had the skills. She promised herself he would never turn out like his father, but he need to be able to defend himself. He like her was a black belt in almost every thing.
Since moving him to the states he had become obsessed with Marvel. He had convinced her to be Black Widow, a secret spy and he had Tom be Fury the eye in the sky. She couldn't stop thinking how ironic that was.
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Today she woke up and had a bad feeling. So far she had already made a fool of herself by stating David Rossi's own theory to him about Satanic Cults. But this was only the beginning.
This case was just horrible. They had moved on to talk about the devil, and that just reminded her of Italy. She remembered that when she talked to the Priest, he had told her soul was going to belong to the Devil.
She will never forget Floyd Feyllin Ferrel. And how he fed Tracy Lambert to the very people hunting for her.
Cannibalism was nothing she had seen before, but she had never been this close to it. Furthermore it bought back memories of cases she didn't want to remember.
She didn't want to think about how close she and the team got to eating the food Ferrel had made for the search party
She had immediately went home, she had tried to eat but ended up throwing everything back up again.
After she had just decided to go to sleep. She fell asleep as soon as hitting the bed. She woke up 2 hours later to her phone going off. She had 3 missed call from JJ, and Hotch was calling her now.
What she heard made her jump out of bed.
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Thank you so much for reading :).
2 chapters in 2 days, I am getting back into it. I'm pretty sure it's because of Season 17 coming out. Already got some ideas working. ;)
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Reckoning | Emily Prentiss
Fanfiction"I have always heard every ending is also a beginning, we just don't know it at the time, I'd like to believe that's true" -Emily Prentiss
