Collection | Emily Prentiss

☆| - A Way Out 4/4 - |☆

A Way Out. 

That is what she needed. 

Nothing was the same anymore. Everything was exactly the same, but completely different at the same time. Nobody looked at her the same, even she didn't look at herself the same. 

Her skeletons were thrown out of the closet, and there was nothing left to hide. She tried to act normal, pretend to be normal, but it wasn't the same. She tried to buy a house, but the thought of putting down roots, tying herself to somewhere, scared her. It scared her more than she'd like to admit. She knew she had to get away. She didn't know what she was going to do. On her table in her rented house lay an envelope with her sealed resignation.It was just a precaution is what she would tell herself. Unpacked boxes still lay around her apartment from when the team had packed away her old house, when she had died. She knew she should try to open them but the memories were just too bad. 

At first she had tried to open the boxes but just her luck she had opened the Box in which there was the box that Ian had sent her the flowers in. She immediately had closed the box, sealed away and hid it away in a corner of the house.

She was almost happy when house hunting with Morgan got shut down due to a case.  Her mood was dampened when she got to the surveillance van. She listened as Dave and Hotch tried to negotiate with the bank robbers. 

As soon as the woman took of her mask, Emily knew who she was, "Scotland Yard 2004"

The team looked over at her instantly, imploring her to explain, just then her phone rang. She immediately recognised the number, "I have to take this"

"Salut, me belle. Ça va?" came ringing from the otherside. "Sorry I missed your funeral, by the way, I was held up in Prague"

"Knowing you, you would have been hiding in disguise in some corner" Emily quickly remarked, gaining some stares from the team around her. "You have just seen the news haven't you, you recognise her too"

"Yes, do you remember?, 04, Scotland Yard, she stole a sudan from the impound lot, left behind some cash, weapons and identities. 2 days later, an Ambassador was shot. She has struck a number of banks worldwide, including-"

"Paris"

"Yes, they called her Lady X" 

"I know, Shit"

"Au revoir"

The team looked at Emily as she put the phone down,  "2004, Scotland Yard. A sudan was stolen from a government impound lot, 2 days later, an Ambassador was shot. Left behind were weapons and identities, all with her face on it. She has been seen by 6 different intelligence agencies worldwide, but nobody can Identify her. She caused us whole lot of trouble in the early 2000s"

The team notices the 'us', but decide not to say anything. 

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Later once, the robbers had made their demand, Emily, JJ and Reid were left in the surveillance van. 

"Why Chad?" Reid asks

"There is no recorded history" JJ adds 

Emily picks up her phone and redial the number, "Our ghost wants to go the Chad, I figuring your my best chance at finding out why"