Wherever You Are

Discalimer : I do NOT own criminal minds, it's plot, our it's characters. The only thing I own is the characters Lizzie, Anthony, and Jade and Blake. I really hope you enjoy this! It's my first story and I hope if people like it I can do more! I also will update daily :) or every two days depending on when I have internet, but I will always be writing. Oh and I write on my ipod touch and then post onto here, because currently my coputer doesn't work well enough to type well so excuse any grammer or spelling mistakes. Enjoy! And again I DO NOT OWN CRIMINAL MINDS AT ALL.

Chapter 1:

No more needed

(Hotch's point of view)

"Jack buddy finish up your snack, were almost to Lizzie's house." i called to the backseat while I answered a call from the office, and sure enough it was Strauss, that lady just couldn't annoy me enough could she?

"Agent Hotchner. Yes hello. I'm calling to remind you to meet me in my office when you get in this morning."

"I am well aware of that meeting, and will be there momentarily. I'm not late am I?" now I gripped the wheel tighter, my knuckles going white.

"no."

And with that, the line went dead, as she hung up on me with no goodbyes or have a good days.

I sighed now afraid of being late, because there was no way I was going to deal with that lady at this moment, because lately she'd been acting like a real pest, and was even making me talk to my team about opportunities outside our department, in a valiant effort to split up my closely knitted team. We all stuck together, but for the past months, the team has slowly fallen deeper into this hole, and I think I have something to do with it. I looked down but just then I cleared my throat to talk to Jack.

"Jack buddy were here."

"ok Daddy." Jack replied as he began to unbuckled himself as I opened the car door.

I kept looking at my watch, expecting Strauss to call me any second with a 'were are you?' what did she care anyways? I haven't done anything wrong, my team hasn't either. I tried to forget about work for a second and focus on Jack, but that's when she walked outside.

She was wearing a purple dress with black leggings. Her brown hair was curled and her lipgloss was glowing in the sun, I couldn't help but notice she looked nice, but I wasn't into her, and frankly after Hailey's death, I didn't talk to girls much except for Emily, JJ, or Garcia. Besides, I had gotten Hailey killed, and no women would ever want to be with a man who worked constantly and never smiled. So I was content with simply acknowledging privately she looked nice, and that was that, because my mind flashed back to work.

"ok so, I'll be late tonight sorry Elizabeth, if it's a pro-"

"No! Of course it's not a problem, me and Jack will have a fun time together! Right Jack?" Her smile was bright, and she pushed a strand of hair back.

"Right!" squealed Jack, but then he turned away from Elizabeth, and towards me "But first, I have to say bye to my daddy." He smiled and ran towards me and hugged me. I picked him up and ruffled his hair, setting him down after a moment. He ran back to Elizabeth and I said "Jack be good!" as I hurried back to my car. As I pulled out of the drive, I caught a glimpse of the two waving, as Jack held the girls hand. She was two years younger than me, but standing there she looked much more youthful, maybe because she smiled so much, or maybe because she was pretty. Whatever it was made me smile to.

When the smile went off my face, I went back to work mode, and as I walked inside my office, shortly after arriving, I remembered Strauss's call and wen to her office after passing by Rossi. "Don't let her get to you." he patted my back and I nodded, and this one time, Rossi was being serious, he really didn't want Strauss being a jerk towards me, because he knew I didn't like that women at all.

I didn't even knock, I went right in her office with a rock solid face. She stared at me and gave me that smirk she always gives people when she has something nasty to say.

" you know, lately, there has been other opportunities a lot of your team members could benefit from." she smirked and looked in my eyes. " But... I've talked to them all and they all seem content with were they are at the moment." she walked towards me her eyes deadly. She didn't scare me, I'd been face to face with serial killers, bit I suppose this women wasn't much better.

"Hotch, I think it's time you really ought to think about your team. Derek's been offered many job positions, and many departments would be happy to have him. Look at JJ, she got a transfer, and you seem to be ok with out her, maybe even better o-"

"My team is my team. We are a family no matter what happens. I would die for Derek! He saves so many lives, I would give him mine. I would die for Rossi, because he is always there for me when I need to confide I him. JJ goes through so much looking at all these cases, I'd die to take those pictures from her mind. Reid, that kid is a genius, he solves a lot of our crimes, I'd die for him, because he's a friend, and someone I can always ask a question. Garcia is always happy, and she tries to always lighten our mood and I'd die for her too! And god knows if I could have, I would have died for Prentice, and I would die now to let that women live!" I breathed heavily now my eyes filling with tears. I hadn't Ever been so shocked in my life, I had just told my boss off.

Strauss looked silent and I could see even tears starting to brim in her eyes because she turned away from me. I took this second to profile her behavior, the way she was acting... She wanted to tell me something, I could see it in the way her lips were curled under her teeth, and the way she kept biting the inside of her lip.

"Aaron I-"

"Hotch! We have a big problem!" Derek burst into the room cutting off Strauss.

"can't this wait Derek?" Strauss said with a prissy attitude and I hint of sorrow, trying to give Derek to let her be, and she actually did seem genuinely upset by the fact that she needed to talk to me.

"It can't wait. Because Elizabeth and Jack are missing. And we just got a note from the guy who claims he has him, with this picture."

My body froze as I looked at the picture, then my startled eyes met Derek's.

"No more of this is needed Strauss. I have to go now, my son is in danger, so is his babysitter." and with that, I threw down the picture and left letting Strauss pick it up to look at it, a picture of the two bound together with blindfolds, and a gun in Elizabeth's mouth.