Chapter 37: More Like Hurricane
"Hey I got your message" JJ said walking up to Hotch.
"It's time" Hotch said.
"Why? Morgan might be able to break Doyle without her" JJ said nervous.
"Declan tried to make a call. She's on her way" Hotch said and JJ looked down nervously. She was so scared about how it was going to go.
"Alright. I'll get Morgan." She said.
"I'll get the others" Hotch said.
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Bella was getting ready for school and Derek and Garcia were getting ready to work when Hotch called. He told Morgan to take Bella to the office because they had news on Doyle. Morgan had been working a lot trying to locate him, he felt like he owned Emily that.
"What's wrong?" Penelope asked as she saw Derek looked a bit nervous.
"Hotch called and he needs us at the office." He said. "It's about Doyle." He added and Bella just stared scared. She had just walked inside the kitchen.
"You're not going to school today, okay?" He said and Bella nodded. Even if she had too she felt right there that she couldn't go.
"Let's finish quickly and go" he told them. They ate quickly, gathered their things and headed out.
"Be good Lu" Bella told the dog as she petted her head and they went out the door.
Derek could see Bella was really nervous.
They got to the BAU and the team was in the conference room.
"Good morning" Rossi said and Bella gave him a hug.
"How's Lulu?" Reid asked.
"She's good" Bella smiled.
"Everybody, have a seat" Hotch said. Bella took a seat around the table next to Reid and faced Hotch and couldn't help but look really nervous.
"Where's JJ?" Hotch asked and suddenly JJ walked in.
"Alright. We learned Doyle got Declan yesterday morning. Four agents arrested him right here in Virginia. They got him yesterday night but there are no signs of the boy. Doyle said someone took him" Hotch said.
"But he got arrested?" Garcia asked.
"Yes." Hotch said and Bella breathed out relieved. The team felt the same way.
But Rossi noticed Hotch's serious face.
"What's wrong?" Rossi asked.
"4 months ago I made a decision that not only affected the team but also others, including Isabella" Hotch said. Bella stared at him looking curious but nervous.
"As you all know Emily had lost a lot of blood after her fight with Doyle. But the doctors were able to stabilize her." He said and everyone stared confused. "She stayed in the hospital and her identity was hidden" he said and Bella was just confused.
Around the table the team was shocked with the new information.
"She's stayed there until she was well enough to travel. She was reassigned to Paris where she was given several identities, none of which we had access to for her security." He said. Bella just stared at him.
"She's alive?" Penelope asked as her eyes filled with tears.
Isabella looked at her in shock. It finally hit her what Hotch was explaining.
Derek was shocked and angry, just staring at Hotch waiting for him to say it.
"But we buried her" Reid said.
"As I said I take full responsibility for the decision" Hotch said looking at Morgan. "If anyone has any issues they should be directed toward me" Hotch said looking around the table at everybody. Bella just sat there trying to process what was happening.
"Any issues?" Morgan said. "Yeah. I got issues"
Penelope looked at Bella who was still just staring at Hotch with tears in her eyes. Penelope heard footsteps and looked at the door.
And there she was, she just stood there.
The team turned to face the door and Emily was standing there. She looked clearly sorry for everything.
"Oh my god" Penelope said as tears streamed down her face.
As Bella heard that she turned to look too and when she saw Emily her heart sank. Her mother looked at her and Bella just slid under the table. Tears started falling as she hugged her knees.
Everyone just kept looking at Emily as they all weren't sure of what to do. Derek looked back at Hotch. He didn't know if he was angry, mad, sad or happy. He looked back at Emily and they just stared at each other.
Emily had no idea of what to say to him. He had taken her daughter in, he had given her baby a family. He was her partner and she felt awful for lying to him, for hurting him.
Everyone was so in shock that no one noticed Bella went down until JJ kneed down.
"Bella come out" JJ told her but the girl didn't even look at her and just kept crying. Morgan saw what was going on and went to her. He kneed down "come here Bella. Come with me" he said.
"No" Bella whispered scared and just cried. Emily's heart ached hearing her baby's voice.
"I'm right here. It's okay" Derek said.
"Bella, She is okay. She's here. That's all you've asked for" JJ said and put her hand on Isabella's arm.
"Get away from me!" Bella yelled at her. JJ stood up clearly hurt.
"Come" Derek said opening his arms and Bella just threw herself on him and hid her face on his neck. He stood up with the child in his arms, she couldn't stop crying. Emily walked to them and put her hand on Isabella's back. The girl moved away.
"Bella, it's your mom. It's okay." Hotch said.
"No! My mom is dead! She's dead" Bella yelled crying.
"I'm so sorry for lying to you but we had to protect her. To protect both of you" Hotch said.
"No. She's dead. She's dead!" Bella kept crying. Derek took her to the couch and sat down. Emily sat next to him. Isabella wouldn't take her face from his neck.
"Bella" Emily said and Isabella cried even more. The girl thought she would never hear her mother's voice again.
"I'm so sorry honey" Emily said as her eyes filled with tears. "I'm so sorry. I'm sorry, Bells" she said putting her hand on Isabella's back again, this time she didn't move away. "Come here" Emily said and pulled Bella to her lap. The girl was so confused with everything that she didn't even fight to stay with Derek. Emily pulled the girl to her lap and hugged her tight.
As Emily's sent filled Isabella's nose the girl couldn't help it and just started sobbing.
"It's you." Bella whispered between sobs.
"It's me baby" Emily said as tears fell down her cheeks too. "I'm sorry. I'm so sorry" Emily cried as she slightly rocked her daughter. She did that till Bella calmed down a little. The sobs had stopped but the girl couldn't stop crying.
After a while Bella suddenly felt sick and went to Derek's arms again.
"I wanna go home" she whispered to him. She wasn't sure what she was feeling but she knew she needed to go home, she needed Lulu, she needed to feel okay and safe.
"We'll go home soon" Derek said.
Emily wiped her own tears and then grabbed Isabella's hand. Bella pulled away and hid her face on Derek again.
Bella felt some sort of relieve that her mother was right there but at the same time she felt sad and angry at Emily for leaving her and letting her believe she had lost her too. She was so confused by her emotions. But sadness was ruling.
Emily knew she had to give the girl some time to process things so she stood up and went to talk to the team. Rossi sat next to Derek and held Bella's hand. Derek made her sit between them so he could get up. She sat there and Rossi wrapped his arms around her.
Emily hugged Reid. "I'm so sorry. I really am..." she said as she let go and stared at Penelope. "Not a day went by that I didn't want.." Emily said and then she saw Derek standing there staring at her still in shock.
"Really I...you didn't deserve that" she said walking to him. "...and I'm so sorry" Emily said not knowing what else to said, giving him a hug. He stood there and placed his hand on her back still in shock she was actually there. Emily let go of him and they just stared at each other.
"I'm sorry" she said as tears filled her eyes again. Derek just gave her a nod.
"I wanna go home" Bella told Rossi and everyone looked at her.
"I have to... Umm" Derek told Hotch, walking towards Bella.
"We need to find Declan" Hotch told him as he picked Bella up.
"I don't need to do anything" Derek said serious.
"Derek" JJ said but Morgan just walked out carrying Bella in his arms.
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