A/N: Ok just a few quick notes and then on to the story. First of all, I'm new to CM and haven't seen all the episodes let alone most of the ones I have seen haven't been in the correct order - so keep that in mind. Secondly, this is my first fic in this category and I'm gonna post the first bit of it and see if you all like it before I carry on. If no one likes it then I won't force you all to read it ;) Now on to the story...

CHAPTER 1

Parking her SUV SSA Jennifer Jareau exited the vehicle and started to approach the front door of an average looking house on an average looking street. She was there to conduct an interview of a man named Austin James he was believed to be a co-worker of the Unsub that they were currently searching for. Just as she reached the porch she felt her cell phone vibrating in her pocket. When she pulled it out and looked at the Caller ID she could see it was her boss and friend SSA Aaron Hotchner.

"Hey Hotch." She said into the phone.

"JJ where are you?" Hotch asked back with some concern in his voice.

"I'm at Austin James house for an interview."

"JJ listen to me, James is the Unsub. I'm on my way now with Morgan and Prentiss ETA is 8 minutes. Don't do anything until we get there."

"Ok, what about Cassie Jenkins?" JJ asked referring to the 13 year old girl they had been searching for, for nearly a week.

"We think he has her in his house. There's a possibility she's still alive and..." but JJ didn't hear the rest of what Hotch was saying all she could hear was a girl scream and it was coming from the house. She figured it must be coming from Cassie Jenkins. "JJ? We'll be there in 6 minutes."

"Sorry Hotch, we're out of time." She said to him before she hung up her phone and pulled her gun from her hip and made her way into the house.

"Dammit!" Hotch yelled from the passenger seat of the SUV being driven by Morgan.

"What is it?" Emily asked from the back seat.

"I think JJ just went into James' house." Hotch replied as Morgan leaned heavily on the gas pedal in an attempt to get to his friend as soon as he could.

As the dark SUV pulled up in front of James' house they could see that JJ's car was parked out front and that the front door to the house was wide open. The three members of the BAU quickly approached the house guns drawn.

"Once we get inside split up and clear the house as fast as you can." Hotch told his agents as they made their way to the front door.

Once they where through the front door Morgan headed left into the kitchen and Prentiss went right to the living room. As Hotch made his way up the stars he could hear his colleagues shouting "Clear" as they made their way from one room to the next.

Clearing rooms as he went Hotch quickly reached the Master bedroom at the end of the hall. Once inside he saw two dead men, one of which he identified as Austin James. He spotted Cassie Jenkins tied to a chair in the corner and then he saw it. JJ was unconscious on the floor on the far side of the room.

"Morgan, Prentiss I found them. Call an ambulance!" Hotch yelled downstairs to his colleagues but found they were already making their way upstairs having found nothing of interest on the first floor.

"This is Agent Prentiss with the FBI. I need an ambulance at 476 Queen Street we have an agent down."

Hotch was at JJ's side checking on her while Morgan untied Cassie and lead her out of the house to safety. "JJ? It's Hotch. Can you hear me?" He saw her move slightly but her eyes never opened.

"EMT's are on their way should be here in a couple of minutes. How is she?" he heard Prentiss ask.

"I don't know she's unconscious but her pulse is steady. She doesn't appear to have been shot but I think she was hit in the head with that." He said pointing to the baseball bat on the floor next to JJ.

"What happened in here?" Emily said more to herself than anyone else.

"No not yet baby girl. I'll let you know as soon as I find out. Ok bye." Morgan slid his cell phone back into his pocket before joining Emily and Reid in the waiting room of the San Maria Hospital.

"How'd Garcia take the news?" Reid asked

"Not well. You know her and JJ are tight. She wanted to hop on a plane and fly out here the minute I told her." Morgan answered referring to the call he'd just finished.

"I wonder how Hotch is making out with Cassie Jenkins." Emily said after a few moments of silence.

"Looks like we won't have to wait to find out." Reid said point towards their boss who was heading towards them.

"Hey." Morgan greeted his friend.

"Any news on JJ?" Hotch asked.

"No not yet. How'd it go with Cassie? Were you able to find out what happened?" Morgan asked as they found a place to sit together in the waiting room.

"Cassie Jenkins was able to fill us in on the entire thing." Hotch started. "When JJ was on the phone with me. She must of heard Cassie scream. That's when Austin James was about to kill her. Cassie said the next thing she knew was that JJ was in the room and pointing her gun at James who was holding his knife to Cassie's throat. JJ told James to put down the knife several times and then shot him when James made a move to kill the girl."

"Ok so how'd JJ end up with a baseball bat to the head?" Emily asked.

"Seems that JJ wasn't aware of the second unsub." Hotch continued. "Cassie tried to tell her but with tape across her mouth she wasn't able to warn her in time and the second unsub, Brad James – Austin's younger brother, hit her over the head with the bat."

"So how was she able to shoot Brad James?" asked Reid this time.

"She was still conscious at that time and was able to fight him off. She shot him when he came after her again. Cassie said it was just after that that she passed out."

"Wow." Was all Morgan was able to say.

"That's our girl one tough cookie." Emily said showing pride and concern for her friend. "How's Cassie doing?"

"She'll be alright. She's with her family. No physical injuries." Hotch replied.

"Excuse me?" A doctor approached the team. "Are you all here for Agent Jareau?"

"Yes, we're her colleagues." Hotch replied as he and the rest of the team stood up. "How is she?"

"I'm Dr. Ericson." The doctor introduced himself before continuing; "Agent Jareau has some minor cuts and abrasions on her arms which aren't at all serious. We gave her 4 stitches for the gash on her forehead. She's awake now and we're performing some more tests." The doctor stopped for a moment to allow them to process.

"Tests? For what" Emily asked stepping up to stand beside Hotch.

"I believe Agent Jareau has retrograde amnesia."

"I don't understand. What does that mean?" Emily asked.

"Retrograde amnesia," Reid started cutting the doctor off "is a form of amnesia in which someone is unable to recall the events that occurred before the development of the amnesia. It is caused by trauma to the brain, in this case when Brad James hit JJ with the baseball bat."

Dr. Ericson nodded his head in agreement before Emily asked; "So you're saying that she doesn't remember the case?"

"No she doesn't. But what I'm really saying is that she may not remember a lot more than that." Dr. Ericson paused for a minute to allow them to process. "She seems to know who she is and can remember her child hood and teen years quiet well. She remembers attending college and getting a job at the FBI but that's where it seems to get fuzzy for her."

"So she doesn't remember any of us?" Reid asked.

"I'm not sure yet. The nurses are with her now asking her questions and trying to assess what memories she may or may not have lost. But she hasn't mentioned any of you yet."

"This is only temporary right?" Emily spoke up once again.

"Hard to say with this type of head injury. We'll just have to wait and see really. I wish I could tell you more than that." Dr. Ericson spoke honestly.

"Can we see her?" Morgan joined into the conversation.

"Yes, as soon as we're done with our testing I'll have a nurse come and get you. I think it would be best if only one or two of you went in to see her. Patients who are experiencing this type of amnesia can be easily overwhelmed by loved ones trying to reacquaint themselves."

"Sometimes seeing familiar people and surroundings can 'jog' their memory too." Reid shared his knowledge with the team once again.

"This is true." Dr. Ericson confirmed. "But it's best not to overwhelm her with too much right away. Now if you'll excuse me I'd like to get back to Agent Jareau and see how things are progressing." And with that the doctor turned and headed off down the hall out of sight.

"Reid I think you and Prentiss should stay here with JJ." Hotch spoke up taking charge. "Morgan and I will go back to the local PD and wrap up the case. You can call Garcia when we get there and fill her in." He looked at Morgan and got a nod of agreement in response.

DISCLAIMER: I'm not a doctor (nor do I play one on TV!) – so I did a bit of web surfing and the stuff about the retrograde amnesia comes from Wikipedia – it worked for this story so that's what I'm using! And that is that.