The Prisoners' Game

I had that idea in head for a while and I have had some trouble to find out how I could write it out. Anyway here it is! The beginning is intense and the next chapters are kinda slow but it gets pretty twisted as far as you're going to read the story. Let me know what you think. It's always appreciated to get feedback! Happy reading!

Chapter 1 New case

"Emily? Emily? Speak to me Emily! No, no, no don't close your eyes babe! Stay with me, look at me damn it! I won't let you go, c'mon we're going to get through this. We're not dying, not today…" It was silent for a few seconds and his voice echoed hollowly against the concrete wall. He finally heard his partner's fatigued voice next to him.

"Derek, where are we?" Emily asked weakly.

"I… I don't know" he said wearily.

Emily put her head against the wall and groaned in frustration and discomfort. Chances of them getting out of this were looking grim and she knew it. She knew Morgan was well aware of their slim chances of survival as well. He would also refuse to let either of them give up. Morgan was definitely the agent to be with in situations like these. All she could do was hope and pray that they would find some way out of this.

A figure stalked into the room where they sat chained side by side, analyzing the duo and watching as they instinctively moved towards each other, the man pushing himself in front of the brunette. A faint smile played on his lips of the idea that the man thought he could protect her. Clearing the distance within two steps he reached for her, dragging her back with a fist full of hair as she let out pained whimpers.

"Don't touch her!" Morgan roared trying to get up but fell on his knees. ''You son of a bitch!''

The man turned around to reach the male agent and hit him in the ribs. Morgan instinctively curled up while the man yelled and threatened to kill him. The threatening figure finally stopped yelling and spat on Morgan who was now unconscious. He came back to Prentiss and pulled out a knife. He shot her a black look while she was trying to draw back. The cement wall abruptly stopped her, she raised her arm to defend herself and roll with the punches of the knife.

''You will feel pain!'' The man grunted and stabbed her in stomach.

Few days earlier...

Rossi came into the Behavioral Analysis Unit with what appeared to be a document in his hands. Garcia greeted him then she asked if they had a new case, looking at the document that Rossi had in hands.

''I'm not sure yet.'' He answered hesitantly. ''Is Hotch in his office?''

''Yeah, he should be.'' The blond analyst simply replied before she walked away and headed to her office.

Rossi softly knocked on the door and went into the office when Hotch invited him in. Hotch asked to Rossi if there everything was okay. ''Maybe not...'' The older man handed the document to his supervisor. He glanced the first pages and a letter written by hand, got his attention. ''Where did you get this?''

''It was in my office mailbox'' Rossi stated, looking at Hotch.

''Who are we supposed to save?'' He cut him off, still glancing the letter. Hotch told him that it could just be a bad prank then Rossi asked him to go to the last page.

Hotch grabbed a photo of a dead man. He frowned and looked a message on a wall written in blood: ''Is it too late to save her?'' He then spread the whole document on his desk and he shot to Rossi a serious look.

''We need to know who she is before finding her dead body'' Rossi suggested, patting the message on the photo with his index finger.

Hotch nodded, taking the new case and exited his office followed by Rossi. As they headed to the conference room, Hotch had ordered him to ask JJ to gather the team for a meeting in 30 minutes. The older man nodded and went down the stairs, while Hotch had got into the conference room. Rossi made a wave to the blond agent when he saw her get into the bureau. JJ waved back at him and she reached for him, smiling. He told her they had a new case and to call the rest of the team and to tell them to meet in the conference room in 30 minutes. JJ nodded. He went back upstairs to the conference room. JJ took his phone and she dialed Reid's number.

''Hi Spence. We have a case, be there in 30 minutes for the briefing, okay?''

''Yeah. I'm actually downstairs. So I'll be there in five!'' He replied while he got into the elevator.

''Okay'' She hung up, smiling. Then she dialed Morgan.

''Hey, what's up JJ?'' Morgan answered as he was driving his car.

''Conference room in 30 minutes!''

''Ok well, we'll try to be there in time.''

''We?'' JJ asked, sounding bewildered.

''I'm with Prentiss. Her car didn't start, and she called me and asked if I could pick her up. We're in the traffic and it's really backed up!''

''Okay, I'll brief you about the case, when you get here.''

Garcia headed for the kitchenette with a coffee mug void in her hands but she stopped next to JJ and asked to whom she was talking on her phone. The blonde agent has explained to Garcia that Morgan and Prentiss might be late. Arriving in the bureau and headed for JJ and Garcia, Reid has glanced at them and he lightly chuckled asking why Morgan and Prentiss were together. Garcia has pretended to shoot a black look to JJ. With a small grin on her face, JJ has clarified the situation.

''I'd rather like that way!'' Garcia said teasingly.

20 minutes later...

''Sorry we're late!'' Prentiss said apologetically as she entered the conference room with Morgan.

''We didn't start yet'' Hotch stated without looking at her, too concentrated on examining the folder.

Everyone got settled then JJ began by stating that the victim had not yet been identified. She then specified that the victim was a man about 30-35 years old. Without looking up from the photo, Morgan asked who had found the victim. The Italian-American man answered at Morgan that no one had found the victim yet. Startled, Morgan had shared a look to the team and asked why did they had this folder if no one hadn't yet found the victim. Rossi stated that he had found it in his office mailbox this very morning.

''Therefore, the suspect took that picture and has sent it to a FBI agent!'' Morgan asked confusingly.

The older agent nodded and he then turned at Garcia, to ask her if she would be able to find out the crime scene only with the picture.

''After all these years, you still doubt about my skills!'' She grinned teasingly at him. ''Of course I can! Gimme twenty minutes and I'll be back with the place of the crime scene.''

She took her stuff and left the room. The team took a few second to focus on the profile of their suspect. Prentiss sighed, she was a wee bit confused about that case. She wondered aloud why would the killer send the folder to a FBI agent if nobody had found the victim.

''Maybe he thought it was the time for us to know who he is and what he's done.'' Morgan continued as he glanced over the picture of the dead man.

''He wants to play with us and showing us that he's got the control of the situation.'' Rossi stated, waving the picture while sharing a look with Hotch.

In a sigh of surprise, Reid told the team that the suspect wanted to play a sort of game and he also added that the unsub would have thought about all the details. In his boss tone, Hotch noted that the killer is meticulous if he has thought of all the details. ''He will wants to get all the merits.'' Sharing his thoughts with his team.

Once again, Prentiss seemed confused. "Then why he didn't send that folder to the media? He would have had all the merits he wanted with them.''

The team took a few seconds to reflect and Morgan was the first to speak again. ''Maybe the unsub knows you or did some research on you?'' He said looking towards Rossi with his eyebrows up.

He frowned and let out a hesitant ''It could be possible. I'm a famous FBI profiler after all!'' Rossi stated teasingly and took a few seconds to think about anyone he could have met recently but nobody came up to his mind. He looked over the entire folder again to see if he had missed anything when Reid interrupted his focus on it.

''He doesn't want to play with everyone.'' The genius popped out saying that if the unsub had sent the folder to him(Rossi) and not to the media, maybe it's because he wanted to play with the FBI and not with everyone. ''We're like the pawns of his chessboard.''

Morgan backed away from the table and moved into a position of a dominant male, indicating that he wouldn't play the game of the suspect. ''I'll find him and I'll arrest him!'' He then moved back to the roundtable and shared an inquiring look with the team, who were as confused him.

However, Garcia ended the confusion when she came rushing into the room with her laptop. She seemed rather proud of what she had found. She sat down on the empty seat and she connected her laptop to the big screen to show to everyone what she had found. She started typing on her keyboard and a picture appeared on the projector. Hotch frowned and crossed his arms, trying to see what Garcia was getting at. She pointed to the projector, and asked if they saw a signboard of a restaurant in the photo.

''Where do you see a signboard?'' Morgan asked scrutinizing the smallest details of the photo.

''Wait.'' Prentiss interrupted him, putting her hand on his arm. ''The signboard isn't in the photo, it's behind the camera. Am I right?''

Garcia smirked at her remark while she enlarged the photo. ''Almost right sweetie!'' She enlarged the focus to the victim's eyes. ''You see that little spark in his eyes?'' She added without really asking to one of the team member in particular. Rossi squinted as he tried to make out what Garcia was trying to show to them. ''I'll enlarge the left eye in the picture.''

''The sign of the restaurant is in the reflection of one of his eyes!'' Prentiss pointed out abruptly, as if it was obvious.

''Well, there's few restaurants in the U.S with the same signboard but only one in Quantico.'' Garcia explained while typing on her keyboard to show to the team her discovery.

''Garcia, you're amazing!'' Morgan told her, letting her know he was proud of her.

JJ got up and went up to Hotch asking him if she needed to call the police and the media. He shook his head and said no softly. He added that Rossi and him would go check first and then he'll call the chief police of Quantico himself. The blond nodded and shared a look with the rest of the team while Hotch started to dictate his orders.

''JJ, stay with Garcia. When we'll have identified the victim, I'll call you. Morgan, Reid, and Prentiss, make an initial profile. Begin with the suspect's profile for the time being. We have more information about the suspect than we do about his victim.''

The whole team got up and split up to execute their boss' orders.

To be continued...

Thank you! I hope you liked that first chapter!

CalleighJ Xx