Chapter One

"Everything is going to be okay, we will get out of here soon." Emily whispered to her friend, she looked over at the blonde and sighed when she got no answer, she watched as tears fell down her pale face, she longed to wrap her arms around her and let her know she was here to help her, she wanted to tell her that she would get through this, they would both be found and they would be safe. She silently cursed the ropes binding her to the chair,

"JJ please say something..." She closed her eyes and put her head back in frustration, they had both been tied down in this cellar for over six days now and JJ hadn't said one word since day one. She opened her eyes and shook her head,

"Look, this is stupid. Tell me if you're hurt or something...." Still no answer, she could see the usually strong agent breaking down, she could see it in her face, she knew they had to get out of here soon before JJ had a complete mental breakdown, if she hadn't already had one.

"What happened before we got here?" Emily didn't know why she asked it, she had asked too many times in the past few days and had never got an answer from the silent blonde, and it hadn't changed. She could only guess, it must have been horrible for JJ to act like this. Emily was asleep when they took her, it looked like JJ had been awake through the process, she had been able to put up a fight, Emily had never known what was coming, and then she woke up in a dark room, with one of her best friends sitting next to her, both staring at the wall in front of them, both tied to a chair.

Emily looked down at the floor for a moment, trying to think of a way to get her friend to speak, wondering if it was worth it but she couldn't stay like this in silence for any longer. She would end up going mad..

They both jumped when the large door opened, revealing four men with guns, and massive grins on their faces. JJ shook her head and looked at the floor, trying to avoid all eye contact with the men who had taken them almost a week ago. Emily looked them straight in the eyes, ignoring the fear she felt for them, she was strong, she had to prove to them she wasn't scared, she had to make sure they didn't break both of them.

"Ready for some camera fun?" One of the men said as he walked over to JJ and lifted her head up so she was looking at him, Emily noticed JJ immediately shifted her eyes so she wouldn't have to look him in the eyes, so she didn't have to look at him at all. He laughed at her and backhanded her as hard as he could, Emily gasped, shocked at the sudden violence, but even more shocked by the lack of emotion in JJ's face, she didn't cry and she didn't even look like it had hurt. She stared at the bright red mark forming on her face and shook her head, wishing he would just leave her alone, they would never be able to 'fix' her when they got out of this if he carried on hurting her, they would never be able to help her get through this when their team found them both.

She looked at the men as they started to set up a video camera facing the two women, she shook her head and looked at them, what were they going to do?

"You're friends are a little worried about you both, I think we should give them some reassurance, don't you think?" Emily slowly nodded and looked at the white cards the one man held in his hands,

"You want us to speak?" She gulped, quickly looking over at JJ, what would they do to her once she refused to make any vocal input for their sordid video?

"JJ hasn't spoken since we got here... I don't think she can..." She whispered, crying out in pain when the man pulled her back by her hair,

"Well she will have to find her voice then, won't she?" Emily nodded and closed her eyes in pain, trying to force the tears back, wanting them to fall when they weren't here, when they wouldn't be able to get the satisfaction of watching one of the strongest agents breakdown, she wouldn't let them do that to her, they wouldn't get two out of two of them to go into a complete mental breakdown. She had to be strong, if not for herself but for JJ.

JJ looked over at them and then at the camera, the white cards in his hands, the black printed words on them... she shook her head as tears ran down her face, she was weak, too weak to have to go through this, this wasn't supposed to happen. When did everything become so personal? They only do their job, is it their fault that people commit crimes?

"This is your warning, you're going to do what we say, both of you and if you don't there will be punishments." Emily and JJ nodded slowly and looked as the cards were held up, the camera turned on and the gun held up towards them.

Emily spoke first, glancing from the men to JJ every few seconds, worried that JJ wouldn't be able to find her voice, worried about what could happen to her if she didn't speak, would this be the last time she saw her best friend alive? She shuddered at the thought, closing her eyes and hoping that JJ would do the best thing for herself,

"Last year we all worked on a case in which there were over ten victims, all of which were women in their early 20's... We made a profile as we usually do and then we finally caught the man... only we had the wrong person." JJ looked at the camera, trying to find her press voice, knowing it was in there somewhere, wishing she could find it and find it quickly. The pause between her and Emily's speaking parts were too long, knowing that it wouldn't be long until one of the men intervened, she took a deep breath,

"We... um.. we.." JJ struggled to find the voice, whispering the words, hoping they would be able to hear her,

"We arrested a man... we ruined his life. You have one week to release him from prison, or they will kill us..." JJ looked down at the floor, he wasn't innocent, they never arrested an innocent man. Emily looked over at her, surprised and happy that she had managed to speak up, she watched as the camera was turned off and the men walked out of the room without another word to the two women.

"JJ?" Emily said,

"Speak to me please..."

"Leave me alone." She muttered, trying to look away from Emily,

"Don't push me away, I know it seems easier but don't do this..." Emily begged her, tears running down her face and dropping onto her lap,

"I'm sorry..." JJ whispered, before turning her head to look at the wall, doing her best to ignore her crying friend as tears of her own fell onto her lap.