A/n Thanks to everyone who's reading! I'm gonna have to put my character point of view stories on hold because I had a really good idea for another story that I want to start. I'd love to get reviews so I can either start this or not do this. Also I will be finishing Absolutely (which is my Character Point of View story in Derek Morgan's point of view soon. I'll put lots of work into it! Promise! My next Character POV story will be using the song: Your Guardian Angel by Red Jumpsuit Apparatus and it will be in Hotch's POV. It will take place before, during and after Lauren. So now here is my new story:
Gone
Kaitlin Taylor's POV
I reached for the box of cereal. I turned my head to farther down the aisle where I heard a little boy laughing. I saw a small boy, who must have been about 4 years old, with blonde hair and sparkling blue eyes reaching for Lucky Charms. Could it be? No. I shook my head. Then I heard a woman's voice.
"No Henry! We already got cereal." Henry? The woman came around the corner. She had the same blonde hair and sparkling blue eyes. She was average height, slender, and absolutely beautiful.
"JJ," I whispered so quietly, I could barely hear myself. The woman hugged the little boy, and put the cereal back on the shelf. The little boy turned and looked at me.
"Kaitlin!" He squealed and ran to me. He squeezed my legs.
"Henry?" The woman asked and then saw me.
"Kaitlin….?" She asked quietly.
"Yeah," I nodded. She ran to me and I ran to her. We embraced.
"JJ, I missed you so much!" I whispered.
"I missed you, too! We all did," She told me. The little boy, Henry, slid between us and joined in the hug.
"Boy, you've gotten big! How old are you now?" I asked laughing as Henry hugged me.
"4 years old!" I picked him up and kissed his forehead and then put him back down.
"What are you doing here?" JJ asked happily.
"I flew down here last night. I'm visiting my friend Tess," I explained.
"How old are you now?" JJ asked me.
"I turned seventeen in December," I explained.
JJ picked up her basket and held Henry's hand. We walked to the checkout as we talked.
"It's been a while," JJ murmured.
"Little under two years," I said, agreeing. JJ finished paying. She took the bags and started walking with me. I held Henry's hand.
"You should come see the others," She told me, "I can call them and have them meet us at the BAU," she offered.
"Yeah, I'd really love that," I said excitedly.
"Do you have a car?" She asked me. I shook my head.
"I walked here. Tess doesn't live that far," I said.
"Well you can come with me. Henry can come, too," She said. We climbed into the car. JJ pulled out her phone and called everyone, telling them where and when to meet us.
"How are they all?" I asked.
"They're good…" She said. That was all she said.
When we arrived, I noticed that Emily's car wasn't there. I was curious and JJ saw me looking, I know she did. She quickly hurried Henry and me inside. I pushed open the glass doors. I followed behind JJ and Henry.
"Wait here," She told me. JJ walked into the briefing room.
"JJ, what's going on?" A man with a deep, commanding voice asked. I could tell it was Aaron Hotchner speaking.
"Is there a case?" A more boyish voice asked with a slight crack in his voice. That was Spencer Reid.
"No, guys, there isn't a case," JJ began.
"So why are we here?" A third man asked. That was Derek Morgan.
Then I walked through the door. I stood so everyone could see me.
"Hi, guys," I said quietly.
"Kaitlin?" An older, tired looking man with a mustache asked. That was David Rossi. I nodded with a small smile.
"Come here and give me a hug!" A woman with bright orange hair, a purple dress, a yellow necklace, and high heeled crazy shoes said excitedly.
"Garcia!" I exclaimed running to her. She squeezed me so tight that I thought I might pass out.
"I missed you so much, miss!" She said as she continued to hug me. I felt a sting in my eyes. Tears threatened to flow.
"I missed you too," I said quickly so that I wouldn't cry. She let go and I moved on to Spencer.
"Spence," I said happily. I gave him a huge hug.
"How have you been?" He asked me.
"Math has been hell without you," I said laughing. He laughed, too. Then it was Rossi's turn. Rossi had been like a wise grandfather to me. He used to sit down with me when I was sad and he'd give me advice and by the time we were done talking, I'd feel so much better. He hugged me tightly.
"I missed you, Rossi," I told him.
"And I missed you, too," He assured me. I moved on to Aaron Hotchner, or Hotch, as we called him. He was a tall man in his mid forties. He was tired, and 99% of the time he had an extremely serious look on his face. Today was different. He seemed happy to see me, they all did, but there was this constant sadness. I could feel it.
I hugged Hotch.
"Will you be staying?" He asked.
"I'm not sure….yet," I told him. Then lastly, Derek Morgan. He was an african american man in his early forties. He had a super buzz cut, and a small soul patch. He was super strong, but he was a teddy bear on the inside. Derek had commitment, to his job, to his family, to his friends. He was always the first one on the scene, to kick down the door or to save someone life, and he was always the last one off. And I loved him.
We hugged tightly and longer than anyone else. We didn't say anything to each other, but we didn't have to. We said it all when we looked at each other.
I realized that Emily, the most important person in my life, was not there. When my parents and brother were killed, and I was stabbed, two years ago, when I was fourteen, she saved my life, and then took me in. She adopted me, and she and the rest of her team became my family. When I was sixteen, Emily, Derek, JJ, Hotch and Rossi sat down together. They decided it wasn't safe for me to leave here anymore, so I moved all the way across the country to Seattle, to live with Margret Walter. Margret Walter had been a good friend of my mother some years ago before she died. They felt like that was the safest thing for me. So I moved, and didn't hear from my BAU family again.
"Uhmm, JJ, did you call Emily?" I asked. Spencer looked at JJ with huge eyes. You didn't tell her? he mouthed.
"Uhmm….Kaitlin…" JJ began. I looked at her with a worried and scared look. I looked to Hotch, Rossi, Garcia and then Spencer. Garcia's eyes watered, Spencer looked away, Rossi put his head in his hands, and JJ held on to Henry like something might snatch him away.
"Where. Is. She?" I asked, growing angry. There was still no response. They all looked at each other.
"Hotch," I croaked, "Can I speak with you privately? Like in your office? Where he," I looked at Henry, "Can't hear me?" I was barely audible at that point. I walked with Hotch into his office. As soon as he shut the door, I began to yell.
"Why hasn't any one told me where Emily is?" I yelled.
"Kaitlin, you might want to sit down," Hotch began.
"Like hell I'm going to sit down!" I shouted, "Where is she?"
"Kaitlin, Emily's…dead," He said. Then there was silence. I thought I might throw up.