Why hello their people, how are we all? Good? Yer well I am crap, I am so sick and now I am taking antibiotics the size of freaking horse pills! Oh well I was still well enough to write this; so enjoy my little minions.
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Murders of Love
Chapter 1
Guilty or innocent
The whole team sat on their jet, silence amongst them. Not awkward silence, but sleeping silence. It had been suggested they slept during the plane trip in order to help with jetlag; but for Reid that just wasn't going to happen. As per normal his mind had a million things spinning through it, most of them revolving around the newest case. Many murders have been happening in New York, all dying of a single gunshot to the head. The only connection the police had found was one girl. Apparently each person had picked a fight with her and the next day they were found dead. Reid glanced down at an open folder; she had taken a Criminal investigation course at Uni, got honours in everything, and topped every subject. Once she had her diploma it hadn't even been a month later and she had given it up to become a high school music teacher. She was a year younger than Reid, who was 21, and had long black hair that had a beautiful soft curl to it. Her hair was long and framed her face perfectly, with a side fringe going into the rest of her hair, with light blue eyes playing on her face she looked perfect, anything but a killer; but that is how they all seemed at first.
"We have located the school she works at but decided to wait to pursuit her until you came." A tubby officer stated.
"Well if you give us the details we will leave immediately." Hotch said as he glanced around the small office the team had set up in.
"Of course…" the officer gave the details and the team was out, with one bit of advice from the officer.
"Watch your backs, the streets she walks are known for their bad reputation..."
"There she is, come on!" Morgan parked the car and Hotch, Reid and himself jumped out.
Before a word could be said the girl who was once carrying books had left the books abandoned on the ground and was sprinting to the other side of the park. The chase was on. Morgan and Hotch jumped the fence while Reid was having his number of difficulties climbing over the waist high death trap. The girl had gotten to the other side of the park where she was met by two boys; they raced around the corner where Hotch and Morgan lost them.
"Umm, can I get some-" thump, Reid managed to land straight on his butt as Morgan and Hotch got back, both looked puffed and pissed.
"We lost them." Morgan's irritation clear
"But we did get this." Hotch picked up the notebooks on the ground.
"We will send cops to her apartment, but I doubt she will be there." Morgan started the car and Hotch jumped in only for the two too turn around and see Reid caught on the fence, again.
Morgan and Hotch sat down, both of them steaming over the fact the girl had gotten away.
"So what do we know?" JJ asked trying to get somewhere on this case
"Name Emma Timings, father died in a car accident when she was 12, mother can't be located. She has a criminal investigation degree but gave it up to be a music teacher. Also Garcia found out she was offered a scholarship to Juilliard College of the arts." Morgan stated
"So she is musical." JJ completed
"Very." Reid walked into the room with Emma's notebook in hand.
"Extremely musical, half this notebook is filled with lyrics and music sheets. I also found out why she ran away from us. She writes lyrics on what has been happening, and writes summaries of what the lyrics say. Listen to this the person who is following me was back again, Emmett and Jake won't let me out of their sight. I am starting to get scared. She must have thought we were the ones following her and ran for it. It is quite a possible answer." Reid's eyes once again began to scan the notebook that was already scanned into his mind.
"Well she is only going to run again, we need to meet her some where she won't run. Her work?" Hotch put the idea out there
"Good idea, she can't run then and will know we aren't trying to hurt her." Rossi concluded their plan.
"Yes, we are looking for Emma Timings." Hotch said to the principle
"See that tree out there." The old lady pointed a scrawny figure to a huge tree. "Emma, Emmett and Jake sit up there each lunch break, they will be there now."
"Thank you, let's move." Hotch ordered
"Hey pass up my box." Emma lent down and received a box of Chinese noddles.
"Yummy guys, thanks!" Emma leant back on the trunk of the tree, the rest of her body sitting on a firm branch.
"Cheers!" Emmett said from a branch below her.
"Doesn't get better than this." Jake said from the branch to the side of Emma.
"Sorry to interrupt but we are the FBI, we are going to need to talk with Emma." Morgan said as he looked up at the three.
Emma almost chocked on her Chinese,
"You're the Jackass' that were chasing me." She pointed and glared at Hotch and Morgan from her branch of the tree.
"Oi did you not get the 'FBI' thingy, you don't call people like that Jackasses'." Jake mothered her and threw some Chinese at her.
"Don't you throw Chinese at me!" Emma retaliated by throwing more at Jake, soon the two were in a fight to the death.
Emmett jumped down to talk to the group of FBI agents.
"Sorry but what did Emma do?" Emmett crossed his arms, added to his bulked up arm muscles.
"We are investigating some recent crimes and she just so happens to be our-"
"She didn't do anything. If you take her you take me and Jake, we can confirm she did nothing." Emmett said his voice deadly.
"You don't know exact-"
"The recent murders of people each of them picked a fight with Emma before their death. Yer the whole neighbourhood knows." Emmett concluded
Suddenly an ear piercing scream stopped any and all conversation, Emmett moved and caught Emma who had slipped off her tree branch, and Jake had jumped down in a second.
"Are you alright? I didn't mean for you to fall! How many fingers am I holding up?" Jake flustered over Emma who was sitting stunned in Emmett's strong arms.
"I am fine, put me down." She squirmed in Emmett's arms.
"Ok." Emmett smirked as he dropped Emma flat on her butt.
"Do you not get that we and the FBI, you are in trouble." Morgan said agitated that they didn't even seem to care.
"I will go peacefully, only if you give me back my books." Emma said firmly.
"They are back at the office." Reid said
"OK let's go." Hotch went to touch her but she jumped a mile away
"Nah a, you don't touch me." Emma said and jumped on Emmett's back; he complied and gave her a piggy back the car.
Emma sat in the interrogation room completely alone; she knew there was someone watching her from behind the mirror but oh well it bother her. Emmett and Jake however were in a separate room and they were clearly aggravated over the fact they weren't with Emma.
"Would you like something to eat?" JJ asked the two frantic friends.
"Has Emma eaten?" Jake asked
"We were just about to ask." JJ told the two
"OK, we shall have three pizzas and 3 Chinese boxes; whatever flavour we don't care." Emmett said
"Emma like prawns!" Jake yelled as she closed the door
"They are constantly worried about her; you saw the way they reacted when she fell. But they are just friends; no friend worries that much about each other." Reid said
"Garcia what did you find on her." Hotch said into the phone that was now on loud speaker, the whole team listening
"Well she had a pretty messed up childhood, from the looks of medical records she was likely abused. Her school record is…well…weird, she hardly ever showed up, only really there for tests; to all of which she passed with flying colours. Her two friends; Emmett and Jake Bullen, twin brothers, although they seem to be nothing alike; Emmett is a gym teacher and Jake an Art teacher ; both teach at the same school as Emma. It says when her dad died, when she was 12, her mother took all money they had and well vanished, I can't find her! All records show that Emma lived with Emmett and Jake after her mother left. That's all I got for now." Garcia finished off
"Thanks baby girl." Morgan said
"Garcia out." And the phone went silent
"So she was abused." Morgan stated
"Probably from her father or a dominate person in her life." Reid paused "It would explain why she jumped when Hotch went to touch her; she doesn't open up to new people, especially an alpha." Reid concluded
"Morgan, Reid you get Emma. Agent Rossi, JJ you two take care of the boys."
"Here you go." Morgan said passing the books over to Emma as Reid closed the door behind himself.
Morgan took a sit while Reid lent against the wall, analysing every move Emma made.
"Yay! My books!" Emma hugged them to her body.
"Most people say thank you." Morgan stated still mad at her from the run away
"Most." Emma stressed the word while looking at her books.
"Hmmm" Reid mused over a thought. "You don't seem to have any respect for the police, is it just that or do you respect no one?" Reid asked sitting down across from her
"Good observation. I respect everyone at first but then if they prove they don't deserve respect I don't give it. As for the police thing, they don't deserve respect." Her whole aura went dark as she spoke of the police.
"What did they ever do to you?" Morgan asked
"It isn't what they did, it is what they didn't do." Emma's mood wasn't improving
"Well, we need you to put down where you were during the time of the murders and possible alibis." Morgan pushed paper in front of her.
"M'k" Emma said starting to write
~~~~3 hours Later~~~~
"I'm booooooooored." Emma wined
Emma then stood up and lied back down on the floor, Reid and Morgan just watched her from behind the glass.
"She is talking too herself." Morgan said
"No, she knows we are here." Reid said
"Reid try and see if you can get some info on her past, she is more likely to open up to you." Morgan stated
"What are you doing?" Reid asked leaning over the desk to see her staring up at the ceiling, her hands behind her head
"Nothing." Emma said closing her eyes "Join me?"
Reid didn't speak but laid down beside her looking up at the ceiling.
"This may sound weird but what was your childhood like?" Reid question had her sitting up quickly
"My childhood?" she questioned as she moved to the wall and lent against it while still sitting down.
"Yer…" Reid said hoping he had taken the right approach
"Well, my dad was everything to me; he taught me to walk, talk, how to enjoy life. My mother she was nothing to me, she only ever taught me that in order to live you must be strong; that woman was a monster. Hope she burns in hell." Reid was taken aback by the honesty in her voice
"What did she do to you?" Reid asked finally getting some where
"You mean besides ditching me at my friends front steps three days after my dad's death?...Nothing." Reid saw her contemplating telling him something else.
"You are free to go; your friend has a car outside for you." Hotch said formally
"Thanks." Emma as she skipped out of the room only to be nearly tackled as her two friends wrapped her in a hug.
"Haha, come guys I am in the mood for Chinese, no pizza, mmm fish n chips sound good." Emma started to babble on about food as they walked out side
"May I get the car door for you ma'am?" an officer asked.
"Sure" Emma shrugged as he ran a head to get the car door
"Why are they being so nice to her?" Morgan asked
"The chief wants a promotion, bringing in someone innocent isn't the best way to go through with that." Hotch explained
"Remind me again why she is innocent?" Morgan asked
"Another murder, this time the un sub left a message; let my girl go…or else…" Hotch told Morgan the message that had been written in the blood of the latest victim
Suddenly the ground beneath them shook violently and their ear drums hurt as the loud echoing explosion blasted through the air. The intense heat of fire threatened to burn skin as everyone fell to the ground for cover. As debris flew screams of terror and pain came through, as the explosion finished everyone looked up to see the flaming remains of what use to be a car.
"How are you?" Reid asked from next to the hospital bed
"A few scratches, a small fracture and a bruise or two, nothing big." Emma shrugged from her bed
Reid looked over Emma she had four stiches in her head and a bandage that wrapped her wrist; she was lucky to alive.
"You know that explosion was intended for you." Hotch stated
"Yer..." Emma looked down, her black hair fell forward covering her face.
"We are assigning two agents to protect you." Hotch said
"I want Emmett and Jake to be protected as well." Emma said
"We may not have the resources." Hotch said
"Listen the fucking mob is after me they are brutal and they know that the best way to get to me is to hurt them, I will not lose them!" Emma yelled before wincing and falling back into the bed
"The mob?" Reid questioned
"The last person to be killed, he is the son of the mob leader; everyone thinks I did it, put two and two together." Emma said.
"This mob what are they like?" Hotch asked
"Like any other mob, tough, brutal, run all the big crime industries." Emma shrugged
"Ok we will assign one officer to each of your friends." Hotch agreed
"Okie dokie class how are we all?" Emma asked happily as she pranced into the room filled with teens; she received a chorus of 'goods and 'how are you?'
"Get to work on your compositions." And just like that the whole class went onto the computers, ear phones on; some decided to get guitars or pianos.
"Compositions?" Reid asked as Morgan scanned the room
"There assessment is to make up a song, due in a week." Emma shrugged and sat on top of her desk.
"This place is a dump." Morgan said after seeing the cracked walls and dripping ceiling.
"Never said it was the Ritz." Emma said, her and Morgan's friendship wasn't improving.
"Hey miss, what is with those two?" A boy with black hair asked; eyeing them suspiciously.
"My boyfriends." She said trying to suppress her smile
"Yer right." He said sarcastically
"What you don't believe me? Ouch I am hurt." She faked offense
"I am Agent spencer Reid, this agent Morgan; we are just looking after Miss Timing." Reid said
"Ok..." the boy went back to his work
"TIME!" a girl yelled out with ten minutes of class left.
"I didn't hear the bell." Morgan commented.
"No silly, at the end of each class we relax I tend to play music to help sooth them." Emma said as she waltz over to the piano
"Why?" Reid said not understanding
"Everyone needs a way to just let loose and relax, I give my student an opportunity to do that." She said sitting in front of the piano
"Ok what shall I play." She hummed and a million students yelled out their favourite songs
"Miss sing us a song!" a girl with an unnaturally loud voice yelled out
"Ok Caitlin, in side voice please." Emma said kindly
"Sorry…" Caitlin muttered
"Hmm, there is one song I have been working on…everyone lie down and close your eyes." The students replied
(A/N Disclaimer: not my song. song is actually Lullaby for a Stormy Night by Vienna Teng.)
Little child, be not afraid
The rain pounds harsh against the glass
Like an unwanted stranger
There is no danger
I am here tonight
Little child
Be not afraid
Though thunder explodes
And lightning flash
Illuminates your tearstained face
I am here tonight
And someday you'll know
That nature is so
This same rain that draws you near me
Falls on rivers and land
And forests and sand
Makes the beautiful world that you see
In the morning
Little child
Be not afraid
The storm clouds mask your beloved moon
And its candlelight beams
Still keep pleasant dreams
I am here tonight
Little child
Be not afraid
The wind makes creatures of our trees
And the branches to hands
They're not real, understand
And I am here tonight
And someday you'll know
That nature is so
This same rain that draws you near me
Falls on rivers and land
And forest and sand
Makes the beautiful world that you see
In the morning
For you know, once even I
Was a little child
And I was afraid
But a gentle someone always came
To dry all my tears
Trade sweet sleep for fears
And to give a kiss goodnight
Well, now I am grown
And these days have shown
Rain's a part of how life goes
But it's dark and it's late
So I'll hold you and wait
'til your frightened eyes do close
And I hope that you'll know
That nature is so
This same rain that draws you near me
Falls on rivers and land
And forests and sand
Makes the beautiful world that you see
In the morning
Everything's fine in the morning
The rain will be gone in the morning
But I'll still be here in the morning
As her hands finished their dance the song floated into the air, so silent yet so loud; this peace was quickly shattered.
Da daaaaaa finished! You like? Well review…or else…Bwahahahaha haha…..Sorry lost my cool for a second
Voice in my mind: you can't lose what you don't have*
Me: T_T I hate you
Voice: haha you hate yourself
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