Beta: Sofia Lindz – I want to say thank you for beta-ing for me on this part of the story. I look forwarding to working with you again.

CHAPTER TWO

GOING HOME

AT THE HOSPITAL

Emily's eyes slowly opened and she blinked as her vision took in a very blurry face before her. She tried to move but she still felt the plank behind her and she knew that Joe wasn't done with her yet. Not by a long shot. She opened her mouth to cry out 'no' but she couldn't speak.

"Emily, it's ok. You are safe now." A female voice said softly. Emily blinked. When did Joe Smith turn into a female. "It's JJ, Emily," The voice said in a gentle voice. She felt a hand cover her own and she quickly jerked hers away. Emily shook her head and sobbed "No, Please just leave me alone. Don't do this, Joe, please."

JJ quickly redrew her hand hoping that this would calm Emily down. She watched as the older woman squeeze her eyes shut and tears fell heavily down her checks. All she wanted to do was gather Emily Prentiss in her arms and comfort her friend, but she knew that she couldn't. Emily had been violated in the most horrific way and any sudden touches would freeze her up. She already felt guilty for giving into her desire to touch Emily's hand.

JJ remained silent as she waited for Emily to calm down, she just hoped that next time Emily opened her eyes she would truly see her and she would be calm. She could only pray. She felt the rest of the team behind her.

Emily got a hold of her breathing and she slowly opened her eyes once more, the image in front of her came into focus and she saw JJ in front of her. Her eyes took in the white walls behind JJ and knew that she was in a hospital, her eyes took in Hotch, Reid, Morgan and Strauss. Her eyes shifted and looked at the other side of JJ. She couldn't bare to look at her teammates and have them look at her. She knew that they knew what had happened to her, she very well knew that each one of them, minus Strauss, had been in Joe's workroom and had seen Joe inside her naked body.

"Emily," JJ said in a soft gentle voice.

"Don't." Emily said in a toneless voice still with her eyes at the white wall. "Don't treat me like a victim. I'm not a victim you know who very well did this to me. Case closed."

"The doctor said that you are able to go home with us, today if you would like. He has said that you need to be checked out by your doctor back home." JJ said.

"I'll get ready, but I would very like it if you all left me alone." Emily said still not turning her head to face her team mates.

"Of course." Hotch said and watched as Strauss led the group out of the room, only he and JJ remained behind. He watched as JJ tried once more to reach out to Emily.

"Emily, the doctor said that you are going to be very sore from where Joe had punched you in the stomach." JJ said. "If you would like, I could help you."

"No thank you." Emily said still mono tonelessly.

Hotch walked over and helped JJ to her feet and with one final look at the fallen agent they left the room closing the door behind them, Hotch made sure that his back was against the door so no one could look in the room, even by accident.

As soon as she heard the door close and she sensed that she was the only breathing human being in the room, Emily slowly pulled back the hospital covers from her hot body. She winched as she sat up she almost blacked out and fell backwards back onto the bed. She closed her eyes as she waited for her head to stomach spinning and waited to see if her stomach would settle down. She breathed a few deep breaths as she slowly opened her eyes once more. She moved more slowly than before as she got out of the bed and walked over to where a outfit was waiting for her. She turned around and saw that small window of her door was covered by a back. But she still didn't feel safe so she walked over to where the curtain was and drew it so that she couldn't see the door any longer.

She managed to remove the backless hospital grown and put on her fresh pair of underwear and her bra. She sat down with a winch and a soft grunt as she pulled on the black slacks. She carefully put her arms through her long sleeved button down forest green shirt and slowly button up the buttons. She managed to put on her socks and loafers. She stood to her feet and grabbed the leg length sweater and slipped it on. She button up the buttons and tied the belt around her waist. She turned and walked carefully past the curtain and towards the door that would led out of the room.

She put her hand on the knob and slowly turned it she watched as the white shirt that had been covering the window move. She took a deep breath and slowly opened the door wider, and she saw her team waiting in the hallway all eyes quickly shifting. They had been watching the door waiting for her to exist. Emily's eyes lowered to the floor. She couldn't look at them. "I'm ready to go."

"You have to sit in the wheelchair, Em, they won't let you leave if you don't." She heard JJ's voice in front of her. Emily looked at the wheel chair and bit her lip. She slowly turned around and eased herself into the chair. Her arms went to the wheel so she could wheel herself out but she winced in pain.

"Please trust me, to get you to the SUV." JJ said in a gentle voice above her.

Emily just nodded her head and she kept her eyes on her lap. She felt the chair began to move and she saw two pairs of shoes ahead of her and she knew that Reid and Morgan were leading the way out of the hospital. The wheel chair soon stopped and she saw the door of the SUV open up.

"Please trust me enough to get you into the SUV." JJ said to the right of her. Emily turned her head and found that JJ had knelt down so she was eye level with her. Emily swallowed around the lump and slowly nodded her head. She watched as JJ stood to her feet and gently put her hand on her upper arm. She stiffen. She felt JJ pause. "Just do it." Emily said in a monotone voice.

She felt herself being lifted up and carefully helped into the back seat of the SUV. "Trust me enough to help you buckle in and let me sit next to you." JJ said softly as her hand stayed on her arm. Emily simply nodded. She tensed up as JJ moved herself across from her and grabbed the seat belt and pulled it across her waist and shoulders. She felt closed in and confined but she knew that it was necessary because it was quite unsafe to be in a moving car without being buckled in.

She breathed easier when JJ was off of her and a few inches from her. She still felt that JJ was way to close to her but deep down she knew that JJ and the rest of the team wouldn't hurt her. But after everything that had happened to her it was hard to believe what she knew deep down to what the monster had done to her. She turned her face towards the window and just stared without seeing anything as the SUV started to move.

THE PLANE

"Please trust me enough to help you onto the plane, Em," JJ softly said twenty minutes later as Hotch stopped the SUV just outside of the jet that would take the team back to Quantico. Emily simply nodded and she soon felt JJ's hands on her arm once more and she was helped from the SUV and up the stairs to the jet. She sat down gratefully on the couch and JJ finally removed her hands from her body.

"Would you like some water?" JJ asked looking down at her. Emily shook her head. "You need to get something in your system, Emily, it's been hours since you had a proper meal." JJ said. Emily looked up into JJ's eyes, "I said no, ok." She quickly lowered her eyes once more.

"Ok." JJ said softly as she fought the tears from falling. She couldn't fall apart, not in front of the broken woman. "If you need anything, please let me know." She waited a beat for Emily to say something but the woman just remained silent.

JJ moved across and sat down on the couch opposite from Emily's couch. She wasn't going to move far from the broken woman. She saw that Reid had taken the seat that faced her own couch and that Morgan was sitting in the seat two down from Emily's couch and Hotch had taken a seat opposite Morgan, Strauss was sitting in the chair closest to the planes door. JJ turned her eyes back to Emily in case Emily needed her.

Emily felt the plane lift off the ground. She suddenly felt herself becoming sick. She leaned forward and suddenly she felt an arm on her back and a trash can in front of her. She vomited. She couldn't stop, although she had nothing in her system she started to have dry heaves. If it weren't for the arm around her than she would have fallen onto the ground. Tears rolled down her checks and she felt chills over come her as she kept dry heaving. She couldn't stop.

Emily finally leaned sideways into the waiting shoulder as she finally felt herself grow weaker from being sick. She had thankfully stopped dry heaving. She started shaking and couldn't control her shakes. She felt another arm wrap around her front and pull her even closer to the body. She closed her eyes and she knew no more.

Emily came around and found herself lying length wise on the couch and she knew she was still on the jet heading back to Virgina. Her vision began to come back to her and she found JJ kneeling in front of her with the widest and saddest blue eyes known to man kind. She closed her eyes once more trying to hide from JJ's pity gaze.

"Emily," JJ's soft voice entered and she slowly opened her eyes once more. "It's time to get of the plane."

Emily nodded and tried to sit up but her stomach protested.

"Please trust me enough to help you get off the plane and get you home." JJ said as she held out her hand for Emily to take.

Emily slowly nodded and allowed JJ to help her and lead her off the the plane past the other team mates. She felt JJ's strong gripe on her arm as she slowly led her to where her car was parked, Emily knew that someone had called ahead and asked for JJ's car to be parked just a few feet from where the jet would be landing. She was soon in JJ's car and JJ was bent over and pulling the seat belt around her once more. Emily just stared out of the front wind shield and waited for JJ to remove herself.

JJ removed herself from her position over Emily and softly closed the door and she moved around the front of her car to the drivers side. It was time to get Emily back home. She saw that the rest of the team were silently waiting for her to drive away before they went back to the office to write up the report. She got into the drivers side and quickly buckled in and drove off.

Out of the corner of her right eye JJ watched as Emily turned her head away from her and stare out of the window.

AT EMILY'S

JJ parked and turned off her car. She reached and unbuckled her seat belt. She turned and faced Emily's profile. "Please trust me enough to help you into your home, Em." She waited for Emily to respond.

Emily's head nodded. She listened as JJ got out of her side of the car and made her way to her own side. She turned her head to face the front window as JJ opened her door. She tensed up as JJ reached over her to unbuckle her seatbelt and gently remove it from her body. She could smell JJ's perfume and bath soap. She saw a hand in front of her and she slowly lifted her own and took hold of the offered hand. She allowed JJ to help her from the car and she felt JJ's hand on her waist as she shut the door.

She felt JJ remove her hand from her waist and back up to her upper arm, she allowed JJ to lead her to the front door where her door man held the door open. Emily tightened up when she and JJ stepped into the lift. She breathed easier as soon as the doors slid opened and JJ led her off of it.

She stopped outside her apartment door and wasn't at all surprised that JJ all ready had the key to her door in her hand. She watched as JJ's hand put the key in the lock and turned it with a steady hand. JJ pulled the key out and opened the door, she led Emily into the hallway and closed the door. Emily stiffened up as she heard the door lock.

"Please, Em, trust me enough to make sure you get comfortable in bed." JJ said as she took her hand off of the door.

Emily nodded because she felt how shaky her legs truly were and she knew she couldn't get herself into her bed on her own. She allowed the younger blond woman to lead her towards her living room where the staircase that would led up to her bedroom was. She had to put her hand on the railing as she slowly made her way up the stairs. She was relieved that JJ had her other side because she knew one false move and she would have fallen down the stairs and injured herself even more.

She watched as if she was out of her body and soul as JJ led her down the hallway to where her bedroom was. JJ led her into her room and gently helped her sit on her bed. "Please trust me enough to help you prepare for bed, Emily." She heard JJ said to the shell that she had become.

Emily watched as her head just nodded automatically. She watched as her body tensed up as JJ carefully unbutton her leg length sweater before she moved over to where her dresser was. She watched as JJ pulled out her silk pajama top and bottoms and move back over to where her body was sitting straight up and stiff as a board.

Emily kept a close eye on her outer body as JJ gently removed her shoes and socks. JJ slowly and ever so carefully started to unbutton her shirt and carefully helped her remove it from her chest. JJ carefully helped her into a standing position and carefully unbutton her button and zipped down her zipper. She watched as she stiffened even more as JJ carefully pulled her slacks down to her knee and than allowed the slacks to fall to the ground. JJ helped her sit back on the bed and than she watched as JJ knelt in front of her and lifted first her right leg than her left to remove the slacks. JJ reached across her and picked up a fresh pair of panties and looked into her eyes. She saw her body nod a tight nod and JJ carefully removed her panties keeping her eyes lowered as she slipped the fresh pair on and up. JJ carefully put her leg back on her lap. JJ carefully put her leg into the left side of her pajama bottoms and than she did the same with the right leg. She watched as JJ stood to her feet and helped her up to a standing position once more so she could kneel down once more and slowly pull up the bottoms to cover her once more.

She watched as JJ gently helped her back onto the bed and carefully helped her slip the top over her bruised shoulders and arms. JJ slowly button up her top and than leaned forward and reached behind her and unclasped her bra. JJ pulled back, carefully reached into her right side of the top and carefully slid her strap down her arm, than she watched as JJ carefully moved sideways so she could reach into the right sleeve and grasp the bra strap from that end, she carefully brought out the bra.

Emily simply watched as JJ carefully helped her shell shocked body to stand once more and reach over and pulled back the comforter and sheets from her bed. She watched as JJ carefully helped her body lay length wise on the bed and carefully pulled the sheet and the blanket up to cover her shaking body.

"Please trust me enough to stay until you have fallen asleep, Em." JJ said as she looked down at the broken woman. She waited for a response but she got nothing, expect Emily closing her eyes and tightening up once more. She knew that if she didn't get Emily's permission to stay than she would do more harm by staying than anything else. She waited a few more minutes before she turned and walked towards the door. She stopped midway there and turned and looked at the bed. "If you need me anytime, day or night than call me please." She turned and left the bedroom.

Emily opened her eyes as she listened for the sound of JJ leaving her apartment and when she got the sign she began to breath a little easier. But than Joe's face came to her mind once more and she could feel his hands and his scent over come her and she began to shake and sob silent tears.

END CHAPTER TWO