A/N: I don't know about you, but I am beyond excited about "The Road Home" and "200"
Enjoy!
Hotch and Morgan sat in the living room of the person they suspected had last seen JJ. Tina and Robert Riggs, the parents of the now deceased Tiffany Riggs, looked as though they were still in shock. Hotch didn't blame them, they had lost their daughter to a serial killer just a week before, and now the FBI was making them relive their last memories of their daughter.
That had been JJ's job.
Morgan and Hotch were there now, to speak about JJ, and to hope that the Riggs' had seen something, anything.
"She wasn't here long," Robert said softly, taking a sip of his water. "Maybe an hour."
"What was the last thing she said to you?" Morgan inquired.
The two looked at each other and this time, Tina spoke up. "She said she was sorry for our loss, that from what she could tell, Tiffany was a wonderful young lady." Tina didn't bother to hide her tears. "And.. and that she was going to do whatever she could to bring her killer to justice." As if a light bulb went off over Tina's head, and the fog cleared. "Wait. Is Agent Jareau alright?" She felt horrible, neither her nor her husband had even bothered to ask why the FBI was here asking about one of their own.
Morgan looked to Hotch, and out of respect, he let his boss explain. "We have not been able to make contact with Agent Jareau since she left your house. We have reason to be concerned."
Tina's hand flew over her mouth as the cogs in her head began to turn. "Wait. Agent Jareau looked like Tiffany. Blonde hair, blue eyes. You don't think he…"
Hotch nodded, confirming to the couple what the BAU was suspecting. "I do. And that is why if you remember anything, please." He reached over and handed them a business card with his number on it. "Please, call."
The couple nodded and walked the two agents to the door. Hotch and Morgan were halfway to the SUV when they saw Tina come running out towards them, waving her hands frantically in a desperate effort to get their attention.
"Agent Morgan, Agent Hotchner." She gasped. "I remembered something!"
Morgan and Hotch looked at her, silently urging her to go on. "I am not sure if it is important, or even if you knew about it. I found it odd that she was wearing long sleeves and it's the dead of summer. At one point, Robert accidently spilled some water on her neck and sleeve and she jumped at it. She rolled her sleeve up to try and dry it and there.." She paused and calmed herself. "There was a huge bruise on her wrist."
Morgan looked to her, a bruise? Knowing JJ, she could have gotten it from anything, more than likely from working out at the gym.
"Agent Morgan." Tina seemed to be able to read his thoughts. "I know its just a bruise, but this one, it looked just like a hand. You could see the finger marks and hand print." Another pause. "And she had one on her neck, too."
"We didn't see a bruise on her neck." Hotch looked to Morgan for confirmation. How in the hell had they missed that?
Tina shook her head. "She immediately reached up from the water that had splattered and dried it off her neck, using her sleeve she dried it off. When she wiped it off, it took off the concealer. I saw it agents, it looked as though someone had grabbed her around the neck and choked her."
Hotch looked at Morgan. What the hell was going on?