JJ's head ached as she awoke from her stupor. The room spun around and she moved her hand to stabilize her head, but her hand stopped before it got to her head.
What the hell? She looked down at her wrists. The metal shackles connected her to the chair she was in. She struggled against the chains looking for a weak link. The chains didn't budge, and she stopped when she felt the warm trickle of her blood seep out from under the chains. JJ glanced around the room; nothing gave her any idea of where she was or who had taken her. A creaking noise alerted her.
"Good Morning Agent Jareau." A deep voiced man said walking into the room. JJ's body tensed with fear, but she gave the man a look trying not to show it. "What no hello? I thought you had better manners."
The man stood behind JJ and stroked her hair. "I've been waiting for this."
"Who the hell are you!" JJ snarled jerking her head as far forward as she could to get away from his hands. He grabbed her hair and pulled, her head smacked into the back of the chair. JJ bit her lip trying not to yelp in pain.
"You don't remember me?" The man whispered in her ear. Her skin crawled at his words, and she turned her head trying to distance herself from him. He moved to be in front of her.
"Curtis." She gasped, "No, you died in the explosion." She shook her head as if trying to wake herself from a bad dream.
He grabbed her chin forcing her to look into his eyes. "I wasn't finished yet." He smiled rubbing her cheek with his thumb, before letting go of her and walking back to the door. He glanced back at his prize and shut the door, shrouding JJ in darkness.
"Good morning." Agent Hotchner chirped to is team, walking past them with a cup of coffee. He stopped at the empty desk that usually held the blonde agent. He turned to Reid and Morgan, and gave them a quizzical look.
"Got me. She's usually the first one here." Morgan replied to the unspoken question
"Actually one of the first people at any working building is the maintenance crew making sure that all of the electrical, plumbing, and cleaning has been done. Most come around 3 am, also known as the tail end of a graveyard shif-"
"We get it Doc." Morgan interrupted "Maybe she's just late."
"No, her car is parked where it usually is." Rossi stated joining the group in the main room.
Reid shifted his weight in his chair, obviously uncomforted by Rossi's words. He cleared his throat breaking the awkward silence in the group. "Then where is she?" He asked the concern in his voice building, as he looked to his unit chief.
"I'll check with security, maybe she's just running a few errands in the building." He replied, knowing it was a long shot but was trying to ease the tension. He began to walk to his office
"And if not?" Rossi asked
Hotch turned to Rossi but didn't voice his answer. Everyone knew what it would mean if she wasn't in the building. Hotch gave him a weary smile and entered his office.
"Reid want to go down to the parking garage with me?" Morgan said rising from his seat. Reid answered by grabbing his jacket and bolting over to the elevator.
"I'm coming too!" Rossi yelled striding to meet the two agents at the elevator. Morgan held the door open for him and the three made their descent to the bottom floor.
The three men walked up to JJ's car. Morgan felt the hood, feeling for some sort of indication that it was used recently. "It's freezing." The glow in Reid's eyes quickly vanished "a car's engine would keep the car hood warm for over 3.5 hours after a person finished driving. " he sounded defeated
Rossi rubbed his head with his left hand and pulled out his cell phone. "Hotch. Get Garcia to run a trace of JJ's phone. Yeah we have a problem."
Morgan punched the wall in anger "Dammit!" Reid examined the vehicle and crouched to the ground. He cocked his head to the side.
"Hey guys, there's something under the car." Reid shouted over Morgan's outburst of anger. Rossi crouched near Reid, who was already squirming under the car to grab the mystery object.
"What is it Reid?" Derek asked biting his thumb trying to control his anger.
Reid sat up holding the object up to the other agents. "It looks like a button, or a pendant."
"CSU needs to process it, maybe there's a print on it." Rossi replied, squinting at the pin.
Morgan remained silent scanning the area around. How did this happen? There's got to be something that we're missing. His eyes kept searching around, looking for a break. His gaze stopped on the farthest corner of the ceiling. The surveillance tape. "The tape." Derek grumbled obviously upset with himself for not thinking of it beforehand. "We need to check the tape."
Garcia's fingers fluttered over her computer keys trying to access the surveillance tape footage for the parking garage. "And…I've… got it." Garcia said finally halting her fingers. "Oh my god." She gasped "JJ" her hand covered her gaping mouth.
The black and white video showed the unknowing blonde reaching her car. Before the man dressed in all black surprised her. She struggled against him, punching and kicking him, trying to break free of his grasp, and then she went limp. Morgan turned away from the video, his hand pressed against his head.
"This guy was waiting for her. He knew exactly where she parked, where the cameras were. This guy-" Morgan couldn't find the words.
"he's been watching her." Reid continued
Rossi pinched the bridge of his nose. "We need to tell Hotch."
"Hey CSU got a match to a partial print on the button." Reid said running into the conference room. The rest of the team broke their concentration to hear the Doctor's words.
"Who is this Son of a Bitch?" Morgan asked
"John Curtis."
"No" Rossi gasped, "You're sure?"
"Yeah CSU triple checked. It's him." Reid paused. "The Replicator is alive."
"And he has JJ." Morgan added, putting his head in his hands.
Here's the second chapter. I hope you like it. I wanted to do just a chapter about the team. I know it was probably boring, but its kind of necessary. The next chapter will definitely be more fast paced. Well comment, review, follow, favorite, do whatever floats your boat. I'll try to update soon. :) thanks for reading!
