Author's Note: I apologize if this gets redundant, it's hard to do both POV's without repeating the exact same information =/
The next day the team came into the conference room expecting a clue. It seemed to be a daily occurrence for the kidnapper to send them something. Again Maria was the bearer of bad news and mail. Today it was a small box. When opened, the box contained a tape recorder. Hotch pressed play.
"Tell me about your team," the kidnapper calmly said, with an obviously altered voice.
"My t-team? What a-a-about them?" Penelope said sounding very out of it.
"What do you think about Aaron Hotchner?"
"Hotch? He's the family leader. He keeps us grounded and keeps us going no matter the case. He's an amazing dad to Jack and to all of our team. He's our strength and I hope we can help him with any struggles he faces. I just want him to find happiness again," she spoke slowly and slightly slurred her speech.
"Agent Rossi?" the kidnapper was very calm.
"Rossi is our father figure and my role model. He's the closest thing I have to a father right now. I am so thankful that he came back to the BAU. He's also such a jokester and he just makes me so happy."
"What about Agent Jareau?"
"J-JJ?," they heard her stutter, "JJ is the best friend that anyone can ask for and I am lucky to have her as mine. She's so strong and will always be there for me. I've always needed someone to keep my head up, and she is certainly an answer to a prayer. I love and miss my best friend so much," they could hear her voice almost break.
"Spencer Reid?"
"Reid. My Boy Wonder. My little brother. He always makes me smile and laugh with his unnecessary facts that truly are enjoyed. He is so genuine and such a good person overall. He, too, deserves all of the happiness in the world."
"And Derek. Morgan?" they heard him say it slowly, making it mean more.
"Derek," they heard a deep sigh, "He is the person I know will always be there for me. He knows more about me than I know about myself. He is more than my best friend; he is my God-Given Solace," Derek just closed his eyes and clenched his fists as he heard her sob.
There was another long pause before, "Well, that is all very nice…" the kidnapper was cut off.
"My family will come for me! They will find me! They are all I have…" Penelope yelled at her kidnapper.
"I am not so sure about that….you may want to say your goodbye to your team…" A shuffling of feet was heard on the tape recorder.
"No. Please. No. Don't. Ahh-" Then the recorder went silent. The team was all paralyzed at what they had just heard.
They rushed the tape to Kevin, hoping to get a clean sound clip of the kidnapper's voice. But, "His voice was altered through at least 3 different techniques. I can't get a clean sound of his voice from the tape recorder," Kevin said sadly.
Garcia:
Later that day, her kidnapper came back in. She heard a click and looked up at him. She felt extra groggy at that moment.
"Tell me about your team," she heard him say calmly.
"My t-team? What a-a-about them?" Penelope responded, hearing herself sound odd.
"What do you think about Aaron Hotchner?" She wasn't sure where this was going...
"Hotch? He's the family leader. He keeps us grounded and keeps us going no matter the case. He's an amazing dad to Jack and to all of our team. He's our strength and I hope we can help him with any struggles he faces. I just want him to find happiness again," she spoke slowly to make her speech come out as straight as possible.
"Agent Rossi?" he said, almost too calm.
"Rossi is our father figure and my role model. He's the closest thing I have to a father right now. I am so thankful that he came back to the BAU. He's also such a jokester and he just makes me so happy," she said thinking about her family. Why was he asking about them? How did he even know their names?
"What about Agent Jareau?"
"J-JJ?" she choked on the words. "JJ is the best friend that anyone can ask for and I am lucky to have her as mine. She's so strong and will always be there for me. I've always needed someone to keep my head up, and she is certainly an answer to a prayer. I love and miss my best friend so much," she said trying to keep her composure together.
"Spencer Reid?" he said as if he were asking her about the weather today.
"Reid. My Boy Wonder. My little brother. He always makes me smile and laugh with his unnecessary facts that truly are enjoyed. He is so genuine and such a good person overall. He, too, deserves all of the happiness in the world," man, did she miss her little brother.
"And Derek. Morgan?" he enunciated each name just enough to make her heart stop shortly.
"Derek," she paused for a moment before deeply sighing, "He is the person I know will always be there for me. He knows more about me than I know about myself. He is more than my best friend; he is my God-Given Solace," she was able to say before a sob overtook her.
There was another long pause before, "Well, that is all very nice…" but she cut him off.
"My family will come for me! They will find me! They are all I have…" Penelope bravely yelled before the last statement nearly destroyed her courage.
"I am not so sure about that….you may want to say your goodbye to your team…" he said while rushing towards her.
"No. Please. No. Don't. Ahh-" she heard a click and suddenly her side was writhing with pain and her life went black.