All Things Happen For A Reason

I don't own Criminal Minds. Some violence might be unsuitable for some.

Chapter 3

In the early morning hours, Master wakes both the girls.

"You, get breakfast started." Master says to Meg. "You, into the bedroom. NOW!" Master yells at Emily. Emily walks into the bedroom. She doesn't even put up a fuss. Once they both are in the bedroom, Master says, "We're going to shower together. You're going to wash my hair. And then maybe a little fun. For me of course. I have to go and work all day."

"Sure sir, whatever." Emily didn't really seem to have the flare she had when she came. Master knew right then and there that he broke her. And he was SO happy.

The shower didn't take too long. And Emily was thankful the 'fun' part didn't take long either. She was unable to go to her happy place and had to live through the whole horrible thing. Then they went out to the table to eat breakfast. Emily just moved her food around on her plate. Meg felt so bad for Emily. She planned to talk to Emily after Master left for the day. They finished breakfast and Master was leaving for work.

"Here's your lunch Master. Have a good day." Meg says, smiling.

"I will, thanks to that one over there." Master points to Emily. Then he leaves. Emily just sits at the table and stares at it. This concerns Meg.

"Emily, what did he mean by that?"

"Nothing kid. Let's get started on our chores." Emily says, the same way Meg was when Emily met her.

JJ hesitated walking into work. She wasn't sure how things were going to be between Dave and her. She didn't know what that kiss meant last night, but she wasn't sure how she was feeling about this.

Reid and Rossi walk in. JJ and Rossi make eye contact. JJ goes into her office and shuts the door. Reid can sense some tension.

"What's up with you and JJ?"

"We went to dinner last night. I don't know if she was ready to go out. I need to go talk to her and straighten this out." Dave starts for JJ's office.

"Dave, you might want to wait until about lunch time. Right now she's usually quite cranky. I think it's the whole no coffee thing. Not being about to have any caffeine really gets to her. Besides, I was hoping you could look at this case file. Something about a Senator's daughter being kidnapped like a month or so ago. It's on my desk." Reid and Rossi walk over to Reid's desk and they became engrossed in the file.

Derek and Aaron drop off their day bags at the hotel and start out on their search for Emily. Aaron's cell phone rings.

"Hotchner."

"Hey Aaron. It's Dave. There's a case that I thought might interest you."

"Can you hold the case for another twenty-four hours. Then I'll talk about the case. Emily needs me to help her and we're not going to give up. But a twenty-four hour window to concentrate just on Emily will make me feel better. I'll call you tomorrow. Set the file on my desk. How's JJ?"

"She and I went out for dinner last night. She was having fun until we… we kissed. It was an accident. But she didn't handle it too well. How do you think I should handle this?"

"Well, JJ's always been an up front person. She faces things head on. So I'd have to say, go talk to her. Do beat around the bush. Be direct. But also be gentle. She's been through a lot. Then you have to tell me what happens. But I'll call you. I need to make sure I have open access to my phone. So could you make sure no one there calls me? Only if it has to do with Emily or Jack. Now I'll call you back later." Aaron closes his cell phone and focuses on his grid map.

"So how's JJ doing?" Derek asks, sensing that Aaron's just got some more bad news.

"She went out to dinner with Dave and they kissed. She freaked and walked out on him. He didn't know how to handle JJ."

"Wow. That's some news. Okay, now where are we heading to?" Derek asks, while driving to the next exit off the highway.

"I think if we get off on Jessup road, we can go to the supermarket. We'll asks around and show her picture. Then we'll go from there." Aaron says, plotting his next course of action. He always likes to have a plan to fall back on.

At about lunch time, Emily still hadn't said more than a few words to Meg. They just did laundry and baked. Meg was waiting for Emily to tell her what happened in the bedroom. Finally, Meg just comes out and asks her.

"Emily, what happened in the bedroom?" Meg watches her reaction as she thinks of the moment.

"He made me shower with him. He raped me in the shower. Now if we don't get to the floor, there will be hell to pay." Emily says, like she was just talking about someone accidentally knocking over a glass of milk. Meg figured Emily experienced that time fully. Meg had done that a few times. What could she really say, she was running out of happy places.

"Emily, why are you acting like it was nothing? Why aren't you crying and angry? The first time I really felt the pain, I cried and screamed when he left. Maybe you should scream or cry. Swear or do what you need to do to vent. God knows how many more days, weeks, or even moths we're going to be here. I can help you get through it too."

"Thanks honey, but if I break down now then I might not have the strength to pull myself together." Emily smiles a sad fake smile.

"Hey! What do you have in you bag?" Meg lights up at the thought of a phone or radio.

"My cell phones in there. But I don't think I could get signal this far up in the forest. But we can try." Emily quickly goes to her bag and retrieves her cell phone. She opens it and sees one bar. So she dials Aaron's cell phone. It rings, but it's crackly and in and out. He answers.

"Hotchner."

"Ho..t. He…lp. W..e are u..p the for..st. Hu…rry. I don..cell." And the phone goes dead. Aaron reacts by reaching out like he was trying to grab at an Emily in his mind.

"Emily! EM! Hello! Are you still there?" Aaron yells. Derek pulls over to the side of the road. He looks at Aaron and waits for him to tell him what she said. "Damn! The line went dead!" He dials Pen's cell phone and waits.

"What's the news boss man?"

"Pen, she just called! Can you lock on her phone now?" He waits will she does her magic on her babies. He can hear the click-click of the computer keys. "I have it narrowed down to two counties. Burtski and Devine counties. Most of those counties are deep forests. But I do have about two dozen cabins in those two counties. Do you have a fax number and I can send the list with address and names?"

"Yes, we're staying at the comfort inn in Sheridan. The fax number is 901-555-0101. We're going to head back to the hotel and we'll call you soon." Aaron hangs up. "Turn back around and go back to the hotel. We have a little bit of good news. We're down to two counties. Garcia came through. But she says that the counties are mostly forests. We have about two dozen cabins to check out. I think we're getting close!" Aaron says, excited and scared.

"What did Em say?"

"It was hard to understand. It sounded like help. And something like for…maybe forest. She's in trouble. I can feel it. We need to get the LEO of Sheridan involved. The more we have looking, the faster we can find her.

"Damn! My phone dropped the call. Let's get the charger and plug it in. If we can keep it charged, then every time he leaves we can try to call again. Could you get the charger out of my bag? I'm going to try to call him again." While Meg goes into the bedroom to look for the charger, Emily opens the cell phone and pushes the redial button. Aaron's phone rings.

"Hotchner."

"CABIN!" The phone call drops. Emily knows he has to know that they were in a cabin. Aaron hangs up.

Emily tries his cell again.

"Emily?"

"FOREST!" The call drops. Aaron's caught on to what Emily's doing. So he hangs up and waits. Emily tries one more time.

"Emily?"

"30 miles from town!" She yells and the phone dies. Meg comes out with the charger.

"Emily, the charger's a bust. It looks like a mouse chewed through the cord. We can try to charge it anyway. The worst case is it won't charge." Meg says, putting the attachment into the phone and then the plug into the wall. It started charging. The girls cheered in triumph. Then they hear a car outside and quickly hide the cell phone. Seconds later Master walks in.

"Have you guys finished your chores?"

"No sir. We thought we had until five-thirty. We're still working." Meg says, scared. She's wondering what he's doing home so early.

"Sir, no disrespect, but what are you doing home so early?" Emily asks. She gets a back hand to her face.

"I will do as I please. I don't need your permission to come home and see my girls." He puts a hand around the back of each girls' head. "I wanted a little afternoon delight." Master laughs. Both the girls are afraid about who he's going to pick.

Aaron waits for Emily to call again. But the longer the wait, the more he's afraid she got caught.

"Okay, we know she said 'cabin, forest, 30 miles from town'. So when we get back to the hotel and get the fax, we need to look at the addresses that will fit this description." Aaron's heart races at the thought of finding Emily. He still has no idea that Meg is with Emily.

Derek pulls in to the hotel parking lot. Before Derek can bring the car to a stop, Aaron's door is open and he's jumping out of the moving car. He rushes into the hotel.

"Excuse me! Do you have a fax for Agent Hotchner?"

"Yes sir." The hotel clerk hands the papers to Aaron.

"Thank you." Aaron says, not facing her, but still remembering his manners. He pulls out a marker and his cell phone. He calls Pen and looks at the addresses.

"Talk to me boss man."

"Pen, she was able to call, but had a few hard core words. She was able to give me 'cabin, forest, 30 miles from town'. Now I need you to help me trim this list with what we know. Call me back." Aaron says, sitting down. He looks at the list and lets the profiler side of him go to work. He has twenty-four names and addresses to weed through. He doesn't believe that a couple would fit the profile of taking her. So he concentrates on single males. Age ranging from thirty to fifty. He must have anger issues with women. Since he believes that Emily's the only abducted person, he has no other victims to compare with Emily. Aaron's cell phone rings.

"Hotchner."

"Hey boss man, I've trimmed the list by eighteen. So there are still six suspects. Oh and Rossi wanted me to let you know that the case he was trying to get you to take a look at? Well the case was an abduction of a senator's daughter. She's almost eighteen, but the police didn't take the family seriously. Finally, senator Holliwall called senator Prentiss. He then in turn called to speak with you. Since you weren't here, Rossi took the call. Hotch, she's been missing for nearly two months. Her car was found in a mall parking lot. No sign of foul play. So the police thought she just walked away. Do you want the rest of the team to go take the case?"

"Yeah. You go with them and leave Kevin there to help me. Now give me the list of six I still have to look into."

"Okay. We have:

1. John Logan

1410 Hideaway Lane

2. Craig Clifton

410 River Walk Road

3. Miles Heartman

102 Frame Lane

4. M. Vansuckle

2122 Circle Parkway

This one is unknown if it's a man or woman. No records of what 'M' stands for.

5. Jin Wongfu

5235 Sugar hill Street

6. Ray Runningfoot

632 Patty Drive

We couldn't get any records of any importance. Someone lost all the software for the state. And there has been a problem finding someone to do the foot work. Even if they did, it could take days, maybe even weeks. Time we don't have. I thought it would take less time to have you go to each door and get your profiler bad ass radar to work. Plus, you could ask to look around if the consent to it." That's when Aaron comes up with an idea that he thinks will shorten the search. He needed to find Emily and help with the senator's case.

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