"Hotchner." Aaron quickly answered his cell, as it rang.
"How is she?" Garcia asked on the other end of the line.
"As good as you could expect. What have you got Garcia?"
"Well, Dallas Jones had a wife, Julie Jones. They had three kids together, McKenzie 8, Emma 6 and Willow 5."
"All girls?"
"Yes and missing persons reports have been filed for all three children this afternoon."
"What?" Hotch questioned. "He's taken more children?"
"Yes."
"What?" Prentiss enquired, gazing deeply into Hotch's eyes.
"Garcia, check for reports of any other missing children in the area. There may be more."
"One step ahead of you boss man." Garcia chimed down the phone. "One other report filed today in the local area. Another little girl, Chloe Sanders, age 3. Mothers name is Michelle."
"Thanks Garcia, send the address and contact numbers of Julie Jones and Michelle Sanders."
"On their way, Garcie out."
"Hotch what's going on?" Emily asked as he flipped his cell shut.
"Dallas Jones was married with three kids, today all three children went missing, along with another girl, Chloe Sanders. We're not sure if Chloe's connected, but we're going to find out."
Emily wrapped her arms around Hotch's waist, holding him close. He squeezed her tightly, pressing a soft kiss to the top of her head.
"Morgan!" Hotch called out, still holding Prentiss in a vice like grip.
"What do ya need?" Morgan asked as he came into the room.
Hotch explained to Morgan what information Garcia had given them and then asked him to call Mrs Jones, to find out if she knew anything that could help them, while he called Mrs Sanders to find out if she had had her own encounter with Dallas.
"Hello, is this Michelle Sanders." Hotch asked
"Yes, who's this?" The voice sounded timid.
"I'm Agent Hotchner with the FBI, I'm calling to ask you a couple of quick questions that may help us find your daughter."
"FBI? Oh my God, what's happened? The FBI don't just stop what they're doing to find a missing child."
Hotch let out a sigh. "Four other little girls have been taken today and they have all been connected to a man named Dallas Jones. Does that name mean anything to you?"
"Oh God." The line went quiet for a short while.
"Ma'am?"
"Yes, yes." Hotch could here the woman crying down the phone. "He's her father. Biologically."
Hotch continued to ask Michelle anything that might help them find her daughter… and Emily's. Unfortunately she hadn't seen Dallas since the night he had raped her, she didn't even know he knew about Chloe. She told them where he worked at the time and the bar he used to like to drink in.
He thanked her and then shut his cell, turning to Prentiss, who now seemed a lot calmer. "You okay?" He inwardly beat himself for asking her that. "Stupid question, never mind."
Hotch then called Garcia to ask her to send the information on the two place Michelle had told him about.
As he finished his call with Garcia, David Rossi sprang into the room. "What took you so long?"
"Sorry, traffic was awful."
"Is Reid here yet?"
"Yeah, he's with Morgan." Rossi looked around the room. "Where's JJ?"
"Getting Hope's picture to the media." Hotch replied. "That reminds me." He pulled out his cell again. "Garcia, send pictures of Dallas and the other children to JJ and ask her to release them to the media with Hope's"
Hotch filled everyone in on what was going on and all the new information they had found out.
Morgan was now going to go to talk to Mrs Jones in person and try to get any information they could. Rossi and Reid where going to hit the place Mrs Sander said Dallas worked at, Garcia confirmed that he still worked there now. She couldn't however find his address as it said he was still living with his ex-wife, which was not the case. And Hotch and Emily headed to the bar that Dallas Jones was known for drinking in.
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