Emily woke up the next morning on the ground. Her head was throbbing and she felt sore in multiple different places from the beating she receiving from Daniel, the night prior. She told herself that she deserved, which is what helped get herself up from the floor. She changed her clothes for work and by the time she came out, Daniel was waiting for her.

"Where the hell are you going?" He asked, Emily could smell the alcohol on his breath. So this is what he did while she was gone; got drunk. However, it wasn't very surprising to her because he was drunk when she got home too, most of the time.

"I have to go to work." Emily replied and trying to go to the door, but Daniel pushed her back.

"Sure, you're going to work to see that guy that you're secretly seeing." Emily rolled her eyes. "I still can't believe he doesn't see you for the whore and bitch you are. It only took me a week to see it and him…I got admire that he has probably putting up with you because of the job. Yeah that's it."

Emily sighed, she has worked there a couple of months and so far no one really was friends with her or at least tried to besides Reid and occasionally Penelope. She was nice and JJ was, but Reid was the only that willingly talked to her.

Then there was a knock at the door and Daniel pushed Emily away. He opened the door and there was Reid. "Hi." Reid said and Emily sighed. This was not good.

"Who the hell are you? And what are you doing here?" He asked him and Reid frowned, he wasn't getting a good impression of him.

"My name is Spencer Reid. I work with Emily, is she here?" Reid asked and he glanced back at Emily; she knew this wouldn't end well for her.

"She already left." Daniel lied, Emily tried to get up, but that wouldn't do any good for her.

"Oh, so you're her…boyfriend?" He asked.

"Why? Is she doing something with someone else?" Daniel asked. Emily didn't have to worry about this answer.

"No. She just told me about you. She is crazy about you." Reid said, awkwardly. "Anyway, I have to go." Emily really didn't want him and she wished she could scream for him, but Daniel would kill her if she did and he wasn't doing anything so there was no need to scream. Daniel closed the door and Reid left the house.

Daniel turned to Emily angrily and Emily knew that that wasn't a good sign. "Seriously? I thought you could do better than that." Daniel stated. "But I guess it works, he is probably a worthless piece of crap like you. So naturally he would like you." Emily didn't like that, now she was angry. She was used to Daniel saying those things about her, but not her team. Not Reid.

"He is twice the man you are. Even more." Emily said as she stood up.

"What did you say, bitch?!" Daniel asked, loudly.

"Reid is my friend and frankly, I—anyone would be lucky to be with him. I mean, I'm with you and frankly, anyone would be better. You just hurt people when they don't do what you want." She stated and then she fell to the ground after being punched.

"Shut up. You're going to regret it."

"I have regretted every minute—every second spent with you." She said, panting. She punched her again and now jaw was bleeding.

"You're really going to regret it. Because you are number 37." He said and Emily's eyes widened. This couldn't be happening. They had been on a case, looking for this murderer for over a week and she's been living with him this whole time. "And I am going to take care of you. You're special unlike those others."

"You're the UNSUB." Emily mumbled, she tried to get away, but Daniel grabbed her by her hair and started hitting and punching again. "Where's that guy now?!" He asked her as she yelped in pain, but nobody was nearby to help. He was going to kill her and get away with it.

"Now for my favorite part." He said as he unbuckled his pants. Emily struggled, but held her down. Soon he started to strip her and it begun; it wouldn't stop.

"Has anyone seen Emily?" Reid asked and no one seemed to know.

"Haven't seen her all day." Morgan said. "Maybe she's sick."

"I went to her house and her boyfriend said she left." Reid told them. He could tell something was off. Something was definitely wrong. As Reid was thinking, he was snapped away from those thoughts as JJ and Hotch came into the room, along with Penelope on video chat.

"Olivia gave us a sketch and it's a good one." JJ said and put it on the table for all the agents to see.

"Let me see that." Reid said and took the sketch. He recognized the photo, and it wasn't just because of his eidetic memory; it was because he just saw that man. He was sure he knew who that man was.

"Reid, do you know this man?" Hotch asked him.

"Yeah, if I'm right, this isn't good." Reid asked. "Garcia, I need you to cross this photo with the first name, Daniel." Everyone looked at Reid confused, but Penelope did what she was asked and came up with one result.

"I got it." Penelope said, as she read what came up on her screen.

"What did you find, Garcia?" Hotch asked.

"His name is Daniel Stevens, 48, he is a retired war veteran." Penelope said. "Oh god, he has a big record. Multiple assaults, some theft, and even a rape."

"Tell us about the assaults, Baby girl." Morgan said.

"All of them towards woman, ages range from 21 to 39, most of them involve stab wounds or him beating them." Penelope said. "And they have all been his girlfriends. He has been in anger management when he was in his teens after getting into a fight with two upperclassmen girls."

"Doesn't look like there was any sort of trigger. He's just full of rage and takes it out on his girlfriends." Morgan said.

"Tell us about the rape." Rossi asked.

"Against 29 year old, Samantha Adams. She came home late from work, where he was waiting for her and she was beaten and then raped by him when she walked into the door. After the charges were filed, she was found dead in an alley."

"This has got to be our UNSUB." Rossi said.

"Show us a recent picture." JJ said and they saw the picture and Reid's theory was correct. He ran his his hands through his hair and then covered his face. He was starting to freak out. "Reid?" JJ asked.

"Do you know this man?" Hotch asked.

"I met him this morning." He stated. "He's Emily's boyfriend."

"Oh god." Penelope said, hearing that.

"I knew something was up with wrong the minute I saw him. And then minute I heard Emily talking to him. Something wasn't right and I ignored it." Reid said, he was blaming himself.

"Spence, she wouldn't have told you anyway. I don't think she would have told anyone, especially if this guy is hurting or threatening her." JJ said.

"He's doing both." Reid stated.

"How do you know?" Morgan asked.

"She had cuts and bruises all over her face, she cut her hand, she was jumpy, so many signs of abuse. And I doubt she would have stayed if she wasn't threatened herself or others." Reid said.

"Or maybe the opposite." Morgan said. "I mean a lot of women stay in abusive relationships because they feel like the man is doing that to help. Makes them feel weak." Reid didn't want to believe that, but he knew it was a possibility.

"Garcia, we need Prentiss' address." Hotch said and Garcia pulled it right up and gave it to them. "We need to go now. Prentiss isn't here and we all are pretty sure we know where she is. There is no telling what the UNSUB is doing to her."

Emily was blacking in and out as Daniel raped her. She tried multiple times to fight back, but eventually she stopped and used what little energy she had to try and stay alive. She fought the pain. All of it. Emotional pain. And physical pain.

Daniel left her there for multiple minutes and she felt unable to move. She looked around and didn't like where she was. Blood and pain. Those were words that she knew described her and her situation.

She knew her team was on the job and she would probably die since no one knew what was happening. Daniel was going to get away with and there was nothing she could do. He would soon do the job of actually killing her.

Daniel came back when he realized Emily was still alert. "That was fun, now time for the best part. For you anyway, I mean you deserve to die so this should be fun for you." He said and Emily gave everything she got and picked him in his nuts.

She used what she had to shuffle and crawl away. She eventually got to her feet, a little advantage since Daniel was in pain after being kicked. She grabbed the phone and dialed a number.

"Reid." She said, but then felt Daniel grabbing her and she dropped the phone, but not before letting out a scream. "NO! HELP!" Daniel made the phone break and then started to beat Emily some more until she was close to blacking out again.

He stabbed her and she yelled out as the sharp blade pierced her side. Tears escaped her eyes as she felt in again. "Goodbye." Daniel said, happily and as he was about to take her life away, Hotch, Reid, Morgan, and the others came bursting through the door.

"Daniel Stevens, you are under arrest for the murders of 5 woman, abuse and attempted murder of Emily Prentiss." Hotch said. "Put the knife down and put your hands on you head."

"She deserves to die. She is nothing but worthless, stupid shit." Daniel said. He was holding the knife to her neck now. She was barley conscious and they could see that.

"Put the knife down." Hotch said once again. Daniel looked to Reid, who looked angry, holding the gun at him. He smiled at Reid.

"I am going to prison one way or another, doesn't mean she gets to live." Daniel said and as he moved the knife to cut her, Reid shot him in the head and he was dead. Reid then went and took Emily in his arms.

"Emily. Emily, can you hear me?" He said. He took her hand, he hoped to god she was still alive. He couldn't lose her.

"R-Reid." She said in a whisper.

"We need a medic in here." Hotch said, Emily was in bad shape. Reid tried to stop the bleeding, she had already lost a lot of blood.

"Stay with me, Emily. It's okay. You're going to be okay. He's gone, he won't hurt you." Reid said as she started to black out. "Stay with me, Emily."

Daniel's dead, but will Emily survive?

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