Chapter 4

Flashback:

It was summer of "76, Six year old Emily was running through the meadow running her hands through the flowers. She stopped when she reached a clearing. She saw a red fruit with black dots and a green top growing on a vine near a big tree. She ran over picking a few up and placing it in her bag with the flowers and ran home. "Nana Sophie, Nana Sophia, Emily cried excitedly to her caregiver. I brought these for you she announced pulling an assortment of wild flowers from her bag. "Well thank you very much sugar plum, her Nana replied. Nana Sophie took a vase out of the cabinet and placed the flowers in the center of the kitchen table. Emily beamed. "Okay well I'll see you later", Emily called out running off. "No running sugar plum!" Nana Sophie shouted after the excited girl. Emily turned the corner hidden from her Nana's view and took a bite of the fruit. All of a sudden she felt her chest get tight, she couldn't breathe. She ran back into the kitchen taking short ragged breaths before collapsing at the floor of her very scared Nana. She woke up a few days later at the hospital. Her throat was sore and she didn't feel too good. The doctor explained to her that the fruit she found is called a strawberry and she was very allergic. That meant if she ate even one bite she could die.

JJ was frozen in fear. It only took seconds to snap out of the shock and let the adrenaline pick her up off the floor and to Emily's side. Precious seconds though. When JJ reached Emily she noticed her whole body shake as she fought for each ragged breath. "I…I…I'mmmm…kaa", Emily tried desperately to be strong for JJ to keep breathing but her throat was closing up and sports were beginning to invade her vision she knew it wouldn't be much longer before the darkness consumed her.

JJ looked down at her friend, her lips were growing a darker shade of blue by the second, her eyes were losing the battle to stay away. She had to do something. She was the only one that could save her.

"Doctor Feel Good, code blue hurry!" JJ shouted. A man in his early 40's tall, with dark features and a moustache came barrelling through the door. He wore a lab coat with Dr. Feel Good embroidered on the right breast in red and an emblem Angel View Hospital on the right. JJ was so busy trying to save Emily's life she failed to notice the name and hospital logo were embroidered, he had to have gotten that done somewhere. The team would be able to trace it back to him, to them.

Dr. Feel Good immediately shoved a pen into Emily's leg. "Agent Prentiss is clearly suffering from a severe allergic reaction, she is in anaphylaxis. I have administered epinephrine which will reverse the swelling. Nurse, he said facing JJ, she will need full oxygen for the next 4 hours. A mask dropped in from a hole in the ceiling. Of course he wouldn't give me a tank, I could use that as a weapon, JJ thought. JJ looked down at Emily she was unconscious, but judging from the steady rhythmic breathing she was just asleep. She pulled the mask over her face trusting it was really oxygen. It had to be if his fantasy was going to work.

JJ stood next to Emily's sleeping form for hours, gently running her fingers through her long raven hair. She looked so peaceful. Her lips had regained their brilliant shade of pink. She fought back the onset of fresh tears as she thought of how close she came to losing her. She wouldn't lose her. Emily was right, these unsubs need to harm and heal. As long as she played her part Emily would survive.

Back in Quantico

A loud shatter filled the air as Derek threw his coffee cup across the room.

"He almost killed her, he almost fucking killed her!" Derek shouted.

"Mogan" Hotch said sternly.

"Did you know that only 5% of the entire population has a severe allergy to strawberries?"

"No one cares about your stupid facts right now!" Morgan replied angrily.

Reid put his head down.

"Enough! Rossi shouted, if it's so rare he must have known. It would be in her medical history. Only doctors have access to that.

His jacket, Reid added, when he came into the room he was wearing a jacket that said Angel View Hospital.

"We already know the name of the hospital", Morgan grumbled.

"He looks like a doctor; someone gave him the information because he looked like a doctor. He had to go and get it. All health care facility have cameras. He would be on there somewhere." Reid continued.

"Good Work Reid, Hotch praised, Garcia get me the surveillance on Emily's doctor's office.

"Yes boss man right away" Garcia replied

"There's something else bugging me about this guy Hotch, Rossi added, he has an official embroidered jacket, medical supplies, Emily's history….he has to work at a hospital. We know the Angel View is fake but someone embroidered that. The supplies are coming from somewhere.

"Garcia, I also need you to trace all places that create emblems for embroidery, specifically for hospitals or medical offices." You got it, just save my little butterflies Garcia said solemnly.

"I highly doubt our "Doctor Feel Good" would work in the hospital. He wouldn't be able to resist acting on his impulses. Our second unsub, the submissive, the one inflicting the symptoms he would work there." Reid provided.

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