Do As I Say
AN/ We don't own Criminal Minds.
Chapter 6
It's unknown to any of the ladies how much time had passed. In fact, they're still trying to figure out where they are and what happened to the others. When they wake up, each woman's in a concrete cell of sorts. There's one door with a tiny window, but it's frosted. There's one VERY uncomfortable flimsy bed. A table with one chair. Very minimal. The first lady to realize that they're in trouble is Emily. She realizes that her left ankle's shackled to the wall. The chain, long enough that she could walk about the room, but if the door's open, she couldn't fight and get away. Emily's head is throbbing. She doesn't feel a sore spot to indicate that was stuck, so the profiler in her tells her that she was drugged. So she looks for any sign of a needle puncture. She new that she didn't eat or drink anything other than the wine while he was there. And she didn't recall anything else. She locates a little dried blood at the base of her neck. So she concludes that has to be the injection site. So Emily checks her pulse and tries to access the situation. The fear deepening in Emily, she wonders where JJ and Pen are.
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As JJ comes around, she beings to panic. Her breathing rapid and quickens. Her left side of her face throbbing and aching. Her vision's blurry and she can't seem to calm herself down. She sits up slowly on the metal and cotton masking as a bed. As she moves her left foot, she realizes that she's shackled to the wall. Her mind is still cloudy with all that's happened.
It dawns on JJ that she's alone. So what happened to Emily and Pen. JJ tries to recall the last thing she remembers before everything went black. She remembered talking to Rossi. Then she tried to stand up to Frank. Then he got closer to her. That's when it gets hazy. JJ looks around to get her bearings. Any other way she might be able to escape if she got the opportunity. No windows, except for the one on the door. But she did notice a red flashing light coming from the light fixture. JJ's first thought was video recording system. It hits her that Frank must have been planning this for a while to have this kind of set up. And if her theory's right, Frank wasn't acting alone. But who would be helping Frank and why would Frank not kill this person.
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Pen opens her drowsy eyes and lays still for a short moment. Where's she at and why does her body ache. It hadn't hurt this bad since she had been shot by battle. She then got the sensation that there was something cold AND heavy on her left ankle. So she slowly sits up and sees the rusty metal around her ankle. Pen gets a better look at the room and notices a recording device in the light fixture. So she knew she was being recorded. So no picking the lock with her hair pin. At least not yet. She had to think of JJ and Emily. They had to be here with her. She didn't want to believe that either lady was severely injured or even dead. She COULDN'T believe that. So she just sat there trying to come up with a plan. What else could she do?
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Back at the BAU offices, the men all gathered in the conference room and set up like this was a normal case. All of them were terrified, but the profiler's within them took over. Reid had his laptop open and was typing away. Hotch's in the front of the team, posting the pictures and the info that they have. Hotch's hand slowly and lightly runs over Emily's glossy colored photo.
"Hotch, Frank was right. The last know place Gideon was is Deer River, Texas. It was a rustic hotel." A place that Reid could see Jason frequenting.
"How long ago?" Hotch waits for an answer.
"Six months ago Hotch. He could be anywhere by now. DAMN IT! DAMN JASON!" Reid yells, slamming his hands down on the table that supported his laptop.
"Reid, calm down. Jason had every right to leave. He never knew that Frank would have survived that train. Hell, none of did. He had to do what he had to do. Let's just focus on what's at hand. We need to keep out eye on the objective. The girls are counting on us. We have little time and none of it should be wasted on breaking down. We are on the clock now. Call the hotel and ask if Jason mentioned where he was going or at least what direction." Hotch knew what Reid was feeling. He was mad at Jason too. He could have left, but kept in touch. What if something happened to Reid or one of the other members of the team. Jason would kick himself hard. Hotch couldn't understand Jason's mind set. But if he didn't find Emily and the others soon, he might just have the same mind set and feelings he did when Frank took Sarah from him.
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