A/N: This chapter is rated like T+ for references of sexual violence. Once again I do not own Criminal Minds or the characters. Also, first fanfic, completely unbeta'ed, so all mistakes are my own.

"Emily, what's going on? JJ was attacked? By who?" Hotch tried to sound calm but honestly he was annoyed at first to be bothered when he was spending precious time with Jack. Ever since Hailey had divorced him, it had been rough to get much time with Jack. As Emily explained what Will LaMontagne Jr had done to their precious media liaison, he had gone from annoyed to heated, and worried. He was concerned about the baby but most of all he was concerned about the agent he had the most respect for. He knew that JJ was the den mother of the BAU and did more than they would ever realize unless they were to take a step in her shoes.

"I'll call the team. We will find this bastard. I'll have to inform the local PD but I won't have a problem convincing them to let us have it. As for Strauss, don't worry about her, I'll take care of it if she thinks we are too close to handle the case. And Emily?" Hotch explained going over everything Emily had been thinking.

"Uhh, yes sir?"

"Take a few days off. Take care of our girl. She needs you the most. I know how much she respects you and trusts you,"

"Yes sir. Thank you."

The conversation ended knowing that the team would be gathering without one of their profilers, the best technical analyst, and without their den mother. They could handle being without the den mother and one of the profilers, precariously of course, the BAU might fall apart without them long term but if any of the other teams members had been gone long term, the same would happen. They were a family and Emily knew this. The best chance to catch Will was to have Garcia working the computers back at Quantico.

"Ok, I talked to Hotch, he's going to take care of everything including Strauss but Garcia can I talk to JJ for a minute and then can I talk to you out in the hall?" Emily explained.

"Yeah sure thing sweet cheeks." Garcia left the room wondering what in the world Emily had to talk to JJ about without her being within hearing range.

"JJ, Hotch is getting the team together. The only problem is, the team is missing two of the most important members, the den mother, you, and then the best technical analyst, Garcia. I know she wants to be here for you but would it be ok if I just stay with you for a couple of days and Garcia works the case? Without her help, it'll be ten times harder. And Hotch already has it tough with having to deal with the local PD and Strauss," Emily persuaded. JJ just nodded her head and gave Emily a look straight in her deep chocolate eyes that Emily knew she understood.

"Ok sweetie I'll go talk to her real quick," Emily gave her hand a squeeze but had the sudden urge to kiss her on the forehead. She held back only for the fear of how JJ would react. Emily's heart sunk when she saw the sadness that was behind the blue eyes that JJ worked so hard to conceal. She was no compartmentalizer like her friend Emily, but she did a pretty good job of keeping work at work but she saw every case and decided which case to take and which case to skip over. This weighed heavy on the agents mind and soul especially after the beating she had received from someone who saw some of the same evils that she saw on a daily basis. JJ recalled one incident that she had yet to confide in Emily about. It was about the attack. It was the fact that the one person she had loved, the one person she was going to have a connection to for the rest of her life had betrayed her in the worst of ways. He had raped her right before hitting with the end of the revolver. She knew it be a tough case, some would say it was consensual, especially since she was pregnant with his child, but he wouldn't get away with beating her.

Emily came back into the room after convincing Garcia to head back to Quantico to catch Will and lock him away. She instantly sensed that JJ was remembering something, she was crying and looked distant. Emily quickly kissed JJ on the forehead. Friendly gesture right? She thought. She grabbed JJ's hand and tried to soothe her.

"What's wrong Jayj? Did you remember something? Talk to me. Don't get all distant on me. It's Emily you are talking to. Come on sweetheart," Emily encouraged.

"No Will, how can you think after what you just did that I want to do that?" JJ yelled. She knew it didn't matter whether or not she wanted it. She was getting it. She cried as he smacked her a couple more times and began the torture. She kept her eyes on the clock the whole time. It lasted 5 minutes. Five torturous minutes. That was when the revolver hit her head.

"Em," JJ cried. She cried as Emily wrapped her in her arms and just rocked her until the tears stopped.

"Tell me Jayj, what did he do to you?"

"Em, he raped me right before he hit me over the head with his revolver. For five minutes. Em I trusted him. I mean I know times were rough with us, my mind in others place, sometimes my mind was on another person, but I never, I don't know Em," she cried.