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According to Penelope, the team had managed to find Joey, and had him in custody since they caught him watching Laura's house, they were questioning him now, wanting to see what he knows. "He isn't the guy, Penelope," I told her and she just gave me a curious glance. She had hung up a few minutes ago. "Joey was sloppy, he took her when it wasn't even that dark... He isn't the guy." She just kept looking at me as I ate the chips.
"The guy we're after, he plots, he plans, he finds the right time to do it. Joey, he had no plan, he was uncoordinated, believe me, Joey isn't the guy, he's probably after money or slight revenge for Laura kicking him out..." Penelope nodded before sending a quick text to Aaron, why did she believe me? Was I that believable? I soon finished the chips and drink before rolling my neck, trying to rid the feeling of the scars.
"I feel better now, can we please go get some clothes and a mobile, I think I'm gonna need it..." I wasn't lying, if the unsub, as they called them, was George Richmond, which I had no doubt he was, then I was in trouble and needed a phone soon. Penelope stood up and smiled, "Let's go get you a phone then, then we can shop for clothes!" I could hear the bubbliness inside her and I felt awkward, no one has ever been this bubbly towards me before.
I followed her out the cafe before heading into a new shop, one with mobiles littering the walls and all of it seemed to be connected in some way. "I know the type of phone you need, so just wait here... I want it to be a surprise," I nodded my head and stood outside the shop, leaning against the wall by the door as I focused on everything around me. It was fairly crowded today, and I knew it would get worse the longer we were here.
It was only 9:30 at this point, and that is what got me the most. 9:30am and it isn't even crowded. Which means, if I am to be here longer, I'm not gonna speak, and I might just panic, but if I was to move on and to get on with my life again, then I will have to be strong. I had no idea how long I had been waiting, but what made me uneasy was the fact there was a guy that constantly looked at me, but I could never see his face from where I was.
I had been sneaking glances at him for a while, trying to keep him in focus, but he disappeared a little over 2 minutes ago and that made me feel sick. I knew he was around, because I could still feel his gaze on me. "Elektra, what are you doing here?" The voice whispered into my ear and I turned quickly, blood running cold. "Hey... hey it's just me..." I let out an angry sigh when I saw my old friend David, he was supposedly my friend, but I know he loved the videos George made of me when he abused me. "Go away man, I can't have you be seen next to me, not today, please..." I looked into the shop quickly and went to head inside.
David grabbed my arm, stopping me in my tracks. "Your father has been looking for you..." I gave him a glare. "And what father would that be?" I asked, trying to tug my arm away, "The same one you ran from..." I didn't want to draw a crowd, but this was bad, if David knew I was here, then I had to get him arrested for assault or something. Otherwise George would find me.
"David let me go!" I swallowed the lump in my throat and struggled against him, but he kept hold of me. "Elektra stop!" he hissed at me but I kept struggling. David rolled his eyes and began to drag me away, heading for the mall entrance. "Help! Help!" I yelled and kept struggling. There was a crack and I felt a sting on my face. He had slapped me. "Shut up!" he growled at me before pulling me into a hug, to pretend. "Listen to me..." he whispered in my ear. "I know where you have been living for 4 years, I know exactly where you are, so just come with me, and you won't get hurt." I had already gained the attention of a few people, with my yelling but it wasn't enough.
I felt my heart race. He had known where I lived for 4 years? Does he know I have a house now? I took a chance and rested my head on his shoulder. "David... I..." I started before biting on his neck hard, drawing blood. "Argh! You Little bitch!" he pushed me back and threw me into the fountain behind me, more people seemed to notice now. I hit the water with a splash before he grabbed my throat and kept me under.
I struggled against him, wanting to get out the water to breathe. I couldn't hear anything, all I could see was David. I thrashed around in the water, making as much noise as I could as I felt my lungs begin to burn. I took an involuntary breath of air, which just caused me to draw in a load of water before David was forced to release me by someone and I was pulled out the water and led on the floor. "Miss? Can you hear me?" I rolled onto my side slowly and coughed up all the water I had taken in.
Well, that was one way to get him arrested...
As soon as I could breathe again, I sat up slightly, my hair attached to my face and my breathing a little heavy. "Ellie!" I saw Penelope run up to me and crouch down beside me. "What happened?" I shook my head before speaking silently, since there was too many people around. "I got attacked... I fought him off... he tried to drown me." I started to shiver from the cold as the air around me nipped at my wet body.
Penelope looked up and spotted David who was struggling to get back to me as two security guards held him back. She pulled out her phone and went to dial a number but stopped as David started yelling. "HE WILL GET YOU ELEKTRA! THERE IS NO DENYING HE WILL FIND YOU!" I kept breathing heavy and allowed Penelope to help me up. "What's he on about Ellie?" I stayed quiet as I shook my head and she took it like I was still trying to catch my breath, which I was thankful for.
Within a few minutes the police had arrived and were talking with the witnesses and me, but Penelope stopped them as one put David into the back of a police car. "Can you take him to the Bureau please." she asked them flashing her badge. "I believe he is connected to the case we are on..." the officers nodded and looked at me, "Just tell agent Hotchner that Garcia send him." they nodded again before disappearing with David. Everything was going downhill now, and I knew it will be inevitable that I would be found out.
"Come on, we need to get you clothes..." I nodded my head and shivered a little more, the cold seeping through the clothes and making me freeze, but I was glad, that she had forgotten about what David had said. She walked me into a shop and began to search for clothes. "What's your size?" I shrugged my shoulders. "Pen, I have no idea, it's been 4 years and I'm smaller than I was..." she sighed a little before coming over to me and pulling at my clothes, looking for the size. "Okay. I know what not to get bigger than..." I nodded my head and let her search, ignoring the looks the cashier gave me.
It took over an hour to find the right outfits and try them on, and soon enough, I had enough outfits to last me a week. "This should suffice until we can get more..." I shook my head. "A week's worth of clothes can last me a long time Pen..." I told her, smiling slightly. I had changed into the first outfit we had found a little over 40 minutes ago, to keep me warm and dry. The cashier didn't like it, but she couldn't do anything because we paid for them.
We left with two bags in our hands and headed for the car. I wanted to tell Penelope about me, and just her, but I knew I would have to tell the others. We climbed in, and I looked at the time. 10:42am. We had been here for a while, and I had never spent so long in one spot, other than in my tree. "Ellie?" I glanced at Penelope as she drove us down the road back for the Bureau. "Yes Pen?" I looked curious at her. "What did the man mean..?" I sighed and I knew she had become suspicious.
I looked down at my hands as I spoke. "My names Elektra..." I said to her, and she physically stopped the car. "Don't say anymore, tell me when we get to the BAU, I think they need to hear this too..." My shoulders slumped and I nodded, I just hope they don't hate me.
I felt my nerves kick in as we walked into the building, my new clothes were going to stay in the car, while my phone was in my pocket. I had sat in the car ride, figuring it out, checking how it worked, and all I needed to do was read the instructions and check out the systems physically and I was done. I had looked through Penelope's phone, taking in the BAU's numbers before adding them to my phone for emergency purposes.
We had brought some string too, and I had attached the house key to it, making it into a necklace, so I would always have it with me. I walked with Penelope up to the building silently, I didn't want to tell them, but I had to. We went through security and as soon as I got my pass, we headed to the conference room. "Pen. I can't do this..." I told her, just outside the door. "I can't..." she put a hand on my shoulder, "You can, you're strong. You have to..." I sighed and nodded my head before following her into the conference room.
I stood in the corner of the room as Penelope sat down. "Guys... Ellie, has something she wants to tell us." I felt my heart race and my nerves flutter madly as I tried to stay calm, avoiding eye contact as they look towards me. "Hey, uh.. guys..." I said, feeling a small panic rise. "My names Elektra... Elektra Richmond..." there was a silence around us and I took a deep breath.
"So your name is Elektra Richmond...?" Spencer asked and I nodded my head. "I am... I'm 21 years old, I ran away 4 years ago because of the abuse, I took their money and used it to buy me things... I got the implant, forged my 'mothers' signature..." I said, looking down at my feet. "I brought food, clothes and I stored them in a bag, canned food and I waited... Waited for the right day to run." I kept looking down at the floor, not once looking up.
"Why did you say mother in quotations?" Emily asked and I took a deep breath. "My name, is Elektra Allen, that's my real name. Richmond is the name of the adoptive parents who took me. I used the money to unlock who my real parents were..." They all seemed to nod. "I fear that... George and Lizzy are coming after me, but I heard about a week ago, that she had died..."
"That could be a stresser, after the loss of his daughter too... the loss of his wife could have set it off." Rossi said and I nodded. "I fear... I fear he's coming after me, that's why I was so scared when David showed up, when he tried to drown me." I closed my eyes and somehow kept the panic down. "Don't worry Ellie, he won't hurt you anymore..." I nodded my head, looking around at the, noticing the look of sadness in Spencer's eyes.
"I felt my world crash when we were in the car park... I felt it crash when I heard those two words. And I knew, I knew then, that I would not be able to hide forever..."
I rubbed the back of my neck and shivered a little. "What did he do to you Ellie?" Spencer asked walking up to me. "I can't say... just... show." I said before I slowly turned around, lifting my shirt for him. My hair covered my back completely, being so long that it touched my butt and he slowly reached up and pulling it into a pony tail and moving it to the side, revealing long jagged scars going down from my shoulders to my lower back and some on my neck. There was a silence around the room and I lowered my shirt again.
"I will not go back to him."
