Gone too Soon
Chapter 7 Jar of Hearts
Everyone was standing in the conference space as they figured more out about the, unsub. They now know that they all have the same doctor at some sort of practice of which Garcia sent them the information. That was the good thing as they now have someone else to talk to, to get questions and answers from. But then there was the bad was, that it got filmed and is now on the internet where there is a combination of ten million views. But then there was the creepy where the, unsub is finding other fires around the city taking dead bodies out and plays with them.
"Okay we are going to separate again." said Hotch right there to the team "I want Rossi and Emily to go back to the hospital and talk to Gail again. I want you to see if you can get anymore out of her."
"Of course." muttered Emily as she nodded
"JJ you're going to come with me to talk to the doctor." said Hotch as she stood there while leaning against a chair "Finally Morgan you are going to stay here with Jill. I need you to watch over her."
"You mean I have to babysit?" replied Morgan as he pointed at the young girl
"Come on you can handle a girl. I don't bite . . . unless provoked." smiled Jill at him as he shot her daggers
"Alright let's go." said Emily to Rossi
The four of them left the conference room through the doors and went outside of the precinct. They got to the two FBI cars and separated as they went inside them as Rossi and Emily went into one while Hotch and JJ went into the other one.
While inside Morgan was looking at the cuticles of his nails not believing that he has to babysit the new girl. She's young and doesn't meld all that well with them yet. She doesn't understand anything yet about the team and all the dynamics that goes with it. All of a sudden he noticed that her cell phone went off as she took it out and looked at it.
"I need to take this. I'm sorry." said Jill as she went out of the conference room and pressed the answer button to her cell phone and started talking through it as she walked off and went through the doors and went outside
Derek grabbed the back of a chair as he pulled it out and sat down on it as he sighed. He can't believe anything at all. This case is super freaky as they have found some of the most interesting things about it. But then there is Jill who seems to be hiding something from the team. He noticed that she seems hesitant about something but he's not sure what it is.
He looked at the board as they have pictures up there as well as charts, graphs and written words. It isn't the same when they put stuff up there. It used to be Spencer Reid's job mostly. He would analyze everything and put it all together as he would brainstorm and write on the board. He was the one who would connect things together if he could think of it.
He admits that he misses the young doctor. He wishes the guy was still alive and with them. He would be thinking about everything and trying to connect what they have to put it together. They have quite a bit for a profile but they want as much as they can before they can do their preliminary profile.
He continued to sit there as he was contemplating through his thoughts but once he was done and got through them. There was an empty spot inside his brain and he didn't know what to do. He then noticed that Jill never came back from her phone call either. He looked around to see if she was anywhere in the conference room. He got up and left going into the hall. He went all around looking around for her not finding her anywhere in the precinct as she wasn't by the coffee machine, she wasn't in the bathroom even though he knows he can't go in there he just asked a female officer if she was in there. It turned out that she wasn't in the break room. She was nowhere in the precinct.
He went to the doors to the outside and went out there as just as he stepped out he noticed her talking to someone. But the thing was this someone was a bit strange as he didn't look normal. He knew it was a guy because of the build of him. But he was covered entirely in black in every article of clothing and was even wearing a black hoodie. The hoodie was hung low over his eyes and was wearing black sunglasses to hide his identity even more.
"Jill." said Derek going over
"Shh don't say anything and don't look at him either." said Jill to him
The guy turned around and pushed the black sunglasses farther into the bridge of the nose. Jill turned around to face Derek but she noticed that Derek wasn't look at her but at her friend off on the side. Her friend was trying to hide his face entirely.
"Who's this?" wondered Derek
"Oh he's a friend." said Jill right there
"Friend or boyfriend? You guys seem to be flirty with each other." responded Derek as he tried to get a better look "Why is he wearing all that and hiding his face and identity?"
"He's shy." answered Jill quickly
"What about all that flirtatious nature that I saw going on?" wondered Derek
"Okay we were not flirting." responded Jill as she shook her head
"Uh huh." muttered Derek not buying any of it one bit
Jill stood there as she looked at Derek not believing him at all. He seems to be getting up in her grill about her relationship with this guy. The thing is there never was a relationship between her and her friend and there probably never will be.
"Uh can you wait a minute? I need to talk to him before we go back in." told Jill
"Yeah of course." replied Derek
Jill turned around to her friend and took his arm as the two of them walked off on the side. Derek saw the two of them talking, conversing and interfacing. It seemed to be like flirtatious banter to him. He really thinks that they are flirting just by how it looks. Even though she says that he is just a friend. He looked at her through the sunglasses and the hood which was hung low over his eyes.
That's what seemed odd to Derek. The friend is wearing black and hiding his identity. He doesn't know why the guy was doing that. It's not like he's going to run into anyone that he knows. Or does he work for the government and if someone he works deep undercover with would recognize him? He is going with the latter here. He thinks that it's possible that he works deep into the government.
Jill smiled and touched the guy gently on his back then walked over to Derek. Derek noticed that Jill's friend ended up walking off into the streets with his head hung low, hiding his face. Derek shook his head as he grabbed Jill and they went inside the precinct together.
Rossi and Emily entered the hospital again that day as they were there earlier getting information from the victim. It was actually Rossi who talked to her previously while Emily was with JJ as they talked to the doctors there in the hospital. They showed the employees their credentials then they walked over to the room.
As they went over they noticed that there were a few doctors that were in the room observing Gail. They were checking vitals, the burns and the healing process that was happening. They took notes on their pads and quickly talked to each other before they all filed out of the room. They were off to check on what they have.
Both Rossi and Emily walked into the room as Gail rolled her eyes and noticed the two of them there. Rossi was playing with his black notepad that he put in his hands while Emily was picking at the pocket of her pants. They were nervous talking to the victim.
"Gail do you remember me?" asked Rossi
"Yeah you're the FBI agent Rossi . . . I believe." Said Gail right there
"Yes this is my co-worker Agent Emily Prentiss." told Rossi right there as he pointed to Emily right there who smiled at Gail
They looked at Gail as they have seen amazing progress. She doesn't look like she was in as much pain anymore and it looks like the blisters and burns were healing well. But the most amazing part was that her speech patterns were going back to normal. She's no longer talking in one or two word coins but in full blown sentences. Rossi also noticed that she was a lot more relaxed and at bay.
"My husband, kids and grandkids all visited earlier." told Gail
"That's great." said Emily
"They're happy I'm doing well." explained Gail to them
"I'm sorry we have to do this but we have to ask a few extra questions pertaining to the fire. I know it's going to be uncomfortable but it will help us find out who did it." told Emily to her
"Of course." muttered Gail
"You said that you saw the unsub but did he have a camera in his hands?" asked Emily
"No not in his hands but it's been coming back to me and I think I saw it on a tripod just off on the side by him. He seemed to be waiting for me to die in there like he wanted to do something to me. Like something weird but I don't know what it would be." explained Gail as she looked to the side remembering "I think he wanted me dead and burnt to a crisp."
"Can you tell us about your doctor?" replied Rossi as he looked at Gail
"Dr. Bellanger what about him exactly?" said Gail
"How is he exactly? When was the last time you saw him? Did he seem normal in a sense?" wondered Rossi
"He's fine I've known him for about five years now ever since my other doctor died. I try to see him once a week if I can because we've been doing tests to see if I could be getting cancer or Alzheimer's. It runs in my family." told Gail as she looked at the two of them "He's always been normal to me and that's saying something."
"Alright thank you." said Emily
The two of them smiled at Gail and left the room. They went back in the hall of the hospital as they stood there. They looked at Gail who was smiling and doing well for herself. They know that things were looking up and that eventually she will be able to go home to her own family.
Derek and Jill were inside the precinct in the conference room as they were looking at the board. But Jill was off on the side as she has a notebook out in front of her as she was jotting down all the notes and evidence that they have to figure out more on the unsub. They still need to get the preliminary profile out to the police officers and detectives.
"I will be right back. I'm going to get coffee." said Jill as she got up from the table
"I will come with you." Said Derek
They went out and got to the break room where the coffee machine and pot was. They grabbed nice cups that were biodegradable and safe for the environment. Derek poured himself a cup first from the pot then Jill grabbed the pot from him.
She poured coffee into the cup as she watched Derek put what he wanted into his cup. She grabbed the sugar and poured in a tablespoon in it and then took out her cinnamon and poured a teaspoon into the coffee. She stirred it and looked into it as it swirled all around as she covered it and took a drink. She saw Derek looking at her from the corner of her eyes.
"What?" said Jill right there
"Nothing though I have to admit that the cinnamon is different." told Derek as he took a drink
"I love cinnamon I will add it to anything that would allow it if I can." replied Jill
"There's something still bothering me though. That friend of yours from outside he seemed a little off. Does he work for the government?" asked Derek
"In a sense." muttered Jill
"You two seemed to hit it off." smiled Derek
"Are you at that again?" muttered Jill as she fixed her eyes to the ground
"It's true you were talking in dulcet tones in a flirtatious matter. So what's really happening?" said Derek
"Nothing." replied Jill in response not believing in him
"Uh huh. He seems to be interested in you and you seem to recuperate those interested feelings. How long have you guys known each other exactly?" wondered Derek
"Around six months." answered Jill
She just wants to shake Derek off as he just keeps nagging at her relationship with her guy friend. She just can't believe it at all. There are no feelings whatsoever and she's not even interested. They seem to be more on the ground of being just friends. Does Derek even know that she isn't even interested in him? Even though he was hiding his face and that he doesn't want anyone to know who he is.
She held onto her cup of coffee and took another drink. She can't believe she is even stuck with Derek Morgan at all. He seems to be getting under her nerves about her friend. But then a thought occurred to her as she was contemplating about how she feels about Derek talking to her about her relationship with her own friend.
She walked off with her coffee in hand as she entered the conference room as she went through the files that were on the table. That's when she noticed a file that was about the victims friends. She looked at it as she thinks she got somewhere with this. These friends and the victims seem to have a connection together with the government. She turned around to Derek and gave him the file as he looked at it and cocked at his eyebrow. He smiled at her as he took out his cell phone to call Garcia.
