Chapter 9: Deception
Aaron Hotchner sped down the highway with his hostages JJ, Jack, and the bloody newborn baby in tow. JJ was crying out in pain.
"We're almost there, sweetie," Hotchner said in "reassuring" voice. Is this man delusional? JJ thought. Her profiling skills kicked into high gear as she looked around her. It didn't take long for her to realize where he pulled up to, the hospital. Hotchner got in the car.
"MMPH! MMPH!" JJ cried out in pain, while at the same time trying to fight Hotchner.
"Don't fight me!" Hotchner growled.
He grabbed the bloody baby.
"We're gonna be a family," he said.
"Can I come, too?" Jack asked.
"NO!" he screamed, pushing his son back in the car, "stay here!" JJ was doubled over in pain. Like a loving husband, Hotchner carried her to the receptionist's office. JJ was too weak to fight anymore. At least my baby's crying she thought.
"Help!" Hotchner exclaimed, "my wife just gave birth in our house!"
"Oh no!" a nurse cried, "come on. Let's get you to a room."
The nurse quickly wheeled JJ into a hospital room, still moaning in pain. They took the baby girl in the NICU.
"How far along is she?" the nurse asked.
"Eight months," Hotchner said, pretending to be the loving husband.
"And you didn't come in when the water broke?" the nurse asked skeptically. JJ looked at the nurse, nodding. She hoped she got the hint.
"There was no time," Hotchner explained, "she was going to have that baby on the floor." He growled it somewhat darkly.
"I don't see any vaginal scarring," the nurse observed. She was confused. She'd never seen a delivery like this. JJ looked at the nurse again.
"MMPH!" she cried, a little louder this time.
"Sir, I'm gonna have to ask you to step outside."
"But I'm her husband!" Hotchner protested.
"Sir, I have to ask her some rather...personal questions."
"But I'm her HUSBAND!"
"Sir, I understand that. As soon as I'm done with the examination, I'll call for you. Besides, you really don't want to see this." Angrily, the fake husband stormed out of the room.
The nurse turned to JJ and asked, "He's not really your husband, is he?"
The sirens were loud. Neighbors could hear them a mile away.
"Morgan, you and Foyet take the back entrance. Reid, me, Blake, and Prentiss will go to the front." The agents all braced themselves for what they were going to see.
"Now, if he's there do not challenge him," Rossi commanded, specifically looking at Morgan, "we need to play into his delusion."
They pulled up to the house, taking their assignments.
"Oh holy hell," Morgan said. There was blood everywhere, on the floor, on the wall, it was a bloodbath.
"He got her," Rossi stated dejectedly.
"Look man, we don't have a body!" exclaimed Morgan, "we gotta assume she's alive!"
"Wait," Blake said, looking at the box. It was a kit containing knives, gloves, and scissors.
"She was eight months pregnant," Reid stated.
"You mean to tell me that son of a bitch CUT OPEN THE BABY?!" Rossi raged. Rossi wasn't one to lose it, but this was too much. He lost it. Blake and Prentiss looked sadly.
"I want him," Rossi growled, "first Erin, Garcia,, and now THIS?!" He looked down at the fluids on the floor.
"How many times was she raped?" he asked harshly.
"From the looks of it, I'd say about three," Prentiss said.
"Bastard raped her five times," Morgan seethed, including the rape from two years ago.
"Okay," Prentiss said, regrouping, "he cut open the womb. He thinks the baby should be his. He wants a family with JJ."
"That means she's still alive," Reid said, "the baby is probably alive too. He'll do anything to keep this delusion alive."
"But how?" Rossi asked, "how can both survive?"
"He probably took her to the hospital."
"Let's go."
"He's not your husband, is he?" the nurse asked.
JJ nodded.
"Can you tell me what happened?"
"He...raped me...three times...cut...baby...open," JJ moaned. The nurse's face went pale. She was a nurse. She shouldn't get sick. But, the thought of this happening made her wanna grab a barf back herself.
"Can you tell me his name?" the nursed asked.
"Hotchner," she moaned, "wanted...criminal...FBI," The nurse's eyes went wide. She was scared.
"I'll call the police!" JJ grabbed her arm.
"Call...Rossi...FBI," she barely commanded. The nurse could only nod and grabbed the phone.
"Is...my...baby...OK?" Then, it all went black.
