A/N: Sorry again for the wait! I did pre-warn you guys!
This chapter isn't very long and it's team-heavy but I'm hoping to have another chapter up in the next couple days which will go to Emily/UnSub/Taylor.
The echo of Garcia's heels against the BAU floor echoed round the corridors which were now abandoned, considering how late at night it was. The team was gathered in the round table room, photos of Taylor and Emily were scattered across the table, interspersed with the many maps Reid was working on and the case files which were slowly becoming thicker with information about the couple and their past. Rossi and Hotch were up working on a profile whilst JJ and Morgan brainstormed out loud. They all looked up as Garcia flew into the room, laptop in hand.
'What is it PG?' JJ asked hopefully; desperate for anything that could help them find her best friend. It had been seven hours now since she and Morgan had rushed to DC Children's Hospital only to be told that Taylor had phoned in to say she wouldn't be coming in that day - 'personal emergency' being the excuse - and six since they found her things dumped in a bin outside to ensure that Garcia's trace would lead them there. Their lack of a lead was frustrating everyone; but JJ was letting her cracks show. The whole team could tell that she was upset that Emily hadn't trusted her with her secret sexuality, and also that she was terrified she'd never be able to tell the stubborn brunette that it didn't matter to her – a sentiment they all shared.
'Two things… well three actually.' Garcia replied as she set about hooking her laptop into the huge plasma screen again. 'One, I called up the crime scene techs working the scene at the hospital and requested Tay's phone so I could look through it like I did with Em's. It didn't really confirm anything more for me than the fact that they are indeed the cutest couple ever. Two, I've found Taylor's mom's current home address you wanted for that interview Hotch. Three… Um… well, I've been sent an e-mail with a link which I didn't want to open without you guys…'
'Why baby-girl?' Derek questioned, worry building in the pit of his stomach.
'Because it's from Emily's e-mail address directly to me, sent about ten minutes ago…'
'Open it up Garcia' Hotch ordered.
Garcia did as she was told, as the team braced themselves for whatever they were about to see.
'I'll be right there!' a voice sounded through the door.
'Okay we just break it to her easy and go from there' JJ reminded Derek. Nodding back at her, Derek plastered a fake smile on his face and reached for his badge as the door opened.
'Hello' a woman in her late fifties smiled at the profilers.
'Mrs Williams?' Morgan asked
'Yep, that's me, only is Andrea. How can I help you two?'
'We're with the BAU at the FBI, and-'
'Emily's team right?' Andrea smiled at them knowingly. 'Let me see… Derek?' Following his nod she turned to the blonde '…and Jennifer?'
'Yes ma'am, that's us.'
'Come on in' she said as she opened the door wide and motioned them inside.
'So' Taylor's mother broke the silence after motioning them to the couch 'I'm going to break the pleasantries and get to the point. Something has happened to the girls hasn't it?'
JJ and Morgan exchanged a look before Derek spoke up 'why would you jump to that assumption'
Andrea smiled politely before replying 'I may not be a profiler but I'm not stupid either. If something had happened to my Taylor then Emily would be the first one round here to tell me. She would never send her team members first. Plus seems as I thought you weren't aware of their relationship; I think it's a pretty safe bet to assume that Emily is missing or hurt too… now tell me agents, how far off am I?'
'We think that Emily was kidnapped around lunch time yesterday; and Taylor sometime late this morning. We have also recieved a video confirming that our UnSub has them.' She let that information hang in the air before continuing. 'We found out about them as Emily fits the profile of a case we've been working'
'And what profile is that' Andrea met JJ's eyes
'Women in same sex relationships that hide it from their families.' JJ stated, hurt evident in her tone.
'Oh honey' Andrea lend forward and grabbed JJ's hands, forcing her to meet her eyes again 'she didn't hide it from you all to hurt you, it's more… complicated than that'
'Mrs Will- I mean, Andrea. We would really appreciate it if you could give us more insight into their relationship so we can understand what it is about the secrecy that attracts our UnSub'
'So what you really want to know is why she didn't tell you all, and what the story is, and then you're going to ask me the real questions right?' she smiled as both agents avoided eye contact guiltily.
'Okay so the first thing you need to know is that Emily hasn't told you guys not because she doesn't trust you, but because she is scared of your possible reactions. …She may kill me for this but you need to understand.
When Emily was a teenager, she wasn't the woman you know today.
She was off the rails. She drank, did drugs, and partied, hard. Her dad had left when she was nine, and her mom was horrible to her. She always got speeches about what a disappointment she was and so on, so she used just to cope.
When she was fifteen, in Rome, things... well, they got so bad that... she tried to kill herself.
She took more drugs than she knew she could handle and cut her wrists. Her friend, Matthew Benton I think his name was, found her, and phoned an ambulance. He saved her life.
Her mom didn't help her recover in any way; she just kept saying how embarrassing the whole thing would be if it got out and how she didn't understand what Emily was thinking; so Emily told her.
She came straight out with it… literally.
Told her mom that she liked girls, and that she needed her help to understand. Told her about the priest who'd sentenced her to damnation if she didn't resist her urges, and told her that she was scared.
You know what her mom did?
She slapped her in the face and told her that the priest was right; that she better resist whatever urges she was having, because if she didn't she was no daughter of hers.
Emily went into a complete down spiral with the drugs and the drinking, and one day she was a little too careless, and her mom caught her kissing another girl. That's when her mom moved them back to America, and basically ignored her existence until she left for college. That's where my Taylor comes in.'
'I knew she was gay even before she did, I could just tell. It didn't make a difference to me; I mean you don't choose who you love, right?
Anyway, she gets into Yale, and not long after I'm hearing about this girl she's met, her new best friend. It was Emily this, and Emily that, and then one day she comes home to see me, sits me down, and tells me that Emily's not just her best friend, she's her girlfriend. She was so nervous, which I guess was because she knew how Emily's mom had reacted.
I laughed… which was probably not the best reaction in hindsight.
Taylor started to cry, and then I told her that I already knew, and that it didn't matter to me, that my one question was when I would get to meet this Emily that my daughter had so obviously fallen for.
She brought her home that Christmas; and since then I've not just had one daughter, I've had two.
You see Jennifer, Derek, what you need to understand is that Emily didn't tell you at first because she didn't know you; and it takes a hell of a lot for her to let people in, as I'm sure you've probably realised by now. And she didn't tell you once you got to know her because she was scared. Terrified, in fact, that you would react like her mom did, or that you feel deceived by how long she'd kept it a secret. So please don't be angry with her, that girl has a lot of emotions, she's just not so good at expressing them.
Now, my questions to you.
Who has my girls? And how are you planning on finding them?'
A/N: So I wanted to give you guys more of a background in this chapter, plus I don't want as much team in the next one, which is mostly written ready for later this week. Sorry that that means I'm leaving you hanging there longer!
(As you probably understood, in this universe Emily's abortion never happened, instead she attempted suicide)
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