When the camera was turned off, Brookes kidnapper untied her from the chair and threw her against the sofa once again. This time she did not fight. She did not squirm. She just begged for him to leave her alone. When he looked at her with an evil smirk and lust in his eyes, she knew that was never going to happen. She was trapped. She may not be dying today, but she would be dying in that room.
He tied her back to the chair after he was done with her and left the room. She realized she had only been in this room for three days. Maybe four. It felt like an eternity. It felt like she hadn't seen a friendly face in months. Years even. All she wanted was to at least see one more friendly face.
She knew that was a like, she actually wanted a lot right now. To be out of this room, to be with her family, to have her parents care. But none of what she wanted would come true. She was caved in. She wasn't getting out. She kept telling herself this, but there was still a tiny bit of hope in her.
Just a tiny bit. That tiny bit of hope was telling her that she would be found. She would get out alive and move on.
Was she delusional for having that tiny speck of hope?
-New York with the BAU, Nathan, Haley and Lucas-
The entire conference room was quiet. Brookes goodbye had affected them all. The BAU felt bad for not preventing these crimes before they got her. She was so vulnerable. She had given up. Nathan was holding in anger. His tears leaked down his face and just didn't seem to stop. He still had a death grip on Haley who was the one reason that he wasn't punching walls at this point. Haley was just stunned. She couldn't believe what was happening to her best friend. She just continued to cry. She was an emotional wreck. Lucas wanted to know what Brooke was going to say to him. He wanted to punch some walls and cry. He couldn't. He had to stay strong for everyone.
Haley saw the confusion on Lucas's face. It was obvious that when Brooke was talking she was contemplating telling him about her feelings. She didn't know if Brooke had made the good choice of not telling him. Haley just prayed that Brooke would have the chance to tell him.
"I know what you saw was hard, but we have to get back to work if we want to find Brooke." Hotch had to get back to business. He wanted to find the girl for the sake of everybody in that room.
Everybody in the room nodded.
"Rossi and I went to Vogue and found out which hotel she was staying at. We went to the hotel and got the security footage." She turned on the security footage and they forwarded it to the part where Brooke opened the door to a man. The man left about 30 minutes later. He came back about another hour.
"Wait, he has a key. The lady at Vogue said that Brooke should have been the only one with a key." Rossi looked at the man in confusion.
About 5 minutes later, Brooke was seen kicking the man out. He looked upset.
"Garcia, I need you to find out who that is." Hotch ordered.
"It will take a minute sir." Garcia stared immediately typing things in. "His name is Dan Callahan and he works for Vogue. He's basically in charge of the internships and is the one to order them around."
"JJ, I need you to call him in." Hotch ordered. JJ nodded and left the room.
Reid was eyeing the 3 teenagers in the room. They all looked incredibly distraught, which was completely understandable given the circumstances. He wasn't really good with adults, let alone teenagers. Kids that age should not have to endure something like that. He wished that they didn't have to. However, doing what he did, he knew there was no way to protect kids from the world. Bad things happened. Bad people walked the earth. It was his job to stop as many as possible. He was going to make damn sure that he stopped this one.
His thoughts were interrupted by Prentiss's voice. "Did you guys find anything out from the last victims family?"
"Basic stuff, she was born and raised in New Jersey. She was around Brookes age." Reid couldn't help but notice that Nathan flinched at the sound of his sisters name. Morgan however did not, and continued. "She had the same hair colour, she was the sweet type. Not much of a party girl. A good girl really. Her parents had let her go to a party in New York on her own. She wasn't to familiar with the city."
"So all of the victims are the same type. 16-18 years old, brown hair, sweet and they are not familiar with the city." Hotch stated.
About 45 minutes later, when the BAU had finally convinced the three teenager to get a bite to eat, JJ walked into the conference room with Dan Callahan.
They immediately took him to interrogation room where Morgan led the interrogation. He immediately slammed a picture of Brooke in front of his face.
"We know that you are the last one to see Brooke in person." Morgan said, getting into his face.
"So?" was the reply that he had gotten.
"So? Well that automatically puts you on our suspect list. Where is she?"
"I don't know, I went to go tell her what is expected of during her internship and that's all. I left. That was the last and only time I saw her." Morgan was able to tell that the man was hiding something.
"Well according to the videos from the hotel, you came back an hour later and left after five minutes. You also got in using a key." Morgan was trying to trap him. If he felt trapped he would probably spill everything.
"Vogue is suppose to keep one of the keys, we did pay for the hotel." Morgan knew that that was a lie as well. Not only from the interview with the editor of Vogue, but from the look on Dan Callahan's face.
"Well, you see Dan. I talked to an editor of Vogue, she said no one was suppose to have a key, but Brooke. Now tell me, why you had a key and why you went into her room without permission?" Morgan was yelling in his face.
"Okay, okay, fine! I kept a key, I wasn't suppose to. I went into her room because I forgot my phone. She was asleep. She woke up when she heard me walk in and freaked out. That's all that happened." Lies. Morgan knew that there was more to the story.
"I don't believe you, I know there something you're not telling me. You're better off telling me, because trust me when I say, I will find out." Morgan's voice was threatening.
"FINE! I went in to get my phone, she freaked out, I told her if she wanted I would spend the night… If you know what I mean… Told her id get her far in the fashion industry. But no, I got one of those girls with so much pride. She kicked me out of the room. Happy? I swear that's all that happened." Dan Callahan looked as if he expected sympathy.
"Let me get this straight? You basically tried to sleep with a girl who was underage in exchange getting her a better job. What the hell kind of scum are you?" Morgan was angry. He hated people like Dan Callahan who just took advantage of people.
"But you can't keep me here, I didn't do anything wrong." He seemed to actually believe that he didn't do anything wrong.
"Why should I believe you? Why should I believe that you weren't so upset at being rejected that you kidnapped her and tortured her?" Morgan was yelling. Dan however had a smug look on his face.
"You can't prove that and since that didn't happen, you won't find any proof." Hotch then walked into the interrogation room saying that Dan could leave. Dan smiled and winked at Morgan. Morgan wanted nothing more than to punch him in the face.
Hotch then escorted Dan out of the building. Just as they were about to leave, Nathan, Haley and Lucas walked in. Nathan recognizing Dan from the video went up to him and punched him repeatedly until Morgan showed up and pulled him off of him.
"What did you do to my sister? Where is she?" Nathan was red, he couldn't even attempt to hide his anger.
"You crazy moron, I don't know where that slut is!" Dan automatically knew those were the wrong words to say to him. Immediately Nathan had gotten out of Morgan's grip on him and was punching Dan in the face once again. Dan began to fight back. This time it took both Lucas and Morgan to get Nathan off of him. Hotch had to grab Dan.
"I swear to god, if my sister isn't found, I will haunt you down!" Nathan yelled fighting against Lucas and Morgan.
"You're nuts!" That's all Dan was able to say before Hotch led him out of the building. Nathan then stormed off. Haley looked at Lucas and they both shared a concerned look.
Lucas was about to got chase after Nathan but Morgan had told him to let him go. Nathan obviously needed to calm down. Lucas going to find him would just make him angrier. Lucas agreed and all three of them went back to the conference room. When Hotch came back after driving Dan Callahan back to his apartment, Morgan began to tell them all what they had learnt. They all agreed that Dan was obviously a pig, but he was not the one who had kidnapped Brooke.
"How could you tell?" Haley asked them. After hearing what he had done, she could not be easily convinced that he was not somehow involved in what was happening to Brooke.
"His body language and the way he answered Morgan. Its easy to tell if someone is hiding something, which is how Morgan continuously got him to keep telling the truth after he lied. The last time he answered, you could tell that he was not hiding anything else."
Haley and Lucas nodded. They trusted the feds. They had been including them in the investigation and you could tell they were all trying really hard to help Brooke. Not only were they trying to help Brooke they were trying to help Nathan, Haley and Lucas also. You were able to tell that they were actually concerned.
Everybody's head turned as Nathan walked into the room. He saw everybody's look of sympathy and just slid into a chair.
Hotch wasn't about to ignore what happened. What Nathan had done could have caused some serious problems in their case. Hotch had been able to convince Dan not to press charges. It was more like blackmailed. He told him that he could have him arrested for what he tried to do with Brooke.
"Listen, I know you're upset, but you cant go punching suspects. It could cause some major problems in the case and I know you don't want that. You have to keep your anger in check or things will just get worse." Hotch tried to reason with the kid. Nathan however was stubborn.
"To you, this might just be a case, to me its my life. And there's no way things could get worse." Nathan didn't raise his voice. He didn't sound angry. He just sounded defeated. As if the world had finally beaten him.
Hotch had expected him to yell at him. So when he heard Nathans voice as he spoke to Hotch, he felt guilty. Although he would never admit it. So he just nodded to him in a understanding way.
Nathans phone then rang. He looked at his phone and his heart stopped. He was furious all over again. It was his dad. Lucas looked at him and saw his face. He automatically realized who must be calling.
"Nate, do you want me to answer it." When Lucas spoke, it seemed like it was only then that everyone else in the room seemed to realize that the phone was ringing.
"Who is it?" Haley asked them although a part of her already knew who it was.
"My parents." Nathan replied. He left the room to answer the phone.
"Hello?" Nathan spoke into the phone.
"Where the hell have you been? I've been calling you none stop at home? You better be practicing basketball right now. There are no excuses!" His fathers voice was loud and angry. Which just made Nathan angrier.
"Are you serious? I've been calling you none stop for the past 2 days! Where the hell have you been! DID IT CROSS YOUR DAMN MIND THAT IT WAS AN EMERGENCY? DID YOU THINK THAT MAYBE YOUR KIDS NEEDED YOU? NO, BECAUSE YOU AND MOM ARE SELFISH BASTARDS!"
"Watch the way you talk to me, Nathan. Your mom and I had gotten new phones with new numbers. We're your parents, you have no right to talk to us this way." Nathan couldn't believe his ears. His father was the worst father ever. There was no longer a doubt about that.
"That's your excuse? You got new phones with a new number? How about you tell your kids this? How about you give your kids this new number? You haven't even asked me why I have been calling you so much? You didn't even ask me how Brooke is. But ill tell you how she is anyways. She's awful. She's been kidnapped and tortured, Dad. I know I got mad at you just now, but I cant even lie, I cant do this, I need you here." Nathan finally lowered his voice as he told his Dad he needed him. All he wanted to hear was his dad saying that him and his mom would get the next flight down. But that wasn't what he heard.
"You had two responsibilities Nathan. Doing well in basketball and taking care of your sister. You've clearly failed with both. By the time me and your mom get home in two weeks, I expect to see Brooke at home and you training. See you in two weeks." Just like that his Dad had hung up. Nathan stared at the phone incredulously. He couldn't believe that that had actually happened. He knew his dad was an asshole, but he never took him for completely heartless.
He walked into the conference room stunned. Lucas and Haley looked at him in concern. They we're quickly able to tell that it hadn't gone well. The fed were also able to tell considering they were profilers.
"What did they say?" Lucas finally asked after what seemed like hours of silence.
'They're not coming." Was all that Nathan was able to say before he sat down and buried his face in his hands.
-With Brooke-
As her brother tried to control his anger, Brooke tried to control her tears. After being violated once again, she was tied back to the chair. Her body was piercing with pain. But that couldn't even compare to the weight on her heart.
-OTHCM-
I know, Brooke and Nathans parents are awful! But I really couldn't fit them into the story unless it was Nathan and Brooke being pissed at them. You're reviews are all so sweet and I will definitely be updating as fast as possible.
So yeah, thank you all! And to those who said the goodbyes made them cry. SORRY! ;)
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