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Frost looked over at Emily and saw her biting her fingernails, "hey, we're almost there okay."

"Yeah okay," staring straight ahead, her phone buzzed as a text came through. "Just wanted to say, I love you Em" smiling at the words, she was surprised that the time stamp was twenty minutes earlier. Frowning, she tried calling Hotch again, shocked when the call went through.

"Hotch, we're on our way to meet with JJ and Derek, did you get my…yes…no…okay fine…did they call in...good, we'll radio in when we get there…"

Hanging up she looked at Frost. "They radioed in about fifteen minutes ago, when they got to the house. Reid and Rossi are heading over as well, they have more information for us." Taking a deep breath, "they found Rodriguez' car where we arrested Maldonado. Garcia is checking to see if any cars were registered in either of their names."

"Gotcha, we should be there in less than five minutes, just two more lights." Eyes back on the road, Frost sped up a bit, this whole situation was making him nervous as well.

Pulling up they saw Jane's car parked at the curb and lights on in the house. Getting out they climbed the steps and rang the doorbell. After ringing a second time with no answer, Frost called out, "Boston Police Mr. Rodriguez, we need you to open the door." When no answer was forthcoming, he nodded to Prentiss, and tried the door. It was unlocked.

Pushing the door open, they went in weapons drawn, Frost went in first, clearing the entry, Emily followed and moved ahead toward what looked like the living room. Sweeping the room, she saw no one, Frost walked past the entry to start clearing the rest of the first floor until he heard Prentiss call out.

"I have blood…" looking at the bottom of the doorframe and the floor, she could see blood.

"Shit" Frost said, "Come on"

Following him down the hallway they found an open door just outside the kitchen. Turning on the light, they saw stairs heading down into a basement. Leaving Frost at the top of the stairs, Emily continued past and cleared the kitchen before nodding at Frost for them to move down stairs.

With Frost facing down and Emily facing up, they walked down the stairs covering one another's backs. What sounded like a moan stopped them cold. "Did you hear that?" Emily's voice was harsh and on edge.

"Yeah" Frost whispered. Continuing down, they saw boxes and storage on one side of the basement and gym equipment along the other. There was even a heavy bag laying at angle against one corner which they ignored until it moved and they heard the sound again.

The bag fell over and both saw Morgan at the same time, trying to get up.

"Fuck Derek!" running over, Emily pushed her partner back down into a sitting positing. "Derek what the hell happened?" Looking into his eyes, she saw him trying to track her. Shaking his head he cursed and bringing a hand to his head was surprised when it cam away bleeding.

"Goddammit" he groaned. Confused, he looked at Emily "what are you doing here? What the hell happened?"

"That's what we want to know man!" Frost was pissed. "Where's Jane?" he yelled.

"Owww, not so loud…" his head was pounding.

"Derek…Derek look at me dammit…" the desperation in her voice helped him focus, Derek where's JJ?" She said desperately. This wasn't happening for God's sake. This was why he had come, to keep them safe, to keep JJ safe.

"Derek!"

"Pren…Prentiss, I don't know…shit I don't know…I came down here to check on a noise and…they called me to come up so we could leave…I got as far as the stairs…I don't know what the hell hit me."

"This is what hit you." Frost held up a crowbar, grabbing it with his sleeve to avoid smudging any prints. Angrily he dropped it and went upstairs 'I have to call it in."

Nodding at his retreating back, Emily faced Derek again. The look in her eyes was unnerving and he cast his eyes downward. He fucked up. Meeting her eyes, he saw the flash of anger and desperation she was trying to control.

"Derek talk to me what happened when you first came in."

Derek tried to recall all the details of the visit and quickly remembered. "He knew who Detective Rizzoli was."

"What?"

"Rodriguez' father, he knew who Rizzoli was in relation to his son."

"AND YOU LEFT!" Emily's anger was a living breathing thing. She tried to take a calming breath but it was near impossible. "Derek why the hell would you leave?"

"I heard a noise and went to follow up on it Prentiss, how could I know?" Quietly he said, "I didn't know…I heard JJ call for me before I blacked out. I don't know what else happened"

Grabbing a towel laying across a weight bench, Emily put the towel on Derek's head and told him to hold it there.

Getting up, she started pacing, "where, where would he take them…his father is in on it…shit we missed that one…"

Frost called down from the top of the stairs, Reid and Rossi are here and I called for an ambulance.

At the word ambulance, Derek tried to get up but was stopped by Prentiss. "You need to get checked out, you know that"

"Em I gotta help find them" for such a big man, his voice was small.

"You can when you get checked out."

"Prentiss, what the hell is going on?" Rossi came down quickly "What happened?"

"He's got them, Rodriguez has them and I think he's working with his father." Emily's voice was flat and monotone, she refused to give in to her emotions, she had to lock all that away until they found JJ and Jane.

Rossi heard the change in Emily's voice and frowned. That was the voice he remembered her having before she "died". "Emily, we're going to find them…look at me…we're going to find them okay?"

Shaking her head she didn't want to hear the sympathy in his voice, so she shifted the attention from her to, "Dave, who's going to tell Dr Isles?"

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Korsak and Hotch looked at one another worriedly. Frost's report had been brief but to the point. Rodriguez and apparently his father had Jane and JJ. Derek was on his way to the hospital to get stitches for a gash on his head and there had been blood found at the scene. CSU was on its way and Prentiss, Frost, Rossi and Reid were going through the house trying to find where they may have been taken.

Hotch was concerned about Emily, she had refused to speak with him on the phone about what had happened. She was shutting down again and he couldn't let that happen.

"I'm going to meet Morgan at the hospital, we'll be back as soon as he's stitched up." Seeing the look in the older man's eyes, Hotch put a comforting hand on his shoulder, "we'll find them, give us a chance"

"I know Hotch, I'm just worried about the condition we're going to find them in." Swallowing the lump in his throat at the thought, "he beats them Hotch, he beats them to death."

"I know, I have Garcia looking through tax records, known associates, anything and everything that might give us a clue as to where they could have been taken."

"Where who could have been taken?" The innocent question from Maura surprised them both. "I have the preliminary autopsy reports you requested, and you didn't answer my question."

Seeing the look that passed between them, she started to object when Korsak asked her to sit down.

"No Vince, tell me what's going on, please…"

Korsak knew there was no easy way to say what he had to say, "Maura…Rodriguez has Jane and Agent Jareau" he spoke quietly, knowing the pain this was going to cause her.

"No, that's not possible Vince, she wasn't alone…they were…I mean there were three of them…he's only one man…he couldn't have gotten them…" shaking her head from side to side, she couldn't stop the tears from rolling down her face.

Taking her hands in his, he made her look at him. "Maura listen to me, it looks like Rodriguez was working with his father." The shocked look made him continue, "These people are the best Maura, we'll find them."

Maura turned to look at the pictures of the dead women still hanging on the wall and saw Jane in those pictures. Her heart felt like there was a vise around it and she started hyperventilating.

"Doc…Doc…Maura…look at me, breathe, slowly…that's the way…" Korsak heard her and the look on her face scared him. He knew about the whole "vasovagal" thing because Jane had told him about it a while ago, "good thing Janie"

"Are you all right?"

Taking deep slow breaths, she looked at him and nodded. "I need to help Vince, what can I do?" Helpless he looked at Hotch who shrugged his shoulders, "are you any good with computers?"

"Uhm yes, why?"

"Then you can help Garcia. With Frost in the field, we need someone on this end, plus we can use your insight." She knew what he was doing, giving her busy work, but it was better than doing nothing, and she couldn't just do nothing.

"Fine, give me a few minutes and I'll check in with her." As she got up to leave, she turned around "promise me that regardless of what you find, you will tell me, please."

"We will Maura, I promise" Korsak watched her walk out and head to the restroom.

She's like a daughter to me Hotch"

"I know Vince, JJ is everyone's little sister, well except for Emily, we'll find them"

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"Emily…how are you doing?" Reid was concerned at how quiet she was being. They had been turning the house over for over an hour and hadn't found anything. The car registered to Maldonado had been found two blocks away. The elder Rodriguez' vehicle hadn't been found yet and was likely the car they used to move the women.

"I'm fine Reid" she was anything but fine. The nails on one hand were down to nubs as she resorted to biting her fingernails when she was stressed.

Knowing better than to press the issue, "We didn't see his father's involvement in this at all."

"They're too much alike." Emily said it so matter of factly that he almost didn't understand.

Nodding his head, "we would've had similar profiles. Dad probably fed off his son's stressors"

Emily abruptly walked away from him and headed outside. With Derek at the hospital with Hotch, she realized she had to speak to someone. Dialing a number she had only just obtained, she was surprised to hear to tear filled voice on the other end.

"Dr Isles…Maura…I…just wanted to see how you were holding up." She hated this, J was the one who was god at this stuff, not her, but she knew how alone Maura must be feeling right now because she felt the same way.

"Emily, hi…I'm…okay…how are you?"

Emily didn't know how to answer that, she could feel the tears wanting to come and she refused, she couldn't let herself feel yet, not till she had JJ back and Jane for Maura. Relying on her old standby, she replied, "I'm fine."

Maura could hear the change in her tone and knew she was anything but fine, but she would respect her answer.

"They have me working with Garcia, please Emily, and keep me informed, no matter what." The unspoken negative outcome silenced them both for a second before Emily said, "I won't rest until I find them, I promise you" without waiting for a response, she hung up and took a deep shaky breath.

"Where are you?" She whispered.

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"Jane…Jane please wake up…let me know you're okay…Jane…" it was the urgency and pleading in the voice that woke her up. When she tried to move it felt like the whole shifted. Her head was pounding and her ribs were on fire.

Hearing her groan, JJ tried again, "That's it Jane…open your eyes…come on please."

"JJ?" Her mouth felt like it was full of cotton, "what the hell…"

"Happened? I don't know…I ran out when I heard Morgan and then" JJ felt her face, the swelling evident on her left cheek, "somebody punched me in the face,"

"Rodriguez…owww fuck" she tried to shift completely into a sitting position and felt every blow she had received.

"Slowly Jane," helping her into a sitting position, she watched as Jane held a hand to her ribs.

"Rodriguez, and his father. His father attacked me when you left. They must have taken Morgan out first."

Looking around, "where are we?"

"I think we're in a cellar, but I can't be…" The stomping down the stairs stopped their conversation.

Father and son stood in front of the women and with a nod, Max grabbed JJ by the arm and pulled her up, her cry of pain ignored as he wrenched her left arm.

"Leave her alone!" Jane forced herself into a standing position and grabbed at his arm. Shaking her off he let go of JJ making her fall to the ground.

Jane held her ground, she would not back down from these two, and she refused. "Or what Jane, what are you going to do? You couldn't even defend yourself against my father." Laughing, the elder Rodriguez joined him.

"How do you defend yourself when someone is to much of a coward to face you first." The fierce way she said it shut them both up. The elder Rodriguez went after her but was held back by his son.

"You really think you can defend yourself Jane? What about her, do you think she can? I don't think so," reaching down to grab her again, he was surprised when Jane rushed him, "leave her alone!"

Knocked backwards, he regained his footing and swung at her. Moving away from him it was only a glancing blow against her shoulder but it hurt nonetheless. Bringing her hands up in front of her, she readied herself for another attack. She didn't have to wait long. She was able to deflect his jab but she forgot he was on the boxing team; his right hand came in under her hands and slammed into her abdomen. Doubling over she went to her knees and tried to catch her breath. Looking down at her he laughed and went for JJ again.

The growl surprised him as Jane launched herself at him, knocking him off his feet, his father's laughter ringing in his ears.

"I said leave her alone, this is between you and me," she grunted as they rolled into the wall.

"Come on boy, you're gonna let that dyke whoop you?" The elder Rodriguez egged his son on, enjoying the show.

"What's she to you, another girlfriend, like Dr Isles?" he mocked.

Punching him in the face, "Don't say her name you…motherless fuck!"

His roar of anger told her she had gone to far. Rolling her over, he mounted her and started punching her about the abdomen. Jane tried to block the blows and was successful with most but the ones that got through were stealing the breath she had left. She could feel herself slow down with each blow and she could hear screaming.

JJ had jumped on his back and was screaming at him to stop. She had her arms around his neck in a chokehold until his father yanked her off. She slammed into the wall and slid to the floor.

"Let her go son, she won't last if you do it all now." Rolling off Jane, Max pushed himself up.

Looking from one to the other, he smiled, he could use the blonde against her and he would have Jane begging him to kill her.

Walking out, they left the women to ponder their fate. When the door slammed shut, JJ hurried over to Jane lying prone across the room.

"Oh my God Jane," JJ looked at her, her breathing uneven, she hadn't moved since Rodriguez had stopped hitting her.

"Jane?" she said cautiously, relieved when Jane opened eyes, JJ saw the pain in their depths.

"Can you move?"

"No," she groaned, trying to take a deep breath, the pain stopped her. "Just let me lie her for a minute okay" she whispered.

"Why did you do that? Why didn't you let him take me?

"You're a friend now JJ and you…you're like Maura…too gentle for this shit…you don't…deserve to be here." Closing her eyes she realized she could only take half breaths because of her ribs, she knew more than one was cracked.

"Jane don't close your eyes honey, look at me, please." JJ could hear her trying to take shallow breaths and didn't like the wheezing she heard. Tentative, she reached down and pulled her shirt up, hissing when she saw the bruises already forming on her torso. One area was darker than the others and when Jane took a breath that area did move.

"Damn, broken ribs and who knows what the extent of the internal injuries was." JJ knew she couldn't take another beating but unless the others found them soon, that's exactly what would be happening.

"What are you doing JJ?" Jane pain filled whisper caught her attention. Putting the shirt back down, "nothing Jane." Lying down next to her, she tried to make her comfortable by elevating her head slightly with the jacket he took off. "Thanks JJ"

"Sleep Jane, it'll be okay."

Lying there she could only pray, "Come on Emily, guys, figure it out, please," looking at Jane who had finally succumbed to the pain, "she can't take much more Em, she's like you, she'll die before she lets them hurt me, don't let her die. I love you"

Was this better? Not to evil? Yes Jane is protecting JJ because, well, she's Jane of course. Remember any mistakes are my own and this is not beta'd so if there is anything glaringly wrong let me know please. Also if things are glaringly right, let me know that to. So, reviews =quicker updates, so you folks know the drill, review…review…review…and look forward to Wednesday's CM premiere and the return of Paget Brewster and AJ Cook-woohoo!