Where's My Baby?

Chapter 11– Finding her!

Garcia called them, when they got to the police station and told them the address, JJ and Emily stayed behind, whilst the others went to go and pick up Paul Smith.

'How are you holding up with the case Em?' JJ asked, whilst they were working.

'I'm fine' Emily smiled. 'I mean it's a bit difficult you know; I feel bad for Lilly and the biological mother…' Emily started.

'Why?' JJ asked, worried about her.

'Hotch just said that Lilly might hurt herself because apparently her biological mother abandoned her when she was a baby' Emily said, quietly and angrily, she got tears in her eyes and shook her head. 'And you know the mom never got the chance to know her'

'Oh my… that doesn't sound like Hotch, I'm sure it's not true' JJ frowned.

'Yea I hope not… I don't know why he said it, I think he's just stressed' Emily said, making excuses for him.

JJ nodded her head 'that's why you were upset the other day'

Emily nodded her head in response to her question.

'Do you want me to talk to him for you? I mean you were crying Em' JJ said, concerned.

'No please don't' Emily begged, shaking her head, she didn't need Hotch to know that.

JJ stayed silent for a minute and then said 'okay, only if you're sure'

They got back around half an hour later with Paul and he stopped when he saw Emily.

'Wow, Lilly has your eyes, so beautiful' Paul stared at Emily 'I've always wondered what you look like in person, she does look like you' Hotch got angry and told him to shut up and took him into the interviewing room.

Paul refused to say anything; he only wanted to talk to Emily. Hotch sighed and said 'okay Prentiss, I want you to go in there and see if you can get anything. I'll be with you'

Emily didn't want Hotch in there with her. 'I can go in by myself' she told him. Hotch looked at her and said he's going with her, she still didn't want that but she didn't want to waste anymore time so she just nodded her head and quietly walked in to the room.

Paul smirked and said 'hello…'

'It's Agent Prentiss' she replied.

'Hello Agent Prentiss' he said sarcastically.

'What have you done with Lilly?' Emily asked.

'She really looks like you, you have the same hair and eyes and she reminds me of you, the way you stand… are you her mother?' Paul smirked.

Emily wanted to slap him, she just clenched her fists instead 'where is she?'

'I don't know what you're talking about' Paul denied. 'How's John… her biological father right?'

'Shut up…' Emily started 'yes you do, now tell me where she is' Emily told him, getting more angry.

'It sounds like you're a very protective mother Agent Prentiss' Paul laughed. 'You know she's told me a bit about you, I know you didn't raise her but how did you let this happen if you love her as much as I know you do, I mean who doesn't love their daughter right?' he responded sarcastically.

'Tell me where she is' Emily said slowly, not denying or admitting anything to him.

'Let me ask you a question'

'No' she replied.

'I think you know where she is' he replied instead.

'I'm done with him'

'Lilly was nice, but she drove my daughter to kill herself' Paul told her.

Emily closed her eyes, they found out why he had started killing, now he only needed to tell her where she was.

'I'm sorry to hear that' Emily replied, then walked out before he could say anything else.

'Your daughter made my baby girl kill herself so I killed them instead and now your daughter has to pay' he said and then the last thing she heard was his laughter.

She turned back and went over to whisper something in his ear 'my daughter doesn't deserve what you did to her... now tell me where she is'

'No... Find your daughter yourself' he replied looking her in the eye. 'You've done a lousy job so far, letting her go missing and getting hurt... I'll tell you one thing though... She's as feisty as you are, she has the same passion and stubbornness that you have' Paul added 'I'm not going to tell you where she is, and by the time you find her she'll probably be dead because of dehydration' he taunted.

'I will hurt you, for hurting her and I hope you rot in hell you son of a bitch' Emily said back.

'Maybe this is what you get for giving your daughter away huh? The pain you feel, it hurts doesn't it, when you lose a child' Paul said. 'I couldn't imagine losing a child twice, not after finding out the truth'

She hit the table in anger and screamed at him, 'where is Lilly?'

The police officers arrested him and read him his rights, then left him with the other officer. Hotch taking Emily out of the room.

He went straight to Emily; they were all looking at her. 'Just because she has my eyes and my hair or whatever doesn't mean she's my daughter, plus we interviewed the biological mother yesterday' Emily shouted. Hotch put a hand on her shoulder to calm her down but removed it when she tensed 'we need to go to the cabin, like I told you'

Hotch sighed and said 'Okay'

'And I'm coming with you, you can't make me stay here again' Emily said seriously, determination in her eyes.

Hotch felt he had to say yes, he knew she would find a way to get there anyway if he said no so he nodded his head 'okay, you can come'

'Good' she said and left, getting her things ready.

Everyone gave Hotch a look and he sighed, then everyone left.

Hotch and Emily went in one car and JJ, Reid, Morgan and Rossi went in the other.

'Drive quicker' Emily demanded, her heart beating fast.

'You know I can't…' Hotch started.

'I don't care… drive faster now' she shouted at him.

'Stop shouting Emily' Hotch warned, driving just a little bit faster.

'She might be bleeding or starving or dehydrated, you need to drive faster' Emily glared at him.

'I just did, we will get there in 5 minutes okay so calm down' Hotch said. 'How do you know Lilly anyway?'

'Stop telling me to calm down' she shouted at him. Emily groaned that was way too long in her mind. 'Hold on Lilly, we're on our way'

5 Minutes later!

Emily got out of the car as soon as they got to the cabin, the car hadn't stopped yet but it was slow enough for her to do that. They got there first and Emily ran straight to the door.

She knocked on the door and ran in, this is what it looked like in her picture so she knew this was the place, she didn't hear anything at first and she ran to the room she saw in her nightmare.

She was tied up to a chair, her eyes closed; she was shivering because of the cold. 'Lilly' Emily said quietly, walking towards her. 'I'm Emily'

She was just about to scream when she felt the ropes begin to untie around her wrists and feet.

'Hey baby, its okay, I've got you now' Emily whispered, crying silently, she hugged her, and moved the hair out of her face, to look at her properly.

Lilly opened her eyes and looked at Emily; she let out a cry of relief, and put her arms around her carefully.

Emily rubbed her back and made her sit back on the chair for a second so she could wrap the coat around her, then pulled her back up, walking out of the room, to meet Hotch.

'I'm taking her to the ambulance and I'm going with her to the hospital' she told him, then left.

Lilly's body was shaking and she was still crying when she got into the ambulance. Emily went to sit next to Lilly.

Lilly looked at Emily and quietly asked 'are you Emily?'

'Yea, I'm Emily, I work with the FBI' she said quietly, still crying a bit, Lilly looked down and saw Emily's hands shaking, she put her hand over Emily's carefully.

And with Emily's other hand she rubbed her arm carefully, trying to warm her up.

'How did you know where I was?' Lilly asked, between sobs.

'Well we went to your parents and asked them about you and your dad gave me a picture and told me about Ashleigh and then… sounds kind of crazy but I had a dream that you were here and it gave me a really bad feeling…' Emily stopped talking after that, knowing she was rambling.

Lilly smiled a bit and said 'thank you'

'It's no problem, it's my job, I would do it all over again without a second thought baby' Emily smiled, 'I love your room by the way, its pretty, mines boring'

Lilly laughed a bit, tears in her eyes and then said 'you read through my diary didn't you?'

Emily looked ashamed and then answered 'I'm sorry, I had to, to find out more about you so I… we could find you'

'It's okay, I understand…' Lilly answered. She saw herself and Emily; she smiled 'do you think I look like you? I think I do a bit'

Emily laughed, she felt better already 'yea I've heard we look a bit alike these last couple of days actually… yea I think you do, maybe my eyes and hair but you look like your dad, your so much prettier' she smiled, stroking her cheek softly.

'Thank you, you're pretty as well' Lilly said back. 'I've read about you before' she said.

Emily looked at Lilly; surprised 'really, I hope it wasn't too bad' she smiled when she laughed.

'It wasn't, it said you saved loads of people' she leaned her head on Emily's shoulder carefully.

'That's not too bad I guess' Emily said back smiling.

Lilly was just about to say something when Hotch came over.

'Wait you know who my dad is? Like my biological dad' Lilly asked.

Emily could feel Hotch staring at her but ignored him and answered 'yea I know who he is'

'We're going to take you to the hospital now' a paramedic said.

Emily passed Lilly unopened water and she took it gladly.

'I hate hospitals' Lilly said making Emily and Hotch smile.

'So do I baby' Emily agreed.

Hotch frowned when she called her baby but walked of to the car.

Emily took her phone out and texted John Cooley. 'We found her, we found our daughter, she's alive' she hit send just as Lilly looked back at her.