I kind of wrote this chapter differently than I originally planned. I hope it sounds ok. Also, if anyone has any suggestions of what they would like to see happen, let me know! I will definitely take ideas into consideration!
-Reviews happily welcome!

"Dani, you can stay with Emily in her room. Reid is staying in the room next door, there is a connecting door between you guys. JJ and Morgan are across the hall and Dave and I have the adjoining room to theirs." Hotch explained softly to the younger woman as he and Prentiss escorted her down 10th floor hallway of the slightly expensive looking hotel.

Dani nodded and slowed to a stop once they reached the proper rooms. Rossi stepped out of the hotel room he was sharing with Hotch and greeted the three with a small smile.

"Try to get some sleep, Dani." Aaron Hotchner advised as he gave Dani's shoulder a small squeeze. He was about to turn around to settle into his own room for the night, but Dani reached out and touched his arm causing him to turn back to face her.

"I just want to thank you guys… All of you, for everything… For letting me stay with you…" She admitted sincerely.

"We wouldn't have it any other way." Dave Rossi smiled and reassured her. The two older men said goodnight and retired to their room in hopes for a few hours of sleep before the next morning.

Prentiss led Dani into their room and took her overnight back from her hands to place on the bench across from one of the beds. Dani thanked her as she struggled to slip off her shoes, then sat on the edge of the bed closest to the window. Prentiss didn't admit that it was the bed she had been sleeping on, but noticed Dani uneasily eyeing the door and knew she would feel more comfortable sleeping furthest away from it.

"Emily, can I ask you an honest question?" Dani asked after prying her eyes of the door once Prentiss made sure the deadbolt was secured. She walked over to sit on the other bed to face Dani.

"Of course…" She replied while taking off her shoes and socks.

"Do you really think it's the same guy? The one who… Murdered my mother?" Dani wondered without breaking eye contact.

Emily Prentiss' heart nearly lurched at the question. It was almost like she was looking in a mirror of herself ten years earlier. Ever since she met Dani Lereux, she couldn't help but be completely honest with her.

"I think it's possible." She admitted truthfully. Dani nodded slowly and lowered her gaze to the floor. It was nothing that she hadn't expected, ever since being at the Police Station hours earlier, it had all made sense.

"I don't remember what he looks like. I couldn't see his face…" Dani said quietly. "Is it my fault all those other women are dead?"

Emily's mouth fell open and she instinctively moved to sit next to Dani on the other bed. "Oh, honey, no. Don't even think that. None of this is your fault, ok? You didn't do anything wrong. But we're going to do our best to catch this guy. We just want to see you safe as we do it, ok?"

Dani nodded and gave Emily a small smile. Emily smiled back, then raised her hand to cover her mouth as she stifled a yawn.

"What do you say we hit the hay?" Emily suggested as she stood up and grabbed her ready bag from the foot of her bed. "You need your rest, and apparently so do I…"

Dani smiled again and rose to dig through her own bag for a toothbrush and some pajamas.

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Reid sat cross legged on his hotel bed as he leaned against the wall. It was almost midnight, but he couldn't fall asleep yet and decided to read some of the book he had brought in his carry on. He sighed to himself after staring at the red digits on the clock by his bed when a very quiet knock sounded at the door. He frowned, but closed the book and set it on the bed before jumping up to start towards the door. The cautious knock sounded again and he stopped sharply after realizing it was coming from the connecting door between his room and Prentiss' and not the door leading to the hallway.

Taking a sharp left, Reid stopped in front of the adjoining door to listen. He couldn't hear anything and was about to assume he had imagined it, but another tap came from the door. Reid frowned again and turned the doorknob to find the source of the tapping and found Dani standing timidly on the other side, in the dark of the next room.

"Hey Dani, what's up?" Reid asked quietly as he tried to peer into the dark room behind her.

She smiled bashfully and adjusted the black tank top she had on, "I'm sorry to bother you Spencer, but can I come in…?"

"Oh! Yeah, of course. Come on in…" Reid stepped to the side and waved his arm to the room, motioning for Dani to come in.

She smiled gratefully and stepped into the room, her light green pj pants making a hushed swishing sound as she walked.

"What's going on?" Reid wondered out loud as he closed the door. Dani stood in the middle of the room and Reid couldn't help but notice the bulge at her midsection from the bandages protecting where they had to operate on her ribs. She looked at him, her green eyes seeming more vivid in the dim light from the lamp. The bruising around her eye was still very visible, but was beginning to yellow near the edges. Reid guessed it would be gone in about five or six days.

"Well, I couldn't sleep… I was thinking I should maybe call my sister, but I didn't want to do it in there with Emily sleeping. Do you think maybe I could call in here?" Dani gave a sweet smile as she ran her bare foot over the carpet. "I noticed the light was on under the door and assumed you were still awake…"

"Oh, yeah sure go ahead! But don't you think it's a little late?" Reid asked as he remembered it was practically midnight.

Dani laughed suddenly, then clenched her ribs from the pain. "Spencer, my sister lives in Nice… It's like 9am tomorrow morning over there…"

Reid's cheeks deepened in color almost immediately once he realized his own stupidity. "Oh.. Right.. Yeah, go ahead.. I'll just, uh…" He mumbled nervously and motioned towards the hallway door, but Dani stopped him.

"No, Spencer you don't have to leave. Just stay, I'll only be a few minutes… I really don't want to be alone anyways…" She added almost shamefully as she sat down on one of the chairs near the window. Spencer nodded and took a seat back on the bed as Dani picked up the phone and began dialing.

"Bonjour ma tante, c'est Dani…" Dani spoke into the phone a few seconds later. Reid found his previous comfortable position against the wall and grabbed his discarded book to continue reading. He couldn't help but notice that Dani pronounced her name to her aunt "Duh-nee" opposed to the regular "Dahnee". He smiled and frowned simultaneously at the thought and tried to get back to his book while Dani conversed with her aunt and sister in French a few feet away.

About ten minutes later Dani said goodbye to her younger sister and hung up the phone. Reid briefly looked up and smiled awkwardly at her as she remained silent in the chair. She smiled back and stood to make her way over to the bed where she crawled in and leaned against the wall beside Reid.

"Whatcha reading?" She asked as she pointed to the large book in his hands.

Reid quickly closed the book and shrugged, "It's The Pathfinder… By James Fenimore Cooper? It's actually really interesting…"

Dani nodded as she tried to contain the smirk that was daring to display on her face. Reid noticed and quickly changed the subject.

"So, um.. Is that how you're supposed to pronounce your name?" Reid asked her curiously. "Duh-nee…?"

Dani laughed. "Sure, if we were in France. I guess it is said a little differently in French, but Dani is ok too. I don't mind either way, I'm used to it. By the way, nice pronunciation."

Reid smiled shyly and played with the tattered edges of the book. When he didn't say anything, Dani continued.

"Have you ever learned French?" She asked curiously before grabbing the book away from his fiddling hands and tossed it to the foot of the bed. Reid cried in protest at the action, but soon nestled back into his comfortable position.

"Nah… I never really took any languages. Well, there was this one plane ride on the way home from a case and Prentiss tried to teach me some Spanish. She gave up on me pretty quick though…"

Dani giggled at the thought and patted his hand gently. "Well, I think you should try French out. I think you would do pretty well, maybe sometime I will give you a lesson."

Reid smiled as his cheeks flushed, but Dani pretended not to notice as she let out a yawn.

"Well, thanks for letting me use your phone. My Aunt would go crazy if I wouldn't have called her, especially now that she knows what happened. She keeps saying she is going to fly out here, but I told her no, that there's nothing she could do out here." Dani smiled softly, "Goodnight Spencer."

"Night…" Reid replied and stood to let Dani back into her room. Once she was safely on the other side, he closed the door between them, leaving it unlocked and sighed.

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The white halls were almost unbearable as Reid walked quickly down them, following a dark haired man wearing a long white coat that floated behind him as he walked. Reid quickened his step to keep up with him, while the terrible thoughts ran through his head.

"We had to get you down here as soon as we could." The man turned his head slightly so Reid could hear him. "I'm afraid it's taken a turn for the worse…"

They turned sharply to the left, down another long white hallway and came to the only door Reid remembered seeing in the whole building. It was open, and when Reid peered in after the man disappeared into it, he seen a bustle of activity around a small bed. He could see a slippered foot kick into the air and someone struggling beneath them.

Reid gasped and hurried into the room, pushing his way through the men huddled around her, trying to hold her down.

"Mom??" He called out to the frazzled looking woman on the bed. She stopped thrashing and turned to look at him, when she did she let out a bloodcurdling scream.

Reid woke with jolt, sitting up like a flash of lightning. His body was damp with sweat and he couldn't seem to catch his breath as his heart raced beneath his chest. He struggled to see through the darkness and raised his hands to touch his face, telling him he was real now. He recognized the red digits on the alarm clock next to him, it told him it was 3:16am. He let out a heavy sigh after recognizing he was in the hotel room and that it all had been a dream.

He was about to lay back down when another scream sounded and something thumped against the wall behind him. He jerked out of bed and his heart stopped after realizing the sound was coming from the girls' room next door.

He sprinted to the connecting door and opened it wide without knocking, and flicked the switch beside him which cascaded light throughout the room. He seen Dani sitting up in bed, her hair tangled around her face and tear streaks down her cheeks, breathing heavily. Prentiss was sitting beside her, comforting her, and Reid let out a mental sigh of relief that no one was being attacked.

"What happened?" He squeaked out through a voice hoarse with sleep and his own nightmare he just endured.

Prentiss looked up at him, "I think Dani had a nightmare.." Was all she said. Dani was hugging her arms to her chest tightly and her face was a mask of fear. Reid walked in further and sat down on the other side of Dani.

"Are you ok? Did you want to talk about it?" Reid asked as gently as he could. A sudden chill shook through his body and he was suddenly very aware of the fact he was dressed only in his boxers and a plain white t-shirt. He fought the urge to run back to his room for a house coat and stayed beside Dani on the bed.

She remained quiet as another large tear spilled over, sliding down her cheek. Prentiss frowned in worry as she rubbed Dani's back trying to comfort her.

"Dani?" Reid nudged again after she didn't respond. "You ok?"

Dani sniffled once and without answering, she collapsed onto Reid, her arms instantly wrapped tightly around his thin waist. He could feel her tears soaking through his thin t-shirt and looked towards Prentiss, his face a huge question mark.

Prentiss shrugged, but held Dani's hand, saying calm, soothing words to her and after a few minutes Reid managed to move his hands to gently rub her back, feeling helpless.