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Molly carefully carried the vial and syringe towards Parker, "You stupid girl,you think you can pull a stunt like that and get away?"
The team saw Parker trying to hold it together but she was physically shaking and it was obvious she was scared.
"Do you know what this is? No,it's not Diludid though I did think about using it. This my friends is pancuronium you know what it does?"
No one dared answer even though they knew Reid knew the answer, "Good,I'll tell you what it does. It's going to paralyze Parker so she can't move any part of her body. She'll feel pain but she won't be able to cry out from it or anything," Molly laughed at her own cleverness.
"Molly,please you don't have to do this. She was scared,just leave her alone," Emily said trying to keep Molly from injecting Parker.
"She should be scared,she has every reason to be scared. It's funny,you all want to try and save her but are you doing anything?Are any of you out there looking for her? In fact,Parker was living with you and none of you noticed she had an eating problem. No one cared to notice that she hardly slept. Even after she was put back in your care did you try and help her?She started drinking,did any of you know that? Well,besides did any of you know that? How many of you realized she was losing more weight? Maybe you noticed,but did any of you care to help her get the help she needed? I didn't think so," Molly was slowly injecting the contents of the syringe into Parker's arm, "As funny as this sounds,she's almost better off with me. At least I'll put her out of her misery. You ignored her pain,I add to it and take it away."
The team could do nothing but watch as the drug took effect and Parker's own legs couldn't support her weight. Bryce undid the wire around her next first and then untied the ropes around her legs and arms. Once that was done he let her collapse unto the cement floor.
Parker felt her entire body just give out on itself. She couldn't move any part of her and it was terrifying. Parker tried to focus on something else but all that she could focus on was what Molly had said. Parker attempted to shake the thoughts from her mind but she couldn't. Molly was right, no one was looking for her. And sure they had noticed her eating habits and such but none of them ever really said anything. No one noticed anything and Parker couldn't believe she hadn't seen it before. Maybe they never really did care about her,maybe it was all just a show.
"No,no that's not what it is,they care about you," Parker told herself.
Bryce picked Parker up like she was nothing, "This should wear off in about an hour,so I better get started."
"Have fun my dear,but don't be too rough. Just show her who is boss and where her place is," Molly wiggled her fingers at Bryce who walked off screen.
"For now I bid adieu to you all,I have a few things to take care of before Parker can start moving again so it's toodle-loo for now,"Molly smiled at the team but added one last word of advice, "Parker needs a family,a real family and that was something you couldn't give her,you tried but failed. This can end one of two ways. One way, I win and Parker stays with me. I'll give her a good home,once she learns the rules of course or two,I still win and Parker dies. Think about it because the choice is yours. Unless you can give me five good reasons that I should return her to you,alive," Molly clicked off the camera leaving the stunned members of the BAU team to their thoughts.
Morgan slammed open the door to the conference room, "You guys,under her bed. The box we thought was from Graham was from Molly. She sent her the picture and she sent her stuff from our desks. Someone on the inside is working for her."
"Morgan,get that to the lead investigators right now to look for fingerprints other then Parker's. Someone was in here going through our stuff and maybe they left a print," Hotch ordered.
Morgan turned and brought the box down to the other team while Graham snuck back into the conference room. The feed was off which meant it was probably safe for him to be back in there, "What happened?"
Everyone looked towards Hotch to see what he would say, "You may as well sit in here until the next feed comes back."
"What happened?" Graham asked again, "Is she okay? Not okay,but he didn't hurt her anymore did he?"
"She's...she's okay for now," Hotch said.
"Do you think she's right?" Reid asked the question weighing on everyone's minds.
Graham looked between the agents, "Right about what?"
"No,she's just trying to get into our heads. She's trying to get into Parker's head,"Hotch said.
"And if she is successful?" JJ asked.
"She won't be. We won't let her,we'll find her before that."
Bryce smiled down at Parker. He liked her this way-nice and subdued. She was easier to handle although it wasn't as much fun with her not ran his hand down her face watching the emotions flood her eyes.
He could handle having this girl as his 'daughter' if that was what Molly wanted. Granted he would lose the right to do what he please with her but he would do anything for Molly.
Bryce walked over to drawers that had been set up and went through trying to find an outfit for Parker. She was currently dressed in that same white cotton dress and white signified purity and Parker was anything but pure. He finally settled on a simply black halter style dress.
After selecting the dress he picked out bright red lipstick and found the hair curler, "A whore-that's what you are. I see the way you look at and that boy. It's a look of love. If you only looked at one of them like that it wouldn't be a problem but it isn't just one it's two of them."
Bryce walked back over holding the items. He pulled the dress off of Parker and left her in just her under clothes, "You know,you could be beautiful if you weren't so skinny. Molly's right though,we could give you the family you always wanted and needed. We would take much better care of you," Bryce plugged in the curler and let it heat up. He brushed through Parker's hair gently, "You could be the perfect daughter to complete our family."
He moved in front of Parker and started putting the lipstick on her lips. Once that was done he slipped the dress over her head. He then started curling her hair into loose ringlets.
Parker could feel the drug starting to wear off slowly. She wondered if she would be able to fight him off if she needed to, "Don't be stupid,you aren't strong enough. You're an idiot for even thinking you could," Parker thought to herself.
She slowly flexed her fingers,they were weird feeling but she could feel them and move them.
Bryce kept talking,not realizing that Parker was able to start moving again. She tried to keep still so he wouldn't notice but it was difficult. It didn't matter though, Bryce would do whatever he pleased to her when he wanted to.
Morgan came back into the conference room, "Items are cleaned there are no prints."
"Did you honestly think there would be?" Emily asked laying her head down on the table.
"No,but I hoped," Morgan said.
"Know what I heard about hope?" JJ asked.
Everyone looked at her, "It breeds eternal misery."
"Well that's uplifting," Morgan said, "Where did you hear that?"
"Pretty Little Liars."
"Again,that's up-lifting."
Graham stood up suddenly, "So you are just giving up? You're going to let them win?"
"We aren't giving up and we aren't letting them win,we just can't do anything."
"I thought you guys were supposed to save people and be the heros, all I see is a bunch of FBI agents who aren't doing anything," Graham was getting angry.
"What can we do? We aren't the lead team,all we can do is just wait and see what happens. We're doing all we can," Hotch tried to reason.
"IT'S NOT GOOD ENOUGH. Parker is out there getting tortured and you're sitting here talking about hope breeding misery,what kind of people are you? When Parker told me where she was I was so happy for her,she finally had a family that would love her like she deserved. Maybe she could be truly happy,maybe someone could show her that she meant something to the world. I tried to tell her and tried to show her how much she meant to me but it wasn't enough because I wasn't family," Graham was walking towards the door as he finished addressing the team, "She got a shot at having a real and normal life with you and then this happens and now I don't think she will ever have that,especially with you guys doing nothing," Graham slammed the door as he walked out leaving the team in stunned silence.
After Graham stormed out Morgan leaned back in his chair, "He's right,we aren't doing anything. We are failing her,just like everyone else did."
"Do you guys think she will get past this? We were supposed to keep her safe and we didn't," JJ said as she tried to keep the tears from falling.
"We'll help her get past this,we will be there for her no matter what,"Emily said as she hugged JJ.
Bryce threw one last punch at Parker's stomach before taking a break. He looked down and saw the girl was a little more beaten then he would have liked. He wasn't supposed to kill her just mess with her. He pulled her up roughly, "Can you stand?"
Parker's legs felt weak but she nodded her head, "Good,now let's go. I hope you're ready for this," Bryce said as he pulled her along.
Parker followed along tripping and stumbling every so often. She didn't know what was going to happen but had a feeling it couldn't be good. She was trying to figure a way to break free when she saw the box where her chair usually was. No,not a box..a coffin. A coffin that was made of wood and had something carved on top of it.
Morgan figured Graham was cooled off and went to go find him. He left the team going through the previous feed and stepped outside where he saw Graham leaning against the wall of the building.
Morgan went and stood next to him,not saying anything.
"She needs help," Graham said,not looking at Morgan.
"What do you mean?"
"If she gets out of this,she needs treatment. She will fight it and hate whoever puts her there but it's either that or I lose her for forever."
Morgan didn't say anything,instead he waited for Graham to say what else was bothering him.
"She's the only girl I've ever loved. The only girl I will love and it looks like I'm going to lose her to two psychos who have nothing better to do with their time."
"We'll get her back,man."
"You don't know that. She didn't want me in that room and you know why?It wasn't because she didn't want me to see her like that-I mean it was but it was also because she didn't want that to be my last memory of her. She knows she isn't going to make it and of course she is more worried about what I'm thinking and seeing then what she is going through."
"That's Parker though."
"I know and that's what bothers me. It's like she doesn't even care anymore. I mean just looking at her there is something so broken in her that she doesn't care whether she lives or dies and that scares me," Graham glanced up at Morgan and saw him looking at him, "I'm scared Morgan,I'm scared to lose her because then what happens? It's selfish I know but I don't think I can make it without her by my side. She's not only the girl I love but my best friend. Nothing will ever change that. It's weird,the first time we talked I just knew she was the one. One duet was all it took for me to realize that we were going to be friends for life."
"She has that effect on people. She fills a hole in you that you didn't even realize was missing until she came into your life and then once she's gone you realize how much you really need her," Morgan slung an arm over Graham's shoulder, "Let's go,she needs us and we need her. Let's go bring our girl home."
