Sorry, guys. I know I keep having back things happen to these girls, but just one more thing and then I'll give them some good, happy times.
Anna: 6 years old.
Addiesan: 6 years old.
Henry: 6 years old.
Aubree: 5 years old. (going on 6)
Bear with me as I do a whole case based solely on my own thoughts.
P.S. Hippiechic81 gave me an idea. I will be using it for this chapter, so credit goes to her.
Monday, June 29th, 2015.
Monday morning after dropping the kids off at James' house, JJ and Emily head to work.
At the drive there is call that goes straight to Hotch. He calls everyone into the conference room.
Penelope mans the remote while JJ hands out the folders.
"Three kids have gone missing over the past two weeks in Sacramento, California." Penelope starts. She presses a button and three pictures pop up. Two boys and a girl; all blonde haired and blue eyed.
"Seven-year-old, Justin Moore, and eight-year-old twins, Mason and Mia Jordyn."
"Justin was found yesterday in a ditch on the side of the road." A few more pictures pop up, causing JJ to momentarily close her eyes. Little Justin looks so much like Henry.
"Mia and Mason were taken from their house late yesterday evening." PG tells them.
"The family of Justin Moore was given a ransom demand and a deadline of five days." Hotch informs the team. "When the parents could not meet those demands, the kidnapper did this."
"How long after they were taken did the kidnapper give a ransom?" Reid asks.
"About a day and half." Hotch answers. "Mia and Mason have already been missing almost 14 hours; by the time we get there it will be time for the Jordyns to get a ransom."
"So have the parents of Mia and Mason gotten a demand yet?" Morgan asks.
"Not yet." Hotch glances around the room, his concern mostly for JJ and Emily who always have a hard time with cases including children. "Jet's standing by; wheels up in twenty."
On the jet.
On the jet, the team starts to discuss the case in length. Penelope tags along to man the computers and to trace the calls.
"JJ, I want you, Emily, Garcia and Rossi to go the Jordyns' house to stand by in case a ransom is given." Hotch tells them. "Reid, you, Morgan and I will go to the station and help out there."
Everyone nods in agreement. There isn't much more they can do; the know why Justin was killed and they know this is ransom kidnappings, so all they can do is wait.
JJ sits by the window absentmindedly playing with her heart-shaped necklace. Whenever she does this, it usually means two things; one, she's worried about Emily, or two, she's worried about AJ and/or Henry.
Emily gently lays a hand on JJ's shoulder causing her to face towards her and rest her head on Emily's shoulder.
"This isn't him." Emily tells her, immediately knowing what's going through JJ's mind. "Henry is safe. He's with Miss. Kate until my dad gets off work, and then he will be with him and AJ and the twins all night. My dad will not let anything or anyone hurt them."
JJ nods. "I know. I'll be okay, I think I just needed someone to remind me of that."
"No problem, bug." Hotch watches the two from his place at the back of the jet. Since he sees no reason otherwise, he allows Emily to do this level of comforting with JJ when they are not working the case. It is also that reason why he is sending her with JJ to the Jordyns' house.
Jordyns' household.
At the Jordyns' house, Emily knocks on the door. She has Rossi, PG and JJ behind her.
A couple answers the door. "Hello, my name is Emily Prentiss; I'm with the FBI." Emily introduces herself and shows them her badge. "This is Agent Jareau and our Tech Analyst, Penelope Garcia."
"Hi. I'm Terry Jordyn and this is my husband, Tom." A tired young lady in her late-twenties says. "Please, come in." Terry leads them to the dining room where Penelope sets her things up.
"Would you like some tea? I just made a fresh pitcher." Terry tells them. JJ and Emily agree, and Terry brings back some glasses.
"Mrs. Jordyn, we would like to ask you and your husband some questions, if you don't mind." Emily tells her.
"We can go to the living room." The four go in and take their seats.
"All right, Mrs. Jordyn, I would like you tell me about what you and your children were doing yesterday afternoon."
"Okay, um…well, I picked up the kids form my sister-in-law's. When we got home, they wanted to play outside so I let them go. I-I should have stayed with them. They're only eight; I shouldn't have let them go by themselves." Terry says her voice breaking.
"All right, do you know when you first realized something was wrong?"
"Um, yes, Mason came inside. He grabbed Mia's inhaler off the counter and ran back outside. I went to the doorway to watch and make sure he had everything handled. He gave to her and she took a couple of breaths."
Emily nods as JJ writes a few things down. "What did you do then?"
"I went back to the kitchen. A-and then I heard them screaming. Mia was yelling for me." Tom wraps his arms around his wife.
"She yelled for me then. I ran to the kitchen and grabbed the phone."
"I-I don't remember anything else." Terry sniffles.
"Okay." Emily glances at JJ and then back at Terry and Tom. "I would like to do something called a cognitive interview. It will help you remember details, and bits and pieces that you didn't think you saw."
Terry nods. "Yes, yeah I'll do it. If it'll help you find Mia and Mason."
Emily nods also and turns to JJ. "Jen, why don't you take Mr. Jordyn to the kitchen?" Tom and JJ head to the kitchen where Penelope is awaiting further instructions.
"Okay, I need you to close your eyes." She instructs and then continues when Terry does as she is told. "All right, you picked the kids up, you came home…" She trails off and let's Terry continue.
"Mas and Mia run ahead of me. They go straight to the kitchen. Mason wants to go outside and Mia wants me to make a picnic lunch for them."
"Okay. So, they go outside and you go to the kitchen."
"Yes. They want to play in the sprinkler, but I tell them to wait until after lunch. I get the bread and jelly out, but have to go to the pantry to get the peanut butter."
"What happens next?"
"Mason comes in and grabs Mia's inhaler. I go to the door to make sure everything is ok. Then I go back to the sandwiches."
"What are they doing now?"
"I hear Mia screaming: 'Mommy! Mommy!'. Mason's yelling for him to let go. I run to the door and see my babies being pushed into a car."
Emily writes a few details down. "Okay, let's go back for a second. You said Mason was yelling for 'him' to let go. The kidnapper was a man?"
"Yes. He was about 5'6 and had dark hair. His clothes were dirty; he had a plain white t-shirt on and dirty jeans. They had mud on them. He was wearing a baseball cap." She's giving details she's not aware of.
"Terry, you're doing really good. Just one more question; can you describe car?"
"It was four-door, black van. With tinted windows, like really, really dark tinted windows."
"Okay. Terry," Terry opens her eyes. "You did really good. I'm going to call my boss and give him this." Terry goes to the kitchen for some coffee.
In the kitchen.
In the kitchen, the phone rings. Penelope holds a finger and taps some keys one her laptop. "Go." She whispers.
Terry answers. "H-hello?" The person on the other end has a bone-chilling voice.
"Is this Terry Jordyn?"
"Y-yes, this is she."
"If you want your children back alive, bring $200,000 dollars to the park on west side. Bring it in a plain, black bag and sit it under the bench. Only you; I see cops, I kill the kids. You have until noon Wednesday."
"Wait! We don't have that kind of money!" Terry says frantically. "Please, we'll do anything else. Is it don't hurt my babies."
"Bring the $200,000 or the kids get killed." The person hangs up and everyone looks to Penelope who shakes her head.
"The call wasn't long enough. It was pinging on too many towers to narrow down and locate."
"What are we going to do?" Terry asks her husband. "We don't have that kind of money!"
"We are going to figure it out. And we are going to get out babies back."
Here's the first part of the case. The next part is going to start with Mia and Mason and what is going on with them.