Chapter 4
DCPD officers found a discarded suitcase in a park after early morning joggers had found it sat in the middle of a running track. The suit case had a label attached to the handles
' FAO SSA Jennifer Jareau BAU Quantico'
After the bomb squad had cleared the package they contacted the BAU and informed them of the unattended suitcase,
Forty five minutes later the whole BAU team stood surrounding the suitcase.
JJ opened the suitcase, instantly hit with the smell of burnt flesh. Emily Thorn rushed off and threw her breakfast up at the side of the running track. JJ fully unzipped the case to find a charred body and a Zip drive wrapped in a plastic bag for protection.
Donning a pair of latex glove JJ placed the memory stick into her laptop and opened it showing only 2 files. One file was a large video file and the other was a advertisement for a call girl called Milly. The group of profilers instantly noticed she was blonde and blue eyed.
"You don't have to watch this JJ!" Rossi told JJ
JJ just ignored him and pressed play
They all watched in horror seeing the escort bound on a concrete slab.
"Milly, this is Jennifer. Your dying in her stead." He showed her the infamous press conference "To Supervisory Special Agent Jennifer Jareau, your hiding with your kids were you're safe from me that is totally unacceptable. Until you willingly give yourself up to me to receive your punishment this will happen Jennifer." He pans the camera up to show the three jars hanging from a frame on the ceiling.
"No!" Gasped JJ as she watched the first jar drop and ignite. As the women started screaming JJ turned and walked away to help Emily.
"Are you ok?" JJ asked her friend
"Just embarrassed, I've always hated the smell of burnt flesh. If Derek burns things at home I am always sick, some FBI agent Huh?" Answered a very embarrassed woman
"I hate watching other people be sick, that always sets me off." Winked JJ making Emily smile.
"You know this isn't your fault?" Asked Emily
"I know it's not, I did as I was asked. I just can't get it out of my head that woman died because of me" sighed JJ
"This is not on you Jennifer! This is on the UnSub and partially on me." Rossi tried comforting JJ
Every one in the BAU knew JJ was the team member who cared the most about the victims and their families. She was struggling knowing her family had been targeted and this look alike had been killed because of her. Her empathic soul was not fully capable of dealing with everything involved in this case.
EJ
He listened to the news report of the body found in the park on his tv while he brushed out a blonde wig to use tonight. He had found a friend of Jennifer's from a google search, Elle Greenaway. She used to be a colleague at the FBI working in the BAU until a questionable shooting she was involved in. She resigned from the FBI and became an angry alcoholic and a easy target.
Jareau couldn't stay out of this too long, he hopped
He stirred in the tranquilliser powder into the bottle of bourbon ready for tonight.
EJ
The team sat around the table in the briefing room. The atmosphere was a little subdued due to the threat to JJ
"Reid, what do you think he used to ignite his Gel?" Hotch asked the genius
Reid was a little preoccupied at the moment with the threat to JJ and the actual attempt on his god son and daughter. For once in his life his thoughts were a scramble.
JJ picked up her cell and dialled Emily.
"Emily it's Jennifer, I am sending you a horrendous video. I need your expert advice on how he ignites his gel. Please make sure the kids are no were near you when you watch it please." Begged JJ
"Okay, they are playing with their Lego on the floor." Answered Emily
Emily watched the video as Captain Emily Prentiss DCFD. Watching the women burn was something she had unfortunately seen many times in her career. What she gasped at was when he threatened Jennifer. The gasp didn't go unnoticed by the now smirking BAU profilers.
"In my opinion it looks like it's an alkali metal of some form like Potassium, sodium, lithium and Rubidium. They all react in oxygen and water by bursting into flames. They are normally stored in mineral oil and handled very carefully. The design is ingenious but he would have to be very careful when moving them. If the metal leaves the mineral oil while he moves the jars about it will ignite from the water in his gel concoction." Emily informed the group "getting hold of the Alkali metal requires a licence. I should imagine if what Jennifer tells me about Garcia, she could help locate them."
JJ turned the speaker off
"Thank you Emily." Smiled JJ
"Do you still want to go out tonight on our date? I would understand if you wanted to cancel." Emily asked hoping she wouldn't cancel
"No! We will be safe at the ambassador's with the kid's, I am looking forward to tonight." Smiled JJ
They both ended the call with a smile on their faces.
JJ placed her cell phone down and looked at her smirking team members.
"Anything we need to know Blondie?" Quizzed Morgan
"Fine!, we are going for a date tonight at her mothers house. She is a U.S ambassador with her own security." JJ replied a little red faced.
"Way to go Jareau, meeting the parents already." Laughed Emily
Hotch cleared his throat to bring the conversation back to the case.
"Garcia search for companies that hold supplies of these specific chemicals. Look for any reports of thefts, go back 6 months." Hotch requested.
"Morgan, Thorn check cameras around the area and look for something out of place. Our UnSub needs to get to and from his victims house. I know it's a long shot but we need something. Dave, you and I are going through records Garcia has flagged so far. JJ go and be with your kids and get your head back into the game. I will call if I need you. No arguments!" He detailed the team off
As expected everyone departed to start their designated tasks. JJ remained seated ready to argue her case with her boss.
Hotch held his hand up to silence JJ's complaint.
"You are going home now! Be with your children and get ready for your date." He very unusually smirked. He would never let the team know but JJ was his confidant throughput his divorce and the glue that holds this team together.
Reluctantly she agreed and left Quantico for Emily's Condo.
EJ
Emily drove the Jareau's through the gates of her parents house in her Range Rover.
"Wow! Aunty Emmy is this really your house?" Ask an amazed Henry
"No, it's my moms and dads house. What do you think Addison?" Emily asked looking in her rear view mirror
"Cool! Is your mom a queen?" The little girl asked pointing to the two decorative towers on the front of the mansion.
"No sweetheart." Laughed Emily
Pulling up to the door they were met by Emily's parents Elizabeth and Robert. After introductions Henry and Addison went swimming in the indoor pool while their mom had her date.
EJ
Emily pulled the chair out as JJ sat down at the table.
"This is amazing Emily." JJ smiled looking out across the garden
"You look amazing in that dress Jennifer." Smiled Emily
"Thank you Emily. You look beautiful in your dress as well." JJ replied.
"Yeah, if you don't look at the massive white gauze pads." Smiled Emily
"Eh, stop that. My children are alive because of you, especially Addison. You don't know what it did to my heart, when you opened your coat to see her holding on to you. If you had kept your coat fastened, would you have been burnt?" A curious JJ asked
"No! I could never forgive myself if Addison got burnt. It's a small price to pay." Emily answered quietly
Emily not comfortable with being hailed a hero changed course
"Were is Henry's and Addisons father?" A curious Emily asked
"In the freezer." She simply replied
"Oh I am so sorry, I didn't the mean to be nosey." A shocked Emily replied
JJ laughed "I had IVF treatment and picked a sperm donor. I picked the same donor for Addison so they are both truly related."
"So you know nothing about the donor?"
JJ smirked "I got Garcia to do her thing and found out who he is. He is a southern detective in New Orleans named William LaMontagne,Jr." Smiled JJ
Having had a great first date they collected two very tired children from Robert.
"Jennifer, if you are worried at all." He held his hand up to silence JJ "I know you are a trained FBI agent, ring anytime Henry and Addison have enchanted Elizabeth and myself. I do hope to see you again soon." Smiled Robert
"Thank you, pops" replied Emily
"Thank you, sir sorry Robert." Replied a happy JJ
EJ
Andrew had successfully achieved his nights mission, former FBI agent Elle Greenaway laid drunk and sedated in the trunk of his red VW golf. Happy with his nights work he missed the large pot hole in the road. His car bumped and carried on without a problem. The jar grenade he had in a box on the passenger seat tipped over.
"Oh, Shit!." He screamed.
He suddenly unfastened his seat belt and opened his drivers door and flung himself out, just in time to see the passenger seat burst into flames. The Rubidium had jumped out of its mineral oil and ignited in the gel solution. He tried opening the trunk but the flames were too hot for him to approach, he ran off as people started to come out of their houses and he could hear the approaching sirens.
With the arrival of the fire department they managed to extinguish the fire before it totally engulfed the car. While they wet down the car to ensure there were no hot spots remaining. They discovered a body in the trunk until she moved and groaned.
The paramedics rushed her to hospital with severe smoke inhalation and some burns from the severe heat in the enclosed space of the trunk.