Hey guys! New chapter today. I know some of you guys would have wanted Dani and Emily to come to terms with each other but let's just say I have something else in mind. To spice things up if you catch my drift. As always, the next chapter will be posted on Tuesday so remember to check it out. Enjoy :)

Chapter 25

The team split up in groups in search of the missing teen. Garcia pinpointed the last known location on Dani's phone. Matt, Tara, and Reid went to the apartment complex where Garcia found the last known location. The rest of the team stayed behind trying to figure out who abducted Dani.

"Do you know of anyone who might have taken her?" asked JJ to Emily. "Someone who she might have had an altercation with?"

"No, not really," Emily said while shaking her head. Emily was used to asking these questions to other people involved in a case she had to solve. She never would have imagined being asked of possible suspects of her own daughter's abduction. "Well, she did get in a fight with these two girls at school. That's about the only people I can think of." She doubts it could be them. Emily knows Dani. The teen was physically fit, she would have put up a hell of a good fight if the girls were to try to kidnap her. After all, she easily took both girls out during the fight that happened at school with no trouble.

"Garcia, check out where those girls were at the past twenty-four hours," Rossi said.

"On it, sir," she replied while quickly typing all information on her computer. She frowns and looks up at him. "I see nothing unusual. Both girls were at home the whole day. They were very active on social media during the day."

"What if it was a rival gang from Dani's father?" Asked Luke. "Even though she was never actively involved, it could be a way for them to show dominance over the gang."

"I don't think so," Emily said while looking at a map. "The last place she was located was over here in this apartment complex. There are no signs of any gang activity in or near this area," she said while pointing at the map. She knows Dani is a potential target for rival gang members. Her family ties in with gang activity, specifically her father. but the geographical profile didn't match one of gang activity.

"Gangs tend to want to spread their territory, but this place is out of range," Rossi said.

"I just don't know who would want to do this," Emily said while taking a seat. She rubs her temple, still unable to comprehend why her daughter was taken. JJ walks towards her and places her hand on Emily's shoulder.

"We are going to find her, Em," she assures the brunette. "She will be back at home with you really soon."

Emily glanced at JJ and gave her a small smile and nodded. She appreciated JJ lifting up her spirits. Just then, Matt, Tara, and Reid arrived back from the apartment complex. They enter the office where the rest of the team were in. The team looks up at them, hoping they found something.

"Did you guys find something?" asked JJ.

"Yes. We found this," Matt said holding a rather large item. Emily immediately recognized it and stood up, walking towards Matt. He hands her the item and Emily looks at it. It was Dani's guitar case. She places it down the table and opens the case. The matte natural colored guitar was inside. The same guitar Dani brought the first day she moved in with her. Emily could never forget how it looked. The most valuable item the teen had brought in when she first moved in with her. The guitar was broken in various parts.

"This is her guitar," Emily said, still looking at the guitar. It was one of Dani's most prized possessions. The teen always took good care of it. "Where did you find it?" She wondered why the teen was out with her guitar. Maybe she was going out to some sort of event.

"It was at this small alleyway near the apartment complex," Reid answered. "We saw tire marks in there. She was abducted and taken in a vehicle."

"Garcia, check for buildings and traffic cameras near that area around the same time Dani was abducted," Emily said. Garcia nodded and started to type.

"Any potential suspects?" asked Tara.

"No, not yet," Rossi responded. "All possible suspects have been checked out."

"How did the note get in the mail?" asked Alvez with the note in hand. "It had no address or any type of information. How did it get here?"

"If it had no address, the person must have somehow mixed it up with the rest of the mail," JJ said.

"Whoever took her knows Dani very well," Reid told the group. "The unsub most likely would've been spying on Dani weeks before. Learning where and who she lives with. Knowing where she goes and even knowing where Emily works. This person has something personal against Dani. This was not random."

"The problem is knowing who," Emily said. "Dani is a calm and reserved kid. She gets along with everyone. I don't know who would want to do this to her." Emily felt incompetent. She had no clue who would do this. She knows the teen and her interactions with others. Towards strangers, Dani would be quite reserved but respectful. To the people that she knows, Dani would be a kind and loving person.

The agent has rarely ever felt scared. She was always strong and her feelings were made of solid steel. Emily feels fear crawling on her back every minute that passes by. A type of fear that she never felt before. Fear of losing her daughter.

JJ looks up and sees the delivery man place more envelopes inside the box. She walks up to the box and takes out all the envelopes and brings them inside the office. The team watched as JJ put on a pair of latex gloves and carefully went through each envelope. She stopped and took an envelope out, placing the rest down.

"Just as I thought," she told the team while showing them the envelope. Just like the first one, the envelope was completely blank, revealing no information. "We got another one from the unsub," she said while opening it carefully. The team went around her in order to see what was inside.

Emily waited anxiously for JJ to take out the paper. Part of her was afraid of seeing what was inside but she had to know what was in there. She wanted to know if Dani was okay.

JJ unfolds the paper, revealing the information it contained.

"A QR code?" Said Tara, visibly confused.

"I can scan that right now," said Garcia. She wanted to help in any way she could to get Dani back. JJ handed her the paper and Garcia scanned it on her phone that was connected to her computer. The QR code took her to a live feed. It was dark. The team can hardly make out what was in the frame.

"It took us to live footage," Rossi said while looking at the screen. "Why is everything so dark?"

As if on cue, the footage showed how the room's light turned on. The place looked like a cellar or basement of some sort. The camera zoomed in and showed Dani. She was still tied up to a pole. She was more conscious, looking around the place but failed to notice the camera. She tries to get rid of the ropes that were restraining her but there was no success.

Suddenly, the footage shows a person approaching Dani wearing a ski mask.

He dunks down, face to face with Dani. They stare each other down, the teen frowning at him. He suddenly throws a hard punch, hitting her right on the jaw.

Emily's heart plunged immediately.