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Chapter 29

"Emily, what are you doing here?" asked Dani with a confused face.

Emily looks up to the girl. "I came here to save you," she stated.

"Look, I don't want to offend you or anything but I always thought the person who saves the day in a situation like this is the one who is not held hostage with the hostage," she said. "That is just two negatives."

"Two negatives make a positive," Emily said, trying to lighten the mood.

"This isn't the best time to give math lessons," Dani said, narrowing her eyes. She suddenly realizes something. "Wait, if you are here then that means the rest of the team knows where we are, right?" she said with a hopeful expression.

Emily looks down at the floor. She knows she was about to disappoint the teen with her response. "I came here alone without them knowing in order to make sure that you weren't hurt."

"What? What do you mean they don't know?" asked the teen with a mix of confusion and anger.

"It was a deal I made with him," Emily told her. "Listen, I know it doesn't sound good but I promise you they will find us."

"And how the hell are they gonna do that?" asked the teen with a frown. "Damn it!" she uttered out while putting her head down in defeat.

"Hey, look at me," said the agent, trying to meet with the girl's gaze. Dani lifted her head slowly, her pure hazel eyes meeting Emily's dark brown ones. "I know we are not in the best position right now but I need you to have hope," she said, trying to lift the teen's spirit up.

Dani looked at Emily and let out a sigh. "Alright," she said with a nod.

"Thank you," Emily said. "Did he tell you anything? Something that can get us out of here?"

"Not really. He just told me he was doing all this to get revenge on someone," said the teen. "He also said after this is all over we were going out for pizza," she said with a sarcastic tone.

"Seriously," Emily said with an unimpressed look.

"Sorry. I'm just hungry," Dani said, raising her shoulders.

The agent was impressed with how well Dani was managing the situation. She didn't look scared or anything of that sort. She did look a little tense but would crack jokes in order to keep her calm. "I promise I will take you to eat wherever you want once we get out of here," Emily said.

Dan looks at Emily and lets out a small chuckle but abruptly stopped when she felt pain on the cut she had on her eyebrow. Her face wrinkled in discomfort. This didn't go unnoticed by the profiler.

"Does it still hurt?" Emily asked with worry. She sees Dani's cut. It looked very deep. She had dry blood on part of her face. The agent knew that the cut was going to need stitches in order for it to heal. Emily wants to desperately heal the teen's wounds and make her pain go away.

"Just a little," Dani said. She didn't want to worry Emily more than she already was. "It stopped bleeding a while ago. It's better now." She gave Emily a small smile, trying to prove her point that she was okay.

"Try not to move much," the brunette told her.

Dani nodded slowly. She looked down at the floor, staring at her feet. She knows Emily wants her to have hope but the teen knows that hope alone won't help her get out of the situation. She knows what the man wants from her. He wants to kill her. She doesn't want to feel pessimistic. It's just the reality hitting her.

"Em, if things don't end right I need you to know some things," Dani said, still staring at the floor.

"Dani, don't say that. I-"

"I know you want me to have hope. Trust me, I am. It's not that I'm being pessimistic. I'm just being realistic," Dani said, looking at Emily. "The reason why I got in a fight at school wasn't because that girl was talking crap about me. She was talking bad about my brother. She was saying how it was my fault that he died and that he probably deserved it," she paused, taking a breath. "I know fighting wasn't the best choice. I just got angry and reacted without thinking."

"Honey, why didn't you tell me this?" Emily asked the teen in a soft voice.

"I don't know. I guess I thought you wouldn't have believed me."

"Dan, I would have believed you. You have to understand that."

"I know. I just wasn't thinking straight," Dani said. "I don't want you to see me as an asshole who beats up people for no reason."

"Dani, I don't see you like that," Emily said. "I had a good feeling that you weren't telling me the whole truth. I know you wouldn't get in a fight for any reason. You are better than that. I see you as a loving person who would do anything in order to defend everyone you love."

Dani gives her a weary smile. "Thanks," she said, looking slightly embarrassed. "About the drugs-"

"They aren't yours. A boy planted them in your folder while you were fighting. I think his name is Max," Emily said.

"Max? That son of a bitch," Dani said while shaking her head. "I apologize for my language. I just had a feeling he was also involved in this."

"I told the principal about his involvement. He promised that Max will receive the punishment that he deserves," Emily told Dani. Dani nods, feeling a slight relief in knowing that Emily knows the whole truth.

They hear footsteps walking towards them. Dani sits up while Emily moves her back against the wall.

Declan was the one descending down the stairs.

"Let me talk to him," Emily said in a whisper. Dani nodded, trusting her in what she was doing.

Declan steps inside, walking towards both of them. "I see you both caught up with each other," he said. "That's good. So, Emily. Did you tell the kid why she will be dying today?"

"Declan, just let her go," Emily said.

"Wait, you know who this guy is?" Dani asked with a brow raised.

Declan turned his head towards the teen and snickered. "So she didn't tell you?" He said. Dani just looked at him. "That is very typical of her. Always telling others all her lies, refusing to blow her cover. Even at the face of death," he turns back and walks towards Emily. "Do you mind telling the kid your little history, agent? Because if you don't I will but trust me when I say you won't like the way I say the story."

Emily looks at Dani who is sitting with a confused face. She looks back up to Declan who is staring at her with a frown. "Go on. Say it!" He said.

Emily looks at the teen. Emily never mentioned her job as an undercover agent working for Interpol. She never told her about Ian and how she had to fake her death. When Dani came into her life, Emily wanted to start a new chapter in her life. She wanted to bury the past, never wanting to look back at the mess she was involved with Ian. She knows the story is too long to unravel.

"Years before I met you, I worked as an undercover agent in order to take down a terrorist leader. This man, he was very dangerous, a serial killer who would do unspeakable things to anyone who came in his way. I… I had to get close to him in order to apprehend him. In order to save a child," she said, looking at Declan.

"Shut up!" He yelled, slapping her hard across her face. Emily stumbles but quickly regains her composure. "None of that is true! You know that!"

"What Ian told you was a lie. He-"

"Silence!" He exclaimed. He looks at Dani and walks towards her. Dani just looks at him, wondering what he was going to do. "I will tell you what happened. This lady did everything she could for power. She didn't just go undercover. No. She did more than that. She slept with the man who she was supposed to apprehend. Made him suffer from countless lies. Not satisfied with that, she saw him die doing absolutely nothing to help him! She destroyed his life as well as mine."

Dani glances at Emily. She was confused about what she was hearing. Emily never told her anything about her being an undercover agent. She had always thought she worked with the BAU for most of her career. Dani had always felt that Emily was always open to her about her past. Dani herself trusted Emily enough to start sharing her own. Now she sees that this wasn't the case.

Emily wasn't being completely honest with her. Now Dani is questioning everything that Emily has told her.

"You know, Emily. I thought you would have remembered this story by heart," Declan said. He reaches inside the pocket of his jacket and takes out a silver object. The object was a steel brass knuckles. He slowly puts on the steel knuckles on his right hand. "Hopefully this will jog up your memories."

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"She's gone," said Tara while bursting inside the office.

"What do you mean she's gone?" asked Matt.

"I looked for her in her office and she wasn't there. I assumed she went to the bathroom but no one was at the stalls."

"Maybe she went to another part of the building," said Alvez, trying to calm Tara down.

"Garcia, can you check security footage of the building to see where Emily is?" Asked Rossi.

"Sure," Garcia said while typing on her laptop. She looks at all the camera footage but doesn't see a sign of Emily. "Guys, I think Tara is right," she said with a troubled voice.

The team all head to the laptop in order to help Garcia find Emily. They quickly came to the same conclusion.

"I don't get it. Why would she leave?" Asked Matt with his arms crossed against his chest.

"I think I have an idea why," said Rossi. "Garcia, now check Emily's phone location."

Garcia quickly typed down Emily's information. Her fingers were clicking on the keyboard as fast as she could. "The last known location was thirty minutes ago. It's in this public parking place located in South West DC."

"Just as I thought. She went to go find Dani," Rossi said. "Send us the location. We need to get there quickly."

The rest of the team quickly get their stuff and head out of the office. They all rushed down to the parking lot and all got in their respective SUVs. They quickly pressed on the accelerator and were on their way to the parking lot.

Rossi was driving while JJ and Reid were in the passenger seat. They were all very anxious to arrive.

"I can't believe she did this again," Reid said in a low volume. JJ and Rossi glanced at him. Both of them knew what he meant. "Why would she leave without telling us? Doesn't she know how dangerous it could be?" Spencer was mad at the fact that Emily didn't tell the team where she was going. He recalls the last time she left without them knowing. Emily ended up in the hospital and was declared dead.

"Knowing her, she probably weighed this out," Rossi said with his eyes on the road. "The unsub probably contacted her saying that Dani would be in great danger if she didn't come alone."

"She wanted us to find her. She brought her phone with her knowing Garcia can easily track her down. If she wouldn't want us involved, she would have made sure no one would be able to locate her," JJ said while looking at Spencer. She also didn't agree with what Emily did. She couldn't bear the possibility of losing two people she really cares about.

"She relies on us to find them and we will," said Rossi.

The team arrives at the parking lot. They see Emily's car parked, confirming she was there. Now the team had to know where she went.

"Any known abandoned buildings around here?" Alvez asked Garcia.

"In a few blocks south from the parking lot there are a few buildings that are not in use for years," Garcia said.

The team went to the area where Garcia told them. There were about seven buildings that were shut down. These were all possible areas where Emily and Dani could be. The team split up into two groups. JJ, Alvez, and Tara went to the east side of the buildings while Rossi, Reid, and Matt took the west side. They all knew they had to clear out every building until they found where they were being held. They start their search, determined to find them.