Chapter 6
Emily and JJ sat in the back of CC's squad car en route to the funeral home to start her sentence. JJ sat holding Emily's hand, and eyes closed, looking at the floor lost in thought.
"CC, pull over, please," JJ asked. CC pulled her car onto the grass
"I can't do this Emily, it's humiliating." JJ looked at her wife. "I'm afraid I'll get lost in my head again. Look, my hair is still BLUE, and I have to wear what she tells me to. If I didn't have you to help, I would honestly go to the bloody chain gang." JJ shook, telling Emily
"You are Jennifer Prentiss; you can and will do this. You are stronger than her. I will be by your side this time. LOOK AT ME." Emily waits until her wife's blue eyes are looking directly at her "you will complete this next six months with a smile with me. Do you understand?" JJ nods and has a slight smile on her face
"Emily, I am so sorry it's supposed to be me supporting you through your rehab, not you supporting my meltdown. Thank you, sweetheart." JJ leaned over and placed a loving kiss on her lips
"Are you ready, ladies?" CC asked. JJ just nodded and held Emily's hand
EJ
Emily and JJ have just signed the acceptance of their court required actions. The D.A had spoken to Andy Luttrell in prison to receive the first 30 locations of bodies and the client's names with documented evidence. JJ remained quiet sat watching tv, not wanting any company whilst Emily was practising using her crutches around the family room. CC had volunteered to live in the funeral home and act as a full-time compliance observer for the D.A
It had taken Emily a long time to persuade CC to stay. She felt terrible after witnessing JJ's minor meltdown in the car on the way here. After a while, Emily had persuaded her to stay to help her with JJ. Emily was astonished at how much CC liked her and JJ as she sat in the bathroom with her hair drying after dyeing it bright orange. Emily had gotten the idea to help JJ with the next six months. Emily's hair was dyed fluorescent pink.
"Emily Prentiss, you and your wife are a very addictive couple to be around," CC told her, looking at her hair in the mirror.
After their hair had dried, they both quickly braided each other's hair into two pigtails. Both ladies burst out laughing, looking at each other. They walked into the family room and sat down on each side of JJ, and waited for her to notice.
JJ stood and walked to get a cup of coffee, and she turned to ask if anyone else wanted a drink. JJ stood open-mouthed, looking at Emily's and CC's new hair colours.
"Looks like we are going to have three big dolls for the next six months, sweetheart. I told you I wouldn't let you lose yourself again. Do you like my new hairstyle?" Emily smiled
JJ smirked, looking at the orange and pink pigtailed pair sat in front of her. She burst out laughing and crossed the room to hug each woman.
"Thank you both. It means a lot, sweetheart but CC, and I can't tell you how much it means that you are staying with us, and now you did this. Thank you so, so much." JJ gushed
EJ
Angie and Macy walk into the breakfast room the following day to greet Emily and JJ. Macy runs in, excited to see her friends again. Stopping short of the table, she stands and looks in amazement at CC, Emily and JJ's coloured hair, all now in pigtails.
"WOW! Three dollies." Macy screamed, running to Emily and sits in her lap. She grabbed Emily by her shoulders and whispered into her ear.
Emily smiles "it was a big Boo-boo. It's getting better, thanks to Jennifer. But no, it won't grow back. I will get a cool bionic robot leg, won't that be cool?" Emily sadly smiled
JJ looked at Emily, noticing how sad she was. Macy seemed to sense her sadness and just snuggled into her neck and gave her a huge hug. Angie walked over to JJ and told her she had put out today's outfit on her bed.
"Jenny, nice to see you again." Smiled Angie "thank you, A..Angie, I will change after breakfast."
The six sat down to eat breakfast in silence until JJ asked Macy what she would do. Macy smiled and started listing everything she ever wanted to do in one breath.
"Slow down, Macy Racy. We're here for six months. We have time to do most things, sweetie. Once Emily gets her leg, we will be able to do more. You know we are both your legal guardians now?" JJ told her
"Yeah, mommy said she was going to be going away for a long time, so you and Emily are now my new mummies. I have to listen to what you tell me and behave." The intelligent 13-year-old told her, "what do I call you?"
That question caught Emily and JJ off guard completely. "Erm, how about Emily and Jennifer?" Emily answered
Macy considered her answer for a while and looked at each adult. " how about Emmy and Jenny?" Macy enquires
JJ looked at Emily and just shrugged her shoulders. "That's fine, Macy, as long as your happy." Smiled Emily
JJ disappeared to get changed into her outfit, leaving Angie with Emily and CC.
Emily smiles. "Angie, you're going to help me with my walking on my crutches with JJ this morning." Emily smiled
"Why can't you do it your self BITCH? When is Mother coming home?" MACY! Sto...
"I'm not that simpleton doll liking thing. My name is Nicole Luttrell." Emily listened, shocked "answer me!"
"Your mother is in prison, and she is never coming home. She made a deal to stop your older sister, father and herself from getting the death penalty. We are your legal guardians as per your mother's request." Emily explained
CC sat next to Nicole, stunned at the total change of personality. Neither Emily nor CC had a chance to react before Nicole slapped them both hard.
"Emmy, what's wrong?" Angie asked, all concerned "Nicole visited, didn't she? She wrecks everything I have." Angie cried
Emily put her arms around a distraught Angie, gently rubbing her back whispering into her ear, trying to calm her.
"Who's Nicole?" Emily asked
"She is my sister. I hate her. She hurts my dollies all the time. She is so mean. She likes causing pain and helps Mave all the time with daddy. Where's Jenny?" Angie asked
"I'm here, Angie," JJ replied, walking into the room
Macy ran across to Emily to be picked up crying. " I don't like Nicole. She hurts people; mummy used to tell me to run away from her." She cried. Emily just consoled the crying girl.
Angie snuggled into JJ. "Jenny, Nicole is naughty. She is not nice. Please be careful. She always hurts my nice things and friends." Angie cried
"How often does Nicole turn up, sweetie?" JJ asked
"When I get sad or mad. I'm sad mummy has gone away." She replied
CC had taken Macy out to play while Angie slept on the settee.
"Dual personality's one child-like innocent, and a mature sociopath is hidden away. Thank god Macy is just a slow learner. It looks like we are going to be very careful around Angie/Nicole. That's what this crap is all about. We are here to help protect Macy and Angie from the deranged and evil Nicole." Emily tells JJ
"It's never simple. We need to get her treatment. Angie is a loving, slightly imbalanced girl. She doe not deserve to spend her life locked away in a mental institution. She must have killed the doll before me. What do we do, Emily?" JJ asked
Life had just gotten more complex. The egomaniacal D.A was not the only problem. They now had three children packed into two; they were guardians for.
EJ
Macy and Angie helped JJ with Emily changing the bandage on her stump and walking on her crutches for the remainder of the day. Hotch had phoned earlier and informed Emily and JJ that the D.A had forbidden the BAU team from visiting them. He wouldn't allow them to associate with a convicted felon. Garcia had refused even after the D.A threatened her with arrest. Section Chief Strauss who had been railroaded with JJ's arrest and conviction, refused to be intimidated by the D.A. After a few heated phone calls, permission had been granted for the whole team to visit twice a week. JJ, after all, was serving a prison sentence of sorts.
The whole team sat down for an evening meal in the family dining room of the funeral home residence with Emily, JJ and CC with the two new members of the family. They had a pleasant meal and conversation until Nicole resurfaced again. She cut CC's forearm deeply, requiring stitches and stabbed Derek with a fork.
"I want mother back. You two need to die!" Nicole calmly informed her guardians
As soon as she appeared, she had gone, and doll loving Angie had returned. "I'm so sorry, CC, she is supper mad with you, Jenny and Emmy. She said it's all your fault and she will kill you. You have to lock me up for everyone's safety. I'm sad because mommy's gone for good." Angie sadly told JJ and Emily
Hotch had taken the two injured to the local hospital for treatment.
"Reid, is there anything we can do to help Angie, other than a Psychiatric hospital for the rest of her life? Angie is a lovable woman, just very slow. Her mental age is about 13. She loves her dolls, big and small. From what we can understand, Nicole is the killer." JJ asked
"Angie's personality seems to be the dominant one, luckily. From what you both have observed, she changes when she is upset or sad. Emily you changing your hair colour is a good step. Try dressing up like JJ, so she has two big dolly's and asks CC to do it as well. Keep her busy playing and see if you can keep her in the background. The other options are drugs and ECT electric shock therapy. I would suggest showing her what loving family life is like; remember, her parents and big sister are murders who most likely had her around while working. Good luck, but be very careful." Reid informed them.
After cleaning up once the team returned to their hotel JJ and Emily sat reading with Macy and Angie.
"Emmy! Will you play hide and seek with me on my team against Jenny and Angie in the morning after we do your leg. Pretty please, I know some good spots?" Macy asked Emily
Emily smiled at the excitement of the young girl for playing a game. "Of course we can. Well, show them how to play." Winks Emily
"Oh, is that so pinky. You have no chance Angie, and I are going to crush you. What do you say, Angie?" Smiles JJ
Angie is smiling, nodding at JJ.
CC popped her head around the bedroom door. "Room for one more?" She asked
Angie walked over, grabbing her hand pulling her over to the bed. She sat on CC's lap and hugged her, and burst into tears.
"I am soooo sorry about your arm." Cried, Angie
CC just hugged Angie kissing the top of her head. "Nicole hurt me, not you. You have nothing to apologise for. Look at me." CC asked Angie, "smile for me."
EJ
"This way Emmy, but be careful and don't fall. This is the oldest part of the house." Macy smiled
Emily looked around, turned the corner and started to fall as one of her crutches broke through the rotten floorboard. She managed to roll onto her right side protecting her left leg. She lay still for a little to check she hadn't damaged anything. Feeling fine, she tried to pull her crutch from the floor. Pulling her crutch out caused the rotten floorboards to fall into a void under the floor. Emily looked down and noticed some old looking boxes. Deciding to look later, she finished playing with Macy.
A few hours later, she returned with JJ to examine the boxes. JJ opened the hole, enabling her to retrieve the boxes. On examination, they contained information from the 50,60, and early 70's on Luttrell's cleaning activities. Both ladies spent the next hour going through them chronically.
"What's the name of the Covington D.A?" Emily asked
"William LaMontagne Jr," JJ replied
"Well, William LaMontagne Sr paid for the disposal of Mrs LaMontagne Sr. She was embalmed alive and buried in the casket of Elanor Bligh in New Orleans. It says here she was a bit of a ladies man and got pregnant to a New Orleans police officer. His name was Oh my ...His name was Robin Cato. He was buried alive." Emily shivered at the mention. "We need to ask if they're related, Jen."
JJ helped Emily stand and passed her crutches over. " how long before you get your 'Robot leg'" JJ Enquiries
"Two weeks, then the difficult bit starts trying to walk again." Emily smiled
"You'll be kicking Unsubs asses again in no time, sweetheart." Smiled JJ squeezing her hand
EJ
The two girls played on the swing set in the garden, watched by the three women.
"CC is a Robin Cato related to you?" JJ asked
"Yeah, that was my grandfather. He went missing one night on patrol. He responded to a disturbance call with his partner and disappeared without any trace. The rumour was he was a dirty cop and disappeared with his stash. That's why my father a I joined the force. Why do you ask?" CC Enquiries
Emily hands over the Willian LaMontagne Sr file for her to read. They watch a multitude of emotions flash across her face, finishing with sheer anger. Tears are streaming down her face. Emily and JJ envelop her in a hug. Nothing is said. They stand gently swaying. They suddenly feel two more sets of arms helping calm CC.
"Sweetheart, I'm betting that judge that tried your case is there; call it a gut feeling. CC, can you turn a blind eye if some of our team take the files and sift through them. A gut feeling tells me this town has more dirty laundry." Emily asked
"What boxes?" Smiled CC
"I am so sorry; as much as I won't, his balls crushed and smug smile wiped off his face; it's your grandfather; it's up to you. Do what you need." JJ squeezed CC's hand
CC smiled and walked back into the house with the file to be alone.
Hotch and Morgan appeared later and removed 12 boxes to examine the contents.
EJ
One week had passed since the team had taken the boxes. Playing with Macy around the older parts of the house had revealed two different storage areas. One contained personal keepsakes and the other some very early Robert Luttrell before he met Andy. The latest box would hopefully cut some of JJ's sentence with the federal task force. Emily had been correct about judge Tait having used the services of the cleaners twice as he seemed to have a slight issue with anger and high-end call girls. Two young women had been suffocated during his kinky sex games. Both their bodies had been cremated, but blackmail keepsakes were in the other box.
Emily had phoned Hotch and informed him of their findings. Hotch promised he would arrange for an arrest warrant. He would get back to them later today.
"GIRLS! Come here, please." JJ shouted
Angie and Macy came running over and sat down, crossed-legged on the floor, looking up at JJ.
"How about we have a princess tea party with CC and Emmy as guests of honour?. We will all get dressed up in our pretty dresses. We can have it on the grass." JJ asked the girls
They both excitedly say yes and go and help JJ prepare everything. Once they finished everything, they set off looking for CC and Emily. The two girls found them in the family room and ran across
"Emmy, CC, you need to put on your princess dresses and join us on the grass; we have a surprise for you both, so hurry up!" Macy told the two in one breath.
Emily and CC laugh and kiss both girls on the head as they go to get changed.
Half an hour later, they all sat around on the picnic blanket, eating and laughing. Emily and CC are wearing their princess tiaras. Everyone enjoyed their food. Emily excused herself to use the restroom. Macy followed in case she needed help. Macy had grown very fond of Emily.
Emily navigated the kitchen into the hall and suddenly felt he leg struck by something, making her tumble to the floor. She rolled over and found Macy petrified. William LeMontagne Jr had a gun pointed at her head.
"Call the other two in now, or I blow her brains everywhere. Don't warn them or else!" LaMontagne warned
"JJ, CC, can you come here? I fell and need a hand getting up?" Emily shouted
JJ and CC Ran into the hall. Seeing Emily on the floor, they ran over to her.
"I'm sorry," Emily told them
"On the floor, face down, ladies. Hands-on your head, or I kill the brats." He warned
JJ turned around to see a gun held to Macy's head by her D.A. JJ and CC Complied and laid face down on the floor. They had their hands zip-tied behind their backs. He secured Emily's behind her back and threw her crutches away.
"Where are the boxes you found?" He asked, a little fear in his voice.
"Ahh, something other than your murdering farther in there, what did you do, Mr district attorney?" Emily goaded
"AGH, you bastard", JJ screamed as he kidney punched her several times.
"Leave her alone, you DICK!" CC warned
Will walked over and picked her head up and smashed it into the floor several times, cutting her eye open.
"GIRLS, RUN AND HIDE NOW!" Emily yelled. Both Macy and Angie ran off to hide, thankfully
Will pulled a zip tie around her neck and pulled it tight, cutting her air supply off. Emily started kicking and struggling. Her efforts just made the zip tie tighter as Will held onto the end. Emily started to struggle.
"STOP, PLEASE. I Will show you. Just cut the tie off her!" JJ begged him
Will cut the zip tie around Emily's neck. She started gasping, trying to replenish the lost air. Struggling to breathe, it took Emily ten minutes to calm down. Will just smirked at Emily, struggling to breathe correctly. He walked over to JJ and zip-tied her ankles together, then attached a tie around her neck, leaving it loose.
"Emily, I will take you to the location. And to motivate you." He tied the tail of the zip tie to JJ's feet. "If she keeps her head up and feet up, she will be fine. Well, you just felt what happens if she doesn't." Smirked will
Will pulled Emily up and supported her. "Where too?" He asked