JJ's POV
I sat there in my hotel room and stared at my wall, till there was a hole in there. I am so angry! Why did Hotch take me of the case? I wanted to help find the murderer of these innocent women. And now I'm sitting here doing nothing. Why? I didn't do anything wrong! Did I say something which wasn't appropriate? No! Anyways he couldn't have just taken me of the case, because of something i said. I am so angry!
Now it's to late anyways. i have to do something to distract me, otherwise I will freak out because of no answers. I swap trough the channels and get even angrier. There's just rubbish in there! Nevertheless i decide on watching the news. In the end I decide on taking a shower. When I come back out fully dressed and with almost dry hair, I get back to watching the news, not really paying attention. That was until I heard the name. Now I know why I am of the case. The problem is, it makes me only more angrier. Not Hotch took me of the case, it was Rossi. Arrrgh! Why! He can't be serious! It is not his choice if i see this monster again or not! And Prentiss? She propably didn't even stopping him! I AM SO ANGRY!
The Team all were working on different files and finding out how Thomas Merrick fits together with the victims, when Reid and Morgan saw JJ coming into the station. ,Hey there? What are you doing here, I thought you were of the case? How do you even got her..." ,Where's David?" JJ interrupted him rudely. ,Erm... In there with Emily and Hotch." Morgan pointed out the conference room. When she walked away, he and Reid both got up and followed her: ,This isn't good!" Reid told Derek.
The three of them were sitting at the table looking at the files when the door flew open and JJ came in, walking straight over to Rossi, followed by Reid and Morgan closing the door behind them. ,Are you serious?!" He stood up and looked her right in the eyes: ,I don't know what you mean!" JJ just laughed. ,Oh, you know exactly what i mean! ,How do you even know about it?" Emily asked. ,The news!" JJ said quickly, showing at the TV. ,They weren't supposed to say..." ,But they did! You can't just pull me of the case, because of him!" She yelled at him. Now it was Hotch who spoke: ,JJ, I thin..." ,No, Hotch! I know now why you couldn't tell me why I'm of the case,... because you didn't know why! David, again, you can't just pull me of the case because of him, you propably don't even know if he really killed those women." ,I know that it was him and you know exactly what he is capable of!" ,You don't have to tell me, what he is capable of!I know it, better than you do! That doesn't cahnges anything though!" ,Yes it does! Every Night! Every night, I wake up, scared that he is back to get you!" Rossi looked her right in the eyes, but JJ looked away almost ashamed it. He grabbed in his pocket and got out a golden necklace. ,Every night, i am afraid that I will see this little girl again, curled up in a corner and hanging onto this necklace", he showed JJ the necklace in his fist, ,with her whole life! Scared of everything, scared of the world, because she never saw it before! Not even knowing how human look! Not even knowing what human are! And him in total control of the little girl, just by the sound of his voice! I want to protect you! And not only because I never want to see something like this again, but because I never want you to have to feel like this again!" Everyone was shocked, what they just hurt, didn't make any sense, it just couldn't be real. Rossi waited for her to answer, but she couldn't bare to look him in the eyes. She knew he was right, there was a high possibility, that she could end like this again. But she wasn't this little girl anymore. And this was the point, which Dave couldn't see. She looked him right in the eyes and said: ,I know you do! I know you want to protect me! But I am NOT this little girl anymore! I can protect myself now! And what you are doing, isn't protecting me! And I'm sorry that I have to say this now, but you're just like him! You're not protecting me, you're holding me back! You're holding me back from discovering the world, just like him! You're holding me back from winning, just like him!" Now it was Rossis turn to be speechless. And Emily used this moment of silence to say something: ,I know that I shouldn't be interupting you, cause I wasn't there. But I know from what JJ told me and from what I just heard, that JJ is right, Rossi! You are holding her back! And I know that you just want to protect her, but you don't have to be scared anymore! Cause we are all here, to protect her! She isn't alone! Look at us, we are all here!" She pointed at everyone and they gave him an encouraging look. JJ took his hands and looked him right in the eyes. ,I am safe now!"