*Okay as always I own nothing of Criminal Minds or Rizzoli & Isles just enjoying using the characters.
The team had become over whelmed when they got the call that Nuha had gone missing. She was suppose to be with a cousin at the movies and vanished. Morgan and Reid went to the scene. Hotch sent JJ and Pen to retrieve Maura and Jane and see if they had found out anything. Then he told them to go to the hotel and rest he need at least part of the team rested.
Maura finished the autopsy of the young girl with tears in her eyes. There really wasn't much in the way of information other than the blunt force trauma to the back of the skull. She couldn't tell if there had been sexual trauma given the decomposition of the body. The girl had been transported to the area and dropped so the crime scene was somewhere else.
Jane watched her friend do the autopsy like she had a hundred times before. She knew Maura was on autopilot but her autopilot was better than most peoples A game in the business. "You okay there Maur?"
"I'm fine Jane...I just have to weigh the intestines and close."
"Just make sure you don't cut into that thing." Jane said making a disgusted face. Maura weighed it and placed it back into the body and paused thinking. "Okay I know that look what's going on?"
"Hey you two find out anything? JJ asked as she walked in hoping there was information.
"No...not really." Maura said dejectedly. "Did you learn anything?"
"Yes unfortunately...Nuha has gone missing again."
"Isn't that the girl Emily talked to?" Jane asked.
"Yes." She said flatly. "Morgan and Reid are at the scene and Pen and I are here to get you two to the hotel. Are you ready to go? We stopped and got Thai. We figured you two haven't eaten either."
"Let me record my findings a moment and I'll change and meet you outside." Maura said looking down at the ground worriedly.
"Hold on a minute you were thinking about something a moment ago. What was it?" Jane asked hoping it would perk her friend up to talk or at least google mouth.
"It's the smell that caused Emily to get sick. That still is bothering me, but we can talk about that at the hotel." She said as she went to a lab tech to tell him the body was ready to be put up.
"How is she doing?"
"She is exhausted but I'm really not sure JJ. One moment she is Maura with tears in her eyes the next all fire and brimstone like Emily."
"I know, it does become confusing until you get use to the subtle changes and know who you are dealing with. When we get back to the hotel do you mind sharing a room with Pen?"
"Are there two bed in her room because I'm not spooning her."
JJ laughed, "Yes there are two beds in her room."
"Okay...I figure you and Maura will try some of that bonding thingy you two do." She said waving her hands in the air.
"We may but I was hoping to get to talk with her about some deeper things I noticed in Emily before she was kidnapped."
"Okay I'm ready to go." Maura said coming up to the two women. They noticed that somehow one of Emily's Yale t-shirts had shown up on the woman but they decided not to ask about it.
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Rossi had taken Elizabeth back to the hotel so she could rest and be ready for any news that may come in about Emily. He took her into his arms as they tried to get some sleep. "Are you okay?" She broke down in sobs, "How can I sleep when I'm not even sure she is alive?"
"Shhh... Emily is strong and she will make it through this."
"I hope so Dave." She said curling herself into his warmth.
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The girls gathered in JJ and Maura's room to eat after changing into comfortable clothes. It was well after 1 am when Jane and Pen came in and the first thing they saw was Maura holding Emily's shirt and breathing in her scent. They were quite for several moments until Maura noticed the silence and looked up. "Please eat..."
"Are you going too?" Jane asked concerned.
"I will try." She said as she walked over to the table.
"Pen brought her laptops if you want to look into what you were thinking about at the lab." Jane said in way of breaking the tension in the room.
Maura stopped and got that look on her face.
"I believe Emily is about to manifest." Jane said with a hushed tone.
"Jane...I'm still me but I do feel her..." she said as she fell to the ground.
"Maura..." JJ was up and by her in seconds.
"She has been blocking her emotions but now she has opened it all up in a desperate attempt for me to hear her. Oh my god she feels helpless."
"Maur..." Jane said wide eyed.
"The smell...god the smell. I'm going to be sick." JJ made it to the trash can and back to her just in time for the woman to throw up.
"Pen...can you pull up the footage of when Emily first got sick in the parking lot." Maura yelled as she tried to keep her stomach under control.
"On it!"
"Maura...honey can we get you to that chair?" JJ said trying to help the woman up, "Jane get a cold wash cloth." She ordered.
"Here you go one Emily getting sick." Pen said as she showed the footage.
"Now can you show footage of her entering the building all the way till she went to the bathroom?"
"Here's the wash cloth." JJ took it and placed it on Maura's neck. "What are you thinking Maur?" Jane asked knowing the woman was on the trail of something good.
"Not sure yet but everything in my being says the key is right here." They all watched until she said "STOP!"
"What do you see?" JJ asked missing it.
"Pen run the feed slowly from the time they pulled up." She said, "Now stop right there. JJ you came around and got Emily out of the car but you basically stayed with the vehicle but Emily trying to stretch her legs takes a few steps towards that van two spaces over. Then she gets sick and runs away a bit. Then she runs into the building and...stop."
"What are you seeing? Jane asked just seeing the normal precinct in the frame.
"Right there that man with the broom is watching Emily from the time she goes towards the van till she passes him going to the restroom. Now slowly watch what he does."
"I go by but he isn't even interested with me at all." JJ said following Maura's thought.
"Right but watch what he does."
"Oh my god...he has a picture of Emily on his phone." Pen squealed out.
"Who is this son of a bitch?"
"Language Jane..."
"He has your wife!"
"We do not know that for sure but we need to know his name. Pen..." JJ said as she called Hotch who was still at the station with Morgan and Reid going over the details of Nuha's disappearance.
"Already on it my lovely." She said as fingers flew over keys like a well oiled machine.
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Emily was slapped awake. She noticed that she was now standing with her hands chained above her head, she was naked and had a gag in her mouth. "You are just too hot of a potato to move. Jimmy says you got to go but that doesn't mean I still can't have fun with you before you do." He moved to the corner and bent down and picked up a hose pipe, "But first you have to be washed off because you stink." He said and laughed as he turned the cold spray on her.
She gathered herself as the cold water hit her, "aghfir li warda" (Forgive me my rose.) She yelled as the man came towards her. She jumped up and lifted herself up in the air by her arms on the chains and came down with all her weight on his left knee basically almost breaking it. The man fell in agony, "You bitch you'll pay for that!" He yelled as he went behind her and turned the lever holding the chains on her arms tighter lifting her off of the floor. This made pains run through her shoulders as she realized they were dislocated when she came down on the man's leg. He limped to the front again as she was determined to kick him even though she couldn't get as much leverage with less chain to do damage and the pain in her shoulders. He pushed her back and as she swung forward he hit her in the stomach which stopped all attempts to defend herself. She now was in pain everywhere and fear gripped her for her baby's life. She couldn't move.
"Emily!" Nuha screemed.
"Shut up!" He yelled at the girl in the cage. "I thought that would stop you...bitch!" He said to Emily as he started near her again until he heard someone walking around up stairs causing him to panic. He left through a secret doorway behind a shelf that led to a tunnel.
"We are down here!" The young girl started yelling but no one answered.
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JJ and Jane dressed in microseconds as Pen got the name of Bernard Waterman from the cleaning company's personal files. "As in related to James Waterman?" JJ asked as she holstered her gun.
"Yes... James Waterman is his cousin and he has two addresses one in the city and one between Ambler and Jenkintown."
"We are going to get Rossi and start to the one between Ambler and Jenkintown. Call Hotch so they can take the locals to his house in town. But be discreet about it...make sure he isn't on speaker. We don't want his cousin to hear and warn him." She said and looked at Maura, "You ready?" The woman shook her head as she got her medical bag.
"On it my crime fighters..." Pen said as she was still typing hundred of key strokes per minute, "Go and bring our princess home. The address is to your PDA's now."
"Thanks Pen" JJ said as she and Maura ran to catch up with Jane and Rossi.
Jane sat in the back of the SUV trying to put a vest on Maura, "Jane...I don't need this."
"Yes you do. Emily would kill me if anything happens to you."
"Listen to her Maura..." Rossi said looking back at her, "We will clear everything but you have to keep safe for our sakes too."
"Okay just get us there...Please." She said as JJ hit the lights, siren, and gas all about the same time.
They finally pulled up on a dark house nestled off a dirt road thirty minutes by JJ's driving time. "I'm going to take the back while you and Jane take the front." Rossi said to JJ.
"Got it." She said as they all got out and eased their doors shut. Maura followed with her hand on Jane's back as JJ took the lead.
They were up on the porch when JJ whispered a check on Rossi. When she heard the reply of "go" she turned the door knob that opened easily. She had her light above her gun as she started moving in. She swept right as Jane swept left. They all said "Clear" about the same time and started walking around the house.
"Be quite!" Maura yelled. They all froze and listened and heard faint muffled cries coming from what looked like a closet. JJ took the lead with Jane backing her up and opened the door to a celler.
"We are down here...please help us!" They started to enter the cellar when they heard a big thud then heavy footsteps coming up on the porch. "Get down Maura!" Jane yelled as she swung her gun towards the front door.
"JJ...it's Apollo. I got your unsub out here. Don't shoot I'm coming to the door."
"Come on." She yelled but didn't take her gun off the door. Sure enough in walked the big lumberjack from the telephone pole. "He's good," she said to the others but then focused her gun again on the stairs. She went down them slowly clearing the room and yelled up, "Rossi keep Maura up there until I call." She said not wanting her to see Emily strung up like she was.
"Understood." He called back.
"No...she needs me." Maura yelled in a panic and headed to the door but was caught by Rossi's arms.
"Maura...JJ will yell up when it is safe." He said holding her tightly in his arms.
"It's just us. The man hid behind the shelf." The girl said. Everything in JJ wanted to stop and see if Emily was alive but she had to keep sweeping the whole area for all their safety.
"Jane..."
"She's alive JJ." Jane said as she checked the pulse on the chained woman.
"Rossi send Apollo down." JJ said as she neared the shelf. The man came and moved the shelf . They saw the tunnel then followed it out about fifty yards to it's end and it was clear. They made their way back in a run to get back to Emily. Jane had already released the chains and called for Maura by the time they came out of the tunnels entrance.
"Don't move her." Maura yelled from top of the stairs as she came running down the stairs. But Apollo caught the woman before she fell to the ground. "Set her down."
"No...I"ll take her up stairs but she will not be placed on another basement floor!" He yelled.
"No basement floor..." Emily repeated in partial words.
"See..."
"Rossi...get a blanket!" JJ yelled knowing she needed to be laid down on a clean surface. She went to the cage and picked the lock freeing the young girl.
"Thank you. I was so scared. The man hit her in the stomach hard and she went out for a long time. Then lots of water came out from her." JJ bent down in a controlled panic.
"Nuha... how long ago did the water come."
"Awhile ago."
"Maura..." she yelled as she took the girls hand causing her to follow her. They reached the top of the stairs and noticed Maura putting gloves on. "Nuha honey go with Agent Rossi. He will keep you safe." She said knowing the girl didn't need to see what was about to happen. "Maura...She was hit in the stomach hard and I think her water has broken."
"I was afraid of that. I'm going to check and see how far along she is. Please see how far out the EMT s are?"
"Rossi...Apollo guard the doors and allow no one in but female medics understood." JJ said as she heard a car pulling up.
"You got it JJ." Rossi said as he took the front and Apollo took the back.
"Oh no..."
"What is it Maur?" Jane asked as she came over.
"Jane... I need a straight back chair now!"
"Maura honey what is it?" JJ asked concerned.
"I need you to help me."
"Sure...anything."
"Maura... I hurt." Came out in a weak small voice.
"Damn... she is coming too."
"That's good...isn't it?" Jane asked questioningly.
"Yes and no." She said looking at Jane then back at Emily. "Hey pretty girl." Maura came up to her and kissed her cheek smiling.
"Hey...I missed you."
Maura's heart melted. "I missed you too. Listen pretty girl...Bella needs your help."
"Bella...is she here?"
"Soon love...soon." She said as she pointed for Jane to put the chair down by Emily's legs. "I am going to have to do something that is going to be very painful for you but it is necessary for Bella to live."
"Then do it love..." was weak but firmly said.
Maura kissed Emily's forehead and wiped the tears from her own eyes. "Jennifer...we need to place that chair under Emily so her weight is on her shoulders. Bella's head is on the umbilical cord. I need to push her head back and try to move it. Normally we would have Emily on her knees and elbows to try and fix it but her shoulders have been dislocated and she can't hold herself up. Especially since I believe she will black out from the pain of the pressure."
JJ looked at Maura and almost panicked herself at the words but shook her head that she understood. Maura got up and turned the chair upside down. "Jane... I need you to help Jennifer as I pull her hips up the chair. She is going to scream I'm sure so be prepared." They started and Emily became fully awake and aware of the pain and screamed loud and blacked out as Maura had predicted. "Hold her to the chair I have to push Bella's head back." It seemed like it took forever but was over in moments. "Okay...good it retracted. Slowly help me get her level." They removed the chair, "Now help me," she said as she took Emily's arm and pulled it till they heard a pop as the shoulder went back in place. She went to the other one and did the same. She then went to her bag and got some smelling salts.
"What are you doing now?" Jane asked.
"We need her awake for Bella's birth but be prepared she is going to scream louder this time. JJ I need you behind her to help her push. I'm not sure how strong she will be. Jane I need you here with the smelling salts just in case. Okay are we ready?" She asked as they turned away from the woman who they knew was going to pierce their eardrums. Maura took a deep breath, "I'm so sorry habibiy." She said as she placed the salts under her nose. Emily came to with a cry that they were sure was heard in Boston. Maura went to see where they were in the delivery process. She saw that Bella was wasting no time in coming. Her head was crowning. "Pretty girl we are almost there sweetie, I need you to push love."
"I'll try..." but she went out again. Jane put the smelling salts under her nose.
"Come on Em we got this, push for me." JJ said kissing the woman on the side of her face. "That's it." She said as Emily groaned and yelled it out.
"Good girl...rest a moment love. One more push and the shoulders will be out."
"Try..."
"You did good Em...I'm so proud of you." JJ said kissing her face.
"Pretty girl I need one more big push love." JJ was having to hold tightly as Emily was basically a rag doll in her arms. Jane placed the salts again under her nose. "Push for me pretty girl!" Maura yelled.
"That's it Em...you can do it!" JJ yelled.
"She's out!" Maura yelled as Emily fell limp in JJ"s arms. "Jane I need hair ties and my scalpel."
"Got it." She said handing Maura the scalpel and started tying the umbilical cord. Maura cut it and started working on Bella to get her breathing. Soon their was another cry of new lungs.
"Welcome to the world Bella."Maura said as she pulled Emily's t-shirt off and turned it inside out and wrapped the girl in it. She brought the bundle up to Emily who was barely hanging on awake. "Bella Isles Prentiss this is your mother Emily." She said and placed the girl in Emily's arms and kissed the woman's forehead.
"ciao c'e il mio bel bambino." (Hello their my beautiful baby.)
They heard sirens pulling up and Jane went to see if it was the ambulance but it was Hotch and the team in one car and Jaclyn and Waterman in the other. Since Jaclyn was driving Waterman didn't know that they were heading into his capture. They got out of the car and she came around and the man pulled his gun taking her captive. "Give yourself up Waterman we have your cousin." Hotch said trying to end it peacefully.
"Never you drop your guns or he dies." He said as Jaclyn stepped forward and kicked back hitting him in the shin, then came up with her elbow into his throat and spun and came up with the palm of her hand jamming his nose into his brain effectively killing him. Jane made a note to remind Frankie that he was lucky that Emily had aimed high. She had seen that move before and knew Emily had taught it to Jaclyn.
"You may have taken out Jimmy but Hades will save me. You'll see...Hades will save me." The unsub started yelling until a single bullet came from the dark and hit him between the eyes.
"Sniper! Get down!" Hotch yelled as they all hit the dirt. They waited but no other shots were fired leaving them all to wonder what the man was yelling about and just who had shot him.
The ambulance made it there about five minutes later and took Emily and Bella to the hospital. Nuha rode with Jaclyn and Jane to the hospital since Maura and JJ rode in the ambulance. The rest of the team stayed to clear the scene and tried to find clues as to who shot Bernard Waterman but didn't find anything, not even a foot print.
This is the end of Chapter Four. Bella's finally made it.