*Okay as always I own nothing of Criminal Minds or Rizzoli & Isles just enjoying using the characters.

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Elizabeth looked at Maura and smiled, "Maura dear what an unexpected surprise. Come and place that tray on the table by the window and we shall eat together." Maura smiled back and did as the woman suggested realizing decorum and etiquette was very much in play at the moment.

They ate their breakfast with light conversation about the up coming wedding and how Emily was doing. When the subject came around to the children Maura saw her opening. "Elizabeth... now that we are on the subject of the children..." she said as an introduction.

Elizabeth looked up at her and smiled, "I see that Decaln's conscious has gotten the better of him. He is going to be a fine young man."

"Well since we are obviously on the same page... why wasn't I informed of Chessie's issues?"

"Emily doesn't want her past to over shadow your wedding."

"Did she say that?" Maura asked in shock.

"No..."

"Then how do you deduce that conclusion?" Maura asked almost upset.

"From Chessie..." Maura started to say something else until Elizabeth raised her hand to silence her a moment. "Maura... there is only one of us that has lived with my daughter more than a few months and that is Chessie. Normally I wouldn't put a whole lot of stock in a five year old's words but this five year old has a photographic memory.

Now Emily has been spending a lot of time with Bella and Chessie. She has even managed to get the teen aged man to sit and spend time with her since you two moved in here in December. She didn't want their routines disrupted by the threat to them. I understand that with her growing up all over the world but I couldn't help it then... and no Chessie didn't say that Emily said it before you ask me. This is something I have watched over the last two months. Emily also asked me to let Chessie sleep with me while she was gone since the girl was worried about her hands. I was going to bring her in with me tonight but it seems the two are more connected than I realized. I'm sure she felt Emily leave the house early this morning.

Anyway... she told me the other day that Emily's hands were tore up after the basement and that my daughter tried to punch out the wall in that basement to save them but it was brick and it just blooded her hands. Then she put her fist through the window cutting them more."

"Heavens..." Maura said as she remembered looking at the bandages on Emily's hands on the plane.

"Yeah... I shudder to think about the rest of it." She paused a moment while they thought about the picture of Emily in the dumpster that Maura had pulled up on her phone so she could reference the hand injuries.

"Emily has also been making very sure that Chessie was okay with her marrying you. This I have gotten from the five year old as well. She is puzzled why Emily keeps asking her "what she thinks of you..." and just so you know that little girl adores you just as much as Emily. She has even asked me to get her a Grey's Anatomy book so she can get you to start teaching her about the body. She saw one in the book store the other day and I finally talked her down to settling for a high school anatomy book and a beginner's to Latin book."

Maura started laughing at the thought of Elizabeth bartering with her daughter in the book store. "She is so like Emily... needing to see the whole picture then breaking it down into pieces."

"Yes... she is and she will be something but nothing compared to the main whirlwind that is laying down the hall in that crib. I look at those big brown eyes and they are purely Emily who is one hundred percent whirlwind."

Maura sucked in a deep breath and blew it out, "I have a feeling you are right about that one Elizabeth." She smiled and shook her head. "Declan said you were planning on taking care of Chessie. May I ask what you had in mind?"

"I have scheduled an appointment with Dr. Addison for this afternoon. We knew last year when her sessions ended that she might need a few when the anniversary of her mom's death came around. I was planning on taking her but now that you know maybe it would be a good idea for the two of you to keep that appointment."

"Thank you Elizabeth. I would like to handle that." She said smiling at the woman.

"Good... but Maura do not mention any of this to Emily until she gets home." Elizabeth said with a serious look.

"Why?" Maura asked puzzled at the woman's statement.

"They are on a child abduction case right now and they need my daughter to stay focused. David said she is amazing at these type of cases and if she knew any of this we have talked about... it may pull her focus off the case. A child's life may depend on her staying focused."

"Dear Lord... a child abduction case. Elizabeth that is going to cause her issues I'm afraid."

"I know but Jennifer is there and will call you if she feels something is up... but you can't tell her about this either Maura. Emily will know something is wrong if she acts differently... she is very sensitive when it comes to the two of you." She said putting it gently for her own sake. She still didn't understand women's romantic love for each other but she had made peace with it for her and Emily's sake.

"Yes she is." Maura agreed as she started wondering what she could do to help knowing that Emily was under triple stress. She had the past to deal with that this case was sure to bring up, Jane whom she needed to talk to and was a stress in herself, and worrying about her daughter. She hoped Emily had taken the go bag that still had the Xanax and sleeping pills in it.

"It will be alright. Emily is strong and she will do the right thing. I couldn't always say that about my daughter but she has you and a family she wants to come home too." She said standing and opening her arms for a hug. Maura stood up and stepped into the woman's embrace. "Thank you for bringing my daughter so much light and love. I truly do not believe she could have made it through all of this with out you. I pray... I never have to see the day that you are not in her life again."

"Me too Elizabeth me too." Maura said hoping Emily's mother was right about how strong Emily was.

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Pen had pulled all video surveillance in the surrounding area near the park and the truck was spotted heading east towards Memphis but was lost once it headed north into a rural area... before a tail could be established on it. She ran inquiries on all possible head light violations given in Memphis and West Memphis but no blue Ford pick ups came up in her search.

Emily and Jane made it back to Memphis and met with the team by mid afternoon. They all talked about what they had seen and gave opinions. "Hotch... I have a feeling on something at Jackson Elementary." She hesitated gathering her thoughts on how to present her thoughts to the team. "This maybe case related or it may not be but I had Pen pull the school and medical records of an Amanda Jackson that Jane and I saw at the school today."

"And..."

"And she found no records past a year ago. I'm not sure but something isn't right. We maybe looking at witness protection or a little girl in a heap of trouble." She said looking at her boss.

"What makes you think that?"

"Well the teacher called her by her first name twice and she acted like it wasn't her name. I got to thinking that I call JJ... Jennifer when we aren't at work maybe this girl has two names as well or her name is being changed and she isn't use to being called by her new name. We didn't interview the kids because I wanted to present this thought to the team first since the first interview with children is the most important at that age. I'd like for JJ and Pen to come with me tomorrow into the school. JJ will pose as a grief counselor..."

"Why can't you do it?" Morgan asked "And isn't this a waist of precious time?"

"It maybe but for the blue truck she is the only thing I see in the way of a possible lead. I need JJ because the girl is blonde hair and blue eyed and the school records list her mother as deceased..."

"I get it. You think she will open up more to JJ because her mother might have looked like her." Jane said following Emily's train of thought.

"Yes... it might be a long shot but if nothing else we can double time the interviews with the three of us there if nothing comes of it. I need Pen there because I want to wire JJ up so she can go in alone that way the children won't get spooked or hyper with all of us being in there questioning them."

"You are the child specialist Emily... just do not take too much time. Determine quickly if it is going to go somewhere or not because I do not have to tell you the stakes and how precious time is." He said as they turned their attention back to the man in the blue Ford truck. They worked through the afternoon and gave a profile to both Memphis PD and West Memphis PD by conference call.

It was going on eight pm when a call came in that a body of a six year old girl was found on the banks of the Mississippi north of Memphis.

"Morgan, JJ, Emily and Jane go to the scene... Dave and I will wait here and give the press release. Emily and Jane I need you to follow the body to the morgue." Emily looked at Hotch and shook her head in understanding. They walked out to the SUVs and Jane got in the one with Morgan while Emily got into JJ's. They all just knew that the two women need a moment to talk and gain strength from each other.

"How did it go with Jane today?" JJ asked as she reached out for Emily's hand. The woman took it and held it being quiet. "Em..."

"Hmmm... Sorry... It went okay."

"What's going on?"

"I'm focused on the case right now. Tomorrow maybe really hard on you by the way."

"I've dealt with children before. What's going on Em?" She said looking over at the woman she loved knowing something was off.

"The girl looked up at me when they were calling her name and she was hollow Jennifer. Something is going on with her I know it."

"We will find out..." She said raising the woman's hand up and kissing it, "...promise. But we have to focus on what is before us right now."

"Yeah... I know a lifeless beautiful child that's life was cut too short... I hate children cases."

"We all do but you are so good at reading them." She said as they pulled up on the crime scene. "You ready."

"Yeah... let's go and find the bastard who did this." She said looking at JJ with solid black eyes that made a cold shiver run down her spine. There was no doubt that Emily had left the building and Michelle had come for more than just a few moments visit. She didn't say anything thinking this was the only way Emily could handle looking at the six year old dead body. They all had their vices to help them look at the sickness... Michelle just happened to be Emily's is all.

Morgan and JJ handled the crime scene while Jane and Emily focused on the body itself. Jane tried to remember everything that Maura had done on scenes like these. Thankfully she hadn't had to work to many of them unlike the BAU team... that she guessed handled them more often. A homeless man had found the body while gathering sticks to make a fire to stay warm.

"She hasn't been in the water long, the body doesn't show signs of fish or wild life activity." Emily said looking at the body. "She has been dead awhile though because she has gone through rigor." Jane listened to Emily thinking "she sounds like Maura."

"You are very observant," the M.E on the case said. "My Name is Ken Riter... and we will not know the true case of death until we get her back and do the autopsy."

"We understand... My name is Emily Prentiss and this is Jane Rizzoli. We will be coming with you so we can get the information first hand."

"I get that... time is important. They are ready and waiting for us." He said starting to go but stopped and looked at Jane... You wouldn't happen to be from Boston would you?"

Jane looked up at him puzzled at how he would know that. "Yes I am."

"I was in Afghanistan with Casey and he use to talk about you non stop. So I take it by Rizzoli... that you two never got hitched."

"No we didn't." She said shaking her head and feeling very uncomfortable. Emily sensed it and had her back.

"Not to cut the pleasantries short but..." Emily said interrupting the man and pointing to the body... which he shook his head realizing the woman before him was all business at the moment and the look in her eyes let him know that he really didn't want to piss her off either by making her wait on information.

"Yes... we do have work to do... ladies excuse me." He said turning to Jane, "Here's my card maybe after this is all over we can talk shop if you are interested," he said handing her his business card. Emily noticed that Jane ripped it in two after the man walked away and put it in the nearest trash can. She made note of it thinking her and Jane had lots of stuff to talk about soon.

Okay... I'm posting as quickly as I can.