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~ Chapter Ten ~

~ Three Days Later ~

"How have we not found her yet? This is ridiculous." Morgan slammed down the cup he held in his hands, his fists clenched as he turned around to punch the wall.

"We will find her." Reid bit his lip looking up at the board again,

"Wait... how did Tim know that JJ was at the station? There is only one person who knew that as far as we know..." He muttered to himself, turning around wide-eyed,

"Shit! Why didn't we see this sooner." Emily jumped up, grabbing the phone to call Garcia,

"We need Brianna Watson's address and now." She listened to Garcia, not waiting for her to say anything else as she hung up, running out of there,

"I will drive." She said, watching as Morgan, Reid, Hotch and Rossi climbed into the car after her.

"We need to get there quickly, she could be hurt."

~ .. ~

JJ had managed to tear the chains out of the wall, she didn't care about her bruised and bloodied wrists as she ran up to Jamie. She had no idea how long it had been since Brianna and Tim had left them in the darkness, but she knew he wouldn't survive much longer.

"Stay with me Jamie, I can't lose you again." She cried as she held him in her arms, she had no idea what to do, she couldn't move and she knew the door had been locked.

"Stay with me baby." She whispered, rocking back and forth slightly, refusing to let her eyes close as she held one hand down on his still bleeding wound.

~ .. ~

"Kick it down."

"But..." Reid started, biting his lip as they all shook his head at him,

"I don't care about policy, she is family..." Morgan lifted up his leg to kick this door down, remembering the last time he had done it thinking that JJ was in the house. He could only hope that she was here this time.

"JJ?" He shouted, looking into the empty house, all of them had their guns pointed towards a large metal door, he knew this had to be it, he could just feel it.

"Grab the keys by there." He nodded over to where Emily stood, hoping one of those keys would fit the lock on this door.

"She has to be in here." Hotch muttered, his gun still pointed as the door slowly opened.

"Jennifer?" He shouted down, going ahead of the rest of his team,

"Turn the light on." Morgan shouted back, Reid nodded, turning it on. They all gasped at the sight in front of them, the smell had hit them first, the smell of fresh blood and rotting bodies. And then they heard a sharp cough coming from the far side of the room,

"JJ?" Emily ignored Hotch as she ran towards her, she looked back at the team as they lowered their guns and took in the sight in front of him.

"Call an ambulance." Hotch whispered, watching Rossi take his phone upstairs.

"JJ?" Emily edged a little closer to the woman who's grip tightened on the man she held so dearly in her arms, she took in her appearance first. There were chains attached to her wrist and ankles, there was dry blood and dark bruises around them where she must have fought against them. She sighed, taking in the massive bruise on JJ's face, she had several scratches on her arm and her ankle stuck out, Emily guessed it was broken from the force JJ must have used to tear it out of the wall.

"Can we take a look?" She nodded towards the man she recognised as Jamie, hoping for JJ's sake that he wasn't dead. JJ slowly nodded, Morgan looked back, realizing the blood had stopped gushing from the wound that JJ was holding with her shirt. Hotch had never seen her looking so vulnerable since he had known her.

"He's breathing." Emily looked up at Hotch,

"We need to move them both." He said, watching as Morgan asked JJ if that was okay.

"Reid, help." Morgan nodded towards JJ as he looked at Hotch, signalling the man to help her up the stairs.

"It's going to be okay now, everything is going to be okay."

"Will Jamie be okay?" JJ whispered, her voice hoarse, Emily guessed that Brianna and Tim had made a run for it at least three days ago, leaving JJ and Jamie with nothing to eat or drink.

She took a look around her at all the bodies, wondering how JJ or Jamie managed to put up for so long with the smell. She shuddered at the amount of death, trying to figure out what made them keep Jamie alive for so long.

"He is going to be fine, you did good." Hotch smiled at the woman, not wanting to hurt her with the reality of the situation as he picked her up in his strong arms and carried her up the stairs, more than willing to get out of that room.

"They should be here soon." Rossi watched as Hotch came up with JJ, Emily not far behind him,

"Will they both be okay?" Hotch nodded nervously, wondering what the psychological impact would be on JJ if Jamie died. He looked down at the woman in his arms, noticing her struggling to keep her eyes open,

"I need you to stay with me for a little longer." She tightened her grip on his shirt as she tried her best to stay awake, not wanting to give up, not just yet.

"JJ?" Hotch shouted down at her as her grip lessened, her eyes shut, her head lolled. He shook his head, placing her down on the floor,

"She's not breathing." He looked up shocked,

"What? No! She was fine just then..." Hot tears ran down Emily's face as she looked from Jamie to JJ, Reid walked up to JJ and knelt down as Hotch gave her mouth to mouth.

"I wouldn't start compressions if I was you..." He muttered, his hands on JJ's ribs,

"It feels like she has fractured at least two ribs, one of them had pierced her lung, which in turn has stopped her breathing. I am amazed she managed to last this long," He shook his head,

"She is going to be okay..." He said as he paced back and forth waiting for the ambulance to get there soon. He knew she didn't have a lot of time left, and neither did Jamie, even though both were hanging on for the sake of the other. He knew the will would leave them soon, the fight would leave them... he shook his head at the fought, JJ wouldn't leave them, she wouldn't leave Jamie...