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Emily Prentiss

My eyes opened, slowly. I rolled over, and looked at the clock on the night stand beside me. 10:22 it read. That couldn't be right! I reached for my now charged phone, turned it on, and checked the time. 10:22. Oh my God. I thought. How had I slept that long? I left Kaila just after 6pm. I planned on taking a shower, taking a quick nap, and being back before 8, and now it was almost 10:30! I cursed myself for not setting an alarm. I then noticed I had two missed calls, one from Spencer Reid, and one from Kaila. I had only one voice mail though. I checked it.

"Hey Prentiss, uh, its Reid," a very familiar voice said. "I'm just calling to notify you that we're all still alive, I'm not certain what that is supposed to mean for you, but that's what Hotch told me to say. He told us also, what you're doing. Uh, good luck with the adoption thing...anyway I'm not really good with this whole voice mail thing. I never know what to say. Hey, did you know that 30% of voice mails go unheard for three days or longer? And more than 20% of people with messages don't bother checking them? So you may not even get I guess there's a chance you might. But with today's society, people are more apt to respond to a text message. Maybe I should have texted you did you know-" The message cut off. I smiled at how typical Reid all the statistics and rambling was. Then I remembered Kaila, and panicked. I told her to call if she needed me, she called, and I wasn't there. I jumped out of bed and hurriedly checked my appearance in the mirror, as I called the hospital and got connected to Kaila's room.

"Hello?" Kaila answered. She sounded weak and tired, only adding to my increasing guilt level.

"Hey, Kaila. I'm so sorry! I meant to take a little nap and I accidentally slept for hours! Are you okay? What happened?"

"Its okay," she whispered. "Can you come back now?"

"I'm on my way, just hold on. Okay?"

"Thank you," she said.

"See you soon!" I told her, hanging up my phone, grabbing a few things to bring back with me, and walking down to the Suburban. I debated on calling Reid back or not, but then decided that could wait until I made sure Kaila was alright.

I got to the hospital in half the time it should have taken me. I ran to the door, and up to Kaila's room number, 310. I softly knocked on the door. "Its Emily," I told her.

"Come in." I heard. I opened the door and went in. Kaila was just sitting on her bed with her eyes closed. I rushed to her side, and slowly sat down on her bed.

"What happened? Did you have another nightmare?" I asked her. She opened her eyes to look at me.

"Yes," she said. "That's what happened. I shouldn't have called you though. I'm fine. I promise." She told me.

"You don't look like you've slept much." I told her.

"I'm fine. I did sleep. I'm not tired at all." Something was definitely up with her, but I knew pressuring her to tell me wouldn't do any good. When she was ready to tell me, she would.

"Well, okay then." I said, standing up and pulling up a chair beside her bed. We sat in silence for a few moments, Kaila was just staring at the wall. Then, I remembered Reid's phone call, and decided to go call him back.

"Hey, one of my team members called me earlier, and I haven't got around to calling him back. Will you be alright if I go call him back real quick? I will be back before you know it!" I promised.

"That's fine," Kaila said flatly.

I then realized, since Kaila had been admitted here, neither one of us had eaten anything substantial. She'd been connected to her IV, and since then she hadn't eaten anything they'd brought her. I'd eaten a little, but my focus hadn't really been on nutrition the past few days. "Are you hungry?" I asked her. I was no doctor, but I did know she hadn't even tried to eat anything, but that she needed to.

"Not really," she said, still looking at the wall, not directly at me.

"It's been a long time since either of us have eaten, I've noticed you won't eat the food they give you here. What do you like? I'll go get something."

"Just get whatever." was her response. I was slightly taken aback, since she hadn't shown this kind of closed off behavior since right after she woke up this morning.

"Um, okay. I'll be fast, there's a few food places right by here. If you decide on anything specifically, just give me a call. I swear this time I will answer." I smiled.

"Alright Emily."

I stood up, gently patted Kaila's shoulder, and walked out of the hospital. It was so obvious something was going on with Kaila that she was not telling me. It was driving me crazy. I hoped she wasn't upset with me for leaving her for so long, but on the phone she sounded understanding. But when I got back, she hardly looked at me. I was so confused, but determined to figure out what happened.

Once I was to the SUV, I called Reid's number.

"Reid," he answered.

"Hey, it's me." I said. "I got your message. I've been asleep and dealing with Kaila. I'm going to get us some food now though. Everything okay over there still?"

"Uh, yeah, safety wise at least. We haven't gotten any new leads at all. In fact we barely have anything on this UnSub. It's such a difficult case. Even Garcia is having trouble connecting the dots! She and I are at the station. Hotch, Rossi and Morgan are visiting crime scenes and families. JJ is dealing with press. The media is going crazy over this." He told me, sounding a bit frustrated.

"You'll figure it out, something will come up to help you catch this guy." I reassured him.

"Well I sure hope so, he killed another pair of victims since we've been here."

"Same M.O.?" I asked.

"Yep, but he hasn't tried to contact us at all or anything. I don't know if he knows we're on this case yet or not."

"Well like I said, something will come up. I promise." I told him.

"Hopefully sooner rather than later."

"Well, you or someone update me as soon as anything happens, okay?"

"Will do." He promised.

"Alright. Bye Reid," I hung up. I debated calling Kaila to see if she'd decided on what she wanted to eat, but I didn't want to upset her more.

I found the closest fast food place. I debated a long time on what to get Kaila, because I had no idea what she liked. I decided on chicken nuggets, and hoped she'd be okay with that. I hurriedly drove back to the hospital, but as soon as I got into the parking lot, my phone rang.

"Prentiss," I answered.

"It's Maggie." The voice replied.

I rolled my eyes. "Can I help you?" I asked her.

"I'm just calling to tell you that your presence won't be necessary tomorrow at the hospital. Eric and Shanna will be taking Kaila upon her release, which will not be tomorrow, as far as I know. However, the family has agreed to stay with her from tomorrow until they take her. So there's no reason to stay."

"I will be with Kaila until she walks out of that hospital, or until she personally tells me to leave. Got it?" I said.

"Agent Prentiss, maybe I didn't make myself clear. I do not want to see you at the hospital tomorrow. You'll just be in the way." I really didn't like this woman.

"Are you aware that every time Kaila falls asleep, she wakes up screaming due to nightmares? I'm the only one who's been there. I have to tell Eric and Shanna what to do! She's traumatized, and needs special care."

"Last time I checked, being the social worker was my job."

"Well you were doing a poor job, so I took over." I spat back.

"Do. Not. Show. Up. Tomorrow." she said sternly.

I hung up on her, deciding for future reference to check my caller ID and not answer for Maggie again. I made my way from the SUV back up to Kaila's room. When I got there, I knocked on the door. No answer.

"Its Emily," I said. No answer.

I opened the door, and Kaila was gone. I immediately went into 'work' mode. I began taking in my surroundings, noticing every detail, trying to remember what the room looked like before I left, just like I did when entering a crime scene on a case. Although, I prayed this was not a crime scene.