A/N: Here's chapter 2. As always, I appreciate your comments and follows! WARNING: There is a brief, non-graphic scene of sexual assault in the first part of the chapter.
"Here you, Alex. You're in here with Merissa, Lauren, and Ashley. They're in the kitchen helping clean up dinner but you'll meet them soon." I gave a slight smile to the woman called Sarah. She looked tired and bored but she wasn't a complete witch at least.
"No boys are allowed in the girls rooms an no girls are allowed in the boys rooms. Got it?" She said. "Yes." I didn't have a problem with that. "You know where to find me."
The woman left, leaving me in the room alone. There were two sets of bunk beds. Three looked as though they had been slept in recently. There were very few personal items but I identified my bottom bunk and sat down on it. I had nothing to put away but that was for the better. It could be stolen anyway.
A minute later, several girls came prancing in. They were pulling a tall, brown haired boy and a shorter blond boy with them. I rolled my eyes. Typical. I grabbed a bible off the nightstand and pretended to read it just to look busy. I wasn't even religious.
It took several minutes before anyone noticed me. The girl the others called Merissa noticed me first.
"Who are you?"
"Alex." I said.
"You hungry? Thirsty? Tired? Anything?" Merissa asked. Something felt off about the way she said it. She wanted something from me. I was suddenly very conscious that all these other kids I didn't know were between me and a way out. I shrugged.
"You'll have to talk to Brian about that." She said, and gestured to the taller boy. The way he held his shoulders suggested that he was naturally an alpha male. I was not liking the way this conversation was going.
"Unless you plan on not moving from that spot until whenever you're leaving, you're going to have be hazed in first." That was absolutely it. I stood up with my own shoulders squared and ready.
"You shouldn't be here." I said directly to Brian and the other boy. Brian advanced on me. He stood right in front of me, his face in mine, but not touching me. He moved suddenly, grabbing me by the arms and forcing me back. He had the upper hand in a split instant before I could move.
He shoved his face into mine and tried to kiss me with harsh motions. His hand grabbed for places it wasn't allowed to grab. I brought my knee up hard between his legs and he backed off immediately, wincing.
"Do I need to call Sarah or are you going to leave?" I said. No one moved for a long moment. It was too long.
"Sarah!" I shouted.
The boys immediately began to back away to leave.
"Ok! We're going. Crazy B-" He stopped short when Sarah appeared in the doorway.
"What's going on?" She said. "Boys, go to your room please. Is everything alright?" The other girls looked at me anxiously but for some reason gave me the call on what to tell Sarah.
"Yes Ma'am." I said firmly. Sarah nodded curtly and left. I turned to the other girls, my arms wide as I walked back to my bed, in case any of them still had a problem. They didn't stop me.
The driver dropped me off at the front door of the FBI. "Just sign in and get a visitors pass. Then go to level 3." I leaned my head in through the window. "Thanks." I said.
When the elevator dinged to level 3 and the doors slid open, I immediately saw Angie. She wrapped her spindly arms around her legs but she looked no worse for wear.
I hurried straight to her and stood on my knees to get a better look. Her blond, bobbed hair had been brushed. She had on a grey t-shirt dress with netting that formed a tutu. I had never seen it before.
"How are you? They treated you good, didn't they?" I asked anxiously. She nodded vigorously and opened her arms wide for a hug. I squeezed her in and considered my half of the bargain. Talking.
When she finally pulled away, I found Agent Hotchner standing over us.
"As promised." He said as a slight smile stole onto his face. I stood up. "Thank you."
"Are you willing to discuss your parents now?" He asked. I wish he hadn't put it like that. It made me feel like I was betraying them. I squeezed Angie's hand once more and nodded.
He gestured for me to follow him. "I'm going to take you to the interrogation room only because we have cameras set up there. It will be useful for evidence." I grimaced. Evidence. Perfect. We entered the interrogation room, the camera blinking and taking in my every move. He closed the door and we sat down at opposite sides of the table.
"So, start from the beginning." Agent Hotchner said. I took a deep breath and began.
When Agent Hotchner left, Dr. Reid came in leading Angie by the hand.
"She was getting anxious." He explained. He leaned against the door frame in another corduroy suit and watched as Angie ran to me. I scooped her up and set her in my lap.
"They found a foster home for the two of you." He mused. I grinned and scuffed Angie's hair.
"Hear that? We can be together again. Just like that." I snapped my fingers to show her how speedy it was.
"If you ever need us, this is my card. You can call anytime. Literally, anytime. I don't sleep." I laughed, finally in a good mood and took the card. I pocketed it and hoped I wouldn't need it.
A/N: Thanks for reading! We'll have a lot more of Reid, as the prologue in the first chapter suggested, once the stage has been set. I'll begin to introduce what happened with Alex's parents in the coming chapters. Stay tuned!