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Chapter 6 –

Emily kept the man pinned to the ground as she heard Morgan approaching, turning her head slightly she nodded at him as he reached down and helped her to drag the man up.

"You're under arrest!"

"What for?"

The scared look on the man's face puzzled Emily as she watched Morgan roughly bundle the man into the back of his SUV.

"We'll start with the assault on her and take it from there."

Emily's voice portrayed the anger she was feeling as she stood by JJ who was standing next the teenager. Morgan nodded to them as he got in the driver's seat, quickly speeding away from the scene. Emily looked at the girl, bending her head down as the teenager only came up to her shoulder.

"Are you ok, do you need to see a doctor or anything?"

"No I think I'm ok, what was that about?"

Emily looked at the teenager who still clasped something tight in her hand as Emily moved and put her hand on her shoulder.

"Why don't you come with us and we'll explain."

The girl looked worried as she glanced around her, her eyes settling on the door to the clinic nearby and JJ immediately noticed her uneasiness.

"It's ok, I'm JJ and this is my friend Emily, we're with the FBI. Don't worry nobody will find out that you've spoken to us and what happened if you don't want them to."

The young teenager looked scared but allowed herself to be lead away from the sidewalk and towards the SUV, keeping quiet as the vehicle started to drive away until Emily broke the silence.

"So what's your name?"

"Zoe."

"Ok then Zoe, how old are you?"

Zoe looked out of the window before she stared at the two women in the front of the vehicle, she wanted to lie but at the last minute decided against it.

"15."

"You were heading to the clinic?"

Emily swallowed hard as she spoke, Zoe was the spitting image of herself all those years ago, she looked lost, scared and vulnerable.

"Yes."

Emily let the words hang in the air as she pulled into the police station, she looked across at JJ who smiled at her and whispered quietly.

"It's ok Em, she'll be fine."

Hotch was waiting for them as JJ took Zoe quietly aside, quickly finding an empty room for her to sit in, leaving Emily to deal with the questioning Hotch.

"So what happened?"

Emily puffed out her cheeks, taking a deep breath before she started.

"We saw the girl, Zoe, walking towards the clinic, the unsub walked right into her, almost knocking her down as she shoved something against her stomach which caused her to cry out in pain. We didn't have any other option, we had to intervene Hotch."

Emily shook her head as she finished and waited, examining the frown on Hotch's face get deeper.

"Ok you and JJ speak to the girl, Morgan and Rossi are speaking to the guy you flattened. I hate to tell you this Prentiss but I don't think that he is our guy."

"What?"

"It was too obvious, you and JJ saw everything, whereas when the other girls were taken nobody saw a thing."

Emily closed her eyes as she processed what Hotch said and her rational mind knew that he was correct, unfortunately for her Emily was letting emotion dictate her decisions, something that she had never done before.

Morgan paced around the room as Rossi sat at the table, the file closed in front of him as he observed the man sitting across from him. Finally Morgan sat down, noisily pulling the chair out and making his hands bang on the table, but then he stopped, allowing Rossi to speak first.

"That's some nice literature you had on you. The grammar was spot on, though I do think that the photo was a bit over the top. I can see what you are trying to achieve but these girls, they're easily scared, they don't take nicely to your tactics."

Rossi opened the file and brought out a piece of paper, proclaiming that abortion was murder and if the court of law would not punish them then the court of god would. The man sat silent but Rossi could see that it was only a matter of time before he started to talk, his need to preach his beliefs would be too great.

"This is a waste of time Rossi, hey man do you recognise any of these girls?"

Morgan leant across and grabbed the autopsy photos of the dead girls, slapping them loudly on the table as he watched the man's reaction.

"Oh god are they...? You think I..."

The man turned around and looked away from the photos, shaking his head furiously before he suddenly threw up on the floor.

"Well I think that answers our question Derek, I think we'll just hand this guy over to the locals."

Morgan nodded as he watched Rossi collect the photos and place them back into the file, this was not their guy and Morgan hoped that they hadn't wasted too much time on a dead end.

Emily walked into the room carrying three bottles of water, she passed one to JJ before she put one on the table in front of the spare chair as she finally smiled and passed the last one over to Zoe as Emily then sat down.

"The man who assaulted you, he pushed something towards your stomach, what was it Zoe?"

Zoe opened the bottle of water and took a sip before she opened her left hand, placing a crumbled piece of paper on the table, failing to stop the tears as they started to gently roll down her cheeks as she watched JJ reach out and take the paper, flattening it out to read it.

"So he didn't try and take you anywhere?"

Emily frowned as she leaned over and read the leaflet, compartmentalising her own feelings as she focused on the girl in front of her.

"No, he just started to recite scripture from the bible at me."

"Ok, I need to show you some photos and ask if you recognise any of them."

Zoe nodded as Emily opened a file and gently presented the photos in front of her.

"No sorry I don't."

"That's ok ."

JJ looked across at Emily and suddenly had a thought.

"How did you decide which clinic to go to? Did you talk to anybody about your decision?"

Emily nodded at JJ's question, they had a chance to get an insight into how Zoe had made her decision and if she allowed them then it may give them a new perspective on the unsub.

"I talked to one of my friends, I couldn't...I can't tell my parents. My friend told me to speak to one of the guidance counsellors at school and she gave me the information about the clinic and helped me to make the appointment."

JJ nodded as she stood up and smiled at Zoe.

"Thanks for your help Zoe. I've got to go and speak to my boss but Emily will make sure that you get home safely."

JJ rested her hand briefly on Emily's shoulder before she walked out of the room, leaving Emily wondering what she was going to say to Zoe.