"Mrs. Rawson, you're free to go. If you'll follow me this way, I can take you to your children." Emily lifted her head at the sound of the woman's voice. Emily stood up and silently studied the woman with her eyes. She noted the slim build, reddish-brown hair, small gray eyes, and slightly athletic build. Something about this woman started to bug Emily. She kept a moderate amount of distance between them as she followed the unknown woman. Emily's face lit up when Luca ran to her, with a smile, and hugged her legs tightly. "Hey buddy." "Hi mommy." "You ready to get out of here?" Luca nodded his head and grabbed one of Emily's hand. Emily looked up at the woman who'd brought her to Luca. "Where's my daughter?" The woman hesitated slightly before giving Emily a small smile. "She's already in the car. She said that waiting around this place made her claustrophobic and depressed." Emily laughed softly knowing exactly how snarky Alicia could be. She thought for a moment, "I didn't catch your name." The smaller woman turned around and smacked her forehead a little, "I'm sorry I thought I told you. My name is Patricia Monroe." Emily gave her an uneasy smile, "Nice to meet you." Luca tugged on Emily's hand, "Come on mommy. I want to see Licia." The three of them walked towards the back entrance. "Patricia? Where is my husband?" "He was released earlier and left with Agent Simms. I was instructed to drive the three of you home." "Why? We have our own vehicles." "Agent Hotchner had them impounded so that he could have them examined."
Emily squinted her eyes but didn't say anything else. They reached the SUV and Emily saw Alicia leaning on the passenger window with earbuds in and strapped into her seatbelt. She opened the back door and ensured that she buckled Luca in before realizing that she didn't have her purse. She turned around and her balance faltered when she saw that Patricia was directly behind her. She looked up and saw the crazed look in the woman's eyes and she immediately knew something was completely off. Behind her, Luca kept poking Alicia's arm through the space on the right side of the passenger seat near the door. He pulled her hair a little, but she didn't move. He stretched as far as his little body could and touched her neck. Luca pulled his hand back and saw the red stains on his finger. "Mommy, why does Licia have red paint on her neck?" Emily's breath hitched, "What did you do to my daughter?" Before she heard a response, Emily felt something lightly poking her swollen belly. She closed her eyes and willed the tears to not fall before slowly opening them and looking down. The large blade gleamed when the sun hit it. Emily looked up once more, "What do you want?" "For you to get in the car quietly. If you try anything, I'll stab you in the belly and stab your son. Get in the car now." Emily reluctantly agreed and climbed into the backseat. "Mommy, why are you crying? What's the matter with Licia? Is she mad at me?" Emily felt herself getting nauseous, but she turned to Luca, "No buddy. She's not mad at you. She-" Emily stopped talking immediately when she felt a jab in her arm. She turned her head to see her captor emptying the syringe into her arm. She involuntarily laid back on the seat as the overwhelming urge to vomit was quickly followed by hers eyes drooping. She faintly her the door next to her close and a few moments passed before she heard the door next to Luca open. He cried for a moment before he was suddenly quiet and slumped over in his seat. Patricia—or whatever her name is—climbed into the driver's seat and turned over the ignition.
Emily's watery brown eyes connected with her gray ones through the rearview mirror. "You shouldn't stress yourself out so much, it's not healthy for the baby. I gave you a paralytic so that you wouldn't harm yourself or the baby trying to fight me. I also gave you a sedative which should be kicking in at any moment. I didn't harm Luca; I don't harm children, he's sleeping. I underestimated Alicia and she put up quite the fight before I finally got her down. All of this will make sense in due time Emily." Any other words she spoke faded out as Emily finally succumbed to the darkness.
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"Hotch, not that it's any of my business, but you and Joyner?" Morgan pried as respectfully as he could. Hotch let out a long sigh, "Before the New York case, she and I had been seeing each other for nearly a year. Haley left and I was incredibly lonely. I cared for her but I wasn't in love with her. When she died, I fought hard to win Haley back…only to lose her to Foyet."
JJ put down the pen she was holding and stood up and went to the map posted on the bulletin board. She kept grabbing thumbtacks and placing them in different places. "What do you see JJ?" Reid asked. "I don't know yet." They both turned to the sound of Beth and Gina entering the room. "We just came back from Emily and Elle's job. Alex wanted to know if they were being released any time soon because she needs their help on a case she's working. So, where are they?" Beth asked as she looked around. At the same time, Gabby Gordinsky entered into the room and tapped Rossi on the shoulder. He turned around just as she asked, "Do you know where Alicia is? She texted me and asked me to pick her up. She said that you guys were letting her go but I can't find her." Rossi looked around the room and shrugged his shoulders. "Does anyone know where Alicia is? Her friend is her ride home and she can't find her." Beth immediately called her as Morgan called Emily. Sam came into the room and looked around in search of someone. "Where are Mick and Prophet? They were grabbing food and coming right back here. They should've beat me back here nearly 20 minutes ago."
Beth started pacing after the 4th call to Alicia's phone with no answer. Morgan shook his head, signaling that he wasn't getting an answer either. "Garcia can you track Mick and Prophet's cell?" Garcia nodded as her fingers flew across the keyboard. LaSalle went to another computer and typed as fast as she could. "Guys you need to see this." LaSalle said as she pointed to the screen. They crowded around the screen and watched as a slim woman approached Emily. She said something and Emily slowly rose before following her down a hallway. They watched as Emily and the mystery woman grabbed Luca before exiting the building. They all left the video feed frame before anyone could show them where Emily went. "Gina back it up please" Cooper said. She kept backing the camera up and stopped when she saw Alicia practically being dragged in the parking lot by a mystery woman. "She's bleeding. She must've put up a fight." Reid noted. Garcia's typing finally stopped. "Cooper! Both Mick and Prophet's phone are turned off, so I can't track them. Their last location was near Emily and Mick's home but that was shortly after they left here an hour ago." Cooper was about to speak when a loud bang that sounded like a car crash shook the right side of the building. They all drew their weapons and rushed outside…only to see Mick's SUV next to a fire hydrant that had been hit. Cooper rushed over to the passenger side and Beth yanked the driver's side door opened. Beth felt her heart stop when she saw Mick slumped over, pale, and covered in blood. She caught him as he fell but her knees buckled under his body weight. Morgan and Beth struggled to get Mick fully out of the car. "He's been stabbed. Morgan help me stop this bleeding." Beth and Morgan frantically pressed shirts and towels from the trunk against his stomach. Prophet had some nasty blows to the head yet he was semi-conscious. He kept murmuring, "Montgomery" before he passed out. The sirens were a welcomed sound and they watched helplessly as the two men were loaded into the ambulance and taken away. Cooper pulled a shaking Beth into his arms as he walked her over to their SUV. "Hotch we'll stay at the hospital with them. Please find Emily, Alicia, and Luca." Cooper said; Hotch nodded his head, "Of course. Garcia we need to go over everything we can to find out who this woman is and where she could've possibly taken them. Rossi and Morgan, I want you guys to rip this SUV apart for any clue that we can use. Reid, JJ I need the two of you working on the geographical profile and any other connections we can use. This woman has us at a disadvantage and I'm the first to admit that we've been looking at this entire thing wrong. Emily and Mick's family were another set of victims and they were easy to frame. The question is why them and what is the end game?"