A/N: So sorry for the long delay with all of my stories right now. Will try and get back on track with my updates.
Emily opened her eyes slowly before shutting them again and willing her head to stop hurting. She heard groaning beside her and felt something thump her shoulder. Emily opened her eyes once more as Elle's confused eyes darted around the dark and damp room. Emily couldn't move any part of her body and Elle came to the same startling revelation. They both tried to talk but no sound would come out. Emily strained to turn her head towards a whimpering sound but failed as she let tears trickle out her eyes. Suddenly, both Emily and Elle's bodies were turned and they saw Alicia tied to a chair with blood droplets hitting the floor and echoing loudly in the otherwise quiet room. Alicia's blood-soaked hair and limp posture was a frightening sight. The sound of muffled footsteps made Elle's eyes dart from Alicia, but not Emily's. Emily could see that it was the same woman that drugged her at the station. She gave them a bright smile before turning to Alicia and adjusting the chair that she was slumped over in. She sat down on a nearby wooden stool and smiled malevolently at Emily and Elle. "Now we just wait for Sleeping Beauty to open her eyes before we can get this show on the road."
LaSalle paced the length of the OR waiting room trying to make sense of everything that just happened. The silence was overwhelming as both BAU teams waited for any hopeful news. Beth was in Cooper's arms shaking as she stared at her gory appearance. Cooper was holding her tight to his chest and pressing soft kisses to the crown of her head. Beth was mumbling to herself and Cooper held her tighter. LaSalle stopped pacing and silently pulled out her laptop before furiously typing away on the keyboard.
Alicia slowly opened her eyes and quickly assessed her surroundings before the pounding in her head turned into an intense throb. She bowed her head down as squinted her eyes and saw the dried blood on her faded jeans. She looked to the left slightly and saw a small lump under a blanket in the corner. She looked to the right and saw two people tied together. She blinked rapidly to clear her vision and saw that it was Elle and Emily. She saw a pair of feet line up directly with hers; Alicia forced herself to look up and regretted it instantly. She had a snarl planted firmly on her face as she looked into the eyes of her captor. "Damn lady, if this is your idea of foreplay I wonder how all your dates end." The woman didn't look amused by Alicia's snide comment. "I know you can talk. You wouldn't shut up earlier. Then you had the audacity to try and drug me. Sorry sweetheart, chloroform is not the new black. You're a coward. You have to knock me out just to sit down with me? Where is my brother and what did you do to my mom?" Patricia walked around Alicia in a circle as if she were a lion in the jungle. "Your brother is fine. He's in the corner sleeping. As far as your mother, exactly which one were you talking about?" Alicia's eyes grew stormy, "What difference does it make? What did you do to them? There is no way in hell that Luca would willingly do anything or go anywhere with you! Did you drug him? I swear when I get my hands-" "How exactly do you plan on doing that? You're tied to a chair. Your mothers are essentially sedated and they will remain unharmed depending on your next decisions." "She's pregnant you ignorant twit! Can you live with killing an unborn child?" "Why don't you ask both of your mothers that question. I'm sure they can both answer it." "My dad is going to kill you." Patricia gave a devious smile, "If only you'd said that earlier. Right now, your dad has become a part of the afterlife. It was his own fault actually." Alicia dropped her head after she looked at both of the helpless women tied together on the floor, with Emily's tears mirroring the ones that threatened to fall from her eyes. "What do you want from me lady?" "Just a conversation."
Patricia looked at Alicia but then she turned to stare at Emily and Elle. Alicia lifted her head when she heard faint movement in the corner. Luca's head popped up from under the blanket and Alicia locked eyes with him. She took a discreet look at Patricia then she shook her head, signaling for Luca to stay hidden. She tapped her foot softly and Luca looked down at his foot and quietly tried to get the rope off. Patricia shifted her weight from foot to foot and Luca ducked back down as she turned around. She smirked at Alicia and sat down on a stool. "Alicia I want to tell you a story." "If it about your psychosis and being off your meds, then no thank you. I can see from here that you should've starred in Girl Interrupted." "Your sarcasm is admirable and entertaining. Trust me, this is a story that you'll want to hear." Alicia rolled her eyes, "Well go ahead and verbalize your manic disorder."
"My name is not Patricia. My name is Poppy Autumn. It is an unusual name. I guess my mother being the Alabama woman that she is wanted her daughter to have quite a distinct name. My father was from Boise. My parents met in Phoenix and I was born in Montgomery and lived there until we moved to Washington State when I was 7. I always wanted to work for the FBI: I worked hard and I got in when I was 25. I met this man and I fell in love with him. We were the perfect couple. I saved myself for him. He was the only man that I've ever been intimate with-" "Big whoop. You got your cherry popped and the guy dumped you. If you ask me, he dodged a bullet. You're a basket case." Alicia let out a grunt as her head was yanked back by her hair and Patricia's lips turned into a wide smile. "Speaking of cherries popping…-" "Wait a minute. Let me get this straight. You fell for some guy, he dumped you, you probably quit your job, and now you're into kidnapping people? Man you really are off your nut."
Patricia walked away from Alicia and looked at Emily. "I had it all and then I lost it all." She turned to face Alicia once more. "He cheated on me with multiple women…including both of your mothers. They all claimed that he raped them and I thought they were good for nothing whores until I saw it with my own eyes. I saw him stalking Elle and I confronted him about it. He was pissed and told me that if I knew what was good for me, then I'd stop before he put an end to my shenanigans. I did something that I thought I never would; I reported him to someone I thought I could trust. Erin Strauss sat on her high horse and told me that I was just an easy lay and that he was in love with her. I was set to transfer into the BAU but opening my big mouth destroyed my shot. She reassigned me to be her spy. I was only supposed to keep and eye on certain people." Patricia laughed in disbelief before continuing, "She wanted me to keep tabs on the women he cheated on me with. The sad part about it is that everyone one of those bitches got an assignment that should've been for me. They got rewarded for tearing my life apart. Now nothing will stop me from getting what I deserve." Alicia followed Patricia's eyes as they zeroed in on Emily's stomach. Alicia knew she had to do something, especially because Emily looked so helpless. Patricia started walking towards Emily and Alicia watched as her mother's eyes went wide with fear. "Wait. Wait. Wait a minute." Patricia's movement stopped and she turned to face Alicia. "What happened with the guy? Did you have a baby or want a baby?" Patricia's eyes filled with rage. "I had a baby! But that wasn't good enough. He told me that it was the wrong time to have a baby and that I needed to get rid of it. I got rid of my baby for him and he..he ..he had the audacity to make a baby with someone else! How is that fair to me? I never got my child so, why can't I have one now?" Patricia pulled a blade from her back pocket and yanked Emily's head back as she slid the blade slowly across her throat. Alicia closed her eyes and forced her tears to stay at bay. "And my dad? What about him? He was with my Uncle Prophet. What did you do to them?" "Your father is a lot smarter than he looks. Your uncle too. When your father saw me, he recognized me from when Strauss assigned me to be her puppet. He talked with me that day and made fun of my slight southern accent. Prophet was nice and even asked me where I was from. When he saw me outside of your house, he pointed me out and I panicked. Your father managed to put it together. Those two share everything just like gossip girls. I used the bat that I had until Prophet hit the ground. Your father started beating me like a ragdoll so I stabbed him. I felt his blood on me but I couldn't stop. I never noticed that the prick shot me until I left and came looking for all of you." Alicia couldn't stop the tears from flowing and the sob that escaped her. Emily's tears escaped but she couldn't move or do anything to stop them. Emily felt Elle's body go slack and grow heavy against her. She prayed that someone would come and save them because she suddenly had cramps that were getting more intense by the moment. Alicia choked on a sobbed, "Are they dead? My dad?" "Hopefully!" Patricia responded brightly.
Cooper noticed Hotch stalking towards them before Beth or LaSalle did. He'd never seen such uncertainty on his face; Cooper didn't miss the blood staining his crisp black suit. Cooper stood up, something Beth barely noticed, and walked over to him. "Hotch, what's going on?" "We got a call about a possible suicide in Hyde Park. It was Allen Burke. He's been dead for at least a day. When we searched the property, we found Strauss in a cellar chained up. She died on the way here from multiple stab wounds and a cut to her throat. Before she died, she kept saying that she was sorry and that she knew what Roger Davis was doing to women. She said that she loved him and did whatever she had to do to keep it covered. She said that she made a mistake when she assigned his former girlfriend to be a tech for her." "Got a name?" Hotch shook his head no. "She didn't get that far before she died." "So, we got nothing?" Beth suddenly jolted upright and raced over to them. "This is about Alicia! Alicia is the end game. Prophet kept saying something about Montgomery. How many southern-based people work at the Quantico office? Maybe Prophet knows this person or maybe Mick recognized something. Davis took a risk twice just to ensure that Alicia remembered his face. Out of all his victims that have children, Davis just so happens to figure that Alicia is Elle's and conveniently being raised by Emily. Emily was easy to frame because her morning sickness keeps her sidelined. These murders were a message that someone was tired of being overlooked and wanted attention. Alicia is the key to ending all of this." Cooper tried to calm down Beth but Hotch asked, "Why take Emily?"
"Because she's pregnant." All heads turned to LaSalle and Morgan walking down the hall. "We managed to get a few answers out of Prophet. He has a concussion and a brain bleed but the doctors are waiting for the swelling to go down before they attempt surgery. Anyways, he said that we're looking for a woman by the name of Poppy Autumn, AKA Autumn Pop or Montgomery. She is the woman that Davis was with while he was raping nearly every woman in the bureau. Strauss handpicked her for the job that everyone thought was made up. Poppy essentially buried the rapes and everything that went along with them. It's not that strange that she would've found out about Elle's pregnancy and put it together. She is pissed at Elle but willing to take her anger out on Alicia?" Morgan finished. "Why?" Hotch asked. "We had Garcia check into it. Poppy Autumn had two miscarriages and an abortion. All during the time that she was dating Davis. Hotch do I have to say it?" Everybody looked around at one another but Beth was the one that spoke up with a tearful whisper, "Poppy wants Emily's baby and if she has to kill Alicia to do so then she will." A doctor came in their direction and the agents felt their hearts drop as they saw the man covered in blood….Mick's blood.
A/N: Final chapter up next.