I'd like to thank you all for reading and reviewing chapter two. Like I had promised, this next chapter is longer than the previous two chapters. Hope you enjoy it.
Disclaimer: I only own the victims and their families in this chapter. Nothing else is mine.
"A final comfort that is small, but not cold: The heart is the only broken instrument that works." ~T.E. Kalem
Jennifer Jareau, Derek Morgan, Spencer Reid and a five month pregnant Emily Hotchner were sitting in the bullpen on the afternoon of September 8, 2012.
"You know what it is, yet?" Morgan asked while looking at Emily's stomach.
"No, Aaron and I've decided that we want to be surprised with this one."
"What do you want it to be?" asked Reid.
"Aaron wants a girl, but I'm actually afraid of having a girl." Emily guiltily said.
"Why?" asked JJ.
"I'd love to have a daughter, but I'm just afraid that Jack and Cade won't include her in anything. I'm afraid they won't want to play dolls with her."
"I grew up with two sisters and I had no problem playing with dolls." Morgan said.
"You played with dolls?" A surprised Emily asked.
"Yeah and Sarah and Desirae played with cars and action figures. None of us ever felt left out because we always played together." Morgan said.
"I never really pictured you being the type to play with dolls." JJ said.
"Garcia wants us in the conference room. She has a case for us." Rossi said as he walked past the bullpen. Aaron Hotchner was following behind him.
The seven team members were in the conference room. Everyone, but Garcia were sitting down. Garcia was standing next to the presentation screen and presenting the case.
"I remember when I had this job." JJ said.
"You can have it back if you want it." Garcia said.
"I'll let you handle this case and then maybe I'll take it back."
On the very large screen in the room, there were three photographs of children. The first photograph was a Hispanic dark haired and brown eyed girl. The second was a blonde haired and hazel eyed boy. And the third was a brown haired and blue eyed boy. Each child appears to have been shot in the head.
"Last Thursday evening, the body of four month old Selena Salazar was discovered in an abandoned housing project on Palestine Street. Two days later, the body of eleven year old Gabriel Dawson was discovered in an abandoned housing project on Lansbury Street. And last night, the body of three year old Jamie Pierson was discovered in an abandoned housing project on Jacoby Street. Each child was shot in the head." Garcia said.
"That second one is only a couple of streets from where Will and I live." JJ said.
"I don't think you have anything to worry about, dear." Garcia said.
"Why is that?"
"Because the unsub has been kidnapping these children along with their siblings and calling the parents and forcing them to choose between the children. Selena was taken along with her twin sister Sabrina. Gabriel was taken along with his two younger sisters Baylee and Sophia. And Jamie was taken along with his two older siblings, Kyra and Ricky, and a younger brother, Timothy."
"And none of the siblings were harmed?" Morgan asked.
"Nope, only the ones who were killed." Garcia said.
"It's like a game for this unsub. Whoever we are dealing with really has a sick mind." Rossi said.
"We need to talk to the parents of the children. Morgan and Reid will talk to the Salazar's. Emily and Rossi will talk to the Dawson's. And JJ and I will talk to the Pierson's."
Celeste and Carlos sat next to each other on the couch in their living room as Morgan and Reid spoke with them. On the floor, sleeping in a basinet was four month old Sabrina. Celeste was a petite woman with long brown hair and brown eyes. Carlos was a short stout man with short black hair, a goatee, and brown eyes.
"Mr. and Mrs. Salazar, we are deeply sorry for your loss." Morgan said.
"Thank you. We are very grateful to have Sabrina back, but it just isn't the same without Selena." Carlos said with tears in his eyes. "We don't know who would do this to her.""
Sabrina then woke up and began to cry. Carlos picked her up, while Celeste just sat there, glaring. Reid and Morgan noticed this.
"I can't stand to even look at her." Celeste said.
"Excuse me?" A confused Reid asked.
"She blames Sabrina for what happened, but it isn't her fault. Sabrina is just as much a victim as Selena." Carlos said as he held his daughter.
"I don't blame her. It's just that every time I see her, I see Selena. But you know what? I don't see the Selena I used to know. I see her lying in a pool of her own blood. I don't want to see that! Please just find whoever did this to my baby!" Celeste said as she sobbed.
"We're going to do everything we can to find who did this to her." Morgan said.
Emily and Rossi each sat next to each other as they spoke to Nicole and Andrew Dawson, whom were sitting on the couch. Nicole was a tall, thin woman with short curly brown hair and hazel eyes. Her husband Andrew was a tall, slightly large man with short blonde hair and hazel eyes.
"Mr. and Mrs. Dawson, we are deeply sorry for your loss." Rossi said.
"Gabriel was very special to us. He was our only son. How could someone just take him away from us?" Nicole asked with tears in her eyes.
"That's what we'd like to know. Can you think of anyone who would do this?" asked Rossi.
"We don't know anyone. I mean we didn't have any enemies." Andrew said.
"When are you due?" asked Nicole as she noticed Emily's swollen stomach.
"January 9th." Emily replied.
"Congratulations, is this your first one?"
"No, I have a seven year old step son and a sixteen month old son."
"I hope everything goes well for you and your family." Nicole said.
Hotch and JJ were sitting in the living room of the Pierson home. Helen and Lenny were sitting next to each other on the couch. Helen was an average size woman with long black hair and blue eyes. Lenny was tall and thin with short ginger colored hair and green eyes.
"Mr. and Mrs. Pierson, we are so sorry for your loss. Do you know anyone who would do this?" asked Hotch.
"We don't know anyone." Lenny said.
"Jamie must really hate us now and I wouldn't blame him if he did." Helen said.
"This isn't your fault. You were forced to choose and no parent should ever have to go through something like that." JJ said.
"He would have been four years old next Tuesday. What do we do now that he's gone?" asked Helen as tears formed in her eyes.
"Mrs. Pierson, if I were you, I'd celebrate his birthday. I know I never met your son, but I don't think any child would want their parents to be sad on their birthday. Think of all the good memories you had with your son." JJ said.
"You're right. Jamie was always a happy child. He wouldn't want us to be sad on his birthday." Lenny said.
"Thank you both for your time." Hotch said.
End of chapter three. Please tell me what you thought. Chapter four will be up soon.