Chapter 13 –
3:56pm Thursday 17th November 2011
Emily quickly sat down on the chair and looked at the frail figure that was her unconscious sister, her hand reached out and rested on top of Milly's as Emily felt JJ's hand on her shoulder.
"I'm just going to step out and let Garcia and Hotch know what's going on."
Emily nodded her head as she listened to JJ leave the room, glad that she hadn't had to say anything as she knew that her hastily built walls would have come tumbling down. Emily closed her eyes, the relief that was coursing through her body tempered by the worry of the injuries she had suffered and they were the only the ones visible to Emily, she knew that JJ was going to track down the doctor and find out exactly what was wrong with Milly.
4:18am Thursday 17th November 2011
JJ walked into the room and gently pulled over a chair next to the one that Emily was still silently sat in. Emily shifted back in the chair but kept her right arm outstretched so that she still had some physical contact with Milly.
"Garcia is trying to get a licence plate from the vehicle that dropped Milly off on the street."
Emily just nodded her head before she slowly turned her head to look at JJ, taking a deep breath as she composed herself.
"Did you speak to the doctor?"
JJ nodded her head, she looked at Milly briefly before she turned her attention back to Emily.
"Two broken ribs, her right wrist is broken, the nose is broken and she has suffered a bad concussion, the doctor wants to keep her sedated for the next twelve hours at least."
Emily just nodded her head as she absorbed the news but she immediately sensed that JJ had not told her the whole story.
"What else?"
JJ sighed and bowed her head slightly.
"There are signs of sexual abuse, the doctor said that it looked like Milly had a hard metal object inserted into her from the evidence he found."
JJ winced as she said the words and was unsurprised to see Emily close her eyes.
"Emily, Morgan and I spoke to some of the girls tonight, they told us about a girl who had been violated with a shotgun, the same type used on our victims."
The words were whispered but JJ knew that Emily had heard them even though she had not acknowledged them. JJ could sense that her friend was close to falling over the edge, carefully she moved her chair closer so that the plastic seats were touching, silently wrapping her arm around Emily's waist before the brunette leaned in and rested her head onto JJ's shoulder.
"She's alive Em, she's going to get through this."
8:13am Thursday 17th November 2011
Hotch sat in the SUV, the only one in the car park of the hotel as JJ had taken the other bureau SUV to the hospital, he was sat in the driver's seat his heart pounding fast as he waited for the others to join him. Unsurprisingly it was Morgan who spotted him first, bringing four cups of coffee with him as he climbed in the back, taking the seat diagonally behind Hotch.
"Emily's not in her room."
"I know."
Morgan looked accusingly at Hotch as he firmly passed a cup of coffee over to him.
"JJ?"
"With Emily, Milly's been found."
"That's great."
"Not when you hear about her injuries."
Hotch's voice was monotone as he watched Morgan's face drop, simultaneously Reid opened the door and had sat next to Morgan.
"Have I missed anything?"
Morgan turned and glared at Reid who just raised his hands in defence.
"Let's just wait for Dave ok?"
"Jesus Hotch we can't wait that long!"
Morgan finally had a slight grin on his face as Hotch shook his head, Rossi was notorious on the team for being late for meetings but luckily for them today he was only mildly late as he finally climbed into the passenger seat of the SUV.
"Morning, oh great coffee, thanks Derek."
Dave smiled as he took a large gulp of the hot liquid but then he glanced around the vehicle and quickly his mood changed.
"Ok so what have I missed?"
"Milly's been found, JJ and Emily are with her."
Morgan quickly replied with what he knew knowing that Hotch would have to expand on the explanation.
"Garcia's facial recognition programme found Milly last night, but she had been badly beaten, she's currently under sedation at the hospital."
"Is it connected with our current case?"
Reid's voice went up an octave as he spoke, his genius mind working overtime.
"I'm not sure yet, JJ emailed me the doctor's report and combined with what Morgan and JJ found out last night I'm leaning towards thinking that Milly had a very lucky encounter with our unsub."
Morgan blew out his cheeks as he listened to Hotch, he knew what the girls had told him and it killed him to think that Emily's sister had been subjected to anything like that.
"How is she?"
Morgan's voice was quiet, he thought of Emily as a sister and that meant that Milly was as close to a sister too and that meant he would protect her to the death.
"Alive and that is as much as I know, we need to speak to Garcia and collate the information we know to make sure that we are on the same page and chasing the same unsub."
Hotch spoke firmly before he quickly turned the key and started the engine, speedily making his way towards their base at the local police station.
13:53pm Thursday 17th November 2011
Emily opened her eyes, quickly lifting her head, her senses on edge as she scanned the room but as her eyes fell onto the body still laying prone on the bed everything came screaming back into her mind.
"Milly?"
"She's still sleeping Emily, it's the best thing at the moment."
Emily sat up and pulled her body away from JJ's as she reached up with her left hand and rubbed the sleep from her eyes.
"I thought it was all a bad dream."
"You've found her Emily and she's alive."
"I know Jen but what am I going to say when she wakes up? She thinks that I'm dead."
The tears flowed freely down Emily's face as she spoke and JJ was powerless to stop hers from falling too.
"The truth Emily, it's the only way for the both of you to move forward."
Emily nodded as JJ spoke, she knew it was the right answer but she also knew that it wasn't going to be easy for her or Milly for that fact, but JJ was right, Milly was alive and now safe.