A/N – sorry for the long delay in the update to this story, been dealing with a few family illnesses so thank you to everyone who reviewed the previous chapter and hope you still enjoy the story...

Chapter 14 –

14:32pm Thursday 17th November 2011

Kaylee and Patty smiled as they saw Morgan approaching them, both of them comfortable in his presence but they felt their hands being squeezed tightly as he finally stood in front of them.

"It's great to see you again ladies and it's excellent that you've managed to bring your friend along, come on I'll take you all somewhere a bit quieter so that we can talk."

Morgan smiled broadly at the three women but Kaylee sensed how anxious Amber was and moved closer to the young woman.

"Uh Agent Morgan is Agent Jareau going to be there, it's just..."

Morgan turned and focused his attention on the woman he hadn't met before and immediately saw how nervous she had become.

"Of course, I'll show you to the room and then leave you in her capable hands."

"Thanks."

Kaylee felt Amber let out a sigh of relief as she spoke and gently she and Patty led her into the room behind Morgan.

JJ rubbed her eyes before she opened the door, the call from Morgan had been unexpected as she had forgotten all about the appointment she had with Kaylee and Patty, her mind too caught up with Emily and her unconscious sister. Although it had been a long night JJ knew that she couldn't let it affect her in anyway, this could be the break that they needed in the case, unfortunately for JJ Morgan had informed her of the reluctance of the witness to speak to him so that left it for her to get the description of the unsub.

14:48 Thursday 17th November 2011

Hotch walked along the hospital corridor, peering in the rooms as he went but it didn't take him long to find her, JJ had sent him a message with the room number, but it was a slight shock to see how vulnerable Emily looked sitting in the chair, holding her sister's hand. JJ had filled him in on the injuries Milly had suffered and he knew how much Emily must be hurting but on the other hand he could not ignore the similarities between the injuries and their dead victims, someone would need to speak to Milly when she regained consciousness and the one thing he was sure of was that it wouldn't be Emily. Hotch took a deep breath as he opened the door, quietly sitting down on the chair that had obviously been previously occupied by JJ.

"How is she?"

Emily didn't move, she kept her gaze focused on Milly as she spoke.

"No change, the doctor wants to keep her sedated for a bit longer yet."

"I'm sorry Emily."

Hotch's softly spoken words were enough to pull Emily's eyes off of her sister as she sat back slightly and looked at Hotch, a small smile adorning her face.

15:58pm Thursday 17th November 2011

Garcia reached across and picked up her over-sized mug, gratefully glugging several mouthfuls of lukewarm caffeine, waiting for a few seconds before she opened her eyes and tried to will her body to stay awake for a little bit longer. Although it seemed longer that the three days since she had left the confines of Quantico Garcia knew that she couldn't leave just yet, not now that she had just received the description from JJ and the coffee was beginning to have its desired effect, giving her a much needed second wind. Instantly Garcia started running the photo fit through all known and unknown databases, determined to put a name to the face so that she could bring the team home.

06:46am Friday 18th November 2011

Hotch was in a deep sleep, able to put thoughts of the case and how closely it had involved the team to one side, instead he had flooded his mind with thoughts of Jack. He had set his alarm for 7am but his internal body clock had already started to drag him away from the park and the soccer match he was playing with Jack when his eyes opened and his mind made the match with the noise, Hotch's hand reached out and took a hold of his cell phone.

"Agent Hotchner."

"It's Detective Sanchez, sorry to call you so early Agent Hotchner, I thought that you'd want to know right away that we've got another body."

"Same as the others?"

Hotch quickly sat up, his mind on the job straight away.

"Young, female, shotgun wound to the head but there was no attempt to hide the body this time, she was left in a car park at the local wal-mart."

"So he's escalating, we need to get Amber's description out into the media, the team and I will be with you shortly."

Hotch didn't wait for a reply as he ended the call and woke the rest of the team with the news. Five minutes later as Hotch was getting dressed he debated whether or not to let Emily know the latest development but as he left his hotel room Hotch knew that Emily needed to concentrate on her sister and he needed to concentrate on the case so that they could all get home and start to heal.

09:22am Friday 18th November 2011

Emily's eyes were flicking open and shut, fighting to stay awake but she had stayed awake all night, unable to take her eyes off of her sister in the hope that she'd wake up even though the doctor had told her that it wouldn't happen until that morning at the earliest. The sight of her sister's badly damaged body tore at Emily's heart, making the guilt she had felt since learning of Milly's disappearance only intensify and Emily felt powerless to help her sister and lessen that guilt. Emily could feel her eyes beginning to shut once again so quietly she stood up and started to walk around the small room, stretching her arms up and out to increase the blood flow and to stop the aching that had easily occurred after spending hours sitting on a hard plastic chair. Emily was engrossed in her exercises, allowing her eyes to leave the bed and the sight of her sister, missing the faint opening of Milly's eyes as she turned and had her back to the bed. Only when she turned back around and sat back on the chair did Emily notice the deep dark brown eyes looking back at her. Unable to say anything, Emily just reached across and took a hold of Milly's hand as the tears started to trickle down her cheeks.

"Emily? Am I dead?"