I had this done last night, but I wanted to have someone read it first. It is shorter than the last two, but I thought this was a good place to end it.
Thanks to ValleyGirlMeg, kdzl, missiemeghan, DeviousRobynno, and IllStandByYou87 for reviewing the last chapter!!! :)
From Darkness to Light
A CM fanfic
Chapter 9
Jennifer Jareau kept running faster and faster away from the police station and her friends until finally she came to a secluded park. It was on a quiet road that came off of a somewhat busy street in a residential part of town and it was surrounded by woods on three sides. The bushes and weeds around the yellow and blue jungle gym and the benches were overgrown and the grass looked as though it hadn't been cut in years. There was a large slide seemingly covered by flowers, bushes, and weeds and J.J. could see monkey bars and swings in the distance. The park somehow reminded her of herself and ignoring her fear of the woods J.J. walked farther into it, seemingly being pulled by an unknown force telling her to sit down, rest, and stay a while.
J.J. made her way over to a bench and sat down, trying to catch her breath. It was then that she finally started to think about what had happened between her and Emily, why she'd run, and what the team must be thinking at that very moment. Would Emily have told them already what she saw? Would they come looking for her? Or did they just ignore her overreaction and go back to working the case? J.J. didn't know what she wanted the answers to any of these questions to be, but part of her wanted someone, anyone, to come look for her. To find her and make her tell them what's wrong so they could help her, and she wouldn't have to hide anymore. But, then again, the other part of her just wanted to be left alone, for them to stop asking questions and for them to maybe even stop caring altogether. The half that was hoping someone would come rescue her was winning though when she heard voices coming from the other end of the park which J.J. thought had been deserted.
"I wanna go home!" She heard a young girl cry.
"Play." Was a man's forcefull response as J.J. watched him push the girl towards a swing.
J.J. got up and moved to stand behind a slide where she could watch the park's only other visitors without being seen. The little girl looked to J.J. to be about six or seven years old. She had blonde hair and she was crying as the man pushed her on the swings. As she swung away from the man, the girl jumped from her swing and attempted to run away. J.J. watched as the young girl ran as fast as her legs would carry her only to be chased after and caught by the man. He picked her up and started to carry her back towards a van J.J. could now see. Suddenly J.J. realized who the girl was and what was going on. She reached for her gun while yelling, "Kaylee!" causing the man to turn around and start running faster and faster to his vehicle while the girl tried desperately to break free from his strong hold.
J.J. was chasing after them, but she wasn't fast enough and as he shoved the girl into the back of the van she could hear Kaylee screaming at her for help. The van sped away through a dirt road hidden in the trees and J.J. was left standing there with her gun. She got out her cell phone and hit the speed dial for Hotch.