Who is the Victim Here

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Chapter Eight.

After another six hours in the car, the tired and anxious agents finally arrive at the Medical Center who knows that they are coming and have everything ready to take Aaron in and examine him. JJ had been able to get a hold of our agents by satellite phone and so knew when they would get there. She had already talked to Dr. Pitt at the Hospital and even brought the DVDs of Aarons torture to show the man, so that he had an idea of what was coming. He did know of Angie and how she works with her assault victims. She has unusual methods that work and have helped many recover. He watched the DVD's and was once again amazed at the depth of depravity that people can do to other people. The hospital prepared for the agent even though they had no idea when he would be arriving.

When the agents arrived, they had a gurney right there to bring the Hotch into the emergency room. The doctor and staff removed the blanket and placed a gown on the man. They removed the diaper and performed the rape kit and took pictures of the body while checking and replacing the bandages that were covering his body. They took blood tests and other tests to check his vitals and see if there is inner organ damage. They placed him on a gurney to take him to x-ray unknowingly placing him in danger again.

She heard them say that they were bringing him here and since the bomb didn't get him maybe something else would. She was going to get this man no matter that her brother was a stupid fool. How he could have taken the wrong man is beyond her comprehension but she would solve the problem. She looks around at the others in the room waiting on this man on the gurney. He is well cared about so maybe her brother didn't do too badly. She took her ceramic gun out of her purse and walked toward the gurney trying to make sure that Angie did not see her. When she got close enough, she looked down at her little puppy and bent to talk into his ear, "Hello puppy." He opens his eyes looking around in fear at what she said. When he sees her, he whimpers, but cannot get any other sound out. His mouth opens and closes without sound as fear actually overcomes his strong mind. He wants somebody to come and get him. In his mind, he cries out 'Kathy, David, anybody, help', but nothing comes out of his mouth. He silently whimpers, help. The woman takes the gun and holds it to his head and cocks the barrel. He whimpers again when suddenly someone screams.

There are many running feet leaving the area as the woman watches them go. She doesn't care about the people running out, let them go, the only hostage she needs is on the gurney sitting next to her. Our agents have faced her with their guns drawn and Angie sees her standing there next to the man that she has hurt mentally and physically. Angie says, "Hello Susan. How could you do this? I trusted you for eighteen years we have been together. I gave you a home, a job, my brother and this is how you repay me?"

Susan responds, "Yes, you gave me all of that and it was because you lied against my brother and they sent him away."

"I didn't lie about what he did. He was a pitiful, cruel, sadistic rapist and nothing was going to change that. He raped over 15 women in less than three years. His mistake was me and Kathy."

Aaron weakly says, "Kathy?"

Susan speaks to the man, "Shut up puppy and hits him in the temple." The agents cock their guns and she looks around at them and says to them, "Which one of you will get me and can you do it before my finger pulls the trigger?" She once again places the barrel against the weakened man's head and looks with arrogance at the agents surrounding her. When all at once the gun in on the ground and she is crying out from pain at the sound of a what seemed to be a sonic boom but was only the flick of the bull whip that is now coming from Angie's hand. "I didn't see that on you, usually it is in the belt form around your waist. Where did you have it hidden?"

Angie says nothing just picks the whip up and begins to wrap it around her from elbow to hand like a rope. The agents ran to get the gun and arrest her. Angie walked toward the man on the gurney and smiled at him when she got there. All he sees is her smile and says, "Kathy." He closes his eyes to sleep. The staff decides to let him sleep before taking him to x-ray and then a room of his own. Angie talks with Dr. Pitt about the physical and potential psychological effects the abduction has done while our agents are told to head home and get cleaned up and some sleep themselves. It is believed that the man is as safe as he can be.

Spencer talks to Rossi, "Is that one of those times to prove that you don't need a gun to stop someone?"

He replies, "Yeah, but I never got into the whole whip thing. Angie has never touched a gun, but she is good with the whip. I remember when she picked up her first one. It wasn't a real whip, just a toy, but she loved it and then she saw that Indiana Jones movie and she had to learn how use a whip. She is quite proficient at it and I didn't even know she had it on her."

"Can you kill with it?"

Angie speaks up, "You can kill with anything. It all depends on the force of the pressure and the leverage you use as well as where you use it."

"So you can kill with it? To demonstrate Angie whips Spencer around the neck and started pulling, until she released him to be able to breathe again.

"Yes, you can." As she walks away, he is gasping for air and looking at her incredulously that she would do that.

Rossi speaks up, "She believes demonstrations teach better than words, are you okay?"

"Why didn't you stop her or take it off when it was on?"

"It was on for less than ten seconds and you were never in danger. She was just demonstrating what you wanted to know. What did you learn?"

"That woman is dangerous." Rossi chuckles.

"Yeah, I learned that a lo-ong time ago. But what else did you learn?"

"A whip can kill."

"Then she proved her point."

A few hours later, when Aaron had gotten his x-rays and was now in a private room, the agents began to one by one come by and see their fearless boss, who it seems is not so fearless. He is struggling in his mind to understand what exactly happened to him and why. During a short period in which he had no visitors, there was a visitor that should not have been able to get in.

"Hello puppy." Aaron opens his eyes to look at the man leaning over him. "My sister is mad at me now; it seems you are not the brother of Dr. Angie Eskridge. But I learned something about you and am glad that I got you. You are the other one's most precious person. Oh, she would talk about you and how she loved you. I wish she loved me like that but she only had eyes for you. That's why I took her from the back so that I couldn't see you in her eyes. Her wishing I was you. Well puppy, I've got you now and from now on you will call me master."

"You are not my master."

"I control you and that makes me your master."

"You do not control me."

"It is because of me that you cannot walk and now I am going to take away your ability to talk." He places a piece of fake skin on a receiver to his neck. "Every time you say anything or make any noise I will hear and if I don't like what I hear, I am going to cut off a finger."

"You are going to be that close."

"I didn't say it was going to be your finger or toe or other extremity. There are many people in your life that I can do it to, but the one that I have now is a six year old little boy, who looks just like his daddy." Aaron's eyes grow wider and fearful.

"Leave him alone, he in no trouble for you."

"If you behave and be a good little puppy the boy will be fine, here's your commands puppy, listen to your master. You will not talk at all to anyone, you can whimper, cry or any other noise you want, but you will not form words using your mouth. You will not write to anyone either, no words will be formed from your fingers, but you can try to communicate other ways if possible, just no words. Every time that you hear the word angel you will defecate wherever you are, anywhere and you will not use a toilet to do it in. Be a good little puppy and someone will clean you up. You will stop eating food like a big boy and only accept it as a puppy or I will allow you to feed like a baby, a very young baby. I will be watching you and you will never be free of my presence."

"Why are you doing this to me?"

"Because I hate that bitch, which sent me to prison for twenty years just because I gave women what they begged for and wanted. That Angie convicted me, but your Kathy nailed the coffin. I am getting revenge on two for the price of one. Good bye little puppy, remember I will be watching and listening and if you do anything that I don't want you to do. I will eat a finger and then a toe and finally I'll stuff him like a turkey."

"No, don't hurt Jack. I will follow your commands, master."

"Good bye for now puppy."