All Things Happen For A Reason
I don't own criminal minds.
Chapter 2
At that precise moment, Aaron's on his way home from the office. He's suddenly hit with a sense of panic.
"Emily." That's when he gets his cell phone out and tries Emily's cell phone again. Still getting her voice mail, Aaron calls Penelope.
"The all knowing one's here to serve." Another one of Pen's funny greetings that everyone's used to.
"Pen, can you track down Emily's cell phone whereabouts?" He waits patiently for an answer.
"What did the big bad cell phone do?" Pen asks, jokingly.
"This isn't a joke! Pen, something's wrong!"
"Oh God! How do you know?"
"I can feel it! I've called her numerous times today and they all went straight to voice mail! She told us that she'd have her cell phone with her at all times! She wouldn't leave JJ without a way of getting hold of her." That's when it hits Pen that he's right.
"I'm on it big guy! Call you back ASAP. I'm going to have Kevin help too. Don't worry, but I know you will." Pen Hangs up and Aaron's panic turns up a few notches.
Emily's sitting on the bed when Master comes in. She stands up immediately.
"Now you'll pay for disrespecting me." He's reaching down to unbuckle his belt. Emily's thinking rape. Then he pulls his belt out of the loops on his pants and wraps it in such a way that Emily knows it's a really bad beating. He starts with a fist wrapped by belt to her face. Then when she's on the floor, he starts kicking her.
Meg can hear Emily's winces and moans at each blow. Meg remembers her beatings. She also knows that tonight's Emily's first night of the force game, as he calls it. Meg's sad for Emily, but happy for herself. That means he won't be bothering her tonight. The first time since she'd been here. She hopes Emily knows how to go to another place in her head while he's having sex with her. That's the only thing that's' helped Meg.
Kevin and Pen can only get a certain location on Emily's phone. They know it's in Wyoming. The top part of Wyoming. Neither one can be more accurate. Pen calls Aaron.
"What do you have Pen?" Aaron's packing a couple days worth of cloths in his extra day bag.
"Kev and I can only give you a pointed start. We know she's in Wyoming. The top part of Wyoming. We tired everything we could think of to try to pin point the location better. I love Emily too. Did you call her friend to see if maybe she just doesn't get signal?"
"Thanks Pen, I'll try that. Now you and Kevin have a NICE night. I'll call with any info." Aaron hangs up and calls Derek.
"What's up Aaron?" Derek asks.
"Are you busy?"
"Just making a sandwich and about to watch a football game. Why, what's up?" Derek asks, almost afraid to ask.
"I need someone to go with me to Wyoming. Something tells me that Em's in trouble. Pen and Ken were able to locate her cell phone down Wyoming. The top part of Wyoming. I just need someone to go with me. I don't want to take Dave or Spencer because they seem to be helping JJ. And we need the Wedding couple here to do our web searching."
"Sure Aaron. I'll be packed in five. Where do you want to meet?"
"Just get to the commercial airport in forty-five minutes. We'll meet at the entrance to the gift shop."
"Why not take the jet?"
"Because this isn't a case Derek. That would be abuse of power. Now let's move. See you soon." Aaron hangs up. He didn't want to tell Derek that the jet wasn't here. The jet was his first thought too, but the B team had taken over all their cases and that included the jet too. So he made up that somewhat truth to get Derek motivated.
Soon Aaron was on his way to the airport. His mind kept going back to Emily after she saw him after the SUV exploded. She looked like she'd just been kicked in the gut. That's when Aaron knew he looked a lot worse then he felt. Well, until the adrenalin wore off.
He keeps chanting, "Hold on Em, I'm coming! Hold on Em, I'm coming!" over and over again in his mind. Then he dials Belinda's house phone number, hoping he's wrong.
"Hello?" Belinda answers her phone.
"Hello, is this Belinda?"
"Yes, may I ask who's calling?"
"Yeah. This is Aaron Hotchner. I'm Emily Prentiss' boss and friend. Is Emily there by any chance?"
"No. She never showed or called. I thought that the team was called away on another case."
"No. She left three days ago. The plane ride alone is only four hours max. If you hear from her, can you please call me and have her call me. Do you have a pen and piece of paper?"
"Yeah, go ahead.""010-555-2578. Just call me Aaron."
"Okay, Aaron. I'll call if I hear from her. You do the same."
"Will do. How's the divorce going? I know it's pretty heard. I went through that just over a year ago. How's your daughter taking it?"
"Thank you for asking. It's been hard. My ex is claiming I'm an unfit mother because I work. He works too. Sue's in school all day. She gets home at four. I get home at four-thirty. I'm sorry, I know you were only being polite. Thanks again for asking."
"I wasn't just being polite. I have a young son, Jack. I don't get to see him much. I work crazy hours. So I'm lucky if I get to see him once a month. I sure do miss the little guy."
"I'm so sorry to hear that Aaron. If you ever just want to talk, call me. Emily's a great friend, but she doesn't know what it's like to divorce with children."
"Thanks. You take care and I'll talk to you soon." Aaron hangs up just as he pulls into the airport parking lot.
Emily's been beaten pretty good. Meg had to help her to the futon in the living room/ dinning area combo. Master had gone outside to get more fire wood for the night.
"Emily, are you okay?"
"I'll be fine. Don't you worry." She's trying to be strong for Meg. But Emily's in real pain.
"I need to worn you. Master is going to…" Before Meg can finish her sentence, Master walks in. He drops the logs just inside the door.
"You, go to bed." He tells Meg. Of course Meg knows what this means. But Meg does as she's told. Then he comes over to the futon where Emily lays in pain. He takes one hand and ties it to the end of the arm rest. As he does the same with the other hand. Emily's getting the picture. The moment she puts up any resistance, she's slapped across the face hard. Then he continues to tie her legs to the other arm rest. Emily knows she's about to be raped and can't do a thing to stop it. When she sees Master begin to undress, Emily tells herself the only way she's going to survive this is to go to a happy place in her mind.
He climbs on top of Emily. Emily mentally goes back to the BAU in Quantico. She's goofing around with Derek and Spencer in the bullpen. Aaron comes out of his office with his coffee mug and just watches the three of them laughing. Emily looks up and smiles at Aaron. He smiles back at her. She walks up to Aaron and just lays a nice passionate kiss on him. He responds by kissing back. He rubs his hands up and down Emily's back. He lifts Emily up and carries her to his office. He gently lays her on the floor and starts to make sweet love to her. Emily's been wanting Aaron like this since the day she met him.
"Emily, I've wanted you since the day we met. You're so beautiful and sexy. I just want to devour you. You smell so heavenly. Please, marry me and have the rest of my love children."
"You bet mister big strong silent man. I thought you'd never ask. Now get over here and let me nibble on those strong ear lobes." Just having Aaron close to Emily had put her at ease. She hadn't left her happy place, even though Master had finished his sexual relations with her. She dreamed of Aaron well into the early morning.
Aaron was feeling panic and fear from the time Derek and he got on the plane. Aaron believed it was coming from Emily. He keeps sending mind messages in case Emily could feel his presents.
"I'm coming Em, just hold on a little longer."
"We'll get to her Aaron. Let me call Garcia to see if she or Kev have found anything else we can use." Derek picks up the airplane phone and slides his credit card, then begins to dial Garcia's cell phone.
"Speak to me handsome."
"How'd you know it's me and not Hotch?"
"Either way, I'm right. What's up sweetness?"
"Any news on Emily's whereabouts?"
"Nothing yet. Kev, stop. Wait till I'm off the phone. No, I'm still having my babies search. How's things going with the boss man?"
"Fine. Could you and Kev stop that stuff when we're talking on the phone?" Derek's not only annoyed, but jealous too.
"What's wrong sweetness? Jealous?" Pen playfully gets Derek in a corner.
"No! It's just very annoying."
"Boy do you sound jealous." Pen taunts.
"We'll call back later. And I'm not jealous." Derek quickly hangs up.
"Problems with Pen?"
"No. And there's no more news about the whereabouts of our friend. Why don't you close your eyes and try to get a little sleep. I know once we hit land, you won't sleep until we find her and that could be a long time."
"No, I have to map out our most logical grid. You go ahead and sleep. That way if I need some sleep, you can do some of the driving." Aaron replies not even looking up from the map. Derek lays back and closes his eyes for a short peaceful rest.
JJ and Dave are at a nice elegant restaurant. JJ's trying to calm the baby's hunger to find something that wasn't going to cause heart burn or indigestion. She decided to have some orange juice and settles on a chicken tender salad.
"I think I'll have a large orange juice and a chicken tender salad. Ranch dressing on the side please."
"Are you sure?" Dave asks, thinking that wasn't a very big dinner.
"That's what I want. What about you?"
"I'll have a four ounce sirloin steak. A baked potato and a side salad with ranch on the side. I'll have a double scotch on the rocks please."
"Boy, do I miss my drinks. I sure could use a few now and then."
"You don't want to drink. So have you got the baby's room ready yet?"
"No. I was going to have Will paint it, but he didn't get around to it. We barely got the crib. That's not even put together. I just have so much to do and not much time. I guess I'll have to hire a painter. I can't do it with the fumes. I can try to do the crib."
"I'm sure I could probably be roped into doing the painting for you. You don't want strangers roaming around in your house. I'm sure Spencer and I can do all the building and painting. All that stuff, you don't need to worry. You can do the shopping and whatever you ladies do when there's a baby on the way."
"Thank you for the help. It does take some of the stress off my shoulders. So, what do you do when you go home Dave?"
"Well, I usually have a few drinks and go to sleep. I occasionally will go out to a bar and watch a game. But not much more than that. But on the weekends I like to go fishing. It's go nice and quiet. I should take you soon."
"Oh no! I have to be close to a bathroom at all times. This kid loves to sit on my bladder. So I make pee break way too often. Maybe after thee baby's born. I'm sure I'll need some quiet time then." JJ laughs and seeing her laugh makes Dave smile. It's at that moment that he sees the glowing beauty every mother to be sends off. But he finds her more attractive than he really wants to admit.
"You are just glowing. It's so beautiful. You are so beautiful. It's nice to see you smile. Would you like to dance?" Dave holds out his hand. She slowly puts her hand in his.
"I guess. If you don't mind dancing with a whale." She smiles at him.
"You're definitely not a whale. If you want to stop, just let me know. You call the shots." Dave leads JJ out to the dance floor with the rest of the couples dancing. They don't get as close as the other do. JJ's enjoying her dance.
"This is really fun. Thank you for suggesting it. I should take your advice more often. I'm starting to feel like a human again." With that, they look into each others eyes and lean in to kiss. They lightly brush lips and gently kiss. When they pull apart, JJ's embarrassed and feels like she just cheated on Will. "I'm sorry. I can't do this." JJ rushes as much as she can. She leaves the restaurant. Leaving Dave standing there watching her and feeling bad that he crossed the line. That was never his intention.
Thank you to all that have reviewed the first chapter. Your words are kind. But I like to keep it at 5 or more reviews before sending off the next chapter and you all have honored that. So I hope you enjoyed this chapter.
