All Things Happen For A Reason
I don't own Criminal Minds. Some swearing.
Chapter 5
"Hotch, I'm dead serious. I'm feeling pretty bad. Please come and get us. I want this son of a bitch to rot in prison." Emily says, sounding week.
"I have an address. I have to get back to the local PD. Derek and I will bring the Calvary. Just you hold on. But what the officer here says, it's like thirty miles away. So we'll be there in about an hour. What kind of injuries do you have?"
"I think I might have a few broken ribs, maybe a punctured lung. I know I have a broken wrist and at least a concussion. It's really hard to breath. I don't know how long I can hold on Aaron." When she used his first name, he knew she was in a bad way.
"Okay, we're going to come and get you right now. I want you to keep talking. If you can't, then I want Meghan to talk. I want constant communication with you two until I see your beautiful faces." He was trying to get her to banter with him.
"Talk to Meg, I need to rest for just a second." Emily hands the phone to Meg.
"Hello Mr. Aaron. I can't wait to meet you n person. I heard a few things about you. Do you know Emily and I have met before? I met her when I was in diapers." While Meg jibber jabbers, Hotch has Officer Oliver radio Derek and Sexton to go to 1410 Hideaway Lane. "My family know her family."
"How's that?"
"My father and her father are friend and colleagues."
"Really? Who's your father?"
"Senator Holliwall. Senator of Colorado." Hotch knew right then that she was the girl the team was looking for. Hotch has Oliver tell Derek to call the team in Colorado and have the team and the parents come to Wyoming. They solved two cases with one phone.
"You know, your father's had the FBI looking for you. The local police thought you ran away." Hotch tries to make her feel comforted.
"My father know different. I'd never run away from father. Emily misses her father too. She looks bad. Bruises all over. Old and new. Master really beats her. He's never really beat me nearly as bad as her. He does other things to me. I hope my father will still love me after he finds out what he did." Meg gets quiet. A few tears slide down her checks.
"I'm sorry he hurt you that way. How many times did he 'hurt' you?"
"He 'hurt' me every night until Emily came along." Before Meg can say anything about Emily being raped, Emily takes the phone. She holds her hand over the mouth piece.
"Meg, we're not telling anyone that I was raped. I have to work with these people after all this is over. So let's just stop at the beatings. I can handle all this later. We need to help you deal with your rapes. He raped you so many more times than me. Oh, I'm sorry for saying that." Emily's not saying the right things the way she means to.
"Fine. It's your truth to tell when you tell it. But think about this, my mother always says, 'All thing happen for a reason'. We may not understand why, but it will soon be revealed. Just think about that. I'll go get you something to eat and drink." Meg leaves the room and Emily thinks about what she just said.
"EMILY!"
"Sorry Hotch. What did you say?"
"What's going on there?"
"I was talking to Meg. She went to go get me something to eat and drink. Master told her I wasn't allowed to have anything to eat or drink until further notice. She's trying to be helpful. I don't know how she did it for almost two months here. She's one brave young lady. I haven't been here that long and any longer and I'd kill myself. Master's a master ass." Emily smiles at that play on words.
"Emily, he hasn't …"
"No, not me. He like me for a punching bag and Meg for the womanly duties." Emily hates lying to Hotch.
"I'm sorry I wasn't able to get there before today. I tried. I've been working night and day. It's like I could tell you were in danger. I don't know how to explain it." Hotch hopes he's not sounding weird or over stepping his boundaries.
"I know I was sending you mental prayers. I was telling you were we where. Hoping you'd get it though osmoses." Emily laughs. This was something Hotch longed to hear.
"Are you feeling any better?"
"I guess talking to you does that to me. That and knowing you're on your way to get me out of this hell. Although it still hurts to breath." Just then, Meg comes rushing into the room and puts a chair up under the door knob to the bedroom door.
"He's back! Oh God, he's back! He's going to kill us both!" Meg says, panicking.
"Em, what's going on?" Hotch's concerned.
"He's back Hotch. Something terrible going to happen if you don't get here! I can't fight anymore." Emily's heart races and she tries to think of how to protect Meg and herself. He begins banging at the door. Trying to break it in.
"You dirty whores! Let me in! How did you get the police to come to my house?"
"How did he know about the police?" Emily says to Meg and Hotch.
"He know about us?" Hotch wonders out loud.
"Yes Hotch. He's trying to break the door down."
"We're about ten miles away. We're hurrying as fast as we can."
"I'll be back for you two! Next time you won't get away! You'll watch me torture and then kill your families and your friends. One by one." Master says, then it's quiet.
"Emily, I think he's gone. But he's going to go after my family." Meg says, scared for her parents.
"He won't get them Meg." Emily reassures Meg.
"No, he won't. The team's with them and their all on their way here."
"Aaron says the team has your parents and their on their way here." Emily smiles as she relays the message to Meg.
"That's wonderful! I miss my mother and father! Are the cops almost here?" Meg's jumping up and down. She smiling and this makes Emily smile and even giggles a little.
"Hotch, are you almost here? Meg's just beside herself waiting for you to get here. I think she's got the hots for you." Emily says jokingly. Meg hits her with a pillow.
"Why'd you say that to him? You like him. I'm just happy with seeing someone else then your ugly mug." Meg jokes.
"Hey you two, I think we're here." Hotch says, but Meg's a little scared to open the door. Just in case Master's out there waiting for them and the guys are at the wrong place. Hotch knocks on the front door. Emily and Meg can here it.
"Go ahead and open the door and go answer the front door." Emily smiles. Meg cautiously opens the bedroom door and looks around the cabin. When it's all clear, Meghan goes to the front door. Hotch knocks again.
"Meghan, Emily, it's me, Aaron. Are you in there?" Meg opens the door. She looks at Hotch and Officer Oliver. "Are you Meghan Holliwall?" Meg just shakes her head yes. "Where's Emily?" Meg again just points to the bedroom. Hotch rushes past Meghan and into the bedroom. That's where he sees a broken and battered Emily. " Em, are you okay?" Hotch sadly looks on as Emily's every move seems to cause pain. Not just in her body, but in her face as well.
"Please just get me to a hospital. Meg needs to be looked at too. Just get me the hell out on this shack. It feels like the walls are closing in around me." Emily says with closed eyes. Hotch approaches the side of the bed that's closest to Emily and then bends down and lifts her up into his arms. She winces in pain. There's nothing else Hotch could do to ease the pain. He did it at gently as he could.
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Sorry this chapter's so short. I'm hoping to have more writing time. Please review and tell me what you think.
