Alone

After the steel door slammed shut Emily remained lying on the bed clutching the apple in her hand. She was scared and frustrated all her attempts to fight the Unsub had failed she had no control and she was quickly losing what little composure she had left.

After a minute she sat up which was quite painful, she turned towards the door and mustering all the strength she had left she screamed "Go To Hell" and as she said it she threw the apple at the door. She then collapsed back on the bed faced down and began to cry. She hated crying so much it made her feel weak emotionally. But physically she was in so much pain, the stabbing to her shoulder had hit her muscles which had made it hard and exceptionally painful to throw the apple.

She was still bleeding from her newly acquired wounds and the evidence of her blood loss could be seen on the ivory sheets. She could barely move because she was in so much pain and as she laid there she could feel the wetness of the blood dripping down her arms and legs. On top of her physical pain she couldn't help but think about what would happen tomorrow. She could hear him working through the walls, working to finish the means to bring about her death, that damned glass coffin.

She was running out of time she knew that and she knew the she didn't want to die. But this guy was hell bent on carrying out his plan and no one seemed able to stop him, she was helpless and with every passing minute she was losing hope and giving in. And that made her mad, Emily Prentiss didn't give up but this Unsub kept pushing her. So she did the only think she could think of she grabbed the comb out of her hair and threw in on the ground as best she could. She no longer cared whether she made this guy made or not he was going to hurt her some more either way and eventually kill her. If she could have physically ripped the corset off her she would have done so but there was no hope of that instead she proceeded to cry harder into the sheets on the bed.

Not even thoughts of Hotch could bring her peace, they only made the tears come faster. She cried for the life they would never have, for the victims she would be unable to save, she cried for her friends the after work drinks she would never share with them again, the jokes they would never share and she cried tears of guilt for making her friends, attend another funeral. She couldn't help but turn her thoughts to her parents, the child inside her really wanted her mommy to make the pain go away. But that was never going to happened. She continued to cry at the thought that it had been over two years since she had seen her parents and now there would be conversations they never got to have, there would be no grandchildren for her parents to spoil and holidays they would never share again. She hoped they would be spared the gory details of how she died, that was more than she could say for her friends, they would at some point be forced to watch what was to come.

She wished she could spare Aaron this torture, he had been forced to listen to his ex-wife being killed he didn't need to see her die on top of that. And then she cried for the time she wasted, all the things she had wanted to do but put them off under the foolish belief that there would always be more time. And soon she couldn't stop crying her head was filled with a jumble of emotions and pain.

Emily had no idea how long she had been crying, to her it felt like hours before she was able to get the tears under control. For the moment she felt has she had no more tears to shed and with that she wiped her face off on the bed sheet then turned over and slowly sat up. She looked directly into the camera determination had now replaced all other emotions. She had no idea how much longer she had to live but she knew there wasn't much time left. She had the option to say goodbye to some of the people who mattered most to her in the world and she would be damned if she didn't take the opportunity to say goodbye to her friends.

"Guys I know time is running out and there are things I should say before it's too late. First off I have no idea where I am or who this guy is and I know you guys don't know either. And that's okay, it is. This is not your fault and the last thing I want any of you to do is blame yourselves. You all are so good at this job and each and every one of you works so hard and you give so much of yourselves to this job and it has been a pleasure working with you. I know you will get this guy just not as soon as we hoped. But it's okay we all knew this was a possibility every time we left on a case. Sometimes these things happen." The tears began to pool in her eyes, because sometimes these things did happened and they had actually been really lucky in the past but like everything else in life it looked as though their luck has finally run out. She refused to start crying again so she forced the tears back down and continued talking.

"I want to thank all of you for accepting me as a member of this team and as a member of your family. You all have been the closest thing to a real family that I have had in along time and thank you from the bottom of my heart for that.

"When you tell my parents please don't let them know everything he did to me and don't let them see this video feed, please no matter what they say they don't need to know. The 'I told you so' from my Mother will be enough." As she said that a smile came to her face she would gladly hear her mother say 'I told you so' if she only could make it out alive. Her breathing began to get slightly labored and it was taking more energy than she expected to breath and talk because of the pain in her ribs but she continued on because it was very important that she express how she felt before it was too late.

"Okay here is the part where I say something corny and very sentimental so please forgive me, I'm not very good at being corny and sentimental so bear with me. Reid you are without a doubt the smartest person I have ever met not to mention one of the sweetest. Though I might suggest picking up a magazine every once in a while, a little knowledge of pop culture helps with getting a girl.

"Morgan you have always had by back thank you I appreciate it more than you will ever know. I only wish that I could be around to see the day when you settle down with one woman because you are going to be really good at the whole family thing." No matter how hard she tried she couldn't stop the tears as they began to fall down her cheeks as she addressed each of her friends individually.

"Dave thank you for everything you may gossip like an old lady –something I love about you by the way—but you really are a great listener, and thank you from the bottom of my heart for everything you have done for me. Penelope I have always envied your unique style and wonderful sense of humor, please do me a favor and make sure that senior picture of me never sees the light of day again." By this point her tears were falling harder and faster threatening to turn into sobs as she continued.

"JJ you are such a great friend and a wonderful mother Henry really is the cutest little boy and marry that man of yours he really is just about the last viable donor." Emily had to stop for several moments to catch her breath, between her broken ribs and the tears she was desperately fighting back it was getting almost impossible to talk. Once she managed to catch her breath her words came out slower and very labored, each word taking an extraordinary amount of effort and energy.

"And then there is you Hotch, I am so sorry this is the last thing you and Jack deserve right not. I have really enjoyed the last few months with you two, thank you for letting me in and talking to me. I am so sorry that this is going to cause you more pain that is the very last thing I ever wanted to do to you. There is something I need to tell you I was never actually planning on telling you this but that doesn't mean I haven't spent a long time dreaming about way to tell you. This was never one of those ways, but you deserve to know how I feel before it is too late.

"Aaron I think I have fallen in love with you. I know this really isn't the best time to tell you and I know it is very selfish on my part to just thrown this at you over a video feed in front of everyone. But I may never get another chance to tell you and not telling is one of my few regrets and it is the only regret that I can do anything about. Please tell Jack that I love him so much, you two are my special guys and I will miss you both very much.

"Now I have a request please don't watch what is going to happen tomorrow, I know someone has to watch but not all of you need to please I don't want all of you to watch me die. I beg you, I don't think I could bare to have you watch. I know how much pain it must be causing you and I would rather die alone it will be easier for all of us that way."She paused as the tears took control of her "I don't want to die" she sobbed

"I ...care... deeply... about... all... of... you... and... I... miss... you... so... much." Emily said breathlessly, there was barely any air in her lungs making it impossible for her to continue. And that fact that she couldn't talk anymore upset her even more.

The emotions in her heart and the pain in her body where quickly becoming more than Emily could handle. She was once again taken over by sobs and labored breaths and before too long she had passed out from exhaustion, unconsciousness once again provided her with some respite from the nightmare.