JJ woke up with a bang in her house. It was empty and the light was all weird.
The phone started Ringing, sending JJ over the edge screaming until she remembered herself and picked the phone by her bed up off the cradle.
"He-hello?" She asked, her voice trembling.
"WHERES MY BABY!" A woman screamed at a pitch that didn't even sound human. JJ slamed the phone down, crawling away from the bedroom on her knees as fast as she could.
This place was not her home. She could tell right now. It was cold and there were no signs of Will or Henry ever being here to begin with. Everything just seemed... hostile. The light, the objects, her own face in the mirror.
A knock rapped on the door.
When she opened it she found a pale Morgan smiling a giant, toothy smile and waving.
"There you are!" He said excitedly, "It's time to go to work!" He hooked his arm in hers and pulled her out the door.
"Morgan! Wait!" JJ tried, pulling at her arm even though it didn't budge no matter how hard she pulled, "I need to say good bye to Henry!"
"No you don't he's already there!" Morgan smiled.
"There?"
"Yep!" Prentiss squealed like a little girl, hugging JJ from behind.
"Guys, let go!" JJ said, fear in her voice.
"Why?" Hotch said, appearing out of nowhere. He held onto JJ's shoulder on the otherside from Morgan.
"Seriously! Stop!"
"What's the problem?" Garcia sneered, appearing infront of her and holding her free hand, "To close? To trampeled on?"
"What? Yes!" JJ said uncertainly, "Where's-"
"Reid? He's gone! But lets go find him!" Prentiss said, still acting giddy. She pulled JJ out of the group smothering embrace and down the street. Prentiss called back to the guys, "I'll bring her later!" Everyone else gave shouts of agreement and when JJ turned to look at them, they were gone.
"Emily," JJ said.
"Yeah?" Prentiss' girl attitude was so... different.
"Since when is your hair in pigtails?" They were, high, swishy pigtails on the top sides of her head. They were ornamented with pink bows that the tails swung and flew around in the breeze.
"Theyre so pretty! Granny Mal said I'd look so cute in them! And Granny's always right!" Prentiss skipped along.
"When did she have time to change?" JJ asked herself. Instead of the black and formal work clothes she wore a poofy white and pink long sleeve dress that she swished in balled up fists that her arms swung.
"Were so pretty!" Prentiss sang.
"What is wrong with you?" JJ asked.
"Nothing." Prentiss smiled. The two front teeth were missing. On a little girl it would have been cute, on Prentiss it was... off setting.
Wait...
"Are you a little girl?"
Prentiss waked her shoulder, "Of course silly!" Then she pointed to JJ, "So are you."
JJ looked down to see she was dressed exactly like Prentiss. She shook her head and her hair, tied in pigtails, swished. Then she felt the gap where her teeth should have been.
JJ was officially scared.
Reid and what he assumed was the "Real Lyssa" walked carefully down the street. She still called him Uncle Orbus, following with a demand to know who he really was afterward.
"Look!" He finally said, pointing at the one story corner house. JJ's house! "That's where my friend lives. She'll help us."
Lyssa nodded, drawing closer to Reid and holding his hand tighter.
Reid picked her up again and carried her to the door, knocking lightly before it swung open freely by a pale, smily Will holding a pale Henry on his shoulder. Will was dressed in a sailor boy's uniform, like the ones moms pose their young sons in for family portraits. It looked worse when the little kid looked like he'd shot up to a full grown man and the clothes barely followed suit.
"Hiya! Is Lyssa here for a play date?"
"No!" Reid and Lyssa said together.
"Then what are you doing here?" The full grown sailor boy snarled.
"We were wondering where JJ was."
Will smiled again, "The girls are out getting ready for the party! Their waiting at the office, go! The rest are already there!"
"Okay." Reid said, bolting from the door with Lyssa still slung on his shoulder.
"And don't forget your presents!" Will called.
JJ was sitting in the BAU room, but it wasn't the BAU room. It was covered by a lacy white table cloth, with a china tea set set out. All the members of her team, minus Reid, sat around teh table. The girls dressed like her, the boy's in sailor suits. She tried very hard not to even let Hotch in her peripherial.
The music sounded like a music box in the back ground, playing happy birthday over and over. But it sounded out of tune or to loud and a few times like a different song all together.
"JJ!" Reid screamed, slamming through the glass double doors.
"In here." JJ called, fear in her voice.
She was shocked when he walked through, a small, perfectly normal Lyssa in his arms.
Then nearly puked when she saw he was in a sailor suit to.
"Reid!"
Reid looked down, and whent bright red when he saw what he was wearing.
"Sorry JJ." he squeaked. "Atleast you uh... look nice."
"I'm missing my two front teeth."
"That's what the 'Uh' was for."
"Ouch, okay, help."
"Reid!" Hotch said standing up and welcoming Reid to the table.
"Oh no." Reid said shielding Lyssa's eyes. Lyssa giggled.
"Welcome to the party."
"What kinda party?" Lyssa asked for Reid.
"Your birthday party!" Hotch answered.
Lyssa leaned down to whisper in Reid's ear. "The exit is through the elevator, find Uncle Orbus."
"Will you be allright?" Reid asked softly.
Lyssa nodded, "I like parties! And I'm finally turning 10!"
Reid nodded, transfering the little girl to Hotch and then motioning for JJ to follow.
"Bathroom buddies." He smiled at Hotch before JJ muttered "Ew" and swatted the back of his head.
They'd never run so fast in their lives as when they sprinted for the elevator. When they ran through, they ran into open space.
And just floated there...
For a...
Really...
Long...
Time...
Reid felt sleepy again.