A/N: New chapter! and the longest so far wow. I´m sorry guys for the wait, I had the chapter ready to upload it but college wasn´t letting me :( so yeah sorry about that but...Now the new chapter is here and ready for you to read it!
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JJ woke up again. Her stomach hurt so much, her head was killing her and her ankle was throbbing but she couldn´t actually feel it. Her arms were numb from her position and her shoulder felt like they were on fire. ´When is this going to end? ´ Am I ever going to get out of here? Will I see my boy again?´ She was losing hope. The reminders and the new pain were playing with her state of mind. Just when she had decided to go back to the darkness she heard someone approaching.
"I see you are back with us again!" Jackson said smiling. "Look who I have with me." JJ hadn´t see Jenna because of how dark that particular spot was. She was crying and she looked like she had gone through hell…well so did she. The UnSub throw Jenna on the floor, she made a sound similar to a whimper but it was so low JJ couldn´t actually tell.
Her eyes were wide open now. "Let her go! Let Jenna go." JJ shouted. After seeing her she was not going to let him kill her. Jenna had someone who loved her waiting for her and JJ had promised him she would do everything she could to bring her back, and that's exactly what she would do. She had a new focus now and she was going to hold onto it until the team could find them, because she also had people who love her waiting for her.
"I can´t do that." He came near Jenna and sat her on the chair. "You see, I think we can have fun the three of us. I can see it in your eyes, you want to save her but tell me agent. What can you do in your condition?" He laughed. "She is going to be another tool for your torture." Jackson went back to the table with the bag.
"Jenna? Jenna! Look at me." JJ began talking to her; she needed to know the other girl´s condition. The woman emitted a sound, it wasn´t much but JJ took it as a signal to keep talking. "Jenna I need you to be strong, okay?" God, her arms were killing her.
"Stop talking, she won´t hear you." The UnSub scream across the room. He then went back to the center of the room and then slapped Jenna; the girls started to cry once more, but now she was more lucid. He then positioned himself in a way so JJ could only see his back.
"Don´t touch her!" He ignored JJ´s screams.
"Now Jenna I want you to do something, okay?" He whispered so only she could hear him. "I´m going to give something to you and I want you to do as I say or I kill you right here, right now." She just looked at him frightened. "Now stand up." Now JJ could hear him. "Stand up!" He repeated when she didn´t move.
"Okay, okay…" She said still crying.
"Now have this and use it on Jennifer." He gave her a cattle prod. Jenna´s eyes got wide, so did JJ´s.
"What? I…I can´t…" The woman was shaking from head to toe.
"You have to or…well you know." He said with a crazy smile. "Now do it."
"No…I can´t…" She was beyond scare and confuse, she knew if she didn´t do it he would kill her but if she did then the agent would suffer and she was not willing to do that to her, she was not that kind of person.
"DO IT!" He was getting Impatient. He thought this was a good way to torture both women. It was the first time he tried it and it was exiting but only if he could get the girl to actually cooperate.
JJ had been watching, trying to decide what to do. She was scare to have electricity going through her body once more and she didn´t want Jenna to have to do it. She also knew if she didn't do it he was going to kill them both. ´This is going to hurt´. She made her mind.
"Jenna, Jenna! Look at me." She needed to get her attention so she could tell her what she needed to know. "Jenna… it´s okay." The girl´s face was pure confusion. "It´s okay." This definitely brought back memories. "Just do it. I´ll be fine." She tried to reassure the other woman.
"Don´t lie Jennifer." Jackson told her. She didn´t say a word to him, her focus was Jenna and Jenna only.
"Jenna do it." It was a good thing also, because now they were making time.
"Are you sure?" Jenna asked her, she was still shaking. "If I do it you…"
"I know, I know…but you have to."She smiled, a weak smile.
"You heard her Jenna. Do it!" Now he sat on the chair, watching like this was some kind of spectacle and he was the audience. Jenna was walking toward JJ when he jumped from his seat. "Wait! I almost forgot." He was beside JJ now, so he could see her and Jenna. "We cannot leave this here." With a fast movement he pulled the knife out of her leg. JJ scream, she was not expecting that. "Now proceed." He went back to his seat.
JJ looked down. The knife had kept the blood from flowing, but now she could see it freely going down her leg. ´This is not good. Not good at all.´ When she looked up again she saw Jenna inched from her.
"I´m sorry." She said before using the cattle prod on the agent. The pain was brief but strong.
"What are you waiting for? Do it again."
Jenna turned around. "What? But I… I already did it."
"Yes but, I never said how many time you had to do it." The smile was on his face again, the damn same smile.
"Jenna do it." She heard JJ said, her voice was weaker but her eyes had the same determination than before. The woman just looked at her with a sad expression and did it again and again and then one last time.
"Okay stop. I think that´s enough." He approached both woman and took the cattle prod from Jenna hands.
"I´m so sorry, so sorry." She repeated, new tears rolling down her face.
JJ´s body felt numb and she was so close to unconsciousness, but she couldn´t allow her mind to go to the darkness now, not yet. " I…it´s okay…I´m fine…" She was heavily panting. "Don´t…challenge him…just do whatever he…tells you."
"But look at you. I don´t know if I can do this."
"You have to do it." Both women stared at each other for a few minutes in silent before the UnSub came up to them once more.
"Now Jenna show me how strong you are." He said handing her a bat.
"No no no…" It was too much, she was not going to do that, she refused to do it.
He grabbed her hair and pulled hard. "You are going to do it or I´ll use it with you. Your choice." He let go of her and gave her the bat. She took it with trembling hands.
"I…." She couldn´t do something like that ´I can´t do it. It´s insane!´
"For fuck sake!" He yelled pushing Jenna aside and taking the bat from her. With a swift movement he hit JJ´s side; the profilers emitted an overwhelming sound. He then went to hit Jenna but JJ stopped him.
"NO! Don´t…I can see it now."She laughed, maybe she was going crazy, but she wasn´t going to let him go after Jenna. "I see why Clara left you…" JJ had been trying to understand the trigger and motivation of the UnSub; listening to his hateful comments about Clara she had an idea of who she was and why he hated her so much. "You are just… a coward and…weak man."
She expected him to be angry and go after her angrily but instead he just smiled. "You think you are so smart, don´t you?" He said walking slowly towards her. ´Here it comes´ she thought brazing herself for the hit. She thought he was going to hit her in the same spot again but he went after her injured leg. More blood was going down it. "How about that?! How weak am I now?!" He hit her again but this time he used his fist. He was getting tired of her. He was about to hit her again when something hard connected with his head.
"Are you okay?" JJ looked down to the floor with wide eyes; the UnSub laid there motionless and then looked back to Jenna. She was holding the cattle prod. "I…I had to do it…I´ll try to get you down." She looked down again, blood pouring out of Jackson´s head.
Once JJ recovered from the shock she guided Jenna. "I…can you reach me the chair?...maybe I can use it…to get down." Jenna nodded and walked as fast as her injuries allowed her. JJ just hen noticed how she favored her left side and all the cuts and bruises that covered her face and torso.
"Okay I´ll help you." She said. JJ stood on the chair, her right leg her only support but Jenna helped her get still so she could free her hands from the hook. Her arms felt heavy but she was relief now that her shoulder weren´t burning with pain.
"We need to get…out of here." JJ was so tired, she was in so much pain, she just wanted to lie down and rest. "Jenna listen to me." She had the girl attention now. "I need you to go and get help."
"What? No! I can leave you here; he can wake up at any moment!" How could she say something like that?
"I know! But you are in better shape than me… you can walk, I can´t…you have to." JJ knew she was only going to delay them both in her state..
Jenna looked JJ in the eyes. "At least let me get you up stairs." JJ moved her head in a negative form.
"No…it´s going to take us too much time." Jenna knew the Agent was right but still… she couldn´t just leave her there. "Now go!"
Jenna stood up and handed JJ the knife and the cattle prod just in case. "I´ll be back." She told her and went for help.
Once Jenna was gone JJ thought of killing Jackson. ´Then everything would be over.´ but she knew she couldn´t do that, she was not a murdered. She was not going to kill him while he was unconscious. ´Maybe I should get closer. So if he tries to move I can use the cattle prod on him´ She began limping towards him, she was doing great until her good leg decided that was a good time to make her trip and fall.
"Crap!" She looked down and realized she slipped with her own blood. She was losing blood way to fast, her head felt light. "Get up!" When she went down her weapons scattered all over the room. The closest to her was the knife so she went to pick it up when she heard Jackson moving and moaning. ´Faster!´ but she was so tired. ´You can do it Jareau! ´ She was so close to getting the weapon when she felt hands grabbing her right leg.
"I´m going to kill you!" The UnSub said, his head was throbbing so much and he had double vision. He felt JJ trying to break free from his grasp. "Oh no you won´t!" he said pulling with all his strength.
JJ saw the knife getting away, but it was not the knife the one moving it was her. Jackson was trying to get her away from her only hope of survival. She couldn´t move her left leg wish made everything even more difficult. Her ribs protested with each pull.
"I got you!" He said positioning himself over her.
"Let me go!" JJ scream throwing a punch, it connected with his nose making it bleed. She took chance to punch him once more, this time right on his crotch. He groaned and got off her, holding his crotch with both hands.
"JJ!" She thought she heard someone calling her name. "JJ!" There it was again, she couldn´t tell who was yelling but she was just happy it wasn´t her imagination.
"Here!" She tried to shout but her voice wasn´t cooperating. "Here!" She tried one more time hoping they could hear her. She couldn´t move now, her legs and arms weren't working and her mind was drifting to darkness. She wanted the darkness, she was in so much pain she just wanted to close her eyes and forget all of this. ´Maybe now I can…´ she thought.
She heard yelling and then a gun shoot followed by something connecting hard with the floor but her eyes stayed close. She suddenly felt warm next to her and someone calling for her, it was a distant soft voice; he was begging her to stay with her. ´But if I stay, I´ll hurt.´ She thought.
…..
The team was getting closer to the house so they decided to turn the sirens off to no alert the UnSub of their arrival. They could see the house from where they were, when suddenly someone came out of the place.
"Hotch!" Rossi said pointing toward the direction of the person.
"Morgan is that a person?" Emily asked him trying to see who it was. As they were getting closer they could see it was a blonde woman, she was now limping towards them. "Is not JJ. I think is Jenna."
Hotch stopped the SUV and so did Morgan, both teams got out the vehicles and run to her.
"Help! I need help!" She screamed when she saw them getting closer. Then they were running to her and she stopped the screams. "Thanks god! You have to help her!" They assume she was talking about JJ.
Hotch tried to calm Jenna before asking what he needed to know. "Jenna, I´m Agent Hotchner I need you to tell me where´s Agent Jareau?"
She took a deep breath and began. "She is down in the basement…the UnSub! Jennifer is with him… and he is unconscious! I hit him." She was becoming agitated. "I told her to come with me but she said no! I tried but she told me to go for help because she couldn´t walk and…and she was just going to delay us." Hotch looked at his team and the Detectives, they wanted to know more but they had no time.
"Okay Jenna calm down. Agent Jareau was right; you did what you had to do. Now is he armed?" Rossi asked her this time, holding her hand.
"He was unconscious when I left but he has weapons down there."
"Detective I need you to stay with her and wait for the ambulance." Hotch told Paul; he was going to protest when he saw the face of the girl and how she was shaking. He nodded. "Okay, listen! We don´t know if he is still unconscious and how hurt JJ is so we have to this carefully." He was talking specifically to Reid and Sam.
"Morgan, Emily and Reid I want you to go in from the back. Rossi and Sam we´ll go front, you know what to do." He said. Everyone was ready to go in there and get JJ out of this place. "We go on three." Reid tighten his grip on the weapon, he pushed all statistics and fear behind his head and prepared himself to what was about to happen.
They heard three and Morgan kicked down the door. The place was almost empty; they could see some furniture here and there but nothing that could indicate someone leaving here.
They went room by room, Hotch and his team went to the second floor just in case and Morgan went to the basement with his team. They heard a sound, it was faint but they could hear it. ´Let me go! ´ The three agents looked at each other, now ready to go down there.
"JJ!" The brunette agent called out.
"JJ!" Reid shouted. The only thing separating them from JJ now was the door in front of them. ´Here!´ they heard JJ said. Morgan waited no time and kicked the door down. The three agents reached the end of the stairs in no time.
"Jackson Hill! Stop right there!" The UnSub was getting dangerously close to JJ, knife in hand and a wild expression on his face.
"I have to kill her!" He was going to stab JJ when a gun shoot was heard. The bullet pierced Jackson chest killing him right away. He went down with a loud thud.
Reid went over to JJ, he knelt down next to her. He didn´t want to hurt her so he just touch her hand. He saw her trying to open her eyes. ´I have to stay…I don´t know why…I just have to.´ She thought forcing her eyelids open.
"JJ? Thant´s it open your eyes. Stay with me." Now Emily was by her side as well. Morgan was telling Hotch they had found her.
"Spence…" She said in a low and soft voice. He was there, it was really him.
"Yeah… I´m here. I need you to stay awake, okay JJ? The paramedics will be here in a minute. Hold on a bit more, okay?" He had tears rolling freely down his face. He saw how her eyes began to close again. "No, JJ open your eyes!" but she didn´t respond, her eyes were close. "JJ!"
"Where are the paramedics?!" Emily screamed just as they descended the stairs. They saw JJ and rushed towards her.
"Ma´am, Sir I need you to move so we can help her." One of the paramedics told them, Reid didn´t want to leave her side but he knew he had to do it, so he moved. "Zac I need you to get the board ready."
"Okay."The young blonde man said. "Troy I think we should stop the bleeding and then stabilize her leg." By now the rest of the team was down in the basement as well, all with worried faces.
"I´m already on it." The moment Troy moved JJ´s left leg to put a bandage on it she whimpered. "Agent can you hear me? My name is Troy. Can you tell me where it hurts?" He needed to know if she had an injury they couldn´t see.
"Ankle…" Was all she said without opening her eyes. Zac lifted her pants and gasp. Her ankle looked horrible; it had a mixture of colors and was swollen.
"We have a possible broken ankle. Let´s try not to move her much." He took the spinal board and put in beside her. "Agent can you help us?" He asked them. Reid was the first one to move followed by Sam and Morgan.
"What can we do?" He asked them.
"I need you to slide the board under her when we tell you, okay?" He indicated. It was simple task but it meant they would have to move her and it was going to hurt her. "Zac´s going to stabilize her head and I need you two to help me lift her as gentle as ?" Reid just nodded. "Now!" Troy, Morgan and Sam moved JJ a bit so Reid could slide the board, but the simple movement made her groan.
Still she wasn´t willing to open her eyes because if she did then everything would become real and the pain would be worse. So she stayed in the dark, where the pain wasn´t much and what happened to her could be forgotten.
Outside the ambulance was already waiting for them. They put her on the stretcher and loaded her in the ambulance.
"Reid go with her. We´ll go behind you." Hotch ordered him, knowing the young man didn´t want to leave JJ´s side just yet.
"Where´s Jenna?" Rossi asked when he saw Paul on his own.
"She´s on her way to the hospital, she wanted to stay to see if Jennifer was okay but I told her she needed to go and that she could see her there."
"Alright then…"Hotch went to tell Sam something when the young Detective talked first.
"We´ll handle everything here. You can come later to the station and finish things once you know about her condition." Sam told the team.
"Are you sure? Don´t you want to come with us?" Sam didn´t want to go back to the station, he wanted to go and be with JJ, but he couldn´t….he still thought it was his fault.
"Go man. She would want you there." Paul told his friend, he knew what he was thinking; he just needed someone to tell him it was okay to go. "I can handle things for now. You go." Sam smiled and hugged him.
"Thanks man. See you soon." He said goodbye to Paul and went with the team.
"Let´s get going." Hotch told them and one by one they got inside the vehicles in silent. Praying and asking to whoever was up there to help their friend.
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Reid was holding JJ´s hand while Troy worked on the blonde´s injuries. He would squeeze it from time to time to make sure she knew he was there with her.
"You have to be strong JJ. I know you are." He told her quietly pressing his lips to her hand. It was so unfair he thought, she had gone through so much lately and now this, it was just so unfair. "You have to fight. The team needs you and Henry needs his mummy." Tears were going down his face. "I need you."
And fin... okay no :P I still have more chapters for you so don´t worry ;) Now I have to say I got emotional writing the last part of the chapter with Reid and...okay you understand.
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