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Chapter 6
JJ held her phone up to her ear and waited patiently for Chelsea to pick up. On the fourth ring she answered. JJ gave herself a mental reminder to keep her voice friendly and upbeat. They still didn't have anything incriminating on her.
"Jennifer, hello dear!" Chelsea said in a cheerful tone.
"Hey I hope I'm not bothering you." JJ began.
"Of course not! I was hoping you would call soon!"
"I was hoping we could meet if that's okay with you." She intentionally lowered her voice. "You know, so we can talk?"
"Yes dear, that's fine! Can you come over right now?"
"I can be there in about twenty minutes." JJ replied. She had been sitting in her car in the parking garage, and now she started the vehicle up.
"I'll see you soon then Jennifer!"
JJ steered the car out of the garage then immediately dialed her unit chief's number. He picked up on the second ring.
"JJ what's up?"
"Hotch I'm headed over to Chelsea's. I should be there in twenty."
"Sounds good JJ. Be careful okay." He warned.
"I will be." She assured her boss. She drove towards Chelsea and Dan's house. She hoped that Derek, Prentiss, and Rossi would have some luck in dealing with Dan at his work place. I guess they would all find out soon enough.
Meanwhile….
Morgan drove the SUV through the street of DC until they reached Dan's work location. It was your standard office building. Morgan remembered Dan saying that he was some sort of number cruncher for a corporation. Hopping out of the bureau SUV, the three colleagues walked up to the front door. They had brought two officers from the Metro PD just in case.
"How do you wanna handle this Derek?" Rossi asked the younger team leader.
"I think I should go in first to feel him out." Derek said. "Make it seem like I was just stopping by."
"Rossi and I will wait right outside with MPD." Emily said.
"You think he'll go quietly?" Rossi asked.
"I think he will once he finds out we have him. Him causing a scene doesn't fit the profile." Morgan reasoned.
"I hope between us getting this scum and JJ trying to draw out Chelsea this all ends soon." Emily said. They nodded their agreement.
"Alright let's do this." Derek said. And the three agents went inside the office building with the uniformed officers close behind.
In Dan's office…
Dan stood at his desk trying to think of what his next move should be. He thought about his earlier conversation with his wife, and knew that they had both agreed that this needed to end soon. Especially now finding out that Derek and Jennifer were FBI agents. He picked up his cell phone and was going to call Derek. Maybe he could get him to meet off the beaten path somewhere. Would the agent agree to meet him without some sort of backup? It was hard to say. Instead of dialing Derek's number he called his wife again. She always had the best advice.
"Chelsea!" he exclaimed without waiting for her to say hello. Time was of the essence.
"Honey Jennifer will be here any minute. Why are you calling again?" She was surprised.
"Just some quick advise darling." Dan replied. Just then he heard a knock at his office door. "Honey someone is knocking. Hang on so I can get rid of them." He put his phone down on the desk without hanging it up.
Opening the door he was surprised to see Derek standing there. He glanced at the phone sitting on his desk, and knew that his wife would be smart enough not to hang up if she knew who at his door.
"Derek!" he exclaimed. "What are you doing here? I was just going to call you."
"Sorry to just show up unannounced." Derek walked into Dan's office and looked around.
"What did you need?"
"I was hoping you and I could have a chat."
"A chat about what Derek?" He met the agents steel gaze with one if his own.
"I think you know why Dan." Derek said in a clipped tone.
"You mean about how I know that you and Jennifer are both FBI agents?"
Morgan couldn't hide his surprise, as he hadn't known that his and JJ's cover had been blown. He regarded Dan for a moment before responding.
"Dan the fact that you know that we're FBI agents makes me think that you know exactly why I'm here."
Just then Prentiss and Rossi entered the office along with the uniformed officers. It was over, and Dan knew it.
"We have your DNA this time Dan." Morgan continued.
"You know you and Jennifer were our favorites." Dan said as an officer moved to handcuff his hands behind his back. "Chelsea is going to be so disappointed when she finds out Jennifer betrayed her trust."
"Too bad you won't get the chance to tell her yourself." Derek said. No one knew that his phone was still connected and that his wife was listening to everything.
"It's over Dan." Prentiss said. "And you're under arrest."
"You think this is over?" Dan said. He laughed, and the agents all looked at each other in confusion.
"You have the right to remain silent you know." Rossi said to the unsub. "I'd use it if I were you."
The officers led Dan out of his office as all of his co-workers looked and began whispering to each other. The agents followed close behind.
"I'll call Hotch and let him know we're on our way back." Derek said pulling out his phone.
"Now all we have to do is find out how the wife fits in with all of this." Rossi said.
"We better do it quick too." Prentiss said. "If Chelsea finds out JJ is with the FBI there's no telling what she'll do."
Meanwhile…
Chelsea's blood was boiling, but she couldn't let it show. They had Dan, and that meant she wouldn't be far behind. Looking out the window she saw the young blonde pull into the driveway. She quickly walked through the hallway and made sure the door to garage was locked. Her visitor from earlier would be knocked out for quite some time. Time enough for her to take care of Jennifer.
JJ walked up to the front door and rang the doorbell. She gave the house and surrounding areas a quick once over, and all seemed quiet. Once she found any clues as to what Chelsea was up to she could get with the team and gain some ground on connecting her to these murders. Just like they had connected Dan. She was brought out of her thoughts when the front door opened with a flourish.
"Jennifer hello dear!" the brunette said smiling.
"Chelsea hey." JJ said smiling back.
"Come on in dear!" The woman moved so JJ could step into the house.
"How are you? And where is that gorgeous husband of yours hiding himself today?" She led the pair through the house and into the kitchen.
"Derek has some errands of his own to run today I guess." JJ feigned slight disappointment. "He left this morning, and I haven't seen him since."
"I'm sure he can't keep himself away from you all day." Her voice almost sickeningly sweet. "Would you like a bottled water?"
JJ hesitated briefly before answering. Then she noticed that the seal on the bottle was still intact.
"Sure thank you. That would be great."
Chelsea removed the cap from the bottle and handed it over to JJ. She watched as the blonde agent took a small sip and swallowed.
"Aren't you going to have one?" JJ asked innocently.
"Already ahead of you." Chelsea said holding up her own half empty bottle of water.
"I see." JJ said taking another sip of her water. A longer sip this time. She got thirsty when she was nervous. "So about that number you gave me to use earlier…"
"Jennifer you should know that Dan and I only give that number out to people we trust."
JJ eyed Chelsea for a few moments without answering right away. She took another sip of water as she thought of her next words carefully.
"Chelsea, Derek and I are happy we met you and Dan. And we're glad that you feel close enough to us to invite you into your lives." JJ was keeping her tone nice and even.
"Can I trust you Jennifer?"
JJ stifled a yawn, and looked back blankly at the brunette. "Can you trust Derek and me?" JJ yawned again, as she was now overcome with drowsiness.
"I'm very disappointed in you dear." Chelsea said standing up and walking towards JJ.
JJ watched the woman approach her, and it seemed like she was moving in slow motion. Then it hit JJ. Chelsea had managed to drug her. She stood up, and noticed that her vision was becoming blurry and her body felt heavy. This was not good. She reached for her purse on the counter, but Chelsea moved it out of her reach.
"You're FBI Jennifer." The woman's voice was calm. "And apparently now you have my husband."
JJ stumbled, and reached out to steady herself. She was alone with this woman, and she had to try and stay alert. Chelsea watched as JJ grasped the counter, and was now using it to try and hold herself up.
"There's no sense in fighting it darling." Chelsea said smiling. "You're fighting a losing battle right now."
"Chelsea listen to me…" JJ said as she slid down onto the cold kitchen floor. "My team will be coming for me if they don't…"
"If they don't hear from you?" Chelsea said finishing JJ's statement. She looked up when she heard a cell phone ringing. She smiled when she realized it was the agent's phone ringing.
She reached into JJ's purse and pulled out the phone, looking at the caller ID, she saw it was Derek. Shaking her head she sat the phone back down as it continued to ring. Looking back down at the agent she smiled when she realized that she had succumbed to the sedative that had been in her water. She kneeled down next to the unconscious agent. She ran a hand through her hair, and down her arm. Her skin was so soft.
"We better get you out of here." She said. "Your FBI friends will come running since you couldn't answer your phone."
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"JJ's not answering her phone." Morgan told the rest of the team as they made their way into the BAU bullpen. "She wouldn't not answer her phone right now."
"What are you thinking?" Emily asked.
"Something's not right." He turned to his unit chief. "Hotch we need to get over there right now."
"Let's go!"
"Garcia keep trying JJ's phone, and make sure you're tracking it." Rossi instructed their technical analyst. "As long as her phone is on and she is with it, that's our best chance of finding her."
"I'm on it my lovelies!" Garcia said as they piled into the elevator. She looked pointedly as Morgan. "Bring her back Derek."
"I promise I will mama." He said as the doors closed. He took a deep breath as he climbed into the driver's seat of one of the SUVs while Hotch would drive the other one. He looked at Prentiss who climbed in the passenger seat next to him.
"Derek…" she started.
"We have to find her Emily." Was all he said before pulling the vehicle out onto the street.
Prentiss nodded in silence. She understood that her friend and teammate needed full support. She was going with her gut feeling from earlier in that there may be something happening between JJ and Morgan. The look on his face when he couldn't reach her on her phone confirmed it for her. She just hoped that this case would end well. Then maybe JJ or Derek would open up to her.
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Chelsea had opened the door to the garage wide so that she could get JJ into her car. She wrapped her arms around the blonde agent's frame from behind and pulled her through the doorway.
"It's a good thing you're light darling." She commented as she made it into the garage with ease. She dropped JJ to the floor so she could open the car door. She had to act quickly. She looked passed JJ and to the body of the still unconscious guest from this morning.
"I'm sure you won't mind if I take care of Jennifer first." She said in a snide tone.
She hoisted J into the backseat and closed the door. She would take her to a very secret spot and her FBI friends would never see her again. Starting up her Audi, she backed out of the garage and headed away from the city.
Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
"Garcia is JJ's phone still on and at the suspects' residence?" Hotch asked over the speakers in the SUV.
"It is boss man!"
"Okay we're here now!" The large vehicles squealed to a halt in front of the house. "Garcia stay on the line!" Hotch ordered.
Morgan hopped and company hopped out of the SUVs and surrounded the house. He knocked on the front door.
"Chelsea are you home?" he called out. "It's me, Derek!"
No answer. Rossi gave him the nod, and Morgan kicked the door in, almost busting it off its hinges. They all looked throughout the house for any sing of JJ or Chelsea. Prentiss and Reid went to the kitchen while Derek checked the back rooms. Rossi and Hitch went upstairs.
"Clear up here!" Hotch yelled.
"Clear!" Morgan chimed in after his sweep.
In the kitchen Spencer and Emily found it clear as well. "You guys!" Emily called to the rest of the team who now joined them. "JJ's purse." She held up the leather bag in one hand. And her phone in the other.
"Dammit!" Morgan cursed.
The team looked around the room.
"No signs of any struggle." Rossi noted.
"How about this half consumed bottle of water?" Reid said picking it up with a gloved hand. "Maybe Chelsea drugged JJ."
"She was onto JJ before she even got here." Hotch stated. "Dan must have tipped her off."
"And now she has a head start." Morgan lamented.
"This water is still cold." Reid stated. "They can't be too far off."
Rossi noticed the door to the garage was ajar, and motioned for the team to back him up. Pulling out his gun again, he slowly opened the door. He and Morgan went in together and both were shocked to find a young woman unconscious and shackled to a work bench. She was young, blonde, and matched the case victimology.
"We need a medic in here right away!" Rossi called.
"We have to find JJ!" Morgan was starting to lose it.
"Garcia can you run a vehicle and plate registration for Dan and Chelsea?" Prentiss asked through her mic.
"It'll be something high end, but it'll also blend in as well." Reid chimed in.
"I am way ahead of you my BAU scholars!" Garcia said as she typed away at her keyboards.
"What do you have?" Morgan asked.
"I have a 2012 Audi A5, silver in color, with a plate number of HHG-5678. Just sent the info to your phones now!"
"Thank you Garcia." Rossi said.
"Bring my girl back home!" Garcia exclaimed.
"We will Penelope." Rossi affirmed.
"I'll have MPD put an APB out on the vehicle." Hotch said. "Medics are here for the girl."
"Hotch we need to move now." Morgan stressed to his unit chief. "We can't let her get outside the district."
"Her model car comes equipped with GPS." Reid said. "We can have Garcia try and track it."
"We'll do that from the road." Hotch said. "Let's go!"
With that order the team was off to find JJ. They knew that Chelsea knowing that JJ was an agent made it that much more important that they had to get to her in time. Morgan couldn't let anything happen to her. He would never forgive himself. He felt like he had just got her back! He didn't care that he was giving himself and JJ away to the rest of the team by way of his reactions. All he cared about was getting her back. He just hoped they wouldn't be too late!
I'm going to end it there. Cliffhanger, I know. No worried, because I already started writing the next chapter. It's going to be a doozy. Thank you again for all the reviews. They really do mean a lot to me.
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