Ghost Whisperer

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This is after the Series Finale

"Hello, Mr.…" JJ paused and opened a file. "Parkenson." JJ closed her file. It was Tuesday morning and Morgan and JJ got the job of interrogating the man that was brought in the night before. Hotch and Prentiss were going through files while Reid and Rossi were listening to the interrogation in the room next door.

"I didn't actually steal anything." Parkenson said. "You have no right to question me."

"You're right. We don't." Morgan said. "But we do have a right when you have case evidence in your car."

"What?" Parkenson said in complete shock.

"Jennifer Laurence's hockey gear was found in your car last night." Morgan said. "She is one of four missing teenage girls."

"The bag and stick?" Parkenson asked. "I found them in a cluster of trees near the park." He explained. "How was I supposed to know it belonged to someone?"

"There was a name stitched on the bag." Morgan stated. "Are you telling us that you had no idea that the gear belonged to someone?"

"No, of course not." JJ and Morgan stared at Parkenson. "Okay, maybe I did. But I didn't know the girl was missing."

"Do you recognize any of these girls?" JJ asked, laying out photos of the four missing girls.

"Well, yeah." Parkenson said. "Laurence is a manic on the ice. Stills is amazing on the b-ball court." Parkenson smiled. "Daze plays a mean first base." Parkenson pointed at Emily's photo. "Andrews is new, but her tennis record is outstanding. She has countless 1st place trophies and possibly the youngest on Varsity tennis. Helped save the Grandview Tennis team."

"And you know all this because...?" JJ asked.

"I am an avid supporter of High School and College sports." Parkenson said. "I try to go to as many games as possible and I try to keep up with all the teams."

"Excuse us." JJ said, getting to her feet. Morgan followed her out of the room. "I don't think he's our guy." JJ said to Morgan.

"I think you're right." Morgan said with a sigh. Morgan's phone rang. "Hey Baby Girl. I hope you've got something good for me." Morgan said, putting the phone on speaker.

"Oh trust me, I do." Garcia said. "I got the prints back from the lab from Jennifer Laurence's hockey bag." Garcia said. "And that bag had a lot to say, and by that I mean it had a lot of prints that are not our missing child." Morgan and JJ heard typing on the other end of the phone.

"How many prints?" Morgan asked.

"Four, including Mark Parkenson."

"Who's prints?" JJ asked.

"One print belongs to Rick Laurence. One belongs to…" There was a pause. "Jamie Laurence."

"Jennifer Laurence's parents." JJ stated. "Makes sense."

"And the last print?"

"The last print belongs to Alan Taylor."

"What can you tell me about Alan Taylor?" Morgan asked.

"19 years old. Currently attends Rockland University, which is located in Grandview, as an English Major." Garcia said, still typing. "He is currently living at home with his parents; I'm sending the address to you right now."

"Garcia, you never cease to amaze." Morgan smiled and hung up the phone.

"We should tell Hotch that he's not our guy." JJ said.

"No need." Rossi said, walking up behind them. "Hotch is going to talk to him."

"He's not our guy Rossi." Morgan said. "You heard him."

"He's been at both crime scenes." Rossi stated. "He may not be our guy, but he might have seen something that he doesn't see as important."

"Alright." JJ said. "We're going to go talk to Alan Taylor." JJ told Rossi. "His prints were on Jennifer Laurence's hockey gear."

"Alright. I'll let Hotch know." Rossi said, walking away.

"Let's go talk to Alan Taylor." Morgan said to JJ.

"Aiden, is something wrong?" Aiden's teacher, Mr. Anders, asked as the rest of Aiden's class ran off towards the gym while Aiden stayed behind. Mr. Anders noticed that Aiden was acting differently since school had begun, which was only a few hours ago. Aiden was focused on his classmates getting ready to play a new game in the gym. Mr. Anders sighed, before walking over to the gym teacher. They both exchanged a quick word before Mr. Anders took Aiden back to the classroom. "Aiden is there something bothering you that you want to talk about?"

"It's my cousin, Emily." Aiden said after a while. "She was kidnapped." Mr. Anders rested his hand on Aiden's shoulder. "Can you call my parents?"

"Yeah." Mr. Anders said. "Mom or dad?"

"Mom." Aiden said simply.

"Okay." Mr. Anders said. "Go sit down at your desk while I talk to your mom."

"How's Jim?" Eli asked Melinda while Melinda was going through boxes of new items that were dropped off earlier that morning. Delia was helping with the sorting.

"Not well, but not absolutely terrible." Melinda said. "He's worried. We all are, but Jim isn't really talking about it."

"I wonder if that's where Emily gets it from." Eli stated trying to lighten the mood. Melinda's phone rang. Melinda gave Eli a small smile before answering her phone.

"Hello?"

"Hi Melinda. This is Jonathan Anders, Aiden's teacher."

"Hi Mr. Anders. Is everything alright?"

"I'm worried about Aiden." Mr. Anders said over the phone. "He hasn't been himself today. He said it's about his cousin."

"Oh…" Melinda trailed off.

"I did get your email and I understand that it's a rough situation." Mr. Anders said. "I feel as though as Aiden is not really here today."

"I'll come pick him up." Melinda said. "Thanks for calling." Melinda hung up her phone. "Delia, can you run the shop while I go pick up Aiden?"

"Of course." Delia said.

"Is Aiden worried about Emily?" Eli asked.

"Sounds like it." Melinda said simply. "I'll be back."

"Try not to become defensive." Breanna whispered to Emily as the four teens followed the man that took them. "You've been punished twice already."

"Not going to happen." Emily whispered back. "He won't forget about this, I'll make sure of it."

"You've run twenty laps and he has another punishment waiting." Breanna quickly added. "He kidnapped us; we don't know what he has planned for us."

"It's only about…" Emily glanced at the sky. "About Midday." Emily said. "Besides, I don't think he'll do anything to terrible." The man stopped the girls in front of a giant metal tub filled with ice and water.

"Get in." The man said to Emily.

"Why should I?"

"I said get in, before I force you in." Emily glared at the Unsub before doing as he was told. Once Emily got both feet in, the man pushed her under water.

"Aiden, are you ok?" Melinda asked Aiden as they pulled up to the shop.

"I miss Emily." Aiden said simply. Melinda had spoken with Mr. Anders briefly before leaving with Aiden. Mr. Anders had told Melinda that Emily is almost all Aiden talks about. That Aiden really looks up to her.

"We all do, but remember what dad and I said last night." Aiden nodded. "The FBI will find Emily."

"Thank you for meeting with us Alan." JJ said as she sat down. Morgan decided to stay standing. Alan stood about 5'7" and was defiantly part of a sports team.

"This is about Jen, isn't it?" Alan asked.

"Yes." Morgan said simply.

"We found her bag, Alan." JJ stated.

"Really?" Alan said, sounding hopeful.

"With your prints on it." Morgan added. "Why are your prints on the bag, Alan?"

"What?" Alan looked dumbfounded. "You think I have something to do with her kidnapping?"

"Why were your prints on the bag Alan?" Morgan asked again.

"She's my girlfriend." Alan said quickly. "She left her bag in my car Thursday night, so I brought it to her Friday before practice." Alan explained. "I went to football practice right afterwards. You can check with my coach and my teammates."

"We will." JJ said. "Jennifer recently lost someone close to her, didn't she?"

"Yeah." Alan said. "Her Aunt Brenda." Alan paused. "Is this relevant?"

"Yes." JJ said. "We believe these girls were targeted because of losing someone close to them." JJ looked at Alan. "What can you tell us?"

"Jen and her Aunt Brenda were extremely close." Alan started. "Brenda went to every one of Jen's hockey games since Jen started playing." Alan paused. "I heard a lot of stories the day Jen found out that Brenda died after complications of surgery."

"Thank you Alan." Morgan said. "We'll be in touch." JJ stood up and she followed Morgan out of the Taylor house.

"We need to sit down with the parents again." JJ said to Morgan as she grabbed her phone. "I think Alan gave us some important information that could be useful." JJ said, climbing into the SUV with Morgan in the driver's seat. JJ dialed a number.

"Like?" Morgan asked, buckling up before he started driving.

"Support." JJ said, putting her phone to her ear. "Hotch, this is JJ. Can we sit down with the missing girls parents again? I think there is another common link."

"Thank you for coming." Hotch said as he and JJ walked into the room. "For the few of you that don't know her, this is SSA Jareau." Hotch said, sitting down with the families. JJ sat next to him. Jim and Melinda were there along with Jennifer's parents, Rick and Jamie Laurence, Breanna's parents, Matt and Layla Daze, and Morgan's parents, Brandon and Carmen Stills.

"What is this about?" Jamie Laurence asked.

"We believe that the people who took Jennifer, Morgan, Breanna and Emily chose them because of someone they lost recently." JJ explained. "Can you give us a bit more about the relationship between your daughter, or niece, with the person they lost?"

"Breanna lost her older brother, Jacob, after he was hit by a drunk driver last year." Layla Daze said slowly.

"Breanna looked up to her Jacob." Matt Daze added. "There was a six year difference between them."

"Jacob played baseball, got Breanna to love the sport, and taught her how to play." Layla Daze said. "He even went to get a scholarship at a few different colleges, but chose Rockland University so he could still come to games and watch Breanna play."

"Jennifer and my sister Brenda were extremely close." Rick Laurence said. "Jennifer and Brenda were like best friends. Brenda was the first to hear about Jennifer's interest in hockey."

"She was there when Jennifer told us that she wanted to play hockey and she helped convince us that hockey would be great for Jennifer. A great life experience." Jamie Laurence said slowly. "And she's been to every one of Jennifer's games."

"Morgan's grandmother passed away a few months ago." Carmen Stills stated.

"She spent every summer with my mom." Brandon Stills added. "Morgan loved going to stay at my parent's farm, and my parents loved when she stayed there."

"His parents were very supportive of Morgan's decision to play basketball. They even had a basketball hoop there so she could stay in shape while there."

"Emily lost her father in June to Acute Leukemia and in July she lost her friend in a tragic car accident." Jim stated slowly. "Her father, Mike, introduced her to tennis in hopes it would connect Emily to her mother, who passed away during birth."

"Why would someone take our children because of someone close to them passing away?" Melinda asked the question everyone in the room was thinking.

"We believe that these Unsubs, unknown subjects, took your children because they lost a great deal of support." Hotch explained simply. "He feels that he can give your children the support they would need, the support they lost." Hotch paused. "The support he wished he had."

"Emily, are you ok?" Breanna asked in a quick and quiet whisper after the Unsub left them back in the barn. Emily turned her head and gave Breanna a smile. Emily was tired, wet and freezing, but it hasn't stopped her yet.

"It was nothing." Emily told her, trying not to chatter her teeth.

"Nothing?" Breanna exclaimed quietly. "We thought you were done for."

"I don't think he'll kill us." Emily stated. "He chose us for a particular reason. Why?"

"He's crazy, that's why." Emily heard Morgan say behind them. The four girls were now separated by how they were captured.

"He took time and mended your broken arm, Morgan. Why would he do that if he was going to kill us?" Emily asked. "Because he wants us alive."

"Why?" Jennifer wondered.

"I'm not sure." Emily said slowly. "But I will find out."

"We need to give a profile." Rossi stated as soon as the group of them were back together.

"What do we have?" Prentiss asked.

"We have enough to give a profile." Hotch said as he walked up to Sheriff Stone. "Gather your men; we are ready to give a profile."

"We are looking for two men. Both are between the ages of 35 and 45." Hotch started.

"We have reason to believe that our Unsubs are looking to give those girls he kidnapped the support they lost due to a recent loss each girl had." Morgan added.

"He also may be looking for the support, or longing to give the support, that he never had." Prentiss added.

"We also believe one or both of the Unsubs work somewhere that could supply them with a tranquilizer." Reid added. "He has snuck up behind each girl and used it to subdue them, making it easier to kidnap them."

"That's not much to go on?" One of the younger officers said.

"Plus, it could be anyone." Another officer said.

"The Unsubs are quiet and are more likely to make sure people see them as someone to trust." Hotch said. "It is also likely that this is the first time they had kidnapped."

"These Unsubs are looking to give support to these girls they have kidnapped." Reid stated. "Usually, in a kidnapping case like this one, the kidnapper chooses the child for a reason, maybe revenge or the child reminds them of someone from their past." Reid explained. "In this case, it is possibly for support."

"We understand that this is not much to go on." JJ spoke. "But it is better than nothing. We'll keep you posted when we find out more." The officers dismissed. Sheriff Stone walked up to the BAU team.

"You're men are reluctant." Hotch said.

"Your profile fits many people in this town." Sheriff Stone said.

"We understand." Hotch stated. "But you must understand that a profile is just a guideline to help in the elimination of suspects."

"Are you sure this is going to work?" Sheriff Stone asked. "Will it help find them…" Sheriff Stone paused. "Alive?"

"We don't believe he wants to kill them." Morgan said. "He wants to keep them alive."

"We will find them." Rossi said. "And we will find them alive."

This Story is after Close Callings.

Sorry it took so long to finally post again. I have had a very hectic year. I have at least 1 more year of school if everything goes right. I also have taken on a higer roll at my work, so I've been working A LOT.

This was just a little "I'm still here" intro chapter.