By the next day Emily was at the hospital to see the doctor who examined her after she and James returned to Parker, she listened to the doctors speak as they still had her in shock telling her it appeared that she was in a very early stage of pregnancy "We originally thought that we made a misjudgment earlier with the first scan, thought this could be you going through Menopause, so I had them do a second and third scan to be sure."
Emily was slightly thankful that her friends were not with her at the hospital as she was told this. She still wondered how it was possible, she had given up on having children of her own, believing she had missed her chance and there was nothing to do about it. But to be told that it was happening gave her a mixture of feelings, there was the joy of being a mother, but at the same time the dread of the thought that something could go wrong with this child, and then her thought turned to James and how he would possibly react to this new development.
She was advised by the doctor to try and put herself under less stress for the next few days as much as possible. She considered them, but then she thought "Knowing my job, not possible."
As she watched the doctor leave room, Emily wondered if she should tell the team about what happened between her and James now, she knew she would have to tell James later if not soon. She got a text from J.J. on her phone as she was leaving, considering every angle of the situation, the text was telling her that Chief Brody and the SWAT Team was getting ready and that Hotchner wanted him with them when they went in.
Normally she wanted to tell James about her pregnancy, she just thought it would be better to tell him now and get it over with. It was all she could think about as she drove the car over to James home at the salvage yard. As she came closer and closer to it, Emily could not help but feel as if something was off, there was just something in the air that felt funny, and not the funny ha, ha either, it was the other kind of funny.
As she approached the house she immediately took notice to the dead body of Maggie Cullen, the deranged young girl that held her and James hostage, that was lying on the ground outside the house, with her were two more bodies, one holding a double barrel shotgun and the other was just barely still holding onto a rifle like Maggie was. It was strange to her, and at the same time creepy how the two were still holding onto their guns as if they were still alive, but were clearly dead.
"James, James are you okay!?" She said as she slowly looks through the house for James. The place seemed okay, nothing was out of place and it certainly did not look like anyone had ransacked the place looking for something, the only thing to be disturbed was a window that looked like it had been smashed from the outside with the shell from a pistol nearby. From what she had seen, Emily had to guess that James was attacked by the three and ran inside for cover; then he must have fired his pistol at the two, the shell casings appearing to be the kind that his M1911 and Sphinx could use.
Emily searched through every part of the house that she could find for James, but it was completely empty. She could feel her heart racing with every second that passed as she did not locate him, and then pulls out her phone and begins to type in J.J.'s number. One ring was all she heard before J.J's voice could be heard say "Hello?"
"J.J. James's gone." Emily said franticly, tears almost coming out as she worried to her very core that something may have happened to her partner. J.J. then asks "What do you mean he's gone?" where Emily picks up on her line quickly by clarifying "I mean gone, I came to his house to get him and I found three bodies and an empty house instead."
"Wait, bodies?" J.J. asks, trying to wrap her head around what could have happened and then Emily says "I know one of them, she's one of the ones who kidnapped me and James in the woods. I don't know who the other two could be."
"Alright, alright; calm down; just join us at the police station. I'll have Brody send some of his officers to clear the scene." J.J. says, trying to help her friend calm down. Emily took in her words as she took in a collection of deep breaths in and out and says as she walks out of the house and looking at the bodies "Okay J.J, I'm coming back."
The drive back to the police station was even more difficult than when she was driving to James house. It felt like something kept deep inside her was repeatedly telling her over and over to go back, but she knew that there was nothing to go back for; James was not there and even if she did go back the only thing that would be there to greet he were those three dead bodies. The way to the house was like having her head in a tangle web, trying to decide what to do, but the drive away was like having someone messing her up on the inside.
Just like she had been told, when Emily came to the scene the team and the police had readied themselves for taking the Cullen residence. After she had returned to Parker she and dug into her memory for what details they could use to find the cabin then one of the hunters in Parker named Elkin confirmed knowing a family who owned a cabin that far out and a farm house. As she exited her car J.J. immediately took notice to her and hands over a bullet proof jacket saying "We're leaving in five minutes Emily."
Emily took the bullet proof jacket in her hand and fits it on her body as she hears her tell of how Caleb escaped last night after he was taken back to his cell, and then she follows behind J.J. and watches as they and the police check all their weapons and go over the plan one more time. Emily did not need to check her weapon, she did it the night before incase one of those freaks came after her again, and she really did need a plan, she already had one in mind, get to the cabin and beat the hell out of whoever is still there until they tell her where James was.
J.J. took a quick notice to how Prentiss was keeping a distance from the others, more than usual. She had something on her mind and it more than just James being nowhere to be found or them about to do a raid on the Cullen residence. As Emily was walking back to her car, she followed behind her and says "Hey Emily, wait up. I'm goanna ride with you."
Prentiss did not question her on it; she was so distracted in her own thoughts that did not even giving it a second thought. J.J. took her seat in the passenger seat and sat quietly for a couple of seconds into the drive down the road behind the others and the SWAT van. It took her some time to try and figure out what was going on with her, she had noticed some changes after she returned to Parker. It was not just the way she was acting around James, all happy and full of life more than usual, but more serious about things that involved him and the Cullen Family.
It took some time for J.J. to build up the courage to ask the question "Emily, are you alright?" she asks, before Emily looks back and asks a question of her own following her riposte "Of course I am J.J, why do you ask?"
"Well, you have been acting weird since you came back after being lost in the woods for two days." J.J. says, making her awareness to her change n her behavior clear, and then says "I watched how you were acting around James, Emily. The way you two were doing everything you could to not to smile as you looked at each other. And now this morning you've been acting like your hormones are beginning to go out of whack, so please, enlighten me."
Emily thought about her response, a witty remark seemed pointless to her at this point, and she figured if she could not tell James, she could at the very least tell her best friend, for all she knew it would feel like having this weight off her chest. She tried to speak, but it felt like something was holding back the words and her voice before finally forcing it out "I was asked by the doctor when Hotch and Rossi pulled me out of the infirmary to come back for a few more tests. They said there was some kind of abnormality nearby stomach."
"What was it?" J.J. asks, unsure of her own guess, let alone thoughts as to what it could all be. And then Emily replies "When I went back to the doctor this morning they said they found that I was pregnant, they double checked and everything just to be sure."
As soon as she said those words, J.J. developed a look on her face like someone dropped a bombshell on her. She looked like someone told him such news that it gave a feeling of joy but at the same time extreme shock. She then asks Emily "Is it Greaves?"
"Yes," Emily replies, with a single word for her response. She figured that she would be asked if James was aware and follows up by saying "And no I haven't told James yet. I was going to when I went to go get him this morning, but instead I found three dead bodies, a lot of shell casings and an empty house."
"You're really worried about him, huh?" J.J. asks as Emily tries to focus on the road. Emily had been through this once before and she hated how it ended the first time. J.J. asked her question again and she hears her the second time before saying "Yeah, a lot. You should have seen what that family did to him, she was cut up pretty bad, they tortured him, and then when they told him about his grandfather he just shut down completely, then they forced a drug down his throat and it took a while for him to snap out of it."
"I'm sure he's fine Emily. I mean he did escape from them once before." J.J. said as she tried to help calm her nerves but it did little good as all that crawled through her mind was the horrible possibilities of what he could be going through, and the worst part was she had no idea who was really behind it.
Meanwhile deep in the Parker Hunting Ground
Deep in the woods of Parker in an old barn James let out a loud cry of pain as the cattle prod zapped him once more; sitting restrained in a chair with the wounds left from when he had been shot with buckshot of rock salt.
A newly freed Caleb was having his fun toying with his cousin as he and his cousin Jenkins tortured James. Every time they asked him the same question "Where is your brother and his family?" Every time the question was asked, James took one look at them and says "Go piss up a tree, you back woods hillbilly pricks." Then Caleb would give him another shock with the cattle prod.
After the hundredth time James finally does something out of cycle and says "Look, if you're going to kill me then just get it over with you sick fuck." Caleb took a moment to share looks with Jenkins and manically laughs and then says "We're not going to kill you Greaves, but by the time I'm through with you, you'll be wishing you were dead."
James then did a laugh of his own. It was dry, almost uncaring, then he says "My family is gone. I have friends left, the only one still kicking being a welsh sniper; I'm all alone in the world, nothing to live for. I've been wishing I was dead a long time."
James was not really lying. He had nothing to lose now. Aside for Emily, he had no one in the world to really care about. He could see that Caleb knew that, because the second he said it, he replies by saying "Yes, but I know one tiny little detail you left out. I know about that little FBI agent buddy of yours. If I can't get it out of you I will get it out of her."
"YOU STAY AWAY FROM HER!" James yells at them both and then Caleb says "I guess we'll have to do this the hard way." He then puts the cattle prod back up to James skin and he lets out a loud scream once more, for what felt like hours before finally passing out.
