𝗜𝘃𝗼𝗿𝘆 - 𝗖𝗿𝗶𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗠𝗶𝗻𝗱𝘀

Part 9: Partner

"We have to find out who did this," JJ was pacing back and forth across the conference room. "If Ella knows him, I probably do to." She dug deep into her memories and thoughts, blocking out the rest of the team. If she knows him I probably do to.

She tried to sort through every single time she met someone with Ella until she realized something. "Guys," Th teams head all turned quickly to face her. "How did we not notice?" She walked briskly up to the board where all of the girls pictures were. "Look closely." The team squinted their eyes, tilted their head, and did whatever they needed to do to make it apparent that they were looking.

"Their eyes," Spencer interrupted. The rest of the team fell back in a relieved manner. JJ let out a breath.

"If Ella recognized him, she must be the target of his affection." Emily chimed in.

"JJ," Reid stepped towards her. "We're going to find her." JJ's hand covered her mouth and she tilted her head towards the sky, trying to prevent any tears from escaping.

"This changes our profile quite significantly." The team took their seats around the oval table as Hotch began to speak. "We believed that this man was quiet, antisocial and that he didn't have a connection to his victims. We though he was a child predator who was taking whichever young girls he could get his hands on. Now that he has a connection to one of the victims we may find that he is a psychopath as opposed to a sociopath. He's charming and manipulative but he lacks remorse for his actions."

Spencer's gears were turning, you could see it in his face. "JJ," She snapped out of her trance and turned towards Spencer. "Who is Ellas father?"

"He's not in the picture." Her jaw dropped. "That's it! My mother kicked him out when Ella was 3, he was abusive and she was scared her would hurt Ella. He fits the profile perfectly." She buried her face in her hands. "I can't believe I didn't think of that earlier, it's just she was so young."

"JJ it's ok," Emily sat down next to her and draped a hand over her shoulder, gripping JJ's wrist with her other arm. "We need a name."

"Oh yeah um, Malcolm Davis." The team rushed out the door, excluding Emily who stayed with JJ.

"We need to go Emily, we need to help!" JJ tried to free herself from Emily's not very tight grasp.

"No JJ, you need to stay here." Emily reassured her.

"Please Emily," JJ begged. "Please. I need to do something." She began to get teary eyes again when Emily stood up.

"Fine," Emily said. "We're going to Malcolm's home address."

They both rocketed out the door and into the car downstairs, ready to go. The drive was short but halfway through they got a call from the team, they were already at the house. "Emily," It was Hotchs deep voice on speakerphone. "We have a problem. He is inside with the two girls, Ella and Bailey. He has a gun." JJ interrupted him.

"Why can't they just go in? There are two girls lives on the line!" She demanded.

"Why is JJ with you? I told you to stay with her at the station." He said.

"She wanted to come." Emily sighed and urged Hotch to continue on.

"We can't go in because he's not alone."

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