White Flag (Jennifer Jareau x Fem!OC)

Chapter 21

Finally, the man in detention is not so useless. He is talking to Emily, JJ and Matt about one of the sisters, Desi. The policeman comes to me seeing I'm alone in the room, he asks me where Emily is. I lead him to the room, and he gathers us all. Apparently, Tina Gutierrez has been abducted, this is not good at all. Moreover, their mother can't be joined...

"The two sisters are polar opposites." Luke starts. "Tina is 21, full-time student at UT. Desi's 30. Dropped out of school and even spent some time in juvenile detention."

"Sibling rivalry doesn't usually inspire this level of sadism, especially given the fact that the girls are approximately 10 years apart in age." Spencer adds.

"Austin Child Protective Services has a file on Desi Gutierrez." Emily enters the room. "Her mother, Lara, who was 15 when she gave birth to Desi, was ordered to take parenting classes after Desi made some pretty troubling accusations against her mother."

"Neglect and emotional abuse." Luke looks at the file.

"It was just Desi and her mother for about 10 years." I read out loud. "After that, Lara gave birth to her second daughter and seemed to turn her life around."

"But by then, the damage was already done." JJ frowns.

            A bit of time passes, and we keep on searching for something. Emily turns to us with news.

"According to Garcia, two weeks ago, Lara was named Austin real estate agent of the Year by the local paper." Emily announces.

"Two weeks ago?" David looks at the board. "That could have been Desi's trigger."

"In the lengthy interview, Lara talks about her rise to the top and how proud she is of her daughter Tina." Emily explains. "Desi is not mentioned in the article at all."

"Oh, wow." Luke talks. "Purposeful or not, that would have cut right to the core of Desi's rage."

"Desi's been leaving her victims on her mother's doorsteps, so it stands to reason that one of her mother's properties would probably play a part in Desi's end game." Spencer thinks.

"All right." JJ comes in the room looking damn beautiful. "These were just faxed over. It's every property Lara's ever been in charge of, going back almost 15 years."

"We should focus on sites that have been on the market for an extended period of time or abandoned." Spencer looks at the list.

"Didn't Kash say that Desi left to start her own tattoo shop?" Matt wonders. "It never opened but what if out of guilt, Lara handled that for her?"

"I've got commercial properties here and there's a tattoo parlor." David says. "These two are promising."

"Ok, we'll split up, cover more ground." Emily states.

            I go with Matt, JJ and Luke in the car. Luke and Matt are sitting in front, I'm behind with JJ.

"Are you ok?" She whispers while putting her hand on my shaking knee.

"I just hope there will not be snakes around her place..." I whisper back.

"It'll be fine." She takes my hand in hers and kisses it softly. "I'm with you."

"How lucky I am." I smile looking at the beauty in front of me.

"Dave, Spence, when you land, Austin PD should already be on scene with a team from Parks and Wildlife." We hear Emily say.

"Got it." David answers. "But just a reminder, Desi's an experienced snake owner, so it's likely she'll have snakes on the premises."

"Oh, for God's sake..." I sigh loudly.

            We arrive at the tattoo shop our unsub is owning. Matt and I are going behind, JJ and Luke in front.

"Hey, Vic." Matt looks at me. "You'll be fine with the snakes and all?"

"Don't really have the choice, big man..." I sigh.

            We are walking with our guns out and then, the door opens revealing Desi with a scalpel in hand.

"FBI! Don't move!" Matt screams. "On your knees. Now."

            Desi doesn't obey, why the fuck isn't she obeying? She looks at her left and I follow her gaze. There is nowhere to go.

"Drop the blade." Matt continues to yell. "Do it."

            Desi decides to run to Matt who has to shoot her. Damn. I've been there before, it's not pleasing. I run inside to see if the two others are okay.

"Tori, don't come in!!" JJ yells. "Snakes are everywhere! Close your eyes and leave! Now!"

"Oh, God... oh, God..." I breathe slowly. "It's going to be fine... it's going to be just fine."

            I walk back to the back of the shop, and I exit it quickly. This nightmare is over, finally. We wait for the medics and all. We make sure Lara and Tina are alright, and then, we go back to Quantico. We are sitting in the plane with Emily and JJ, drinking whisky with David.

"As my grandmother used to say, I no like-a the snakes." David says with the bottle in hand.

"I have to agree with her, very wise." I drink up my glass.

"Easy, baby." JJ looks at me in shock. "It will not disappear."

"Just like my new nightmare about snakes." I fake a smile and Rossi serves me one more.

"That is one takedown I am glad I missed." The Italian man chuckles.

"I will drink to that." Emily states.

"Salud." JJ raises her glass, and we drink. "Hey, Spence. You're going to join us?"

"Ooh, I'd love to, but my first lecture is tomorrow." The genius says.

"Such a good guy." I wink at JJ, and she smiles.

"Are you guys having plans tonight?" Emily winks at us.

"Sleeping won't hurt?" JJ chuckles and I smirk. "What's with the smirk?"

"Nothing." I keep on smirking.

"She had other ideas." David winks at JJ.

"Like what?" JJ frowns.

"Hot tub, champagne and roses." Rossi looks at me for confirmation. "Old Italian remedy against nightmares."

"I'm all in for that." JJ smiles widely.

            I wink at JJ knowingly and we end our trip in a joyful atmosphere.