𝐎𝐋𝐃 𝐅𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐍𝐃𝐒 criminal minds

ch.5

Emily and JJ stepped out of the elevator and headed to the bullpen. JJ opened the door for her girlfriend and held it as Emily stepped through. As the two walked in, they saw the team gathered in the conference room.

"Hey, you go ahead. I'm going to the restroom," JJ stopped walking and pointed back out of the bullpen.

"You sure? We're already late," Emily laughed. She walked up to JJ and tried scanning her body language.

"Yeah, I'll just be a second," the blonde reassured Emily and took her hand to squeeze it.

Emily simply nodded and smiled before continuing to the round table. She went up the ramp and into the room as JJ went to the restroom.

JJ walked to the restroom in a calm matter but rushed to a stall when she entered. She didn't stop to check if anyone was inside and fell to the ground to level with the toilet. The woman threw up and held her stomach in pain as she did.

A woman in the stall next to her heard and rushed out to help. She saw JJ crouched over the toilet and decided to hold her hair back. JJ removed the contents of her stomach as the woman rubbed her back.

Once JJ was finished she slumped against to stall wall and looked up to the woman helping her. She immediately recognized her and began backing away.

"Thank you," she mumbled as she stood up. The agent flushed the toilet and picked up her bag from the ground. She brushed past the woman and heard a small "you're welcome" as she did.

As she went up to the sink she saw the woman go back to a stall.

"You look familiar, do you work here?" JJ questioned. She watched the woman through the mirror while she went for the paper towels.

"Uh, yes, my first day," the other woman said shyly. She grabbed her bag from the stall and went up to the sink aligned with JJ.

"Oh, what department? If you don't mind me asking?" JJ threw the paper towel away and leaned against a wall with her arms folded. She still felt pain in her stomach but hid it well to perform her interrogation.

"Uh, I think the BAU. I haven't met with my boss," the woman began searching her bag to provide a distraction which definitely caught JJ's attention.

"I think I know the man you're looking for," JJ smiled and took a step forward. As she did she felt the ground beneath her move. "Uh, you- do you know-"

JJ cleared her throat and furrowed her eyebrows as she began to feel drowsy. She unfolded her arms and leaned onto the sink counter to regain her balance. The other woman stopped fidgeting with her bag, dropped the shy act, and looked up to watch JJ.

The blonde collapsed to the ground and groaned in pain as she did. She blinked repeatedly and began hyperventilating, her vision got blurry as the drug began to take place.

"Kyle, let's go," the other woman called out. She looked in the direction of the handicap stall where a man appeared in formal attire.

"Ms. Wiley, are you sure we should take her now?" Kyle inquired. He glanced at JJ on the floor before looking up to his boss.

"Are you questioning my methods?" Wiley snapped back. She crouched to the floor as Kyle looked away in fear.

The woman brought her hand to JJ's face and made her way around the blonde's neck. JJ struggled to move and mumbled indistinctly which amused Beau.

"I am sorry Jennifer, but it's part of the plan," Beau whispered and brought her hand to JJ's jaw. She moved JJ's head to face her and placed a proud smirk on her face.

"You..."JJ mumbled.

"Shh, save your breath. You'll see me again," Beau removed her hand and returned to her standing position while JJ lost consciousness. She looked over at Kyle, nodded, then headed to the door.

Kyle picked JJ up from the ground and carried her in a bridal position. He placed her arm around his neck so it would appear that the woman is sleeping. The man followed Beau out of the restroom, to the elevators where the team was gathering.

Beau stopped herself, turned around, and got closer to Kyle to block JJ. Just as she did, Emily walked past them and went straight to the restroom. The team entered the elevator and the other one opened, Beau quickly ran over to doors to keep them in place as Kyle stepped in with JJ.

"Take her to the safe house," Beau instructed. Kyle nodded and slowly the doors shut. "One down, one to go."

Three hours later, the team began a search for JJ. They told LAPD that they were sending another team for their case and put all of their attention on JJ. Emily told them everything about their day which involved their talk in the car and the bathroom break.

Emily and Alex scanned and searched the women's restroom for anything but found nothing. Garcia pulled up the security cameras for the floor and elevators but found nothing, everything was wiped clean.

Putting in all the facts and ideas, they called friends and family for any information on the agent's whereabouts. Except for Hotch. He on the other hand had a hunch about JJ's disappearance and called the only woman in the city who knew how to help.

"Uh, can I have everyone's attention?" Hotch professed to his colleagues. The room quieted and all of their attention focused on him. "Thank you. As you know JJ is completely off the grid, we've done everything we can to find her and have had no luck-"

"What are you saying Hotch?" Derek interrupted. He had been busting his ass for the past three hours searching for a woman he'd call family and Hotch's proposal seemed like a surrender.

"I'm saying that we need help. The person who did this, who took JJ, is organized. He had to have planned this to pull this off," Hotch stated and folded his arms. "So, I've called someone who can help."

And as if it was on cue, Elle walked through the door with a defeated look on her face. Everyone snapped their heads in her direction with different looks on their face. Alex and Emily were confused about who she was while Morgan, Spencer, and Garcia were in shock.

They hadn't seen her in almost 10 years and this wasn't the way they imagined seeing her again.

"She knows more about what we're dealing with than we do," Hotch added. He stepped to the side which cued Elle to walk up next to him.

"Who is she? Who are you?" Alex questioned. She seemed to be the only one clueless about the situation besides Emily.

"Elle," Spencer remarked softly. He had his mouth agape and eyes widened from the surprise. "You... look different."

"Hey, Spence," the brunette whispered.

"How can she help us?" Emily inquired, interrupting the moment. She knew enough about Elle not to like her and being in the same room as her, pushed Emily to the limit.

"She knows-" Hotch started.

"I know who took JJ," Elle said cutting the man off.

"How could you possibly know who took JJ?" Alex added, she had a calm tone and wanted to hear what Elle had to say. Unlike Emily who clearly disliked the brunette.

"The same woman who took JJ, took my son," the brunette looked to the ground as she felt tears coming on.

The room fell quiet again as the team now had new information to go off of. But they also had to rethink everything they thought they knew about Elle Greenaway.