To Become Apart of The BAU

Maria Dawn Wales:
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I looked into the store window, my eyes looking at the glass in the store window, the reflection of people walking behind me made the book's hard to see. I squinted through the window, seeing the new book of David Rossi's in a stack. My arm was grabbed and I turned around to see my little sister, Melody "Come on Dawn! I want some ice cream!"

I sighed "Fine" I was pried away from the book store and dragged me to the ice cream place. We both stood in line and waited, me looking around at the crowd's in boredom as Melody bounce up and down, holding my hand and humming.

We arrived at the ice cream shop's counter "What would you like?" the guy ask's, bored.

"Strawberry please!" Melody instantly yell's.

"I'll have vanilla" I paid and waited for the guy to scoop the ice cream into the cone's. I nodded my thanks and bent down to give Melody's to her when I heard a women's frantic screaming.

I looked up, seeing a women in her late twenties, screaming, she look's around wildly as if she's lost something. She was hysterical "Lilly! Lilly! has anyone seen Lilly?!" I stood, grabbing onto my sister's arm, noticing how much she was freaking out, this just can't be good.

"HAS ANYONE SEEN MY DAUGHTER LILLIAN?!" 

*~*

Police has barricaded the door's shut of the mall, asking if anyone know's anything about the missing child. I sat, leaning on a pillar with Melody playing on my phone.

Melody positioned herself in between my legs and I watched her over her shoulder, conquering the sudoku game, she get's frustrated on the same tile and I giggled and then whispered into her ear "It's a nine"

Suddenly, a group of people walked in, and I looked up, examining them in interest. The F.B.I, hmm.

I wonder why they are here, do they normally come to missing child situations? It might be more, a kidnapping perhaps? Interesting.

Well, not for the child, but for me, this is probably the closet i'll ever be to one, or a person of importance. I eyed the group as they talked, before splitting up and walking separate way's.

Well, let's just hope they can find Lilly before it's to late.

~

I threw my cardigan over Melody as she sleeps on my lap, my head phones blasting out music as I play with her brown curly lock's of her hair. You know, it's weird. I have blonde curly hair,  she has brown curly hair. I have blue eyes, she has green. I'm super pale, and so is she. I guess, we got the divided genes, mine from our mother, her from our father.

It's been two hour's, the police haven't really done anything besides asking about the girl over and over again, which wasn't going to get them anywhere. They need a picture of her, then ask face to face with each potential witness, duh. Even I know that.

Suddenly some touched my shoulder and my head snapped up and looked at the guy. I pulled my head phones out and I eyed the two men curiously. A dark skinned one, with obvious muscles and was probably the man power of the team.

The tall, skinny one with brown hair, held himself like me. He's a smart person though, only difference. Probably the head smartie in their group.

"How can I help you boys?" I say, Melody stirring on my lap.
 

"We were wondering if you have seen this girl?" the dark one ask's, holding out a piece of paper. I took it and looked at the child. Red hair, blue eyes, pale complexion.

"I'll have to get back to you on that" I look back up at them.

The stronger built one looked at me confused, oh well "But would I be able to ask if I could take my little sister somewhere where she can rest properly? Oh, and if you want, I can talk to the girl's parent's. Sometimes, it's better to not talk to a person with a badge because they become more stressed with the possible out comes of what will happen to their child"

They stared at me, while I waited for their answer "Sure, come with me" the tall one say's. I nod, lightly picking my sister up and stood. She instantly locked her arm's around my neck and nestled her head in my neck and I followed him.  

We arrived in the security guard's office. I stood there as the tall guy talked to a blonde women. She frown's, but nod's and walk's over to me "You can put her over here"

"Thank you" I mumbled and I took my little sister to the couch and put her gently down. I re-positioned my cardigan and made sure she wouldn't get cold. I stood back and looked around, seeing a women crying with what look's to be her husband was pacing behind her.

Jesus people, you have to make sure they're all right, not leave them to their own thought's. I grumbled under my breathe and walked over to the women and looked down at her "Would you like anything to eat or drink?" I asked her. She look's up, wiping her tears away with a hanker chief.

"A-a tea would be lovely" I smiled and nodded, before looking back at the husband who hadn't noticed my existence yet.

"And you sir?"

He look's at me and frowns "What?"

"Would you like something, a drink or some food perhaps?"

His face goes red and he storm's over to me and put's his face in my personal space "How can I do anything besides find my daughter?!" he snap's.

"Sir, if you sit down and be able to calm down, you might be able to think of an important detail about your daughter before she wasn't there. If you sit down and have a cup of tea, it will help with the case, instead of worrying, just try to remember anything at all. Like a person, a behavior of a person in the crowd, or even a face you had seen before"

He looked at me and then slowly sat down next to his wife, who was still silently crying. I nodded and went over to the little area and made two cups of tea. I then went over to them and put the cups in front of them and smiled "Don't worry, okay? They'll find her, and she'll be safe and sound tucked into bed in no time" I soothed them.

"Is she your's" I turned back around to see the wife look at my little sister. I smiled at her.

"Oh, no. She's my little sister"

"How old is she?" the wife ask's.

"She'll be turning nine in a week"

"Lilly will be turning nine tomorrow"

"Oh, that's wonderful. I'll be sure to get a birthday gift for her, so she'll be able to get a new toy" I smiled at the wife. The husband smile a little, and then the wife began to open up more, smiling and laughing and telling me stories about her daughter.

"And then she said she was trying to keep the flower people out!" the husband laughed.

I joined in, seeing the couple laughing and smiling, while I was successfully taking their thought's from their missing daughter, to their daughter's life.

"And she made the tulips a mud pie" the wife added.

"Oh, I remember my sister making a cake for the garden people, it was all of the food in the kitchen, including my shoes" I chuckled. The husband and wife laughed.

"Uh, miss?" I turned to see the blonde haired women from before.

"Yes?"

"Will I be able to talk to you for a minute?"

"Of course" I stood, great, she's going to have a go at me for talking to the parent's, isn't she?

I followed her into a corner and she looked at me "My name is Jenifer Jareau, you can just call me JJ"

"Maria Dawn Wales, please call me Dawn" I shook her hand.

"I know this might be a little bit odd for you, but would you be able to talk to the girl's cousin? He was the last one to see her, and we haven't gotten anything from him. But seeing as you have a child of your own, would you be able to talk to him and see if he will talk to you?"

"It isn't her child, it's her little sister" I glanced at the tall man from before.

"Of course" I chuckled.

"Follow me, oh, my name Dr. Spencer Reid"

"Maria Dawn Wales, call me Dawn" 

~

I sat in front of the small thirteen year old boy, who was dressing like a rocker type person "So, what's your favorite band?" I asked him.

He look's up at me and smile's "My Chemical Romance"

"Ahh, a good and. My personal favorite would probably be Disencharted or You Don't Know What They Do To Guy's Like Us In Prison. How about you?"

"I'm Not Okay"

I eyed him and looked to see he was biting his inner cheek "Is there something you want to talk about? I'm not with the police, or FBI, i'm just here because I noticed you were rather a wicked kid. And I promise I won't tell anyone" I smiled at him.

He look's at me through his bang's, and I noticed Spencer was still in the room, I gestured for him to get out and he did. I then looked back to Ben "Right, now we're all alone"

He look's down and fiddle's with his hand's "She was right next to me. I was playing a game in the arcade, she was yelling at me because I wasn't taking her to the doll store. I wanted to play the game's in the arcade, but she whined because of the noise. I was on a kill streak, one second she was there, another she wasn't"

I looked at him, and saw he was holding something back "Is there something you want to talk about? You seem to need something off of your chest" I pressed.

"No" I nodded, standing and pulling out my iPod and handed it over to him.

"The pass code is two hundred and three, listen to Pierce The Veil, they're pretty good" I said before exiting the room.

"Anything?"

"Nothing. She was there one second, the next, she was gone. It might have been a snatch in grab, but I would rule that one out. I think she had known the person, trusted them enough to go with them somewhere secluded" I frowned, looking at the wall, while thinking.

"Alright, your sister is awake"

I smiled "Oh, goodie, i'll get out of your hair now. It was nice meeting you, Spencer. And when Ben's finished my iPod, would you mind just bringing it back to me? I'll just be in the same spot as before. Oh, but Spencer, the boy's holding something back"

He nod's. I went and collected my little sister and then walked back to my spot. I stopped, right in front of the book store I was in front of hour's ago.

I suddenly saw a flicker of my memory.

People walked past, their reflections in the window. A girl with red curly  pig tails was following someone in a long coat. She went into the large door's.

I blinked, and then grabbed my sister's arm's. She looked at me with an alarm expression "Melody, you need to go back and tell Spencer that the person they are looking for is wearing a long coat. Okay?" she nod's and then run's.

I quickly jog to the door's and slipped inside.

There was two door's, storage room's. I looked right and left, what door? I then noticed something on the ground. I knelt down and saw a hair tie with a plastic strawberry on it. I knelt down and pocketed it. I then opened the door to the right and went in. The light was on and I instantly started to search.

"Lilly? Lilly, can you hear me?!" I yelled, searching boxes and behind Christmas decorations. I kept calling the little girl's name, pulling thing's and throwing them around the room. My hand's grabbed onto the locker's on the wall and I pulled them open. I saw a bundled and I gasped.

I quickly grabbed the child and laid her on her back and carefully pulled the duct tape from her mouth "Lilly, answer me baby girl" I pressed my ear to her chest, no heat beat.

I started to do CPR. Two small pumps on her chest and then I forced air through her lips.

Pump. Pump. Breathe.

Pump. Pump. Breathe.

Pump. Pump. Breathe.

"Come on baby!" I yelled, still pumping her chest.

Suddenly she coughed and I cupped her face "Lilly? Lilly? Can you hear me baby girl?" I whispered. She opens her eyes and look's at me before crying.

I quickly hugged her "Shh, shh, i'll get you to mummy and daddy, don't worry, okay? Shh, Auntie Maria is here" I cooed and picked her up. She buried her head in my neck and I kicked the door open. I slowly, walked to the storage door's and pushed them open. I heard people calling mine and Lilly's name.

"Dawn?! Lilly?! Dawn?!" I spotted Spencer.

"SPENCER!" I yelled, he turned and saw me with the child in my arm's. His eyes widened and he ran over to me.

"You found her"

I nodded and continued walking. People crowded around me, but Spencer helped me through the crowd of police. 

I spotted her parent's, and quickly broke into a run. They saw me, and then there eyes landed on the girl holding onto me. They broke out into joyful cries and got the attention of the FBI team. They turned and saw me with the child.

The parent's gently took her from me and hugged her, crying and telling her to never leave their side again. I stepped back, smiling at the group. Then I felt a tug on my arm. I turned to see Melody looking at the family "Is everything going to be okay now?"

I laughed and picked her up "Of course, everything will be lovely" she giggle's as I throw her up into the air and catch her.

"Now, I think we should have a Wiggles marathon, don't you? Oh, and we can't forget the take out. What should it be tonight?" I asked her and put her back onto her feet.

"Chinese!" she instantly demands.

"See, this is why I love you" I quickly messed up her hair. She shrieked and swats my hand's away.

"How did you know where she was?" I looked up to see a man who didn't look to happy.

"Well, sir, I have an eidetic memory, and other thing's. But one of the main skill's I have is I can remember something, or get flash back's of something important my mind think's I need to know. I was standing in front of the book store, and the window had the reflection of the people behind me. And I saw her follow someone into the storage room's"

"I see"

I nodded and awkwardly stood there "Would I be able to go now, sir?"

He nod's and Melody grab's onto my hand and we start walking away "Wait!" Melody and I turned to see the cousin and the rest of the family behind me.

"Here you go.... and Lilly want's to know if you can come to her party tomorrow?" he hand's my iPod back to me and I looked at Melody, who was shyly looking at Lilly.

"I'm sure we'll be able to come" I smiled and we swapped details.

I heard someone yelling and I looked over to see two people be escorted out by the police "That's my mom and dad"

I looked at Ben "I'm sorry kiddo" I say and quickly mess  up his hair.

"Hey!"

"Oh, don't be such a girl!" I laughed. He stuck his tongue out at me and I did the same. Well, this was an interesting experience.

~

I stood on the door step with my little sister wearing, http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/set?id=70573419 .

I was wearing, http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/set?id=70573738 .

I rang the door bell, and it instantly opened "Dawn!" Lilly instantly hugged me, then she looked at Melody. Melody instantly looked down and then held out the blue gift box.

Lilly slowly take's the box and smiles, then grab's Melody's hand and they run off into the house, laughing.