Save me - an Ashley Olsen story

Docks

I don't fall asleep till 1am but even after it was a restless sleep. I am in no way prepared for how tomorrow will go, all unsubs are different and this one is desperate and fixated. Deadly and hopefully I won't be pulled down with him.

POV JJ

I woke up the next morning feeling anxious. I don't know I just feel like something is off, and usually when I get this feeling it's right. Nonetheless I get up, it's around 6:30 and Emily is still asleep. I quietly go through my morning routine. Once ready I put on navy Blue jeans and a black button up. I leave my hair down today, maybe if I look more like her I can get into his head. Once done I go and put a pot of coffee on and toast some bagels for us. I cut up some fruit and set everything up. It's 7 and we need to head out soon. Going over to Emily's bed I shake her gently. "Hey Em we need to leave soon. Did you forget to set your alarm?" I question gently. She lets out a groan and and I smile and shake my head. She slowly gets up and zombie walks to the bathroom. I chuckle and start to eat. She comes back 20 minutes later looking more put together. I silently push a mug of coffee her way. "Mmmhhm oh I love yooouuu" she moans out after she takes a large gulp. I laugh, "ya, ya I know. Eat your food, we have to leave in 30ish minutes." I tell her. We eat silently and once finished I clean everything up. "Do you have this weird feeling?" Emily says. I finish wiping my hands and turn towards her, leaning against the counter. "Ya. I do Em. I feel like we're missing something." I tell her. She hums and nods. We silently get our things together and head out to the car. Emily offers to drive and usually I would say no because she's crazy but I'm to caught up in my head at the moment. We pull away and start our hour drive with only soft music filling the air.

About an hour later, little less because...well Emily's driving, we pull up to the gates of the prison. We are let in and find a spot to park. Like yesterday a guard came out to escort us into the prison. We are brought to a new room, it looks like a interrogation room, there is another smaller room on the outside which we walk into. There's a small table and one-way glass to the other room. The warden is standing at the table talking to a guard. "...go get him set and I'll radio when to bring him ok?" He says to the guard. "Yes sir" the guard says and walks away. "Ah, good morning ladies. This is your space for however long you'll be needing it. Here are passes so you can come and go." He says as he hands us both green lanyards then he continues. "I have a couple things to do that need my attention so I'll be out of your hair. This is Howard, he'll be your guard whenever your here. Let him know when your ready, done, or whatever. Alright I have to go, best of luck he's not a talker." He says and leaves without a reply. Emily and I look at each other, "well, I'm definitely not awake enough to process any of what he just said." Emily says and I snort at that. I set my bag on the table and take out our files. "ok, so how do you want to do this?" Emily asks. "Well I know he is going to be fixated on me off the bat. He is going to try and get under my skin. Get a reaction. I can't give him that. I'm going to let him talk, to an extent. See if I can get him to slip up. But I don't know I'm just going to play it by ear." I tell her. "That's wise, Dock's is an odd one. But I swear if he says one thing out of line I'm going to march in there and beat his ass. No one touches my JJ" she practically growls out. I smile at her and put a hand on her shoulder. " Em, I love how protective you are, but I got it ok. He can't touch me, he can't hurt me. Let him say whatever, because that will just help us. Just have Hotch, Rossi, and Garcia on stand by. They are all in today waiting for us." I tell her. "Ya, ok. Fine, I know you can JJ. I just don't like seeing you get hurt." Emily says softly. "I know Em, but hey I won't stop you from beating his ass if you still want to." I say cheekly. She chuckles and we set up our things. We have a mic that will be under my collar and a COMS device that Em and I can communicate through. We also set up a video camera so we can evaluate his body language. It's going to be streamed back to the 3 of them at the BAU. They'll be able to hear and suggest anything to Emily and she'll relay to me. Once we got Garcia's equipment set up we see they are connected on the laptop. "You guys hearing and seeing us?" Pen asks. "Loud and clear pen" Emily says. "ok, are you ready JJ? Make sure not to let him get to you. He will try, just stay focused." Hotch says. I smile at him and say, "I've got this don't worry. Not my first serial murderer." I tell him. He nods and Rossi wishes us luck. I open the door and see Howard. "We are ready for him." I tell him. He nods and radios s "ready for Docks" and turns to me. "he'll be down in 5 ma'am." He says. "thank you Howard." I tell him and go back into the room. "Ok he'll be down in 5." I tell them. We talk about a couple details and in about 5 minutes the door to the interrogation room opens. A old, 60 year old man walks in with Howard. He is blad, his eyes look grey and dull. He is skinny snd tall. Almost like a stick. He's wearing a grey green jumpsuit and has chains on his ankles and wrists. He has wrinkles along his face and looks a lot older then he is. Howard sits him down and hooks his chains to the table and floor. He then nods at the glass and walks out. Docks hasn't looked up his eyes stayed trained at the floor. "Well let's get this over with" Rossi says over the computer. I nod and grab a file with every condensed that we knew would help. I smiled at Em and walked out the door. "Ready ma'am?" Howard asks. "As I'll ever be." I tell him. "I'll be surprised if he talks." Howard says. I turn to him slightly. "Has he not said anything?" I ask. "Only when. Absolutely needed." He responds. I nod my head and scan my lanyard. I walk in heading to the table in the middle of the room. I pulled out the chair and took a seat. "Hello Robert. My name is.." I was cut off my docks. "Jennifer Jareau, special agent of the BAU." He says as he looks up at me and continues. "Worked in the military, top of your class, scholarship for varsity soccer, grew up in East Allegheny, Pennsylvania. Collected butterflys as a child. A sister named Rosaline...oh I mean had she died at 11 or more like killed herself." He concluded while looking directly at me. "And you found her...how did it feel? How did she look all lifeless like that? I bet her heart was pretty. If it's anything like yours" he said. My heart was racing, I had to physically hold myself still. I want so bad to reach over and punch him. But I can't. Just breath JJ. You can't let him get to you. You got this. I vaguely register Emily in my ear but ignore it. "I see you've done your research. Well allow me to show you what I learned." I say calmly, and before he can answer I start talking. "Robert Docks age 57 born and raised in McAlester Oklahoma. Lived with your Mother, Rebecca. Never knew your dad, he left at a young age. Your mom would bring home multiple men and they never stayed. You were a loner and seems like you still are, no friends in school just passed. Started to work at the local hardware store. You were there for a long time more then 20 years. You have trouble with women, they just don't seem interested in you. But then..what was her name Tina? Theresa? No.." I was cut off by Docks growling out, "Tessa" and before he could say anything I continued, "ah yes! Sorry slipped my mind. Yes Tessa. You loved her, or did. We found her, it wasn't easy. But what we found odd was she still had her heart...well it was split in half, she also wasn't beaten like, Kate and Jessica. Oh, right! My bad forgot to mention we found them too. You were sloppy. We ran the DNA, your a match. Firsts are always sloppy, don't blame you. But what I find interesting is why it took so long for you to snap. I mean you lost your job from sexual allegations, your mother died, but still nothing. Not till February, Tessa. Now I think see broke your heart maybe cheated, or broke up with you, no maybe it was because you couldn't get it up..." I was cut off my Docks trying to lunge at me. His face was red as he struggled against the chains. "Oh I'm sorry, did I hit a nerve?" I asked with fake sympathy. "You don't know anything about me! Or Tessa! She loved me she did! She was just confused, she..she didn't know what she wanted..I.I couldn't let her leave..she couldn't..." He sobbed out. I watched as he had his head on the table and he was shaking. "You were afraid she would leave like everyone else. You would have nothing without her. She was your world, all you had that was good." I said. He looked up at me. "I..ya..she was the best thing that ever happened to me. You understand?" He asked. I took a breath, "I do. But she didn't did she? You were trying to help her" I said. He nodded, "yes! Exactly, I just was trying to help. I didn't want her to be like the rest. She has a good heart. It was just broken not gone. Not yet." He says. Interesting. I thought. "Like you. You have a good heart. You are pure, like my Tessa. But Jessica and Emily they didn't understand they were taunting me. With their love but they didn't appreciate it." He continued. "Like your mom. They didn't deserve a heart, because why have it if you can't use it. Right?" I ask him, starting to understand. His eyes lit up, "yes! They didn't deserve it. So I took it. Just like all the rest." He says. "What did you do with them?" I ask. "I put them in jars and buried them.." he said trailing off at the end. My mind raced to try to figure out where. Where would be a spot he would keep them. What is significant enough to him? I was pulled out of my thoughts when Emily sounded in my ear. "Sorry JJ but they need to get him back. We can figure this out tomorrow." She said. I sighed internally. "Im sorry Robert, I have to go. The guard needs to get you back." I tell him. He looks at me, "will you come back tomorrow?" He asks. "If that's ok, yes. I want to talk some more." I say. He nods his head. "Ok, only if it's you. I'll only talk to you." He says. I nod and stand up making my way to the door he stops me by saying, "I would love you talk about you more. Then I'll tell you anything. I have so many questions. I just want to say your are more beautiful in person." He says. I don't turn around, I just walk out the door. I nod at Howard to get him. I stand by the door as hee gets unchained and walked out. He smiles at me as he passes. Once out of my sight I turn and go into the room where Emily is.

I walk in and I'm met with a hug, I tense but relax when I smell Emily's vanilla perfume. I just hug her back. What feels like an eternity but actually like 20 seconds she pulls back. "Are you ok?" She asks concerned. I give her a tiny smile and say, "ya, I'm fine. Just want to get outta here." She nods her head and we walk to the computer. "You did amazing Jennifer. We got a lot out of him. I'm proud of you. Are you ok?" Hotch asks. "I'm fine sir. Nothing I can't handle. I just want to know where those hearts are." I say ignoring the concerned looks. "I can dig in and see if I can find anywhere close to him that means something." Pen says. I nod and say "thanks" "you both head back. Get some dinner and rest. We'll work more on this. We'll talk tomorrow morning before you go back in. You did good JJ." Rossi says. I give a small some and we say our goodbyes. Packing up everything and heading out to the car. I'm definitely not getting any sleep...

Author's note:

Ok! Hello!! So next chapter will be Emily's perspective about what just went down and after. Sorry for the cliff hanger, wonder where they will be 🧐. Thank you again for reading! Next chapter will be out either today or tomorrow won't have to wait too long. I'm not that mean...well...