Beautiful Nightmare (On Hold)

Chapter Six

"Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth" - Oscar Wilde.

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The rest of our journey to Stillwater, Oklahoma was tense. It subsided when they started to discuss a few more things about the case but once they were done the silence enveloped the jet again.

I stayed quiet and kept my attention on the clouds. I could feel them all staring at me. And I mean I can understand why, sure I stayed emotionless most of the time but I was allowed to feel sometimes. What did they expect to happen when Hotchner has been doing nothing but poking and prodding at me.

Take it? Yeah that wasn't going to happen. I had kept my cool for the first three days. And I'll be damned if they think that behavior is acceptable.

Yes I did have an outburst and yes I maybe almost lost my cool but oh well. I had every right to snap back at him, they should feel lucky it was just me telling him off.

My fist clenched once again before relaxing. When I'm usually mad I have an outlet I can use to release my anger. And that's just not possible on a jet full of federal agents.

I'm already ready for this case to be over with. Someone's phone rings and Derek answers it quietly.

"Hold on baby girl, I'm putting you on speaker." I turned my attention to him and the phone.

Garcia says, "Okay so Ava Lee was reported missing this morning after not returning home from a party she attended last night."

"Does she fit the victimology?" Spencer questions.

Another girl missing means we only have about four days to find her alive and avoid informing another family of their loss.

"Yes, check your tablets." Her keyboard clicking is background noise.

I stand and walk over to David as I look down at his tablet with him, seeing as I haven't received one yet.

"Same hair color and eye color." Derek's nods along. "Anything else for us gorgeous?"

"She just turned eighteen a week ago and after police interviewed her parents they said she was going out with friends and should've been home by midnight. When they woke up this morning and realized she hadn't come home is when they reported her. Ava's location was on and shared with her parents but when they tried to call her and check if they could see where she was, her phone was off." Garcia finishes.

"Can you get her last known location before she went dark Garcia?" Aaron questions.

"Silly man, of course I can, just give me a few and I will call you back with the details. Bye!" She ends the call.

The woman on the tablet definitely fits the victimology, she has a baby face making her look no older than sixteen.

"We should be landing soon, we will go greet the local police and see if they have anything else for us," Aaron starts, "and after, everyone will split up. I want these supposed friends she went out with to be interviewed."

Everyone nods and I take a seat beside David on the couch he's currently seated at. Still keeping a good amount of distance between us.