Emily's POV
"It says failure. She was only sixteen." Holly was murdered this morning and it made me more protective of Dorothea.
"He's getting angrier and blaming the police for not stopping his impulses." Aaron says before Dorothea enters the room.
"Certainly not cooling off between kills anymore." Spencer states.
"Which means we are looking at whole lot bodies." Derek says.
"Meanwhile in two days Congresswoman Steyer is gonna stand up at the Capitol and declare Washington crime free." Aaron says.
"I guess we know Nathan Harris is not our unsub. Seems like Dorothea was right." Derek says with a fond smile at the thought of Dorothea.
"Should we call Gideon and tell him not to bother with eval?"
"No, he wants to understand what's happening to him...He deserves to know." Spencer says before the men leave the room, leaving Dorothea and I alone. Dorothea sat on my lap with Spot in her arms and I couldn't help but smile at her. The only thing that she inherited from James and my father were her blue eyes. She inherited her light brown hair and button nose from mother and I. Dorothea laid her head on my chest while I run my fingers through her hair and noticed burn marks on her wrists. Grabbing one of her arms, I pulled her sleeve down and see more burns on her arm.
"Did you do that to yourself on purpose?" Dorothea nodded and I kissed the burns on both of her arms.
"We're going to talk with Mary on Monday and she can help you."
"Am I in trouble, Mommy?" Dorothea asks me while the tears ran down her face.
"No sweetheart. You just need some help with your feelings."
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Dorothea'a POV
"First victim, he gets a taste for killing. Second, he asks the police to help stop him. By the third, he feels like they've failed him. He's already devolving. The fourth, no ritual, no message, just a brutal murder." Aaron says while I was sitting in JJ's arms because I felt comfortable with her and JJ wanted to hold me.
"It's true that he's devolving, but this last victim definitely had a message. You don't dump a body across from the capitol building by accident." Jason added on.
"Especially not when a Congresswoman is about to proclaim success against the crime epidemic." Mommy says while I laid my head JJ's shoulder.
"Guys, that press conference wasn't announced yet. Only someone with inside information would know that." JJ says.
"We profiled the unsub felt limited in his job. What's more powerless than being a bit player on the Washington stage?" Spencer suggests.
"You know, if he felt like he did his part to clear the prostitutes off the street, but was never heard, he might have felt so personally betrayed that he literally had to carve his frustration out on those women." Derek adds on.
"So the profile was right. You were just wrong about who the message was for."
"We need to get a list of anyone who advocated on behalf of that bill." Jason says.
"Emily, when you went back to talk to the prostitutes, did a profile ring a bell with any of them?" Aaron asks Mommy.
"A few of them described what sounded like the same man, but when I showed them mug shots, I came up empty. Maybe it is someone that works with the congresswoman." Mommy suggests to Aaron.
"I need to get a message to Congresswoman Steyer. How quickly can we put together a press conference?" Aaron says to JJ.
"How fast do you need it?" JJ asks before I hop off her lap so she can get to work.
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JJ's POV
"Dorothea involuntarily age regresses to help her deal with her trauma. One of those ways is through breastfeeding, just like she's doing right now." Emily explains while Dorothea was on her lap breastfeeding from her. Emily invited me back to her place and I couldn't refuse, especially when Dorothea gave me her puppy dog eyes.
"It's fine with me and I know that it'll be fine with the others. We all deal with our trauma in different ways. Not that you have to tell anyone about this if you don't want to."
"Dorothea was the one that was ready for you to know. With this subject, I take all my cues from her. JJ, I was wondering if you would like to be my girlfriend?" Emily said.
"I would love to be your girlfriend Emily." Emily kisses me and I kissed her back, feeling fireworks as it happened. The two of us pulled apart and I couldn't help the smile that was on my face.
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How To Save A Life(Criminal Minds Fanfic)
Fanfiction"Where did I go wrong? I lost a friend. Somewhere along in the bitterness. And I would have stayed up with you all night. Had I known how to save a life."~Grey's Anatomy *Starts from Season 2 Episode 9-Onwards*
