How To Save A Life(Criminal Minds Fanfic)

Forty-Seven

*September 2006*

"Put your hands up!" Detective Daniel "Danny" Reagan shouts to the men in the house who do what's asked of them. Agent Elle Greenaway was looking in one of the rooms while Detective Maria Baez was looking in another room. Danny recognizes one of the men as his family friend James Prentiss and glares at him.

"What the hell are you doing?" Danny asks James when Maria walks out of the room holding onto a ten year old little girl. Her body was covered in bruises, burns, blood, cuts, scars and carved words.

"I see you found my bastard daughter. A no name freak!" James shouts, causing Danny to grab him and slam his head against the wall. Elle walks over and grabs James off of Danny before they headed to one of the cop cars.

"Hi, my name is Danny Reagan and this is my partner Maria Baez." Danny greets the little girl who looks at him with big blue eyes full of curiosity.

"Hi. Is daddy going to hurt me anymore?" She asks both detectives.

"No he won't ever hurt you again." Maria tells the little girl before the three of them leave the house and Danny calls his sister, attorney Erin Reagan.

"Erin, call Emily Prentiss immediately. Her brother abused his daughter and she needs to take custody of her. Hell! She needs to adopt her because that bastard can't get that little girl again!" Danny shouts into the phone before he ushers his partner to ride in the ambulance with the little girl and heads towards the cop car.

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Emily's POV

"Dad!" Dad hugs me while mom just scoffs and Danny glares at her. Danny always hated mom because of how she treated dad and I.

"Is she okay?" Dad asks Erin while JJ grabs my hand.

"She's in surgery. There's no word." Erin says while her father my Uncle Frank gives me a sad smile.

"This is crazy." Spencer says.

"You're preaching to the choir kid." Danny tells him while Jamie and his fiancée Edit "Eddie" Janko walk over to us.

"What do we know?" Rossi asks us.

"The recording on Dorothea's phone shows that it was one of her abusers Jason Clark Battle. He's a sheriff and from what Dorothea has said he and James have been behind at least eight murders." Aaron says.

"What aren't you saying?" Derek asks Aaron.

"I spoke to one of the paramedics who brought her in. It doesn't look good." Aaron says, causing both JJ and I to cry. Danny hits a wall and Erin's crying into her father's chest.

"Good maybe she'll finally die. Like she should have done the day that she was born. Then James would still be alive like he's supposed to." Mom says, causing dad to slap her in the face.

"I've had enough of your attitude towards Dorothea! James was a monster who murdered people and abused my granddaughter! I want a divorce Elizabeth and I don't want you to come around Dorothea, Emily, Jennifer, myself and the rest of our family." Dad yells at mom.

"You may not be arrested due to diplomatic immunity, but I'm going to make sure your reputation is tarnished." Uncle Frank tells mom while dad takes her wedding ring off her finger and takes off his wedding ring before handing them to me.

"Sell them Emily and use the money for Dorothea." Dad tells me.

"Dad you should sell them and use the money to go on that cruise you talked about."

"Oh please I'm not going on that cruise now. I want to be near you guys so do what I'm telling you and use it on Dorothea." Dad tells me when a doctor walks into the waiting room.

"Family of Dorothea Prentiss-Jareau?" The doctor calls out.

"Yes." JJ and I both say.

"The bullet went in her chest and ricocheted into her abdomen. She lost a lot of blood. It was touch and go for a while, but we were able to repair the injuries." The doctor tells us.

"So what are you saying?" JJ asks him.

"One centimetre over and it would have torn right through her heart. Instead, she could actually walk out of here in a couple of days and I'd say that's a minor miracle. She needs her rest and only her mothers can go in there right now since she's a minor. The rest of you can see her in the morning." The doctor says before walking away and I couldn't help but cry.

"David and I will go to the scene. I think the rest of you should be here when she wakes up. I don't care about protocol. I don't care whether we're working this officially or not. We don't touch any new boxes until we find out who did this." Aaron says before he and Rossi leave.

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JJ's POV

"I am okay Grandpa. Do not cry." Dorothea tells Henry Prentiss while wiping the tears from his eyes.

"I know you're okay Dot. You're a precious gift after all. Hey I have your birthday present for you. Do you want to open it?" Henry asks Dorothea who looks over at me, silently asking me for permission.

"Go ahead sunshine." Dorothea smiles and opens the present to reveal a new Apple laptop

"Wow. Thank you so much Grandpa." Dorothea tells him with a big smile on her face.

"I figured that you needed a new one for school and fun anyways. I am also moving to the house next to yours and am making a room for you in case you ever want to stay over." Henry tells her with a smile.

"What about Elizabeth? Is she okay with that?" Dorothea asks him.

"She and I are getting a divorce Dot. It's been a long time coming." Henry tells Dorothea who looks over at me.

"She wished I was dead, right?" Dorothea asks me.

"Yes but she's stupid."

"Damn right she's stupid." Emily says as she and Erin enter Dorothea's hospital room.

"I have never seen Uncle Henry slap anyone in my entire life. Especially when you and I deserved it as teenagers." Erin tells Emily who laughs and Dorothea smiles.

"Can I have some of your juice Mama?" Dorothea asks me and I hand it to her.

"Of course you can my precious sunshine."