An Old Friend

Chapter 29: I Wish I Could Help

Spencer
"I told you I have no idea where I CAME FROM! LEAVE ME ALONE!!!!" Lilith shouts. Trying to block us from her, she rolls over to the other side of the bed.
Derek and I have been in Lilith's hospital room for the past hour asking her for information. Lilith doesn't seem to have a liking towards Derek. They seem to keep butting heads. Aggravated, he leaves the room and shouts, "I'm going to the station to see if I can help in any way."

Flashback
Emily and I finally get to the police station. I jump out the car and run to the room we have set up in.
"Hotch we're here!" I scream.
When I walk in two paramedics walk out with a girl on a stretcher. She has bouncy, golden blonde curly hair that looks like it hasn't been washed in months rather than a few days. Once vibrant green eyes are strained from what looks like not enough sleep. Splotches of freckles and dirt on her face are mixed so well that you can't tell which is which. Her pale skin is covered in layers of dried blood and fresh blood is flowing from her fingertips because a few of her fingernails have been ripped off. This girl looks like she has lived through hell.
Lilith! Good, now she is safe.
Hotch is trailing behind the paramedics. He spots me and grabs my arm, pulling me outside into the parking lot of the police station.I shake my arm free from his grip. Hotch gives me a startled look.
"We have to find Mia!" I say, heading for our cars.
"Where are you planning on going? You don't even have a key! You have a lot to explain. I understand you want to find Mia but you aren't the only one." I turn to face Hotch. He stares straight into my eyes. "Start with who Daniel is."
I sigh. He is right, I do have a lot to explain and I can't go anywhere. Very agitated I walk back over to Hotch and tell him everything I know about Daniel.

Present time
After I talked to Hotch he told me that the case was too personal so I couldn't help in anyway except talk to Lilith.
It isn't fair. It's personal for everyone on the team. They all love Mia.
"Are you Spencer?" I hear Lilith say in her whisper of a voice.
It sounds like she damaged it from yelling at Derek and I earlier but it also sounds like it's not the first time she has recently lost her voice from screaming. "Yes, I am. Did M-Mia tell you who I am?" My throat thickens with the feeling of new tears.
Lilith softly snorts, "Of course she told me about you. We talk all the time. She can't keep you a secret from me forever. I would eventually find out." After speaking she goes back into her depressed mood. "I wish I could help you," a tear slips down her cheek. "I don't know where I was. All I know is that it was a dimly lit room with a bed, table, and........and....something else I can't remember."
An idea pops in my head. "Do you mind if I try something with you?"
Lilith shakes her head,"No, I don't mind. What do you want me to try?"

Lilith
"This is stupid. Why do I have to close my eyes? I don't understand how this is going to help." I sit up in the bed and throw my hands up in frustration. This Spencer is crazy. He thinks that if I close my eyes and imagine being back to the room I was kept in I'll unlock this huge secret to where Mia is. "And maybe I don't want to imagine myself back there. It was terrible being there once, I don't want to go again."
Spencer walks over to me and gently pushes me back down onto the bed. "Lilith this could really be helpful. You might say something that at the time didn't seem like a big deal but now could give us a big clue to where Mia is. And you aren't going back there you are just imagining. Nothing can hurt you. I'm right here. Just please try for Mia's sake." Spencer pleads.
Ughhh, he is guilt tripping me! Fine I'll do it for Mia's sake.
"Alright." I close my eyes.
"So imagine it's your first time in the room. You are confused. Do you remember how you got there?"
Images flash in my mind. "Kind of. I remember being hit in the head with something hard. Then I was lying on the ground.......but it was moving." I search my memory for an explanation.
"Moving? We're you in a car."
"Oh yes! I was. The ride seemed to be forever because I had a terrible headache."
"Ok, good. So we are back in the room. Is it cold, warm, musty?"
"Very cold, musty and damp. I remember asking him for a blanket. He slapped me for talking."
"Alright. You are doing really good Lilith. Keep going. So it was a dim, cold, damp, and musty room. Did it have windows?"
"Um........" I concentrate really hard on the memories flashing. I hear shouting. He is shouting at me for some reason. What did I do this time? No, stop. Shut it out. Focus! The room. It had brick walls. I remember he creaked open a metal door?
"The room had brick walls. When he entered he came in through what I think was a metal door. He had a tray in his hand. Oh god, there is a syringe on it! Make it stop!"
I feel Spencer firmly place his hand on my shoulder.
"I'm right here. You are safe. Keep going. Is there a window you can see outside?"
I'm there, in the room. I feel the metal springy bed, chills spread through my body. He walks closer with the syringe in hand. I glance quickly around the room to escape. There is not other door except the one he entered through and no windows.
What kind of room has no windows?
"........NO! There is no windows. I think I'm in a basement. He is coming closer. NOOOOOOOOO, GET AWAY!" I hoarsely scream. My eyes pop open. I'm hysterically crying as Spencer awkwardly pats my back.
"That was really good Lilith. See I knew you could do it."
Oh Mia, I hope your team finds you before you become broken like me.