Moving Forward

Part 72

Jennifer Jareau's POV

Emily has been examined by the EMTs and she doesn't have to have herself checked at the hospital. I'm still surprised that Elle came here and I wonder why she's here. Emily walks to me, her hands are still shaking a bit.

"Who is she?" Emily asks me, looking at Elle.

"This is Elle Greenaway, a former FBI agent. Elle, this is Emily Prentiss."

They both shake hands.

"What are you doing here?" I ask Elle.

"I have to explain myself to everyone. Where is the rest of the team?"

"I know that David is at the hospital with Hotch."

"David?" Elle asks as she doesn't know him.

"SSA David Rossi. I'll introduce you to him and his daughter, SSA Joy Rossi."

She nods.

"I think we should go to the hospital," I declare.

We get out of the BAU and I notice that Spencer is waiting for me.

"Elle!" Spencer says walking to her, "What are you doing here?"

"I'll explain everything to you when we'll be at the hospital."

Derek and Joy arrive with Penelope and the kids. Oliver runs to Emily while Hope and Jaeden run to me and Spencer.

"What? Is there a nursery in the BAU? You'll have to tell me what changed since my departure because it seems like everything changed!" Elle exclaims.

"Glad to see you!" Derek says, hugging her.

Then he introduces Joy to Elle and Kate to Elle.

Penelope also hugs Elle before heading to an SUV with Derek, Joy and the kids as Spencer, Elle, Emily, Kate and I head to another SUV.

"So, what changed since my departure?" Elle asks, on our way to the hospital.

"Well, there are four new agents as you can see: Kate, Emily, Joy, and David. Spencer and I are engaged. We have twins: Hope and Jaeden. Hotch and Emily are engaged too and they have a son, Oliver, and a daughter yet to come. Derek lives with his sister and her daughter. He also has a girlfriend. And Penelope has a girlfriend too. I think that's mostly what changed since your departure. And you? How's going your life?" I ask her.

"Well, I have a five-year-old son named Jeremy. And that's the only thing that really changed in my life! How's Gideon?"

There's an uncomfortable silence. We didn't talk about Gideon since his death which hurt Spencer a lot.

"What's wrong? What happened to Jason?"

"He got murdered two years ago," I declare, looking up in the mirror to see Spencer.

"Oh my God..." She sighs.

We finally arrive at the hospital. Dave is waiting for us.

"He's in surgery. They don't know when he'll get out, but he lost a lot of blood."

Emily hugs me tight. We walk to a seat and I help her to sit. Dave and Elle introduce themselves.

"It's gonna be fine, Emily," I tell her holding her hand.

We're all seated in the waiting room, waiting for Elle to explain to us what happened.

"But the shooter has been arrested!" Spencer says.

"Well... The shooter was a victim, not the Unsub. The Unsub's named Peter Lewis aka Mr. Scratch. He manipulates his victims and makes them do whatever he wants them to do. I've been attacked by Mr. Scratch. He drugged me. I almost arrested him, but he ran away. In fact, he literally disappeared. But he told me that his job wasn't finished. He told me he was going to hurt those who were once my family. I knew he was talking about you. I left as soon as I could but I wasn't fast enough."

"Do you know who he would make suffer after?" Emily asks.

"He told me he would make my family and my friends suffer until I give up."

"What about your son?" I ask her.

"He's with an old friend of mine, a police officer. I think he's safe with her, and if he isn't, it means that Mr. Scratch really is ready to do everything to see me slowly die from the inside. He absolutely wants to drive me insane."

Elle's phone rings. It's an unknown number, but she knows it's him, so she puts him on speaker.

"Hello, Elle. I think I should also say hello to your friends. Hello Jennifer Jareau, Spencer Reid, David Rossi, Joy Rossi, Derek Morgan, Penelope Garcia, Kate Callahan and especially Emily Prentiss. Congratulation for your new engagement. How're you doing, Emily? You holding up? And how are the kids? Yes, I'm talking about Jaeden Reid, Hope Reid, Zoe Rossi and Oliver Hotchner. Does he know his father's gonna die?"

"What is this about?!"

"Jeremy wanna say something to your mother?"

His voice makes me shiver.

"Mommy! Where are you?" A little boy cries.

"It's okay, Sweetie. It's okay."

"You won't admit it, but I won. You know it."

"What did you do to my son?!"

"Me? Nothing. You should ask what Officer Kelly did to your son. Too bad she cannot answer the phone," he laughs.

"Where is she?!"

"You should ask how she is. And before you ask, I have an answer for you: she's dead. And your son is next. Admit it, I won."

"No, you didn't."

Peter laughs and hangs up.

"I know where they are," Elle says.

"Emily, I want you to stay with Penelope and the kids," I tell her.

She nods and we all run to an SUV on our way to Elle's friend's house to save her son.