No Matter What

Stay Strong

hey y'all trigger warning for this chapter, but if you can handle criminal minds then you should be all good.

*TW sexual assalut*

~~Time Skip~~

Walking out of the store I started to regret how far away I parked. Two weeks ago I finally got my license . Also two weeks ago I walked out of the cafe leaving Lila behind. I don't know what angers me more, the fact that they waited so long to tell me or that they kept this secret from me this whole time. Lila keeps trying to get in touch with me but I have been ignoring all of her calls. Eventually Im going to answer her but right now I am still trying to comprehend the information. I was so caught up in thought that I failed to notice the shadow seemingly following me. Before I knew it I was being pulled into an alleyway and my back was pressed up against a brick wall. The sun was just barley shining due to it still being early in the morning.

"Your not going to say a word" the grim voice told me

When I heard him tell me that it was like all of the training that I worked so hard for just disappeared. He quickly grabbed me by the hair and pushed me into the ground. I started to wonder, this is what all of those victims felt like. I was going to turn into just another victim of a violent crime. Thoughts flew threw my head, but it wasn't until I thought about how hard I have worked to get to were I am. I am so close to the finish and there is no way I am going to give up that easily. Quickly my training skills kicked in as I switched positions with my attacker to give me the advantage. They quickly threw a punch at me which I dodged while punching him in the nose. In my head I knew that I should stop punching but I couldn't. I didn't stop punching until I felt the globs of blood hit my face. Rolling out of his grasp I quickly ran to my car starting it making my way to class.

You know that feeling when you're driving and all of a sudden you're home and you don't even remember the trip. Thats what it felt like all of a sudden I was walking down the hall to class. Oblivious to the staring, I was just focused on getting to class.

"Shit" I said as I checked the time. I was late for class, all I have to do is get through the doors and then I don't have to worry. It all would have been fine until I heard a scream. Looking up I was quickly pulled back to reality as I saw six concerned faces staring at me. Of course this was the day that Spencers whole team was coming in. This day was getting better and better, I was hoping to god that this was rock bottom because I didn't know how it could get worse.

"Maya, Maya look at me" Spencer said shaking me "Hey Maya, you need to tell me what happened"

Raising my head to look Spencer in the eye was the last straw for me. I felt tears forming in my eyes as all of the events hit me at once. I felt my knees collapse under me as I felt the floor get closer to me. I almost hit the floor when I felt a pair of strong hands grab my waist holding me up.

"Get her out of here" a female voice demanded. I felt a pair of hands reach under my knees and pick me up. I wrapped my arms around Spencers neck.

"Shhh... hey, hey Maya its going to be okay" Spencer whispered as he sat down on the couch in my professors office with me still on his lap.

Quickly composing myself I turned to Spencer and recited the events that happened this morning. Looking up I met the faces of his team as they introduced themselves.

The first one to introduce herself was a shorted blonde woman who had a very kind voice "Hi Maya my name is Jennifer but you can call me JJ okay. It's nice to finally meet you, Spencer talks about you all the time."

Composing myself I sat up to listen to the older woman who had jet black hair, "Im Emily Prentiss its nice to meet you"

Next was a much older man named David Rossi, a younger man named Luke Alvez and another young woman named Tara Lewis. Composing myself I wiped my eyes and I took my turn introducing myself.

"It's nice to meet all of you, Im sorry that we met in this way" I stated looking to Spencer for comfort.

"So we just got alerted of a local case, Maya if you would like you can tag along with Spencer if you would like"

"Yeah, that would be great and thank you guys so much for helping me."

"It's not problem sweetie, Spencer why don't you bring her back to her house to get a change of clothes and then can you bring her to the crime scene. Getting a fresh pair of eyes would be helpful" Emily instructed

As we walked out to the car Spencer stopped me just before we got into the car. Noticing I quickly looked up at him to see him staring at me. I felt a strong pair of arm wrap around me and Spencer pulled me into a hug.

"Are you sure your okay. I understand if your not, I just want to know so I can help you" his voice cracked as he started to fight back tears.

"Yeah, I'm okay"

"Alright, don't ever do that again, you scared me so much. Now how about we stop at the Cafe and get a donut after we get you clean up"

Nodding I quickly jumped into his car, something about Spencer just made all of my problems seem so small.