“I’m sorry Penelope, I just…” she looked at the woman who
she had spent the past four hours with researching and following up on leads to
find Jane and JJ.  Maura knew Hotch had
given her the job to distract her, and she was grateful for it, but she couldn’t
stop thinking of the internal damage she had seen in the autopsies she had
conducted.  The idea of that kind of
damage being done to Jane…

Garcia heard her sob and wished she could just give her a
hug.  She was scared to death about JJ
and Emily wasn’t talking to her about it, so the information she had gotten was
from Maura.

Being who she was, Garcia was able to get Maura to speak to
her while they researched the information that Hotch wanted.  She knew all about Jane and how they worked
together and how it wasn’t until Jane had been shot that she and Maura had
admitted their feelings to one another.
When she had chuckled at that Maura had misunderstood until she
explained that the same had been true for JJ and Emily.  This had earned her a smile from the doctor,
which hadn’t lasted long unfortunately.

Garcia had tried tracking the missing women’s phones, which
had unfortunately been found along the side of the highway.  Following up on that location plus the
records of both men, they had developed several leads, and had finally narrowed
it down to two possible locations.

Hotch had called everyone back in and had sent Emily to pick
up Derek and Frost was headed back with Rossi and Reid.  They needed to regroup quickly.  The addition of the elder Rodriguez
completely changed the dynamic of this unsub and the predictability of his
actions.

Looking up from the desk, Hotch watched as Rossi, Reid, and
Frost came in.  They looked tired, they
were all working on zero sleep and there was no sleep on the horizon until they
could find something.

Frost went over to speak to Maura.  When she saw him, she got up and let him
envelop her in a supportive hug. “We’ll find her Maura” he said.

“Barry, those women suffered so much…what if…” Maura finally
broke down.

“Oh honey please don’t think that way…” Garcia’s voice was
soothing as she listened to Maura cry.

Rossi and Reid were stone-faced as they went up to
Hotch.  “There wasn’t anything at the
house Hotch” Rossi sounded disgusted.  JJ
was like a daughter to him and the idea that these men were holding her
sickened him.