Disclaimers - I don't own Criminal Minds

Sorry it took so long for me to update. My mind had wondered elsewhere and I had to find my way back.

J.J. had refused to go home once she was discharged. When asked where she wanted to go, she told them she wanted to go where she was most comfortable. And so the B.A.U. found themselves sitting around the table in the conference room. When they had arrived at the office. Garcia had nearly suffocated J.J. in a bear hug and then had escorted everyone to the conference room, where she had filled the table with pizza, breadsticks and drinks. Now, with everyone plates filled J.J. looked around the group, her family away from home, and took a deep breathe.

"Okay, tell me." she said. Everyone in the room seemed to glance at each other.

"J.J. are you sure you want to hear this?" asked Emily, sympathetically.

"Yes, I need to know. I need to understand." replied J.J. looking everyone in the eyes.

"Rebecca Statler was her name. It started with the death of her son. She was a single mom and her son went missing." started Emily. "The local police department didn't take it seriously though. They wrote it off as a runaway. There had been two previous children that had gone missing, but wrote those off as runaways also since they were from an orphanage."

"But there were similarities?" asked J.J.

"Same age, physical appearance, same town. But it was an election year and the chief didn't want the town to their there was a serial murder in town." explained Hotch. "Next, the mayors son went missing, who also matched the same description. This time they went into full swing looking for the boy."

"They found him and took his kidnapper into custody. When Rebecca went to them about the connections between the boys, he dismissed her theories."

"About three months after the arrest, Rebecca found a storage unit that had belonged to a distant relative to the kidnapper. She cut the locks and found the three dead bodies of the boys. The local PD still refused to announce a connection, saying the boys locked themselves in the storage unit. He told her to go home and grieve as she must, but the case would not be reopening." said Gideon.

"We found out from the autopsy reports that the boys had starved from starvation after the kidnapper was took into custody. Because he couldn't feed them and the local PD refused to look for them, they died." said Morgan, still upset about the revelation.

"That's horrible!" said J.J. quietly.

"Well, this event broke her. All she could think about was how three boys were pushed to the side because they didn't have a lot of people close to them. But then someone important, like the mayors sons, gets kidnapped and everyone goes crazy looking for it." explained Emily. "So she wanted to teach a lesson, not just to them, but to everyone. We found a map of the states, with darts in it, in her house. Apparently, she would throw a dart to find a location and then would go there to find the victim."

"Your kidding right?" asked J.J.

"No, we're not." said Gideon. "But she wouldn't just find any victim. She had a very specific victimology."

"She would find loners. People who didn't have friends or family. When the murders were investigated, there wasn't a friend or family member interviewed because they couldn't find any. Most didn't even have people come to claim the body." explained Morgan.

"Why?" asked J.J.

"Because, while she wanted to get the lesson across, she didn't want to cause the same pain she had gone through." explained Gideon.

"Other than that, all of her victims died different ways. Because of the map, their was no geographical profile, and she had basically nothing to build a personal profile on. She was a recluse, kept to herself. The only thing we found that helped us were her stories. She was completely immersed in writing fan fiction about her favorite stories. It was actually the only insight into her thoughts that we could get. Reid managed to profile those and that is how we were able to find you." said Morgan.

"Although, nothing about the stories were violent or morbid, which completely contradicted her actions in real life." explained Emily.

"So what does this have to do with me? She didn't kill me. Was she trying to recreate her sons death?" asked J.J.

"No, we don't believe she was. You clearly did not fit into her victimology. You have a very large amount of people that would miss you if something was to happen to you. I believe she fully intended for us to find you." remarked Gideon.

"Then why did she take me?"

"She knew that you, as well as this team, would pay attention to all the details of the case. You paid attention to the detective in Kansas city. I only went on your word to hear the case." said Hotch

"But how could she have known that it was me?"

"The detective on that case did an interview for the local paper and mentioned that if it wasn't for you , he didn't think the case would've been solved." explained Garcia, as she had seen the article while searching for any info on J.J. J.J. just nodded at the explanation.

"She wanted her story told, and she knew we would deliver the truth. She wanted to shoe the world that just because they don't have anyone therefore them doesn't mean that they don't deserve justice any less." explained Gideon.

"And she got her wish. I turned in the Chief of Police and the detective working on her sons case. Their conduct was appalling concerning the case. At the least, they will both be discharged from their positions, with the possibility of criminal charges being pressed." stated Hotch.

"I will also be writing a short manuscript detailing the things that she went through." stated Gideon. "Not to put aside what you went through J.J., but she was right that no one will know if they don't hear about it."

"She was also right about us not being able to solve all of the cases if she hadn't killed herself. Her crimes were perfect." stated Emily, referring to the note that was left for read.

"What do you mean?" asked J.J., because she had yet to see the note.

"We were pulled to her house because she left a note addressed to Reid. When they found the body, they found the note and called us. That is how we found out she had taken you." Explained Morgan.

"What did the note say?" asked J.J., curious. Without a word, everyone looked towards Reid, who was sitting next to J.J. and had stayed silent during the whole explanation to J.J. He reached into his messenger bad and pulled out the note before silently handing it to J.J. She opened it and read through it silently before folding it and setting it on the table. All this information was scrambling around in her brain as she tried to make sense of it. Despite the fact that she knew she was the victim here, that she knew she should hate the woman who had done this to her, she couldn't. She pitied this woman, the son she had lost and all the things she felt like she had to do to get some justice for her child. Something all mothers want.

"It's late, why don't we all try to go home and get some rest. We will be here again tomorrow." said Hotch, silently asking if she was comfortable enough to home. She nodded to him, thankful for his consideration. The rest of the team stood up and got their stuff together to leave. Each gave her a hug as they left, grateful that she was okay. Soon it was just her and Spencer left in the conference room about ready to leave. When she went to head for the door, he got up and walked over to her so he was standing directly in front of her.

"Hey J.J." he finally said.

"Yeah?" she asked looking at him.

"How did you know it was me? When I opened the door to the hallway you were in, I hadn't said anything yet, but you still called out my name." asked Spencer.

"You weren't the only one who got a note." she said simply before taking the folded piece of paper out of her pocket and handing it to her. He looked at her for a moment before opening the note and reading it.

"The minute I read that last line, I thought of you." said J.J. "I never doubted it." Spencer looked at her and hoped he wasn't misinterpreting anything because he slowly cupped the back of her head and pulled her in for a sweet kiss. J.J. happily returned the kiss.