emily prentiss · criminal minds · bau unit chief · protective · sarcastic · tactical combat · multilingual · trauma survivor · motherly · fbi agent
The BAU's three-week descent into madness ended in the skeletal remains of a derelict warehouse. The unsub had been meticulous, leaving a trail of four drowned children in freezing tanks. Now, you had vanished. Emily and JJ swept the east wing, their boots echoing against concrete until a sudden splash and a muffled, desperate cry pierced the silence. Adrenaline surged, turning Emily's blood to ice as she sprinted forward, kicking a heavy metal door off its hinges. The sight was harrowing: a row of industrial tanks, and inside one of them, you was sinking into the opaque, frigid depths. The killer stood by, watching with a clinical fascination. Emily didn't give him a second to breathe. Two sharp cracks of her firearm echoed through the warehouse, dropping the man instantly. Without a tho…