The next morning Emily woke up first and smiled when she saw they had fallen asleep on the couch. Isabella had a tight grip on Derek's shirt and was passed out in his arms.
Emily felt bad but she had to wake them up.

"Derek" she whispered tapping his arm and he opened his eyes. "We're gonna be late" she told him. They quickly woke Bella and went to get ready.

The day went great.
Isabella had fun at school and her friends were super happy to know everyone made it to choir. At work, Emily and Derek had a morning filled with paper work. Both were glad nothing much happened. Around 3:38, Bella walked out of school to find Derek waiting for her. She gave him a big hug and they went to the car. She told him about her friends being in the choir too and Derek was happy for her. Soon they got to the BAU and Bella hung out at Derek's office while everyone worked.
Around 6:30, they headed home.

"It feels nice driving home like this" Derek told Emily and she smiled. She looked in the back seat to see Bella's reaction and the girl was out.

"I guess someone agrees" Emily said and they smiled.

When they got home, Morgan took Bella inside and placed her on her bed. He covered her up and went to stay with Emily downstairs. They sat in the living room together and later decided to cook dinner together.
Bella woke up and she could hear them laughing downstairs. She smiled and headed down. She found them in the kitchen cooking and drinking wine.

"Well, hello sleepy head" Emily said and the girl smiled.

"Do you mind helping us out here?" Derek asked holding a bowl of salad. Bella quickly went and helped them. The three of them couldn't be happier to be together.
And they couldn't stop smiling.
Once dinner was ready they ate and sat to finish the movie from the previous night. Once done, they headed to bed. Emily tucked Bella in and met Derek in her bedroom, now their bedroom. They laid down together and talked a little bit about the day. They were so happy things were going great. Soon they feel asleep.

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Four weeks quickly passed.
Derek had traveled twice for cases and Emily and him had started to be more open about them with Bella. Of course they wouldn't tell her everything, but the plot of it all and how they got the bad guys they made sure she knew.
Things in the house were great and everyday they felt more and more like a family.

That Monday morning, Emily and Derek dropped Bella off at school.

"Behave at Gavin's house" Emily told Bella.  "And good luck on your project" she added.

Bella smiled and kissed both of her parents goodbye.
"I'll see you tonight." She said and headed out. Bella was going to Gavin's house after school so she could work on a science project with Gavin and Mazzy. Michael was doing with another friend of his, and Chloe and Rose were doing together.

Bella waved goodbye at her parents and they drove to work as usual. When they got there Penelope was anxiously waiting for them.

"We have a case. It's bad bad bad" she said and they followed her to the round table.
She presented the case and Emily felt her heart sink. Four children had gone missing in the DC area in the last month. They found the body of 1, a blonde boy who was 10 years old. He had ligature marks which meant he had been kidnapped.

"Why do you think these are connected?" Derek asked.

"Same MO. All four of them went missing during a sunny day at the park. No witnesses, nothing. They just vanished." Penelope said.

"Morgan, Rossi, I need you to go to the disposal site. Reid, JJ, we need to talk to these families" Hotch said.

"Prentiss stay with Garcia and get me as much information about these children as possible" Hotch said.

Everyone went to do what they were told. Emily sat at Garcia's office and they started searching. As they worked Emily got more and more tensed and anxious. The kids were aged 9 to 13. All straight A students from private schools and rich families. That was hitting close to home. She tried her best to concentrate at her work. She knew Bella was safe at school and at Gavin's house. She kept repeating on her head that the girl was okay.
Out in the street Derek was going through the same thing. He couldn't stop imagining. He couldn't stop feeling worried.

They met again at the office at 10am.

"Are you alright?" JJ asked Emily.

"I feel like I might throw up any time" Emily admitted.

"I feel the same way. I think I called Henry's school three times already" JJ said.

"Did you talk to their families?" Emily asked.

"Yeah" JJ said with a sad face. Suddenly Derek walked in and hugged Emily.

"It's getting to you too, huh?" JJ asked him.

"Did you call her?" Derek made a face and asked Emily.
Emily took her phone out of her pocket and called Bella.

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Bella was at school having a science class and she was surprised when she saw her mom was calling. Emily never called her during classes. Bella talked to her teacher, misses Edmund, and went to the hallway to answer the call.

"Hi mom" Bella said. "Is everything okay? I was in the middle of science class"

"Yeah. Just checking on you" Emily smiled relieved to hear her daughter's voice. "Your dad is sending a hug" Emily said.

"Sending one back" Bella laughed. "Well if you don't mind I gotta go. Science class you know" Bella said.

"Sorry" Emily said. "Bye"

"Bye mom" Bella said and they hung up. Isabella went back to class and Chloe asked her if something happened.

"No no. It's fine. It was just my mom going a little crazy. Probably a hard case, you know" Bella said, and they went back to paying attention to the class.

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At the BAU, Emily and Derek felt a bit better after talking to Bella. Soon Hotch interrupted them and sent them out to do more work. Emily went back to work at her desk.

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Around 3:40pm, Bella texted Emily letting her know that she had arrived at Gavin's house and they were getting a snack before starting their project.

"Have fun! Xx" Emily sent.

Hotch walked in the bullpen and told Emily to go over some files with Garcia. So Prentiss went to Penelope's office. They looked at missing child cases in the city and surrounding areas in the last 6 months and after almost an hour, Emily couldn't take it anymore.

"Garcia, I'll be right back" Emily said and went to the bathroom. She called Isabella.

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Bella was working on her project when her phone started ringing. Her hands were covered in glue.

"Oh God" Bella laughed trying to clean it up with a paper towel. Gavin helped her and she picked her phone up and answered the call.

"Hi mom" Bella said.

"Hi. Is everything okay?" Emily asked letting out a deep breath.

"Yeah. We are super busy mom. There's so much stuff to do. I don't even know if we'll be done today" Bella said.

"Oh I'm sorry I bothered calling, honey. I just needed to hear your voice" Emily said.

"Hard case?" Bella asked just knowing.

"Yeah. It's in the city so I just freaked out a little that's all" Emily said.

"And what's the case?" Bella asked. "Is it with kids?"

Emily wasn't sure if she should tell. She didn't want to scare Bella but she decided to go ahead and just say it.
"Yeah. But we're working on it."

"I'm safe at Gavin's house, right?" Bella asked.

"Yes you are. Don't worry" Emily said. "The kids were taken from a park. You have nothing to worry about"

Suddenly Bella felt her stomach turn. She felt like throwing up.
"From what park? when?" She asked.

"A few parks in the last month or so, and the last one two days ago, why?" Emily asked worried.

"Oh my God" Bella said.

"Bella, what's going on?!" Emily demanded.

"Chloe" Bella whispered terrified.

"Chloe? What's with Chloe?!" Emily asked confused.

"Chloe is in the park with Rose" Bella said. Gavin and Mazzy stared at her.

"Honey calm down. They are probably okay. I'll call Chloe right now. Calm down" Emily said trying to calm Bella.

"Mom, I called her like 5 minutes ago and she didn't answer." Bella said already thinking the worst.

"Baby, calm down. Listen to me. Don't worry. Go work on your project, I'll call Chloe and Rose. They are fine. Calm down" Emily said. "Let me talk to Colette" Emily said and Bella handed the phone to Gavin's mom who was worried about how the girl was.

"Hello" Colette said.

"Tell the kids not to worry. I'll call the girls and I'll call back to let them know." Emily said.

"Okay. Chloe probably just didn't hear her phone" Colette said trying to stay calm so she wouldn't freak the kids out even more.

"I'm going to ask Penelope to trace her phone. Wait a sec" Emily went to Garcia's office. Penelope was confused but did as told. The signal was coming from the park. Emily breathed out relieved.

"She's at the park. I'm gonna call her and I'll call you in a little bit" Emily said.

"Okay. Bye" Colette said and they hung up.

"She's okay, right?" Gavin asked.

"She's okay." Colette said. "She's in the park. Your mom traced her phone" Colette said and the kids breathed out relieved.

"Do you need some water?" Colette asked Bella.

"Yes" Bella said. She could feel her heart beating fast. She drank the water and they sat down for a while. Then went back to working on their project.

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At the BAU, Emily tried calling Chloe just to make sure. She called 5 times but she wouldn't answer. She was starting to get really worried again. She tried Rose's number 3 times and on the fourth the girl answered.

"Oh God! Rose. Hi it's Emily. Bella's mom" Emily said relieved. But no one answered.

"Rose?" Emily said. "Rose, are you there?!" She asked scared. Penelope's eyes were full of tears already.

"Emily" Rose said sounding tired.

"Yes it's Emily. I'm right here. Hi. Are you okay?"

"No" Rose cried.

"Rose, what's wrong? What happened?" Emily asked.
Rose cried and Emily's heart broke.
"Sweetheart, what happened?" She asked.

"They took her" Rose said.

"Who did?"

"I don't know" Rose said.

"Sweetie, where are you? Can you tell me so I can go pick you up? Where are you Rosie?" Emily asked worried.

"At the park. On a tree" Rose cried.

"What can you see close to you?" Emily asked trying her best to stay calm.

"The playground" Rose said.

"Stay there and wait for me, okay?" Emily said. "Wait for me there. Do you understand?"

"Yes" Rose said.

"I'll be right there" Emily said and hung up.

"Is she okay?" Garcia said.

"I don't think she can find Chloe. I'm heading there" Emily said.

"Oh God no" Garcia said.

"Call Derek, tell him to meet me at the playground at the Woodward Park" Emily said and left.
She drove to the park and soon parked close to the playground. Rose saw her and climbed down. She ran to Emily and Emily hugged her tight. Emily felt her hand was wet when she touched Rose's head.

"Oh my God. What happened to your head?" Emily said seeing the blood on her hand.

"I don't know. It hurts" Rose said.

"Come here" Emily said guiding Rose to a bench close by.
"Just breathe slow and tell me what happened"

"We were interviewing people for our school project and then we got tired and sat down and they came" Rose said.

"Who came?" Emily asked.

"I don't know. They wore black clothes and then..." Rose said and cried.

"You are okay. I'm right here with you" Emily said, hugging the girl.

"I saw them and then it all went black and I woke up in there" Rose said pointing to a bench close to a fountain.

"It all went black?" Emily asked and Rose nodded.

"I looked for her everywhere. I couldn't find her and I got scared they'd come back for me so I hid and then you called." Rose said. "You have to find her. Please you have to" the girl cried.

Suddenly Derek arrived. He saw Emily with the girl and ran to them. JJ followed right behind.

"What happened?" Morgan asked.

"They took Chloe" Emily said.