A/n: please read the author note at bottom or at least the bold part!
Time and time again I find myself wondering what it would've been like being a normal teenager in a normal family. What would it have been like without being in and out of foster care. Not suffering from the nightmares that comes from all the events I had been through. What would it be like to have a mother. What high school would be like if I didn't skip so many grades in school. what it would be like not living in fear and being normal. I guess I'll never get that.
My life is gonna be full of death, secrets, lies, and misery. It's been months and we still haven't found the rapist or as we have been saying one of the Jacksons. It's been months of getting and solving cases while this one runs cold slowly.
My thoughts were interrupted by a kiss to my temple, "Madeline, Dad got a case. He wanted me to come get you."
I tensed at first when he kissed me but as soon as I heard his soothing voice I knew I was safe in my secret corner in the library.
"Jack, will this ever stop?" I asked
"I don't know? But I'll be by your side the whole way. Til death do us part."
I giggled at the thought of giving Jack my vows to be with him forever, the thought of being a Hotchner.
"Lets go before they think were making out or something"
"Come on mads that wouldn't be too bad would it" he said jokingly.
"Come on you-"
My world went black.
It was black until I woke up in a very dirty dark place. A place I haven't seen in years. A place I wish I could forget. The house of the Alston's. I was in their beating chamber again. I thought this was a dream until I saw Jack staring at me with sad eyes.
"I should've done better to protect you, I-"
"Jack, there was nothing we could've done to stop this. We all knew this was going to happen" I say smiling, getting closer to kiss him.
"Ah, ah, love birds first we got to make a film for your families to watch so they know we got you.'' The glint in his eye just showed remarkable resemblance to his brother, Max.
He picked me up and dragged me to a chair. A chair I remember so vividly, like it all happened yesterday. He tied me down, I know there is no use in fighting. Jack didn't know this place like I did so he fought him while he tried to strap Jack down in the chair.
He turned the camera on and ripped my shirt off, then Jack's. Showing our faces to the camera, well you can guess who he didn't pick. Me. He began to cut Jack with a scalpel. His scream pierced my ears. I closed my eyes and pretended not to hear. If only that could work.
For days he beat, cut, and raped us. Getting it all on camera, sending it to our parents and showing their reactions. Seeing my family like this was awful. Seeing Jack like this was awful. The worst part was we could never get the perfect film to send to our families. The unknown Jackson was getting angrier by the hour.
"Madeline, since your boyfriend can't film anything right today, I think it's your turn to be filmed." He said.
I tried to show no emotion, tried convincing myself it was like another beating but it wasn't. My love of my life was here. Watching me be tortured. It's my fault he is going through this. The unknown Jackson turned the camera on and began walking around me with a kitchen knife.
"You know what you took from me little girl" he spoke with venom
"I didn't take anything!" I spoke strongly, he didn't like that.
"Liar" he yelled and started carving something into my arm.
I screamed loudly. Between my screams, I heard Jack yell,"MADELINE! LET HER GO! PLEASE TORTURE ME INSTEAD!"
I looked over and could see the BAU's reaction, he did this live. He hacked into the security system and is streaming this. Reid had left the room. Garcia was on the floor balling with Derek holding her. Another shooting pain went through my body. Making me look away for a second. JJ went to comfort Reid more likely, Hotch and Prentiss were hugging each other, tears in their eyes. Rossi was sitting at the table, in a prayer-like position with tears threatening to spill.
I yelled out, "Don't Cry, Im here"
All of the team looked up, shocked. Rossi understood the meaning of this.
This outraged the unknown Jackson and made him turn the live show off, along with the BAU cameras.
He pushed our beds together and pulled out a gun. I had to stall for the next ten minutes or so. The team could find us hopefully. He set up the camera then began yelling, "Who shall I kill first."
"Kill me," Jack said.
"No kill me, I was the one who ruined your life. I'm the burden, I'm the prodigy, I'm the reason why your life sucked. Im willing to die so kill me."
I began chanting it, "Kill me"
Jack wanted to protest but I wouldn't let him. This is my problem so I have to fix it, even if it means I get killed.
Just as he put the gun to my head the BAU burst through the doors. I didn't even look at them.
"Shoot me, Come on shoot me, Dang it! You know you want to, Come on just pull the freaking trigger!" I yelled. I caused just enough distraction to make Morgan and Hotch able to sneak behind him and disarm him.
I relaxed on the chair as I began to ball. I felt as if all the memories just flooded back at once. Rossi came up to me and told me the same thing he told me that night, "Don't cry, I'm here".
"Rossi, Rossi, y-you understood my message" he just nodded as he untied me and embraced me. I see Jack hugging Prentiss and Hotch.
After many hugs and interviews by police, I walked up the stairs. The furniture and everything in the house was still there. I sat on the couch. The couch I would sit on for hours hearing people be tortured down stairs .
Jack sat down beside me, "Hey, I don't even know how they found us so quickly. We're literally in the middle of nowhere."
"I do. This used to be one of my foster homes. This family was very cruel. I was tortured in those chairs and it brought back so many memories. I can still hear the screams of my foster siblings." I said softly.
"Rossi found me here. Earlier when I yelled, I wasn't telling you to not cry. I was sending Rossi a code. He told me when he found me all those years ago, 'Don't cry, I'm Here' then embraced me. Just like he did tonight".
"Are you ok, I didn't even know this was the house. It must've been even harder for you!" Jack spoke.
"I mean yes but the hardest part was seeing Rossi there. It made the night of the murders more vivid again".
Derek then interrupted our conversation,"Come on kiddos, i'm taking you to the hospital for a check up."
Usually I would argue but I'm too tired and sore.
"Wow, is Maddie alright? She just agreed to go to the doctor. Usually she would just go to Reid." Derek said.
"Shut up or I will shoot you" I said, not in the mood.
"Ok, let's just head out." Derek said, dragging out the ok.
On the way to the doctor I fell asleep. If only slumber could last forever.
A/n: I know I probably dragged this out more but I will do that in the updated version, I will start working on It in the summer of 2022. (yes the updated one should be better than this one and have more involvement within characters. This is more of a rough draft). Please vote and share this story with others. Thanks for the amazing support and we're almost at 2.4K views/reads!! Thank you so much ❤️
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