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The next morning Ophelia woke to a call. Quickly she sat up and answered in a slightly groggy tone "hello?" It was the Sheriff once again "get out here there's another body." Quickly Ophelia asked the location and after the Sheriff basically yells at her for how 'incompetent' she was for forgetting he tells her. 'Good now I'm definitely off any and all suspect list' Ophelia thinks before responding to the Sheriff "I'm on my way" without another word the Sheriff hangs up. 'Good riddance..if only my rules applied to him' Ophelia quickly shakes off the thought and jumps out of bed to get dressed. Ophelia picks her normal ripped jeans and baggy t-shirt her outfit still colorful despite the simplicity of it. Then after getting dressed and making herself look presentable she heads off to the Lincoln River.
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Right as Ophelia shows up she is greeted with the sight of literally everyone. The BAU team, the entire police station, hell even some random people. Ophelia tries not to look intimidated while walking over to the body- wait.
Not one body..two..but that's not possible she only killed James- James isn't one of them. Normally Ophelia would be relieved but..the bodies were children- wait a second...'JACK!' Without thinking Ophelia quickly walked over her eyes wide. Before anyone could question her she dropped down beside Jack's body instantly checking for a pulse...she waits for several minutes when finally..she finds one..it's slow and painfully shallow though as soon as she finds it her eyes light up with relief. Quickly she picks up Jack and without a word carries him to a nearby ambulance obviously determined to keep him alive. Then she quickly goes to check on the other body but find Spencer already doing it. Sadly the second kid didn't have a pulse..they were dead..the team seemed to think the killings were related but quickly threw away the thought when Ophelia pointed out the other victims were drained of blood. Standing over a dead body never was hard for Ophelia before..but this was different. It was the first dead kid she's seen and it made her blood run cold. The other kid's name was Bella..she was one of Jack's friends and now if Jack survived he'd have to live knowing he couldn't save her. That was what made Ophelia so sad..a kid feeling like they could have done better always did something to Ophelia. 'Maybe because I related once' she thinks to herself 'maybe because I know feeling like that..it's the worst thing for a kid'. Soon Ophelia is pulled out of her thoughts by a few officers preparing Bella for transportation. For kid cases the morgue refused to keep them longer then three days so they knew they had to get Bella there fast.
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Ophelia was friends with the mortician so she decided to go and keep him company. The mortician was a 60 or more year old man names Daniel with a kind heart and steady hands. He never made mistakes and it always fascinated Ophelia. He was so old yet he never once did a stitch wrong. Daniel was great company to. No matter what he was doing he always talked politely with Ophelia..not today though. He was to heartbroken to say anything. Bella was bearly ten years old. In the middle of the attapsy he'd broken down crying silently after seeing Bella's eyes. They were dead and lost of all light but you could tell in her last moments Belle knew. She knew she wouldn't make it in the end and had accepted it despite her fear. 'Knowing..I thought Knowing made things easier..though I guess everything has it exceptions and Death...seemed to be a universal exception to a lot of good things..goodbye Bella..the world failed you and for that I am sorry..however you shall always live in my heart if that is where you wish to stay'. It was the normal thing Ophelia said when she saw someone innocent dead but then Ophelia's thoughts pause before returning in a slightly darker tone. 'Whoever did this gave me a new motivation..I'll make sure they remember you in their last moments to..I'll make sure they can't look away like you couldn't'. And without a word Ophelia gets up from her chair in the corner of the morgue and leaves. With a heavy heart of regret and a mind full of revenge she searches..she searches for the one man who made her heart colder then normal. Ophelia was going to kill him..even if it took her entire life time he will pay..he hurt a kid she cares about more then anything and killed one she has grown protective of. 'I'll burn the world to find him..I promise you Bella.'
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Later Ophelia found out Jack woke up and instantly she heads to the hospital. After finding out his room number Ophelia walked in. She saw Jack who was laying on the hospital bed laughing with Spencer. Spencer was originally there to ask him questions but seeing his fear in the thought Spencer switched to playing. A small smile subconsciously appears on Ophelia's face at the sight. After seeing Ophelia Jack instantly reaches for her speaking excitedly. "Ophelia! I missed you!" Ophelia walks over smiling gently "I missed you too bud..feeling okay?" Jack nods and points to Spencer "yeah! Spencer is really nice, he says he knows you?" Ophelia smiles gently "he does..hey bud I know you don't want to talk but I want to ask you something okay?" Jack nods and Ophelia glances at Spencer who quickly grabs his notepad. Ophelia speaks gently to Jack "do you know who hurt you?" Jack shakes his head silently but Ophelia's voice stays gentle "can you describe them?" After a small second Jack speaks "it was a guy..he was really tall..he looked around your age..and he had black hair." Ophelia smiles softly at Jack "anything else? Like a scar or something that stood out?" Jack thinks for a second before speaking softly "he had a mole on his cheek and..a scar on his eye." Ophelia nods "thank you Jack...now what's your favorite food?" Instantly a bright smile appears on Jack's face "Pizza!" Ophelia laughs lightly "okay I'll get you some pizza..where's your mom?" Jack smiles brightly "she went to the bathroom..cheese pizza please?" Ophelia smiles gently "you got it little man now I'm gonna go make sure your mom is alright..then I'll get you that pizza." Ophelia looks up seeing Spencer smiling softly watching her. Ophelia honestly gets slightly flustered by the smile but quickly recovers giving a small one back. Then she moves to go find Kate.
Kate was fine so the two walked to get Jack his pizza. When they got back the rest of Spencer's team was there checking on Jack. Though as soon as Jack smelled the pizza his attention shifted back to Ophelia. Jack spoke excitedly "yes! Best friend ever" while making grabby hands for the pizza. With a small laugh Ophelia walked towards him letting him have the first slice. After that everyone started reaching earning giggles from Jack the small swats to 'get the grubby hands away' in his words. Which also earned plenty laughs from everyone in the room. The moment was nice. Watching everyone laugh and steal bites of pizza then pretending nothing happened. It was almost domestic..yet still Ophelia felt out of place. Her world was spinning just the same as theirs why did everything feel differently. She felt a sense of accomplishment when she made someone laugh not simply because she made them laugh. But because it made her seem normal. Ophelia didn't know how to act around people but she's always know she loved people. The way some people laugh so carelessly. The way some people express themselves without concern. But never had she felt the way she does looking at Spencer. Sure he was awkward and didn't know how to really laugh without it sounding forced but there was something. Maybe the way his glasses sat on his face. Maybe the way his hair curled ever so slightly and sat beautifully on his head. There was something she adored about him..she just couldn't quite get what it was.
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