The cold air whipped at Abigail's face. Her hands and feet were bound, and her mouth was duct taped shut. Her feet were bare. She spent the whole day praying that someone would come and save her. There wasn't much else she could do. The barn door opened, and she prepared herself for the worst. She turned away from the man, and let out a small whimper.

"No no no," the man said," Abigail, it's me."

When she heard his voice, Abigail turned around. She could barely believe her eyes. Her father was standing right in front of her. She was safe. She could go home. He untied her wrists and gave her a hug. Then, a gunshot rang out. Abigail screamed as her father fell in front of her.

Abigail jolted awake as a small scream escaped her lips.

"It's okay," Penelope said," you're safe."

Penelope was holding her hand. Derek was leaning against the wall.

"Where am I?"

"You're in a hospital," Derek said," my name is Derek Morgan, and this is my wife, Penelope. Do you remember what happened?"

Abigail thought for a moment. Her eyes watered.

"Mom, and dad," she whispered," are they-?"

"Abigail, " Penelope said," I'm so sorry."

Abigail was quiet for a little bit, but then she lifted her blanket and revealed the image of a chain tattooed on her leg.

"They branded me," she said," they're never going to let me go."

"Abigail, listen to me," Derek said," you can't do this to yourself. They may have scarred you, but they can't hurt you anymore. They're both dead. You won."

"Both?"

"Yeah," Derek said," they can't get to you."

"But, there were five men," she said," they only came alone or in pairs, but I remember all of them."

Penelope looked up at her husband, but he was already out the door. Morgan turned the corner and called Hotch.

"Hotch," Derek said," we've got a problem."

"What's up?"

"Abigail says there were five men at the barn," he answered," so there are three criminals on the loose."

"She could be wrong," Hotch said," she's been through a lot."

"I know," Derek said," but if there's a chance she's right, then the local police need to know."

"I'll have the lieutenant send over a sketch artist, but after that, you need to take her home," Hotch ordered," Have you told her yet?"

"No," Derek to him," I never got the chance, but I will."

Derek hung up and went back to the room.

"Hotch is sending someone to help us find the other three men," he informed them.

"Who's Hotch?"

A woman walked into the room and introduced herself as a social worker.

"Abigail, I am so sorry about what happened to you," she said," and I'm going to do my best to make this process go as smoothly as possible. Your parents named Penelope Morgan as your godmother, so they should be able to take you home as soon as you're discharged from the hospital. I just need to speak with her in private for a few minutes."

Penelope got up and followed the social worker out to the hallway, leaving Abigail alone with Derek.

"So, are you in the FBI?"

"No," Derek answered," I used to be, but I quit so I could marry Penelope. Now I'm a detective with the local police department."

"Cool," Abigail said," do you think they're going to come after me?"

"Abigail, the people who took you aren't risk takers. I don't think they would follow you to Virginia," Derek said.

"I know it's dumb, but I kind of made friends with one of them," she said," well, not really friends. It's just, he was young. Like sixteen or seventeen, and he was kind of protective over me. I thought that if I got him to like me, he would let me go. I got him to tell me his name. It was Peter."

"That's not dumb at all," Derek said," you just did what you had to do to survive. Do you want to talk about the other five?"

"The men who took me to the van after my dad was killed were brothers. They owned the property they were keeping me on.," she said," they killed themselves together when we were surrounded. They did it right in front of me."

"I'm sorry you had to see that," Derek said sincerely.

"The next man kept trying to get the leader to let him hurt me. One night, when we were alone, he went into the barn, blindfolded me and took me to the house where they were keeping my mother. He made me change into a short dress in front of him, and then he made me dance for him," she said.

Abigail paused and took a deep breath.

"That night, the leader stormed in and saw me. He was so mad," she said," that was the night they killed my mother. Or at least I think it was. Before that night, every time I was disobedient, they would threaten to hurt her. After that night, they never spoke about her."

Abigail started crying and wrapped her arms around herself. Reliving everything was harder than she thought it would be. Derek put a hand on her shoulder.

"We're going to find these people," he said," and they aren't going to hurt you anymore."