December 2005

Jason Gideon was talking to his old friend, David Rossi. Since both men were leaders of BAU teams, they hardly ever had time to talk due to their cases.

A young man walks into Rossi's office and looks at Gideon and Rossi. "Sirs, both of your teams have been called on a job."

Rossi looks at the man and frowns. "What's the case and why do they need both Gideon's team and my own?"

Gideon stared at the man, watching his movements.

The man slightly squirms under Gideon's stare. "There has been child abductions and the police have found their bodies. Three girls were just taken on their way home from school yesterday."

Rossi nods and grabs his phone, making a call.

Gideon walks out of the room.

10 minutes later, Rossi walks into the briefing room and looks at everyone. Gideon sat in a chair, looking at a file with his team. The team consisted of Elle and Morgan. Elle was a beautiful woman with long brown hair, brown eyes, and fair skin. She was around 23 years old. Morgan was handsome black man with brown eyes, he was like the brawns of the team. He was roughly around 27 years old. Rossi's team consisted of Blake and Hotch. Blake was a beautiful woman with long brown hair, brown eyes, and fair skin. She was around 30 years old. Hotch was a handsome man with short brown hair and brown eyes. He was the man who could do his job with what people would think, no emotion. He was around 35.

Hotch looks up from his copy of he file to look at Rossi. "There is differences in the girls who were taken yesterday."

Blake frowns and hands Rossi a picture of the victim that Hotch was talking about. "Her name is Santana Lopez. She seems to be Mexican. She hair tan skin, black hair and dark brown eyes."

Elle looks at Gideon and Rossi. "She has a point the other victims are Brittney Pierce and Quinn Fabray. Both girls are blonde with fair skin. The only difference between them are the Brittney's eyes are blue, while Quinn's are green."

Morgan frowns. "But they are all 11 years old; they all turned this age at different times: Brittney in October, Quinn in August, and Santana in November."

Gideon looks at them. "He's not to a specific type. The unsub has only ever taken three 11 year old girls at a time. These new victims match one of the murder victims. It says here that he keeps these girls for 5 years. So we have that much time to find these girls alive, so we need to go to Lima, Ohio, now."

Rossi nods. "When we get there, I want Blake to talk to Mr. and Mrs. Fabray. Elle and Hotch to talk to Mr. and Mrs. Pierce, Morgan will deal with the police, and Gideon and I will talk to Mr. and Mrs. Lopez."

7 hours later, they stop at the Lima PD Station. As soon as they get out of the car, a police officer walks to them and looks at Rossi. "We did as you asked and set up a conference room. I'll give you the addresses for the houses of the Lopez, Fabray, and the Pierce families." He hands them three pieces of paper.

They each separate to find the houses.

Blake gets to the Fabray house and gets out of the car. She then goes to the door and knocks on the door, watching at a blonde woman answers the door. "Mrs. Fabray, I'm Agent Blake of the FBI. I'm here to talk about your daughter."

Mrs. Fabray opens the door all the way and leads Blake into the living room, trying not to break down again. "Would you like something to drink?"

Blake frowns. "No thank you. Why don't we sit and talk. I have a few questions."

At the Pierce house, Hotch and Elle were sitting in the living room talking with Whitney Pierce and Pierce Pierce. Elle looks at them. "Mrs. Pierce, who was your daughter's closet friends?"

Mrs. Pierce looks down. "Q-Quinn Fabray and Santana Lopez..."

Hotch writes down what Mrs. Pierce said. "Did they always walk home together, the same way?"

Mr. Pierce sighs. "Yes. They never changed the way they walked, because the way they took passed each of their houses. Quinn was the first one to always get home first. Santana would then walk Brittney home and say good by to her. But that always left Santana alone to walk on her own to get home."

Elle frowns now. "So Santana would make sure that Quinn and Brittney got into their houses before she'd walk home?"

Mrs. Pierce nodded her head. "Y-Yes. S-She was more of the violent of the three of them... S-She was protective of Quinn and Brittney and wouldn't have let anyone hurt them…"

At the Lopez house, Rossi and Gideon sat with Mrs. Lopez and her mother-in-law. Rossi looks at Mrs. Lopez. "Who in the family was Santana closest to?"

Mrs. Lopez sighs. "Alma, my husband, and I."

Gideon frowns. "Did Santana have any enemies?"

Alma looks at Gideon. "Only the boys who tried to hurt Quinn or Brittney. She is very protective of them. Last year, she went to the hospital for some broken ribs that she got while protecting Quinn. But the boy had broken ribs and a broken nose."

Rossi looks at Alma. "Did Santana mention anything about them being followed lately?"

Mrs. Lopez goes wide eyed. "She told me that a white van had been following them. She said everyday after school, it would follow them and watch as she made sure the other girls were in their houses before she walked home…."

Rossi nods. "Thank you, Mrs. Lopez." He stands.

"P-Please find my daughter and her friends." Mrs. Lopez said, tears forming in her eyes.

Gideon nods and stands. "We'll do everything in our power to find them."

Back at the station, they all sat at a table and looked over their notes.

Hotch looks at them. "Elle and I found out that the girls took that path home everyday since it passed their houses."

Elle frowns. "Santana was always the last to get home. From what we found out, Santana and Brittney would wait and make sure Quinn got safely in her house before walking to Brittney's. After making sure that Brittney was safely in her home, Santana would walk alone to her house."

Blake looks at her notes. "From what Mrs. Fabray told me, Quinn was never without Brittney and Santana. She also said that Quinn and Santana were very protective of Brittney."

Rossi looks at Blake. "We found out that Santana would defend Quinn and Brittney from kids at their school. One time last year, Santana got into a fight with a kid who tried to hurt Quinn. Santana had to go to the hospital due to broken ribs, while the boy had to go due to broken ribs and a broken nose."

Gideon looks at the file. "Not only due the appearances match the other victims, but also the personalities."

Morgan looks at the pictures they had of Santana, Brittney, and Quinn. "We need to find them, Gideon…"

Gideon looked at Morgan and puts a hand on his shoulder. "I know, Morgan. We have about 4 days to find them alive."

Elle looks at Gideon and Rossi. "What if he has those girls locked in different areas. Who knows what he could be doing to him."

A man walks in and looks at them. "He's probably raping them. But the one who will be the hardest to break will be my daughter."

Blake looks at the man. "You must be Doctor Lopez…"

4 days later

They went to an abandonded house. They had just tracked the girls' phones to the place and were about to get in the house.

Rossi looks at them. "Gideon and Elle, look for Quinn. Hotch and Blake, look for Brittney. Morgan, find this son of a bitch."

Morgan frowns. "What will you do, Rossi?"

Gideon nods. "He'll look for Santana."

They all split up and soon stormed into rooms. The first girl to be found was Brittney. The next was Quinn. Both girls were taken to the ambulance and were checked over.

Quinn looks at Hotch. "P-Please find Santana… S-She got it worse than us… S-She fought the man to protect us…"

Hotch nods. "We will find her and meet you both at the hospital."

The ambulance drove off with both the girls in it.

Gideon looks at Hotch. "Let's split up. You all go help Morgan, I'll go help Rossi."

The others nod and run off to help Morgan, while Gideon went to find Rossi and the missing girl.

With Morgan and the others.

Hotch shots the man in the knee, before he could kill Morgan. Morgan then handcuffs him. "Wehre's the girl?" Morgan asked.

The man laughs. "You'll find her chained to a bed in the largest room in this place."

Hotch calls Gideon and tells him what they found out.

With Gideon and Rossi

Gideon looks at Rossi. "Follow me." He then walks off, his gun in hand.

Rossi follows Gideon and looks around, worried for the girl's safety.

They soon walked into the largest room and found Santana, stripped of her clothes and chained to the bed. She seemed to be knocked out. Both men ran to her and looks around for away to get the chains off her wrists and ankles.

Santana starts to come around, but the moment she saw Gideon and Rossi, she began to cry. "P-Please no more… P-Please…"

Rossi looks at Gideon and frowns. "I want to be the one to interrogate the man. How dare he hurt a girl, let alone a child."

Gideon looks at Rossi and sighs. "You need to be with Santana." He then looks at Santana and puts a hand on her shoulder. "Don't worry. Were' from the FBI. We've come to take you home."

Santana seemed to calm down slightly at his words, before looking around. "Where's Quinn and Brittney."

Rossi looks at Santana. "They're already on their way to the hospital. I will personally take you there after we find the key to these chains."

Santana looks at the door. "The key is up above the door. I kept an eye on him, just incase."

Gideon went and got the key, unchaining Santana. Rossi put his coat on Santana and took her to the hospital.

After everything was done and said, they all went home.