A/N: I have had writers block lately, so most of my stories are on hiatis... but, this popped into my head a while ago and its been dying to be unleashed. So, here it is.

Summery: Hotch, protecting his family, agree to stop looking for the Boston Reaper. Even though he never really did, he conducted a private investigation, just him.

Disclaimer: I do not own Criminal Minds or any of the characters, I do not know any of the actors, writers, directors. I did, however, make-up Alyssa Foyet. She is an RP (roleplay) character I use on Tumblr. Everything else belongs to CBS and their rightful owners.

It took him five years to finally find him, to finally track down the Boston Reaper, he'd done it all by himself. Now, he got ready to open the file on one George Foyet. The only 'survivor' of the Reaper.

SSA Aaron Hotchner mentally kicked himself in the ass for not seeing it sooner. Foyet wouldn't have survived the Reaper. No, the Reaper always made sure his victims were dead. He should've saw it sooner and it would have saved so many lives. But, he couldn't worry about that now. The past was in the past and now he had to find where George Foyet was right now, he had to go and arrest him before he started killing again.

Agent Hotchner composed himself and opened the file on George Foyet, he skimmed through the first page, before his eyes got set on something. Foyet was a foster kid, his parents had been killed in a freak accident. Hotch couldn't help but wonder if Foyet's killings started sooner than they'd thought. Did the killing start with his parents? Hotch asked himself, a frown appearing as he read on. He skipped to the back to find where Foyet was currently residing, he stopped dead when he read over the part that stated Foyet had gotten married the year after the Reaper vanished the second time, and had a kid a few months later.

Hotch got the address and stood up, shutting the file. He charged out of his office and to Chief Erin Strauss' office, banging on the door before going in. He tossed the file down.

"Foyet's the Reaper." Hotch said in a tight voice.

Strauss looked up at him with her brows raised, "What?"

"Foyet. Is. The. Boston. Reaper." Hotch said in an even tighter voice.

"Are you sure?" Strauss asked, opening the file.

"All the evidence points to him." Hotch said

Strauss quickly skimmed over the file, "And he...is the only surviving victim?" she looked up at him, not believing it.

"He was the only survivor. He moved after the Reaper disappeared the second time and the year after he got married." Hotch said, trying to prove his point.

"I don't see how that proves anything, Agent Hotchner..." Strauss said, closing the file and crossing her arms

Hotch felt enraged that she didn't see how the evidence pointed to Foyet, "Strauss." He started

"Take Morgan and JJ with you." Strauss said, sighing

"Excuse me?" Hotch asked, frowning deeply.

"To interrogate Foyet." Strauss said, "Let the Locals know you're coming first."

Hotch nodded, surprised she was allowing this. He picked up the file and headed to the door.

"Agent Hotchner." Strauss said, he turned, "Don't lose your head."

Hotch nodded and left, he told JJ and Morgan and JJ offered to call the locals so Hotch could call Haley.

Hotch tapped his foot as he listened to the phone ring, waiting for her to pick up.

"Hello?" Haley answered after the second ring on her side, the forth on Hotch's.

"Haley?" Hotch asked, even though he new it was his ex-wife.

"Yes." Haley said, and Hotch could've sworn that he heard a smile, "Is everything okay?" her voice was worried now

"Yeah, I just wanted to let you know that I'm going away for a few days." Hotch said, putting some stuff in his bag.

Haley sighed, "Okay, I'll let Jack know...do you want to talk to him?"

"Put him on please." Hotch said, he hated hearing her sigh.

There was a pause on Haley's side, then Jack came on, "Hi."

"Hey buddy." Hotch said, "I'm gonna be gone for a few days, okay?"

"When will you be back?" Jack asked.

"I don't know." Hotch said softly

"When you get home can we get pizza like we used to?" Jack asked, thinking back to when his parents were still together.

"That...is up to your mother." Hotch said.

JJ tapped on his door, "Hotch, the jets ready." she said in a lower voice.

Hotch nodded before turning back to his phone, "Jack, buddy, put your mom on the phone for me. Please. I love you."

"Love you too, daddy." Jack handed the phone to Haley.

"Hey Aaron." Haley said as she came back on the line.

"Hey, I have to go, but I wanted to say bye." Hotch said in a gentle voice.

"Oh...okay, bye." Haley said.

"Hey." Hotch said to get her attention, "I love you."

"Bye Aaron." Haley hung up.

Hotch sighed and returned his phone to his pocket before grabbing his bag and leaving with JJ and Morgan

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