Chapter One
David Rossi moved stealthily forward taking care that no part of his body protruded from his cover. He approached the deserted looking structure with apprehension. He had called for backup but it had not yet arrived. He had toyed with the idea of waiting but the thought of the young girl being subjected to the horrors that the Unsubs were no doubt inflicting upon her was not one he relished. He knew that what he was doing was not exactly by the book. He was taking one hell of a chance and he could end up not only not saving the girl but losing his own life in the process. It was a chance he had to take. He reached the end of the trench he had been creeping along. Now there was nothing between him and the house. His only consolation was that the Unsubs were probably too busy with their latest victim to even notice his arrival until it was too late. That at least is what he kept telling himself. He was not sure how many there were. They had profiled that it was a team of two men, but they had been wrong before. Well it was too late to back out now he thought to himself. He checked his gun making sure the safety was off then he carefully pulled himself out of the trench and sprinted to the house. He reached the stoop of the house without incident and without raising the alarm. Taking a deep breath Rossi prepared to enter the house. Moving closer to the door he stood back and raised his gun into the ready position. He could hear sirens in the distance help was on its way. If he could hear it then the people inside could too. If they heard sirens then the girl was as good as dead. He cursed the local police agencies. He had no doubt it was not Hotch and the rest of his team because they would not have their sirens blaring announcing their presence to the world. No they would be a lot more discrete especially with these Unsubs.
Hotch put his foot down on the accelerator weaving through the cars at breakneck speeds he rushed towards the location Rossi had given him. He had told Dave to hold off before going in, to wait for the team. But he knew David Rossi and that was not going to happen. He glanced in his review mirror noticing that Morgan was keeping up with him. He spotted his turn and with wheels squealing he took the tight turn. Over the din of the car he heard the sirens and then saw the lights of the vehicles ahead of him.
"Idiots..." Hotch blurted out angrily. "They are going to get Dave killed." He said as he tried to get more speed out of his SUV. Emily Prentiss had the same thought and immediately got on the radio to try and silence the sirens.