"My son..." Sarah Barnes breathed as she ran into the police department. "My son and my daughter... They both-" She began, tears in her eyes as she began to hyperventilate. The woman behind the front desk stood and walked around to her.

"What is it?" The officer asked, her eyebrows furrowed as she held the woman's arms. "My son and daughter have been kidnapped!" Sarah wailed, her hands going to her hair as she breathed heavily. That's when three missing child had then turned into five. And that's when the team was called.

"Ma'am, we'll be with you in a moment..." An officer told Sarah as she nodded, attempting to drink some water as she trembled. "You can set up in the conference room, Agents." Sarah heard faintly as a group of no more than seven walked into the large open space. They walked past a few desks near her and into the conference room and shut the door as they began talking. Sarah leaned back in her chair and closed her eyes, putting her hands over her face as she breathed slowly.

*Meanwhile in the conference room*

"Is that the mother?" David Rossi asked, looking at the shaking woman outside as the officer with them was giving them a few extra files. The female officer nodded. "Tragic thing for her to face... Such a shame with what happened to her husband."

"What happened to her husband?" Derek Morgan questioned, opening his file as Emily Prentiss sat down. The officer sighed, shaking her head. Hotchner grabbed his copy of the file and walked out of the conference room as the officer talked.

"Mrs. Barnes?" Hotch asked, staring at the woman as she took her hands from her face and opened her eyes. "Yes?" She replied, sitting up straight to stare up at him.

"Is it alright if I ask you a few questions?" Hotch asked, tilting his head as the woman nodded. "Yes, but I don't see why you need to... I've been asked so many times."

"I know, Mrs. Barnes."

"Ms... Please, call me Ms. Or Sarah, at the least." Sarah told him, trying to force a smile as he sat down beside here.

"Your children-" Hotch began, but before he could say a third word tears spilled from her eyes. He watched her wipe them away and apologize for which he said it was nothing for her to be sorry for. "Your children... James and Stella?" Hotch asked, before continuing. "How old are they?"

"They're twins, they're both six." Sarah confirmed, reaching for a tissue from the box she had been handed earlier.

"And what do they look like?" Hotch asked the brunette woman. She sighed and laughed slightly, shaking her head. "Like their father with a little bit of me mixed in... They both have dark brown hair, and James has big blue eyes like his dad and Stella has brown eyes like me..." Sarah told him.

Hotch wrote that down before glancing up at her soft brown eyes. "And where is their father?"

Sarah watched the man before her. "He...Uh- He died in Afghanistan." Sarah told Hotch, sipping her water. "He always told me that someone had to be out fighting the foreign wars so they could protect the people fighting the domestic ones."

"He sounds like he was a smart man, Sarah." Hotchner reassured, scribbling down a few words onto his note pad. Sarah laughed as Hotch looked up at her, raising an eyebrow. "He was stupid... He cared about his job more than his family." Sarah spat, quickly wiping her eyes. Hotch nodded, he knew what this man was like then... They were the same.

"I suppose that was good for him, though. He had to stay focused, because if he were constantly worrying about us we would be worried far more." Sarah shrugged, watching Hotch write things down. "What's your name?" Sarah suddenly asked.

"Agent Hotchner..." Hotch told her, sitting up straight.

"Well, Agent Hotchner, my husband died. James Barnes was his name, he was a good man and he died. I named my son after him, he was supposed to be back home for the twins' births, but his humvee got blown up on the way to their base." Sarah said quickly as Hotch stared at her. "Those kids are the only thing I have left of him..." She told him before adding. "And I don't even have them." Sarah spoke, her voice breaking as she dropped her head into her hands.

"We'll find them." Hotch told her, standing up. "I promise." He added, patting her shoulder gently as she cried.

"Hey, Hotch! We got some new information!" He heard Morgan yell as he walked back to the conference room. "Hurry!"