The phone was yanked out of Garcia's hand, and thrown out of the van. The young man was fuming. He slapped her across the face. Hard.

"Leave her alone!" Rossi yelled.

The young man pressed the barrel of the gun against her head.

"Do you have any more phones?"

"No." Garcia said," that was my last one."

"I don't believe you," he said," stand up. I have to check you again."

Garcia stood on shaking legs. The man with the gun patted her down. She noticed that he spent more time than necessary on her breasts and butt. He saw that he was making her uncomfortable, and he smiled.

"Very nice," he said quietly.

"That's enough," Rossi said," she doesn't have another phone."

The young man handed her the bag.

"Put it back on," he said," we'll have time for that later."

Garcia put the bag over her head and sat back down. Rossi squeezed her hand and put an arm around her. They both prayed that their team would find them. The van suddenly halted.

"We're here," the older man said.

Rossi and Garcia heard the young man moving around the van. A box opened and shut, and then they were both jabbed in the neck with a needle. They almost instantly fell asleep.


JJ found the license plate of the van that took Rossi and Garcia. Kevin found that the owner was a man in his thirties, and sent his address to the team. It was a small home in the suburbs. Morgan burst through the door and started calling for them.

"Baby Girl, Dave," he called," are you here?"

They heard nothing. Reid and Prentiss started searching the house.

"Guys," she said," you might want to see this."

The smell of death filled the room and Morgan feared the worst. He ran in and saw a dead man tied to a chair.

"Judging by the deterioration of the body," Reid said," I'd say he's been dead for at least a week."

"So the unsub killed this guy to steal his van?"

"It looks like it," Prentiss said.

They searched the rest of the house and found nothing. Morgan stepped outside and called Kevin.

"Please tell me you found Garcia's phone," he said.

"I found it," Kevin said," and I already had local police try to find it. Some kid picked it up off the side of the road. He didn't know anything."

"Great," Morgan sighed," thanks for trying Kevin."

Reid ran out of the room with a journal in his hands.

"I think I know how we can find the unsub."


Rossi woke up next to a lake. He was in the woods. Alone. He couldn't find Garcia.

"Penelope!" he called.

He heard nothing. Rossi quickly got up and looked around the area. He was surrounded by trees. The sky was growing darker, and the cold wind was whipping past his face. A thunderstorm was coming. Without thinking, Rossi ran into the trees and started calling for Garcia. He would call her name, and then pause for a few seconds and listen.

"Penelope!"

Nothing.

"Penelope!"

Thunder roared in the distance. Still nothing.

"Penelope!"

He heard a muffled scream and followed the sound.

"I got you!" he called," keep screaming I'll find you!"

Garcia kept screaming, and Rossi kept following her cries. He found her in a cave. She was bound and gagged. Rossi quickly untied her.

"Are you okay?"

"I'm fine," Garcia said quietly.

She tried to look brave, but she broke down crying.

"Hey, hey," Rossi said," it's okay. We're gonna get through this."

Sheets of rain started pouring down. Garcia shivered. The men who took them took her coat, but they let Rossi keep his. Rossi took it off and draped it around Garcia's shoulders.

"I woke up while they were still here," Garcia said quietly," I pretended to be asleep so they would keep talking. They're father and son."

"I thought so," Rossi said,"Did you hear anything important?"

"They weren't expecting me to be there," she said," it was just supposed to be you."

Rossi grimaced and looked away. His polite gesture meant to keep her safe had put Garcia in even more danger.

"Did you hear either of their names?"

"Once," Garcia said," when the older man was gone for a minute, his son stayed behind. He thought I was still passed out and he- he felt me up. I have no idea what he would have done if his dad didn't come back."

She shuddered at the memory.

"Bastard," Rossi said quietly.

"The son's name is Brian. I never heard the father's," she said," I heard their plan. They said that they're going to let us spend the night here, then tomorrow they'll hunt us down. I don't know what will happen to me, but the father said that when he finds us he'll kill you."