A/N- Updated 28th December


The night before

The team had finally arrived back in Quantico from Austin in the early hours of the morning. They were all quiet as they walked back towards their cars glad that another case was over. Even though it had been an unexpected and sad outcome for the victims.

Hotch stopped them all before they got into their cars. 'Thank you for giving up your weekends for this case. I'll see you at 9 o'clock sharp tomorrow.' Nodding at him they all separated heading towards their cars. 'And I mean 9 Katy!' The team chuckled knowing he was referring to the few times she was late to work after talking to her parents into the early morning.

'Yes sir!' Katy giggled saluting mockingly before she waved to the rest of the team as they all got in their respective cars to head home for a few hours.

She'd only been with the B.A.U for a couple of months and although the crimes were grisly and often gave her nightmares, she wouldn't have changed it for the world. The team she worked with had treated her as one of their own from the moment she had arrived, which was a nice change from the harshness of working for the Metropolitan Police in the UK. She'd made the right decision making this move, even if her family weren't too sure about it. Yet she still couldn't get her head around the fact she had been headhunted by the F.B.I for this job, she'd thought it a prank when they'd contacted her at first. She pulled out of the car park, allowing her mind to wander as she headed home.

She was looking forward to nothing more than a nice long soak in the bath before she got into bed, she hadn't really contemplated ringing her mother, until Hotch had mentioned it. Picking up her cell phone she noticed the time. If she got home fast enough she could probably speak to her mum really quickly, it had been a while and she knew her Mum worried about her a lot. Although, she mused, not enough to be the one to ring her.

It was as she was thinking of ringing her mother that she noticed it. At least two cars following her. Instantly her senses went on high alert. Making the decision to not head back home, she decided to go to the one place that would be safe and might make them back off. F.B.I headquarters. But, as usual her mind jumped to conclusions, if that didn't work, at least there would be lots of footage if anything bad did happen and there would be a lot of people around who could deal with it.

That was her first mistake. As soon as she turned left one of the cars sped up and went in front of her. Katy tried to memorise details of the car in front of her, knowing that it was all going to go downhill fast and that any detail was vital.

Her second mistake was not paying attention to the car behind her until it was too late. The lights of the SUV filled her rear view mirror, slamming into her car before she could react. Wincing as her car spun to a standstill, Katy started to search for her phone to call for help. Grabbing her phone she sat up straight.

The gun pointing at her through the window made her aware that it was already too late. She had made her third mistake and not drawn her gun. She lifted her hand and threw her phone to the floor. The door opened. 'Get out' a voice snarled. Katy undid her seatbelt and stood up. As soon as she was stood outside the car he spoke again, holding out a hand. 'Gun.'

'Don't have one' her fourth mistake. He hit her across the cheek with the pistol. Before she could react he spun her around and pulled her hands behind her. A second person reached to her holster and pulled her gun out of it. 'That's just a water gun.' She tried to joke. The first guy turned her back round to face him. He kneed her twice in the stomach winding her.

'Bitch, shut up.' Katy glared up at him, anger coursed through her veins, making her forget all her training.

'I'd like to see you try!' She mocked him breathlessly. Suddenly she felt a needle in her arm. 'OI!' she yelled as she looked down at the pinprick in her arm.

'Don't worry, just something to make you shut up.' Katy felt her limbs go numb as the sedative kicked in. She felt herself being picked up and thrown into the back of the bigger car. The vehicle started moving as she was swallowed by the darkness.


Present day

The team sat around the desk in silence taking in what Hotch had just said about Katy, Morgan was the only one who didn't understand the severity of the situation and thus was the first to break the silence. 'So her Dad's popped over for a visit, why is that a crime?'

'Don't you ever listen Morgan? She told us herself ages ago.' Prentiss said looking up at him.

'No, what?' Morgan was stumped at the looks of concern on the faces around him.

Reid broke the silence first. 'Her Dad wouldn't come across, he can't.'

Hotch finally spoke again. 'Exactly. You all have code words for emergencies if something happens and you can only get a short message to let us know your life is in danger. Luckily none of you have ever had to use it.'

'Only because JJ was nearby when it happened to me.' Reid muttered under his breath.

Ignoring this comment as JJ looked hurt at the past incident being mentioned yet again. Hotch continued. 'The point is Katy used her code word. She is in danger. We need to go find her.'

'But how? We don't know what happened or why she is in danger.' Garcia was desperately trying to hold back the tears. JJ walked over to her placing a comforting hand on her shoulder, Garcia looked up at her, smiling sadly.

'Well, we have no other cases to deal with, Strauss is letting us go ahead with finding Katy. So here's the plan. Garcia, Strauss sent you the recording, see what you can get from it.' Garcia nodded and left the room. 'JJ I need you to contact Katy's parents, they know something is up because Strauss contacted her Dad earlier. They need to know the truth. Now her Dad, we know can't come over, but her Mom may well want too, we need to be prepared for that.' JJ picked up her phone and started scrolling through the numbers. 'Prentiss, Reid and Morgan, I need you to go over to Katy's apartment. See if she actually made it home at all last night, and to see if you can figure out what this danger is. We'll meet back here in 3 hours.' Hotch stood by the door watching as the rest of the team walked past in silence.

Rossi stood up and walked up to Aaron. 'Hotch, are you ok?'

'No, not really, one of my team is in danger yet again.' He ran a hand through his hair. 'I feel responsible for her.'

'Firstly, it's not your fault. Secondly she'll be Ok, Hotch. You know she will be, she was trained by some of the best, keep faith.' Placing a hand on the younger man's shoulder. 'What do you want me to do?'

Hotch walked to the door. 'Were going back to the airport and retracing her steps to her apartment.' Silently, wondering what had happened to the newest member of the team, Rossi followed him out of the door.


Groaning, Katy slowly started to come round, she really had not got enough sleep. She was confused as to why she felt cold. She tried to open her eyes, but it felt like she had been drugged. Slowly the memories of what had happened earlier started to return to her. Trying to not panic at what she was remembering she listened to her body and tried to remember her training for what to do in the situation she thought she may well be in. When she was sure she had all her faculties relatively available she opened her eyes.

Blinking, she looked at the ceiling, nothing worth noticing there. She turned her head to the side to look around to see if there was anything that would help her know where she was. She suddenly sensed someone looking at her, turning her head the other way she saw a figure sat just to her right watching. 'Oh Miss Chilcot, how nice of you to join me at long last.'

Grimacing, she responded. 'Yeah, well, you know, I like a good party, didn't want to miss it.' Groaning again she looked up at him. 'So how long was I out?' he didn't respond straight away, he was fiddling with something on the table behind him.

Turning from what he was doing he looked suspicious as he responded. 'Why?'

'Well, if it has gone 9am work might be a bit worried. And you obviously know where I work so you know they will be on the lookout for me. Given the resources they have you are in danger of being caught really quickly.' He suddenly looked a bit panicked.

'What do you propose?' He asked calmly.

'Let me ring them from my phone and leave a message asking for time off, then you have time to do whatever you want before they start looking for me. Your choice really.' She shrugged.

He walked out of the room leaving her by herself. While he was gone she looked at the table he had been stood at, her eyes grew wide when she saw the torture equipment upon it. Trying not to panic she instead focused on her breathing and again tried to focus on the sights and sounds around her, knowing any and all details she got could be vital to her survival.

The door opened up again and the man reappeared, Katy recognised her phone in his hand. 'Fine.' He grabbed hold of her and dragged her to the seat, he threw her in it before tying her up so she couldn't move. 'I hold the phone, you speak, I hang up ok?' Katy nodded. 'So who is it?'

'Look for Strauss.' The man looked down at her phone, scrolling through the contacts, finally he found it. Pressing the call button he held it up to her ear. Katy listened to it ringing, knowing it was highly unlikely that Strauss would be at her desk. The ringing stopped and it went to voicemail. She looked up and mouthed the word voicemail at the man. She heard the beep telling her to leave a message. 'Hey Erin, I mean Strauss.' She deliberately kept her voice cheerful. 'Sorry this is so short notice. But could I take some personal time? Just got home to find my Dad is here. Say a week or so? Thanks Strauss. Bye!' The phone was pulled away from her and switched off again. 'Thank you.' He nodded and walked off.

A door to the side opened and other person came out, carrying a tray. Smelling the food Katy leant back in her seat. She knew Strauss would know what was happening. She just hoped the people who had kidnapped her wouldn't kill her when they figured out what she had done.