Meanwhile back at the US embassy, the others were starting to get really worried for the 4 agents. It was only when international team member Matthew Simmons tried calling his unit chief and BAU team member Derek Morgan tried calling his unit chief that they knew something was up.
"Hey any of you guys heard from Hotch, Kate, Jack or Lily lately? Jack isn't answering his cell and he always answers when he knows it's me calling."
"Hotch isn't answering his cell either. He always answers every call, especially on a case. Rossi man, you try calling him. J.J, you try Kate. Matt, you try calling Lily."
When none of them got any answers from any of their 4 friends, they got really worried. It had been almost 2 hours since Hotch and Kate had gone to interview the witness and Jack and Lily had gone off to the latest crime scene. Just then the regional security officer for the US embassy in Canada came into the room.
"Guys, I hate to disturb you but this just got dropped off. We scanned it to make sure it wasn't an explosive and there doesn't seem to be any explosives and we don't think it's a bomb. X ray and scan were negative and it looks clean but it's addressed to the FBI….." He put a box down on the table.
"Have you guys had any word from SSA's Hotchner, Callahan, Lambert or Garrett recently?"
"No, but wouldn't they be in contact with you guys first? Last we knew Jack and SSA Lambert went to a crime scene and SSA's Hotchner and Callahan went to interview a witness. We just assumed they must still be at the locations."
"We haven't heard anything and none of them are picking up their cell phones. Who dropped this off?"
"Just some guy. We got him held at security. Apparently someone paid him 50 Canadian dollars to deliver this here. Says it can only be opened by the FBI looking for Agents Hotchner, Callahan, Lambert and Garrett. When we heard this, we held him right away. I'll bring him in here if you want agents."
"Please. So he bought this box?"
"Yeah with the message. I've contacted the RCMP and their sending a couple of officers to start co-ordinating with you guys with the RCMP if you want or need."
"Thanks. Bring that guy in here will you Rogers? We'll talk to him."
"Sure Agent Rossi."
"Rossi, something's happened to them. For the agents looking for Hotchner, Callahan, Lambert and Garrett? Why in the world would he be given a message like that?"
"I don't know Morgan. Let's just see what's inside this box and see what that guy has to say for himself."
They all gathered around the box as Dave and Matt carefully opened it to find 4 guns, 4 FBI credentials, 4 cell phones, a load of gun ammunition, 4 photos and a letter addressed to the FBI. They instantly recognised each of the 4 cell phones as Hotch's, Jack's, Kate's and Lily's. All 4 of the credentials were from the 4 missing agents. Dave recognised Aaron and Kate's guns whilst Matt recognised the guns from Jack and Lily. They were shocked when they saw the photos. In 3 photos it showed Jack, Lily and Kate each tied naked to a chair with their hands bound behind them and the agent knocked out cold. In the last photo they saw Hotch, naked, out cold and with his hands bound and tied to the head of the bed.
"Rossi, who is this son of a bitch? Their all naked and bound!"
"Dear FBI agents, as you may have realised by now, if your as smart as you claim to be, you'll realise Agents Hotchner, Callahan, Garrett and Lambert are missing. But don't worry, we have them and they are okay and alive, for now. It's up to you guys to make sure it stays that way. I've sent their FBI weapons, credentials, ammunition and cell phones, along a photo of each as proof that I have all 4 agents. All of them are in the same room. The 3 in chairs are sitting facing Hotchner on the bed but sometimes Hotchner may be moved to the chair that's currently empty beside Callahan. But they'll all have really good shows of each other having sex with each other. We'll have really good shows. We plan on taking full advantage of 2 very good looking hot FBI chicks. Both Garrett and Hotchner will each be made to have sex with both Callahan and Lambert. And before you ask, we do have ways of making them, making the guys hard and helping them get it up and forcing them to have sex. We 4 also plan on having sex with the 2 hot chicks. Whilst your friends watch. They'll definitely be made to watch as they have sex with each other. The longer you take to find your friends, the more fun we and them will have. How long they can last is up to you guys. You have a week to find them. If you haven't after a week, we may reconsider whether to keep them or get rid of them. You can only have so much fun with someone before you get bored. Don't let us get bored with them. We'll give you and them a week though. In the meantime, we will feed them and give them water and keep them alive so that they can provide good shows and entertainment. At the time of writing, I've had them for an hour and they are still all out cold. They should be awake by the time you guys receive this package. I will send more packages, letters, clues and hints and proof they are still alive throughout this really fun game of cat and mouse. Find them and us if you can. But please take your time, we do want to have a lot of fun with them all. We have a lot of plans on how we can have fun. Plans that last a whole week. Beyond that is anyone's guess. Oh just so you know, even if one of them gets free, they probably won't want to try and escape as they've no clothes. All their clothes have been burned to a crisp on a nice big fire. So when you find them, you may wanna bring them some clothes…..they'll stay like this, in terms of being naked, til either you find them or we decide we've had enough of them if you don't find them within a week or more. But you have at least one week to find your friends. I'll send other letters and other stuff in time but for now, find them if you can. Yours truly the unsub and his 3 friends. (Yeah, you guys are no good. I'm not working alone, never have been.)" Dave read out the letter to the others. Just as he'd finished, two security officers manhandled a man into the room.
"Agents, this is the guy who delivered that box. What do you want us to do with him?"
"Who gave you this box to deliver and where did you get it?"
"I picked it up from an old guy whose a friend of the man who wanted it delivered. Said to wait til 3pm before delivering it to here. The old man gave me 50 bucks. But he's a nice guy."
"Who is this old guy? And how do you know him?"
"He's a friend of a friend. Lives at 212 Smithson Road about a half hour from here. Gave me the message, said if I did this, he'd have more for me to deliver and I'd get 50 bucks every time. I need the money. And he and the guy are friends of mine."
"Who is this guy?"
"Dunno really, friend of a friend. All I know is that his first name or what I call him is Tony. He comes to me, I don't go to him. I don't know where he lives. He's okay though. But I rarely see him around. I hear more about him than see him. All I was told was to deliver that box to here. The old guy promised I wouldn't get caught and nothing would happen."
"212 Smithson is where Hotch and Kate went to interview an old man, the witness who witnessed the disposal of the last victim Rossi."
"What is this old guy's name? You'd better tell us."
"Everyone calls him Mr Brown. Dunno his first name. Think he's a war vet though. Demands and gets respect. He's harmless and a good guy."
"They went to interview a man named Mr Smith, not Brown."
"That's what I know him as. Honest I don't know any more agents. I didn't think I'd be doing anything wrong, honest. I just really needed the money and need the other money I've been promised. I'm broke, I can't get a job and I'm living at a shelter."
"How'd you get here then?"
"The old man told me about how I'd been set up with a car. It's the mustang outside. Real cool car. He said I'd been lent it and it's got a full tank of gas and that for every delivery, I'd be given gas money as well as the 50 bucks. But the car is a loaner and I've been made to promise to give it back after every job but I don't mind, I still get the 50 bucks which buys a lot of food and gives me some money. I'm living on handouts at the moment." The man looked so scared and frightened and the agents could tell he was telling them the truth.
"What's your name then?"
"Sam Thomas sir. Please I just really need the money."
"And what did you do with the 50 bucks the old man gave you? You still have it?"
"Spent 10 bucks on getting food for lunch. First decent food I've had apart from what I eat at the shelter. That food is okay but the food at lunch was the first food I've been able to buy myself for months. Am I in trouble? And if so how much?"
"Depends on what exactly your part in this was but yeah, you are. BUT if you help us, we'll help you. Do whatever we can and pull strings if we have to."
"Help how?" The guy seemed desperate to get out of trouble and his situation.
"How about, first we promise you food and money in return for you carrying on doing what your doing and delivering these packages?"
"Isn't that why I'm already in trouble though? And if Tony finds out or Mr Brown finds out I'm double crossing them with the feds, I'm dead."
"We can make sure that doesn't happen and make sure your protected. All you'd have to do is pretend everything went as planned today and whenever your asked to deliver another package or a letter to us, bring it straight here, don't wait, even if your told to wait for a certain time. They'll pay you and we'll pay you. When you get here, in return for the delivery, we'll give you some food and money. You can be our informant. In return, you get food, money and protection and immunity for your part in the kidnappings of our friends, who are all federal agents."
"So all I do is keep delivering these packages and letters to you guys whenever I'm asked to but I have to bring them here straight away and not wait til a certain time? And in return, I'll get food when I'm here, I'll get some money, you'll protect me and I won't get prosecuted?"
"Yeah, basically."
"What if they find out? Tony or Mr Brown would kill me."
"They won't. Do they know where you live?"
"No, they know the shelter I live at. But I got a good deal there. I get food, I can stay there for good, I can even use the address to find work and look for a job. I can shower and shave there. I get hand outs of clothes. I got a pretty good deal there. But it's not the same as my own home as I'm sharing a room with about 50 other guys, it's a shelter, I'm homeless and I never have any money to buy even my own food. Or clothes. And I can never get a job as there's no jobs out there."
"What kind of job would you like to have?"
"I used to work construction but the company went bust over a year ago. I was barely scraping by then and when they had to let everyone go, I couldn't pay my rent and got evicted. Didn't have any savings or money put by and ended up on the streets. Luckily I found the shelter I'm at now within the first month. They've been helping me since."
"How about until we at least find our friends and solve this case, you can stay here? You'd be under US protection and on US soil. We'd feed you, give you a bed, protect you, even get you some clothes."
"But then they'd know as I'd be wearing stuff that wasn't hand downs whenever they saw me."
"Whenever they had to see you, you could always put the stuff you got on now and we could always get stuff for you to wear from the shelter. So have we got a deal?"
"Do I have a choice?"
"Not really and we're offering you the best solution. I'm sure we could help you find work too."
"Okay then. But you promise they won't find out and won't kill me and that you'll protect and feed me and give me some money?"
"Promise. How do they contact you?"
"They leave me a note at the desk at the shelter. The note is to meet someone somewhere. I'm kinda their odd job man. They left me a note just before lunch to go to Mr Brown's house. But if I'm not at the shelter, how will I know when a note is left for me? And won't they know if I'm not there?"
"We'll sort that out and they won't find out Sam, promise. We can co ordinate with the shelter to get messages through to here. And for them to make it out like your still living there. So how often do you have to do jobs for any of these guys? And is it kinda like a gang and not just one man?"
"It's a whole bunch. Some are friends, others are friends of friends. Tony's the leader and main man. He gives all the orders. I do any job needed, even, er…never mind…."
"Even what Sam?"
"Transporting bodies?"
"What bodies? And who kills these people?"
"I dunno. All I know is that their women. I pick them up from Mr Brown's house and take them to a specified location. Get to use a loaned car."
"How many have you done of this?"
"Quite a few. Especially since you guys have been in Canada. I've been dumping about every other day. Get 50 bucks every time. It's worth it for the money. I'd do anything for money, well almost anything. I wouldn't murder someone and I wouldn't have sex with other guys. I'm a ladies man me. But almost anything else I'd do just for the money, I need it."
"When was the last time you transported a body somewhere?"
"Yesterday. It was real early, had to stay out all night, but I do every time I have to dump a body somewhere for Tony. This one I took to a park near to Mr Brown's house. He was gonna play the witness this time and make up a story. It's how Tony and his guys would get at least 2 of your friends."
"It was a set up? This old guy is in on it?"
"Mr Brown? Yeah, he's part of the gang. He's the only one Tony shows any respect to. But Mr Brown is cool. Tony contacts him, has stuff delivered to his place and then I or someone else picks stuff up from his house and takes it to wherever we're told to."
"The woman you last took to the park near to this Mr Brown's house. Tell us what she looked like?"
"Why?"
"We need to know if your telling the truth about dumping her body. If you are then we can figure out a way to catch this Tony and save our friends."
"She had blonde hair, blue eyes, looked a little like you Agent er….." He looked at J.J
"Jareau."
"Agent Jareau. Sorry didn't know your name. But she kinda looked like you, bit shorter though. And had curly not straight hair. She was naked, had her throat slashed, not much more I can tell you Agent er…"
"Rossi."
"Agent Rossi."
"That's okay. Matches the last victim. Proves you are telling the truth. Hey Rogers?" Dave looked at the head security guy standing one side of Sam, their new informant "Sam here will be staying here, sleeping and under protection until we find our guys. Make sure he eats good and has a bed to sleep in? Maybe find him some clothes to fit too? Let him take a shower and clean up but unless he leaves to do a job for us and collect a package or do a job for Tony, he's to stay here and not leave okay? It's only for your protection Sam. Unless your asked to do a job or collect a package, you need to stay here. Here you're under our protection and your safe and on American soil. Out there it's more difficult and risky. When you go to collect a package or do a job, we'll make sure you have protection either from us and or RCMP. We'll make sure no one sees anyone protecting you and we'll do everything we can to make sure your safe but that no one finds out your double dipping and double crossing okay?"
"Okay, seems nice enough here. Thanks Agent Rossi."
Whilst Sam was taken away to find him a room and somewhere he could clean up, Dave and the others looked at each other and then started trying to figure out where their 4 friends were. He instantly got on the phone to the BAU Section Chief Matt Cruz back in Quantico whilst J.J called their technical analyst who was also back in Quantico to tell her.
"Hey Matt, listen something's happened here. Aaron, Kate, Jack and Lily have been kidnapped by the unsub we've been chasing. Yeah, I know. Thought you ought to know. Yeah? Sure. Can you make sure everyone in terms of family for Aaron, Kate, Jack and Lily are put under FBI protection? We don't know anything yet but just to be safe? Thanks. Oh Aaron's brother, Sean, is still living in New York. Yeah? Brilliant. Yeah I know. Yeah that would be great. Thanks Matt. Sure keep you updated til you get here but thanks. Yeah, oh we already got an informant on the case. The delivery boy. Yeah we just got a package, got their main guns, their ammo, their credentials, their cell phones, a photo of each of them and a letter from our unsub. Seems they were all set up and it was planned. Sure. Thanks Matt. See you in a few hours. Thanks though. Bye." Dave hung up the call and turned back to the others.
"Matt's gonna come here to help us. He's just gotta swing by his place for a go bag but he's already ordering a jet to come here. But he'll put Jack, Jess, Sean, Chris, Meg, Karen, Ryan and Lisa all under full FBI protective custody. He'll send agents out to all them now. And have agents from the field office go out to Sean. Make sure he's protected too. Probably best make a few calls to Jess, Sean, Chris and maybe Karen…"
"I'll call Karen Dave, she knows me better. You call Chris, Jessica and Sean."
"Thanks Matt. Oh think when Matt gets here, we'll have to go back to calling you Matthew. Like before."
"Sure, no problem Dave."
"Oh and Matt says we got the full backing and support of the FBI. And anything we need we got."
"That's great. Not often you hear that."
"J.J will you call Chris? I'll have to call Jess then Jack's school to let them know about the FBI protection on Jack. Morgan can you call Sean, let him know what's happened?."
"Sure Dave."
"Sure Rossi man."
Dave first called Jess and then called the school, where he managed to talk to Jack and explain things to him. The call to Jess was hard enough but when he talked to Jack, his heart broke as Jack pleaded to his Uncle Dave to bring his dad home. Dave promised Jack he'd bring his dad home to him and that none of them would leave Canada til they'd found his dad and everyone. Dave had never broken a promise to Jack ever and didn't intend to break these promises now.
After they'd finished calling people, Dave and Morgan went out to visit and talk to the old guy who'd pretended to be a witness but was actually very closely involved with their unsub. Unfortunately for them, the old man was stubborn and refused to talk and say anything. They never let on that the delivery guy was gonna be their mole and just pretended that they needed to question him as he'd been the last person Aaron and Kate had talked to and that they'd been kidnapped the minute they left the old man's house. He claimed to know nothing. To avoid risking the case and letting anything on, they didn't arrest him but instead had plain clothed RCMP officers keep watch on his house and stake it out. When they got back, they were met by the head of the RCMP who promised the agents the full backing and support of all Canadian law enforcement and promised everyone would do everything they could to help find and bring home the 4 missing agents.
