Rachel´s POV.
I regained unconsciousness to find myself locked in the trunk of a moving car with my wrists tied together behind my back. "Son of a bitch!" Cursing, I tried to tug on my restraints which was of course useless.
Okay, calm down Rach. I took a few deep breaths. Spencer and his team will find you.
The car came to a screeching hold and I could hear someone getting out and walking towards the trunk.
"Wakey, wakey sleeping beauty." A male voice chuckled and all of a sudden l was blinded by light. A few blinks later my eyes finally adjusted to the bright light and I could finally see my kidnapper who seemed awfully familiar. "Oh look at you Rachel! You sure have turned into a sight for sore eyes."
I studied the man in front of me for a moment and that´s when I eventually recognized him. "Michael?"
"I´m glad you recognize me, Rachel. Or would you like me to call you Rach? That´s what he calls you, isn´t it?" He chuckled and I knew right away that he had meant Spencer. "I witnessed your little reunion. I must say I was surprised to literally see you slam the door in his face."
"You sick son of a bitch!"
"Oh gee thanks, but tell me something I don´t already know." He smirked cruelly. "Who would have thought that geek boy would end up working for the FBI? Personally I didn´t, but you know what? I´m glad he did though because now I get to kill two birds with one stone."
"I swear to god if you..." I was cut off by a slap across the face.
"Don´t you dare threaten me! This is all your fault! Because of you I lost my football scholarship! You ruined my entire life and now I finally get to have my revenge! Imagine how heartbroken geek boy will be when he finds your dead body." He said as he lifted me out of the trunk to place me on the ground. "I´m sure you have heard of the other three girls? I practised just for you because I wanted to make sure this day was going to be perfect. We´re going to have some fun now and this is how. I will give you a five minute head start before I´ll coming after you, so you better make sure you run as fast as you can because otherwise I will shoot you on the spot." Pulling out a gun he started waving it playfully in front of my face.
"Does that gun make you feel like a man? You´re a bigger coward than you were back then!" Bam! This time he kicked me in the side and I could feel a drop of blood dripping down from my lip when I bit back the scream.
"Oh I see, you´re playing tough cookie. Well Rach don´t you worry, sooner or later you won´t be able to hold those screams back." He chuckled and yanked me up forcefully by my upper arm. "Now how about we get started?"
Meanwhile back at Rachel´s house. General POV.
After a quick re-group at the police station Hotchner had sent Reid and Morgan to Rachel's house to see if they could find some clues as to who could have taken her. The young doctor had a hard time keeping it together but he had to for her sake.
"You know we´re going to find her right?" Morgan assured his colleague and friend.
Reid just nodded in response as he unlocked the door to Rachel´s house with a spare key that had been given to them by a friend of hers.
They entered the house and the first thing they noticed was how immaculately clean and organized it was. The walls were kept in neutral colours with a few paintings and plenty of pictures adorning them. They searched the house one room at a time and eventually reached Rachel´s bedroom. The first thing Spencer noticed were the pink peonies on the nightstands on both sides of her king sized bed.
"I gave Rachel her first pink peony on her twelfth birthday." Spencer stated as he eyed the flowers. "One legend says that the peony is named after the physician of the gods Paeon who received it on Mount Olympus from the mother of Apollo. She always wanted to be a doctor so I thought peonies would be perfect for her."
"And they also symbolize romance." Morgan added and waited for the young genius´s reaction. "You were in love with her."
Reid thought about it for a moment but something else caught his attention at that very moment. "I found something." He walked towards the trash bin next to the vanity and pulled out an empty watch box. "These watches have built in GPS Trackers. I can´t see the watch anywhere."
"She´s probably wearing it. Give me the box and I´ll ask Garcia to track it." Morgan concluded and took out his cell phone. Garcia answered immediately. "Hey, baby girl. I need you to work your magic. Can you track down a GPS watch for me? We think Rachel might be wearing it."
"Sure, sugar. All I need is the serial number which should be on the back of the box."
"7830281-27839."
A minute later Garcia had managed to track her down. "I got a hit. She´s in Snake Den State Park in Johnston, just a few miles away from you. I´m sending the exact coordinates to your phone as we speak. I´ll call the others and request back up."
"Thanks, baby girl. You´re the best." Morgan said and hung up.
The two agents rushed to their SUV and sped off to the location Garcia had texted them.
Snake Den State Park, Johnston. Rachel´s POV.
Michael cut the ropes around my ankles and wrists loose while keeping his gun pressed to the back of my head. "Let the games begin." He chuckled and shoved me hard. "You´ve got five minutes."
I ran as fast as I could because I knew that if I wouldn´t that he´d shoot me right away. At least this way I had a few minutes to figure out a plan to get out of this alive.
Every time I felt panic taking over my rational self I thought of Spencer which calmed me down.
Think of a plan, Rach. I thought to myself as I continued running. You´re in a strange forest in the middle of god knows where with a gun wielding revenge seeking maniac hunting you like an animal. The only chance you´ve got is to get the drop on him and disarm him.
That´s when I spotted a huge oak tree next to a lake and I knew I had found the perfect hiding place. I picked up a large rock and climbed up the oak tree whilst ensuring to keep myself concealed by its branches and leaves.
"Rachel! Rach! Where are you?" Michael said in a sing song voice. Hearing him call me Rach made me sick to my stomach. "I´ve come to find and kill you."
He came closer and closer to my hiding spot and I prepared myself by raising the rock above my head and aiming it at his head. I knew I had to make this one count, so I took a breath and prayed that I would hit my target.
He was a few feet away from me when I launched the rock at his head. Fortunately it hit him in the head and caused the gun he was holding to fly through the air into the bushes, but the blow didn´t knock him out. "You bitch!"
I used his momentarily confusion to my advantage and launched myself at him. We had been struggling and exchanging blows with one other when all of a sudden I got distracted by hearing Spencer call my name. Michael used my bafflement and pulled out a knife and stabbed me with it in the abdomen. I cried out in pain and kneed him in the groin before flipping him over and using the few moments I bought with the move to pull the knife out of the side of my abdomen. I had just managed to do so before Michael attacked me once again causing me to drop the knife.
"You little slut! Playtime´s over." He said and punched me once again before dragging me to the lake.
I was considerably weakened by the blood loss I was experiencing but that didn´t stop me from fighting back.
Michael shoved me into the lake forcefully and started pushing me under water.
"Let her go or we will shoot!" I could hear Spencer shout.
"No! I´m going to finish her off!" Michael shouted back as he continued drowning me.
The last thing I heard before everything went black was a gunshot being fired towards my direction.
General POV.
Derek Morgan fired his gun and shot the unsub who dropped dead on the spot.
Spencer ran into the lake and carried Rachel´s lifeless body out onto the shore. "Morgan, she´s not breathing!" He cried out and started cpr. "Cmon Rach! Please, please.. You´ve got to stay with me!"
"Keep going!" Morgan answered as he dragged the unsub´s body out of the water. "Hotch and the others as well as the ambulance are only a few minutes away."
After what seemed eternity Rachel finally responded to the CPR Spencer was administrating by coughing out water and gasping for air. "Rachel! Thank God!" Spencer smiled as her eyes began to flutter open.
"I knew you would come for me Spence." Her voice was barely above a whisper. "I´m cold. I..I.."
"Ssssh, it will be alright. You are going to be okay." He peeled off the cardigan he was wearing and wrapped it around her before pulling her into his arms. "Just try to keep your eyes open. The medics will be here soon."
