They were all standing in Don's cubicle in stunned silence when the sound of Amita and Larry running down the hall with maps and Charlie's laptop broke the silence. Don was able to close the picture of Charlie before they got to his desk.

Don turned away from them and wiped his eyes and then went to meet them on their way to him. Don, with a voice trying, but failing to sound strong said, "Hey guys, do you have, anything new for us?"

Amita went into the results of their algorithms but Larry was quiet he could tell by the look on Don's face that something new had happened.

Amita pulled Don into the conference room where she unrolled the map with the bloody handprint. She was talking a mile a minute until she caught sight of that handprint and she was silent for a moment then swallowed hard and continued, "When we ran Charlie's algorithm and we were given a search radius of 15 miles, it is the space within the circle on the map. We think that the kidnapper lives and is holding Charlie in this area but we cant narrow the circle down unless we have something traceable that we can link back to a house or an apartment."

Don sighed, "How about an email?"

Amita got very excited, "Yes, Yes even if he routed his IP through another server I can follow the trail back to the location. That is awesome Don, can I look at the email now?"

Don didn't answer right away, he rubbed his head as he thought about the appropriate way to handle the email, "Amita, sweetie, the email had a picture attached to it that was pretty disturbing and I don't want you to see it okay."

Larry took his place behind Amita and put his arm around her to show his support to her. Larry said, "Don, we might be able to use what we see in the photo to help find Charlie, it will be hard on us to see it but if it brings him home quicker it is worth it."

Don hung his head low for a moment and then sighed, "I know you are right. It is a very disturbing image. He is not clothed and he has been very badly beaten. I need you guys to be prepared that the Charlie you see in that attachment is beaten so badly he doesn't even look human."

Amita began to shake and cry and Larry tightened his arm around her and in an attempt to give her some of his strength said, "We must think about the greater good in this situation. Charles is in a paradoxal state right now. It is difficult for us to see what is happening to him but if we do not follow every lead and attempt to analyze the evidence in an empirical fashion like Charles would we could cost him his life. Don lead on, Amita and I are going to be strong and we are going to help you bring Charles home."

Amita patted Larry's hand on her shoulder and then wiped her eyes as she nodded her head in agreement.

Don smiled at the moxie of his friends and said, "Alright I can't argue with your logic Larry even if I understood what you were saying. Follow me."

He led them back to his desk and sat Amita at his desk chair and showed then the email and then showed them the attachment. Amita tried really hard to hold it together but she had to excuse herself. Megan went after her to help comfort her.

Larry sat down in the chair that she left empty and all he could mutter was, "Dear Lord". Don reached over Larry and clicked the link closed. He patted Larry on the shoulder and said, " I told you it was worse than you could even imagine. Do your best with that email and I will get the team to start canvasing the area you all highlighted and they will be ready to pounce when you get something."

Amita and Megan came back and Amita sat with Larry and began to trace the IP address of the computer that sent the email and Don gathered his team for a briefing.

Once the whole team was assembled in the conference room Don began to go over the results that Larry and Amita had found for them. They made a plan on how they are going to canvas all the area in the circle and what there response should be when and if they find the house they are looking for.

Don said, "I am going to get federal Marshalls and LAPD to help us on the field search. I am going to set Colby and David over a group and a quadrant and I want to put Nikki and…."

Larry and Amita storming in the conference room waving a piece of paper interrupted Don, "We have an address, we have an address!"

Don snatched the paper in shock, "This is right in the center of the circle that you all outlined. You are sure that it is the home that sent the email to us?"

Amita smiled, "We are certain of it. The kidnappers didn't even try and reroute their IP address, I bet they thought since they have Charlie they wouldn't have to worry about you all tracing them."

Don hugged Amita tightly and then said, "They weren't counting on Amita and Larry the wonder twins. Come on team suit up lets bring by baby brother home."

Amita and Larry stayed at the FBI office until they were called. Don and his team and geared up for war and set off to the address that Amita found.

About a block away Don parked his SUV and assembled his teams. He began, "Megan you are in mission control, I need you to have an ambulance ready to move in as soon as the scene is clear and Marshalls I want you all to set up a perimeter around the house to catch any runners that we may have. Shoot to kill these men are armed and obviously crazy so don't take any chances. My guys follow me, I am going to storm the front with Colby and David you take Nikki and go around the back. Lets go team Charlie needs to come home."

The groups set out to assume their assigned position with a cat like quality. They all moved quickly and quietly. Don and Colby got to the front door and Don gave Colby one more head nod and then kicked in the door yelling, "FBI, YOUR UNDER ARREST"

As soon as they crossed the threshold of the house they were greeted with automatic weapons fire. Colby and Don hid behind the door. Colby could see the reflection of the gunman in the tiled mirrors on the wall and he took the opportunity when the man was reloading to jump from his hiding place and shoot the man in the head right between the eyes. He fell to the ground with a sickening yet satisfying thud. They were able to get deeper into the house clearing every room as they went.

They turned the corner and found the last room they needed to clear. They kicked in the door and they found the kidnapper crouched behind the lifeless and broken body of Charlie Eppes. He was using him as a human shield. He was screaming something about wanting free passage to Mexico or he was going to kill Charlie.

Don wasn't really listening; he was lining up his shot. Without hesitation he expertly placed two quick shots in the center of the kidnappers forehead. He fell to the ground and so did Charlie.

Don rushed over to Charlie and immediately felt for a pulse. Thankfully they found one. He pulled Charlie into a tight embrace on his lap and radioed for Megan to allow the ambulance to come in the scene is secure. Charlie is alive.

Megan uttered a thank God and said she would go and get Amita and Larry and then they would pick up Alan and head to the hospital.

Don was so happy to have his baby brother in his arms he didn't even realize that Charlie did not have any clothes on. Colby brought over a blanket and wrapped it around the shivering Charlie.

Don couldn't hold his tears any longer, with a broken voice he told Colby, "Thank you for covering him up. Thank you all for helping me get my brother back."

Colby squeezed Don's shoulder and said, "Like I said, Whiz kid here is like all our little brother. It was a pleasure to bring these scum bags to justice."

Don sat rocking Charlie running his hands through his brother's curls. He whispered to him that he was going to be ok and that his attackers are dead and they cant hurt him anymore.

The paramedics came crashing through the door and when they did Charlie woke up for a moment and looked into his brothers eyes and muttered, "I knew my big brother would save me like always."

Don kissed the top of his head and said, "That's right buddy, I am not going to let any bully get away with hurting my little brother. The ambulance is going to take you to the hospital but I will be there waiting to see you okay Charlie."

Charlie slipped back into unconsciousness and the paramedics took him from Don's arms and transported him to the hospital. Don watched Charlie until he left the house and then he busted out into sobs.

David and Colby looked at each other, they wanted to comfort their boss but neither of them were very good at comforting, kicking ass was more their speed. David sighed deep and then walked over to Don. He reached out his hand to help him up then when he pulled him up he pulled him into an embrace.

David hugged Don till he stopped sobbing a moment later. When Don calmed he held Don at arms length and said, "Colby and I are going to take you to see your brother come on."

Don sniffed and said, "Yeah lets go! We will leave LAPD and the Marshalls to take out the garbage."