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- Alaina

"I have coordinates of a building that James Strauss owns only 20 minutes from where Erin's car was left," Garcia exclaimed as she entered Rossi's office.

David jumped out of his chair and breezed past Garcia on his way out of the room. "Text me the address and tell Hotch to gather the team and meet me there."

Without another word David ran to his car and flipped his sirens on. "I'm coming, Erin," he mumbled to himself as he sped down the road. "Just hang in there."

"Why are you doing this?" Erin croaked out as her husband kneel by her, smirking.

"Because you betrayed me," he whispered.

She coughed, her throat feeling like it was on fire. "You've cheated on me plenty of times, James-"

"Shut up!" He yelled, smacking her across the face. "You betrayed me," he repeated. "You took away 20 years of my life. You threw yourself into your work, you went to rehab twice because you'd rather drink than spend time with me, and then you have the audacity to cheat on me because I wasn't giving you affection?"

"It wasn't like that," she breathed out, shaking her head.

"I said shut up!" he screamed again. He was about to strike her again when Jonathan entered the room, wielding a gun in his hand.

"James," he addressed his older brother with a glint in his eye. "You ready to do this?"

Dave puled into the deserted parking lot and took his gun out of its holster. Hotch and the rest of the team were on the way, but David needed to get in there now. He entered from a side door and immediately heard two men yelling from below him. After checking his surroundings, he found a staircase and descended towards the yelling. At the bottom was a long hall filled with deserted offices - the last door on the right was slightly ajar and the lights were on.

"Just let me shoot her!"

"No! She's my wife!"

David heard the sounds of a struggle and then an object hit the floor.

"The gun!"

Not two seconds later, three gunshots went off and David took off in a sprint and barged into the room. The first thing he noticed was the body laying by the door - he was assuming John Strauss - with a bullet right between his eyes. Then he saw James Strauss a few feet over, a gun shot wound in his shoulder and another in his knee. Erin was across the room, still on the floor, and pointing the gun straight at him out of fear.

"Erin, it's me," he told her, putting his gun back in its holster.

"David," she exhaled and dropped the gun. "I knew Megan would call you. I knew you'd come for me."

He took three long strides towards her and picked her up off the floor and then lifting her so she could wrap her arms and legs around him. She clung onto him for dear life, her tears soaking his shirt and her sobs breaking his heart. A call on David's radio echoed in the room, signalling that the team had arrived. He set her down, but kept his arms around her as he responded back with their location and demanding a medic.

"David," Erin whispered. "I need my pants."

He parted from her momentarily and took in her appearance. His blood began to boil when he realized just what those two bastards did to her. He grabbed his flashlight and shined it across the room, finding her pants in a heap by the wall and went to retrieve them.

Just as Erin buttoned her trousers, Hotch and Reid entered the room. They both began to assess the scene before them and Hotch silently ordered David to take Erin out of the room. David didn't need to be told twice - he picked Erin up bridal style and left the devastating room behind them.

"Please," James hissed in pain on the floor and Hotch looked down to him. "Someone needs to stop the bleeding."

Hotch raised his eyebrows and looked to Reid who just shrugged. He kneel down next to James, his gun hanging loosely in his hands. "A medic is on the way," he told the man. "Once they make sure Erin is okay, I'll let them know you're down here."

Once they were outside, Erin felt like a huge weight had been lifted from her shoulders - she could finally breathe fresh air again. David carried her to a file cabinet that was abandoned on the side of the building and gently placed her on top of it. JJ came up behind him and silently handed him a blanket which he wrapped around her shoulders. Erin reached out and pulled David toward her, her arms going around his neck. David stepped between her legs and circled his arms around her waist as her nose buried in his neck.

They held on to each other until the paramedics arrived. David let her go, letting her know he would only be a few feet away as she got check out. He stuck his hand in his pocket to retrieve his phone and make a quick call to her kids, telling them to meet him at the hospital in about 30 minutes. During his call he noticed the medics bringing two bodies out of the building on gurneys - one in a body bag and the other being wheeled to an ambulance quickly.

Hotch made his way over to David, a deep frown covering his face. "James will live, but I can guarantee he will not see the light of day again," the younger man informed him.

David kept his eyes on Erin who was sitting in the back of an ambulance while a paramedic patched up the gash on her forehead. "He raped her, Hotch." He felt Aaron's gaze on him, but David kept his eyes on Strauss.

"James?" he asked.

David shook his head. "No, she only wounded James - she wants him to suffer. She killed Jonathan with one shot to the head. He was the aggressor and she knew if he lived that he would get off at the sheer memory of what he did."

They were silent for a moment and then Aaron nodded his head. "Good."

A/N: One more chapter left! :)