"There's been a report of a man with a gun walking into a convenience store about a mile from here." Detective Lock said the next evening, coming over to the table where JJ and Leah were puzzling over their clues.

The others were out following leads before they called it a night.

"Could that have anything to do with us?" JJ asked.

"There's a Native-American man fitting the victimology and a teenage girl inside."

"But he struck last night." Leah said. "We should have another day."

"We profiled that he would devolve fast. The last murder was sloppy. This fits the profile." JJ started running towards the door with Leah and Detective Lock right behind her. "This could be our guy."

At the store, JJ took the lead. It wasn't difficult to see what was going on inside through the windows. The man with the gun was standing in the middle of the room with his back to them. He was holding the gun to the teen. She had interrupted the unsub before he could get to his victim.

JJ walked deftly through the back door of the store with her gun poised before her. "Adam Smithson? FBI."

Adam swung around and, though he wore a mask, JJ got her first good look at the teenager. Lexi? Oh, no. This was not going to happen.

"Adam, drop the gun." JJ kept her voice calm, almost soothing.

"I'll shoot her! I will! You know I will!"

"You don't want to do that, Adam. She has a family. What about your family, Adam?" Seeing the indecision in his stance, she went with it. "Do you want your son to see you on TV in handcuffs? Or even worse? If you put the gun down and let the girl go, I can make sure that doesn't happen." His hold on the gun, and Lexi, loosened. "All you have to do is hand over the gun and girl. Just give me the gun. Yes, good."

She took the gun from his outstretched hand as Lexi ran from the store, Adam's intended victim with her. JJ cuffed Smithson and handed him off to Lock outside before going over to Lexi who was clinging to the man she'd been held with.

"Tucker Greywolf." Leah murmured. "Lexi's boyfriend."

Oh.

"Lexi, what happened?" JJ asked soothingly, laying a hand on the teen's back.

"I didn't want Tucker coming home alone so I came to drive him home." Lexi's tears were slowing down. "I walked in and that man, Adam Smithson, had his gun out. I freaked and he grabbed me. I'm okay though."

"Are you sure?" Tucker asked.

Lexi nodded, swallowing and smiling a little. "Can – Can I just go home now."

"Yeah, sure, Honey. I'll drive you." JJ guided her to the SUV. "Are you all right, Mr. Greywolf? Do you want me to take you to your place?"

"I'd rather stay with Lexi."

"Of course. Come on."

Leah slid into shotgun and the four headed back to the B&B, leaving Smithson in the hands of Detective Lock. Once in the SUV, Leah called Hotch and told him that they had gotten their unsub. The others met them at the B&B.

Getting out of the vehicle, JJ saw too late a big St. Bernard running towards her, barking noisily.

"No, Bozo!" Lexi called out. "You stop that!"

The dog skidded to a stop at Lexi's feet, licking her hand in apology. He then followed at her side as they walked up the drive.

"You don't like the dog?" JJ asked, trying to give Lexi something to think about besides the feeling of Smithson's gun against her throat.

"I like him a lot. Why?"

"Well, you called him Bozo."

"That's Josh's fault. He didn't like him when we first got him, so he called him Bozo all the time. Soon he started answering to it and wouldn't come to anything else. It just kinda stuck."

JJ laughed. She was inwardly thrilled when Lexi did too.

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