There was a moment of silence and then the conference turned into a flurry of motion and noise. J.J. ran for the bathroom again and Derek left to find a wall to punch that wasn't in front of Strauss. Hotch turned his back on the people remaining in the room so he had a moment to compose himself. Emily and Reid exchanged a glance. They both had information to share but knew no one was in the mood to hear it yet.

Emily said, "I'm gonna go get J.J. Dave, can you and Reid find Derek and get him back here. Pen gave us a clue."

"She gave us more than one," replied Reid; and then left with Rossi to find Derek.

After Emily left the room, Strauss turned to Hotch. "Aaron, is there anything I can do?"

Hotch ran his hand over his head. "I don't know, can you use your evil powers for good and make those men drop dead and my family to be standing here?" He looked over at her and instantly regretted it. "I'm sorry, that was out-of-line. At the moment no, I don't think there is anything you can do. But I would appreciate your observations on what you just saw.

"Aaron, I know everyone on your team is human, with human emotions. I am not going to pull you off the case just because you snapped at me. Or because Agent Jareau is vomiting after seeing her husband get brutally beaten. I won't even pull Agent Morgan off the case if he's destroying government property like I think he is. I'm just here to make sure that the emotions aren't crippling you." Strauss paused and waited for Hotch to acknowledge what she had said.

When he nodded, she continued. "As to the video, I think it's one leader, someone in the BAU has had contact with him in the past, and the rest are people he hired to do his dirty work. If you find who the leader is, you will find your family." Strauss finished and looked over at Kevin who had remained silent since the video started. "Mr. Lynch, can you pull all threats made to this specific BAU team? This man has probably sent something in at some point."

"Yes ma'am, I'm on it."

"Aaron, step outside for a minute and take a break. I will let you know when everyone has returned."

"Thanks," was Hotch's reply as he headed for the door. "Really, I appreciate everything."

In the bathroom…

After getting sick again, J.J. stood at the sink and splashed water on her face. She looked in the mirror and saw Emily standing there, watching her.

"How far along are you?" Emily asked her.

J.J. didn't even bother trying to deny it. "Two months. We just found out last Wednesday. Will was so excited. He wants a little girl to spoil. What if he doesn't make it Em? They hurt him bad. What if he has internal injuries and we don't make it to him in time? This new baby won't ever know their dad. And what about Henry?" She sobbed her son's name.

"He's too young to understand what is happening. I can't even fathom losing him. I can't watch what's going on but I can't not watch. I can't tell Hotch that I can't handle this because I have to know what's going on." J.J. felt her knees start to buckle and grabbed onto the counter.

Emily quickly put her arm around her friend's waist and sat her down in one of the chairs the Bureau had thoughtfully put in for mothers that needed to express milk. Emily kneeled in front of her and grabbed her hand.

"Don't do this to yourself. We will get them back, all of them. We already have clues. We just need to focus and put them together and we will bring Will, Henry, P.G. and Jack home. I need to go and let the others know what Pen said, do you want to stay here a while longer, or come with?"

J.J. wiped the tears off her face and stood up. "I'm ready to go back. You're right, they will come home. We just have to put the puzzle together with the pieces we were given. Let's go."

The two ladies left the restroom ready to return to the fray.

Up on the roof

"I sure hope you aren't thinking about jumping son, because that will mean even more paperwork for us." Rossi said as he and Reid approached Derek as he stood at the edge of the roof, staring off into space.

Derek snorted and said sarcastically, "That would be a shame, old man, for you to have to do more paperwork. I guess I won't do it then."

He sighed and continued, "I just can't get that sound out of my head. I know that Will just got pummeled but all I hear in my head is my Baby Girl's finger snapping. I don't even know why the bastard broke it. One second he was watching us and the next he was in front of Pen."

"It was because she was sending me messages." Reid said, causing both Derek and Rossi to look at him quickly.

"What?" Rossi said, "How?"

"She was using the binary system of 1's and 0's. When the guy stopped hitting Will and started kicking him, he must have seen it. The leader acknowledged him and that's when he went over to Garcia. I don't know what he said to her, but that's why he broke her finger."

"I didn't even see it." Rossi said.

"I saw her hand moving, I just thought she had a nervous twitch going on." Derek said, rubbing the back of his neck. "I can't lose her, even though I may have already. I just want her to be here healthy and alive. I don't even care if she hates me at this point, just as long as she is ok."

Spencer was confused, "Why would she hate you?"

Rossi shook his head at him. "You are a genius, but you miss the most obvious stuff that is the closest to you, kid. Anybody paying attention the past couple of weeks could see that something was going on between Penelope and Derek. They've avoided each other like the plague and there's been no banter or flirting. So, spill it Morgan. What happened?"

"Actually," Reid interjected. "I have noticed the distance and animosity between Morgan and Garcia. I just happen to be the only one that respects the 'no inter-team profiling' rule. I just know that they can't stay away from each other long and I think Garcia is closer to missing him than hating him. What started the fight?"

Derek blew out a breath and said, "She told me that she and Kevin broke up because she wasn't IN love with him. She was in love with me. Not only did I not say anything, I took off and stayed away. It's not that I don't love her, because I do. And it's not that I'm not IN love with her, because I am. I just freaked for a moment and I saw the look on her face and knew I had screwed up, so I ran. I had wanted her to say those words for so long that I didn't know what to do when she did. Then she was so mad at me, and she should have been. She won't talk to me, she won't let me explain."

"Our Tech Kitten is a smart girl. I'm sure that if you were granted the opportunity to explain it to her, she will understand. If I have to, I will arrange that opportunity. You both deserve the chance to be happy; and you are the happiest when you are together. But first, we have to get her back. Let's go inside and do that." Rossi patted Derek on the back and then grasped his shoulder to guide him inside.