As the song finished up, Kasper bowed as the curtains closed in front of him. He sighed before heading to the general area where Hotch said he would be located. As he walked through several parted curtains a pair of hands gripped his upper arm tightly, startled, he turned around quickly with a gasp.
"Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't see you there since you're wearing all black."
"Did you mean it? When you said that you were in love with me?" Reid quickly assessed the situation, knowing the result of angering this man, then raised a hand to cup the man's face.
"Every word. I wasn't sure you would come. Your tan skin, your green eyes...you're so much more handsome than I imagined." Reid looked closer "You're much taller and stronger than I imagined as well."
"Are you surprised?" The man looked back at him
"Pleasantly so…" Reid stepped close to the other man
"Shall we go back to my room? I can play your favorite song?"
The man smiled at Kasper "Follow me." The grip on Reids arms left no room for argument or question as he was pulled along between cables and curtains, barely able to keep up with the other man's more insistent pace. He was pulled around a corner before nearly being pulled down the steps.
"What's the hurry darling? We have all the time in the world!" Reid turned a corner and spoke out loud
"Are we beneath the stage? I had no idea there was so much room down here!" The younger man spoke back
"Most shows don't use these corridors anymore, but I know the whole layout. Come this way, I have something for you…"
Hotch rushed to keep up, hoping that Rossi and JJ weren't far behind. It was affirmed when he heard JJ speak "Kasper keep giving us directions; where at are you below the stage? Anything you see or hear can help us find you faster…"
Rossi spoke up "You need to buy time. His end game is the song, that's what he wants to hear. Stall as long as you can."
Hotch was tense walking through the tight corridors and crawl spaces, hoping Reid would be right around the next corner.
"Do you like it? I prepared it special just for you." the musician looked around to see the wide open area in front of him. There were lights everywhere, pictures of himself as Kasper on the wall.
"Did you hang all these lights for me?"
The man walked closer towards Kasper, continuing forward even as he backed up. The larger man pinned Kasper to the wall between his broad arms, leaning down to whisper.
"I did. I have champagne for us as well."
Kasper heard a shout in his earpiece from JJ
"Kasper, do NOT drink it!"
The man pinning him against the wall, looked confused before noticing the clear cord connecting the ear piece to Kasper's shirt. He ripped it out and glared at the man in front of him
"What is this? WHAT IS THIS?!" the angry man threw it to the floor before slamming Kasper up against the wall behind him. Kasper's head rang with the force of the impact, and though his vision was swimming he could feel himself be pulled to a chair and forced down upon it.
"Please, darling! It's just my manager, she reads the set list to me, she doesn't mean anything. You know I would never do anything to hurt you!"
The man look relieved "Oh, Kasper. You're right, I know you would never hurt me." The man straddled him and began to run his hands down Kasper's chest, hands coming back up to undress him, removing the cravat and lace from around his neck. "Play me my song."
"of course my darling." Kasper looked up, gently placing his hands on the other man's cheeks before pulling him forward and headbutting his face.
Hotch heard a shout over the microphone, silently thanking whatever deity he could name that the unsub had not found the microphone. His steps quickened, hoping that it wasn't Reid's shouts of pain that he was hearing….
"My face!" The tanned man staggered backwards and did his best to dodge the attacks, clumsy with the sharp, fresh, break in his nose and tears streaming from his eyes. He grabbed the chair that he had forced Kasper onto just moments ago and broke it over Kasper's back in fury, the violinist fell to the floor immediately. The muscular man grabbed the nearby violin wire and managed to wrap it around Kaspers neck after sitting on his back, he pulled it taught, strained and whispy gasp's loud in the otherwise quiet room. Kasper's hands failed to find purchase below the wire to wrench it off. Kasper remembered the very small blade hidden inside his belt buckle, little more than a pointed piece of metal, he pulled it free from under him and quickly swung his hand back stabbing it in the man's thigh; able to buck off the attacker in the moment of surprise. He ripped the wire from his neck as he took deep breaths greedily, throwing the wire out of reach.
The men continued to fight, Kasper landed several kicks to the man's torso and legs. The strong punches followed by a knee to Kasper's stomach, lifting him off the ground, knocked the wind from him and brought him to his knees.
"After EVERYTHING I've done for you!" The tanned man reared back and kicked Kasper in the stomach. "I should have known you would betray me. THEY ALWAYS BETRAY ME!" Kasper used the nearby table to help him stand up. The man came over to the table as Kasper backed away, readying to fight again. Kasper stood his ground on shaky legs before he noticed a shadow behind him, looking back for just a split second, he could see it was Hotch. The tanned man chose that moment to pull something out from under the table.
"Kasper, are you okay?"
His throat was raw, he could only nod as he looked back to the man, putting his hands up in surrender "Look, it doesn't have to end like this." He noticed the glint of the gun "Just put the gun down so no one gets hurt."
The man looked to Kasper shaking his head in fury "I would never hurt you!"
Kasper stepped forward replying with a raspy "I know," Kasper stepped forward again "I know you would never hurt me...so please," Kasper placed a gentle hand on the top of the gun attempting to push it toward the ground "put the gun down."
The man grew furious "No! If I can't have you, then NO ONE CAN!" The man moved the gun sideways towards Hotch. Kasper's eye grew wide and shouted "NO!" before gripping his hand on the gun again, pulling it towards himself. The man watched as the gun was redirected towards Kasper immediately as the shot fired, he let go of the gun in shock. Two shadows came from behind the man and pulled him to the ground. JJ pointed the gun at him as Rossi pulled his arms behind his back to handcuff him. Kasper's hand still held the gun as he fell backward from the momentum and his head hit the hard ground. Hotch placed his gun in his holster as he rushed to the younger mans side with a shout of "Spencer!"
Morgan and Prentiss rushed in the room "Get him out of here!" Morgan shouted to Rossi and the officers. Prentiss yelled to another officer "We need Medical in here!"
