The whole team stared at where Reid was pointing to on the map. They all knew to trust Reid's genius brain workings and his instincts.
"Garcia what do you know on a Mark Jennings?"
"Mark Jennings, aged 38, lives alone in a house that belonged to his mother who died 20 years ago. Never married, no kids. House is in the middle of nowhere. He is currently unemployed. It seems that there are currently 3 men living in that house, him and 2 friends. One is Paul Thompson, 25 and the other is Chris Onslow, also 25. I can't see how he met them but both of them are also unemployed. It doesn't look like they have any legal income so anything they buy must be with someone else's money…..I'll give you a printout of a satellite image of the house and nearby roads."
"He and his friends must use money and cards from his victims to buy stuff with."
"Be careful as he has 4 registered handguns to his name and his 2 friends each have a handgun registered to them…"
"Detective I need SWAT teams and police gathered asap. We need to make a plan before we go in…"
Within half an hour, there were SWAT leaders, police officers, detectives, the FBI agents who had flown in with Garcia, plus the 4 BAU team members in a room. Rossi took charge.
"We are going to 357 Elmwood. The house is in in the middle of nowhere so we need stealth to avoid being seen. There are 4 hostages lives at stake, 2 being federal agents. We know there are 3 men inside the house and definitely 6 registered handguns. Detective I need paramedics for all 4 people on standby as nearby as possible but away from danger."
"Of course. Is it okay with you if I have a few officers stand guard with them just in case?"
"That's fine. Better to be safe than sorry. We will park as close as possible then will be on foot to the house. I need to make sure SWAT and officers are surrounding the house. We'll go at night in hopes the suspects are asleep and also to use the cover of darkness to our advantage. I want silent entry into the house and if they are sleeping, we will surprise them in their beds. I don't know what conditions the hostages will be in or where they are in the house. By what we have got to go on, they are sitting chained to a wall. The wall and floor are both concrete so I guess it must be a basement. It's 8 o clock now. I want to leave at 10pm to give them a chance to go to bed. Everyone needs to be ready to leave by 9.30 at the latest so we can go on time. It will take at least half an hour to get out there so by the time we get there and get inside it will probably be around 11pm. Everyone needs to be on their toes as I don't know what's going to happen but I want the main and first aim to be the successful rescue and recovery of all the hostages alive."
As soon as the briefing was over, Rossi went into a quiet room to phone Jessica and Jack and tell them the good news. As soon as Jessica heard, she happily put Jack on the phone.
"Uncle Dave. Have you found my dad?"
"Not quite buddy but we think we know where he and Morgan are being held. We are planning on having a full blown raid with a lot of police later tonight to surprise them when they are sleeping so there is as little chance as possible that they will hurt anyone before we arrest them. I wanted to tell you tonight before we leave because by the time we raid the bad man's house you'll be asleep. But I promise you as soon as your awake tomorrow, you'll get a phone call to let you know how its gone tonight. We did promise to keep you informed all the way didn't we?"
"Yeah and I love you guys for making sure you don't forget about me and also my Aunt Jessica."
"There's no way on earth any of us guys could forget you Jack or your Aunt Jess. You are your dad's world and your Aunt Jess is part of our family because she takes care of you when your dad has to be away on cases with us."
"Hear that Aunt Jess, Uncle Dave says your part of daddy's work family!"
Dave smiled as he imagined Jack talking to Jessica.
"So Jackster, someone will definitely phone you tomorrow morning as soon as you wake up."
"Will it be daddy?"
"Hopefully. But your dad has been held captive for 2 weeks and might be sleeping. Even if its one of us who phones in the morning, I promise you that your dad will call you as soon as he can."
"Thank you Uncle Dave, you found my daddy! Please tell him I love him and that I can't wait to hear his voice again!"
"I won't forget to tell him. I know that message will definitely put a smile on his face. The only thing that will make him even happier is when he see's you again."
"DADDY'S COMING HOME AUNT JESS!"
Dave had to hold the phone away from his ear as Jack obviously forgot to cover the mouthpiece as he shouted to his Aunt with joy and happiness.
"Jack, its probably almost time for you to go to bed. Remember you need to go to sleep as we'll be calling early…Can I speak to Jess again for a minute?"
"Goodnight Uncle Dave and thank you so much for finding daddy!"
"Your welcome buddy! We all know how much you and your dad love each other…."
"Hey Dave, thank you so much for finding Aaron. You don't know how much it means to this little guy to know he will finally have his dad back with him. I think after this though he might not let him go on another case! At least not without a stern Jack Hotchner word!"
"What time does the little guy wake up tomorrow?"
"Well its Friday today so Saturday he usually sleeps til about 8 o clock. Though I reckon he might wake up a lot earlier waiting for the call!"
"Well I have to go now but I'll call back at 8 o clock hopefully with the news Jack's been waiting for for 2 weeks."
Dave smiled to himself as he rang off. J.J and the others came into the small side room looking for him and saw him smiling.
"Have you been speaking to Jessica?"
"Jessica and Jack. You should of heard the little guy, he's so happy his dad's gonna be coming home. I promised him someone would phone him when he wakes up at 8 in the morning to tell him how tonight went. He's definitely hoping its Aaron, but I told him his dad might be sleeping but I also promised him that Aaron would call as soon as he could."
They all knew that one little boy's happiness rested on the success of the raid in a couple of hours time….
