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Fancy Meeting Someone Like You

Chapter 10

The Escapist

Natalie ran as quickly as her legs could carry her. She kept the phone on loud speaker in her pocket, using her hands to help her run. Garcia had been tracking her and was giving her instructions on where to go, and was directing the others to her. Natalie approached a small house, it looked like a cottage. She entered cautiously, and then walked inside, flicking the lights on.

She screamed suddenly as she saw photos. Photos of the women James had murdered posted all over the walls. Then she locked eyes onto a small boy in the room. His eyes were open wide, his skin pale, and his eyes clammy. He had multiple stab wounds over his chest and the blood had dried onto his shirt. Natalie started hyperventilating, backing away in terror.

"T-There's posters of the murdered women in the room and there's a dead boy!" she exclaimed to Garcia and JJ. JJ looked at the lyrics, noticing it was part of the song. They all then heard an owl hoot, startling Natalie. She then turned, exiting and began running again. She ran down alley ways and through cramped buildings, trying to save her own skin. Her shoes flew off but she didn't stop to grab them, she continued walking on the snow in bare feet.

Spencer ran as quickly as he could, following Garcia's instructions she sent to him through his radio on his shoulder. His gun was in his hands, ready to shoot if he came across James. He thought over what she had said to him. She had said 'I love you' to him in Norwegian so James wouldn't know. But did he love her? That was the big question he couldn't decide. He didn't know what this sort of love felt like. He might be in love with her, he might not be, and the fact was that he didn't know.

As he continued running, he noticed the house Garcia had said that Natalie had found. He ran past it, aiming straight for Natalie. A sudden bang caught his attention, making him duck behind a wall and peer out. He raised his gun, ready to shoot and spotted James behind the corner. He grit his teeth, his hand clutching the gun tightly. If he wanted to give Natalie an answer, he had to get rid of this guy first. He spotted Rossi, Morgan and Prentiss, and then gave them a signal to keep going after Natalie. They did so and then Spencer focused more on James. James had suddenly disappeared.

Spencer looked around madly for him then he heard a clicking sound behind him. He froze on the spot, slowly turning to see James standing there with a smirk on his face, the gun pointed at his face. Spencer's eyes widened as he saw the hammer slowly pulling back.

"Goodbye" stated James, the trigger slowly being pushed. Spencer began seeing his life flash before his eyes, everything he'd done and everything he would have liked to have done.

"Kid!" exclaimed a voice, tackling James down, the gun shooting and narrowly missing Spencer's head. Spencer let out a yelp, covering his head in his hands quickly as he saw Morgan holding James down. James' gun went flying into the snow and Spencer gasped, seeing Morgan trying to keep him down. Morgan hissed under his breath, threatening James every time he tried to retaliate.

"Kid, I got this! You go to Natalie!" he yelled to Spencer. Spencer stood there in shock for a second, and then turned, running again, following Garcia's instructions.

"Settle down!" hissed Morgan, but James spat in his eye, punching his face, then stood, grabbing his gun and shooting, hitting Morgan's arm. Morgan cried out in pain, holding his arm in agony. James smirked, running after Spencer. He knew Spencer would lead him directly to Natalie.

"Natalie!" cried Prentiss, grabbing Natalie and holding her in a tight hug. Natalie froze up, relief rushing into her veins. She began pulling away and Prentiss turned to look at Rossi. Rossi approached with a vest and handed it to Prentiss, who then motioned for Natalie to follow her.

"Take your jacket off! We have to put this bullet proof vest on then put your jacket on" she explained and Natalie nodded, doing as she said. Once the vest and jacket were on, Prentiss led her back out to Rossi.

"Alright, we'll watch over you from the shadows, you need to lure James out into the open" he stated and Natalie nodded, fear making her belly do flips.

"H-How's Hotch?" she asked and Prentiss smiled gently at her.

"In the hospital recovering. He's fine" she explained, making Natalie beam a smile at her.

"Bad news guys! I just got word from Morgan, he's been shot in the arm!" announced Garcia and the team gasped. Natalie looked at the ground in guilt. She felt like throwing up and screaming at the same time.

"Alright Natalie, I need you to lure James into the open" stated Prentiss as she walked to her, whispering something in her ear. Natalie nodded, her face full of uncertainty. Prentiss and Rossi ran off into the buildings, watching Natalie and following her every move. She ran down through the passages and alley ways until she heard footsteps behind her. She knew who's they were, James had caught up.

She heard the gun shots after her, narrowly missing her as she turned the corners. She could hear another set of footsteps and could hear Spencer yelling for James to stop. James was ignoring him, his focus only on her. She turned a corner, suddenly finding herself face to face with a dead end. She looked madly for another exit but there were none. She turned to hear chuckling. James stood there, his gun aimed straight for her. Her eyes widened as her breath caught in her throat. He smiled wickedly, and then gasped as he began hallucinating. Natalie had suddenly turned into a beautiful angel with a kind smile. She was smiling sweetly at him, love in her eyes and motioning for him to come to her.

"We'll be together in heaven, I promise" he whispered, pulling the trigger just as Spencer approached them, skidding around the corner. Natalie heard a bang, gasping onto the spot as she felt a pain in her chest. She fell to her knees, and then collapsed to the ground, wheezing a little from the agony. Spencer's eyes widened in horror as he watched Natalie collapse after being shot.

"No!" he yelled, raising his gun at James but James had bet him to it. He had placed his gun under his throat, closing his eyes then pulling the trigger. Spencer stood there in shock as he watched the blood splatter everywhere and some of it coated him. His clothes were covered in red dots of his worst enemy's blood.

He heard strained breathing and rushed to Natalie, fumbling at her jacket and muttering 'no' repeatedly. He managed to get her jacket undone then saw Natalie smiling up at him. That was when he noticed she was wearing a bullet proof vest. He smiled in relief, and then picked Natalie's upper torso up, hugging her tightly.

"You came for me, just like you said you would..." she whispered, wrapping her arms around him and hugging him back. Spencer had placed his face in between her neck and shoulder, letting his tears of joy fall. Natalie soothed his back gently.

"Jeg elsker deg" he whispered, making Natalie gasp a little. She then smiled, resting her head on him as well, enjoying the hug.

"Morgan was shot, did you hear that?" she asked and Spencer pulled away, looking at her in shock and disbelief. He helped her stand then they saw Prentiss and Rossi approach.

"Thank you Emily and David... for everything!" she said and they smiled at her.

"Not a problem Natalie" stated Rossi and Prentiss smiled brightly at her.

"Is everything alright? I heard gunshots and a lot of no, is my flower alright?" asked Garcia, rambling on through the phone.

"Garcia, everything's fine. James is dead and Natalie is safe and sound" replied Spencer and they all heard JJ and Garcia sigh loudly in relief, muttering a few curses. Natalie chuckled then heard word from Morgan. He was in the ambulance heading for the hospital.

"Shall we head to the hospital and stop Hotch from freaking out the nurses?" asked David, chuckling as he said finished.

"Why would he be freaking out the nurses?" asked Spencer and Natalie also looked a little confused.

"Well think about it, Hotch was sent to hospital straight after Natalie was kidnapped. He's probably freaking out and stressing over whether we got Natalie back alive and if all of us are alright" explained Emily.

"Oh" stated Spencer and Natalie, and then they ran after Rossi and Prentiss as they headed for the SUV to head to the hospital.

"What a way to spend Christmas Eve..." muttered Natalie and Spencer chuckled at her.

"At least we're alive to spend Christmas Eve" he stated and Natalie glared at him slightly, giving him a small hit to his arm. Spencer chuckled, rubbing his arm then they climbed inside the SUV.

When they approached the hospital they rushed to the front desk and were led to Hotch's room. Hotch was sitting up with his leg in a cast. When they all entered a smile flashed on his face.

"Thank god, you're all alright and you got Natalie back" he stated and they walked to him. Natalie approached him and placed her hand in his, looking at the ground sadly.

"Hey, don't blame yourself for this Natalie... It's not your fault, none of this is your fault" he reassured and Natalie flashed a quick smile.

"So, how's your leg?" she asked, trying to change the subject. Spencer had approached her and put an arm on her shoulder to comfort her. Hotch winced a little as he tried to move his leg then smiled at her.

"A clean break, so it's all joined back up and the doctor says I should be out in a few hours so we can all spend Christmas together if you want Natalie" he answered and Natalie smiled brightly. She nodded happily then watched Rossi enter the room again.

"Morgan's been looked at and he's on his way. They say it's fine, just he shouldn't do anything with that arm for a while" he explained and they watched the door open as Morgan entered. Prentiss rushed to him and hugged him, then Natalie saw Spencer wave at him. Morgan smirked, putting his good arm over his shoulders, putting all his weight on him.

"Gah! Heavy!" he explained, only just managing to keep himself steady. Morgan pouted, and then stood properly, ruffling up Spencer's hair. The nurse then walked into the room and walked to Hotch. She held a bunch of folders and paperwork in her hands.

"Aaron Hotchner? You're ready to leave, if you can just sign there papers here we can let you leave" she stated, handing Hotch the papers and a pen. He signed the papers then handed them back, swinging both legs over the bed then stumbled into the bathroom to change back to his clothes. Once he emerged, he was handed some crotches and began walking with everyone back to the SUV. Next stop, Natalie's and Christmas!