~SPENCER POV~

"What does Nity mean?" JJ asked and I watched as Trinity closed herself off from all of us.

Rossi gave her an encouraging look before she spoke. "Nothing special."

JJ lost her patience at that point and said "This isn't a negotiation. We need to know what this means and we need to know it now."

"That's enough, Jennifer." I couldn't stop the words from coming out of my mouth anymore than I could control the harshness of my tone.

I could see the hurt flash across her face and the shock across everyone else's. I wasn't sure what emotion was written on my face but I knew that it was something that wasn't seen often.

"Reid." Hotch scolded and I looked to him with a blank expression on my face. "We don't have time for a fight between agents."

I echoed his frustrated gaze and said "We don't have time for any fights."

Rossi stepped in then and said "Enough is enough."

Trinity looked to JJ and said "I want to help. I don't want Carrie or anyone else to end up dead and I want to help. You have got to trust me though."

JJ stared at her for a moment before saying "If you hurt a member of my team, I'll kill you."

"Fair enough." Trinity said and gave a sarcastic smile that I couldn't help but laugh about.

I heard laughter come from somewhere in the room followed by "Trinity wouldn't hurt anyone unless she had to. It's her father you should worry about."

Trinity stiffened at the sound of the voice and looked to the source. There in the doorway of the police station was the man who had been there when Trinity was shot along with Carrie. The girl seemed perfectly fine but completely terrified.

"I came by to let all of you know that I've decided to let the girl go early. She is of no use to me anymore and she hasn't been harmed in anyway." He said and I then realized who this bastard was.

Carrie ran from his side and straight to Hotch and Morgan. They immediately stepped in front of her protectively and made sure that she wasn't where he could get in reach of her.

"Trinity, my dear. You have become quite a beauty." He said with a charming smile that made me sick to my stomach.

I was about to move my hand to my gun when Trinity said "Don't draw them. He's got guns all over this place. He's not stupid enough to come alone or unarmed."

Angelo made his way across the room as if it was a casual thing. Trinity stepped protectively in front of JJ as Angelo held his hand out. I felt anger boil in my blood as he reached up and touched Trinity's face. Her eyes held enough fire in them to burn an entire continent as she looked up at the man she hated so much.

"JJ, walk to Rossi and don't do anything stupid." She said without taking her eyes off of Angelo.

He gave a crooked smile and said "Yes, JJ. Don't do anything that you might regret."

She shocked all of us by hesitantly moving from Trinity's side. I could see that JJ realized that Trinity wasn't the biggest threat in this case. Trinity made a gesture with her hand for JJ to move away from her and this time, JJ listened without hesitation.

When Angelo moved his hand, there was a red stain on Trinity's cheek and there was no question that it was blood. "My cocaine has been transported and sold. However, there is another debt that no amount of money can settle."

"Fuck you." She growled and slapped his hand away from her face.

"We've already gone that route, Trinity." I watched as Trinity's eyes turned glassy and I felt my fist clench.

A crooked smile spread across Angelo's face and I felt Penelope lean into me and could feel something wet hit my sleeve. I didn't have to look at her to know that tears were spilling down her face as she watched the exchange.

Trinity looked at him again before asking "What do you want?"

"I want your father delivered to me in the next three months or I want you in his place. If one of these is not met at the deadline, this little town will run red with blood and I will take what is rightfully mine." Anger and cruelty was deep in his features and I fought the urge to draw my gun and empty it in his body.

Trinity said nothing and I knew that there were no words that needed to be exchanged between the two. He backed away from Trinity and made his way to the door after that. He stopped to look at me and I could tell that my gaze was pure hate but I didn't bother to hide it. I didn't want to hide the hate I had for this bastard. He'd hurt Trinity so deeply and now he was playing her right in front of my eyes.

He snorted before walking out of the door and getting into a car outside. Trinity stood in the middle of the room and didn't look at any of us as she walked to the back of the station, not looking at any of the team, the deputies, or the sheriff who had a smug smile on his face.

"Reid, we need to talk." Hotch said and I nodded before looking to Penelope and she hugged me before walking to Morgan. He wrapped her in his arms and I could see that her makeup was running down her face.

I was walking after Hotch when JJ said "Spence…"

I stopped before hugging her tightly and she wrapped her arms around me. I let my tone drop to a softer one than I'd had earlier before saying "I know. It's okay."

She let me go then and I walked to where I'd seen Hotch enter the sheriff's small office. I closed the door behind me and looked to Hotch.

"We need to find her father, Reid." I looked at him shocked and felt anger spread through me but I kept my composure calm.

I raised an eyebrow at him before saying "We're going to give him what he wants?"

"No." Hotch said and then I was truly lost on what he had planned. "We need to find her father to put him away and the Blood Dog's."

I felt myself calm down as the words registered in my mind. "How do you plan on doing that?"

He sat down in the chair and said "Trinity is going to have to help us because she's important to both of them in some way."

"You want to use her as bait in other words?" I asked and kept myself from telling him exactly what I thought of the idea.

Hotch nodded before saying "Reid, she's still a criminal. We put criminals away. She's may not be as dangerous as Angelo and her father, but she is still a threat to society."

I ran my hand through my hair as my frustration grew and said "Hotch, she doesn't deserve that. We both know that."

"I also know that there is something going on between you two and it needs to stop now." He said and stood from the chair. I kept my expression levelled as his dark eyes stared into mine.

I crossed my arms over my chest and said "Hotch, I respect you as my team leader and my friend but what goes on in my personal life has nothing to do with you."

"Your personal life has nothing to do with your job until they collide. Trinity is a part of your job as a profiler and has become a part of your personal life." He said with an even tone and I knew that he was thinking about Haley and the tragedy that occurred when his personal life and his job collided.

I let the frustration leave my body and looked at him with understanding as I said "Hotch, I'll talk to her and ask her for help. I won't use her to get to Angelo and her father."

"I know she wants to help and I have no doubts that she will. It doesn't change her future though." He said with a hint of sorrow in his voice.

I looked up at him and said the words that I'd never thought I'd speak. "If you ask me to lock her up when this is over, I will leave the bureau. I won't be responsible for ruining her life more than it has been already."

He stared at me in shock but I had nothing more to say to him. I nodded before turning the knob on the door and walked out of the room. I could see everyone was calmer than when I'd walked into the office with Hotch but I couldn't let myself be calm.

I didn't speak to anyone as I made my way to the room where I knew Trinity was. She was alone and had a troubled expression on her face as she sat in the break room that was rarely ever used. She looked up when she heard my footsteps and I stood in the doorway, not wanting to make her feel more pressured than she already was.

"Nity is a nickname my dad gave me when I was about three years old. When we'd get separated from each other, he'd leave a note with my name on it to let me know that he was close by. That he could still see what I was doing." She said and I could hear the pain in her voice with every word.

I couldn't find words to say as I looked at her and she took a deep breath before saying "What happened today has nothing to do with you and doesn't change anything about how I feel about you. I know the difference between you and that bastard. Please don't treat me any different."

I walked into the room and didn't bother to close the door behind me. I could tell that she was confused as I began walking over to her and she stood up to say something when I pulled her to me to press my lips to her. I didn't want to think anymore. All I wanted was to feel her kiss and her body pressed to mine. The emotion behind this kiss was more than I had ever seen written on her face and more than I'd exposed to her myself.

There was a desperation that was followed by hurt, loss, hope, and uncertainty. I wrapped my arms around her waist and let myself get lost in the kiss. My tongue slipped between her parted lips and invaded her mouth, tasting the coffee's bitter taste that she'd been drinking moments ago.

"Oh God, why is my timing so bad?" I heard a voice say and we both pulled away in a hurry. We both looked to where the voice came from and saw Penelope standing in the doorway with a shocked expression.

***Wow this was an intense chapter to write. They got caught by Penelope and it looks like JJ has seen the light. I wanted to say thank you for the reviews on the last chapter and I hope you will all enjoy this chapter as well. Thank you for reading and don't forget to hit that review button.