The scene changed to inside the warehouse. Morgan was still tied with zip ties to a chair facing away from the other hostages. With his arms restrained and his mouth gagged he didn't know what condition the other hostages were in or how much longer was left until the deadline. Their captor had left the room after recording the message for the media and had not returned.

He was trying again to loosen the zip-ties on his wrists when the skylight above him shattered and a man dressed in green leather and wearing a hood dropped down and landed a few feet away. He immediately came to his feet and drew his bow, checking all angles in the room before lowering the bow and coming to stand in front of Morgan.

'Agent Morgan? Are you ok? Where is he?' he asked as he removed the gag from Morgan.

'He left after recording the video. I don't know where he is. Why did you come here?'

'You needed help. And he is threatening innocent people in my city. I need to stop him. I'm going to need your help.

'I don't know if you've noticed but I'm kind of restrained at the moment. Not sure what I can do tied to a chair.'

'I can take him but someone has to lead these people to safety. I can't do both at the same time. I know you are trying to stop me but that's not what is important now. Getting these people home safely is.'

He then cut Morgan's zip-ties freeing him and held out a hand to help him to his feet.

'The decision is yours Agent Morgan. Save the hostages or detain me. What's it going to be?'

After a moment's hesitation Morgan replied 'The hostages.' The unsub nodded before handing Morgan a small knife.

'Cut their zip-ties and let's go.'

Morgan quickly freed the hostages and led them after the unsub. He had re-drawn his bow and was moving cautiously down a hallway. They reached a narrow stairway leading upwards.

'Get up on the roof. The ground floor entrances are wired with explosives.'

'What about you?' asked Morgan.

'You are injured and unarmed. I need you to get them to get to safety. Go. Now!'

Morgan hesitated for a moment before nodding and indicating for the other hostages to make their way up the stairs. He had followed them up one flight of stairs when he heard talking below him.

'Thank you for coming. I knew I'd have to do something dramatic to get your attention.'

'What do you want with me?'

'What any archer wants- to see who's better. That was you. In Hong Kong. Wasn't it? You're good. I'm better.'

Not wanting the hostages to get caught in any crossfire he turned back and continued up the stairs with the hostages. All the while he was thinking about what he had just overheard.

About an hour later Derek was sitting in a cubicle of the Starling General ER being checked out after the paramedics who had been on site at the warehouse had diagnosed a possible concussion. A fire-truck had been used to allow Morgan and the hostages get off the roof without incident.

The doctor left the room and the entire FBI team came in, anxious to see how Derek was.

'Guys. I'm fine. The doctor said it was a mild concussion, nothing else. I'm good' insisted Derek. 'What happened?'

'The bomb squad is working to disarm the explosives at the warehouse. There are SWAT officers stationed around the perimeter of the building but so far nobody has been seen leaving. All the other hostages got checked out at the scene and are uninjured' summarised Rossi.

'Before this all started we were going through all the links between our Unsub and Oliver Queen. Is there any chance he was the man at the warehouse?' asked Hotch.

'Maybe. I don't know!' Morgan replied in a frustrated tone of voice. 'It was dark and he had a hood pulled over his head. He was using a voice distorter so I don't even know what he sounds like! I should have been able to get more details.'

'He knew you were an FBI agent. Did he treat you any differently than the other hostages?' asked Reid.

'No. I was the first person he released. He untied me and told me to choose between stopping him and saving the other hostages. What else could I do?!'

'Morgan, you have a concussion. You were doing well to be on your feet at all. You helped those hostages escape. Don't be so hard on yourself' JJ reassured him. 'Those hostages are safe because of you.'

'What happened after he released you?' asked Reid.

'That's what's strange. He gave me a small knife to cut the others loose before leading us to the stairway. Why would he give me something I could have used against him?'

'So he is keeping to his pattern of not attacking law enforcement', said Rossi.

'As soon as I knew the hostages were safely on their way up I turned back for a moment to see what he was going to do and heard him talking to the man who knocked me out and took the other hostages. He seemed impressed and said something about recognizing him from something that happened in Hong Kong.'

'Maybe he has been active before, just not in the US. Both men are expert archers and the other archer seemed to recognise our Unsub's skills. We need to expand our search to international crimes' suggested Rossi.

'We need to look into deaths involving the use of a bow and arrow in Hong Kong' added JJ.

'We had profiled our Unsub to be 25 – 45 years old. However, after seeing him in person I would estimate him to be at the lower end of that range, 25 – 30. Go back 10 years' added Morgan.

'Do you have any idea how long that will take? I'm not a miracle worker' exclaimed Garcia. 'There is nothing in the FBI files with anything similar to this M.O.'

'What about the other guy? What can you tell us about him?' asked JJ.

'Nothing. I was hit from behind and woke up tied to that chair in the warehouse. I never saw it coming. He obviously had no reluctance to take other hostages. Why take the risk of targeting an FBI agent?' queried Morgan.

'He appears to have some sort of connection to our unsub. He recognized him from something that happened in Hong Kong and they use the same choice of weapon' summarised Rossi.

'I have a contact at Interpol who I can reach out to and will put in requests to the other agencies to check for cases involving the use of a bow and arrow' replied Hotch

'First though. Garcia, can you track Mr. Queen's whereabouts tonight?' asked Reid.

After a few minutes typing Garcia replied.

'The Queen family hosted a lavish Christmas Party at their mansion tonight. But I don't think Mr. Queen can be the Unsub.'

'Why not?'

'Because shortly after the Unsub was zip-lining into that warehouse, Mr. Queen was involved in a motorcycle accident in the Glades. He was rushed in to Starling General ER less than an hour ago.'

'That's a long way from his Christmas party. What's his condition?' asked Rossi.

'He was unconscious on arrival and is being sent for a CT scan to rule out head injuries. There are no further details available. He must be still being treated' replied Garcia.

'Ok. Rossi, JJ? Check in on Queen. See if you can figure out what he was doing in the Glades. The rest of us will head back to the precinct and get the ball rolling on those international searches. These guys must have appeared on someone's radar. Someone has to know who these guys are!'