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Devona fought to stay calm as she heard the ringing of the phone that was pressed up to her ear and the knife that was pushing against her throat. Sam was making her call Reid for a reason that she couldn't figure out but he threatened to sew her mouth closed if she said one wrong word. She heard her father's voice on the other end of the phone and relief washed over her.

"Dad."

"Dev, what's going on? Are you OK? Sweetheart, what have they done to you?"

"I'm alright, I'm alright," Devona lied. The cuts on her face and arms from the night before still stung and she was sure that they would get infected.

"Where are you?" He asked. The knife got pushed harder against her throat.

"He's listening dad, Sam is. He says that he has unfinished business with you."

"I promise I will explain everything as soon as I find you. What has he done? Please just tell me."

"I promise I will explain everything as soon as you find me," Devona repeated, afraid of how Sam might react. All of a sudden Sam jerked the phone away from Devona's ear and held it up to his own. He stepped in front of Devona, pulled out a gun and aimed it at Devona's head.

"Spencer Reid, tell me where you are and how much you know. I've got a bullet that would be plenty willing to meet her skull if you don't cooperate," Sam threatened.

Sam was silent for a minute as he listened to what Reid was saying. He grew angrier and angrier and if Devona wasn't wrong, she caught a glimmer of fear in his eyes.

"YOU LIAR!" Sam shouted so loud that is startled Devona. He looked over at Devona raised the gun, not at her face this time, and all Devona remembered after that was the pain that scorched through her shoulder.

"No! I swear-" Reid was cut off from his sentence by the sound of a gunshot, "Sam! Samuel Greene," But the line was cut off. Sam had hung up after firing the gun.

"Reid, what's going on?" Morgan asked. Reid had not told the team who was calling and they all leaned in close once they heard him say "Dev"

"Sam made her call me. I had to tell him where we were, he would've killed her. I-I'm sorry," Reid's voice shook in fear.

"What did he say when you told him?" Gideon asked.

"He yelled. He called me a liar."

"Reid, do you know what that means? We're on track!" Gideon said, excited.

"You're right Gideon, but now he knows that we're onto him. How much time does Devona have left?" Morgan shuddered.

"Don't touch it!" Devona shouted at Alec who was trying to remove the bullet from her shoulder. After Sam had shot her he stormed out of the room and Alec cam in. He offered to help with her shoulder, she had agreed, but that was before she realized how painful it was to just try and remove a bullet.

"Sorry. Sorry for everything," he said.

Devona leaned forward and whispered: "Listen, we know that they're close. If you help me get out of here I can say that you helped me escape and you won't be sent to prison."

Alec whacked his hand across Devona's face. It stung and blood trickled down her cheek from a freshly reopened wound. Tears formed in Devona's eyes. The thought that her friend had slapped her had hurt more than the hit itself.

"No! I have to follow my father's orders. He's more important than some stupid little girl," tears glistened in Alec's eyes as if the words were directed at him and not Devona. Alec turned quickly and locked the door.

"I will make my father proud," he said.

He slowly untied the bindings around Devona's wrists and ankles. The skin underneath the ropes was raw and sore but she ignored the pain. As soon as Devona had the chance she jumped up and threw herself at Alec. She knocked him to the ground and he was dazed for a moment. She turned to run but Alec was faster and whipped out his hand to grab her by the ankle. She tried to move her leg but Alec yanked it out from underneath her and she fell face-first to the floor. Blood began to ooze from her nose.

Alec pulled himself up from the ground and pinned her to the ground with his hands, putting extra pressure on her shoulder. She laid stomach to the ground with Alec sitting on top of her and fought back the urge to cry out in pain.

"Shoulda put more thought into that before you actually tried," Alec taunted. He pulled off his belt and cleared the hair off from the back of Devona's neck.

"I'm sorry, but you asked for this," he lifted the belt and brought it down hard against the back of her neck. Devona yelped in pain and tears came to her eyes as the belt came into contact with her skin.

He repeated that torture many times, each time hurting more than the last. She tried to think about something she loved to distract her from the pain but eventually it became too much and the pain was all she could feel.

When Alec finished, he stood up. He grabbed her sore shoulder and flipped her onto her back. She tried to sit up but Alec kicked her and she fell to the ground again.

Devona looked up at him with fear in her eyes. She remembered the first day that they'd met. Some seniors in the cafeteria at lunch were picking on her and calling her names. Devona was ignoring them, like usual, but them not leaving her alone was making her furious. They must not have gotten the reaction they wanted so that's when they threw her lunch to the ground and started shoving her around. Alec had seen and come over to help. He sent them running with broken noses. Alec helped her up and let her have some of his own lunch. Since that day she had trusted him but the kind and caring Alec was gone now. Though she wouldn't be surprised if she were still willing to trust him after this.

"Alec please," Devona whispered.

Alec brought down the belt, hard. It whipped just under her chin at her throat. The pain was excruciating. Devona began to cough. The wound burned with every uneven breath.

Find me. She thought. Please find me soon.

"Life is for the living. Death is for the dead. Let life be music. And death a note unsaid."

-Langston Hughes