26 chapters already!? Thank you everyone for sticking with my fan fic this long!

It was already 1 o'clock and there was nothing. They were still waiting for Hotch's team to return so they could discuss what they'd found over lunch. It was the final day, the last day they had to find Devona or they had to assume that it was too late.

Reid, Prentiss, Gideon, Blake, Morgan and plenty of other officers stood around waiting for the final group to arrive. It had been over a half an hour since anyone from Hotch's group had contacted their station. To make it worse, the sun was shining bright and the air was hot. It wasn't hard to find shade but even that didn't cool them off much. There was no breeze, so Morgan was holding a tiny pocket fan, trying to cool himself off. It was hardly doing anything and the battery was beginning to die so Morgan shut it off and threw it in his pocket.

"I've got something! They're contacting, the signal is rough though," A man shouted. A group of officers rushed over to him and Reid's heart lifted.

"They've found something! I want all patrols at section G2 ASAP!" Officer Kenney ordered. The officers had divided the forest into coordinates so that the stations could always tell where you were if they needed to get there quickly.

Reid, Morgan, Prentiss, Gideon and Blake all squeezed into one SUV and Morgan drove them down to section G2. The SUV was even hotter than it was outside. The seats seemed to burn them as they sat uncomfortably. It was a relief to everyone when they got to hop out.

Hotch, Jack, Rossi, JJ and Fabian were waiting for them when they arrived.

"What did you find?" Morgan asked.

"It's a path, and it's worn down from a car," Hotch pointed out. Hotch was right, there was a dirt path, worn down from many years of use.

"They must be somewhere along here," Morgan said.

"Exactly what we were thinking," said Jack.

"Well then we should get to it," Blake suggested.

"5… 4… 3… 2… 1… 0. Well your friends aren't coming for you, I guess that means that you're mine now, not that you weren't already," Sam said.

"They will come," Devona protested, though, at this point she was worried that they would find her only after it was too late.

"Well they've run out of time so even if they do come they can't have you. That was the deal. Alec, come here boy!" Sam said.

"Father?"

"Do you have any use of her?" Sam asked. There seemed to be a panicked tone in his voice. It sounded like he was scared. Maybe he knows that they're close. Devona thought.

"No, father," Alec responded.

"Good, that means we can kill her now. You're scared of water right?" Sam asked while untying her wrists. Devona's stomach dropped and she began to feel sick. It was too late now, he was going to drown her.

No, they will come! They will be here! Devona thought even as Alec and Sam dragged her outside. Almost as soon as she got outside Devona began to sweat. It was hot, she was reminded of the hot days like today when she was much younger and her father would take her out to get an ice cream cone at the corner store. They would sit outside and eat while talking about anything and everything happy.

Devona snapped back into her senses when she felt something cold touch her foot. She looked down to see that they were dragging her into water. There was a big pond behind their rotting house. The water was impossible to see through, the whole pond looked like a big muddy puddle.

Devona began to kick and squirm. She was not going into the water. Alec immediately dropped her, seeing how terrified she was, but Sam held on tight. Alec had been holding her legs and Sam was holding her shoulders. Her feet plunged into the freezing, muddy water. It was already up to her knees. She began to wrestle against Sam's strength, trying to get free. She could already feel the tears forming in her eyes as she felt the water penetrate her shoes and soak her feet.

"Alec, help me get her in!" Sam shouted, but Alec stood there looking paralyzed. All of a sudden Sam put his whole weight on Devona and her legs collapsed beneath her.

The water enveloped her. She got soaked from head to toe as Sam kept putting more and more weight on her. Then she got hauled up into the air again as Sam lifted her in his arms and brought her further into the pond.

"Alec, get over here and help me!" Sam ordered. Sam completely ignored him and stood in a daze while staring at Devona's terrified face.

Apparently it was a very deep pond because when Sam put Devona down, the water was over her head and she had to swim to keep her head above water. Swimming, something she couldn't do.

Devona was terrified. The horror of the situation kept her from concentrating and trying to figure out a plan to escape like she normally would have. Instead she wriggled like a fish, it did nothing to help her situation, and it may have even made it worse.

Sam forced her head under the murky surface. She tried to kick her way upwards but Sam's grip was too strong around the back of her neck. She tried to scream but as soon as she opened her mouth, the muddy water flooded it. She knew enough not to breath in or that would be the end.

Her lungs screamed for oxygen. She was about to give in and take a breath when Sam jerked her head up into the air. Devona had just enough time to refill her lungs before Sam shoved her head back under.

"Alec! Get over here now!" Sam shouted as he struggled to keep Devona's head underwater. Alec ignored him and looked around, panicked. Sam growled in fury and jerked Devona's head back above the surface again.

Sam kept repeating the process, just as Devona was going to breath in a mouthful of water he'd jerk her head up into the air.

Sam threw Devona's head under the water again. Devona could feel herself growing weaker and weaker each time he forced her head under. Her lungs began to burn for air again.

Devona was so used to the process that she hardly worried when her lungs began to burn because she knew that Sam would jerk her head up for oxygen. But she was still terrified of the water. Any second now. Devona thought, as Sam had her head forced under the water. Her lungs were burning again and they felt weak. She waited but Sam didn't pull her head into the air again.

Devona began to panic. She fought against Sam's grasp but he wasn't letting her go anywhere. Out of panic she tried to take a breath only to have muddy water flood her burning lungs. Her chest began to feel heavy and she was exhausted. After struggling for another minute, her body was unable to keep fighting, she just didn't have the strength. Devona stopped struggling against Sam. Her consciousness began to fade and she let it. It was calming.

Sam suddenly jerked Devona's head up and out of the water. She coughed up the water that had filled her lungs and took in a deep breath. The barrel of a gun was pressed against her temple at the same time as she heard the words: "FBI drop the weapon!"

Reid stared in horror at the scene before his eyes. Sam Greene stood in the middle of the pond with Devona in his arms and a gun pressed up against her temple. Sam had his arm wrapped around her throat, making it difficult for her to breath. Devona's face was covered in bruises and cuts. She was coughing up murky pond water, they had come just in time to save her from being drowned.

Alec Greene stood on the shore of the pond with a terrified look in his eyes. He should be terrified. If he takes one step I'll shoot him. Reid thought.

"Come anywhere near me and I'll kill her!" Sam threatened.

"Sam, you don't have to do this. If you come easy we can say you did and you'll serve less time," Morgan lied convincingly. Devona was struggling in Sam's arms, making it difficult for him to hold the gun and her and stay in control.

"You're lying!" Sam said. The look in his eyes showed that he knew that he'd lost. He kept glancing behind him to see if he had any escape, but Reid knew that they had some officers surrounding the place so whichever direction he ran there would be no escape.

Sam suddenly dropped Devona and shoved her down into the pond. He took his gun and fired it into the water where Devona had disappeared. He then swam to the shore are sprinted away as fast as he could.

In the direction Sam was running, two female officers came out from behind the trees with their weapons aimed at him. They started to say something but before they could complete the sentence Sam pulled out his gun and shot them both down.

While this was happening, Hotch threw off his bulletproof vest and dove into the pond to get Devona, and Morgan, Prentiss and JJ chased after Sam. Reid raced after Hotch even though he should have probably been taking care of Alec.

"I'll never stop dreaming that one day we can be a real family, together, all of us laughing and talking, loving and understanding, not looking at the past but only to the future."

-LaToya Jackson