Disclaimer: I do not own Criminal Minds.

A/N: Shout out to guest and southernbeauty13 for reviewing chapter 35.

This chapter starts four months after the last chapter so now two and a half year old Diana is wearing glasses like both of her parents (Even though Spencer wears his contacts during cases, but for the next couple of chapters he is wearing his glasses like he did on the show).

Let's just say that when Clarissa started at Children's National in June of 2003, she decided to earn a Bachelor Science of Nursing since she wants to work her way up to being a Nurse Practitioner. So right now, Clarissa's working on her Masters Science of Nursing Degree since she earned her bachelor science of nursing degree in May of 2005 when she was 23 years old.

With now dong P911 for this story I have to say that I will be sad that this story is close to being marked complete since this story ends at Revelations, but with how there were demands that I write this prequel to Spencer's Secret Wife, I am pleased to say that there will be an upcoming sequel for this story and Spencer's Secret Wife.

Clarissa looked at her husband who was cutting up pancakes for their two and a half year old daughter.

"Since your birthday is less than two weeks away, is there anything special you want to do?" asked Clarissa.

"How about have another family portrait done?" asked Spencer.

"Wonderful idea." said Clarissa before looking at her husband and daughter who were both overdue for haircuts, "Are you two ready for me to trim your hair after breakfast?" asked Clarissa.

"Yes." said Spencer.

"Yes." said Diana.

20 minutes later Diana was watching her mommy wash and cut her daddy's hair before it was her turn to get her hair cut.

Later on that afternoon Spencer entered the library and smiled when he saw Clarissa sitting on one of the couches with her laptop and a few textbooks out.

"Diana's finally asleep for her afternoon nap." said Spencer as he walked to one of their bookshelves and grabbed a book to read.

"At least I have some time today to work on my Masters Science of Nursing degree so I can be one step closer to becoming a pediatric nurse practitioner." said Clarissa.

"How is your degree coming along?" asked Spencer.

"With how much progress I have made, I know that I will earn this degree next May." said Clarissa as she started to explain what she had to do, and when she was finished, Spencer looked at his wife.

"Are you thinking about bumping your future Masters degree into a doctorate?" asked Spencer.

"I decided that a Masters would be enough." said Clarissa before she started to focus working on her degree.

Two nights later Spencer was sitting in the conference room looking at the live feed that another agent sent to them.

"40,000 images of child porn are posted every week on the internet, along with the appearance of 20 new children. The appetite for babies as young as 4 months old has soared. Many of these children have been kidnapped and sold into pedophile rings." said Spencer as he thought about the smiling face of his little Diana as a way to control his anger.

"One year ago, the same boy appeared on several web sites used by pedophiles. He was a new face then. After a massive hunt led by our crimes against children unit, the boy disappeared." said Gideon.

"Until tonight when SSA Cole telephoned us." said Hotch.

"Katie Cole?" asked Morgan.

"She was in the BAU, right?" asked Spencer.

"One of the first profilers, clinical psychologist, brilliant." said Gideon.

"She runs the Crimes Against Children Unit in Maryland." said Hotch.

"I always wanted to meet her." said Morgan.

"Really? I heard she's a bitch." said Katie as she entered the room.

"Nobody ever called you that, Katie." said Gideon.

"Well, not to my face." said Katie before becoming serious, "The first time I ever saw him, he appeared in a series of photos. I named him Peter. Now he's being auctioned off when that clock runs to zero." said Katie.

"Auctioned." said JJ.

"His face isn't pixilated." said Gideon.

"Cause the unsub is confident that we're not going to be able to identify him in time." said Hotch.

"What about the site itself? Can't we just track its origin?" asked JJ.

"It's routed through a proxy server in Belarus. Even if that government was friendly, Peter would be gone before we finished the paperwork." said Katie.

"We don't need to worry about the paperwork. We have Garcia." said JJ.

"Better get on that, will you?" asked Gideon.

"Yes, sir." said JJ as she got up and left the room.

"So, what happened a year ago, Katie?" asked Hotch.

"We cross-referenced the images of the boy. We talked to known offenders nationwide. We narrowed the location down to the eastern United States. We had some suspects in, but the trail went cold. Until today." said Katie.

"With all due respect, Miss Cole, how is this time going to be any different?" asked Morgan.

"We have a starting point." said Katie.

"The location where the image was first discovered." said Hotch.

"A chat room. Hosted by an independent web company in Cleveland, Ohio. And this time, I am bringing you all in with me." said Katie.

A half hour later Spencer was walking in the hallway outside the glass doors of the entrance of the BAU when he saw Elle standing by the elevators.

"Well, if it isn't Dr. Reid." said a nervous Elle.

"Elle. Wow." said Spencer as he walked closer to Elle.

"Nice haircut." said Elle.

"Thanks. I like your haircut, too." said Spencer.

"Is that a boys' regular?" asked Elle.

"Yeah, it is. Do you not like it?" asked Spencer.

"It's totally you." said Elle.

"So you're... Okay?" asked Spencer nervously as Hotch approached them.

"I didn't think you were back till next week." said Hotch.

"I got a text message, so..." said Elle.

"Then it was a mistake." said Hotch.

"Is there a case?" asked Elle.

"Not until you're healthy." said Hotch.

"Yesterday I found myself looking forward to watching a soap opera." said Elle.

"Which one?" asked Spencer.

Hotch shook his head as he thought about the obsession of soap operas that his brother in law has.

"Please, can you put me back to work, Hotch?" asked Elle as she tried to use the puppy dog eye trick that Spencer uses to get Hotch to cave in.

"Doctor hasn't cleared you for the field." said Hotch.

"Please, Hotch." begged Elle.

"You need more time." said Hotch.

"I've been out for 4 months. What I need is to go back to work." said Elle.

Hotch passed Elle a file.

"We're going to Cleveland. Reid's going to the Crimes Against Children Division. Go with him..." said Hotch.

"But I can." said Elle.

"Or go home." said Hotch before walking away.

Elle looked at Spencer who had a slight smirk on his face.

"I'm all yours, Dr. Reid." said Elle.

10 minutes later Elle was driving Spencer and herself to College Park, Maryland when Spencer looked at Elle.

"Just so you know, Clarissa's the one who cuts my hair." said Spencer.

"Does she cut Diana's hair too?" asked Elle.

"She does." said Spencer.

"So how is Diana?" asked Elle.

"She just started wearing glasses last week, and she is excited about wearing glasses just like Clarissa and me." said Spencer.

"That's so adorable." said Elle before looking at Spencer, "Was Clarissa working third shift when you got called in?" asked Elle.

"She doesn't have her week of third shift until October 16th." said Spencer.

Over an hour later Spencer and Elle approached one of Katie's agents.

"Amanda Gilroy. You're the BAU?" asked Amanda.

Spencer shook hands with Amanda.

"I'm Spencer Reid and this is Agent Greenaway." said Spencer.

Amanda shook hands with Elle.

"You're the agent who had contact with the image of Peter." said Elle as all three adults started walking.

"This time. A year ago, it was Katie who first identified him." said Amanda.

"You call her Katie?" asked Elle.

"Everyone does. She hates to be called agent Cole. Make yourselves at home. We just got your warrants approved. Katie and your team are about to pay a visit to the chat room vendor." said Amanda.

Spencer was standing by the monitor studying the room that 'Peter' was being kept in while thinking about Diana.

"It looks like the walls are padded." said Elle.

"And the dimensions are strange." said Spencer.

"Strange?" asked Elle.

"It looks like a hall, but smaller." said Spencer.

"A basement?" asked Elle.

"I don't think so." said Spencer just as Amanda joined them.

"Katie just got us access to the original chat room's database. It's coming through now." said Amanda as she pulled up the database.

Spencer looked at the chat room database causing him to sigh.

"Must be thousands of screen names there." said Spencer.

"All encrypted." said Amanda.

"Yeah, but we're only concerned about one. Hugz." said Elle.

Spencer sat pretzel legged on the floor as he watched the live feed with Elle and Amanda with a cup of coffee in his hands

"He's got food and water, a toilet and some toys." said Elle.

"He never has to leave the room." said Amanda.

"That's it!" exclaimed Spencer as he got off the floor, "It's not a room. A room has a door. Even a prison cell has a door." said Spencer.

"There are no windows, so he can't be seen, and the walls are padded so he can't be heard." said Elle.

"The unsub's anticipating becoming a suspect." said Spencer.

"So he's hidden the boy." said Elle.

"If there are no doors, how did he get the boy in the room?" asked Amanda.

"It's like a ship in a bottle. He's built the room around the boy." said Elle.

Spencer studied the live feed as he thought about his own little girl before noticing something.

"Hey, guys." said Spencer.

Elle and Amanda came over to him.

"What is it?" asked Elle.

"I'm not quite sure." said Spencer.

"Wait, do you see how he's looking off camera? Someone's telling him to do what he's doing. A bidder who must want to see him wearing..." said Amanda.

Spencer hung up his phone and made his way over to Elle and Amanda.

"They're heading to Alexandria. They want us to look up this address and tell them what's there." said Spencer as he handed Amanda a piece of paper that he wrote th address on.

Amanda quickly typed in the address.

"Plowright." said Amanda.

"Alexandria." said Elle as she started to walk away.

"That location, it's right outside of an elementary school." said Amanda.

Spencer looked at Elle who was grabbing her jacket.

"Where are you going?" asked Spencer.

"We can be there in 30 minutes." said Elle.

"You're not allowed to go anywhere." said Spencer.

"Don't even try it, Reid." said Elle.

Spencer quickly went after Elle.

Spencer quickly got out of the SUV while Elle ran ahead of him towards Hotch.

"Hotch. You already got him?" asked Elle.

"I told you to stay out of the field." said Hotch.

"Yeah, I know. But Reid said that you wanted us here." said Elle.

"No, I didn't." protested Spencer.

"Yes, you did." shot back Elle.

Hotch looked at his brother in law.

"I'm sure you didn't, Reid." said Hotch.

Elle glared at Spencer as she thought about how Spencer sometimes had Hotch wrapped around his finger.

"Thanks." said Elle.

"The school district has given us permission to search Rawlings office." said Hotch.

"I'm on it." said Elle before lightly slapping Spencer, "Nice one." said Elle.

A few minutes later Spencer was entering Principal Rawlings office with Elle.

"Principal of a school." said Elle.

"As much access to children as possible." said Spencer as he thought about how Clarissa worked with children every day when it came to being a pediatric nurse and a mother.

Elle noticed a book on a table.

"Growing Up Guide for Parents. He's got a library of child psychology." said Elle as she thought about the child psychology books that she noticed in Spencer's and Clarissa's home library.

"He's got a doctorate in it." said Spencer.

"Well prepared pedophile." said Elle.

Spencer looked around the office.

"Elle, you notice anything missing?" asked Spencer.

"Computer." said Elle as she picked up the photo and looked at the youngest family man on the team, "Family man, so, if he does have Peter, he's not keeping him at home." said Elle as she watched Spencer open up drawers.

Spencer noticed a locked drawer.

"Elle, this one's locked." said Spencer.

Elle came over to him.

"Can you move?" asked Elle as she grabbed a penknife out of her pocket.

"Did they teach you that in FBI school?" asked Spencer as he watched Elle unlock the drawer.

"No, they taught me that in Brooklyn." said Elle as she opened up the drawer and pulled out a laptop case and passed it to Spencer.

Spencer was trying to figure out the password with Elle when Morgan entered the room.

"Tell me we got something we can nail this son of a bitch on." said Morgan.

"Not unless we can break the password on this guy's computer." said Spencer.

"Call Garcia." suggested Morgan.

"Take too long." said Elle.

Morgan looked at Spencer.

"Come on, genius. Do something genius-like." said Morgan.

"If this guy does have child pornography on his computer and we type in the wrong password, it could trigger a virus that wipes the entire hard drive." said Spencer.

Elle who was looking out the window looked at the principal.

"What's he saying out there?" asked Elle.

"He's a preferential pedophile who claims he's trying to save them." said Morgan.

Spencer quickly perked up.

"Save them. Save them!" said Spencer as he got up and grabbed a piece of paper and placed it against the window and wrote 'Save them' while having the E's backwards causing Gideon, Katie, and Principal Rawlings to see what he's doing before he turned the paper over.

"Mehtevas." said Elle as she watched the principal put his head in his hands, "You figured out the password." said Elle as she motioned Gideon and Katie to bring Principal Rawlings inside.

Spencer was heading to Mount Pleasant, Virginia with his teammates.

"She's sure about this, right?" asked Elle.

"If Garcia says that tadpole shirt came from a unit in Mount Pleasant, then I gotta believe her." said Morgan.

"She better be. Mount Pleasant is 60 miles away and there's only two hours left on the auction clock." said Spencer.

"Maybe. If the unsub knows we're on to him, he may move that clock up." said Elle.

Spencer, Morgan, and Elle walked with Reverend Harris who was looking at a picture of Peter.

"Do you recognize him?" asked Morgan.

"I can't say that I do." said Reverend Harris.

"But you're certain that the shirt came from this unit of the Tadpoles, right?" asked Elle.

"It disbanded 6 months ago, before I took over the congregation." said Reverend Harris.

"Why?" asked Morgan.

"I was told there wasn't enough interest. Only a few boys participated." said Reverend Harris.

"Do you have the records of those who did participate?" asked Spencer.

"How could anyone do this to a child?" asked Reverend Harris.

"We need to find this boy. The records." said Elle.

"I'm sorry. I don't think so." said Reverend Harris before remembering something, "Wait. There may be a photo of the Tadpoles." said Reverend Harris as he got up and left the room.

A few minutes later Reverend Harris came back with a picture.

"This may be what you're looking for." said Reverend Harris.

Morgan looked at the picture.

"Yeah, that's him right there. Is there a name, address, anything?" asked Morgan.

"As I said, there are no records left. The church was run pretty sloppily until I took over." said Reverend Harris.

"Let me see that." said Elle as she grabbed the photo and removed it from the frame and looked at the back, "His name's Charlie." said Elle.

Spencer got out of the SUV with Morgan and Elle as they approached Hotch, Gideon, and Katie.

"The name the school has is Charlie Sparks." said Hotch.

"No Sparks in any of the phone directories." said Gideon.

"Garcia can't even find a Sparks within 100 miles for the last 10 years." said Morgan.

"Probably not his real name anyway." said Elle.

"The school said he may have moved away." said Hotch.

"Then we start over again. We don't have a lot of time left." said Elle.

"Guys, maybe we're looking at this the wrong way." said Spencer.

"What do you mean?" asked Elle.

"The behavior, it's odd, right? The unsub apparently listed this kid in school and the Tadpoles until about a year ago. At that point he had pictures of him online in a regular looking room. But now he's in a prison like room with no windows, no doors, completely hidden." said Spencer.

"Preferential pedophiles don't change overnight." said Katie.

"So, what happened a year ago to make him change his behavior so much?" asked Hotch.

"Fear." said Gideon causing everyone to look at him, "Katie almost caught him. You probably talked to him. The unsub's in your records." said Gideon.

Morgan's watched beeped.

"Guys, we just ran out of time." said Morgan.

"I never really had a good suspect. I only did some general interviews with child offenders on the East Coast." said Katie as she called her coworker.

"One of them was the right guy." said Hotch.

"Amanda, hey, I need you to pull all of the original files on Peter's case. Somewhere in my office. Try my desk. I need the names of everyone I interviewed." said Katie.

"Have her call Penelope Garcia at the BAU She'll be able to tell us if we can cross any off." said Morgan.

"You got it? Thanks." said Katie.

Spencer was by an SUV with Hotch, Gideon, Katie, and Elle when Morgan approached them.

"All right, guys. Listen up. We might have something. 12 men were interviewed. 8 are back in prison, one is dead. One lives in California, and two have last known addresses within 10 minutes of us. A Patrick Forest and a Michael Earlson." said Morgan.

"Patrick Forest isn't smart enough to put this all together." said Katie.

"What about Michael Earlson?" asked Hotch.

"Definitely." said Katie.

Spencer sighed in relief when he saw Hotch and Katie come forward with Peter, and a few seconds later he smiled gently at a teary eyed Peter.

"Want to see a really cool magic trick?" asked Spencer gently.

Peter nodded as Katie set him down.

Spencer pulled a quarter out of his pocket, and after doing a few slight of hand tricks, Peter looked at Spencer who was holding out his empty hands.

"Where is it?" asked Peter.

"How about you check the pocket of your shirt." suggested Spencer.

Peter reached into his pocket and his eyes went wide when he saw the quarter.

"How did you do it?" asked a wide eyed Peter.

"A magician never reveals his secrets." said Spencer.

The next night Spencer looked at Clarissa while they were getting ready for bed.

"I don't think that Elle's ready to come back to work." said Spencer as he explained about how he ran into Elle and how she tried to throw him under the bus.

"She didn't have a mandatory psych evaluation?" asked Clarissa, as she thought about how it was protocol for her husband to have a psych evaluation after doing his first kill shot.

"She didn't." said Spencer.

"Just make sure to talk to her every day, and invite her over for dinner since Diana misses her." said Clarissa.

Spencer chuckled as he thought about how Elle fell in love with his little girl.

"I tell her." said Spencer.

Clarissa looked at her husband.

"If anything traumatic ever happens in the field, I want you to promise me that you'll cooperate with the psychologist that is assigned to you while you don't return to work until Aaron clears you." said Clarissa.

"I promise." said Spencer, as he didn't realize that in about four months he would be dealing with a trauma that would affect him for the rest of his life.

"Now we should get some sleep since we both have work tomorrow." said Clarissa.

A few minutes later Spencer and Clarissa were fast asleep in each other's arms.