Disclaimer: I do not own Criminal Minds.

A/N: Shout out to OhSnapItsMadison, tannerose5, Mrs. JaganshiReidofHufflepuff, and southernbeauty13 for reviewing chapter 51.

I decided to skip Breath Play (Since what's mentioned in the episode would most likely cause me to change the rating from Teen to Mature and I want to keep this story rated Teen) and go straight to Rock Creek Park, but I still have Kate pregnant.

I made sure that Spencer wouldn't cheat on Olivia since I wrote in a way for Dorian Loker to find out that Spencer's married with kids in this universe much sooner before she would ask him to summarize a book for her.

It's now the first week of March in this story so Albert and Ava are now 21 months old.


Spencer, Olivia and Albert entered Cost Cutters, and the barber who usually cuts Spencer, Olivia's, Piper's, and Ava's smiled when he saw Albert settled on his daddy's hip.

"I see that someone's finally here for his first haircut." said Roger as he took in the sight of Albert's longish curly brown hair.

"I'm getting a haircut too." said Spencer as he set Albert onto the floor.

"So where are your two little girls?" asked Roger.

"They're spending the afternoon with their grandpa." said Olivia as she sat down in a nearby chair.

"Who wants to go first?" asked Roger.

Spencer knelt down so he could look at his 21 month old clone who was wearing jeans and Cal-tech sweatshirt just like him.

"Do you want me to go first or do you want to go first buddy?" asked Spencer.

"You, daddy." said Albert.

"I'm planning on it buckaroo." said Spencer as he tickled the 21 month old toddler's belly, causing him to giggle.

A minute later Spencer was sitting in the chair, and after describing the haircut he wanted the barber got started right away. When Roger was finished Olivia let out a loud wolf whistle, causing her husband to blush while Albert giggled at how red his daddy's face was getting.

"I love it." said Olivia as she watched her husband put his glasses back on.

Spencer who was now kneeling down to his son's eye level looked at his son as he removed Albert's glasses.

"What do you say about getting the same haircut as me so you can continue to look like me?" asked Spencer as he lifted Albert up and placed him in the booster seat that Roger put in the chair.

"Yes." said Albert.

"Do you want me to hold your hand?" asked Spencer as he thought about how he had to hold Piper's hand when she got her first trim at eight months old.

"Yes." said Albert.

Roger started cutting Albert's hair for the first time while Olivia was crying at the sight of her son getting his very first haircut, and after Roger finished cutting Albert's hair, he made sure to hand Olivia some a lock of Albert's hair for his baby book.

"My little man." said Spencer as he gave his son a high five before looking at Olivia, "So what do you think about your two favorite boys new dos?"

"I need to take a picture so you can show off Albert's new haircut at work." said Olivia.

Spencer knelt down on the floor and wrapped an arm around his son. Less than a minute later Olivia had two pictures of Spencer and Albert smiling and sticking out their tongues.

"Don't send the photo to my teammates or post it on Facebook because I want to surprise my teammates on Monday since I haven't mentioned that Albert was going to get his first haircut." said Spencer.

"I promise." said Olivia as she sent the photo to her husband while making a mental note to show her husband how much she loves his new hair cut after the kids are in bed for the night.


Two days later, Spencer walked up to his desk just as JJ and Kate looked up and they noticed that Spencer got his hair cut a bit shorter while still leaving the curls.

"You got your hair cut, Spence." said JJ.

"Olivia decided that Albert was ready for his first haircut, and we decided that I was overdue for one." said Spencer.

"Have a picture of Albert?" asked JJ.

"I sure do." said Spencer as he pulled out his phone and showed his two female coworkers the picture of him and Albert together.

"Matching sweat shirts and haircuts." said Kate.

"Albert wanted his haircut to be just like mine." said the proud father.

"He looks up to you, Spence." said JJ.

"I just can't believe that he and Ava are already 21 months old." sighed Spencer.

"And I can't wait to for this baby to be born." said Kate as she rubbed her growing belly.

"It will be worth it." said JJ.

At that moment Hotch and Rossi stepped out of their offices, after heading down the stairs Hotch looked at Spencer.

"When did you get your hair cut?" asked Hotch.

"On Saturday when Livy and I decided to have a date with Albert while my dad decided to have a date with Piper and Ava." said Spencer.

"So that means that Albert got his first haircut?" asked Rossi.

"He sure did, and he decided to have his haircut match mine." said Spencer as he showed Hotch and Rossi a picture of him and Albert together before walking away to show Morgan and Garcia the picture of him and Albert together.


At 3 AM the following morning, Spencer stood in the conference room as Garcia showed a picture of Sophie Troy.

"And that was the last known sighting of Sophie Troy, at 2:37 PM on a surveillance video. She was coming from having lunch with her husband, and she was going home using the congressional underground tunnels." said Garcia as Hotch came into the room.

"Ok, so it's 3 AM now. She's been gone a little over 12 hours. That doesn't qualify as a missing person yet." said Kate.

"The director's personally asked us to handle the case." said Hotch.

"Her husband is Congressman Benjamin Troy, which makes her a VIP." said Rossi.

Everyone was silent for a few seconds.

"Well, the question is, who's the real target, Sophie or her husband? I mean, is this an attempt to influence him?" asked Morgan.

"Well, the Congressman isn't very high profile. It's his first term, and he has views which have made him unpopular on both sides of the aisle." said JJ.

"Sophie's a healthcare lawyer on the DC museum board. What was her schedule after lunch? Do you know?" asked Spencer.

"Yeah. She was gonna go home, and then she had a foundation meeting at 7:00. She didn't make either." said Garcia.

"Then when she wasn't home by 12:30, the Congressman called family and friends before contacting Capitol police at 1:45. We were notified a half an hour later." said Hotch.

Spencer walked towards the screens.

"Let's go back to her last sighting. Do we have the surveillance footage from the other side of the stairwell?" asked Spencer.

Garcia played the footage again.

"Yeah. That would be the Library of Congress lobby and there's no sign of her." said Garcia.

"It's like she vanished into thin air." said JJ.

"Guys, it is possible she just left of her own accord." said Kate.

"But we have to assume it's a kidnapping unless proven otherwise." said Rossi.

"Well, we know she was on the phone before she disappeared." said Morgan.

At that moment Hotch's phone rang, and he saw a text.

"We need to pull all her email and cell phone records. The Congressman's here." said Hotch before leaving the room.


Garcia was showing video footage as Spencer carefully watched.

"See that shadow on the wall? It shifted as the sun went down, but now it's back. The video was on a 6-hour loop before it repeated, which is why no one noticed it right away." said Garcia.

"So this was organized and premeditated." said Morgan.

"Ok, so even though this isn't the real footage, the lobby would have been crowded with tourists at the time. How was she taken in broad daylight from a public place?" asked JJ.

"Ironically, it may have been easier to kidnap her in a crowd. It's noisy, hard to see, people are distracted. If she was injected with a sedative, the kidnappers might just look like friends or family helping someone who was feeling ill." said Spencer as Hotch came into the room with Congressman Troy.

"We'll set up a trace phone, and I've already got agents looking into terrorism and organized crime connections. I also need to know on what committees you sit and what pending bills might be influenced by your vote." said Hotch.

"Right. I'm on the energy subcommittee. There's a vote in two days to ban fracking on the Pacific Coast." said Congressman Troy.

"Where do you stand on the issue?" asked Morgan.

"I'm for the ban, but I've been getting pressure from the oil companies to vote against it. They're not the most subtle people in the world. Do you think maybe they have something to do with this?" asked Congressman Troy.

"Well, just to be safe, I think you and your family should stay here in protective custody until we get a better handle on things." said Hotch.

"Ok. It's just my brother and my mother. They're in Georgetown." said Congressman Troy.

"They live together?" asked Spencer.

Congressman Troy looked at Spencer.

"Paul just got out of rehab a couple of months ago. He's staying with her till he gets back on his feet." said Congressman Troy.

"We'll arrange to have them picked up." said Hotch before looking at Anderson who was already in the room, "Agent Anderson, will you please show the Congressman where he can stay?"

"Sure. Congressman, right this way." said Anderson.

As soon as Congressmen Troy left the room, JJ spoke up.

"So, uh, we confirmed the Congressman was in his office all afternoon. There was nothing unusual about his behavior." said JJ.

"And he's responding appropriately." said Hotch as he answered his ringing phone, "Yeah, Dave, what have you got? We'll be right down." said Hotch before looking at his team, "Organized crime may have a lead on the case." said Hotch as he motioned Spencer to follow him.

A short while later Spencer was in a room with Rossi and Internal Affairs Agent Fuchs. They listened to a recording before Agent Fuchs stopped the recording so he could look at Hotch, Rossi, and Spencer.

"Which translates into, "he'll call us, we just sit tight."" said Agent Fuchs.

"These are low-level guys?" asked Hotch.

"Foot soldiers in the Mikhalov Bratva, a Russian crime ring that deals in illegal arms. We intercepted a container of Stinger missiles about 6 months ago they were gonna ship to Syria. Been trying to infiltrate the ring since then, figure out who the major players are." said Adam Fuchs.

"Where is the wiretap?" asked Spencer.

"In their apartment. This recording is from a week ago." said Fuchs.

"And you think it's connected to Sophie Troy?" asked Rossi.

"Well, here's what we know. These low-level guys often do freelance work to pad their income. You need somebody for an unsavory job, this is who you call." said Fuchs.

"1-800-thug." said Rossi.

"Yeah, pretty much. This kidnapping they're talking about was gonna go down around now." said Fuchs.

"Well, probably not a coincidence." said Hotch.

"According to Loker, our agent on site, they're still waiting for Dyadya, which means uncle, to call." said Fuchs.

"Any idea who uncle is?" asked Spencer.

"No. We've been trying to I.D. him, but no luck so far." said Fuchs.

"I think we need to be on this." said Rossi.

"You're welcome to join us as long as you don't jeopardize our case." said Fuchs.

"Understood." said Hotch before looking at Spencer, "Since you're fluent in Russian, you should go join Agent Loker."

"Yes sir." said Spencer.

Hotch looked at Spencer.

"You should probably grab the lunch you brought in with you this morning so you can heat it up at the apartment since you won't be able to order take out." said Hotch.

"OK." said Spencer as he inwardly thanked Olivia for putting portions of the previous night's dinner into the fridge for him.

Agent Fuchs gave Spencer the address, and Spencer walked out of the room to head back to the BAU so he could grab what he needed.


At 7:22 AM, Spencer arrived at an apartment building that Agent Loker was currently in. After climbing some stairs he knocked on a door and heard it unlock. A few seconds later it opened, revealing a red head woman.

"Hi. Um, I'm looking for Loker." said Spencer.

Loker closed the door to unlatch the chain before letting Spencer in.

"Thanks." said Spencer as he stepped into the room.

"I'm Dorian Loker. You must be from the BAU?" asked Loker as she held out her hand for Spencer to shake.

"Yeah, I'm Spencer- I don't really shake hands." said Spencer as he clutched the straps of his messenger bag with both hands.

Loker patted his hand.

"Great. So we're set up in here." said Loker as she removed her robe and showed Spencer around, "The apartment's directly across the courtyard. The guys just left to get breakfast."

"What do we know about them?" asked Spencer as he followed Loker into the room where she was lifting up a bed to show the work she has done so far.

"Roman Azarof and Taras Yudin work at a trucking company in Anacostia, but really it's just a front for the Russian mob." said Loker as Spencer removed his messenger bag from around his shoulders before removing his scarf, "Roman's bad news. He assaulted a shopkeeper with a chainsaw back in 2008."

"Which one has the uncle that may have kidnapped Sophie Troy?" asked Spencer.

Loker pointed at the picture.

"Taras. But uncle is a loose term. As far as we know, Taras has no blood relatives in the US. He's only been here two years. It could be any older figure in this crime network." said Loker before looking at Spencer, "Please tell me that you speak Russian so this isn't a big waste of time." said Loker in Russian.

Spencer quickly translated what Loker said in his mind before replying.

"Don't worry, I do." answered Spencer in Russian.

"Good." said Loker as she uncovered some equipment, "There's a lot of down time in surveillance. I hope you brought something to read."

At that moment Spencer noticed Loker's book.

"Great Expectations." You like Charles Dickens?" asked Spencer.

"Believe it or not, I haven't read him before. Figured it was high time to change that." said Loker as she looked at her book.

"He's great. That moment where Pip finally learns that Estella was always groomed to break men's hearts always." said Spencer.

"I haven't gotten there yet." said Loker.

"Oh, well, I think you're gonna like that part." said Spencer as he nodded.

"Terrific." said Loker as she passed Spencer her book "I'm gonna go put on a fresh pot of coffee." said Loker before walking to the kitchen area.

A few minutes later Spencer was fixing himself a cup of coffee just as his cellphone rang and he saw that it was Olivia.

"What's up?" asked Spencer.

"You not home when I wake up." said Piper.

Spencer frowned causing Dorian to look concerned.

"Piper Ann Reid, did you take mommy's phone again instead of asking her to call me?" asked Spencer as he used a stern tone for Piper.

At that moment Dorian noticed the wedding band on Spencer's left ring finger, causing her to realize that he's married and a father.

"Yes daddy, and I want you to play wit me today." said Piper.

Spencer sadly sighed as he knew that Piper was most likely pouting over the phone.

"You know that I'm on call 24 hours a day seven days a week, and there will be times that I will be called in when you're asleep. Last night was one of those times, and when I come home I will play with you." said Spencer.

"Sorry daddy." said Piper.

"It's OK Piper, but please put mommy on." said Spencer as he kept his voice stern.

Spencer heard rustling before hearing Olivia's voice.

"I didn't even know that she took my phone again." said Olivia.

"It's OK Olivia, and I have a feeling you probably saw the news, causing you to figure out why I was called in." said Spencer.

"I did, so I will let you get back to helping your team find Congressman Troy's wife. I love you." said Olivia.

"Love you too." said Spencer before hanging up.

As soon as Spencer pocketed his phone he looked at Dorian.

"Sorry about that. My oldest child decided to take my wife's cellphone since she was upset about waking up to find out that I had to leave in the middle of the night." said Spencer.

"It's OK." said Dorian before deciding to ask Spencer about Piper, "How old is Piper?"

"She's turning three in June, and she took my wife's phone last week and called me while I was in Wisconsin." said Spencer.

"Any other kids?" asked Dorian.

"A set of fraternal twins named Albert and Ava who will be turning two on May 29th." said Spencer as he showed a picture he took of his kids the day before to Dorian.

Dorian looked at the picture before looking at Spencer.

"They're so adorable. Albert is definitely a clone of you, and Piper has your eyes and curls." said Dorian.

"I know." said Spencer.

"It must be hard having to be on call 24/7 while being a father to three kids under the age of three." said Dorian.

"It is since I end up missing out on hearing the new words that my kids learn, helping my wife cook dinner, help bathe three messy toddlers after dinner, tucking my kids in at night. But I make being a federal agent and a parent work by the help of Skype and talking on the phone since I always carry my laptop or personal tablet with me, and when it comes to having a unit chief who's also a parent he makes sure that I talk to my wife and kids every day while I'm on the road while I focus on being a husband a father when I'm home." said Spencer.

"Your wife must be a saint to handle three toddlers while you work for a unit that requires traveling all over the country." said Dorian.

"After finding out about the twins, my dad decided to retire and move in with my wife, kids, and I to help us out since no one wanted me to leave the BAU." said Spencer as he quickly grabbed his messenger bag and grabbed a Tupperware container that contained dinner from the night before, "Mind if I put this in the fridge so I can heat it up later?" asked Spencer.

"Go ahead." said Dorian.


A short while later Spencer was looking out the window to look at the courtyard of the apartment he and Dorian were watching before looking at Loker who was typing on her laptop.

"What's the layout of their place?" asked Spencer.

"Same as this one. The satellite dish outside the window is actually one of our parabolic mikes." said Dorian as she noticed that the people they were observing came back, "They're back." said Loker as she grabbed a headphone.

Spencer noticed a woman.

"It's a woman." said Spencer.

"It's their cleaning lady, Fana." said Loker.

Spencer pressed one of the headphones he was given against his ear so he could listen to Fana speak. He listened to Fana speak before being thankful for understanding what Fana was saying.

"She's speaking Yoruba. It's a western Nigerian dialect. She's talking to her mother." said Spencer before translating what he was hearing Fana say before Roman and Taras entered the building and both Spencer and Dorian listened to the conversation.

After listening to the conversation, Spencer set his headphones down and grabbed his cup of coffee.

"You speak Yoruba?" asked Dorian.

Spencer took a sip of his coffee.

"I can get by. This is really good coffee, by the way. Coffee's a language in itself." said Spencer as he took a sip of his coffee.

"Who said that? Dickens?" asked Dorian as she realized that she was feeling slightly jealous that Spencer was already married and had a family.

"Jackie Chan." said Spencer.


A couple of hours later Spencer was doing sketches of the men he saw and was posting them on the wall of the apartment when his cellphone rang. He saw that it was Garcia.

"Hey, Garcia, what do you have?" asked Spencer.

"Taras Yudin is a very horrible meanie." said Garcia.

"What did he do?" asked Spencer.

"In 2012 he was questioned in the brutal killing of a gang member's family in his hometown of Volga, but then there wasn't enough evidence, so the charges were dropped, and he left Russia." said Garcia.

"Is there anyone else from his hometown in DC? Someone must have helped him when he first arrived here. It could be Dyadya." said Spencer.

"Oh, it's hard to tell with all the disposable cell phones he uses, but keep looking will I." said Garcia.

"All right, thank you so much, Garcia. Bye." said Spencer before hanging up.

Dorian decided to alert Spencer.

"Something's going on." said Dorian.

Spencer went to join Dorian as she turned up the volume.

"Dyadya told you he'd get two million ransom?" asked Roman.

"Yeah." said Taras.

"That's not what I heard at the club. I heard Dyadya's getting 20 million. 20 million. That's a lot of money. Son of a bitch has been lying to you. And what was he gonna give us, a measly 5 grand?" asked Roman.

"I don't believe it." said Taras.

"You don't believe it, talk to Ivan." said Roman before Spencer and Dorian heard a door shut.

"Who's Ivan?" asked Spencer.

"A bartender at the local strip club. We have a source down there." said Dorian.

Spencer quickly pulled out his phone to call Hotch.

"Hotch, hey, the ransom changed. It used to just be two million." said Spencer.

"All right, Reid. Thank you." said Hotch before hanging up.


Nearly six hours later Spencer was still doing sketches while he and Dorian listened.

"Ah, where the hell have you been?" asked Roman.

"I went to the store. You needed more detergent." said Fana through the speakers.

"Well, you better start cleaning more." said Roman.

"I've been doing it." said Fana.

"This place is a pigsty. What are we paying you for? You smell like something. What is it?" asked Fana.

"Bleach probably." said Fana.

"No, no, it's more like perfumy. It's like the woods or flowers or something." said Roman.

"Please-" protested Fana.

"But is good. I like. Come, come and dance with me." said Roman.

"Stop it, please!" shouted Fana.

Spencer heard some type of hitting.

"Come on." said Roman.

"Leave me alone!" shouted Fana.

"You've been teasing me for months. You little bitch. You think you're too good for me?" asked Roman.

"We should do something." said Spencer.

"We can't." said Dorian.

"He's beating her up." protested Spencer.

"You bust in there, you blow the entire case. Yours and mine. Think of the big picture. You want to kill Sophie Troy, or thousands of people if the missile shipment gets out?" asked Dorian.

Spencer stayed put since Dorian was right.

"Uhh!" shouted Fana.

At that moment they heard a door open.

"What's going on?" asked Taras.

"Nothing. She was getting smart with me, but, uh, she learned her lesson. Go. Go! Clean yourself up. Well?" asked Roman.

"You're right. Dyadya's getting 20 million." said Taras.


A short while later Dorian and Spencer were listening to Roman's side of phone call.

"Hello. No, he can't talk right now. He's in the bathroom. Who's this? Ah, you're Dyadya. No, I didn't know. Uh-huh. Yeah. I'll tell him." said Roman before hanging up, "Dyadya just called."

"Oh, yeah? What did he say?" asked Taras.

"He said he left two messages. Wants to know why you haven't called him back yet." said Roman.

"I didn't get them." said Taras.

"Or maybe you did and just didn't tell me?" asked Roman.

At that moment Spencer and Dorian heard Taras laughing.

"Seriously? Come on, now, you drunk. Roman, it's me." said Taras.

"He wants us to meet him in an hour with a truck. We're supposed to bring ski masks." said Roman.

"All right, let's go." said Taras.

They heard Fana gasp.

"What the hell? Are you spying on us?" asked Roman.

"Why are you hiding in the closet?" asked Taras.

"This isn't good." said Spencer.

"How long you been in there, huh? What did you hear?" demanded Roman.

"Nothing, I swear." said Fana.

"Who do you work for?" asked Roman.

"I think they're just messing with her. They won't hurt her." said Dorian.

We don't know that." said Spencer.

At that moment Spencer's cellphone rang and saw that it was Rossi.

"Who is it?" asked Roman.

At that moment Spencer answered his phone.

"Rossi, hold on." said Spencer as he put his phone on speaker so Dorian could hear.

"Can't. Clock's ticking and you've got our best lead on the kidnappers." said Rossi.

"There's no one." said Fana.

"You're a lying bitch. It's the damn feds, isn't it?" asked Roman.

"She has to die." said Taras.

At that moment Spencer got up and sprinted to the door, causing Dorian to follow him.

"Reid, are you there?" asked Rossi as he heard a gunshot.

Dorian grabbed Spencer.

"Stop, stop. Listen." said Dorian.

"Is he dead?" asked Fana.

"Yeah." said Taras.

"Reid, what's going on?" asked Rossi.

Spencer put his phone closer to his mouth.

"It's more complicated than we thought." said Spencer.

"You go in there and arrest those guys right now." ordered Rossi.

"Roman's dead. Just wait a minute." said Spencer.

"I should have killed him sooner, sweetheart." said Taras.

At hat moment Spencer looked at Dorian.

"Are they..." asked Spencer as he continued to listen.

"Yeah, I think so." said Dorian.

"Get your things. We're leaving." said Taras.

"What about Dyadya?" asked Fana.

"His contact is pissed that he asked for more ransom, but she'll pay if the wife is dead. We're supposed to pick up the body and dump it. But listen to me. We don't have to do any of this. We can take the money, or we can run away." said Taras.

Spencer put his phone by his ear.

"Rossi, the unsub's a woman. I don't think we should arrest anyone yet. They're leaving now. They might lead us to Sophie." said Spencer before hanging up.


The following morning Spencer was back at the apartment helping Dorian pack up her equipment.

"That should do it." said Dorian as the last piece of equipment was packed up before looking at Spencer, "Hey, thanks for coming back to clean up. You didn't have to."

"No worries. My wife suggested that I be the type of gentleman I am and help you pack up while apologizing for almost rushing in there to save the wrong girl, as it turns out." said Spencer.

Dorian laughed.

"You could have been right. One of the hardest things about surveillance is not taking action. You listen, you analyze, and then you force yourself to do nothing." said Dorian.

"I imagine that's really hard. Oh, and sorry also about ruining "Great Expectations" for you." said Spencer.

"You just saved me about 20 hours." said Dorian as she packed up some papers before looking at Spencer, "I would ask you to summarize "Bleak House" for me, but I don't want to keep you from spending the short amount of time that you have with your wife and kids since you're practically on call 24/7." said Dorian as she thought about a few of the pictures that Spencer showed her.

"I know, and having a wife and kids to go home to helps me cope with the horrors I see while working for the BAU." said Spencer.

"It was nice working with you Spencer, and hopefully we can work together again sometime." said Dorian as she held out her hand to shake.

"I hope so, too." said Spencer as he shook Dorian's hand, knowing that he made a new friend outside the BAU.


An hour later Spencer entered his house, and Olivia looked at her husband who was exhausted.

"Why don't you go take a shower and take a nap for a few hours." said Olivia.

"Where are the kids?" asked Spencer.

"Piper asked to go see Nemo and Dory, so William and Ava's occupational therapist decided to take the kids to the aquarium." said Olivia.

Spencer headed upstairs and took a quick shower before crawling into bed while knowing that he has three excited toddlers who will be happy to see that he's home.