Reid stood frozen as Hotch's words penetrated him. J.J.'s hand was over her mouth, Morgan and Elle looked at each other, their eyes full of fear.

"What did you just say?" Gaby asked.

"Gidieon went to answer the call about Stella Greenspell." Hotch said, "He took one of our rental cars to the school. He never made it."

"I don't understand. How could he have not made it?" Elle asked.

"Right now, that's unknown. After a few hours, the school contacted the police to say no one had showed up. They went out to investigate; his car was found on a back road, abandoned."

"Why would Gidieon get out of the car?" Reid asked. "I mean on a back road, what's there for him to get out for?"

"Alright," said Morgan, starting to think. He turned and started talking to himself. "I'm in the car; I'm driving down the road. Why am I driving down a back road and not the highway?"

"What's he doing?" Gaby asked.

"He's role playing." Elle said, "He's trying to think like the kidnapper."

"Because I'm trying to find a different route to the school." Morgan said. "Possibly an escape route for the unsub. Something makes me get out of the car, something familiar or interesting. But what? Something to do with Stella."

Morgan turned back around. "He must have seen something that pertained to Stella. The unsub set a trap for him and was able to take him away."

"How would he know that Gidieon would be driving down that road?" J.J. asked. "We didn't even know. And how did the unsub contact us?"

"There was a note left on a post-it in the car." Hotch put it onto the screen, "It definitely is not Gidieon's writing. The unsub must have written it before hand and left it in the car before taking him. We also found traces of ether on both seats, but no cloths or bottles."

"He had to drug Gidieon." Elle said. "Obviously, he can't be that strong."

"Since he didn't know who the victim would be, he probably had it ready just in case." Morgan said.

Gaby sunk into a chair that sat right behind her. Reid's hands still clutching her shoulder from when she had walked. She reached up and took them in her own hands. "I can't believe this." She said, "It's all my fault."

"This isn't your fault, Gaby." Morgan said, "Any one of us could have been sent to answer that call."

"No, I… My father and I…" Gaby began, she looked at everyone.

"What's wrong?" Elle asked.

"Never mind, it's not important." She said. Reid looked down at her. She looked so scared. She didn't let go of his hands and he didn't make her.

"Gaby, we can't just sit here, hoping he'll be ok. We have to try to find him. Let's try to figure out who this guy is before Gidieon or Stella gets killed." Hotch said.

Reid looked over at Hotch. "Uh… I… didn't exactly go with Gaby." He said.

"What?" Hotch said.

"I… let her go by herself." Reid said.

Hotch looked furious. No one dared say anything. J.J. and Elle glanced at each other, interest and disbelief in their eyes.

"Outside, Reid," he said, walking to the door.

He was in for it now, he knew it. Slowly, he walked to the door, holding on to Gaby's hands as long as he could. He stepped out. Hotch shut the door.

"Why didn't you go with her?" Hotch asked.

"I thought she could handle it on her own." Reid said.

"Handle it on her own, Reid, it's her first day!" Hotch said. "Did anyone ever let you go out into the field on your own in your first month at the B.A.U.? The first six-months?"

Reid didn't answer. He avoided Hotch's eyes.

"I didn't think it was possible for a kid with your qualifications to actually do something without thinking. I'm writing you up."

"You're what?" Reid asked, "Why? It's not my fault Gidieon was taken."

"Reid, it is just like Morgan said. Anyone one of us could have gone to investigate that kidnapping. What if I had sent you and Gaby, You would have let her go on her own and she could have been taken. This is the first dumb thing you've done, Reid!"

Hotch opened the door. He stood and let Reid walk in first. The others waited nervously as the two walked in. Gaby stood as he walked over.

:"Alright, Gaby, what did you find out about the Fielding?" Hotch asked.

"Nothing that really stood out." Gaby said, "He works nights at the church and mornings at the school. I asked him if he knew anything about Stella. It turns out, back in her freshman year, he worked afternoons. She had a lot of detentions and offered to help him with his jobs. They became pretty good friends. She sometimes stops by after rehersals to help him at the church. She also knew the other victims. Mr. Fielding said that the secretary was a friend of her mother's and the English teacher was in charge of Student Council. Stella was on Student Council. She had just beaten out the other English teachers as head of the English Department, also."

"Wait, she beat out the other English teachers?" Reid asked.

"Isn't that what I just said?" Gaby asked.

"Mr. Herring." Reid said.

"Who?" Morgan asked.

"We met him this morning. He's director of the musical. He's also an English teacher." Reid turned to Gaby, "You may have been right about him."

"Why, what happened?" Elle asked.

"Gaby didn't like the way he referred to Ms. Winters." Reid said, "At least now we have motive for the English teacher."

"But what about the others?" Elle asked.

"Let's think," Morgan said, "They must have done something to set Herring off. They work closely together, every day, so it wouldn't be too difficult. Ms. Winters was the choir teacher. He said he always saw her talking with the kids."

"Including Stella," Elle said.

"She also drove Stella home often after rehearsal. They were neighbors." Gaby said.

"Exactly." Morgan replied.

"What about the secretary?" J.J. said.

"She knew Stella's mother," Hotch said, "Anyone with the slightest non-professional connection to her must have set him off."

"Why would that be?" J.J. asked.

"He has a thing for her," Morgan said.

"Anyone in the school who was close to her in anyway made him jealous and he had to do away with them." Gaby said. "The secretary, the teacher, Ms. Winters, and now he's taken Stella."

"But I still don't understand, why take Gidieon," Elle said.

"He knew we were on his trail." Hotch said. "Stella is so close to being his. He had to do something to that would cause us to back off."

"We're not going to back off, right?" Gaby asked. "We are going to get this bastard, right?"

"We're going to try, Gaby," Hotch said, "I know he's your dad and you love him, but you need to stay calm."

Reid expected Gaby to protest when Hotch said that she loved him. But she merely nodded silently.

"How do we know that Gidieon isn't dead already and he's just waiting to dump the body?" Elle asked.

"We don't," Hotch said, "Stella's missing and at this point, Gidieon is still considered missing. He will be until we know otherwise."

"Okay, so he kidnaps an agent, he has another victim with him… where would he take them?" Morgan asked.

"Wait, what about Mr. Fielding?" Elle asked.

"What about Mr. Fielding?" J.J. replied, confused.

"He was close to Stella, too." Elle said. "Herring would want to get him out of the way as well."

"Then why take Stella now?" Morgan asked. "Why not kill Fielding and then come for her."

No one answered for a moment. Everyone seemed to be thinking, trying to come up with an answer, but nothing was coming.

"Because she knows the way in." Gaby said, suddenly hit with an epiphany. "She's gone there at night. She would know which parts of the church are unlocked at all times. She would know the quiet places where he could keep her and Gidieon. He goes and kills Fielding, he kills… Gidieon," She paused, breathing, "And then Stella is his."

"She and Gidieon are at the church." Reid said.