A/N this is it. There are no warnings as this just to tie up some loose ends

I own nothing but my own characters

Epilogue

Love is everything it's cracked up to be…It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for.

O Magazine, February 2004

6 months later

The team and Lily were gathered at the Reid's home. It had been a long and unpleasant day for them. The sentencing portion of Mark Porter's trial had ended that day it had been difficult but Lily had testified against him as had the rest of the team. They talked that afternoon for a long time about all that had happened in the last 6 months.

The CSI's had found the remains of Mark's wife and son on the property of the cabin and with 2 first degree murder charges, a kidnapping and aggravated assault charge, Mark would spend the rest of his life in jail with no possibility of parole.

Both Lily and Spencer were in therapy and Lily was volunteering at the Rape Crisis Center a couple afternoons a week. She loved it and it helped her deal with the after affects of her ordeal. She also told her family and her friends that the love of them all had helped her heal as well. After a lot of discussion some of it heated they had decided to tell the team about what had happened to Spencer. And they surprised him again by listening and not judging him or blaming him or even looking at him in different way. Well that's not true. They looked at him with new respect in their eyes. Spencer changed as well becoming much more confident and taking a larger role on the team. He wasn't just their brain anymore but he would always be their heart.

The years passed quickly. Gideon retired from the BAU ten years later, Morgan taking his place when he did. Elle moved on to better things a couple years after the kidnapping. She and Morgan split up soon after Lily's kidnapping and she moved to LA and worked in the Child Find satellite office. Hotch moved up in the FBI and was working in the DC office. He burned out on the BAU after his marriage nearly collapsed from the stress. JJ was still with the BAU and was Garcia.

And what of the Reid's? Spencer stayed with the BAU and Lily still takes and sells pictures at Anne's galleries. They ended up with 3 girls. Spencer complains loudly about what he calls the estrogen brigade but everyone knows that he loves them with his whole heart and soul. And God help anyone who would hurt any of his women. Lily and Spencer constantly embarrass the girls with their affection for each other but they don't care because in the end the most important thing is love. Love is what binds us together. It is the only thing that lasts. Government rise and fall, people live and they die but only love heals us.

A/N Okay this is the end. I am done with the series as there is not much more I can do with these characters. Thanks to everyone who reviews.