A/N: for those of who are confused about Hotch…I promise it will make sense soon! As always please feel free to R&R and/or email me! The next chapter will come soon as I is almost done now! Enjoy!

*** I do not own Criminal Minds or its characters. I do own this story and Jamie McConnell (birth name) Daniels (surname after the murder of her parents) and I may also own another character that could be added down the line but we will see… ***

"Jamie…" Reid sighed watching her. He kneeled to the ground and put his hand to his ear checking his com link, "Guys, I got her. Third floor, 5th north facing room."

He extended his hand to Jamie as slowly as he could, "Hey, its okay. Want to go home?"

Jamie watched him out of the corner of her eyes, to scared to really look at him. It's not really him. You are just drugged and you are hallucinating. He isn't here…remember last time?

Her mind replayed the last few times she had dared to believe she was being saved by her team. Each time she would either wake up and realize it was nothing more then a dream or she would just be hallucinating from what ever drugs they had given her. Either way, it always broke her heart when it wasn't really them.

No, its Reid…its him.. it has to be. Her mind kept arguing with herself as if she were talking with another person. Maybe it was some weird way of self-preservation when one was in a place as horrible as this. How can I be sure? Then she remembered. She and Reid decided to start learning Morse Code before she was taken, in case they could were ever in a situation where they couldn't verbally communicate. They would be able to tap on the wall or floor or on each others hands to figure out a plan.

Here goes nothing… she reached out her hand slowly and shakily till her fingers barley grazed the top of his palm. She began tapping and pressing very lightly.

Reid held still so he wouldn't scare her. He didn't pick up on what she was doing at first, but then it clicked when she repeated the same long sequence again. He smiled softly before he closed his hand around hers and slowly pulled her to his chest, "Yes Jamie. I do like pickles."

As Reid wrapped his arms around her he couldn't help but smile that she chose that. It was the first thing she had learned in Morse Code that day. She wanted to know something silly, so she learned how to ask if someone liked pickles. It was so like Jamie to turn something educational into something quirky. At least this was a way he could get through to her, to get her to trust him, and most importantly, it meant she was still in there fighting.

Reid slid his arm around her back and his other under her knees before he gently stood holding her close. He could hear Jamie crying as she clung to him.

Its him. I get to leave. She took a deep breath in as she buried her face into his shoulder. Then she saw him. Her body stated shaking with fear as she curled her self into a ball trying to shrink away.

"Jamie what's wrong?" the genius asked watching her worriedly, looking up only to see his supervising agent.

Hotch rushed over from the door going to her, trying to pull her into his arms, "Baby, shhh its okay I'm here. I'm taking you home."

She struggled to pull away from Hotch, she didn't have a lot of strength but she did everything she could to get away. Both Reid and Hotch tried to steady her and calm her down but they couldn't. She kept thrashing forcing both men to loose their grips on the small girl. Jamie slipped from their arms and hit the floor; crawling quickly back to her corner. She didn't look at either of them as she sat there hugging her knees to her self. Jamie's heart pounded in her chest, her breathing became rapid, she was terrified.

"Hotch," Reid thought it looked like his boss had just been kicked in the stomach as he watched his little girl look at him with terror, "Why don't you wait by the car. Let me stay with her and I will bring her out, okay?"

Hotch didn't say a word as he walked out of the room pushing past everyone to get to the car. Usually his face was stone, but the pain was written on it clearly for the rest of the team to view.

Rossi nodded to Morgan and the girls to collect any evidence they could before he quickly followed Hotch outside, "Hotch? What happened?"

"She is scared of me! I went to hold her! I wanted to tell her that she was safe now and she couldn't even look at me… she is scared of me, Rossi. Worse then scared, terrified would be a better word." Hotch spoke as normal as he could but his voice broke along with the pain he was feeling.

"We don't know what they did to her Hotch. She could have panicked for any number of reasons. But we will figure it out and when we do we can help her. All right?" he watched Hotch nod his head before he continued, "for right now lets just get Jamie out of here and let her adjust at what ever rate she is comfortable with."

Reid sat next to Jamie watching her as she slowly calmed down. He didn't want to put her into any more distress, so he just sat quietly, waiting till she would be calm enough to listen to him. As he waited Reid took note of her injuries that were visible to him. When he held her again he would make sure to be aware so he didn't cause her any unneeded pain.

"Hey Jamie," Reid started when she had calmed down enough, "are you cold? I brought a blanket for you."

He reached in to his pack and pulled it out. Slowly scooting closer to her, draping it over her legs, only hesitating slightly when she flinched.

"Better?" he watched her, smiling when she barely nodded her head. He took her hand in his waiting to see if she was okay with that.

Reid is here, but he is with him. What if they are all in on it? Does it matter? Your going to be tortured here or you are going to be tortured there, at least this is better then what it usually is. At least Quinn isn't here. For now….

Her mind went back and forth not sure what to do. Everything had become so twisted, in the beginning Hotch wasn't apart of it, but then they kept calling "Hotch". Maybe it wasn't really him on the phone…maybe they really are here to save me.

That was her final conclusion, she leaned her head against Reid's shoulder, she tensed waiting for punishment but it didn't come. Instead Reid wrapped his arm around her and pulled her closer to him. Even if it is all a lie…for right now, it's a nice lie.

"I'm going to pick you up again, okay?" he wasn't sure if she had nodded or not but her slid his other arm under her legs and lifted her up once more. His heart sank when he realized how light she was. He walked carefully out of the building, making his way to the SUV that Hotch wasn't in. Sitting in the back seat with her on his lap he waited for the rest of the team. He was happy they didn't call an ambulance. The last thing Jamie needed to be subjected to was a lot of commotion and loud noise.

JJ walked over to Hotch and Rossi, "Prentiss and Morgan are working on gathering all the evidence."

"Good. I will stay with them and meet you guys at the hospital. JJ why don't you drive and Hotch take one of the other two SUVs and go to the hospital as well. As her supervising officer you need to be there and as her father…even if she is scared of you, you need to be there." Rossi stated matter of factly.

"No, Reid can handle it I cans stay and work through any evidence" Hotch half heartedly stated, trying his hardest to appear normal.

"No. you wont be any help to us when all you will be thinking about is her. Plus we don't know what we are going to find. It would be better for us to comb the scene. GO." Rossi shoved the keys into Hotch's hand and pushed him in the direction of he SUV, "I got this Hotch."

Hotch nodded getting into the empty SUV and waiting for JJ to start driving.

JJ looked in the rear view mirror at Reid and Jamie before she stared driving. What she saw both warmed her heart and made her want to cry. They had her. It would take everyone some time to really realize that, and it made everyone so happy that they were going to bring her home. She drove carefully to the hospital, every once in a while she heard a small whimper followed by sweet, soft words coming form Reid.

Reid held Jamie in his arms. He wasn't sure if she knew where they were headed but he could feel her body tense. "Shh it's alright. You are safe. I am right here with you and I am not going to leave your side, okay?"

Jamie nodded, leaning against his shoulder. She was starting to relax and drift asleep on Reid's chest. He just watched her, wondering how she would react when they got to the hospital. He tried to think of ways that he would be able to help her through it but it wasn't something he could plan. The genius would just have to figure it out when they got there.

JJ parked near the side entrance of the emergency room. There was a small team of nurses and a doctor waiting with a gurney so they could immediately get started on Jamie. Reid got out of the car slowly doing his best not to wake Jamie up.

Her eyes shot open feeling the change in movement. She saw the hospital bed that Reid was about to lay her down on and she struggled to try to get away from it.

"Jamie, Jamie its okay. The doctors are only going to help you. Please calm down" JJ tried to sooth her friend.

Reid frowned, turning his back to the bed he started rocking her slowly, "hey, shhh its alright. I wont let anybody hurt you. I am going to be right next to you the entire time and I wont let go of your hand, but I need to put you on the bed so the doctors can make sure everything is okay."

"p-pr-promise?" Jamie whimpered about as softly as she could, then prepared her self for a blow from speaking out of turn.

"I promise Jamie" Reid smiled hearing her talk for the first time since they found her. He pulled her close in a hug, kissing the top of her head, before he sat her down gently on the gurney. He quickly took her hand in his and told the doctors that he would be staying with her the entire time.

JJ watched the doctors and Reid. She saw that they wanted to protest but one look at Reid's face made them all shut their mouths and continue on inside. It was very late, or maybe the correct term was early, 12:30 am early. JJ watched them head in side then motioned for Hotch to come with her. Together they walked inside and took a seat outside of the room Jamie was in.

Jamie held Reid's hand tightly as she nervously watched the nurses. A nurse went to Jamie and began to pull at the little bit of tattered clothing she had on. All the sudden she was no longer in a hospital, no longer holding Reid's hand, Jamie was being pushed onto a bed, her only clothes being taken from her as she struggled to escape.

"Stop!" Reid pushed the doctors off Jamie and picked her up cradling her close to him, "Jamie shh your safe. Okay? I need you to take a deep breath and calm down."

"No! PLEASE STOP! STOP!" Jamie screamed as invisible hands grabbed at her like a piece of meat.

Hotch and JJ ran inside the room hearing the distressed pleas for help. Hotch couldn't help him self as he ran to his baby girl and tired to calm her. It only made it worse. She shrieked at the top of her lungs and pulled away from both Reid and Hotch.

"Hold her still!" a doctor had come in with a big syringe, injecting it into Jamie's thigh.

Jamie's body went limp as the living nightmares faded away to a black nothingness.