Chapter 12

Hi guys, I hope you enjoy this chapter. Just a heads up, this chapter is a bit darker than my story has been so far.

"You know, it's a real shame that you two stumbled on to this. I may not care about you, but Zane does", Peter said.

"Look, please just let us go. We won't tell anyone about this", Lewis said shakily.

"Do you really expect me to believe you Lewis?"

"It was worth a shot", Lewis mumbled.

Ash was trying very hard not to hyperventilate, the sight of the gun was bringing up a lot of bad memories that he was trying to push down.

"You alright there Ash?" Peter asked in mock concern.

Ash glared at him and Lewis stood in front of Ash.

"Leave him alone", Lewis said angrily.

"Aw how sweet", Peter said sarcastically. Peter reached into his pocket and took out a pair of handcuffs, "Put these on Ash".

"What? No Way".

"Do it, or I'll kill him".

Lewis and Ash's eyes widened, "You wouldn't", Lewis stammered.

"Oh believe me, I would".

Lewis reluctantly took the handcuffs, and giving Ash an apologetic look put them on. Peter then took out another pair and told one of his colleagues who had just come in to put them on Lewis.

"This is just great, what are we going to do with them?" The woman they had seen earlier said.

Peter sighed, "I don't know Nat, I'll think of something. For now let's just keep them here".

"Fine, but this better not blow up in our faces", Nat said irritably.

"Please, don't do this", Ash said.

"I'm sorry Ash, but you two have seen too much. Now sit down and if you try anything Nat will shoot you", Peter said. Lewis and Ash sat down shakily, both trying not to look as scared as they felt.

"Hey, why do I have to be on babysitting duty?" Nat asked irritably.

"Because I was last time", Peter said just as irritably.

Nat crossed her arms, "Fine, but its Gary's turn next time".

"Whatever, I have to go Zane is expecting me".

"You better not hurt him", Ash said ignoring Lewis' attempt to stop him.

"Don't worry, Zane is my best friend. I would never hurt him", Peter said and smiled at them in a way that sent shivers down their spine. And after giving them a wave, Peter left the warehouse.

Meanwhile at the Juicenet cafe Emma was in the middle of her shift, and had just served a customer when Nate came up to her, causing her to sigh, "What do you want Nate?" She said crossly.

"I don't think you are meant to be rude to a customer".

Emma glared at him.

"Fine, listen have you seen Ash?"

"No, why?"

"He was meant to meet me here an hour ago to work on our English homework. But he hasn't shown up".

"That's not like Ash", Emma said anxiously.

"Exactly, I'm worried about him".

Emma gaped, "You are worried about Ash?"

"Duh, I can't do my homework without him".

"You're unbelievable", Emma said angrily pushing past him.

"Can you tell him to call me if you see him?" Nate called after her.

On her way out of the café Emma ran into Zane.

"Hey Emma, what's wrong?" Zane asked after noticing her anxious expression.

"I know you guys aren't talking, but I'm worried about Ash". Emma told Zane about her conversation with Nate, and by the end Zane looked just as concerned as Emma did.

"Call Ash, and I'll call Lewis and see if he has seen him", Zane said. Emma nodded and called Ash, but they both received voice mails, they tried again several times but each time they didn't answer.

"Okay, I'm really worried now", Emma said.

"Me too, I think Lewis may be in trouble as well. He always answers his phone".

"Hey guys, what's going on?" Said a voice from behind Zane, he turned around and saw Peter.

"Have you seen Ash or Lewis?" Zane asked urgently.

Peter looked confused, "No, why? I thought you were mad at them".

"I was but…" Zane explained the situation to Peter and he looked worried.

"Their phones might have run out of battery", Peter suggested.

"Lewis always makes sure his phone doesn't run out of battery", Emma said.

"Okay, how about you two look in places where they usually hang out and I'll go to their houses and see if they are there?"

Zane and Emma both agreed to Peter's suggestion, and as Peter walked away Emma felt that something was off about Peter, she wasn't sure what but she could tell something was wrong. "Zane, don't get mad, but I think something isn't right about Peter", Emma said cautiously.

Zane gave her a confused and hurt look, "What do you mean?"

"I don't know, but I think that maybe we should follow him".

"What are you saying? You think that Peter has something to do with Lewis and Ash's disappearance?" Zane asked incredulously, Emma didn't answer and looked away. "Come on, I know that Peter hasn't been kind to Lewis and Ash, but he wouldn't hurt them".

"I think we should follow him, just in case".

Zane sighed, he didn't like the possibility that Peter was responsible, but he had also realised something was different about Peter that he didn't like. But he had been blinded by how much he cared for him, and had just ignored it, but if his friends were in trouble because of Peter he couldn't ignore it anymore. "Okay, let's follow him".

Meanwhile in the warehouse, Nat was sitting in a chair in front of Ash and Lewis reading a magazine at the same time as watching them. Lewis had scooted closer to Ash to try and comfort him, Lewis had noticed Ash's reaction earlier and was worried. Had Ash been through something like this before? Lewis had wanted to put his arm around Ash, but couldn't because of the handcuffs so instead he leaned against him. Ash smiled gratefully at him. After ten minutes Lewis worked up the courage to speak to Nat, "Please just let us go", causing Ash to look at him in fear, he was afraid of what Nat might do to Lewis.

Nat didn't even look up from the page she was reading, "Sorry no can do", Nat replied not sounding sorry at all.

"Please, I meant what I said earlier we won't tell anyone".

"Nope".

"You don't-"

Nat sighed in frustration and finally looked up, "If you don't shut up right now I'll shoot you." Nat said in a scarily calm voice, causing Lewis and Ash to jump and move closer to each other. Nat smirked and went back to her magazine.

A few minutes later the door opened and Peter walked in, Nat looked up "Finally, can I stop babysitting now?"

"Possibly, Zane and Emma have realised Ash and Lewis are missing", Peter replied irritably.

Nat was about to say something, but before she could Zane and Emma burst through the door. Peter and Nat whipped around in surprise and Ash and Lewis' eyes widened.

"Zane, w-what are you doing here?" Peter stammered.

"How could you do this Peter?" Zane asked. Zane couldn't believe this was happening, Peter was one of his best friends, his betrayal hurt and seeing his friends handcuffed and looking terrified made him very angry.

"I didn't mean for Ash and Lewis to end up in this situation, but they saw too much", Peter said.

Zane laughed humourlessly, "So have Emma and I, are you going to kidnap us too?"

"Ash and Lewis have made it clear that they won't, but you could both work with me".

"That's never going to happen", Zane said angrily.

"I wouldn't work with someone who has hurt my best friends, and this is against the law", Emma said just as angrily.

Peter gave them a sad smile, "That's too bad. Nat".

Before Nat could raise her gun, Zane ran to Peter and tackled him to the floor causing his friends to shout in fear for him. Zane punched Peter, but Peter managed to gain the upper hand and straddled Zane, "Zane, stop this!"

"No! You hurt my best friends". Zane managed to get Peter off him, and was about to punch Peter again, but stopped at the sight of Nat holding Ash with her arm around his neck and a gun pointed at his head.

"Go sit next to Lewis now!"

Lewis tried to get up to help Ash, but Emma silently told him not to for his safety, and in fear for Ash, Emma quickly sat next to Lewis, but one look at Ash's terrified face had Zane shaking in anger and unable to move, "Let him go now".

"Not until you do as I said".

Zane just shook his head.

"Zane, please sit down. I would hate for Ash to be hurt".

Zane glared at Peter, and suddenly without warning fire came roaring from Zane's hands and went very close to Peter but didn't touch him.

"I said, let him go now", Zane said angrily his friends looked at him in shock, Zane had finally discovered his second power. Nat let Ash go in fear and pushed him, Zane put out the fire and caught Ash before he could hit the floor. "Are you okay?" Zane asked in a completely different voice to the one he had just used.

"Yeah, thank you", Ash said shakily. Zane smiled softly at Ash, feeling so relieved that Nat hadn't killed him.

"I knew it! I knew you were hiding something", Peter shouted.

Zane sighed, he hadn't meant for Peter to find out about their secret, at least he only knew about his newly discovered power, he gave his friends a look that told them not to give anything away about how big this secret really was, they all nodded subtly at him.

"You should work with me Zane, with a power like that we could do so much", Peter said.

"My answer hasn't changed".

"Then I will tell everyone about you".

Zane raised his eyebrows incredulously, "No-one will believe you, and I don't see any cameras around so you don't have proof".

Peter was about to protest but people wearing bullet proof vests saying BAU came running in with their guns out. Peter looked at Zane in confusion.

Emma spoke up, "I called the police on the way here, just to be safe".

Peter and Nat both tried to point their guns at Zane and Ash, but the agents were too fast for them and overpowered them. While two of the agents arrested Peter and Nat, another two came up to the group, and unlocked Ash and Lewis' handcuffs.

"I'm SSA Morgan and this is Dr Reid, are you all okay?" Derek asked in concern, he and his team had been following Peter and his team and knew what they were capable of, he had checked the group for injuries and found they had no physical injuries, but they could have psychological ones.

"We are now, thank you", Lewis said giving the agents a grateful smile and the others nodded in agreement.

"Good, would you like us to call your parents?" Spencer asked, having been in a similar situation himself (and having knowledge about these situations) he knew their phones may have been stolen or even destroyed, he knew how traumatic these situations could be and hoped their parents would help them through it.

"Thanks, but I still have my phone", Zane said.

"Okay, we need you to come back to the station with us and explain what happened, if you are feeling up to it. If not it can wait for a few days", Spencer said. The teenagers all glanced at each other and Spencer had a feeling they were having a silent conversation, he had had many with his own team and was having one with Morgan now, asking if what he had said was okay or if they needed the group to come with them now. Morgan confirmed that it was fine causing Spencer to inwardly sigh in relief.

"We'll come now", Zane said they had agreed that they wanted to get it over with, not wanting to feel the dread of waiting for the day to come in, though these agents seemed pleasant and Zane hoped they wouldn't try to force answers out of them. Peter glared at Zane as he was being led away by two of the BAU agents, and gave him a look saying this wasn't over, but Zane just glared back with his own look saying it is over let it go.

On the way to the station Zane had called his dad, and after assuring him that he and his friends were okay, Harrison said he would inform Zane's friends' parents and they would all meet them at the station. Zane was still reeling from Peter's betrayal, he couldn't believe Peter had kidnapped Ash and Lewis and had hurt them, Ash and Lewis who were sitting either side of him seemed to read his mind and put their hands on his and gave them a gentle squeeze and he squeezed back. Normally he wouldn't show this kind of affection, and would pull away in embarrassment but after everything he and his friends had been through, this comfort was welcome. Emma had turned around after seeing this, and gave his knee a comforting squeeze and he smiled gratefully at her and she smiled back, and did the same for Lewis and Ash, though he noticed that she had her hand on Ash's knee longer, and smiled to himself he knew how much Emma and Ash liked each other and hoped they would get together. If they didn't soon, he might have to help them.

Spencer could see the teenagers comforting each other out of the corner of his eye, and smiled he was glad that they cared about each other enough to do this. Spencer's hope that they would get through this grew. When they arrived at the station, the teenagers' parents were already there and hugged their children and were crying in relief. Spencer shared a smile with Derek, this part of the job made everything worth it. During the next couple of hours, he and Derek sat with the teenagers and their parents, and wrote down their statements. While the rest of the team were interrogating Peter and his accomplices and were explaining what happened to the teenagers' headmistress. After everyone had left, having finished explaining what happened to Spencer and Derek, Zane came back into the room.

"I just wanted to say, for my friends as well, thank you so much. I don't know what would have happened if you hadn't saved us".

Spencer would have been surprised, he could tell this boy was someone who was uncomfortable with thanking people, and showing this much emotion. But given what he had been through, he wasn't surprised. Spencer smiled, "You're welcome, we're just glad you and your friends are safe". Derek nodded also smiling.

"Thank you", Zane said returning Spencer's smile and left the room.

Before everyone went home, Zane pulled Ash and Lewis aside to talk privately to them. "Guys listen, I'm sorry about the way I have acted towards you. You were right about Peter".

Lewis gave Zane a reassuring smile, "It's okay Zane, he was your best friend".

Ash nodded, "Yeah and we would have done the same thing if we were in your position".

"Thanks guys", Zane said and hugged them.

When Zane released them, Lewis put his hand on Zane's arm, "Hey, you discovered your second power".

Zane smiled at Lewis thankful for the distraction, "Yeah it's awesome, I totally need to practice using it".

"We should probably do that in the moon pool, we don't want you to accidently burn any of our houses down", Ash said smirking.

"Hey I wouldn't burn a house down".

"Yes you would", Ash said finding it hard not to laugh.

"I would not".

"Yes you would",

"No I-"

"Guys! Stop arguing", Lewis said.

Zane and Ash grinned at each other, "No can do Lewis", Zane said and much to Lewis's annoyance, but to Emma and their families delight they argued all the way home.

AN: For those who haven't seen the show, the characters Spencer and Derek are from a TV show called Criminal Minds, its a great show I recommend it. For those who have seen it, I hope you enjoyed the crossover. I may include more Criminal Minds crossovers in the future.