The footage from the camera was not very helpful. It showed Reid's last few days at the cabin, Garcia and Reid were still working on putting together the older footage. The Unsub had tried to delete as much as he could after he downloaded the footage, leaving only fragments behind. It showed Reid but rarely he spent most of his time during the day outdoors. The mystery of the bucket was finally revealed though Reid used it as a toilet and garbage can. Garcia went back to work on retrieving more footage and Reid worked on narrowing down the Unsub through the trace Garcia had set up when he downloaded the latest footage.

Hotch had given Reid a day to adjust to being rescued, after working with Garcia for an hour he sat Reid down and had him recount what happened:

Reid had gotten a letter from Gideon asking to meet. He had taken some personal leave and had driven out to meet him. He got a room at a local bed and breakfast, and then went to the local diner Gideon had written about. Reid went to the restaurant and didn't find Gideon but a man who said Gideon had sent him. He questioned him about Gideon but the man said something had come up and that Reid would meet Gideon soon. They discussed various generalities while they ate lunch, he left the diner, with the hope of meeting Gideon the next day then darkness. The next he knew he was waking up at the cabin in front of the fireplace a low fire burning. He found the knife next to him which he handed over; it had become habit to constantly carry it with him. Everything he brought to the diner was still with him except his cell phone, the bullets from his gun, and the letter from Gideon. He spent his time figuring out how to survive and how to contact the outside world. He also handed over his notebook which had notes about the radio, and his thoughts about his situation and Gideon.

After giving his statement Reid went outside for an hour. He came back in and worked with Garcia until they broke for lunch. While walking up to the restaurant a squirrel darted across their path, Reid instantly darted out with a crutch and bashed it's skull in. He bent down and picked it up and moved to put it in his messenger bag when he saw the teams' looks of disgust and worry.

"Sorry, it became a reflex. Food especially meat was not easy to come by so I learned to strike first and ask questions later."

"It's okay kid, we understand. Just don't kill animals, there's plenty of food, you don't need to worry about that anymore." Morgan said holding out his hand

Reid reluctantly handed over his squirrel, which Morgan disposed off. They went into the restaurant where JJ pointedly ordered Reid baked chicken, with vegetables. Before the food came Garcia asked about the squirrel again

"When I was in the mountains I was able to catch a few squirrels. I tried to cook them over a fire but found it easiest and most productive to boil them in soup."

"Reid actually fed us squirrel soup before we left, it wasn't that bad." JJ said

"Hey Reid you gave Rossi an eye, who got the other one?" Hotch asked

"I did. Did you want it?"

"No, just curious."

"Hey Reid who got the testicles? You boiled the whole squirrel so who got stuck with them?" Morgan asked

"Hotch. I was mad that I had spend another night in the cabin so i made sure to give them to him." Reid said ducking his head and looking like a small child waiting to be yelled at by there father

"Reid I'm not mad, but in the future i would appreciate not being fed testicles of any kind. " Hotch said

Hotch then actually smiled and the entire table burst into laughter at the absurdity of that statement. Food arrived and Reid again went to eat with his hands, but managed to restrain himself, after a stern glance by Hotch; though he did devour his food before everyone else. After lunch Hotch sent him to the hotel to rest.

Two days after they landed the list of people who might have a vendetta against Reid was cut in half, but was still long. However the team did have the outlines of a profile and Garcia had gotten more information from the camera. Rossi and Emily arrived on the morning of the third day with bad news. They handed Reid his suitcase, and then told the team what they had learned. However Rossi and Emily couldn't add much to the account Reid had already given to Hotch

"The person at the diner Reid ate at remembered him because he had three cups of coffee and a bear claw before his guest came. Reid was surprised to see the man but the man just sat down and they started talking. The waitress didn't remember much else. The diner does have cameras but they delete the footage after two weeks. The people at the Bed and Breakfast remember Reid because he didn't come back, he asked directions to the diner but didn't return. They didn't bother to call the police and just repacked his things after a couple of days, planning to dispose of them if he didn't claim them within two months."

"According to the owners it's not uncommon for guests to take off without their stuff. It seems likely that the person Reid met at the diner kidnapped him. We also asked around about Jason Gideon and a local bird watching group remembered him, he arrived three months before Reid, and only stayed a few days." Rossi said

"What, he actually was in town. That treacherous, traitorous, vile, betrayer, scum, so stupid to trust him…." Reid went on ranting for some time and actually banged his crutch into the wall more than once.

Thankfully the conference room they worked in had the door closed. The team let Reid vent for a time before Morgan gently grabbed him and hugged him. He struggled a bit before breaking down. He cried for a couple of minutes before stopping himself, Hotch asked Morgan to drive him to the hotel and they left. After what they had seen on the mountain the only one really taken aback at Reid's breakdown was Garcia, though everyone was surprised at the revelation that Gideon had been to the same town. The question now was Gideon involved with Reid's disappearance? No one thought him capable of harming Reid but the coincidence of both men going to the same small town was too striking to dismiss. JJ, Emily, Rossi, Hotch, and Garcia all went back to work needing answers both for themselves and most importantly for Reid. Garcia worked on the camera: she was trying to narrow down the list of suspects with anyone who could have had access to the camera used in the cabin. The remaining members of the team worked on the profile and used it to narrow down the list of suspects. Hotch reluctantly ordered Jason Gideon be investigated as well.

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