"Okay, Pretty Boy, what do you see here?" Morgan and Reid were standing in the middle of the parking lot at the landing strip.

"Hotch usually parked about here," Reid walked over to a spot near the fence. "And the security footage Garcia pulled up from last night confirms that."

"Okay," Morgan looked towards the entrance to the lot. "So, he got in the car, drove thru the gate, and turned right. That's the shortest way to Jessica's. So, let's follow him - "

The two agents got into Morgan's car and he drove out of the lot and down the road.

"The area on both sides of the road is pretty clear," Reid observed as he looked around. "No place for anyone to hide and set up an ambush. And I am sure Hotch would have noticed if he was being followed."

"So, if he was ambushed, they would have had to come at him from either the side or the front," Morgan concluded. "Is that a cross road coming up?"

"It is," Reid was checking the GPS as well as watching the road. "Why don't you pull over here so we can walk over and take a look?"

"Skid marks," Morgan commented as he pulled over onto the shoulder of the road. "Running right into the intersection."

"This area has been swept," Reid declared several minutes later as they examined the intersection. "You would expect to find gravel and other road debris to be lying about, but there is nothing here."

"Okay, so they pull out into the intersection in front of Hotch and he hits them," Morgan began recreating the incident. "He gets out of his car and walks over and that's when they jump him."

"In order for both vehicles to remain drivable after the collision, they must have been driving something heavier, like a delivery van," Reid decided. "And, there would have had to be someone else available to drive Hotch's vehicle away from here. But, after they grabbed Hotch, they could have gone any one of four directions. "

"Plus, whoever it was would have had to know how to disable the GPS system," Morgan assumed. "That means there is a team involved in this."

He turned and looked around the area.

"Maybe we can eliminate one direction," Morgan proposed. "It took us what, about seven minutes to drive here from the airstrip? And, it would have taken them several minutes more to grab Hotch and put him into their vehicle. Why don't we have Garcia check the security tapes from the camera at the front of the airstrip for that fifteen minutes or so looking for a larger vehicle like a delivery van?"

He pulled out his cell phone and pushed a speed dial number. "Hey, Baby Girl," he began. "I need you to look at something for me."

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"As expected, Jessica and Jack were pretty much a dead end," JJ reported mournfully.

It was several hours later and the team was again sitting around the table in their conference room sharing the information they had gathered.

"All they know is that Aaron was planning on coming straight over after the plane had landed," Rossi added. "And, that he never showed up."

"They just assumed he had been called into the office," JJ concluded.

"Now, I had better luck," Garcia declared as she put a series of pictures up on the flat screen. "As you can see by the date and time stamp, this is approximately 35 minutes after the plane landed. As you can see, there is a white panel van that went speeding by the entrance to the airfield. Going by what Morgan and Reid have discovered, we can assume that Hotch was in that van." She enlarged the picture of the van.

"Any identification?" Rossi walked up to the screen and squinted at it.

"None that I can find," Garcia told him. "However, I checked police reports and there was a white van reported stolen yesterday afternoon. We can assume that this is that vehicle."

"And, before you call," she added as Rossi began taking out his cell phone. "I have already put out an APB for it, although the kidnappers have probably ditched it by now."

"I should have known, Penelope" Rossi forced a smile. "You are always on top of things."

"Now," Reid got up and walked over to the evidence board where he had posted a map. "If Hotch was grabbed here," he put a pin into the map. "And his phone was found here," he put in another pin. "Then, assuming that whoever took his car continued on in a straight line, his car should be found around – Here," he pointed to an area. "What is in this area?"

"From the satellite map it looks like more swampland," Garcia reported. "With some ditches that have been dug in for drainage purposes and to prevent flooding."

"Well," Morgan stood up. "Anyone want to join me in a canal search?"

"I've already gotten wet and muddy once today," JJ also stood up. "A second time definitely isn't going to hurt me."

"I would suggest you start your search right about here," Rossi pointed at an area. "There appears to be a small park there which would be a good place to temporarily leave the car you are going to use for your escape."

"Good idea," Morgan agreed with him. "All indications are that this is a very well organized, well thought out mission."

"In the meantime," Rossi continued. "I am going to pay Matt Cruz a visit and see what he can find out from his contacts at the State Department."

"And Reid and I are going to be checking on anyone who may have a grudge against Hotch," Garcia told the group. "And I suspect that that is going to be a very large group of individuals."