After an hour went by, Spencer came back over to Katerina's. He walks up to the door, seeing it ajar. He drew his gun as he calls out, "Kat?" He heard a bark from one of the rooms, as he began to search the house. "Katerina?" Sebastian blinks, hearing Spencer, as he sniffles, coming out of Katerina's room, running to Spencer after he holstered his gun, he picks up Sebastian, as he blinks, "Hey, buddy. Where is your mom?"
Sebastian started to cry again, "I don't know."
Spencer held Sebastian closer, shushing him, "It's okay. It's okay, I gotcha." He pulled out his phone, calling Hotch.
"Hotchner."
"Hey, Hotch. We have a problem."
"What's wrong?"
Spencer sighs, as Sebastian sniffles as Spencer continued to talk, "I went back to my apartment to change, and I came to Katerina's house. When I got here, Sebastian was in Kat's room crying, and the door was ajar. Hotch... Kat's not here."
"Okay, be there in 5."
Spencer knew that Hotch was going to tell the whole team what was going on. After about 5 minutes, black suburbans arrived, as Spencer carrying Sebastian out, as Penelope was there. She took Sebastian as he cried more.
Penelope looks at Spencer, "What happened?"
"I think someone took Kat..."
She blinks, trying to fight the tear that gathered in her eyes, "Who...who could do this. She has a son, for christ's sake."
Emily and JJ looks at Spencer, as Ace was by Penelope as he watches over everyone. Hotch came over where everyone was gathered, "We have to treat this like any other case. Garcia, you know Katerina better than anyone. Who would go after Katerina?"
Penelope was thinking, "Well, Ryan, her ex, has been wanting her back. This morning when I dropped off Sebastian, Kat was with Spencer last night. And she was making breakfast for everyone. She got a call from Ryan, and he was at her house uninvited. I called Derek, just in case something happened. Reid and Kat went outside and I stayed in the house with Sebastian. All I know is there was yelling."
Hotch looked over at Derek and Spencer for more, Spencer spoke up, "When Katerina went outside, I followed her. Just to make sure nothing happened. Katerina said what the hell do you want. And Ryan said come on, baby. Why don't you come with me, and I can show you a better time, than that nerd can. Katerina said anyway feelings I had for you left when I walked out of your door. And told him to just leave and the only contact she would have with him is about Sebastian. That was after he got out of his car and walks to Katerina and I. He accused her of cheating when he had an orgy. Katerina punched him in the nose, and Derek told me to take Katerina in side. After that I don't know what happened."
Derek folded his arms, "I picked him up by his shirt and I dragged him to the car, and I told him 'Not to come back to Katerina's unless he was invited. And if We got a call say he trespassed, I would charge him. He asked me if I was cop, and I told him yeah, I'm FBI. He got in his car and he left."
"Do you know what car he was driving?"
Derek nods, as Hotch looks at Penelope, "Garcia, I want you to track down that car, Morgan will give you the license plate. And put out an APB on Katerina's ex."
JJ went to Penelope, smiling softly, "I will take Sebastian. You go find her." Penelope gave Sebastian to JJ. Emily went with Rossi to look over at the house.
"Why would someone do this to her?"
Rossi was scanning over the living room, "She must have rejected someone, or they wanted revenge." He saw the couch seeing a blanket that was on the couch, "Looks like she slept her with her son. She must've got woken up but someone knocking. Probably thinking Reid was at the door. The unsub knocks, Katerina opens the door, and she gets taken." He looked towards the door, seeing a bit of blood on the carpet. "But where was Sebastian?"
Emily goes to the tv, as she presses play seeing the movie play, "Right with her in the living room. But how come she didn't scream?"
"He probably was asleep. The unsub must've knocked her out, before she got the chance to scream."
Emily looks outside where JJ was with Sebastian, "I can't imagine how all of this must feel for Sebastian."
Rossi nods, as they walk outside, where Reid, Morgan and Hotch were.
"What did you find out?"
Rossi looks at Reid, "We think the unsub knocked on the door, while Katerina and Sebastian was on the couch. She must've been asleep with him. There was a knock on the door,
the dog barked, she answered the phone and got hit to stop her from screaming. But why not take Sebastian as instead?"
"Probably because he wasn't the target."
Penelope was on the porch, as she was typing, "I got it. The car belong to... oh my god.. the car belongs to a David Wilson... he.. he is a friend of Ryan's that always hit on Katerina.. I send the address to your phones.."
"Morgan, take Prentiss and Reid."
JJ takes Sebastian to the play set in the back yard. As Morgan, Prentiss, and Reid went to David Wilson's home. JJ sat on the swing watching Sebastian slowly swinging back and forth, "Sebastian, we are doing everything to find your mo-.."
"Is mommy coming back?"
JJ looks at him sadly, as she smiles warmly, "Yes, mommy is coming back. Do you want to stay with Henry?" She saw him nod, as she smiles, "Alright, I can do that." JJ saw Hotch by the picnic table.
"How is he doing?"
JJ sighs, "What would you expect? Sebastian is worried if his mommy is coming back."
Katerina woke up, as her eyes fluttered open, as she groans. She winces at the pain, seeing the dark room she was in, dimmed by soft light. She looks around at her surroundings, as she sits up. She heard faint footsteps, and people talking. She looks behind her seeing a small window, as she stands up, getting on top of a small crate, looking outside. She lifts her hands up to try and pry open the window. She stopped at the footsteps coming towards the room, as she gets off the table and and stands in the middle of the room. A man opens the door, as he smiles, "Nice to see you again, Kat."
Katerina's eyes widen, as she goes to back away. The man walks closer, "You don't remember me, do you?" He laughs, "Of course you don't. Let me refresh your memory. You were 14, you were hanging out with a couple of friends of your's from school. You snuck out to a party with them, your friends were partying and dancing with them. "He touched her arm, "So I decided to have a dance with you. And yo-.."
Katerina looks at him, "I was 14! And you were touching me, when I told you to leave me alone." She started to feel panic in her, "Why are you doing this? I have a son..."
"I DON'T CARE IF YOU HAVE A SON!" He lowered his voice, "You wanted it! Now I want to finish that night." He pushed Katerina down, as she began to panic. She began to kick him, fighting him off, as she kicked his face. Her hands were bounded in front of her, as she looks towards the door, as the man was against the wall in pain. She bolted for the door, as she ran upstairs from the basement she was in. She saw the front door, she looks around and quietly walks towards the front door, quietly opening it. As she ran towards the woods. Katerina could heard the man yell for her, "Kat! Katerina!" She covers her mouth, as she began to sob quietly in her hand.
After Morgan and Prentiss brought David Wilson in the interrogation room, while they were questioning them. Reid was behind the two glass, watching. Hotch came in and stood beside Reid, "Anything?"
Reid looks at Hotch, "He doesn't know about Kat being kidnapped. Or who took her."
Hotch nods, as Morgan and Prentiss came out of the interrogation room.
"Hotch, he doesn't know anything."
Hotch looks at David in the room, "Let him go, we have to think about this in a different perspective."
They let David go, as everyone began to gather, as Garcia walks in with her laptop. Rossi was sitting down at the table looking at everything on their board, "I don't understand.
Katerina changed her life, when she was pregnant with Sebastian. Who would want to take a mother from her son?"
"Maybe the unsub was jealous of the life they never had."
Reid shook his head, "No, I think it is more than that. Garcia did you find anything about her past?"
Garcia began typing on her laptop, "Uh no, she was a good kid. Good grades. She has college degrees for Native American culture. A UTI for work shop, and philosophy..." She stopped typing, "When she was 14, she filed a report for sexual assault. It says she was at a party with her friends, and one of the high schoolers came on to her, and started touching her..."
"That was 2 years before you guys adopted her. She did say anything about it?"
Penelope shook her head, "No. She didn't really want to talk about it much.
Hotch looks at Garcia, "Who did she file a report against?"
"Adam Campbell. He lives just 6 blocks from Kat's house."
Katerina was hiding behind some bushed, as she tries to get her hands untied. Once her hands were free, she rubs her wrists, as she sighs. In her mind, she thought she was going to die. She shook her head, 'I can't think like that. I have a son, who needs me. A family... who is waiting for me. I have Spencer, who needs me.' She looks from the bushes, seeing a house that she ran from, light up. She heard faint talking from the camp fire in teh back of the house. She quietly but quickly moved to get a better view. She then ran in the woods more, trying to find a way quicker to the city. The sun was setting, as she bites her bottom lip. She hear Adam yelling for her, faintly. She leans against the tree, as she pants softly, as she heard him calling, she ran. She tripped over a root, as she cries out, but covers her mouth. She rolled over under vines that made a hiding spot. She heard crunching of leaves, as she watches as footsteps stop in front of where she was hiding as he kept calling. She felt tears falling down her cheeks. Adam walks off to look through the woods more, "Come on, Kat! I will find you!" Katerina looked around her for a weapon seeing a thick stick, as she grips it. She prayed for someone to find her soon, not wanting to die in the woods.
As Derek, Hotch, Emily, Rossi and Spencer entered Adam's house, yelling clear when Adam wasn't there. They began to look around. Derek was in a second bedroom, "Hey, guys!" Everyone walks towards Derek, seeing what looks like shrine of Katerina. "All of these pictures of of Katerina. Even the one at the where we were at her house."
Prentiss and Reid looks through the room seeing year books. Then a a year book of Katerina's old school. Reid flipped through it, seeing Katerina's picture and name in a heart.
"He drew a heart around Katerina's picture in the yearbook."
"It looks like Adam didn't take rejection well."
Morgan looks around, "He wouldn't take Katerina here. To many witnesses would hear her, and see her struggle."
"He must've taken her to a remote area." Reid looks between Hotch and Morgan. Hotch called Garica to see if Adam had any other place he would take her. Through the speaker phone, they could heart Garcia typing. "There is an abandoned house, that has had a few calls of a disturbance. I just sent you the address to your phones."
Hotch nods, "Lets go. We don't have much time." The team piled into the vehicles, as they speed off to the address.
As day became night, Katerina stay hidden in the bushes. She sighs, as she didn't hear anything for a while. She layed down, to rest her eyes for a while. Adam didn't stop until he found her. The sound of vehicles could be heard. She opens her eyes, as she sits up as quietly as she could. She could hear the faint rustling of the leaves, as she tried to stay quiet. In the distances she could here multiple footsteps hitting in the leaves. Adam saw rustling from Katerina trying to move away from being seen, he smirks, as he dives and grabs her legs.
"No! Noo! Let go of me!" Adam smirks, as he laughs at her.
"Keep quiet or I will blow your brains out, Kat." Katerina stops, as she grips the thick stick and hits Adam over the head with it repeatedly.
The multiple foots steps were quick, as she can hear her name being called out, her head snaps towards the sounds, as she looks down at Adam who was gripping his head. She gets up and ran towards the yelling. Adam got up and began to run after her, as he began to shot towards her shooting her in her leg, as she screams. "Fuck!" Suddenly flashlights were shined on her, as Adam stopped at the flashlights.
"Adam Campbell, FBI!" She knew Derek's voice as she saw Adam run off, with Derek close on his tail.
Katerina looks up seeing Spencer, as she winces standing up, and limps to him as she hugs him tightly, tears falling down her face, "Thank god." Spencer hugs her close, her arms around her waist.
"Don't worry. You're safe. I got you."
The medics were close by, as Spencer and Emily help Katerina to the ambulance. The medcis helped her on a gurney. Derek came back towards the police cars and the suburbans, shoving him in the back of the police car.
"Reid you go with Katerina, we will meet up with you at the hospital. I will inform Garcia on the way there."
Spencer gets into the ambulance, as they shut the doors, they drove off. As the EMTs checked her vitals, Katerina looks at Spence, "Where's Sebastian?"
Spencer looks at her, "He is with Henry as JJ's. Just relax. Okay?"
Katerina nods, as she lays back and closes her eyes.
Once they arrived to the hospital the doctors told Spencer to wait outside until they were done. He went to the waiting room, he heard footsteps, as Garcia goes to Spencer.
"Where is she? Is everything alright? When can we see her?"
"The doctors are looking over her fully to see if she has any fractures, concussions. After that we can see her." Garcia nods, as the rest of the team arrived, and was informed.
They waited around until JJ came with Sebastian and Henry, looking at them, "Henry wanted to see if Aunt Kat was okay."
Sebastian and Henry were playing, the doctor came in looking around, "Hart family?" Everyone stands up looking at the doctor, "Katerina is doing fine, she has some bruised ribs, a concussion, and she needed stitches. But other than that she is fine."
"Can we go see her?"
The doctor nods at her, as the team began walking towards Katerina's room. She was sitting on the edge of the bed, as Garcia walks to Katerina as she hugs her sister, "Thank god, your alright."
Katerina smiles, hugging Penelope back, "Of course, I'm alright. You guys found me."
Everyone looks at Katerina smiling, giving her flowers and cards. Sebastian looks at Katerina, as he went to run to her, but Spencer picked him up mid run and lightly sets him on the bed. Katerina hugs Sebastian, as tears fell down her cheeks. "We will be outside." He referred towards Derek, Penelope, and Reid. Sebastian looks at her.
"Why are you sad mommy?"
Katerina smiles, as she wipes away the tears, "I'm not sad. I'm happy." Sebastian nestles in her lap. Derek smiles at them.
"Well, I'm glad we got him. But I need to know, why he took you, Kat."
"Derek, I don't think this is-.." Katerina looks at Penelope.
"Pen, it's okay. I wasn't going to hide from my past forever." Katerina leans back, "He sexually assaulted me, when I was in foster home custody. I went to a party, my friends talked me into you. I didn't drink, I stayed by my friends. I went to get something to drink, and when I came back they were gone, I guess went to talk to some guys. He came over to talk to me, I guess seeing that I was alone. Well he got to close to me, he started to put his hands on me. I felt scared, and freaked out. I told me to stop, but he didn't. AFter he touched me again, I ran. After I calmed down, I went to the police. They brushed it off, but it is still on record I presume. After that day, I barely went to school or got out of the house, because of it. After a few months I began to take self defense classes. That escalated to boxing classes."
Derek nods, "Okay, I will tell the team. You take care of yourself, alright?"
Katerina nods, as she leans back, putting her head back, "When can I get out of here?"
Penelope laughs softly, "I will go check." She gets up and walks to the nurse's station.
"You have been quiet, Spence."
Spencer looks up at her, "I.. thought I lost you."
Katerina reaches over a bit, taking his hand, "Spencer, your stuck with me. Nothing is going to take me away from you. Not some, person who can't take rejection, not even the psychos you catch on a daily basis."
Spencer leans over, and kisses her forehead. Penelope comes in, "They are doing the papers, then you are set to go home. Do you want to stay at one of our places?"
Katerina shook her head, "No I want to go back home. Not some reject is going to keep me from living in my own home." Penelope nods.
Once Katerina was home, Ace was happily prancing around. Happy, that his owner was home. Spencer helped with Sebastian, and letting Ace out. "I'm going to put him to bed." Katerina smiles as she nods. She sits on the couch, leaning back. She puts her head back against the couch. She looks up at the ceiling in thought. Spencer come back downstairs, and looks at her, "Do you want anything?"
Katerina looks towards Spencer, as she smiles, "Some tea would be nice." Spencer nods, and went to the kitchen. Katerina gets up and hobbles to the kitchen as she sits down, at
the kitchen table.
"I was thinking.." Spencer looks towards Katerina, as she continues, "I was thinking once I'm healed, you should take a vacation."
"A vacation? To where?"
Katerina bites her bottom lip, "I spoke with Derek and Penelope along with JJ. They told me you were close to your mom." Spencer got a little bit fidgety, "I don't want to make you uncomfortable. I heard about her. And she seems like a nice woman."
"I will have to take to my mom about it." Spencer's voice was got soft, as he finished making her tea, and walks over and puts the cup in front of her as he sat down. Katerina reaches over and takes his hand as she smiles.
"If your anything like your mom, I'm sure she would want to meet me."
Spencer nods, as he looks at her. His heart was pounding in his chest, as he rubs his thumb over her fingers lightly. He knows she is a strong woman, but he is still afraid deep down inside of him, that something will happen to her. Katerina began to sip on her tea, as she relaxes fully. Ace came back inside, as she leans her hand down, petting his head lightly. Once she finished her tea, looking at him, "I think I might go to sleep." Spencer laughs softly, as he gets up and puts her cup in the sink. He then goes and locks doors, before going over and helping Katerina up, walking to the stairs. Spencer picks her up, and walks upstairs, Katerina blushes, "Spence, you didn't have to carry me."
"Well I wanted to." Katerina giggles, as she puts her arms around his neck, as he walks to the bedroom and sits her down on the bed. He goes to stand up, but stopped when Katerina grasped at his tie. She pulls him down a bit as she leans up kissing him softly. Spencer kissed her back, his hand on top of Katerina's hand that held his tie. He felt her pull away, looking down at her.
"In that smart brain of your's... I bet there is a beast waiting to be unleased." Katerina giggles softly, as he laughs softly.
"Get dressed, Kat. We will talk more about it later."
They got ready for bed, as he helped Katerina in bed first, before he got in and turned off the lights. Katerina scoots closer to Spencer as he turns towards her, putting his arms around her. As he heard the soft breathing, as Katerina slept. Spencer just laid there holding and running his hand through Katerina's hair. He felt more at peace with Katerina home, Sebastian in the next room, with Ace at the top of the steps sleeping. He felt more at home than he ever has.
