Her voice was low but panicked.
"Sarah, what's wrong?"
I saw Spencer's face fill with worry and he motioned for me to follow him, which I did. Sarah was almost in tears now.
"Lis, he's in my house."
"What?" I said a little louder than I should. Spencer had led me out to where everyone else was.
"Matt left earlier today and as I was getting supper for myself ready I saw him in the window, then a few minutes later I heard the back door get knocked down, so I ran."
While she had been explaining herself I put my phone on speaker so the whole team could hear.
"Sarah, where are you right now?"
"I'm in the guest room closet."
"Sarah, if you can get out of the closet and hide under the bed." this time it was Hotch who spoke.
"Who was that?" she asked, now she was definitely crying.
"It's just one of my team members. But Sarah, you need to listen to him. Get under the bed.
I heard the closet door open very quietly and heard the movement of her getting under the bed.
David spoke up next.
"Sarah, this is David, remember me?"
There was a slight pause then a quick "yes" from Sarah.
"Ok, you need to stay absolutely quiet. Don't talk on the phone anymore just wait. We have an agent here calling the police for you right now."
I looked up and saw J.J. was in the kitchen on her cell phone. Hotch motioned for me to sit in the middle of the couch between him and David, Morgan and Prentiss had gone outside to call in to the BAU to let them know what was going on and Garcia was logging onto the computer to start recording the rest of the phone conversation and try to get a hit on Sarah's cell phone so we could track it if she was taken. Spencer stood behind the couch hands on my shoulders to try and relax me.
"Sarah we're still here, and we are doing everything we can to get help to you right away." Explained Hotch.
That's when we heard it. The click of the door opening, Sarah's breathing increasing, while we stayed silent. David and Hotch especially looked at me, meaning to say "not a word."
We could hear the light footsteps on what I was guessing was a carpeted floor. The footsteps got closer and closer, and then nothing. I looked back and forth from Hotch and David seeing if I should say something, but just by the looks on their faces I knew not to.
I could see J.J. still in the kitchen and still on the phone. I saw some shadows in the doorway telling me that Morgan and Prentiss were talking with the backup that had arrived. I looked up towards the computer and saw Garcia looking at me, on the screen was a map with a blinking dot. Relief spread over me, realizing that she had been able to track Sarah's cell phone.
Suddenly Sarah's scream pierced through the speaker, I jumped and dropped the phone from the shock. He had her. I was just about to say something to try and calm her down when a hand covered my mouth, which made me freak out even more.
"Lissa, don't say anything, then he'll know she called for help."
It was Spencer whispering this in my ear, David now held my cell phone.
The sound of a thud indicated Sarah had dropped her phone, then there was a "click" and the line went dead.
"Sarah? Sarah?" I yelled.
"Melissa it's no use the lines dead." I looked to my left and say Hotch looking at me as he said this.
I looked forward and say the entire team had now come back together along with a few extra agents from the BAU.
We all stayed silent for a bit when my phone started going off again. I looked at caller ID and say it was Sarah.
I gave a puzzling look to Hotch but he gave me a nod to answer it, but first he checked with Garcia to make sure the call would get recorded.
I flipped open the phone and hit the speaker button.
"Hello?" I said uncertainly.
"Hello Melissa. So nice to hear your voice again. You know when I use to call you late at night and you were half asleep, your voice sounded so sexy."
"Who is this?" I demanded.
I felt a squeeze on my shoulder from Spencer and realized I needed to calm down.
"Oh you know who this is. You just don't realize it yet."
"What do you want with Sarah?"
"Well sweetheart, I don't want Sarah. What I really want is you. I expected Sarah to call her best friend when I started leaving her gifts, and I figured you would come running to Maine to protect her. Then I could easily take you."
"What do you want with me?" I asked disgusted.
"Well you'll find out soon enough when you come home to Maine to find your friend. Don't worry, I won't do anything to her. I'm saving that all for you."
And with that he hung up.
I just sat there dumbfounded. Who was this guy?
"Garcia, did you get that recorded?" asked David.
"Yes sir, I did."
"Good. Save it because we're going to need it when we go to Maine.