It had been a couple days since any of the members of the BAU had come into come contact with Samantha or her family, but only a few hours since another girl had been shot randomly and inscribed with an unimportant letter.

Samantha had watched it on the news, but she tried not to think about it when Ava walked into the living room dressed in a simple black dress with a solemn expression on her face. The young girl crawled onto the couch and into her aunt's open arms.

They would be leaving soon for the funeral that morning, but the worst part of that morning was the fact they knew who the killer was, but he hadn't been caught yet. It made Samantha sick to the stomach since she knew her sister was killed because of her. Her sister's children were motherless because of her…

Closing her eyes, Samantha rested her head against the coach so as to keep back the tears. She didn't want to openly cry in front of her whole family when she had to be strong for them. Despite the fact that she knew that was not the best way to deal with things, but she couldn't help it.

"Sami, honey," her mother said softly. "It's time to go."

Opening her eyes, Samantha looked at her mother before glancing down at Ava, who was simply sitting there with her head against her Aunt's chest. Her eyes were drooping closed, showing how tired she was since she had been barely sleeping at night since her mother's death.

"Ava, wake up," Samantha sighed, but didn't move to get up immediately.

At first, she didn't move, but eventually she got off the couch with some help from her aunt. The two headed out of the hand in hand; one supporting the other.

Reid frowned slightly when he figured out that their unsub would most likely be at the funeral. For the most part, they were looking out for Samantha's ex-boyfriend, but Reid had a feeling of dread since there was more to it than just that.

Just looking out for him at the funeral wouldn't be enough; there was a chance that the crazy ex-boyfriend, Matthew, would try and actually take Samantha to finish his message. She would be the last letter, but there was no saying if he would stop there and commit suicide or find another woman in his life to obsess over. Reid was sure it was the first theory since just yesterday the unsub had sent something to Samantha.

It was a gift, something she used to have back in college; a small stuffed animal he had won her at the state fair. To the members of the BAU, this was a big red flag. It meant he was ready to confront Samantha and make her his last victim.

"Reid," Morgan said, snapping the genius out of his thoughts. "Hotch, Elle and Gideon are heading to where our unsub might have been living for the past few months. You and I are the lucky ones going to a funeral."

Reid simply nodded as he got up. He safely tucked his gun into the holster, despite the fact that he wasn't that great at aiming especially since he barely passed his last firearms test. Though he had no fear of shooting someone if it meant saving someone's life.

"I'm driving," Morgan said once they were outside near the black SUV. Reid simply nodded as he got in the passenger side and buckled up. His mind was on Samantha and the two girls since that day was the funeral and it was hardly a happy occasion; he wondered how they were taking it all since Lily had yet to truly understand that her mother was gone.

The drive there was silent and felt a little long even though it was a twenty minute drive. When they arrived at the cemetery, it wasn't hard to spot where they were holding the service. A clad of black was surrounding one spot in between two trees.

Slowly, the two BAU agents got out of the SUV and headed toward the crowd, deciding to keep towards the back so as not to disrupt the service. It wasn't hard for them to spot Samantha since she was sitting up front with two small girls on either side of her. For a second, Reid thought about going to her side t comfort her, but he quickly shook that thought out of his head. Instead, he stood where he was, keeping an eye out for their unsub.

That was when it all went downhill…

Almost out of nowhere, a man approached Samantha and stood behind her chair. The person behind him was clearly angry at him for blocking the view, trying to quietly move him out of the way, but instead a gun shot rang out. The person fell to the ground without another word as the others stood up and cried out in fear. Samantha was barely able to turn around when this man wrapped an arm around her neck and pulled her out of her seat and away from the girls.

Reid and Morgan pulled out their guns, but didn't approach the man since his gun was aimed at the children. They knew the man had no fear of killing anyone there if it meant being able to take Samantha with him, but they also knew that he wouldn't kill Samantha anytime soon.

"Let go of me!" Samantha yelled, struggling to get out of his grip.

"Samantha, stop struggling," Reid said before the unsub, her ex, could say anything. "He won't hurt you, trust me."

"Yeah, trust him," the man growled, walking back from the others slowly. "You two put your weapons down or I'll blow her fucking head off."

Not wanting to provoke him from shooting anyone else there, both agents put there guns slowly to the ground. Meanwhile, Morgan was trying to calm the unsub down.

"Matthew, it doesn't have to be like this," Morgan began calmly. "You don't need to hurt anyone else here. Look, you're scaring the one girl you care for. How do you think she will love you after what you've done?"

Matthew grimaced, looking down at the goddess in his arms. However, she didn't look like his goddess with tears running down her face and nothing but fear in those dimmed green orbs of hers. She didn't look happy to be with him…if anything, she looked afraid of him.

That wasn't how it's supposed be. She wasn't supposed to fear him. She was supposed to love him and thank him for taking her away from the others. She was supposed to be happy that he was taking her far away from the ones that always oppressed her and kept her from truly being happy. How could she fear him?

"Samantha?" he said, confusion written all over his face. "I'm here to save you. Don't you remember the promise we made? At the fair?"

Samantha frowned, too scared to shake her head. She knew he was very unstable at that moment, meaning she had to keep him from blowing up and possibly killing everyone else there.

"Auntie Sami!" Lily cried out, but her grandma kept her from running out to Samantha. "Leave her alone, big bully!"

"Matthew, please let me go," Samantha pleaded softly.

"No!" he shouted, dragging her a few more feet away from the others. "No! I'm here to save you. I won't let you go!"

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