6 years ago:

Spencer frowned as he listened to the conversation between JJ and Morgan. They were discussing the new team member that they were getting that day. No one had any information on the new agent, not even Garcia, which was weird.

"There's always been seven members of the team," Reid commented injecting himself into the conversation. "Why do we have a need for a new member?"

"Apparently this agent is known for being one of the best in the field for crimes against children."

"There's only a small handful of agents who make their whole life focused around crimes against kids."

"About thirty of us last time I checked," a voice said from behind Spencer. "But don't worry, I'm very proficient in other areas as well."

Spencer pursed his lips before he turned to face the voice. His breath hitched slightly as he saw the tall, slender, redhead standing before him. She had green eyes with a light sprinkle of freckles around the creases of her eyes and her mouth.

"We weren't doubting your proficiency."

"I'm sure." The woman said with a smile before she held out her hand. "I'm Brennan Rossi."

"Rossi? As in…"

"David Rossi's daughter, yes. No, I'm not as rich as him or as famous. That's how I hope to keep it." Brennan looked at the man standing before her. He was so thin she thought maybe a strong burst of wind was going to knock him over. She knew from stories from her father that this would be Spencer Reid. A child genius, the youngest SSA ever brought into the bureau. "Hello, Spencer Reid."

"You know my name?"

"My dad talks about you guys a lot," she said before she looked beyond him. "Jennifer Jareau and Derek Morgan."

"Your father never really mentioned you."

"Yeah that sounds like him. It's not because he's embarrassed of me or anything, it's just the way he is. Rossi likes to keep his private life private."

"So why Quantico?"

"I needed a change of scenery and Rossi said that you guys could use someone who was good with child cases. Next thing I know, I'm on a plane here." Brennan looked down and noticed she was still holding hands with Spencer. She quickly pulled her hand back and stuffed her hands into her pockets.

"Brennan!"

Brennan turned and saw her dad come out of his office. "I'll catch you guys later," she said as she headed up the stairs and followed him into his office.

Morgan walked up to stand beside Reid. "Damn those fraternization rules."

Spencer turned to look at him. "What?"

"That is one nice piece of pie there."

"She's a member of our team. She deserves our respect."

Morgan smirked slightly. "And she'll get it, but I'm not the one who just held hands with her for five minutes," he said as he went and sat down at his desk.

JJ nudged Spencer with her shoulder. "Ignore him."

"There's nothing to ignore. She's just another woman." Spencer sat down at his desk and tried to ignore the urge to look back up at Rossi's office where Brennan was inside.

Brennan sat up on the bed as the door opened. Rutledge had finally unchained her from the bed and had given her a shirt to cover up with. She stood quickly as Diana was pushed into the room before the door slammed shut again.

"Diana!" Brennan exclaimed as she got up and went to the woman's side. She immediately began to look her over to make sure she wasn't hurt anywhere. "Why are you here? Where is Helena?"

"How have you been, Brennan? I feel like I haven't seen you in forever. Spencer misses you, you know."

Brennan sat her down on the bed. "Spencer and I are separated right now, Diana. I talk to you almost every day. I'm sorry I haven't been by to see you."

"I know, I know, you and Spencer are off having adventures every day. That's why I was so surprised when Helena said that he sent us plane tickets to come to Seattle and meet up with him. I mean he knows how much I hate flying."

"Spencer sent you tickets?"

"That's what Helena said. Where is Helena? Where are we? Is this your house now, Brennan? You should come back to the apartment. I miss you."

Brennan kissed her mother-in-law's forehead. "I miss you too, Diana. This isn't my house. Someone is holding us captive."

"Oh."

Brennan frowned slightly at the older woman. "Oh?"

"Well, I know that Spencer will find us and get us out and it'll all be okay again. Where is Jennifer at, Brennan? She needs a safe place to go when her parents are out of town."

Brennan took Diana's hand in her own. "We've told you, Diana, Jennifer was born stillborn at 8 months."

"No!" Diana yelled suddenly. "No, you had her. I remember seeing her."

"You saw pictures of her, baby." Brennan kissed her forehead again. "You never actually saw Jennifer."

Diana sat down on the bed and started to cry. "But why? Why would she die at 8 months? What did you do?! What did you do to make my son lose his baby?"

"Let's just try and figure out how to get out of here," Brennan said before standing in front of the woman as the door opened again.

"Talk to us, baby girl," Morgan said as he answered the phone call from Garcia.

"As much as I don't want to say this you need to pull up this website on the screen."

Morgan walked over and typed in the address she gave them, stepping back as it showed a live feed of Brennan and the abducter.

Spencer stood up and walked up to the screen. "Mom, Brennan."

"This isn't for you, pretty Brennan," Rutledge said on the screen.

Brennan continued to hold her ground, standing firm in front of Diana. "Let her go, Rutledge. You have me. I'm a SSA of the FBI, I'm worth a lot more to you than she is."

"Exactly, so why are you protecting her?"

Brennan glanced behind her at Diana. "Because I love her."

"Love doesn't exist," Rutledge bit out as he moved quickly and stabbed Brennan with a cattle prod.

Brennan cried out and fell to her knees. "Don't touch me, Diana," she said to Spencer's mom as she waited for the jolts of electricity to stop going through her body. Once her body calmed down from the voltage she looked back up at Rutledge. "What are you hoping to accomplish?"

Rutledge watched as she got to her feet again. "Accomplish? I plan to take out you and everyone you ever cared about?"

"Why? I don't even know who you are."

Rutledge shocked her again with the prod. This time it took longer for her to recover and she staggered a little as she got back to her feet. "You don't know who I am? I was never important enough for you to try to learn about was I?" He touched her again with the edge of the prod.

Brennan cried out and this time fell all the way over.

Spencer put a hand over his mouth, trying to keep his anger in check as he watched the man torturing his wife. "Is this live, Garcia?"

"Very much so."

"Can't you get an IP address?"

"I'm trying, Brains, but it's bouncing all around."

"Come on, baby," Spencer mumbled as he watched Brennan stand up again.

"Who are you?" Brennan asked as she kept facing the man down.

"When I was nine I saw a little girl in the grocery store. Beautiful red hair, the most amazing green eyes that I ever saw. My dad…my dad saw her mother. A blonde, dark eyes, such an unusual trait." He hit her again with the prod watching as she fell to the ground. "All you have to do is stand aside and the pain can stop. Let me get her."

Brennan forced herself back to her feet, staggering and holding onto the bed post. "I can take it."

Rutledge laughed as he hit her with it again, this time holding it against her skin and letting the electricity flow through her for a while before finally pulling it away. "You think you can take it, Brennan. I'm going to take such pleasure in making you watch as I kill every single one of the people you love." He smirked at Diana before he turned and left the room.

"Brennan," Spencer muttered as she still hadn't moved after the last jolt went through her. He watched as his mom knelt beside her and turned her over. Brennan opened her eyes and he felt a sigh of relief so big he had to grip the table for support.

"No matter what, Diana," Brennan said to the woman beside her. "You always stay behind me. Don't get involved. Do not let him touch you. Do not let him separate us, if he tries you kick him and you run. You run as fast as you can."

"What about you?"

"Don't worry about me," Brennan said as she pulled herself up onto the bed.

"Sleep for a little while," Diana told her as she moved her shirt and looked at the burn marks etched into Brennan's skin. "I'm here watching over you."

"I'm supposed to protect you."

"Sleep, Brennan."

Spencer turned to face the rest of the team as his mom soothed his wife to sleep. "We have to find them. He's going to kill Brennan."

"It sounds like he wants to make Brennan suffer. He'll torture her, but he won't kill her just yet."

JJ frowned as she looked around the table. "He mentioned her mom, her mom was murdered when she was seven. I think we need to go back and look at that case and maybe it might help us to figure out why Rutledge is so obsessed with Brennan. What happened in Sumas…I don't think it was an accident. I think he purposely sought her out."

Spencer turned back around to face the screen looking at the two most important people in his life.