Chapter 4 As the un-sub opened the door he smiled politely and asked, "How can I help you?"

Rossi and Reid showed him their badges before speaking, "We have a few questions for you. May we come in?"

The un-sub opened the door all the way and stepped aside gesturing for them to enter, "of course agents." He led them into the living room and they all sat down on the leather furniture. Rossi asked John a few questions well Reid snooped around the living room taking in everything there was to know about John. After about five minutes John stood up clearly frustrated by Rossi's interrogation. "I think that's enough. If there is something else you need feel free to come back with a warrant," John said rather quickly.

Rossi and Reid exchanged looks and then made their where towards the door. "Thank you for your time sir." Rossi said as he nodded in goodbye.

Rossi's cell phone began to ring as soon as they had climbed into the SUV. "Hey Hotch," Rossi answered.

"Hey Rossi, we're all back at the police station. Did you find anything?"

"Nothing at Steve Lawn's and John Field was fine until Reid started getting too snoopy but that's understandable." Reid rolled his eyes, of course it was his fault and had nothing to do with Rossi's intimidating questioning. Reid was about to get defensive when Hotch continued on the other end of the line,

"Ya but that's the only thing we've got so far, so I'll get a warrant. It's better to be safe than sorry. You, Reid and JJ can head out when we get one. Morgan and I will stay here and look more into it."

They all met back at the station waiting for the warrant. Hotch hoped it would hurry up. Prentiss had a short time left and there was so much he wanted to tell her. That was the reason he had gone to her apartment the other night. He wanted to tell her that Haley and him were getting a divorce, about how Haley was cheating on him. Of course that was of no surprise to him, Hotch had figured it out long ago. He had filed for divorce two weeks ago and was waiting to tell Prentiss. Not because he wanted to talk about it but because he loved Prentiss and he wanted her to know. He always had but Prentiss had run off before he even had the chance to tell her the other night. Now he was wishing more than ever that he had run after her and told her the truth.

Rossi banged on John's front door for the second time that day. It was pushing 6 o'clock. They had only 12 hours to find Prentiss alive if the un-sub continued with the same schedule. It had been a long day. When they had headed back to the station earlier to get the warrant everybody was hard at work as usual. Rossi could see in their eyes the glimpse of hope that kept them going, the need to push on for Prentiss. He wished that when John answered the door, he would surrender, admit to it all and let them take him away without a fuss. Prentiss would be fine and they could all move on and live happily ever after. Unfortunately that was never the case.

When no one came to the door Rossi opened it and pulled his gun from his side. Reid and JJ entered right behind him covering all directions. "John, it's Agent Rossi. We talked earlier, we have a warrant now." They quickly searched the main floor clearing every room and finding nothing. "Hey Rossi there's a basement, Reid noted as he opened the door leading down the dusty steps. They all went down the stairs quietly entering through another door only to find fresh blood pooled on the cement floor. Rossi pulled out his radio and lifted it to his mouth before speaking, "Hotch it's him," Rossi confirmed.

"We will be there ASAP," Hotch said. Hotch felt relief flood through him as he hung up the phone. Maybe it wouldn't be too late for him and Prentiss after all. Morgan and Hotch dropped what they were doing and headed for the SUV. Detective Will looked up from his desk as the rushed by causing his paper work to fall to the floor. He asked where they were there going in such and rush. Hotch quickly explained not wanting to waste anymore time. Will, six other cops and a swat team followed them to John's House. Within the first 30 seconds of driving Hotch and Morgan were so far ahead of the others that Morgan couldn't even see the following police cars in the rear view mirror. Morgan held on for dear life as they turned the corners at alarming speeds. He looked at Hotch wide eyed, never in his years with the BAU had he seen Hotch drive like this.

Reid squatted down on the floor to examine the blood. It looked like a lot of blood, enough that if they didn't find Prentiss soon, then she would be dead for sure. Reid thought back to when he was kidnapped, how horrible it had been as he was beaten and drugged repeatadly. He would have been dead if it wasn't for Tabious and he suddenly this unsub had some sort of altered personality that could have helped Prentiss.

Rossi followed the drips of blood that he hadn't noticed on his way in. It led to another door in the basement. He opened it to see stairs leading outside. "Over here," Rossi yelled already out the door and up the stairs. He saw movement in the forest ahead and quickly ran towards it, JJ and Reid only mere meters behind.

Hotch and Morgan jumped out of the SUV as it came to a screeching halt and headed for the house. They cleared the middle floor before heading down to the basement. Finding the door leading outside already open, they headed up. As they made their way outside the sound of JJ yelling at Prentiss filled the air. They tried to follow her voice as they headed towards the forest.

About 50 feet into the bushes Rossi, Reid and JJ found Prentiss, her body covered in blood. "We need a paramedic stat." Rossi yelled into his radio.

JJ was leaning over Prentiss giving her CPR hoping to revive her. "Come on Emily, stay with me, please stay with me," JJ begged Prentiss as tears started to run down her face.

Rossi and Reid continued to run after the un-sub. Reid tripped over a log causing him to fall behind. Just as he stood up a gun shot went off echoing through the trees.

Hotch and Morgan found JJ crying over Prentiss's lifeless body. Hotch found it hard to believe that just yesterday he saw her smiling, complaining about how many messed up people there were in the world. For her and all the other girls that John had killed, Hotch wanted justice and he hoped that John wouldn't get away with this. Just as they were about to go farther in the forest to help Rossi and Reid find the un-sub, they heard it. A loud gun shot. Picking up their pace as they headed in the direction that JJ said the others had gone. Finally a clearing came into view ahead. Moving quicker towards the opening another gunshot resonated throughout the forest, causing them to stop in place