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A/N:There are spoilers for season one, episode 9 "Derailed"...

Dangerous situations

4.Taken

He had allowed Elle to go to Dallas. He couldn´t understand why JJ thought that it was not a good idea to do so…

When they heard about the hostage situation he thought not really much about it until Gideon came in , took a look onto the screen and said one word : Elle…Aaron took a closer look onto the stand-by image of the security footage, and soon saw her and worse – the big scratch on her left cheek. At first no-one said anything, all of them too shocked to do so. Then they tried to focus on their task and hurried up to get to the scene. Hotch was feeling like it was his fault – well, it was partly his fault, it had been his decision to send Elle to Dallas. But how should he have known that something like this could happen? He was angry, because one of his agents was taken hostage by a psychotic guy – with two guns…

All of them were worried but most of all Hotch, even if nobody was able to notice it, because he was hiding it behind his tough façade. He knew, that if something would happen to Elle – he wouldn´t be able to forgive himself. He noticed that he was feeling something he could not really describe. He was so afraid, but he had every right to feel so – hasn´t he? One of his subordinates was hold hostage. He remembered that evening, when they had been out for drinks. It had been a really nice evening. They had started to get to know each other and had discovered that they have more in common than they first thought. Well, they were able to bounce idea without problems right from the first case they worked on together. But now he knew much more about her and she also quite a lot about him.

Meanwhile on the train :

Elle was still feeling the pain from her cheek. She was afraid, because she knew nothing about this guy – except that he was psychotic, had two guns – and worst of all – was willing to use the guns. He was kind of clever : he had handcuffed her to her seat, so she was unable to do anything against him. She could only hope that someone would be able to stop the hostage taker from doing something really aweful. Furthermore she was wondering, if her team was aware about the fact that she was in trouble. They would be the best persons to find a solution for this. If someone was able to rescue her and the other hostages without someone getting killed it was them. She started to ask herself, why his doctor had thought he was ready to get out of the clinic or why she had thought he was an example for his progress…Suddenly she wished for having taken the car, but that was stupid – she shouldn´t think about this, she should try to find a way to end this. She tried to remember what she had learned about hostage situations during her time at Quantico. But all those standard procedures for situation like this would not work under these circumstances. Not one was giving you a hint what to do when the hostage taker is psychotic. Damn, she was a profiler, she should be able to find a way to get to him and to make him to end this whole damn thing. Nothing, she knew nothing – and especially she didn´t knew what was going on in his mind…

Outside the train :

The team had arrived at the scene. Their lights and sirens were turned on and now they were waiting for a while before leaving the black SUV. They had to find out what this guy wants – what was going on in the mind of the guy who hold five persons hostage, one of them a federal agent. Before they haven´t found out what he wanted or most important who he was they, had no chance.

When they finally received the information about the hostages and also the hostage taker. They get a call form him. And had a new problem he wanted to get something out of him. On the monitors they were able to see his arm and the scars on it. Finally it hit them : He was thinking there was an implant in his arm. The only problem was, how do you remove a not existing microchip? Reid suddenly remembered a "magic" trick, he practised in his childhood. Morgan gave him a look and said : "Teach me." Reid started to shook his head : "We have not enough time for this. I have done this very often when I was a kid but it had taken me long to learn it. I took years until I had nearly perfected it…" Finally Morgan gave in and Reid was getting ready. After Derek gave him instructions he walked to the entrance of the train, hoping everything would work out like it should.

Inside the train :

When Elle saw Reid entering she wondered what the reason was. Had they found a way to calm Bryer so he would let them go?

Reid was nervous when he took off his bullet-proofed vest and started with his "show". He only could hope he would not make any mistake, because if he fails it could have horrible consequences! After he had finished he was relieved – until Bryer wanted him to turn it on. What was he supposed to do now? Suddenly he heard Elle saying : "It has to be implanted…" But when he tried to leave Ted points his gun at him, not willing to let him go.

At the outside :

They started to feel helpless. Now there were two of their colleagues in the train. They try to call him but he didn´t answered it. When they suddenly heard a gunshot they were shocked. Hotch, who had been far away with his mind, wondering what they could do to end all of this, was unable to think about anything else than : "Please don´t let it be Elle!" In the next moment he felt guilty for thinking something like this and when he looked at the screen he wondered why he had thought this.

Meanwhile on the train :

Dr. Deaton was bleeding horribly. They had to find a way to make Ted letting her go. When he finally answered the phone the only thing he was willing to say was : "It will all end today." Elle and Reid started to talk to him trying to calm him and letting Linda go. As an answer Ted shot into the phone.

Meanwhile at the outside :

Hotch left the mobile command center to talk to the leader of the HRT team.

In the train :

Reid tried to find a way to talk to Ted that he would trust him and give up. Then an idea popped up in his mind. He had noticed that Ted was talking with someone who isn´t existing and started to talk to him about the guy Ted was seeing and the voices he was hearing. It seemed to work. When Ted had stopped next to Elle she grabbed one of the guns and Reid the other one. But then someone shot and Ted sank to the ground.

After everyone left the train :

He was so glade that nothing had happened to anyone of his team. He approached Elle and they went to the hospital to let her head get checked out.

Later that evening :

When Morgan asked if anyone of them would like to grab a drink everybody else agreed and they leave the office together.

Elle and Hotch were seated next to each other. They started a quiet conversation and were smiling at each other. At the end they were left alone both still not really willing to leave. After a moment of silence they started a light conversation and enjoyed the silence when they, in silent agreement, paused their talk for a while. When they left the bar it had started to rain and when Aaron saw that there were no cabs in sight he offered Elle to give her a ride home.

In front of Elle´s home :

When they arrived they stayed in their places for a moment. Finally they turned to each other, they locked eyes with each other
and Elle started : "Thank you…" she looked out of the window, before she continued, "would you like to come in and have a cup of coffee? I would like to talk a bit more about that case you mentioned before we left the bar…" Hotch thought for a while about the offer then he smiled and said : "Yeah, good idea. A cup of coffee would be great." So they both left the car, running to get in, before their clothes became too wet. When they entered the house she showed him into the living-room and she went to the kitchen after he took a seat on her couch. A few moments later she came back with two steaming, hot cups of coffee. They smiled at each other, then she took a seat next to him. She started the conversation where they had ended it, before leaving the bar : "My boss in Seattle had often talked about that case…" As always their conversation was light and they didn´t were aware about how fast the time went on.

Nearly two hours later :

They were sitting very close, not too close but… Both their faces showed an unreadable expression – maybe they just didn´t wanted to know what the look in both their eyes meant. After a short while Hotch said in a low voice and in a slow way, which sounded unsure – maybe even unwilling : "I should better go now, before the weather turns bad again. And I think Haley is by now really wondering where I am…" he trailed off. They both stood up. When she had opened the door for him and they said goodbye there was still this specific expression on their faces – maybe sad, maybe a trace of unbelievable great and also forbidden longing – or maybe it was just giving away how exhausted they both were…

Tbc?

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