3pm

The team were working on finding out who took Rossi, there were notes and pieces of paper strewn across the table. The case file from the previous murders was open and the team were deducing whether or not they were linked with Rossi's kidnapping.

Reid was clutching his gun tightly; he was staring into the door of Rossi's bedroom, which of his friends would be taken tonight? How long could he hold out before

Slowly Reid began to formulate a plan; he had to be one step ahead of the gunman, his thoughts drifted back to the first three victims found nearby. They had been beaten over several hours, was that what Rossi was going through now? Was he suffering because of him?

"Reid!" Morgan shouted for the third time, Reid looked up to see the concerned faces of his teammates staring back.

"We need your head here man, we can't find Rossi without you" Morgan's words stirred up fresh feelings of guilt, he wouldn't be in this mess if it wasn't for him. The team kept working on the profile and case files until late in the evening and as they began to reluctantly retire to rest Reid knew what he had to do.

Rossi had been trying to get Reid's mother to talk for hours, he knew she was mentally unstable but the stress of being here and seeing her sons ordeal had aggravated her condition and caused her to have an aggressive psychotic episode; she had no idea where she was and kept repeating her earlier words "We're all going to die".

The gunman, who had introduced himself to Rossi as Alex entered the room now for the third time, he was setting up a tripod, there was no sign of the earlier cameraman which Rossi perceived as strange.

Alex mounted the camera and hit record, he approached Rossi lifting a muscled hand and bringing it down hard, Rossi recoiled in pain and spat out a tooth along with a little blood, Alex grinned with pleasure at Rossi's response and kicked him in the gut, his being chained up allowed him to go on until he had no strength left.

Alex brought down a final blow to Rossi's wounded shoulder and turned casually lifting the camera.

"Don't worry, blondie and your brunette friends will be joining you tonight, ladies first I always say" he left Rossi with a wink and locked the door, Rossi waited and saw the live feed come in from the cabin.

He saw Alex obviously being filmed by his partner again enter the house swiftly and easily, he had a key, how could he possibly have gotten a key? Rossi thought to himself, he saw the duo approach JJ's room, the door opened painfully slowly they approached the bed, Rossi willed JJ to wake up but she didn't.

The couple pulled back the covers to reveal a few pillows under there in the shape of a person and before they could do anything else Rossi heard Hotch and Prentiss' voices.

"Don't move!" they cried. "Put down the gun and turn around slowly!" Prentiss ordered. The duo complied and Rossi saw the camera hit the floor with a loud crash and the picture died

Reid had done it; he had been able to subtly tell Hotch what was going on, it was a long shot he'd had to use Prentiss to do it. Reid had explained the situation in the guise of a thesis written in Latin, the only language he knew, he had left it on the table and prayed that someone would read it before nightfall. Prentiss as it happened knew Latin and casting a cursory glance over the young doctor's work saw a word which drew her attention… "auxilio", help.

Hotch and Prentiss had them cornered, they hadn't informed the other three team members of the plan, the more discreet the better, Prentiss handcuffed Alex and Hotch attempted to restrain the camera man. The men yelled profanities at the two agents awakening a sleeping Morgan from his slumber who sped down the stairs gun in hand.

He holstered his weapon seeing that the men were restrained, Garcia followed with a very relieved looking Reid, she was holding onto his hand and let go when she saw nothing was amiss.

"You two have a lot of explaining to do!" Morgan spat at the men with venom. Hotch and Prentiss walked the men to the dinner table where the team had eaten together merrily just a few days earlier, now scattered with papers and profiles.

"Where is Agent Rossi?" Prentiss asked the men sternly.

"You gonna tell her John?" The first man sneered.

"Why don't you tell her Alex" The camera man shot back, they were mocking the team.

Reid watched from a far corner JJ and Garcia having heard what really happened to him were holding each of his hands and JJ was stroking his hair like she did when Henry was upset.

The interrogation had been going on for hours with no progress. Rossi was still missing and daylight was beginning to break. The pair of fiends looked out of the large window opposite the table and grinned.

"You'll be seeing your friend very soon" John smiled.

With that the window behind them shattered and a bullet entered Prentiss' shoulder, Hotch caught her as she fell to the floor and the team sprang into action, Reid pulled his gun, which had been retrieved from Alex earlier and took cover behind a kitchen counter with Garcia and JJ.

Morgan shot forward and covered Hotch as he carried Prentiss to cover, bullets flew into the kitchen and into the counter. Morgan grabbed Garcia and took her swiftly upstairs to her room, she was upset and emotional, Morgan held her close.

"It's ok baby girl I'm staying right here with you, no one is gonna hurt you" he turned to see Reid had followed. Morgan and the young agent stood guns ready as the gunfire ceased.

The hail of bullets relented and three men and a woman entered through the damaged window, one of the four, a butch alpha male hit Alex hard in the face before pressing a gun to his head.

"You better come out agents, or I'm going to paint the wall with Alex's brain!" he boomed. His voice was deep and authoritative; he and the others were clad in bullet proof vests and dark clothing.

Hotch and JJ helped Prentiss up, she was losing blood and becoming increasingly weak. Hotch and JJ reluctantly surrendered their weapons, JJ removed Prentiss' and placed it on the counter. The trio surrendered and the assailants used their cuff keys to free Alex and John.

Alex rubbed his bruised face and the woman tugged JJ's hands behind her back she used her handcuffs to restrain her and two other men did the same to Hotch and Prentiss causing her to cry out.

"Can't you see she's hurt?" Hotch yelled at the man restraining her, he was answered with a blow to the face. Hotch didn't stop pleading for Emily as her shirt became saturated in her blood.

Three of the new men took JJ, Hotch and Prentiss out towards the hidden entrance while the woman, Alex and John headed upstairs to collect the others.

"Stay back there baby girl!" Morgan ordered and him and Reid trained their guns on the door. The men burst in knocking the door right off its hinges and fired before anything else could happen. Morgan crashed to the floor.

"Take those two, not him, he's already dead."