Title: Learning the Hard Way.
Pairings: Primarily team centric, but will eventually be Morgan/Garcia
Summary: Morgan is forced to trust that his team will be the ones to rescue him this time, not the other way around, when he is unexpectedly kidnapped out of the blue. Will the team find him before too much damage is done?
A/N: Thank you once again for the reviews, alerts and what not. I hope you continue to enjoy because the story is just about to really heat up.
Chapter 3: Famous Last Words
Tuesday morning Secluded cabin…
So far everything was going according to their plan the two men thought to them selves when they finally arrived at their destination. All they had to do now was wake up a drugged Agent Morgan and watch his face as it dawned on him where they now at.
"Hey time to wake up," Morgan heard before he was jarred awake by being shoved out of the van. Slowly he opened his eyes as he hit the ground with a thud. Once his eyes were open he was fully shocked to see they were at a cabin. However it wasn't just any cabin, it was the cabin where his nightmare with Buford had begun over twenty years ago.
"Why you seem surprised Agent Morgan," Another more familiar voice said, "I did warn you that I knew everything I needed to know about you didn't I?"
To be honest Morgan didn't really remember that which meant whatever they were drugging him with was working. However he didn't want them to know that they were getting to him. So with that in mind he determinedly pulled his weak body up to a sitting position and growled out, "I'm glad you seem to think you know me, now tell me just who the hell you are."
"I don't think you're in any position to demand anything," The other man, the one who'd woken him up said before kicking hard in the midsection.
Morgan couldn't stop the groan of pain from coming out as the kick nearly knocked the wind at him. Then there was another sharp stab, followed by darkness as the drug took affect once more.
Tuesday morning BAU Headquarters…
"I've got it," Reid said, nearly jumping out of his chair.
"We're listening," Hotch replied his voice reflecting how tired he and everyone else was. The team had spent had worked continuously through the night trying to figure out who was behind Morgan's disappearance.
"Ok," Reid began," Do remember the case we worked in Madison, Wisconsin six months ago?"
Rossi nodded the Unsub, Jacob Matson had killed five young women all because they had each rejected his advances in the same bar prior to their deaths.
Reid then continued, "Anyways he grew up in a foster home with Mitchell Preston and Kyle Worrick."
"I remember them now," Prentiss said, "Both of them refused to believe that their brother was behind the murders. Even when all evidence clearly pointed at him."
"Exactly," Reid agreed before saying, "One of them said we'd be sorry on the day we captured him."
"I know but I didn't believe it, after all no one wants to believe a family member is capable of a crime like that." Prentiss added.
"But why wait all this time?" JJ asked.
"Because they've spent all of this time planning, waiting for the perfect opportunity." Rossi answered.
"And they knew that in order to have any chance at the rest of us they needed to take Morgan out first." Hotch added.
"So let's head down to Wisconsin and get him before they do just that," Prentiss said.
"Uh Em… We don't even know that's where they have him at yet," Reid argued.
"Reid's, right," Hotch said in agreement, "Besides Wisconsin is a fairly large state. We still need information."
Just then the team was interrupted by the ringing of Hotch's cell phone ringing.
"Hotchner," He said almost mechanically in greeting.
"Sir I've got something," Garcia said as she stared at the video that was now on her computer screen.
"What is it Garcia," Hotch asked noticing the tremble in her voice.
"Just, come please," Garcia pleaded unable to describe what she was seeing. It was just to much to put into words.
"Alright," Hotch said before hanging up.
"Garcia's got something," He said to the group as he stood up.
Checking her watch JJ stood up with everyone else but didn't follow them to Garcia's office. Instead she was off to work her own magic. A press conference was being held in 20 minutes because now word had gotten out about a missing FBI agent.
Garcia's Office….
The team was now gathered around one of Garcia's computers. Their eyes were glued to the video now playing on the screen. The video featured a bloody and bruised up Morgan in what appeared to be a cabin.
"Mom I'm sorry I never settled down and gave you those grandkids you wanted. Just so you know I was starting to think about it." Morgan's voice much weaker than normal spoke.
"There's more," Garcia said after she paused the video.
"Messages to his sisters' right?" Hotch asked.
Garcia nodded tearfully.
"It's like he doesn't think he'll be seeing them again." Reid observed.
"Famous last words," Rossi murmured.
"Huh," Reid asked looking over at Rossi.
"You're right," The older man said, "That's what they want Morgan to think. Not only are clearly physically torturing him as you can clearly see, but they're trying to mentally break him as well."
"Which means they're more methodical than we thought," Emily remarked.
"Exactly," Rossi said before continuing, "They know his family means everything to him."
And that's why the team knew this wouldn't be the last video message; the team was like everyone's second family. Therefore if they didn't figure out where Preston and Worrick had Morgan soon. The only thing that they would each have left of him would be a video just like this.
