Reid went into Tucker's apartment first his gun drawn in front of him. He looked around the bachelor suite and didn't see anyone. He walked over to the bathroom and looked inside. No one was there. He placed his gun in the holder on his belt and turned. Tucker was already in the room shaking her head. She walked over to her closet and starting pushing her clothes aside trying to find her duffel bag so she could pack more clothing. Reid had insisted on her staying with him longer and she really didn't want to say no anyway.
"You were supposed to wait outside," Reid said sitting on the bed and rubbing his leg. He was walking around without his crane despite Tucker's protests. His leg was aching a little but he told himself it wasn't that bad.
"I told you he wouldn't be here. It's too easy for him. He likes the challenge of it all," Tucker explained finding her duffel bag and tossing it on the floor. She began to toss clothes in it not caring what the items were.
"Tuck, I won't let him get you."
"I know that you'll try your hardest, Spence but he is," Tucker turned and looked at him, "He is evil. There is no other way to describe him then that. I have been running for six years from him and nothing ever stops him."
"We'll get him this time."
Tucker just nodded. She went back to throwing clothes in her bag. She heard Reid's cell phone ring. She turned and saw him walk out the door leaving it open so she could hear him and he could still see her. She heard him in the hall answer the phone and talk to Morgan. She kneeled down and grabbed a couple pairs of sneakers and shoved them in her duffel. She picked up the bag and carried it to the bed placing it on the top. She turned and saw Reid's shadow in the hall and his soft voice talking to Morgan. She walked into the washroom for some of her toiletries.
Reid stood there looking down the barrel of a gun trying to speak to Morgan and act calmly. He had just walked out into the hallway and answered his phone and then a moment later a gun had been shoved in his face. He looked at the man who held the gun and knew he was looking into the eyes of Clayton Worthington. The man had the same jade green eyes that Tucker had. Although, the man looked tired and enraged. Reid looked at him closely and guessed his age between fifty and sixty.
"Reid, you alright?" he heard Morgan asked and he realized that he hadn't been paying attention to Morgan.
"I'm fine. Just worried about Tucker. We'll be at the BAU soon," Reid said swallowing the lump in his throat as Clayton frowned when Reid had said Tucker's name. He really hoped that Clayton wouldn't shoot him right there in the hall.
"Alright. See you then."
Reid hung up and held up his hands. Clayton grabbed Reid's gun and tossed it on the floor close to the door of Tucker's apartment. Reid heard Tucker start to sing inside and he prayed she didn't come out. He watched as a smile came on Clayton's face.
"You come with me, and I won't kill her," he said smiling at Reid.
"I don't think you would kill her anyway, Clayton. You have done everything to be with her."
"I will kill her because of what you have done to her. You either come with me and repent and take her punishment as your own or I will do to her what I have done to all my other victims."
Reid nodded, "I'll go with you."
Reid let Clayton grabbed him and let the man start to go through his pockets. Clayton pulled out Reid's pocket watch. Reid watched as the man looked at it and then placed it on the ground. Reid watched as Clayton's hand went into his own pocket. For a brief moment, Reid thought that Clayton was going to kill him right then and there and just be done with it. Reid was somewhat relieved when Clayton pulled an envelope out of his pocket. He watched as the sadistic killer gently placed the envelope under Reid's pocket watch. Clayton then grabbed his arm and yanked him down the hall. Reid turned and looked back at Tucker's doorway one last time. He really hoped that Tucker would be alright; he feared for what she would do now that Clayton had him.
Tucker walked out of the washroom carrying her shampoo, perfume, deodorant and the little makeup she owned. She tossed them into the duffel and closed it. She turned and frowned when she didn't hear anything in the hall. She walked closer to the door and noticed that Reid's shadow was gone. She looked down and saw Reid's gun in her doorway. She kneeled down and picked it up. She looked down the hall and froze. She saw an envelope and a gold chain. She looked at it for several moments trying to convince herself that it wasn't there. She willed Reid to come walking down the hall to tell her that her father had almost had him but that Reid had prevailed at the last moment. That didn't happen though and Tucker had no choice but to get up and see what her father had written.
She got to her feet holding Reid's gun and walked over to the envelope. She kneeled down and saw that the gold chain was actually Reid's pocket watch. She grabbed it and the envelope. It was addressed to her and she ripped it open. She pulled out a single sheet of paper. She unfolded it and read it. Accept who you are, be yourself. Come home and I may save him. You know where I am. Come and he may live to see the sun again. I shall expect you here. I know you know where I speak of. Tucker's hand shook and she read it again. She closed her eyes and let tears fall. She didn't want to go back there. She knew where he had taken Reid but she didn't think she could go back.
She walked back to her apartment and shut the door. She slid down to the floor holding Reid's pocket watch close to her. She didn't know what to do. If she called Morgan and told him what had happened, she had no doubt that it would get Reid killed. Her father wanted her and her alone. She crumpled the letter in her hand and knew what she had to do. She slowly got to her feet and tucked Reid's gun in the back of her jeans. She stood there a moment and asked herself if she was really going to do this; if she was really going to give into her father after all the years of running away from him. She looked at Reid's pocket watch and knew that she had to. Reid needed her.
She left more tears fall as she thought about Reid. He was the only person who she had trusted in her life completely. And now what she had always feared happening, had finally happened; her father had taken him away from her. She closed her eyes and knew that if she didn't will herself to go and save Reid that her father would hurt Reid. She opened her eyes and wiped her tears away shoving the pocket watch in her pocket. She grabbed the door and yanked it open before she lost her nerve. She slammed the door behind her and quickly made her way down the hall. She knew that Reid needed her and she couldn't waste another moment debating whether or not she was going to do it. In the end there was no choice; she had to do it if she wanted to be sure that Reid would be alright.