ok slightly shorter chapter this time i am afraid. But i hope it is good all the same. thanks so much for all the reviews. they really spur me on. I kinda hit a plot block and i didn't quite know which route to take but i think i have resolved it now so here goes nothing. As always please read and review. I plan to update again very quickly because this was a longer chapter but i think it works better as two chaps so for all the impatient people out there and you know who you are didi2909 that should be good news. :)

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Chapter 6: Catch up and new plans!

Hotch, Morgan and Prentiss ran into the station, guns drawn, adrenaline pumping. But when they pushed through the doors Morgan and Prentiss jaws dropped.

"Mr. Baryon?" Morgan exclaimed.

He turned abruptly waving the gun around. Morgan shot a look at Hotch and holstered his gun.

"Mr. Baryon" Morgan started.

"Morgan" Hotch said warningly.

"It's ok Sir. He doesn't mean it." And turning his attention to Mr Baryon "do you sir?"

"I don't know what happened. I came here to give the list like you asked"

Morgan nodded along and was slowly moving forward towards him. "Ok, then why the gun?"

"I heard them talking about the case. They don't think they will catch the guy. They are giving up."

Morgan was confused "Sir they called the FBI down here to help them not because they are giving up but because they want to do more. I promise no one is giving up on this."

"But I heard them" he sobbed.

"Em I think what he heard was us discussing a mugger down town who has robbed a few people recently. The last victim was called Amanda. Isn't that Amanda father." He said gesturing towards the man. "I mean the other Amanda?" a police officer explained. Morgan nodded.

"Did you hear that sir? They were talking about a completely different case. No one is giving up on your daughter or the other children."

The father stood there he seemed stuck, unsure what to do next.

Morgan took a big step forward. "Sir please hand me the gun" he pleaded and reached out his hand.

The guy simple let go of the gun and it fell to the ground let of another shot and then the guy crumbled to the ground sobbing.

Morgan kicked the gun over to a cop and he picked up the Amanda father and sat him on a chair. Hotch came over and pulled Morgan aside. Hotch gave Morgan a stern stare but before Hotch could start on his lecture about safety Morgan spoke up.

"Sir I know I shouldn't but I also know I was right. I knew that he didn't want to hurt anyone. He just lost his daughter. He is just going through hell right now. I knew I could talk him down."

"That well may be and you did with no one hurt. But it was a risk that put you and your team in danger. Did you even think about the danger you put yourself in? I know you like playing the hero Morgan but if you're dead you can't be a hero anymore."

Morgan felt slightly bad but he still felt he had done the right thing but he knew better than to fight with his boss more over it.

Hotch sighed. He turned to the station's main space and called out with is never wavering authority "My team in the office now!"

Once everyone was in the office the chief had lent them Hotch fist asked JJ and Reid "What happened here?"

"Reid looked at JJ and JJ sighed quietly "Well what didn't happen? We arrived and the chief introduced to the force we were about to set up in this office when the new guy showed up, Rossi. He after some confusion decided to stay and help. So we were in here Reid was doing the geographical profile and I was going through the information on the parents that I got of the Chief. Then the shot went of. So we ran out and we only got there like minute before you so after that you know all we know."

"Well where is Rossi now?" Hotch asked.

Both JJ and Reid suddenly looked up and around as if by magic he would suddenly appear. "I don't know sir. He was here when the shot went of and after that I don't remember seeing him." Reid said.

Hotch was getting more and more annoyed at Rossi and the situation at hand. Something about this case was unsettling.

"Ok we will worry about him later. Do have you have any useful information relating to the case."

"So far none of the parents have any red flags. They all seem good people with absolutely no connection between them all." JJ shrugged.

Reid stood up and went over to his map he had laid out on the table. "I'm afraid I have had about the same luck. I pinned where all the houses were. There all were in different postcode different type of neighbourhoods there is nothing special to the area that I can tell."

Hotch sighed this case was not having a good start. "Well I found nothing except broken households. We need to figure this out. We must be missing something."

Morgan was looking again at the photos.

"Haven't' you seen them enough? I can't get them out of my head." Prentiss stated to Morgan.

Morgan chuckled sadly "They are hard to forget but I don't I feel something is staring me in the face about these photos."

"Ok then lets lay them out in order and see what we can find."

Once they were all laid out they all took a collective gasp "Oh"

"It's a play to him. He is getting the children to play out sexual acts and in his mind the children are doing it with another child. Look" he pointed to Charlie and Amanda's photos "if they were in the same bed they would fit together. Same with Sara and Daniel. The sick son of a bitch. But that can't be enough for him to visualise them together. He must at least be taking photos so he can do what we just did." Morgan concluded and sat down.

"Ok so what do we do now?" Prentiss asked no one in particular but as always it was Hotch who came up with the action plan.

"Sexual crimes particularly with children always involve prior contact before the actual act itself. Be it in a classroom or a playground. So we need to figure out how the initial contact is made. Also we need to figure out how the unsub is getting into the houses without anyone noticing. So what I want is Morgan I want you to go back to each of the houses and figure out how is getting in and out. Prentiss go with him."

Hotch was then interrupted. There was a knock on the door.

"Come in"

"Sorry I know you don't want to be interrupted but there has been another victim."

"Are you sure? It is the wrong time of day" Reid said.

"Well two children were found in the parent's bed and I am betting the weren't in decent positions." The cop informed them. "We're leaving in 2" and with that the cop was gone.

"Ok" Hotch said rubbing his head "New plan! Morgan, Prentiss go with the PD and see what you can learn. You have been to two of the houses already so try and find some connection. JJ, get on to Garcia and she what she has found and see what is taking her so long. Reid you are with me. We are going to interview all the parents together. Lets see what reaction we get."

"Sir what is going to happen to Mr. Baryon?" Morgan asked.

Hotch face softened slightly "I don't know. It depend son the chief and her decision. But remember he held up a police station at gun point."

Morgan nodded but didn't look happy or reassured. He felt bad for the man. He had the world ripped form underneath his feet and he just wants some answers to his whys. Anyone would get upset if they thought the police didn't care.

Morgan and Prentiss left with the PD. Hotch and Reid started to call the parents and get them down to the station. JJ went to call Garcia.

All the while there was a man sitting in a taxi that hadn't moved in two days that went by unnoticed. But the man noticed everything.

When the car pulled out with Prentiss and Morgan in it the taxi's engine was turned on. When the car drove by the taxi the taxi pulled out behind and followed it. Still unnoticed.