David sighed, letting the new information sink in. This was serious. They knew what they were looking for and where it was, but fucking hell, desecrating a grave, that was a staircase, let alone a step more than most people were willing to do for a most anything. Christ, in his career, he had been present for fourteen exhumations, they were essential and all but one cracked the cases but each one never sat right with the man. He knew Spencer would face his own grave before letting them at his mother's.

"I won't tell them, you know that right Kiddo?" David assured Spencer.

"What if they hurt you?" David smiled at the kids concern for him, considering they had only met the day before, and the kid owed him nothing.

"Let's just concern ourselves with how we can get out of this."

"The bank personnel knew."

"What do you mean?"

"They knew. I introduced myself as Spencer Reid and they referred to me as doctor."

David let out a sigh in relief. "Good. That means my team knows we're close by."

"Why didn't they delay me at the bank?" Spencer was slightly confused.

"How do you mean?"

"I thought they would stall me, and wait for your team to arrive."

"Probably because there was only one person with you and the team would have known they could have lost the rest if they acted hastily." David explained.

"Well I let them know you're alright."

"How?"

"I said I had a friend waiting on me." Spencer beamed.

"You really are a genius kid." Chuckled David shaking his head at the subtle hint Spencer had given. "Did the brainless oaf realise anything?"

"No, he was too concerned about that stupid ruby."

"How much is that thing worth anyway?"

"Not sure, it depends on clarity, cut, carat, current diamond prices, weight." Spencer began to ramble.

"Did it seem to be close to perfect?"

"I thought it was fake it seemed so perfect, meaning it must be worth a small fortune. The most expensive valued coloured diamond in the world is the Hope Diamond at 350,000,000 dollars, but this is nowhere near the size, but still, it makes you wonder."

"Where is it from is what I want to know. I mean a ruby valuable enough that you would kill for it can't have just appeared from thin air, they need to have gotten it somewhere. I don't recall any major jewellery heists from back around then, can you?" Derek pondered aloud. Spencer shook his head. "You wouldn't have someone else hide it if you got it by legitimate means would you?"

They heard the arguing three men coming closer once more and silenced. The still unnamed man was questioning the others. David knew what this could mean and it spelt trouble for himself and Spencer, the group dynamic was collapsing, and Larry would have to assert dominance once more or the whole team was going to collapse. He watched as the three men entered, Donny seemed ready to destroy the youngest and most unstable member of their dynamic, and Larry seemed only too happy to let him. He looked to Spencer who seemed to have grasped the severity of the situation almost as swiftly. The young man watched silently, trying not to draw attention to himself.

"Charlie, if you don't pull it together in the next few minutes I am going to remind you why you are only a lackey in all of this." Snapped Larry.

"A lackey, funny since if we are ever found out for this I will be as guilty of murdering the doctor, that Fed and these two as you two fuckwits." The third man snapped.

David sighed, and in the corner of his eye, he could see that Spencer flinched, they both knew what was coming, but Charlie didn't. Larry pulled the Colt from his belt aimed, and shot the man. David cursed the loud noise and Spencer jumped, he knew it was coming, but no doubt, the kid never realised just how loud a gunshot was. Charlie screamed grabbing his leg.

"Remember your place." Donny snarled. However, David was looking at the wounded man, then to Spencer who was staring at the blood flowing onto the floor around the fallen man. The genius was thinking the same as him; they had unintentionally hit the artery. The man would be dead within the minute. Sure enough, the crimson fluid continued to flow rapidly onto the ground, Charlie's thrashing movements became more and more laboured and the man went pale before completely stilling. Donny and Larry seemed to grasp their error too late, and panicked. They looked at one another and the now deceased teammate lying in front of them. David knew things were only going to get worse.

"What the fuck man? How did a shot to the leg kill him?" Donny demanded. Clearly the man had no concept of basic human anatomy.

"You hit his femoral artery." Spencer explained for some unknown reason. "If not cared for immediately, death is near instantaneous as you just witnessed."

David was surprised, he thought the kid would faint or at least shudder fearfully at the corpse now littering the ground next to him. But then again, this was one of the men that had held them captive, the youth would; no doubt, was thinking of that too. It heighted their chances of being able to escape if possible, but now the other two were more skittish, heightening their chances of being killed, accidently or otherwise.

"Zip it brain boy, unless you want a similar fate. Now, do you know where the gem is?"

"Could you be more specific? What gem?" Spencer played dumb.

Larry walked over to him, pressing the still hot barrel of the gun to his chest, Spencer hissed slightly as the hot metal burnt his chest.

"I can't tell you if I know what you're looking for if I don't know what it is can I?"

"A ruby, about the size of a quarter." Larry answered still pressing the gun to Spencer's chest.

They were after the rock Spencer had thought they were. David held his breathe waiting to see what the kid would say.

"My father gave something like that to my mother on a necklace, last time I saw it was covered in blood dangling from her neck after you killed her." Spencer growled through gritted teeth. His captor's eyes went wide. They had what they wanted in front of them that night and they never knew it. He walked away from Spencer, yelling while he placed his hands to his head.

He turned swiftly and bolted back to Spencer. "Where is it now?"

"You both know that moments after I arrived home, a neighbour came into the house and called the cops. Yesterday was the first time in eight years I walked around even remotely free, I have no idea what happened anything belonging to my parents and me. Anything I'd say would merely be speculation."

It was the truth, the blind could see it, sure Spencer knew where it was most likely to be, but that didn't guarantee it was there, David knew that. He watched as Larry walked away from Spencer and over to him, cocking the gun and pointing it to David's temple.

"Are you sure?" Larry stared at Spencer, never taking his eyes off him. Donny watched carefully from the sidelines.

"I was brought straight from the house to the police station then the sanatorium; I never even got to go to their funerals. I have no idea where your jewel is. I would only be guessing."

"Well start guessing." Donny roared.

"A pawn shop, or maybe the undertaker took it, I mean it's not like it's unheard of is it?" Spencer asked as though speculating. "Then there is the fact it may have been claimed by a family member, perfectly legal. I don't know, I was busy serving a sort of sentence for your crime."

"Be grateful it was that. Your parents would have probably have preferred it." Larry said snidely.

David could see Spencer getting angry. "Well if we're done here we may as well make this the cleaning house location. Say goodbye to Spencer; Agent Rossi." The man laughed manically, as he got ready to pull the trigger.

"I know where it may be." He admitted. David looked at the younger man in shock, he could see the resignation in Spencer's eyes.

"Where?"

"Well I could be completely wrong, but it may be with her now. It was her favourite possession." Spencer admitted. David could not believe that Spencer would admit to it's most likely location, knowing what it would most likely mean. Why would he do that, to save him?

"In her grave?" Donny asked. Spencer nodded. The man shuddered.

"Get a shovel, looks like we're going digging."

A/N sorry it took so long to write my next chapter, I hit a mental block for a day or two. Here is some more.