Well once again, thank you all for reading and reviewing the previous chapters. I truly appreciate it. I really hope you all will enjoy this chapter.

Disclaimer: I only on Ted, Elliot and Carly in this chapter. Nothing else belongs to me.

"All violence is the result of people tricking themselves into believing that their pain derives from other people and that consequently those people deserve to be punished." ~Marshall Rosenberg

It is nightfall and the team is back at the B.A.U. They are in the conference room, discussing the case. Garcia is also in there with her laptop computer.

"Garcia, I need you to research anyone who may have lost a child within the last couple of years." Hotch said.

"Okay I'm on it." Garcia said as she began searching. After a few moments, she found something.

"Alright, seven months ago, Ted Russell was driving home with his eight year old son Elliot and three year old daughter Carly, when a semi truck slammed into their car. Ted was able to rescue his daughter, but unfortunately, Elliot was pinned in between his seat and the driver seat. He died instantly when the car exploded. Also killed, was a paramedic who refused to leave Elliot's side."

"Ted Russell has got to be the unsub. He fits the profile and that explains why he forces the parents to choose. He believes he was forced to choose between his children." Rossi said.

"What about Elliot and Carly's mom? Where is she?" asked Morgan.

Garcia began searching again and found something.

"Cheyenne and Ted divorced just three weeks after the accident. She now lives in Atlantic City, New Jersey. They share custody of Carly."

"Garcia, I need to you to give me Ted Russell's exact home address." Hotch said.

"Okay his address is 1205 West Pine Street."
"We need to go there." Hotch said.

The team, minus Garcia soon arrived at Ted Russell's house. All guns were drawn and Hotch knocked on the door of the small blue house. When there was no answer, he kicked the door open and entered the house. The team followed behind him. After a few moments of searching the house, the realized Ted wasn't there.

"There's no sign of him." Morgan said.

At that moment, Hotch's cell phone rang and he answered it.

"Hello?" said Hotch.

"Is this Aaron Hotchner I am speaking to?" asked a voice on the other end of the phone.

"Yes it is. Who are you?" asked Hotch.

"That really isn't any of your concern right now. The only thing you need to be concerned about is which of your sons lives and dies."

Hotch knew right then that he was talking to Ted Russell. And by the expression on his face, the team also knew who it was.

"Now Mr. Hotchner, please put me on speaker phone. I want your wife to hear what I have to say. She is with you, right?"

"Yes she's here and you're on speaker phone now. Is my sons Aunt with you?" asked Hotch.

"You mean Jessica? No she's isn't with us, but no need to worry, I left her tied up at the house. Didn't really see any need to harm her." Ted said.

Hotch signaled for Morgan to go and rescue Jessica. Morgan took notice of the signal and left.

"Now Mr. Hotchner, I need you to choose. I don't like my time to be wasted." Ted said.

"Ted, you don't have to do this. I know what happened to you. I know you believe you were forced to choose between your daughter and son, when your son was killed in that car accident. But that isn't true. You weren't forced to choose. It was just easier to save Carly and I don't think Elliot blames you for that." Hotch said.

"SHUT UP! DON'T YOU DARE MENTION MY CHILDREN! IF YOU DON'T CHOOSE, I WILL KILL THEM BOTH!"

Jack could then be heard shouting angrily at Ted.

"DON'T SHOOT MY LITTLE BROTHER! HE DIDN'T DO ANYTHING TO YOU! IF YOU HURT HIM, MY DADDY WILL FIND YOU! HE ALWAYS DOES!"

"Wow, your son is quite the brave one. Defending his little brother like that. You must be so proud." Ted sarcastically said.

"I am proud of Jack. He puts others before him." Hotch said.

"Lovely story. Now who will it be? Brave little Jack or scared little Cade? Oh and by the way, your wife can't choose. Jack told me that she was only Cade's biological mother. And we all know a parent would always choose their real child over a step child. We want to keep this game fair, don't we?"
"Emily loves Jack as much as she loves Cade. She doesn't care if Jack isn't her real son. The love she has for him is the same love she has for Cade." Hotch said.

"You're wasting time, Mr. Hotchner. You need to choose or I'll have no choice, but to kill them both." Ted said.

"DON'T LET HIM KILL CADE! IT ISN'T FAIR! CADE DOESN'T DESERVE TO DIE!" Jack shouted, making sure his father heard him.

"Before I choose, at least let me speak to Jack, please."

"Oh alright. I don't suppose there's any harm in that."

"Daddy?" Jack said.

The moment, Aaron heard his son's voice, tears began to form in his eyes, but he refused to break down. He knew that in just a matter of moments, he will have to sacrifice one of his son's to save the other. It will be the hardest decision he will ever make.

"Yeah buddy, it's me. I'm sorry you and Cade have to be put in this situation." Hotch said.

"It's okay daddy. It's not your fault. And I know Emily loves me like she loves Cade." Jack said.

"You're right. Emily does love you and she could never choose between you and Cade."

"I don't want Cade to die. When he was born, I told him that I would always keep him safe. I'm not going to break that promise. You have to pick me. Please don't let Cade die." Jack pleaded.

Hearing Jack plead for his little brother's life broke the hearts of Hotch and everyone in that room with him.

"I love you daddy." Jack said.

"I love you too, buddy. We all love you. Everything's going to be okay. I promise." Hotch said.

Those were the last words Hotch said to his son because the next voice he heard, belonged to Ted.

"Well Aaron, have you made your decision?"

"Yes I've made it. I choose Jack."

The next sound that could be heard was the sound of a gunshot.

Emily fell to the floor holding her stomach in pain. Tears are flowing out of her eyes. Rossi quickly knelt beside her.

"Call an ambulance!" He shouted.

"You will find your children in the abandoned housing project on Astrid Street. Cade will be unharmed, but sadly the same cannot be said about Jack. May he rest in peace." Ted said as he ended the call.

Morgan soon arrived at Jessica' house and found her tied to a chair. As Ted had promised, she was unharmed, but she was crying. Morgan quickly untied her.

"Are you okay?" He asked.

"Yeah I'm fine. I tried to stop him, but I couldn't. I'm sorry. Are the boys okay?" asked Jessica.

"I wish I knew." Morgan said.

When JJ and Reid arrived at the housing project, there was no sign of Ted, but they found an unconscious and bleeding Jack lying on the floor. Cade was sitting on the floor next to him, crying. With tears in her eyes, JJ picked him up.

"It's going to be okay, sweetheart."

"He's still alive." Reid said as he was kneeling beside Jack and checking for a pulse.

End of chapter four. Please tell me what you thought of it. Five will be up soon.