JJ was asleep on the couch still unaware of the man in her apartment. That man was now sitting in a chair watching her sleep.

"Jennifer Jareau," the man said loudly.

When he got no reply he stood up and walked over to the couch, leaning over and shaking her gently.

JJ stirred and after a couple moments looked up to see the stranger above her. She gasped and sat up.

"Hello JJ," the man smiled pleasantly, "I'm here to deliver a message."

JJ looked at the man and tried to remain calm.

She replied in a shaky voice, "what's your message?"

"You are."

Before JJ could react the man grabbed her by her hair and pulled her up, throwing her into her coffee table, which broke and the glass cut into JJ's hands. She let out a cry of pain and tried to get up, but the man put his foot on her back and pushed her down. He then knelt down and used his one leg to keep her pinned.

"I'm very sorry about this JJ," the man said, sounding sincere, "you have nothing to do with this, but I need to finish what I started and that means sending a message to your beloved Doctor Reid."

The man stood back up and kicked JJ in the stomach forcing her onto her back. JJ felt anger rise inside of her as she put together who this man was.

"You're the one that hurt Spence, aren't you?" She asked angrily, not really needing confirmation.

The man smiled again, "you look so angry, you must love him very much... it's a shame that you have to be a part of this."

He leaned down and pulled her up roughly. When she was standing in front of him wearing a look of pure hatred on her face he gently moved a piece of hair that was in front of her face.

"You're such a pretty woman, and Agent Reid is such a good, innocent guy-"

"Then why are you doing this?" JJ growled.

"Because I need to prove my point, I need to make John understand and killing Agent Reid is the only way. Unfortunately, he once again escaped my grasp and seems to have gone back into hiding... I know he'll come back out because he has something to lose now. I need to show him there's no escape from me."

The man punched JJ square in her face, knocking her back down to the ground, "I've never failed before, and so I need to fix my mistake."

He leaned over her and began punching her in the face repeatedly, JJ tried shielding herself, but found that she was too defenceless in the position she was in. She tried to turn over and get up, but the man only alternated to kicking her in the stomach. She cried out in pain and instinctively curled up to protect her organs. She waited until he stopped beating her before pushing up onto her hands and knees.

The man looked at her, almost panting as hard as she was, "I don't like doing this, you know?"

JJ glared at the man before standing up, groaning at the pain coming from her abdomen, face and mildly from the cuts on her hands.

"You don't need to do this, you can stop and-"

"I can't stop!" The man screamed, grabbing JJ's upper arms roughly, "don't you understand what I said?! I need to give Agent Reid a message! I need to kill him and the only way to get to him is by doing this to you! When he arrives here to apologize for leaving you he's going to get the shock of his life and he'll come after me!"

The man pulled JJ out of the living room and into the adjoined dining area. There he threw JJ back to the ground, she tried crawling away, but he grabbed one of the wooden chairs from the table and slammed it down onto her back. She let out another cry of pain, but tried her best to recover quickly and get away from the man. All she needed to do was get out of her apartment, but it wasn't that easy. The man grabbed her by her hair again and pulled her up, pulling her until her back was flush against his chest. He wrapped one of his arms around her waist and pulled her head back so he could whisper in her ear.

"Doctor Reid is a lucky man to have caught the attention of a beauty like you, but he won't recognize you by the time I'm done with you."

The man pulled JJ backwards closer to the bathroom, and she knew what was going to happen next so she kicked and grabbed everything she could as she started screaming, hoping a neighbour would hear the commotion and call the police.

"Somebody help me! Please-!" JJ stopped screaming when the man covered her mouth with a cloth.

"I've been doing this for twenty seven years JJ, I always come prepared for a screamer. I think it's time we take this somewhere else."

The last thought JJ had was that the cloth smelled funny, and then she thought and felt nothing as she slipped into unconsciousness...

Spencer pulled into JJ's apartment buildings parking lot and quickly went up to her apartment.

"JJ, it's Spencer," he said when he knocked, "JJ?"

He opened the door, which had been unlocked and went in.

"No-" he gasped as he felt like the wind had been knocked out of him as he took in the scene.

The glass coffee table was broken and there was tiny spots of blood from the coffee table to the dining room. A chair was laying on the ground, and the other chairs were in disarray and somethings had been knocked off the walls and off the table. As if someone had kicked them or knocked them down purposely.

Spencer quickly recovered from the shock and ran to the bathroom, which seemed to not have been touched at all except for the full bathtub.

'He must have taken her somewhere else... I knew this would happen, I never should ha-'

It was in the middle of this thought that he noticed something was different about the bathroom, there was a note laying on the counter.

Agent Reid,

You will come to the warehouse at the address provided below and you will come alone and without notifying anybody. I will know if you alert your friends. Don't wonder how, we both know that I have ways.

I gave your little girlfriend a makeover, but she's alive and she will remain alive if you meet me when and where you're supposed to, and only if you follow the rules.

Rule number one: Don't alert your friends.

Rule number two: Don't bring any weapons.

Rule number three: Don't bring any recording device or a phone.

Do you understand the rules Doctor? I trust you do.

Meet me at the address below at midnight tonight and we will settle this for good, like CIA agents.

100 Potomac Ave, Quantico, Virginia

Spencer ran out of the apartment, the note clutched tightly in his hand. He ran to his rented car and drove quickly out of the parking lot. He still had a few hours to spare, and he had a stop to make before heading to the given address.

'Just hold on for me JJ, I'm coming.'