A/N I know, I know, 1 week late, but had didn't expect how busy my life would me when the kidgouty out of school.

I hope you enjoy this chapter:)

Chapter 10

The sky was cloudy, not showing many stars on the dark sky. The moon was barely showing through the clouds either. The only light was from Rossi's house, but it was enough for Will to see the cars, the house and himself.

He pulled up his pant leg and saw the white marks. His whole body was itching, but he couldn't let himself scratch it, knowing that he would make it a lot worse.

Of course he had been hurt before so this wasn't the worst. This was only his skin which was affected and as long as he didn't scratch them open everything would be fine. Though it was easier said then done when feeling the need to scratch his entire body. It probably wasn't one single spot that was free from their bites. Garcia and Hotch had gotten worse so he shouldn't complain.

He didn't know how it would go for the three people left inside. Would they get less or more hurt? Would the last person left die? Maybe he wants a big grand finale and decides to kill that person whoever it might be. Reid, Emily or Morgan. He didn't know who would be next and to be honest he wasn't so sure if he even wanted to know because him knowing meant that someone else really had gotten hurt.

Thinking was the only thing he could do right now and his thoughts were all over the place. There was so many things to figure out, but it all just seemed impossible. He hoped that Kevin or Garcia would be up running soon so that they could do their computer thing.

Will glanced to the door. How had he managed to lock them inside the house? There was no way for them to open it, but the UNSUB could open it with a single click. He had to be in the house, but hadn't they checked the entire house while looking for Emily? So where was he? Will walked up to the big wooden door to inspect it, even if he knew that the UNSUB most certainly was watching him. If he hadn't wanted Will to do this he should have hurt him more.

Feeling around, without trying the handle, he wanted to know if it was nailed or what was used on it. Unless there were two of them, one who talked to them and gave them instructions and the other one who opened the door from the outside every time the first one said so, the door couldn't have been nailed.

Will sighed as he stepped back from the door, eyeing it suspiciously. What if it was electronically? Some people did have codes to unlock their doors so what if that was the answer. If it was, this guy must have worked on this for a long time so how did he manage to sneak into an experienced FBI agent's house undetected and how did he know that everyone would be there?

Will shook his head, all the thinking giving him a minor headache, but at least it distracted him from the itching feeling in his body. So he didn't want to sit down and do nothing again, thinking was much better.

When ten more minutes of endless thinking had passed, a pair of big headlights approach out of nowhere together with a loud noise of a motor running. It was either Beth or JJ and to Will's delight he saw those big blue eyes he'd fallen in love with through the windshield when the car was parked. JJ was quick to jump out of the car and run up to Will, throwing her arms around Will's neck and giving him an almost desperate hug.

"I'm okay, Jen. I really am." He assured her, stroking her blonde hair calmly.

"I was so worried." JJ said, letting out a relieved sigh.

True, her friends were still in there, but finally hugging her husband, the love of her life, made her a lot calmer.

"I know, honey." Will said and she looked up at him, pressing her lips to his, savoring this moment while it lasted.

When they had to pull apart, everything would go back to worry and stress.

"Where are you hurt?" JJ asked, letting go of his lips.

"The son of a bitch poured fire ants all over my body so I'm just a little itchy."

"Oh my God, we need to get you to a hospital." JJ gasped and turned around to go to the car, but Will tugged her back.

"First I need to do this again." Will said and pressed his lips to hers one final time before they together walked to the car.

Beth turned around to see a police officer standing in front of her. She gulped, swallowing her nerves before giving him a wide smile.

"Hello, officer, how can I help you?"

"We'd like to ask you some questions about the numerous people you've driven to the hospital this night."

"Numerous people?" Beth asked astonished.

"Yes, we have Kevin Lynch, Aaron Hotchner, David Rossi and Penelope Garcia correct?"

"I only drove 3 of those people in." Beth tried to defend, but soon realizing that it sounded stupid even to her own ears.

"A nurse called us when you drove in here with Agent Rossi and Penelope Garcia." he said and Beth's eyes widened in surprise. How did they work this fast and also new that Rossi was an agent. "We need to know what's going on here. This does not look like simple kitchen accidents."

"Sorry, I have nothing to tell you. I need to get going again." Beth said walking away from him towards the exit, regretting that she hadn't had time to ask about her boyfriend's state.

"You're going to get more bodies?" The officer asked, halting Beth in her tracks. "I have to ask you to come with me to the police station for some questions."

No, she did not have time for that. Someone might come out really hurt and she wouldn't be able to help them. She turned around to face the officer, tears already springing to her eyes. If it had been one of the agents caught in this moment they wouldn't have cried, but she had never gone through anything close to this.

"I don't have time for that." She said, trying to hold her tears back which wasn't lost upon the officer.

"Are you alright ma'am?" He asked worriedly.

"I... I'm..." She didn't know what to answer.

Of course she wasn't okay, but she couldn't tell him everything that had happened because that might mean the death of Emily, Spencer, Derek and Will. No one would forgive her for that.

She took a steadying breath. "I'm okay, I just want to go home to my kids. It's been a long night."

The lie slipped of her tongue easier than she thought it would, but the officer eyed her suspiciously.

"Sorry, ma'am, but I have to ask you to come with me." He still pushed on.

Beth knew if she went they would break her and she would tell them so she couldn't go.

"No, I'm not gonna go. I'm going home now. Thank you officer." She prayed that it would work and started off towards the car that stood parked in the drop off and pick up zone.

She was just about to enter the car when the officer came up behind her again.

"I'm sorry, but you're forcing me to do this. You are under arrest..."

"On what grounds?" Beth asked baffled.

"The attempted murder of 3 people."

Beth just stared in shock as the officer handcuffed her behind her back, cursing herself for not seeing this coming.

The tears came quicker to her eyes now and when she blinked them away they rolled down her cheeks. She had failed.

They were now only three left and they felt that they were closer to an endgame, whatever ending that would be.

However, they wouldn't have to wait long to find out. The madman's voice came quickly on again, showing even more how impatient he was to hurt them.

"Poor Will." Was the first thing he said. "Those things really know how to bite." There was a chuckle before he continued. "Now, Spencer, go into the hall closet and take out what's in there."

Reid looked at the others before agreeing to what the man said, afraid that he would hurt Emily. What Reid found in the closet made a deep frown appear on his face. Barbed wire. What would they need this for? He just knew it couldn't be anything good.

"What did you find?" Emily asked, her voice weaker than earlier that night.

Reid took it out completely and went back into the living room to join the other two. He held it out in front of himself and everyone just stared at it while waiting for instructions.

"Great." The voice came back again. "Now, Emily take one end and Reid the other."

They did as he told them, somehow already having an idea what was going to happen. They all knew that he was playing children's games and they very much recognized this game where two people are holding a rope and a third has to jump over it.

"Now, Spencer and Emily, stand opposite each other with a little distance and start swinging that rope." He chuckled. "Derek, I hope you know how to jump."

Then he was gone, leaving the three remaining agents to play his games. They knew very well how to play it, but of course they were still hesitant to following these orders. Still, Emily and Reid started to swing the barbed wire in a nice even bow. Morgan stood next to Reid, just looking at the rope. He knew this would hurt him. As a kid he had never really been good at this, but he hoped knowing how to jump would help him a lot.

After looking at Emily one last time, especially at her necklace that was sure to give her a shock if he didn't participate right away, he jumped in, lowering his head every time the wire was above him and jumping every time it was beneath him.

Reid and Emily swung the wire in a pace that wouldn't be too fast for Morgan to keep up with or too slow to make the wire stop moving.

He did really well, but it got soon exhausting and he worried that he wouldn't be able to keep up. At one point he forgot to lower his head and the barbed wire brushed over his scalp, scraping away the skin and drawing blood. He hissed in pain, but continued to jump as to not harm his feet.

"Faster." A voice suddenly said. "Or Emily will be punished."

They all knew what that meant. Emily didn't want to swing the wire faster, not wanting Morgan to sacrifice himself before her.

"Do it." Morgan said calmly, waiting for Emily to up the speed together with Reid.

Emily still hesitated, but after a nod from Morgan that he was ready they swung the wire faster.

Morgan was in a good shape so he didn't get tired easily, but the wire kept scraping both his feet and scalp, making it hurt every time he touched the ground. He knew he wouldn't be able to continue this forever and he was right. With the speed the wire had and his hurt feet, his knees buckled under him and he stopped jumping. Neither Emily nor Reid was ready for this and swung the barbed wire one last time, in the same rapid movement, hitting Morgan with full force.

Morgan only hissed in pain as the thorns on the wire pierced his skin like ten pins.

"Oh, God we're so sorry." Emily exclaimed in a worried voice.

"It's okay. This is what he wanted." Morgan said through gritted teeth.

"Maybe he'll let you out now." Reid said with a hint of sadness.

If Morgan was let out there would only be Reid and Emily left to play this sick man's games.

"Not so fast." The man said suddenly. "Start swinging that rope again, this game isn't over until I say it is."

Emily carefully took the wire from where it was stuck to Morgan and backed away from him, taking her old position. "Are you sure you can do this?"

"Yes." Morgan nodded as he stood up again. "Start swinging."

They did as their friend told them. Emily's eyes was on the blood on the floor from Morgan's feet and on the blood staining his shirt from where the wire had hit him. The wire wasn't done inflicting pain on the darker agent though. It scratched his arm now too when Morgan's jumping had caused him to move too far to the right.

This continued until his knees buckled once more and the barbed wire crashed into him again.

He was down on the floor and Emily and Reid let go of the wire. They could see that he was more hurt now, with more blood dripping down his scalp, arms and feet.

The voice didn't say anything after this time, the door just clicked open and Reid and Emily led him outside. When the door closed behind their friend they turned around and waited for further instructions, but they never came.

That didn't seem right. They knew that the UNSUB was impatient to hurt people now. But instead they heard a soft clicking, as if someone was walking down the stairs.

Emily clamped Reid's hand hard, trying to prepare herself for whatever monster would come towards them. Was this the next game? Something face to face? Neither one of them knew what would happen and they wasn't prepared to see their captor yet.

A small gasp escaped Emily's mouth as he walked around the corner and Reid was equally surprised. He was holding the remote, a clear sign that they would not fight back anytime soon, but still Emily released Reid's hand a little. They looked at each other and then back at the psychopath that had hurt all of their friends.

A wide smile spread on his face before he clapped his hands together. "Finally. I thought they'd never leave."

A/N So they've now come face to face with the UNSUB. Great!

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