"Eva's birthday is next week, and you still haven't found her mother. You're going to have to throw it." Reid Held the phone to his head while he panicked about Eva's birthday. She would be 4 in 6 days. And Ms Dustin had failed to tell him, up until right now. He watched Eva as she sat at the table across from him, smiling as she filled in her Disney princess colouring book. "You so pretty Belle, you my favourite" She said her sweet baby voice praising a drawing in a book.

"Ok, Ms Dustin, what about her presents, Cara must have bought her some? And are you going to come down to see her?" She hesitated for a moment; Reid could tell she was mulling it over by the speed at which she was breathing. "Ok, I will come down but just for the day I have work the next day, and Yes she left some presents with me…. Oh and Spencer, please call me Laney" she said her sweet but rough voice hitting a high note.

"Sure Laney," he said, "What should I do for her birthday? should I just take her out to a pizza parlour or something?" he asked while making small glances at Eva who was now brushing her Barbie's blonde hair, and making her Barbie brush her own dark brown hair.

"Well last year she went out for a meal with some friends, why not this year you hold a party at you apartment and have your friends kids invited over, so she won't feel alone." Reid glanced back over at Eva; she looked up at him her smile shining brightly as she saw him smile at her.

"Eva, for your birthday would you like to have a little party here? Your nana will come see you and some of my friends kids too, would you like that?" she gasped smiling at him, she shook her head at him, "Yes, Yes please" she smiled. "Ok, she likes that Idea I'll see you then.

Reid knocked on Hotch's office door, Hotch answered after the third knock. "Hey what's up? Find anything new?" Reid looked down, he was still desperately trying to find clues as to where Cara could be, but all that had come up was that, her ex had been sentenced to prison for around 7-8 years before, for kidnap and rape against a young girl who had rejected him. So he was certain he was the Unsub.

If only he could find some way to find him. "No I was just wondering, if Jack would like to come to Eva's fourth birthday, I want her to have a good one, but she doesn't have many friends in DC, I've only had her for a few weeks, I still don't know much about kids."

Hotch smiled sympathetically, "Sure, have you asked JJ yet, I'm sure henry will want to go." Reid slowly nodded his head, trying to think who else he could ask. "Yeah he is coming, along with some kids from the day care centre she is in."

"Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you, Happy birthday dear Eva, Happy birthday to you, Hurray!" Eva sat on Reid's lap as she blew out all of her candles, holding on to his hand for dear life, as if she was afraid the candles would fight back. Reid was pretty proud of himself, he thought he had done a pretty good job with the party, and Eva was very happy with all of the presents she got.

He began to want to hurry up and settle down so he could have a child of his own, or if Cara was gone, he would put in for adoption over Eva. He had been thinking about that a lot recently; they really had a good bond. She called him Spentar, because she couldn't pronounce his name. And he called her Eevee because she reminded him of the Pokémon character, and their names where similar.

He hoped that Cara would come back, she was his friend, and deep down he still loved her very much. He also didn't want Eva to grow up without her mother, he had decided if Cara did die or was dead, that he wouldn't tell Eva what happened to her and her father, for her own benefit.

As Reid began to cut Eva's pink Disney cake there was a crash, then a scream. He grabbed his gun and ran, along with Hotch and JJ to the kitchen where the crash had been. Standing near a smashed window, Eva was crying, a man with short blonde hair and hazel eye was standing in the window trying desperately to convince her to go to him.

Reid pointed his gun at him, "Don't move!" He shouted making the man look up at him with rage filling his eyes. "This is my home and she is under my custody, how did you get up here?" he yelled as he watched the man move slowly back. "I am her father and I am taking her now." He lunged for her but Reid got there first shooting him in the arm.

The man, who must have been Todd Cyril fell back "Where is she!" Reid screamed into the man's face. "Where is Cara Dustin?" The man laughed as blood gushed from his arm "I will never tell you, and you will never find her." Reid lunged for him; he was so angry this monster had abducted Cara and tried to get Eva right from out of his home.

Before Reid could reach him, Hotch pulled him back while JJ cuffed Todd, children were standing around while Eva cried, her grandmother trying to comfort her and check for signs of harm. "Spenter" she sobbed holding her little arms out for him. "Let me go Hotch, I'm ok I'm calm just let me go to Eva." Hotch let Reid go and Reid ran to Eva's side pulling her into his arms. "It's ok Eevee I promise; I won't let anyone hurt you."