"Well, agents?" The man said after seconds of silence. "Do you want to know who I've taken or not?" He snapped, obviously irritated by the group not saying anything.

"Yes" JJ mumbled, she had already convinced herself it was going to be Jack but she needed conformation for Hotch.

"Goodness, you are a dull lot" The man grumbled. "Let's try and liven you up with another guessing game, alright? … I've taken a boy… Anybody want to have an early guess?"

The small group looked around; not guessing would only aggravate him more. Finally JJ sighed and asked "Is it Jack?"

The man grinned and let a long silence build up before answering. "Wrong!" He yelled to everyone's surprise, who else was there to take? "You didn't think I'd make it easy for you, did you Jennifer?"He remarked with satisfaction. "I suppose you'll need another clue… His first and last name begin with the letter 's'"

Reid's face dropped. "No, he couldn't have taken him… He couldn't have" He murmured, pushing the hair out of his face as his eyes locked on the phone.

"Oh, I'm afraid I have, Spencer. In fact, he's here right now"

"Who's he taken?" JJ whispered as she, Garcia and Will glanced round with a confused look.

"Sammy Sparks" Reid mumbled after collapsing onto a chair nearest the phone. "I'm gonna give you one chance right now, okay?" He growled into the phone. "You're gonna drop Sammy and all the kids off at the nearest hospital then you're gonna turn yourself in and I might put a good word in for your case"

"We both know that's not going to happen, Spencer"

"He's got autism!" Reid yelled at the phone. "You can't treat him like all the other children; he can't cope with the change! You need to bring him back!"

"I will do whatever I please!" The man snarled. "Now, I'm going to hang up and call back in precisely three minutes. I expect you all to have composed yourselves or there will be consequences"

The phone disconnected and JJ hurriedly dialled Hotch's number on a different phone. "Hotch, he called" She rushed to say as she switched the phone to loudspeaker. "He's got Sammy Sparks and he's calling back in three minutes" She added when Reid remained silent.

"I thought Sammy lived in Louisiana" Morgan remarked. "That's a sixteen hour drive, there's no way he could have got back yet"

"Sammy and his mom relocated to Maryland six months after the case was closed… They wanted a fresh start" Reid explained in a gentle voice.

There was a long silence as everyone thought over what was happening to Sammy, this UnSub wasn't going to have patience with him and his autism was going to make more problems than they cared to think about. "We'll be landing soon; Morgan and Prentiss will fly to Maryland and take a statement from Sammy's mom. He'll be calling back soon, contact us if you find anything else" Hotch instructed then hung up.

A few seconds later the first phone sprung to life and a loud ringtone pierced the silence of the bullpen. JJ picked up the phone, answered it and placed it back on the table.

"I trust you've regained control of your emotions" The man said in a sharp tone.

JJ glanced around then decided to take charge. "Yes we have and we're very sorry for disrespecting you"

The UnSub smirked at this comment and sat back in his chair. "It's nice to know at least one of you knows your place. Now, I'm sure one of your team members will be going to talk to Alison Sparks so I'll let you get on with your work. Hopefully your team will be in higher spirits when we speak again"

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Morgan glanced round his surroundings as he approached the Sparks' house, Emily by his side. An officer was standing by the door and only let the two agents pass once they'd shown their credentials, Emily supposed security was tightening around the case.

Alison Sparks was hunched over on a sofa, her chest rising and falling as silent tears fell from her eyes. Alison's friend grimly greeted the duo, settled them on chairs then left them to talk.

"We understand this is difficult for you, Alison. But to find Sammy we need to know everything that happened" Emily said in a soft voice.

Alison slowly sat up, wiped the tears off her cheeks and took a deep breath. "It was the same as always. Sammy sticks to a routine and yesterday wasn't any different. He went to bed at nine o'clock and I didn't hear anything till around midnight" She explained.

"What happened at midnight?" Morgan asked.

"There was this thump from Sammy's room… I thought he might have fallen out of bed but then I heard this noise like something being dragged against the carpet. I went into the corridor to see what was happening but this man grabbed me and tied me up… By time I got out they'd taken Sammy"

"Did you see what kind of car they were driving?" Emily questioned.

"No, I… I never saw a car"

"These men had to have a car to take Sammy, Alison" Morgan stated gently. "You might not have seen it but you could have heard it. Did you hear anything while you were untying yourself?"

"They… They were carrying Sammy down the stairs but he kept hitting out, punching them… Then it went all quiet and they opened the door"

"Did you hear an engine start?"

"No… But there was something… a sound. Like a van door being pulled shut, it made that scraping noise"

"Alright, that's really good" Emily complimented with a warm smile. "You've really helped us Alison" She added as the duo were guided out of the house by Sammy's mother. "Just call if you remember anything"

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Two men wrestled with Sammy Sparks, yanking and shoving him down the corridor. "Move you little spastic!" The taller man yelled when the boy landed a swift punch to his stomach. With a few more pushes Sammy was in his cell and crumpled in the corner. One of the men spat on the ground next to the boy then stepped out of the room and slammed the door.

The duo traipsed up the corridor and into a dingy living room where they flopped onto a sofa. "Bobby can give that thing dinner tonight, I ain't goin' anywhere near it again" The taller man growled as he took a swig from a beer bottle.

"Damn right" The other man agreed. "I don't see why we need that freak anyway; we've got the other four kids"

"Won't be five for long, anyway" The first man said. "I reckon we'll be shifting bodies soon, that little blonde one first"

did anybody suspect Sammy? i was originally going to go with Jack but i thought that might be a bit too obvious so i racked my brain for any other kids and came up with Sammy Sparks. please review if you've got time, it really is awesome to have some encouragement!