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Author's Note: This was definitely the most fun-to-write chapter yet. I hope you all enjoy! Review please!

Walden munched on Thomas' bag of jelly beans. Thomas had given up his precious food to Walden to avoid getting smushed into paste for dropping a spork down the back of Walden's shirt.

Thomas and Walden cruised around the Bunny Lady's neighborhood, listening for screams.

"Hear anything yet?" Walden asked Thomas.

From the passenger seat, Thomas scowled and said, "I can't hear a thing with all your crunching and munching. You say I eat a lot, but you eat loud."

Walden grinned. He may have been eating a little louder than usual to annoy his partner. "Listen harder. Oh, and open the window."

"Yeah, that might help." Thomas put the window down halfway, reluctant to let out the wonderful air conditioning.

"Hear anything now?" They were approaching the Bunny Lady's house.

"Man, I can't hear nothing but wind," Thomas grumped. He snatched up one of his three lunch bags and rummaged through it. It contained various snack bags and such.

Walden grabbed it back. "Food later. Focus, will you?"

"I told you! I can't hear anything!" Thomas put the window down all the way.

"Here, I'll pull over, and then we'll both take a listen." Walden pulled over and parked next to the curb. The Bunny Lady's house was just across the street. From one of her windows, the Lady herself peered out. Walden gave a little wave.

Both men got out of the squad car and looked around.

"You hearing this?" Thomas asked. He looked unsettled.

"Yeah."

From the house they had parked in front of rose the screams of a little girl.

Morgan emerged from his little rest to the sound of Reid being attacked again. But that wasn't all. He suddenly realized that a shadow was being cast over him, while the rest of the pool was sunny. Morgan shuddered and slowly turned around.

"Hi, there!" Prentiss said cheerily.

"Yeah? So what do you want?" Morgan swallowed his fear and tried to look tough.

"Morgan, I swear on my mother's pet goldfish that if you don't help us attack Reid, I will end you!" Prentiss declared happily.

"Wait, why do you need someone to help you attack Reid? He's already crying and begging for his life," Morgan said, confused.

Prentiss was suddenly way too close. "Just do it," she hissed, an evil glint in her eye. Then she turned, giggled, and skipped across the pool toward Reid.

Morgan shook his head. "Pet goldfish?" he muttered. He sighed, and began heading for Reid and the fray of teammates that surrounded him.

Hotch stared after Rossi, who had most likely just gone crazy. Or maybe he'd always been that way. Hotch rubbed his eyes and shook his head. He felt a cold hand clasp his arm.

"Wah!" Hotch yelped, yanking his arm back.

"Sorry," JJ said. "Come on." She started to pull him toward the middle of the pool, where Reid was being attacked by Garcia, Prentiss, and even Morgan.

Hotch backed away. "I can't. Garcia's there, and she's still mad at me for ruining her drama."

"She won't hurt you if you look like you're having fun with her game," JJ told him.

Hotch sighed and followed JJ into the assault on Reid.

Reid was screaming, and screaming, and screaming, and screaming…

Rossi sailed toward the mass of teammates atop his unicorn. "Onward, Betsie! Our bravery shall be retold throughout the ages!" Rossi wasn't bothering to whisper anymore. How could he? This was his and Betsie's shining moment!

Rossi leaned back in his 'saddle', which made Betsie rear up. "Whoa, Betsie!" Rossi called. He leaned forward. He narrowed his eyes. This was it. Do or die.

Rossi paddled his legs like he was riding a bicycle, and suddenly he and Betsie were off, sailing right into certain doom.

"YEE-HAW!" Rossi shouted. "Onward, Betsie!"

"Hey!" Garcia stopped blasting Reid to point at Rossi. "He stole my evil/insane laugh!"

Rossi kept straight on.

Hotch, Prentiss, Morgan, Garcia, and JJ were attacking Reid. To perform a rescue would be a dangerous task. But Rossi and Betsie were up to it!

Rossi pushed JJ and Hotch out of his way, swooped in, and grabbed Reid by the scruff of his neck. Rossi dragged Reid through Prentiss and Morgan and burst out of the fray into the shallow end.

"There's only one way out of this mess," Rossi told Reid.

Reid whimpered.

Rossi adjusted his purple noodle so that a lot was sticking out in back.

"Hop on," he told Reid.

Reid held up his yellow noodle. "But I have a horse of my own!"

Rossi leaned in close. "Hop on," he growled.

"Okay!" Reid squeaked. Reid climbed onto the purple noodle behind Rossi. There wasn't much room, considering that both men were wearing inflatable pool rings, but they managed to stay atop the noodle-horse.

Rossi leaned back in his seat, and Betsie reared up. "Come on, Betsie! You can do it, girl!" he howled.

Betsie, Reid, and Rossi began to sail quickly across the shallow end, heading for the stairs.

"THEY'RE GETTING AWAY!" Garcia shrieked. "AFTER THEM!"

Garcia, Morgan, Prentiss, Hotch, and JJ began to swim after them. Rossi and Reid had a head start, but the rest were closing in fast.

"They can't go far," JJ panted. "The backyard is fenced in. The only way out is through the house!"

"Thank you for telling us that, JJ!" Rossi called.

"Damn it!" JJ told herself.

Bestie was having trouble on the stairs. Her riders were at different heights, and she threatened to slip out from underneath them. Rossi and Reid got their act together just in time. "Good girl, Betsie, almost there!" Rossi yelled. In near tandem, Rossi and Reid climbed the stairs, while still managing to stay atop Bestie.

Prentiss had an idea. Instead of going all the way to the stairs to get out, she could just climb out of the pool using one of the walls and head off the escapees that way.

Prentiss swam over to the wall, heaved herself and her froggie ring up onto the concrete, and rolled onto the concrete. She quickly reloaded her canon and aimed it at Rossi. He and Reid had just finished climbing the stairs.

"Stop right there!" she snapped.

"Keep going, Betsie! We can take a shot or two!" Rossi shouted encouragement to his unicorn.

Hotch and Morgan noticed what Prentiss had done and quickly exited the pool in the same fashion. JJ and Garcia took the stairs.

"Surround them!" Hotch commanded.

JJ, Garcia, Morgan, and Hotch paused to load their cannons.

Rossi, Betsie, and Reid were figuring out how to run without falling.

"Right foot, left foot!" Rossi called to Reid.

"Got it!" Reid said.

"Then let's blow this pop stand! Onward, Betsie!" Rossi yelled.

Right foot, left foot, right foot, left foot. Then faster! Bestie, with Rossi and Reid astride, rambled around the last bend of the pool and headed straight for the back door.

"Hold it or we'll shoot!" Hotch shouted.

The team had surrounded the unicorn and escapees. All pointed their loaded cannons at the unicorn and riders.

"Give it up, Rossi!" Morgan warned.

"Never!" Rossi yelled. "Come on, Betsie! It's too late to turn back now! If we die here, we will go down as heroes!"

Reid was screaming.

Rossi, Reid, and Betsie were gaining momentum now. The team had to run to keep them fully encircled.

"Fire!" Hotch commanded.

Splash! Splash! Splash!

Reid, Rossi, and Betsie were running now. They were barraged by blasts of water from the cannons.

Reid screamed.

Rossi let out a loud war whoop.

They broke through the circle of teammates and nearly ran into a lounge chair.

"GET THEM!" Garcia shrieked.

Rossi laughed. "Ha-HA! We won't fight the doom if that is indeed our fate! But we are legends now! And you cannot-"

And that's when they all noticed the two policemen standing just outside the back door.