A/n- I know this took like a month ha. I was trying to get all the details of the story figured out. ( for at least the next few chapters). Hope everyone has a great new year!

The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places.

-Ernest Hemingway

The team went back to their hotel rooms down the street, to change into more comfortable clothes, Spencer looked over at Amber's suitcase and his heart sank. He should have went with her,and waited out side of the bathroom. This could have all been avoided, he could have,no,he should have protected her.

The restaurant was now packed with even more people, local P.D had gladly offered to help question people. They asked the whole staff to stay, as for almost everyone that was in the restaurant at the time. They had let many people that were at the restaurant go, anyone that would have taken her would have stayed with her, not come back to the restaurant. The staff was lined up, local P.D asking them if they saw anything, Spencer noticed one staff member was missing, Matt. Spencer walked over to the manager of the restaurant and asked him, "What is Matt's last name?The one that waited on our table?"

"Morris, why do you ask?"

"Because, he isn't here now." Spencer pointed out as he reached into his pocket and pulled out his cell phone and walked away. He dialed Garcia's number and hit send. He put the phone to his ear and Garcia answered immediately.

"Garcia, can you look up the name Matthew Morris?" Spencer asked.

"I can, and I am." She said as she typed away on her keyboard. "Hmm I'm finding a Dan Morris."

"Maybe do a check on foster care or adoption agencies? We need to find this guy...he has Amber."

"I will get back to you in lightning speed Reid!" She said as she hung up. Spencer put his phone back in his pocket. Spencer walked over to the table they had been sitting at , he quickly put on rubber gloves and grabbed Amber's glass.J.J and Prentiss followed him, curious as to what he was thinking. He took out a testing kit he had gotten from one of the local police officers ,he dunk the paper stip in the drink, took the strip out of the glass and it had one red line going down it. The three agents looked at each other.

"She was drugged. With a date rape drug."

Prentiss reached into her small purse and pulled out her phone, she quickly dialed Garcia's number. "Garcia, can you see if any of the four girls from our case had any date rape drugs in them?" Prentiss could hear Garcia typing away on the other end.

"Nope, no signs of any thing in their blood,"

"It's too late to see if they did," Spencer said, "it's been past seventy-two hours,"

"Well the four girls had to have something in common,"JJ interjected.

"Garcia, where we're the girls last seen at again?" Prentiss asked.

" One was a diner, the other a cafe, the third at a club and the fourth was at...the restaurant you guys are at..."

Amber opened her eyes, it was brighter now, the sun was shining through the rectangular windows. This must be a basement…. or a cellar.. Amber thought as she looked around. Amber could hear someone coming, so she shut her eyes, pretending to still be unconscious.

"Come on, drag her next to the other bitch," One of the guys said to another, as the one followed orders and dragged the girl's unconscious body to a foundation pole and cuffed her the same way that Amber was cuffed around hers, arms behind her back.

Come on Spence, I know you can do it, I know you can find me. Amber thought as she kept her eyes closed. It was quiet in the basement. It was a surprisingly nice temperature as well. That's odd, they want us to be comfortable? She wondered what Spencer was thinking, well she always wondered that.

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The team headed back to the local police department, they knew Ambers kidnapping and these four girls that had been kidnapped before where all linked, they just had to figure out what linked them.

"So these unsubs must all be working at these restaurants," Prentiss said as she turned to Jj.

"They must have known each other for a while to trust each other. To do this and have each of them keep their mouths shut."

"They could be brothers," Jj said just as Spencer walked into the room. They were in a small meeting room of the Police department. It wasn't much, it had seen better days. The wallpaper was peeling and the rug needed to be replaced. But it was better than nothing.

"They could be, but they are most likely friends that have gone through a lot together. They have a bond, almost that of brothers, but not quite." Spencer said.

"Adopted into abusive homes," Jj whispered.

Prentiss had a sour look on her face." Why would they take Amber, we have seen Matt and know his name, why go through the trouble if we already know what he looks like," she asked.

"Well, Matt is impatient. He wanted Amber and took her," JJ responded. Spencer looked like his mind was racing, he had this blank expression on his face. "Spence?" JJ said as she placed a hand on his shoulder.

Spencer pinched the bridge of his nose with his thumb and index finger. "This is all my fault," he said as he tightly closed his eyes.

JJ and Prentiss looked at each other, then back at Reid. "No it isn't Spence,"

"Yes it is. I'm suppose to be watching after her," he said as he took his fingers off of his nose and opened his eyes.

"Spence, you aren't her babysitter. You are her boyfriend," JJ affirmed.

"I'm still suppose to be watching her, making sure she's safe!" Spencer spat. "Her parent's trusted me to look after her and I let her get kidnapped." Spencer looked out the window to the rest of the police department, he watched as Hotch was on the phone with Amber's parents. Hotchner walked into the board room, his face wasn't the usual serious expression, he looked sad.

"I informed Amber's parents," Hotch said. "They are on their way up," Hotch lightly patted Spencer on the back. Just then one of the police officers stuck their head into the room.

"Another girl has been reported missing." He said then headed towards the front door.

"Prentis come with me to the abduction site," Hotch said as he brushed past Reid.

"What about me?" Reid asked.

"Stay here with JJ," Hotchner ordered as him and Prentiss headed out of the room to the front door of the police department.

JJ watched Spencer, he was now moping. She couldn't help but feel bad for him, his first girlfriend gets kidnapped and he couldn't do much about it. "Spence," she finally said. "Why don't you go back to the hotel and get some sleep, you've been up all night."

"No, I'm fine. I have to find her," he said as he took a sip of coffee he then pushed his glasses further up the bridge of his nose with his index finger.

Matt walked over to Amber,he kneeled down next to her and looked into her eyes. "How could you be with that...wimp...that pussy boyfriend. You need a real man," He said as he reached over and started to hike up her dress. Amber sat there and glared at him. You are so stupid! Amber's thoughts screamed in her head. Spencer is going to find you and you will never see the light of day again. Matt laughed to himself. "Don't worry, I'm saving the best for last." He said to Amber, a smug smirk was plastered on his face. Amber felt squeamish, she wanted to get the hell out of there so she could be in Spencer's arms again. Matt stood up and walked out of the room.

Amber looked over at the other girl they had brought in, she looked just like Amber. She had dark brown hair and had brown eyes. She was dressed in clothes that looked like she was just out clubbing."Hi, I'm Amber," she quietly said.

The girl swallowed. "I'm Sarah," she whispered.

Amber pursed her lips, "They still need two more girls," Amber informed.

Sarah's eyes narrowed, "How do you know that?" She asked.

"Because…..because it was on the news," Amber lied. No one else knew about the case but the FBI, Amber had heard Spencer talking to Hotch while driving to Austin. Amber had to say something to have the girl trust her. "Sarah, we have to stall them. We have to distract them for as long as we can, okay? But nothing drastic, if we do they might get mad and try to hurt us."

"Alright, I...I think I can do that," Sarah said. Amber could tell she was a very outgoing girl, if she was going to a club she would have to be. Why did they pick me? Amber thought. They could picked any girl in that whole room last night. Why me? Because of Spencer?

"Sarah, where you with anyone when they got you?" Amber asked.

Sarah nodded, " I was with my boyfriend and my friends."

You don't develop courage by being happy in your relationships everyday. You develop it by surviving difficult times and challenging adversity.

-Epicurus