A/N: Let's not keep you hanging! Let's get on with it!
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February 13th, 2014
Morgan arrived at Reid's apartment early the next morning. Spencer was needed to help with a possible new break in the case. When he arrived, he discovered the door was unlocked.
He immediately began to panic. Spencer always locked his apartment after Tobias; it was an irrational fear that it would happen again if Spencer didn't take all precautions.
Morgan ran in. "REID!" he shouted. He saw only a note left on the floor and no sign of Spencer. Morgan picked up the note and read it. As soon as he finished, he headed straight for the BAU.
Morgan ran into the Bullpen.
"GUYS!" he shouted. Everyone turned to look at Morgan with the note in his hand. "The UnSub has Reid. I found this in his apartment. It says that he took Reid."
"Why?" Danny asked.
"I don't know. What I do know is that he has two FBI agents and is taunting us by saying we'll never find him."
"Well, we're not getting anything done standing around," Danny declared. "Let's get everyone to the conference room right now. This son of a bitch has gone too far."
Morgan got the team, Gideon, Matt Cruz, Elle, and Will in the conference room and managed to get Emily on Skype.
"We have a new problem. Our UnSub has Reid now. I found this note," Morgan gestured to the note lying on the table, "at his apartment this morning. He's taunting us by rubbing in our faces that he took two FBI agents and that we're never going to find them."
"We are looking at a narcissist that has a past connection with most likely JJ, since he claims that JJ has been lying about something. He obviously wants some type of revenge on JJ and probably took Reid to help rub it in her face. I have a feeling if we don't find them ASAP, we're only going to find what's left of their corpses," Danny said.
Silence overtook the round table room. "Well, let's get to work," Matt Cruz said. "We have two damn good FBI agents in the hands of a dangerous psychopath. We're not getting any closer to finding this bastard sitting around."
"Agreed," Hotch said. "Let's get to work."
"Will, Gideon, I need to talk to you two," Danny said as everyone left the round table room. Once everyone was gone and out of earshot, he spoke. "We have to tell them."
Will's face dimmed. "About Henry?"
"We don't have a choice," Danny reasoned. "Any information about the two pertains to this case, including Henry."
"He's right," Gideon said. "It's time they know the truth about him."
"The truth about who?" they heard Alex's voice ask. The trio turned to find Hotch, Rossi, Morgan, Blake, Matt, and Elle.
The three looked at each other and nodded. "Get Garcia and Emily on their webcams."
Ten minutes later, Garcia and Emily were watching from their laptops as they waited for information.
"We think we have something that might pertain as to why Reid was taken," Danny started.
"There's nothing else. We all know they dated. What else is there?"
"There's the fact he was going to propose to her the night of the Super Bowl in 2007. Right before the Hankel case," Danny said. The others sat in shock. Morgan recovered first.
"But since then, Will came in, took JJ's virginity and made her a mother," Morgan said.
"Will never said he took JJ's virginity," Gideon stated.
The jaws of the other teammates dropped. "Who did?" Garcia asked.
Will took a deep breath. "Spencer did." Almost no sound from the others. "According to JJ, it was around this time 6 years ago. Morgan had a party at Rossi's mansion…"
"He WHAT?" Rossi asked.
"Spencer and JJ got drunk and they slept together. Ever since, JJ has had her suspicion about Henry. Spencer has the same suspicion. He told me at the bar after that wedding," Danny explained.
"Wait, my wedding to JJ?" Will asked. Danny nodded.
"After Spencer's return from the dead a few weeks ago, I knew they both had a suspicion. Hell, I had my own suspicion. Henry looks a little too much like Reid to be Will's son."
"Gideon told me that he thought the same thing at that party and then he said he was wrong," Elle said.
"We chose to keep it a secret until we all knew for sure," Danny said. "Unfortunately, Gideon was forced to lie so that you guys didn't find out."
"So, let me get this straight," Morgan said, trying to wrap his mind around the information he was now receiving. "JJ and Reid slept together and then a few weeks later, she finds out she's pregnant. Ever since, she's thought Henry might be Reid's and Reid thought the exact same thing."
Danny nodded. "This is going to get crazy but we need to work as hard as humanly possible to find this bastard and save JJ and Reid."
"Agent Johnson," Anderson called out. Next to him was a man about the same age as JJ.
"Anderson, how many times have I told you to just call me 'Danny' like everyone else does?" Anderson shrugged as Danny sighed. "What is it? Who the hell is this?" Danny asked.
"This man came looking for someone in the BAU to talk to. He says he knows Agent Jareau."
Danny stared for a moment. "I got it Anderson. Go help the others." Anderson walked off as Danny greeted the man. "Agent Danny Johnson. Who are you and how do you JJ?"
"My name is Peter Mirren," he said. "I went to high school with JJ. I heard about the kidnapping and I wanted to help."
About an hour later, Danny and Peter had conversed about his past with JJ and only his past with her. He said he was an old friend of JJ's. He said he was there for her after Katie's death and he had moved to D.C. around the same time as JJ.
"I haven't seen or heard from her in nearly ten years," Peter had said.
"Well, this has been very helpful information. Anything we can get on JJ can help us find her," Danny stated.
"How's her ex-husband taking this?" Peter asked.
"It's been hard on him," Danny said.
"What about her boyfriend?"
"He's missing too. We're looking for everything and anything to find them."
"Well, how's her son?"
"Henry's been a little scared since he found the note our kidnapper left behind."
"Poor kid."
"He's been asking for Mommy and Daddy all afternoon."
"Isn't his father here working with you?"
"Henry likes calling Spencer – JJ's boyfriend – daddy since he's Henry's godfather and Henry already thinks of him as a father."
"Wow. That's strange."
"A little bit. But not too much." Danny saw Morgan motion for him to the round table room. "I have to meet with team. Thanks for all your help, Mr. Mirren."
"Peter, please."
"Peter," Danny said. "Have a nice day." Danny started walking towards the round table room.
Hours later, the team was nowhere closer to finding JJ and Reid. Henry was getting tired as well.
"Will," Danny said. "You'd better take him to your place for the night. Keep an eye on him there."
Will nodded and left to take Henry to his apartment.
"I don't get it," Morgan said. "We've got every bit of information on JJ and Reid and we're nowhere closer to finding them both."
Danny heard the doors to the Bullpen opening and found JJ's mother standing there, a look of worry and anger on her face.
"I'll take care of her," Danny said. He walked over to Mrs. Jareau.
"Mrs. Jareau," Danny greeted.
"Have you found my daughter yet?" she demanded.
"We're doing everything we can to find her," Danny said. Danny thought for a moment. Maybe Sandy knew something that could help. "Mrs. Jareau, maybe you can help us. We think that the kidnapper was a obsessed stalker of JJ's. Was there anyone that JJ ever found strange or creepy?"
"Peter Mirren," she said without hesitation.
Danny tilted his head. "I was talking to Peter earlier. He seemed like a nice guy."
"He was a creeper," Sandy said. "He used to leave JJ creepy love notes in her locker; he would watch her practice soccer every day; I guarantee if he was gutsy enough, he would've tried to watch her in the locker room."
"So, essentially, he seemed like a stalker?" Danny assumed.
"Basically. A stalker is exactly how I would describe it," Sandy said.
Danny thought for a moment. Stalker, he thought. Then he remembered his conversation with Mirren earlier that day. He had never mentioned Will, Henry, or Spencer being involved with JJ. But he knew somehow. The only way was if he was stalking her. Then it hit him. Everything made sense. "PM": his initials. He knew about the entire team and their past cases, including Frank and Foyet.
He shook Mrs. Jareau's hand. "Thank you. I think I know who has your daughter."
"Mirren?" Sandy asked. Danny nodded grimly.
"Don't worry, Mrs. Jareau. I swear on my family's graves that we will find this son of a bitch. I promise you. We'll get him."
Danny ran for the round table room. Garcia was sitting inside with her laptop. "Garcia, look up anything you can on Peter Mirren."
Garcia found he had indeed moved to D.C. around the same time as JJ. In fact, he moved to D.C. the day after she did. He had property owned by his deceased grandparents in D.C. There was a large metal shed on the property as well. JJ had actually filed for a restraining order against him before she left for college.
The fact he knew about JJ's personal life made him a stalker. The creepy love notes tipped off that he was an obsessed crusher.
The team all gathered in the round table room.
"Peter Mirren," Danny said. "He's our UnSub. He was obsessed with JJ. Major crusher. He followed her to D.C. and has likely been stalking her since he knew about her personal life and all of us. He owns property in D.C. There's a large metal shed on the property."
"What's the address?"
"3486 Franklin Drive."
"All right, let's get over there."
Just then, Danny's phone rang. "Johnson."
"Daniel Johnson? This is Detective Alex Hugo. We're investigating a break-in at the home of William LaMontagne. There was an attack and a kidnapping. Detective LaMontagne was attacked and a little boy named Henry was taken."
Danny's jaw dropped. That bastard kidnapped a little boy. "I'm on it. We have a suspect in the kidnapping. It's related to the kidnapping of his mother and possible father." He hung up the phone. "GUYS!" he yelled out. The team came straight to him. "That son of a bitch kidnapped Henry."
The rest of the team stood in shock. Hotch recovered first. His face showed a look of anger that Danny had never seen. "Let's get moving. We're not doing any good standing around. Let's get this bastard."
Spencer woke up gagged and with a paper bag over his head. His body was tied to the wooden chair he was sitting in. He heard a voice speak.
"So, Agent Jareau," the voice said. Spencer's eyes widened. The bastard that took JJ had him too. He was even more bent on taking him down. The voice continued to speak. "I understand that this is an old friend of yours. Someone you loved, correct? Someone who loved you as well. Someone you wish was the father of your little boy. Let's see who it is." The bag was pulled off his head and he could see JJ, also tied to a chair. The man who belonged to the voice removed his gag. Spencer spoke his rage.
"You son of a bitch!" he yelled.
"I'll leave you two to your alone time. It's all you'll have," the man said.
The man left the room leaving Spencer and JJ tied to their chairs, forced to look at each other. JJ looked into his eyes.
"Spence, I'm sorry," she said.
"Why?" he asked.
"You're here because of me. I didn't think he would try and hurt you."
"JJ, it is not your fault that he took me. He made a bad choice and now he's gonna pay for it."
Spencer tried to escape his bonds, but the rope was too tight. He eventually gave up and slouched over in defeat. A question now invaded his thoughts.
"JJ, what did he mean when he said you wished I was Henry's father?"
"I didn't wish you were Henry's father," she replied. "I have to know who his father is before I can wish."
To be continued...
And the long-awaited moment has arrived! But in the event of kidnapping! And it looks like Henry will be joining them soon! What will happen?
Join me next time for the conclusion, part 3 "What?":
JJ reveals her suspicion to Reid as the team finally bears down on Peter Mirren on their quest to rescue JJ and Reid.
See you next time!
-D.C. al Coda
