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"Would you like to dance with me?" Reid asked.

As the conversation between him and Agent Ogden continued, he felt his confidence growing. He didn't feel like the awkward genius he usually was. He was actually bold enough to ask her to dance, and he liked this feeling.

"I would be honored to, Dr. Reid."

"Please, call me Spencer."

The two agents gracefully danced to the music. Reid could see that Ogden was really enjoying herself. He found himself mesmerized by her beautiful face, framed by her long brown hair that swayed back and forth as they danced. For a moment, he felt as if they were the only two people in the ballroom. Everyone else had just disappeared, until Ogden looked over his shoulder.

Her smile immediately faded. A pained expression crossed her face.

"I'm so sorry, Spencer," she whispered to him.

Reid froze where he was, trying to make sense of why she would say that to him. He noticed Ogden was still looking at someone over his shoulder. He turned around to find Strauss standing behind him. She was flanked by another agent which he didn't think even Morgan could beat if they got into a fight.

"I suggest that you come with me, Dr. Reid," Strauss said casually.

"No offense, ma'am, but why exactly would I do that?" Reid asked, not liking the way Strauss was looking at him.

"We wouldn't want the promise Gideon made to you to not be fulfilled, would we?" she asked, a knowing smile spreading across her face.

Reid's eyes widened. He began to back away, only to back into Ogden who snaked an arm around his waist. She pushed a gun into his side with her other hand as the agent that had followed Strauss moved so he blocked everyone's view of the gun.

"You wouldn't shoot me," Reid said.

In reality, Reid was just trying to convince himself that they wouldn't shoot him. He had no idea who these people really were or what they were capable of.

"You're right, Dr. Reid. I wouldn't shoot you," Strauss confirmed, "But, I am not past shooting other agents, seeing as the FBI will soon learn the truth about us anyway. It would be such a shame if your team mates were killed in the shooting."

"Leave my team out of this!" Reid hissed.

Strauss rolled her eyes and sighed in annoyance.

"Your team will remain unharmed, as will the rest of the agents, if you just come with us."

Reid looked to his team. They were smiling and laughing, having such a great time, not knowing what was going on in the very same ballroom. He knew he couldn't do anything to risk them getting hurt. They were his family. He would be devastated if anything happened to them. He sighed deeply in defeat.

"Fine," he said.

A creepy smile spread across Strauss's face.

"Smart move, Dr. Reid," she said, victory laced in her voice, "Ogden, hold his hand and walk him to the exit. We will be close behind you two. Don't attract any attention to yourselves as you exit."

Ogden put her gun away. With the gun out of sight, Reid thought of trying to make a run for it, but he knew that Strauss and the other agent were armed and it wouldn't take them long to pull out their weapons and start shooting. He glared at Ogden as she grabbed his hand, and they began to make their way to the exit. To anyone that might have been watching, they would have just looked like a couple that wanted to leave the party early.

He could feel Strauss following him, and that was a feeling he would never get used to, but he had a feeling it would never go away. The closer they got to the exit, the less hope he had of getting out of his current predicament. The two finally reached the exit, successfully sneaking out of the party.

In a last ditch effort to get away and seeing as he had a few precious seconds before Strauss and her follower came through the door, Reid let go of Ogden's hand and made a break down the hallway. He didn't make it very far because Strauss had anticipated this. A dark haired, muscular man was waiting around the corner at the end of the hallway. Expecting Reid to try and escape, he caught Reid easily. He wrapped his arms around Reid, crushing him to his chest.

"Let me go!" Reid ordered while trying to squirm out of the man's iron grip.

His attempts of escape were useless. He stopped his struggling as he heard a soft chuckle approaching him.

"Very predictable, Dr. Reid, waiting until we were away from the agents before you tried to get away," Strauss chuckled.

She stepped even closer to Reid and reached in his pocket, pulling out his phone and credentials. Ogden handed her a piece of paper, and Strauss placed the items on the ground. She looked to the man holding Reid.

"Is it ready, Simmons?" she asked.

"Exactly how you wanted it," Simmons responded.

Strauss smiled in satisfaction as she led them down the rest of the hallway and out of the hotel. Reid was so lost in thought about what his captors could have meant, he almost didn't register the fact that he had been dragged out of the hotel and to the back of the parking lot. The group came to a halt at a black suburban.

"I think your team is going to like my little surprise, Dr. Reid," she gloated.

"I told you to leave them out of this!" he said through clenched teeth, vehemence lacing his every word.

"So you did, and you did come with us, even if it was not so willingly. I said I would leave them alone, but, you will soon see that I do not keep my word."

Reid was confused by Strauss's words, until he heard the explosion.

Reid didn't even need to look to know that the explosion came from the ballroom. He looked at Strauss, completely horrified. Anger quickly replaced his horrified expression.

"No!" he bellowed.

Strauss laughed.

"Let's go!" she ordered.

Reid wasn't going to allow himself to be taken away so easily. He railed against Simmons' arms with a newfound strength. A strength fueled by the need to get to his team. Simmons' grip was finally starting to fail him.

"Jones, help me!" Simmons pleaded to the other man.

Simmons and Jones were able to grab Reid's arms and prevent him from running back to the hotel, but they were still struggling to get him into the car. Strauss finally had to pull out a cloth and press it against Reid's mouth.

Reid fought the chloroform as it invaded his senses, but he couldn't fight the oncoming darkness. He drifted into unconsciousness, not knowing the fate of his family.

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