A horrified Dave turned to the others.
"Guys, we need to get out to those places the others went to. Hotch and Will are missing. Jones just woke up to find they'd been drugged and he's alone with their guns, cell phones, wallets, Hotch's credentials, Will's shield and a note saying the unsub has got his friends and wants information!"
"Will's gone?"
"Yeah I don't know any more J.J. You and Reid take officers out to where Matt and Morgan went. He thinks they might have been set up too. Me and you Alex will go to see Jones at the first place. He's still struggling to move from the drugs and needs help. Dammit, I can't get a hold of Matt. J.J can you try Morgan?"
"I can't get through to him either Rossi. His cell's turned off. It's never turned off!"
"CAPTAIN! WE NEED HELP!" Dave shouted from their conference room through the squad room to the captain's office opposite. The captain heard Dave's shouting and immediately appeared at his door.
"What's happened Agent Rossi?"
"Hotch and Will have been set up. We can't a hold of Matt and Morgan. We think something's happened to them too. Jones just called to say he, Hotch and Will were drugged and now he's alone. Me, Blake are going to Hotch's location. We need guys. We need guys to go with J.J and Reid to where Matt and Morgan went. They've been set up Captain! We need to move NOW!"
"GUYS MOVE IT! LET'S GO! THOMAS SEE IF YOU CAN GET THROUGH TO THOMPSON! TOWERS, THOMAS, SPIKE, ANDREWS, TAKE UNIFORMS TO THE THOMPSON'S LOCATION! SMITH, ANDERSON, WOODS, YOU GUYS GRAB UNIFORMS. I'LL COME WITH YOU TO JONE'S LOCATION! MOVE IT GUYS! NOW!" The captain shouted around his squad room as everyone jumped up, grabbing their guns, shield and handcuffs and rushing for the door.
"I'll come with you Agent Rossi."
"Captain, I can't get a hold of Thompson. His cell rings but it keeps going to voicemail. I'll keep trying."
"He never lets his cell go to voice mail, not when he's out on a case interviewing witnesses. He always answers Thomas!"
Just at that moment, Detective Thompson woke with a pain in his neck and felt so groggy, tired and barely able to move. He remembered what had happened, saw Matt and Morgan's guns, cells and credentials along with a note in front of him and then heard his cell ringing. Groggily he answered it and saw it was Detective Thomas calling.
"You're alive?"
"Thomas get the captain! Something's wrong. We were set up! We were drugged! I can't move! Get the captain! Agents Cruz and Morgan are gone and I'm alone! Please just get guys out here!"
"We're on our way Thompson! CAPTAIN HE'S JUST WOKEN UP! AGENTS CRUZ AND MORGAN ARE GONE! THEY WERE SET UP!"
"GET OUT THERE NOW! TELL HIM PEOPLE ARE ON THEIR WAY! You were right Agent Rossi! LET'S GO GUYS! NOW!"
"We're on our way Thompson. It'll be okay!"
Dave, Blake, the captain, along with the detectives and other police officers rushed out to the location where Hotch, Will and Jones had gone to. They saw Hotch's black SUV sitting outside. They burst their way inside to find Jones still struggling to get to his feet, still really groggy from the drugs.
"Jones, what happened?"
"We got here and the guy agreed to talk over coffee but then me, Hotch and Will felt strange and groggy but before we could react or pull out our guns, we blacked out. I woke up to find I could barely move and to find these! I'm so sorry Agent Rossi, I didn't know. But we were set up! Have you managed to get hold of Matt and Morgan and Thompson yet?"
"Thompson's just woken up. They were set up too. Matt and Morgan have gone! Like you he's alone."
"Captain, I'm so sorry. I tried but I didn't have time to react!"
"It's okay Jones. Don't try to move. SMITH GET EMT'S HERE!"
"I'm okay captain. I don't know what we were drugged with but I'll be okay. I don't need to go to the hospital."
"Your getting checked out whether you like it or not Jones. You know the policy. Plus we need to figure out what drugs they gave you."
"Whatever it was, it was in the coffee, but we didn't realise he'd put anything in the coffees. What's the time now captain?"
"11.15. Why?"
"We got here at 10. I remember looking at my watch just before I felt funny and it said 10.30. I called you guys 10 minutes ago. Either he works really fast or he's got help. There's no other way he could get Hotch and Will away from here so fast otherwise. He's only had about a half hour between us being drugged and me waking up."
"Captain, EMT's will be here in 5 minutes."
"How you feeling Jones?"
"Still real groggy. Head's spinning and stuffs still blurry."
"Smith, you and me will go with Jones to the hospital. We need to get them to run a full drugs panel, including blood and urine to figure out what they drugged him with. Let's get forensics to dust this lot. Hopefully they might have left prints."
"Yes captain."
"Dear Detective Jones and the FBI. We have your friends. We want information and we will get it. Yours truly the unsub. C. Catch me if you can. It's him detective, the unsub we're looking for. is his signature, or part of it."
Just then 2 EMT's rushed into the house and up to Jones, who was now sitting up on the floor.
"Captain Peterson? What do we have?"
"This is Detective Max Jones from my squad. He's been drugged and blacked out. Still real groggy and can't get up. I need the docs to run a full drugs panel, blood, hair, urine, whatever. We need to find out what he was drugged with. And no matter what he says, he needs checking out and taking to hospital."
"Sure. How you feeling detective?"
"Like the room's spinning. My head's in a cloud. My body feels so heavy and I'm struggling to move. Stuff is still a little blurry."
"Me and Detective Smith will come with you guys, to provide protection and to make sure he's okay."
"Sure Captain Peterson. Tom, get the backboard."
The EMT's got to work on Jones and the others searched the house but came up empty.
"The house isn't lived in captain. There's no clothes or any sign someone's living here. Think it's been empty for a while and they just used this house as a set up to get Hotch and Will."
"Got prints from the holsters, guns, Agent Hotchner's credentials, Will's detective shield and on the cell phones and also on their wallets. We also got prints from the front door and the wall by the front door. We'll get these to the lab and run them through AFIS. Got prints on the mugs too. We'll get the mugs to the lab to see if we can find trace of drugs inside any."
"Thanks guys."
"We got prints in the kitchen on the kettle and stuff to make coffee but none of the other stuff has been used. Think they only made the coffee here. But we'll get everything to the lab to be sure."
"Garcia, can you trace the owner of this house. Who does it belong to?" Dave was on his cell to Garcia but had it on speaker.
"That would be a Joe Hughes. Died last year. No one's bought it yet. Been empty for a year but because of a mix up, the water and gas and electricity were never turned off."
"Thanks Garcia. Keep us posted."
"We'll find them Rossi."
"I know we will Garcia. Speak to you soon okay?"
"Sure. And stay safe guys. Over and out."
Meanwhile at the second location J.J, Spencer, the other detectives and a load of police officers sped up, saw Matt's black SUV outside and burst their way inside to find Detective Thompson still lying on the ground struggling to sit up.
"Detective what happened?"
"We were invited in by one guy but I was in front of Agents Cruz and Morgan. Before I knew it there were 3 guys in the room, 2 behind us. They'd already plunged needles into Agents Cruz and Morgan's necks and the 2 agents fell to the floor. I heard them fall and turned around to see the 2 other guys but before I could pull my gun out, the man who'd invited us in stepped forward and plunged a needle into my neck. I blacked out. Whatever they injected us with was so quick acting I couldn't react. I'm so sorry. When I woke up, my neck hurt, I couldn't move but I found these." He pointed to the guns, credentials, cell phones, wallets and the note.
"Dear Detective Thompson and the FBI. We have your friends. We want information and we will get it. C. Catch me if you can." Spencer picked up the note and read it out loud "It's the sam signature J.J as on the victims."
"It's him Spence! I know it is." J.J dialled Dave's cell and put her phone on speaker "Hey Rossi it's me. We're at the other location now."
"Hold on J.J, I'll put you on speaker. Go on."
"Thompson said they were invited in by one guy but as soon as they were all inside, 2 guys appeared from behind them. Needles were plunged into Matt and Morgan's necks as Thompson walked ahead of them. He heard them fall to the ground, turned around to see the other 2 guys but before he could even draw his weapon, the guy who'd invited them in plunged a needle in Thompson's neck and he blacked out. Whatever drugs they were were fast acting. He can't even sit up yet. Matt and Morgan are missing and the house is empty. No sign of life and the utilities don't work. There were 3 of them here Rossi waiting for Matt, Morgan and Thompson. How's Jones doing?"
"He's sitting up but he can't really move. EMT's are taking him to the hospital. We'll have them run a full drugs panel to see what he was drugged with. It was in the coffees they drank. But he thinks either the unsub works so fast or he had help as they had only a half hour between being drugged and Jones waking up. The note says Dear Detective Jones, we have your friends, we want information and we will get it. Yours truly the unsub. C. Catch me if you can."
"Apart from the detective's name, the note here is the same. They wrote it to the detective by name. They were all set up Rossi! He's got them all!"
"We'll find them J.J."
"Agent Jareau, we got 3 empty syringes, partial prints on them, prints on the guns, credentials, wallets, cells, on the front door and on the wall by the front door. You were right detective, you guys were injected with something. We'll run analysis on the syringes to try and figure out what was in them. We'll run all the prints we got through AFIS but it seems they didn't leave this room and didn't go any further into the house. House hasn't been lived in as far as we can tell for over a year or more. Nothing works."
"Thanks guys. Hear that Rossi? This house was a set up."
"Same here J.J, except the utilities here were still on but they guy who owned the house died last year. Some mix up meant the utilities were left on. But the unsub didn't use anything apart from water and the kettle to make coffee. CSI will run analysis on the mugs to try and figure out what they were drugged with. Got prints on the holsters, guns, cells, wallets, Hotch's credentials, Will's shield, the mugs, the front door and the wall by the front door. Lab will run them through AFIS asap. They also got prints on the kettle and stuff to make coffee with but nothing else. Like the only thing they did here was make the coffee. But the rest of the house is untouched and empty. Hasn't been lived in since Joe Hughes, the owner, died last year."
"Garcia, can you trace the owner of this house we're in?" Spencer was on his own cell phone to Garcia.
"Sure Junior G-Man. House has been vacant for over a year but last owner was a Joe Hughes. He owned both houses. That has to be more than simple coincidence."
"Your right Garcia."
"I'll keep digging into it."
"Thanks Garcia. J.J, Rossi, according to Garcia, both houses were owned by the same Joe Hughes."
"What's the chance of that?"
"This time I don't have statistics for you Rossi."
"Makes a change Spence."
"EMT's are here now for Thompson. Detective's Spike? Andrews? Can you guys go with him? Get the hospital to run a full drugs panel, blood, hair, urine, everything, we have to figure out what they were drugged with. And make sure he's protected too."
"Yes Agent Jareau. We'll make sure he's okay."
"Which hospital you taking him to guys?"
"Saint Luke's Agent Jareau."
"Guys what hospital you taking Detective Jones to?" Dave turned to the EMT's attending to Jones.
"Saint Luke's Agent Rossi."
"Captain and Detective Smith are going with Jones to the same hospital. Tell the other detectives they'll meet them there."
"Detectives, the captain and Detective Smith are heading to Saint Luke's too with Detective Jones and they'll meet you there."
"Sure Agent Jareau. Hey Thompson, you realise CSI will want your clothes for trace?"
"This is a new suit! And I got no change of clothes to wear!"
"Give me your keys and I'll have Ad go by your place and get you a change of clothes and some clothes for the hospital stay."
"Here Ad. And code is…" Thompson lent up and whispered in Detective Thomas's ear.
"Sure Simon."
"We'll see you guys back at the station okay J.J? But I promise we'll find them all."
"I hope your right Rossi."
"Agent Rossi, we found tyre tracks out back from what looks like a van! And bootprints!"
"Agent Jareau. There are tyre tracks out back from a van! And boot prints!"
"Hear that Rossi? This guys got help if he's got all 4 of them in one go. There were definitely 2 teams working with him, one to abduct Hotch and Will and the other to abduct Matt and Morgan!"