Meanwhile the unsub was waiting at a house nearby when 2 white vans pulled up outside the back.

"You got them?"

"Yeah we got them. Left the 2 detectives unconscious with the guns and stuff and notes like you said."

"What detectives?"

"Jones and Thompson. Jones was with Hotchner and LaMontagne, Thompson was with Cruz and Morgan. Had to knock them out as well but we got Hotchner, LaMontagne, Cruz and Morgan."

"Suppose someone needed to raise the alarm. You guys knock them out good?"

"Yeah. Hotchner and LaMontagne were drugged in their coffees. Had to give them extra sedatives injection wise 5 minutes ago. That's knocked them out cold again. Cruz and Morgan were injected. Had to give them a top up dose 5 minutes ago but they too are knocked out cold. The 2 detectives should be waking up about now to find us and their friends long gone. Kept the handcuffs like you asked for. Left the rest of their stuff including guns, wallets and cell phones with the detectives. Left the 3 credentials and the detective's shield with them too."

"Good, good. Bring them down to the basement guys. I got the chains ready."

The 2 teams quickly carried Hotch, Will, Matt and Morgan, all unconscious and out cold, down the basement steps where 4 chains were on a post running above their heads. Before starting, they pulled off Hotch and Matt's suit jackets and ties, and undid the top button of their shirts and pulled off the shoes from all 4 men, just in case they tried to escape. They put Matt at one end, putting his own handcuffs on his hands and connecting the chain to the handcuffs. Doing the same to the others, next to Matt, they put Hotch, next to Hotch they put Will and at the other end next to Will they put Morgan. All 4 were wearing their own handcuffs and had their handcuffed hands connected to the chain wrapped on the post above their heads so that they were standing upright with their hands and arms above their heads, unable to move. The unsub and his friends then waited until the drugs started wearing off.

Hotch started waking up first, feeling extremely groggy and like the room was spinning. His whole body felt heavy and he felt really weird. He felt like he just wanted to sleep. He remembered sitting in the house drinking coffee whilst talking to a man about the case they were working and then him, Will and Detective Jones, feeling extremely weird, groggy and blacking out so fast they didn't have time to react. At the same time as Hotch was starting to come round, Will, Matt and Morgan also started to come around from the drugs, all feeling the same symptoms of being extremely groggy, like the room was spinning, like their whole body was so heavy and like all they wanted to do was sleep. As Hotch's vision returned slowly, he saw he was no longer in the house they'd been in and instead were in some kind of basement. There was a man sitting in a chair smiling at them and men standing around him looking at them. He glanced side ways and saw to his horror, Matt stood to his right, Will stood to his left and Morgan stood next to Will. When he tried to move his hands, he realised to his horror, they were in handcuffs and chained above his head. He could see the others were the same way and that the other 3 were slowly also coming around. He realised they'd all been drugged.

"Who the hell are you and where are we?"

"Hello to you too Agent Hotchner. You probably know me best as the unsub."

"Hotch? Where are we? And who the hell are you?" Will finally took stock of his surroundings.

"Hello to you too Detective LaMontagne. Your 2 friends are also waking up now….."

"Hotch, what are you doing here? And where are we? Morgan wake up!"

"Where the hell are we Hotch? And what are you guys doing here? You guys went to the other house…"

"We've been set up Morgan. Who the hell are you?"

"I'm the unsub guys. Or you guys may call me sir…."

"Unsub? You're the guy we've been looking for?"

"That's right. Now I got you guys."

"What the hell do you want from us?"

"To know what you know. Everything you know. About the case you guys have on me? And how no one will ever find me…."

"You won't get away with this you bastard!"

"Just watch your language Morgan!"

"It's AGENT Morgan to you! We're FBI Agents and Will here is a high ranked police detective!"

"Will is it?"

"Detective LaMontagne to you, you bastard!"

"So they call you Hotch do they Hotchner?"

"It's AGENT Hotchner to you!"

"Where the hell are we you bastard?"

"Your at my house, in my basement!"

"So what house were me and Matt in?"

"Whose Matt? Oh is that you Cruz?"

"It's AGENT Cruz to you!"

"We're already becoming friends then! Matt, Hotch, Will, Morgan…."

"We're not your friends! Let us go!"

"After all the trouble I took in getting you guys here? No way in hell! You guys remember the case you were working on against me? Remember what I did to the others?"

"You're a sick bastard! That's the only reason you did anything!"

"I just wanted information from them all. That's all."

"What information could you possibly want from those innocent people?"

"Innocent were they? Not according to them. First one shoplifted once, second beat someone up, third cheated, fourth spent a night in jail on indecent exposure charges, fifth was a liar, 6th cheated on his wife twice, and the last cheated on her husband with a doctor friend of his. So none were innocent. And neither are you guys."

"We haven't ever done anything like that! We're law enforcement."

"I know you Matt and you Morgan are womanisers, I know you're a lousy dad whose never home for his son Hotch, and I know you're a weird one for wanting to spend 2 years as a stay at home dad and has to be less of a man to let his wife work to support him and to let his wife rule the roost. I know the only woman you see Hotch is that sister in law of yours and that your brother has been in trouble with the law for drugs and assault charges."

"Hotch isn't a lousy dad. He's a great dad!"

"Then why are you never home to see your son if your such a great dad Hotch?"

"Cos I have to work as Unit Chief at the BAU and go away on cases a lot. But I love my son and my son loves me and I do my best for him. When I'm away, his aunt looks after him so I always make sure there's someone to take care of him when I can't. But I hate leaving him every time and I wish I could be home all the time for him. But he understands and he wants me to go out and catch the bad guys as he calls them. He wants me to work at the BAU. He loves me so much that I'm his hero. That's how great a dad I am to him! So you can say what you like but I know I'm a great dad to my son."

"I also know you've killed a guy. Beaten him to death isn't that right?"

"To protect and save my son, I beat a serial killer to death to stop him from killing my son and other people. FBI called it justifiable homicide but it was. If I had let him live, he would have killed Jack and a lot more people. He wouldn't have stopped."

"Oh yeah, that's your son isn't it? Jack?"

"You stay the hell away from Jack! I mean it! I'll kill you myself if you go anywhere near him!"

"How in the world would you do that when your tied and chained up? You're helpless Hotch! And you know it. And unless there's reason too, your son is safe for now. If you guys give me what I want I promise I'll leave your son and your son Will alone. I don't mess with kids. Even I have standards. Now I know those sedatives we gave you will be making you thirsty so guys why don't you help our captives have a good drink of water?"

"Sure boss."

"You stay the hell away from us!"

"We're only gonna help you drink water. It's either that or you go thirsty."

"Help how?"

"Well we'll hold the bottle and you drink. Sorry but got no straws. But you do get a bottle each. And cos you don't know when you might next be getting water, I'd suggest you drink the whole bottle. If you want more, we can give you more."

"Hotch we might as well let them help us drink. If it's only water it won't kill us."

"Fine but it better only be water. Nothing sinister."

"We promise. You can even watch us break the seal on the bottles we'll give you."

"Guys let's just have a drink. I am thirsty anyway…"

"Fine."

The 4 of them were then made to drink a bottle of water each as the other guys held the bottles to their mouths and poured it slowly down their throats, letting the captives swallow.

"Seeing as I am a kind man, I'll have my guys give you a bottle every say 2 or 3 hours to make sure you guys stay hydrated? They'll even help you guys eat. But in return for the food and water and kind help you'll be getting in getting them into you, you will co operate. The worse your refusal and non co-operation, the worse the punishment. It can go from hitting, to thrashes with a belt, both of which get harder the worse the punishment, it can esculate to withdrawal of food and even water and can go up to having pipes shoved up your backsides. That's how much I had to do to get information from the others. I am willing to do that to you. Any questions?"

"Yeah, we gonna stay chained like this all the time?"

"Yeah. Why what were thinking? I'd take the risk of releasing you? You'll stay like that til I've finished or your team find you, whichever comes first. Oh and if you still refuse to co operate with a pipe up your backside, some of my guys do go the other way and are big, so they are willing to rape for information if it comes to it."

"We're all straight. There's no way you guys are doing that to us. You come near any of our backsides and you'll be so sorry."

"Is that so Hotch? You do realise you can't do a single thing to stop us?"

"Oh and you forgot one thing boss."

"What's that then?"

"You forgot to tell them how they'll stay chained 24 seven and won't be able to use the bathroom…"

"Oh yeah, thanks Tim. That's right guys, not only will you give me the information I want and not only will you stay chained until your team find you, but there's no way we'll release you if you need to relieve yourself. Like the children you are, until your team find you or I kill you, your pants will be your bathroom. We don't care if you stand around in wet and soiled pants and clothing. We got air fresheners to spray in the air. We might hose you down if we choose to. Seeing as it's almost lunchtime, I will be kind and let you guys eat first before I start the interrogations. These nice men will feed you. If I promise there is nothing in the food and nothing sinister about the food, will you agree to at least eat? That way you at least have the strength to stand up to questioning and will answer my questions."

"Guys what do you think?"

"Can we ask what food it will be?"

"Fair enough. It will have to be easy food to feed you so it'll be mac n cheese. It can be cooked in bulk, nd it's cheap enough for me to feed you guys. To make meals a little more interesting, how about mac n cheese for lunch and then chicken and potatoes at dinner? I promise there will be nothing in the food to worry about. I simply want you to have the strength to stand up to my questioning. But remember, the more you refuse and give me trouble, the bigger the risk food will be withdrawn. Each meal we'll feed you then have you drink a bottle of water. That should keep you going. In return I want answers. And I won't give up until I get them, no matter how harsh I have to be or how long the questioning will go on for. Oh and I know you guys are all friends so one will be questioned, whilst one of your friends is being beaten and tortured. If you care about your friend, you will answer. But each of you will be taking turns in the beating and torturing whilst another is being questioned. If even one makes me punish harder, I will punish everyone harder so if it comes to someone having food withdrawn, all of you will go hungry, if it comes to having a pipe shoved inside you, all of you will endure the punishment. Catch my drift? Good. Come on guys lets go and give our captives a little rest before lunch and the first session…."

The unsub and the men all disappeared upstairs to let the 4 chained men absorb everything that had happened and they'd been told.

"Can you believe this guy Hotch? He thinks we can tell him everything about the case. What the hell are we gonna do?"

"We'll do our best to stand up against anything Morgan. Just concentrate on staying alive I guess til Dave and the others find us."

"Which could be days Hotch. He can do anything in days."

"At least he'll feed and water us. That's something Morgan. At least mac n cheese isn't too bad. Me and Will have to eat it all the time, you eat it a lot. And since knowing the boys, you Matt have eaten it quite a bit. So it's food we can eat. We concentrate on saving our strength and staying alive, we'll get through this. But we stand together. We'll have to anything we can to ensure each other makes it through each day. The BAU is family. Family look out for one another and take care of each other. We make sure each other makes it through each day and is okay and we look out for one another, we'll make it. We'll do everything we can to avoid telling them anything. We can tell him lies for sure if that's what makes him happy and eases any torture or punishment."

"But if we refuse to co operate, he's gonna use that pipe Hotch. There's no way in hell he's getting near me with that pipe!"

"We won't let it get that far Will. Promise. We'll lie our heads off when he questions us. If we tell him something, he might not beat or torture the other person, at least as badly. We'll do everything we can to protect each other and to avoid the other person getting hurt okay? I don't know what he'll ask us but once we figure out what he wants, maybe, just maybe we can plan on what lies to tell him each day. We simply have to hold out until Dave and the others get here. Hopefully it won't be long. They'll figure stuff out and find us. I just hope he doesn't try to get to Jack, Jess and Henry. They're the vulnerable ones in all this."

"Dave will make sure they get the protection they need. Don't worry Aaron. They'll be fine. You do realise although he said he'd been in trouble with the law, he didn't say anything about Sean living at Jess's, so he probably doesn't know about Sean moving to Quantico or even working at the Plaza. Could be whatever information he's got isn't completely up to date, where ever the hell he's getting it from."

"Probably hacked into some system database. Garcia can do it, probably so can he."

"But that doesn't make him smarter than us. See how many lies he falls for first, then we know how far we can push him. We test him, he tests us. We figure out a way to survive, to put up with anything he puts us through, we figure out how we might be able to trick him and we do everything we can not to let him win. We stick together no matter what. We do that we'll survive and get out of here. We just have to hold out until they find us. When they do, who wants first crack at this guy?"

"I do."

"Me first Hotch. I can break him."

"No I can do worse. I can make him pee his pants in fear!"

"Oh yeah, the Hotch stare. It's legend!"

"But your right Hotch, we'll stick together and look out for and after each other. We're family anyway. Bet he doesn't understand how the BAU is family. Probably just thinks we're a team that work together."

"He didn't mention anything about the BAU family."

"Probably cos outside the BAU and it's family, no one really knows and it's not in any database. He thinks we're friends not family. Families stick together no matter what. We're with you Aaron. Right guys?"

"Too right. Let's beat this guy at his own game Hotch. We're with you Hotch. We'll stick together. We'll survive."

"Will's right Hotch, let's lie and trick this guy and stick together. Do that and we'll be okay. We still got everything but our hands. Rossi, J.J and the guys will find us. I'm sure of it. They got baby girl helping them. She can do anything. We're with you Hotch. We'll stick together, no matter what. This guy won't break us."

"Thanks Morgan. Thanks Matt, thanks Will. Let's test him and let him test us. We'll make sure we test how far we can push it before he risks moving to any severe stuff okay? Seems like he'll only use that pipe on us as the worst punishment and torture. We can take beatings, we can survive most things. I promise you guys, I won't let it get as far as the pipe. Dave and the guys will find us soon, we just have to hang on and give them a little time. It won't take them long, not with people like Garcia helping them and Reid's brain."

"Too right Hotch. With baby girl and pretty boy on the case, it won't take them long."

"How long do you guys reckon we'll be chained up for though?"

"Maybe a couple of days at most. Why Will?"

"You do remember what they said about being chained up 24 seven don't you?"

"Yeah, that they wouldn't release us for any reason, including bathroom use. Why?"

"Means we gotta use our pants….."

"I know and that's something I'm not looking forward to. At least us 4 all went by the men's room on our way to the houses so we should be okay for a while that way…"

"Yeah I'm just dreading it."

"So are both me and Morgan."

"Yeah definitely."

"So am I but we'll hold on for as long as we can but as they say, when you gotta go, you gotta go. Right?"

"But then our pants will be wet for hours!"

"Only go when you have to Morgan but yeah I know, but there's nothing anyone can do about that. We'll have to pee at some point, probably more than once, especially if they keep giving us food and water."

"Hotch, peeing my pants I can deal with. What about if your regular the other way?"

"Try and hold it? I'm regular that way too before a shower each morning but I can hold it and we'll just do our best to hold onto anything that way unless we're really desperate and can't wait any longer. I'm gonna plan not to do that and to hold anything in. I'll only pee my pants if I have to but I'm not looking forward to even that Matt."

"None of us are Aaron. We'll just have to hope the others find us real soon."

"They'd better…"