Meanwhile back at the unsub's house, the 4 of them immediately tensed up and were on their guard when they heard voices and a door open and saw the unsub and his friends coming back down the stairs. They were carrying 4 trays, each with a plateful of mac n cheese and 2 bottles of water on them. The 4 men watched warily as the unsub and the others approached them.
"Why so tense guys? I bought you guys some lunch. Of course my men will have to feed you but I promise there's nothing sinister in the food. It's simply mac n cheese. Bought you guys more water too. So will you let my guys feed you? Or will you give me trouble in which case, you'll not only go without the food and water but you'll get to feel the belt and some fists."
"We'll co operate. Can I just ask what we can call you? You know our names and claim we're friends. So do you have a name we can call you? And do your friends have names we can call them?"
"Fair enough as we are friends, you can call me Tony. These guys are, from left to right, Thomas, Gary, Toby, the 3 guys who took you and Morgan, Matt, Eric, Mike and Andy, the 3 guys who took you Hotch and you Will. Gary and Eric here are brothers. Kinda like you and your brother Sean Hotch. Thomas, you feed Matt, Eric, you feed Hotch, Andy, you feed Will and Gary you feed Morgan. You guys better not give us any trouble. Toby you help Matt and Hotch drink the water after, Mike you do the same with Will and Morgan."
The 4 of them then had to endure being fed the lunch of mac n cheese and being made to drink both the bottles of water each. After lunch was over, whilst Toby and Mike took the empty trays upstairs, the unsub and the others stayed down with their captives.
"Okay now lunch is over with, it's time for the first interrogation to begin. You guys will all watch each other being interrogated and I've changed my mind by the way. The person being questioned will be the person getting the punishment, though I might use others to help get the answers I want. Okay."
"We won't tell you anything!"
"Oh won't you? I think all you guys need a little lesson BEFORE the first interrogation starts…"
Tony then went behind Matt and started to whack Matt hard with the belt in his hand all over Matt's back. At first Matt refused to show pain but by the end he was shouting out in pain every time the belt hit him. When he'd decided Matt had had enough, he moved on to Hotch and started to whack him hard on the back with the belt over and over again. At first, although the belt hitting him hurt like hell, Aaron refused to show any pain or fear to this guy but Tony kept on until Hotch started to cry out in pain every time he was hit by the belt. By the time Tony had decided Hotch had had enough, Aaron felt like his back was on fire and felt pain from each place the belt had come into contact with him on his back. Matt felt the same. Tony then did the same to Will and Morgan until all 4 of them felt like their backs were on fire and were in pain from the beating. But all 4 of them still refused to show this guy any weakness and, even though their backs felt like they were on fire, they all stood tall and showed no pain, simply putting up with the pain they were in.
"Are you guys gonna co operate now?"
"Go to hell!"
"By the time I'm finished with you guys, that's where you'll be wishing you were Morgan!"
"We still won't tell you anything!"
"Won't you Hotch? You know since he's seen you, Eric here has been thinking about you. He turns both ways you know. Eric why don't you show Hotch here, how much power and control we have over each of them? You've been wanting to feel him up…"
"You stay the hell away from me you bastard!"
"Yeah stay the hell away from us! We're not gay bastards like you!"
"Hey Gary, didn't you say you were wanting to feel Matt up? Why don't you and your brother go show the 2 boss men we got here, how little power they have over us?"
"Gladly…"
The 4 them could only watch in fear as Gary approached Matt and Eric went up to Hotch. With his hands chained above his head, Aaron felt helpless but still tried to squirm and move away as Eric moved towards his crotch area.
"Stay the hell away from me you bastard!"
Meanwhile Matt was doing his best to keep his crotch and legs away from Gary's grasp, moving and squirming to avoid Gary getting near him, but there was only so much movement he could make with his hands and arms chained above his head.
"Thomas go hold Matt still will you? Andy hold Hotch still will you?"
The 2 men continued to try and fight off Eric and Gary as Andy went to stand behind Aaron and Thomas went to stand behind Matt. Suddenly Aaron felt Andy hit him in the back of the legs before sliding his arms around Aaron's waist and pulling Aaron against him, holding Aaron tightly in his grasp. Thomas hit Matt hard on the backs of his legs before he pulled and held Matt against him. With both unable to move, they felt helpless but still tried kicking out as Gary and Eric again approached them. Aaron felt Eric's dirty hands feel him up through his pants and squeeze hard, making Aaron give a little cry in pain as he still tried to squirm away from Eric's grasp on him. Aaron then felt even more helpless as Eric slid down the zipper on his pants and slid his right hand inside the open fly. Aaron squirmed like mad as he felt Eric's hand feel his crotch through his underpants.
"Get your filthy hands off me you bastard! I'm not gay like you!"
Eric squeezed him hard, making Aaron cry out in pain as he felt Eric squeeze his stuff hard. Matt, Morgan and Will winced and could only watch on in horror as Eric had his hand inside Hotch's pants.
"Ooh you feel big Hotch. I need to see how big you are!"
"Get the hell away from me you gay bastard!"
"What you gonna do to stop me big guy?" Eric had a smile on his face as he withdrew his hand from inside Hotch's open pants fly and undid Hotch's belt and pants button and pulled his pants and underpants down to around his knees, exposing Aaron to the whole room whilst Andy kept a firm grip on him and held him tight and with his hands chained above his head, Aaron now felt helpless. Matt, Morgan and Will kept shouting out at Eric to get his hands off of Hotch and to leave him alone but it made no difference. Aaron squirmed like mad and did his best to avoid it but he felt and saw Eric's hands slide onto his stuff and feel him up. Before letting go, Eric squeezed Aaron's stuff hard, making him cry out in real pain from his crotch. Finally for Aaron it was over and Eric pulled his underpants and then his pants back up and did back up the button, zipper and belt. Meanwhile, Gary, who had been watching, then turned to Matt.
"Your turn now big boy! Let's see what you got to hide…"
"Get the hell away from me you bastard! You touch me and you're dead! I mean it!"
"You can't do a single thing Mr big section chief. Let's see how big the section chief really is…."
The others could only watch in horror and Matt felt helpless as he felt Gary's dirty hands slide over his pants crotch and feel him through his pants. He cried out in pain as Gary squeezed his stuff hard. He tried squirming away out of Gary's hands as Gary slid down his pants zipper and slid his hand inside Matt's pants and felt Matt through his underpants. Matt tried squirming and moving away like crazy. The others were shouting to Gary to get his hands off of Matt, but it made no difference. The others winced as Matt cried out in pain as Gary squeezed his stuff hard through his underpants. Then, like Eric had done with Hotch, Gary undid Matt's belt and pants button and pulled the pants and underpants down to around Matt's knees, exposing Matt to the whole room. With Matt doing his best to squirm and move away from Gary's hands, and the others shouting for Gary to leave Matt alone, Matt felt and watched in horror as Gary slid his dirty hands around his stuff and began to feel him up before making Matt give a huge cry of pain as he squeezed Matt's stuff as hard as he could. The others could only wince in pain. Aaron again felt the pain that Eric had caused him as he helplessly watched and heard Gary cause Matt a lot of pain. Finally the assault was over. Gary pulled Matt's underpants and pants up and did back up the pants and belt but now both Matt and Aaron felt so dirty and felt real pain in their crotch as Andy and Thomas let go of them and they, Gary and Eric returned to stand behind Tony sitting in his chair.
"YOU BASTARDS! You assaulted us for your own sick pleasure! You are so gonna pay for that!"
"And how will you make us pay Hotch with your hands chained?"
"When I get free, I am gonna kill you myself!"
"And when I get free, I am gonna kill you, you bastard Gary! You guys had no right to do that!"
"We have every right. We can do what the hell we like. There's nothing you guys can do to stop us!"
"You bastards! You are sickos!"
"Sickos are we Morgan? Eric, Gary, Thomas, Andy, why not compare the other 2?"
"We'd love to boss!"
"GET THE HELL AWAY FROM US YOU BASTARDS! YOU'RE NOT GETTING YOUR FILTHY HANDS ANYWHERE NEAR US!"
"Shut your mouths Morgan!"
"You stay the hell away from me you bastard!"
"Will, we can do what the hell we like to you. Now SHUT THE HELL UP!"
"Go to hell!"
"You guys stay away from them. You got what you wanted already. Leave them alone!"
"No way Hotch, we need to see if either of them match up to you! Matt you're definitely not quite as big as Hotch here…."
"You stay the hell away from them you sick bastards!"
"Shut up Matt!"
"No way in hell!"
With Thomas holding a squirming, fighting Morgan still, Eric did the same to Morgan as he'd done to Hotch, causing Morgan a lot of pain, whilst Morgan tried his best to fight Eric off and shouted and everything but still was forced to cry out in pain as Eric first felt him through his jeans before undoing his jeans zipper and sliding a hand inside to feel Morgan up before undoing Morgan's belt and jeans completely and exposing Morgan to the room to feel him up. Throughout the assault, Morgan tried in vain to fight Eric off, just like Matt and Hotch had done during their assaults, whilst Matt, Aaron and Will, who had Andy holding him tightly against himself and Gary standing in front of him, shouted and swore at Eric to get his filthy hands off of Morgan. All 3 winced in pain as Eric squeezed Morgan's stuff hard before it was over and he pulled Morgan's underpants and jeans back up and did back up the jeans and belt. Then Will, fighting like mad and doing his best to squirm away, was assaulted by Gary in exactly the same way, first through his pants, then with Gary's hand inside his open pants fly and then finally having his pants and underpants pulled down, being exposed to the room and having Gary feel and squeeze his stuff hard. Will cried out in pain louder than the others but couldn't help it as it hurt him so much. He was so glad when it was over and Gary pulled his underpants and pants back up and did back up his pants and belt. Only then did Andy let go of Will and Thomas let go of Morgan and they, Gary and Eric returned to behind Tony.
All 4 of them now felt so dirty and had pain in their crotch but all 4 of them were furious at Eric, Gary, the unsub Tony and the others.
"YOU BASTARDS!"
"YEAH YOU GUYS ARE SICKOS!"
"IF HOTCH DOESN'T KILL YOU FIRST, I WILL YOU BASTARD ERIC!"
"I SO WANNA KILL YOU YOU BASTARD GARY! YOU ARE A SICKO! BOTH OF YOU!"
"Was your dad a paedophile or something? Or simply a sicko child molestor?"
"Our dad loved us!"
"And was that how he showed you love?"
"He never touched us!"
"So how did he show you his love?"
"Proved it to each of us every night! But he wasn't a paedophile! He was our dad! And now shut the hell up Hotch! Oh by the way, your still the biggest, though Morgan you aren't far behind."
"Will, surprisingly, you are just slightly smaller than Matt, but Matt you are a good size."
"Now will you answer questions? Now you realise how helpless you guys really are?"
"You can go to hell you bastard!"
"Where do you think you are now?"
Tony got up and went to stand in front of Matt.
"So tell me Matt, what do you know about the case?"
"Go to hell you bastard!"
Tony balled up his fist and punched Matt hard in the crotch, making Matt bend over forwards and cry out in pain and moved to stand in front of Hotch, asking him the same question and getting the same response. He punched Hotch hard in the crotch, making him bend over forwards and cry out in pain before moving onto Will, getting the same response from Will, whose punishment was the same, a hard punch to the crotch. After getting the same response from Morgan, who, in turn, was punished by a hard punch to the crotch, he nodded to Thomas and Eric who moved to Matt, unhooked the chain on his hands and held Matt tight as they dragged him in front of the other 3 and Tony went to stand behind him, belt ready in his hand.
"Now tell me Matt, when did you guys get here?"
"Go to hell!"
Tony whacked Matt hard across the back as Thomas and Eric held him tight. Tony kept repeating the question, getting the same answer, and each answer earned Matt a hard whack on the back and the back of his legs with the belt. But Matt wouldn't give in, even when Tony began to whack the belt really hard across his backside. The others could only watch in horror as Matt was beaten with the belt but still refused to talk. They were so proud of Matt. Finally, out of fury, Tony stopped asking questions and simply started hitting Matt over and over again on his already extremely painful back with the belt. Although he was forced to give cries of pain, Matt still stood tall. Finally the unsub gave in and Matt was dragged back and his hands rechained above his head.
"Your turn Hotch!" Thomas and Eric unhooked Hotch's chains and dragged him to where Matt had been standing. As they held Hotch tight, Tony stood behind Hotch with his belt.
"Tell me! What did you find out about the last victim?"
"I'm not telling you anything! You can go to hell!"
Tony whacked the belt as hard as he could across Hotch's back and asked him the same question. Getting the same answer. He whacked the belt across Hotch's back and asked him again and again. Everytime Hotch gave the same answer and refused to bow to the unsub. He stood tall and took a lot of pain as he was whacked hard wih the belt over and over again on his back, on his backside and the backs of his legs and didn't show anything until the unsub got fed up and simply started beating him with the belt. Until then he stood tall and defiant. The others were so proud of Hotch. They could see the pain being caused in Hotch's eyes, but he refused to show the unsub and his men any pain or weakness. When the unsub got fed up and simply started to beat Hotch with the belt, it was only on the last couple of hits that Hotch gave small cries of pain. He'd held out til then and the others were so proud of him.
"Let's try the tough guy next, see how much he can put up with!" Thomas and Eric dragged Hotch back and rechained his hands above his head. Even after both he and Matt were chained back up, they still stood tall and refused to show any sign of pain, even though their backs were on fire, their backsides hurt like hell and the backs of their legs hurt so much they could barely stand, but they kept standing tall and stayed looking strong and defiant. Thomas and Eric dragged Morgan to the middle of the room and Tony began trying to question Morgan, asking him again and again the same question and getting the same answer.
"What did you find out about me?"
"You think I'm gonna tell you that you bastard! Go to hell!"
Morgan endured whack after whack of the belt across his back, backside and the backs of his legs but, like Hotch and Matt, he refused to show any pain. Tony was hitting harder than he'd been hitting Hotch but still Morgan refused to bow and show any weakness or pain. Even when the unsub got fed up and simply started beating Morgan over and over with the belt, Morgan never gave in and only on the last hit with the belt did he let out a small cry of pain. Until then, even though it had hurt like hell, he refused to show any sign of pain or weakness. The Hotch and Matt were so proud of Morgan for putting up with a beating longer than they'd each endured. Finally Thomas and Eric dragged Morgan back and re chained his hands above his head.
"Now time for the weakling detective!"
"I'm not weak and I'm not giving you anything you bastard! Do what the hell you like, I'm standing with my friends. My TRUE friends!"
"Let's see how tough you really are against me!"
The other 3, all in pain but all standing tall and defiant and standing like nothing hurt and refusing to show a single sign of weakness and pain, were amazed at Will's defiance and how much he put up with as the unsub asked him again and again what he knew about the case. Will just kept repeating for him to go to hell. Tony kept whacking him so hard across the back, his backside and the backs of his legs but Will never gave in, never showed one sign of pain and just kept telling them to go to hell. The other 3 were so proud of Will. By the time it was over the unsub was so furious, he whacked Will so hard with the belt across his back that Will eventually had to cry out in pain, but it was the first sign of pain he'd shown, even though, like the others, his back felt like it was on fire.
"You guys WILL answer my questions! I'll be back real soon for round 2. Next time the punishment will be worse!"
Thomas and Eric dragged Will back to between Hotch and Morgan and re chained his hands above his head before they all left the 4 men alone in the basement. Only when they were left alone, did they all give in to the pain and half collapse against their chains.
"How is everyone holding up?"
"My back's on fire! My legs hurt so much and I know I won't be able to sit down for a week!"
"Same here Matt."
"I'm the same too Hotch! What about you Will?"
"Are there flames coming off my back? Feels like it's on fire! Hurts so much. My legs are killing me and my backside hurts so bad."
"You were amazing though Will. You put up with all that? We are so proud of you for that."
"You guys were amazing. YOU guys put up with the same beatings. I'm definitely proud to call you guys my true friends and be part of your BAU family. Morgan how the hell you put up with all that. He beat you worse than Hotch and Matt."
"Yeah Morgan, you were amazing too. He was clearly hitting harder than what he'd done to me. I'm so proud to call you my friend and have you on my team. You clearly are a tough guy."
"I'm so proud to have you as unit chief Hotch. You put up with so much, he was hitting you so hard. I could see the pain in your eyes he was causing you but you never let in til right at the end. Matt, I'm so proud to call you our section chief. You put up with so much and stood tall throughout it. So did you Hotch. You took so much Matt."
"Morgan's right Matt, I'm proud to call you our section chief and proud to have you as a friend and BAU family member. You stood tall throughout that and never let in. Morgan you stood tall too. And put up with so much. Will you were the best. You stood tall, you were so defiant throughout it all and how you put up with what seemed like the worst beating and never gave in til the last hit is beyond me. Morgan's right. We are so proud to call you our friend."
"I agree with Aaron, Will, you were amazing. It's an honour to call you my friend and to know you. Hotch, it's an honour and I'm so proud to have you as the unit chief. You stood tall throughout it and never gave in. Morgan, you belong with Hotch's team for sure. I for one am proud to have you as part of the BAU. You took so much but stood so tall. I'm actually so proud of all you 3."
"I'm proud to call you my true friend Matt. You put up with so much but stood so tall. I'm proud of all you 3 guys. You guys gave me the confidence to stand up against all that."
"I'm just so proud all you 3. You guys were amazing."
"I'm so proud of all you guys. No matter what he did, you guys stood so tall. I bet if we keep this up, he won't hear anything but he'll just keep doing the same thing over and over like he did with the belt. I know now we can take anything he can throw at us."
"Your right Hotch, we can take anything. We stand up to him, he won't get what he wants and we'll probably only have to put up with this for a day or two til Dave and the guys find us."
"I'm with you there Hotch. I'll put up with anything. I know we all can put up with anything."
"I agree Will, we can put up with anything. I'm with you Aaron. Let's show this guy how tough and better than him we really are! And no Will, there aren't flames coming out your back. Feels like my back is on fire too!"
"When do you think he'll be back for round 2 Hotch?"
"Not sure. Could be anytime. Why Morgan?"
"Cos I wanna kill him!"
"Think we all do Morgan!
Although they were still wearing their watches, none of them could see the time on their own watch.
"Hey can anyone see anyone's watch at all? Can't see it myself but just wondering what the time is."
"Will's watch says 3."
"Already? That interrogation session went on for a while then. Seemed like it went on forever."
"He did beat us all first and then his sicko friends did assault us."
"Oh yeah THAT! That's one thing I'm never telling anyone about."
"Me neither."
"Same here Hotch."
"Me too."
Suddenly 4 men appeared back down in the basement. The 4 of them stood tall and defiant once again.
"Boss has ordered us to give you guys a drink before the next interrogation!"
"Fine. We don't mind water."
After being forced to each drink a bottle of water, they were left alone in the basement again.
"Er I got a problem Hotch. That coffee we drank plus the water they've been giving us is making itself felt…and not in a good way….."
"You gotta pee too Will?"
"Yeah but I think I can hold it for a while."
Aaron had been starting to feel pressure in his bladder since just before the men appeared and gave them a drink.
"I'd rather hold it than have wet pants but on the other hand I don't know when their coming back."
"Same here Hotch. Been needing to go since we were left alone after the first interrogation."
Suddenly Matt began to squirm a little.
"You need to go too Matt?"
"Yeah, although we went by the men's room on the way out of the station, I did drink a bottle of water on the drive to the house. Actually felt an urge since before the unsub left us alone. But it has been over 5 hours since we used the men's room at the station. And since then I have drunk a total of 5 bottles of water. 4 of which they've made us drink."
"Oh man I gotta go too. Damn water….."
"You too Morgan?"
"Yeah I too drank a bottle of water on the drive to the house. But I was thirsty and it was hot."
"Okay time for round 2 guys!"
They all decided to hold on and do their best not to show they needed the bathroom. During round 2 of questioning, he kept them chained up but kept asking each of them the same question. Getting the same response each time. He kept whacking them so hard across the backs of their legs. He was hitting harder than the first round but none of them gave in to anything and just kept repeating for him to go to hell. He changed tactic slightly and tried whacking the belt across their stomachs and chests but still they wouldn't give in. They were focusing so much on enduring the beatings and standing up against the unsub that they ignored their full bladders and refused to let the unsub and his men show that, by the time the round 2 was over, they were all desperate for the bathroom. It was only after the unsub and his men left them alone, that they relaxed enough. By now their bladders were screaming with need for relief. They were all squirming and trying to hold on, even Aaron, who normally never showed desperation.
"Everyone doing okay?"
"I'm doing okay in terms of the beatings. But oh man I so gotta take a piss."
"Me too Morgan. I'm putting up with the beatings but I'm bursting for a pee!"
"I'm doing okay except I have to use the bathroom so badly."
"I think we're gonna have to go for it guys. I can't wait much longer. I have to pee so badly too."
"You mean go in our pants Hotch?"
"We don't have a choice Will. I for one know I can't hold it forever."
"But then our pants will be wet for ages!"
"Either we go out of choice or we'll wet our pants anyway out of need."
"I can't hold it guys. Sorry….oh man this is horrible!" They looked and saw Matt's pants go dark as he emptied his full bladder.
Will went quiet as he found he too couldn't hold on and let go and wet his own pants. Both he and Matt were then standing in soaking wet underwear and pants, knowing they'd be wet for ages before they would start to dry off. Desperate for the toilet, Aaron reluctantly let go into his own pants, feeling disgusting and dirty but having no choice. By the time his bladder was empty, his underpants and pants were soaking wet, so were his socks. He now had to stand there in soaking wet pants. Morgan stood squirming badly with need. Finally need gave out and he too stood and wet his underpants and jeans badly. Although they all felt relief, they now all felt dirty, wet and horrible and they stank of urine as they stood in their soaking wet pants.
"Oh man, these pants aren't gonna dry off for hours!"
"Least they dry off quicker than jeans Will! I'm not looking forward to the guy and his men coming back down here now!"
"Neither am I Morgan but we had no choice. When you gotta go, you gotta go, and at least it was only having to pee. There's no way in hell I'm doing anything else if I can help it. At least these pants will dry off eventually."
"Yeah but until then we gotta stand around in soaking wet pants stinking of our own piss. I so need a shower right now!"
"We all do Matt. First thing I'm doing when they rescue us is showering and changing clothes. Throwing these pants and underpants away for sure."
"Will be the same here. Man I hate being wet but I was bursting!"
"Same here. Oh man what they gonna say when they next come down here?"
"I don't know but we simply have to focus on standing up to them and not letting them win or see us weak. And if they try anything more than simple beatings and want to try anything their sick minds can think of, then we fight like hell okay? We do everything we can to stop them from doing it. And we just have to hope Dave and the guys find us soon."
"What else do you think they'll try Hotch? I mean I know about the pole thing and they've already assaulted us."
"That Gary and that Eric are so weird and sick minded, who knows what they'll try. All the guys are taking orders off of Tony. He says, they do. What if when Tony's not around them, we try to convince them how they shouldn't listen to Tony? We can try to turn them against him. Might not work but I reckon it's worth giving it a shot. Could even turn them against each other. They spend more time fighting amongst themselves, they'll spend less time with us and we won't have endure as much as we might."
"You mean turn them against each other to save our own skins? I'm up for that."
"And maybe if we do that, they might go and make some serious mistake and give Rossi and the guys the clues they need."
"That's so true. And me and you Morgan are profilers. We can use our knowledge and brains against them, especially seeing as they don't seem to have brains."
"So true. We're up for it. Me and Will might not be trained profilers, but we'll follow your lead and we can do it too."
"Sure Matt. We might as well have some fun. Hey Morgan what does the time say on Will's watch now?"
"4.30?"
"And you know how so far we're giving that Tony nothing?"
"Yeah."
"You know how we can lie our heads off? Why don't we do that. We can tell him anything and he'll believe us. He doesn't know."
"So true Morgan, might mean he sticks to simple beatings if we tell him something, even if its completely false!"
Just then there was some noise and 4 of the guys appeared downstairs with bottles of water.
"Orders from the boss to help you guys have a drink. I smell piss. You guys piss your pants?"
"When you gotta go, you gotta go and it's not like we got much other choice is it? Not like you guys have got choices you can make."
"We don't have choices. We follow orders."
"Tell me something Andy. Why?"
"Why what?"
"Why follow orders from Tony? When you're a grown man who can do as he pleases? I mean you could say no."
"Say no to Tony and he hits you. He's the boss."
"Why not just walk away and leave this house and go home instead of staying and following an order you don't wanna follow?"
"Cos he says he's got guys who will come and get me if I leave him."
"Don't you have a life of your own then? You know girlfriend, job, the usual? I know guys your age who've got kids. Or a dog. They spend weekends playing in the park, hanging out, having fun. They don't take orders from anyone except at work and that's only cos they got a job they do that they get paid for."
"This is my job."
"Oh yeah? Does Tony pay you?"
"No."
"Do you like being told what to do and following orders from Tony?"
"No, not really."
"Then if your not getting paid, you don't like being ordered about, why are you here? Why not just leave and live a life you want to?"
"Cos Tony says he's got men who will come find me if I do."
"What men? I know I've seen him, you, your friends, but from what we've figured on the case so far, Tony works alone and doesn't have men working for him. He obviously has you guys helping him out but we haven't found any sign of extra men. He's lying to you there. He doesn't have men who will come find you. Have you ever seen any sign of any of these men he talks about? Does he ever mention any one else's name or any names of any these so called men?"
"No, never seen anyone else or heard names. He just says he's got men."
"You realise that's the oldest lie in the book to scare someone? Tell them they got people who will come find them if they try to escape? It's used on witnesses all the time. We've know paedophiles who use it on their child victims all the time. Tell someone or try and escape and I got guys or ways finding you. It's so common to hear that lie given to people or children to scare them into staying put or keeping quiet. But there's never any real guys and the guy giving the threat never has any way of finding the person if they do escape. It's just a threat. Depends if the person is smart enough to figure out it's a lie or if the person is so scared they don't wanna run away."
"I'm smart and I'm not scared of Tony."
"Oh really?"
"Yeah, honest."
"If your smart, then surely you realise I'm telling the truth and Tony's lying to you?"
"Why would Tony lie to me?"
"To make you stay and stop you leaving of your own free will? You know that's a constitutional right you got? Free will to do as you choose."
"According to Tony, I don't have free will."
"Everyone has free will. It's a god given right in this country. As a adult your free to do what you want, choose what you do, you got free speech and free movement. Your free to make your own choices and go where you please."
"What about you guys? Do you have free will? And has Tony told you the same threat if you leave?"
"He tells each of us that all the time. None of us have free will here."
"Have any of you guys ever seen or heard any sign of any of these men he tells you he's got that will come find you?"
"No."
"Do you guys have free speech in this house? And free will? Can you say what you want and can you do and go where you want?"
"No, around Tony, we don't have free speech. And we don't have free will here. We have to say and do what Tony says."
"Are you guys humans or robots? Only robots do and say what someone says. If your human you got the right to free speech and free will. First amendment of the American constitution."
"We're human. We got rights to do and say as we please?"
"Yeah just like we got rights that mean you can't tell us to be quiet. Our rights are being violated by being held here chained up. But you guys are not in chains and are free to come and go. You guys are free to say and do what you want. You guys can leave at any time."
"No we can't. Tony says we can't."
"You know I am a lawyer and know the law? I know the law and constitution. EVERYONE has freedom of speech, freedom of movement, freedom of religion, freedom to peaceful protests, freedom and the right to bear arms, among other rights. Even kids have rights and freedoms and there are laws protecting kids. Like there are laws protecting our rights as adults. By denying you freedom of movement and speech in this house, Tony's breaking the law. If you guys don't believe me, go look up the constitution and see for yourself. Every US citizen has got the constitutional rights and is protected under the US constitution."
"So under this constitution, we are free to do and say as we please?"
"Yeah, like every US citizen and adult. You have the right to say what you want and do what you want. Tony can't stop you."
"And if you don't believe us, or believe me, a lawyer and a former prosecutor, then go look it up and you'll see we're telling the truth. You got every right and freedom to go look it up if you want. No one can stop you."
"And the freedom to say what you want and freedom to do what you want is just like how you can eat what foods you want and drink what drinks you want."
"How about we leave you guys to think on it? Let you decide for yourselves? You got every right to think for yourselves. It's another constitutional right to think for yourselves and make your own decisions. But until then, to help us, can we have a drink?"
"Oh yeah sure guys. We'll think about what you said."
"You might not want to tell Tony what we've said, otherwise he might get angry at you guys for realising you do have rights."
"We're not gonna tell Tony. We never thought about the fact we do have rights here. We'll think about it Hotch. Don't worry."
The men then helped the 4 of them drink the bottles of water before going to leave the captives alone. Before leaving they did turn around.
"Thank you by the way."
"What did we do?"
"You gave us the confidence and made us realise we do have rights and freedoms and don't have to listen to Tony."
"We're only telling you the truth and what we know. And if you don't believe us, you can go look up anything we've said and see it for yourselves."
"We believe you and when Tony's asleep, there's a law book in his living room. Two guys have to stay up all the time so we can look in the law book but we do believe you guys. Thanks. Oh and dinner will be in about an hour okay? We like you guys and we don't like the way Tony is treating you. We didn't like the way he treated the others."
"You guys don't like the way he's treating us? How does he treat you guys?"
"Like we're his slaves? He hits us and tells us what to do and he is nasty. Makes us sleep on the bare floor. There's only one bed here and it's his. We have to eat what Tony gives us and we can't drink anything more than water."
"You guys can leave at any time. And if you help us get out, we promise to help protect you guys for life from Tony and any men he claims he has. You guys help us, we'll help you. We can protect you from anything Tony might claim or want to try to do. Do you guys know what immunity is?"
"No, what's that?"
"In return for co operation in a trial, you could be granted immunity from prosecution. Means you can't be charged with a crime and are free men. We can keep you free men and protect you for life if we ever get free. And cos of the high ranking jobs me and Matt have and cos of the fact I got so many law contacts, I know the law and people listen to me, I can make sure it happens and that no one touches you guys and that you guys are protected from both Tony and prosecution. But you guys have to be willing to help us in return. We can promise to not let anything happen to you guys and keep you safe from Tony if you promise to help us if you realise we are telling the truth and if you guys believe us."
"We believe you, but let us think on it okay?"
"Sure no problem. So what is for dinner?"
"Chicken and potatoes. We guys have to eat the same food as you do."
"Oh right. Sounds okay. Thanks for the water by the way."
"No problem and we are sorry Tony's treating you guys like this."
"I got a question. Do any of you guys have cell phones or access to a phone?"
"Tony doesn't know it but we all got cell phones. Why?"
"If you guys wanna help us and end this, it would only take one call and Tony doesn't have to know who called anyone. We can give you a number of any of our friends. You either call or send a text and it can be over."
"Really? Simply by one call or text message?"
"Yeah. You guys said it yourselves, you hate the way Tony is treating us. Would you guys like it to end?"
"Yeah and we'd like our freedoms but if Tony has his way, that won't happen."
"We can help you make it happen. Tony doesn't have to know anyone called anyone. And if you guys don't want to speak to anyone, you can let any of us speak for you to whoever you want to call."
"We'll think about it okay? But we will think and we do want to help you guys. We just have to make sure Tony doesn't find out and we just wanna read the law book tonight to check up what you've told us. But we believe you when you say we got rights and we want our rights. Thanks guys. See you soon!"
They left the 4 captives alone and Matt, Aaron, Will and Morgan all knew, without having to say anything, that they'd got to the men.
"Guys we're getting out of here! If we get them to help us, there's every chance we'll only be here for another day at most."
"I can't believe how easy it was to convince those guys to help us. They really don't have any freedom here do they?"
"Not according to Tony they don't. But according to the law they do. And once they realise and find out we're telling the truth about their rights, they'll help us. I can't believe they've never liked anything Tony's done to anyone and that they hate what Tony is doing to us."
"Yeah that's something I never thought I'd hear any of those guys say, that they hate what Tony does."
"At least we've got the tables turned and they're on our side for sure. And unlike what we might tell Tony himself, all we told them was the truth."
"The truth works every time that's why."
"Guy's we're getting out of here soon, I just know it…"
"Hell yeah! Er Hotch?"
"Yeah Morgan?"
"You do realise that when they find us, we'll be stinking of piss and probably have wet pants?"
"Didn't think of that but if it means we're rescued then I don't care. The first thing after having a shower and putting on clean clothes, I wanna do after getting out of here is to talk to and hopefully see Jack again. I miss him so much."
"I really miss J.J and Henry for sure. I can't wait to see my boy again."
"I really can't wait to see my boy again. It's at times like this that I really do miss Clooney. He's my boy and I love him so much."
"How is that big softie shepherd of yours Morgan?"
"He's great Matt. Just the same as always. Had to take him to get his annual physical and injections the other week. Had to drag him into the room! Was so determined he'd go out the door and not into the room. And you know how normally he loves everyone?"
"Yeah. He's so soft and lovable…."
"Well he hates his vet with a vengeance! By the time the vet has finished with him, Clooney's giving him that eye that says I see you again, your dead! Although by the time he does see his vet again, he's forgotten and forgiven the guy until the vet has finished his annual physical and injections again. He loves the nurses and assistants cos they spoil him and love to give him lots of cuddles. But the vet causes him pain and prods and pokes him. He's the only guy Clooney hates by the time the annual is over. Every time it's finished he has to drag me out of the room and to the car and I then have to go back in to pay. Can't pay when I first come out as he's so determined to get the hell out of there! The only time he'll stop pulling me out is if he see's a kid. Then he drags me to the kid to say hello. He has to say hi to every kid he see's and he's made so many friends from every kid in that waiting room. But he's great thanks Matt."
"I wish I were like you guys and had someone I really wanted to see when I get out of here. But I'm single, got no kids and no dog."
"You got the whole BAU family. You got Jack and Henry as your honorary nephews. You got all of us BAU team. Your not alone Matt. Just cos I got Jack, Jess and Sean, Morgan's got Clooney and Will's got J.J and Henry, you still got the whole BAU family. Plus you still got your mom haven't you?"
"She actually died a couple of years ago. Buried her next to dad who I hadn't seen since I was a baby. Took a trip back to Puerto Rico. Hadn't seen mom in a while but we spoke on the phone all the time. But it was hard to get the time off to go see her when I wanted to. But when I went back to bury her, I did see a lot of family I either hadn't seen in ages or I'd never seen so it was a good trip."
"You got family you've never seen or hadn't ever seen before burying your mom. I'm sorry about your mom by the way."
"Thanks Will. Yeah but distant family. Cousins and such. But mom and dad moved to Miami just before mom had me and after they divorced and dad moved back to Puerto Rico, I stayed living with mom in the Little Havana neighbourhood in Miami til I was a teenager. Then when me and mom had a huge fight and I left home, she moved back to Puerto Rico and I was put into foster care and became a ward of the state. Grew up from there in a group home but it was a good group home and I liked it. Learned a lot there and from there I joined the US Army. So I've never lived in Puerto Rico or been down there much so I've never really seen much family wise. Seen a few people on the few occasions I got to go visit mom. Since we reconciled, I have sent her money to help her out and it did help her out but she was happiest after we reconciled and I know she was so proud of me for having such high ranking position in the FBI. She was so proud of me and told me so when I was in the US Army and when I graduated from the FBI academy and first became an agent. I really do miss her."
"What about the family you met when you buried your mom Matt? Do you ever keep in contact with them?"
"Not really. The BAU has become my family since then. Kinda like growing up in the group home, the foster kids there became like family as did the care givers. They did care about us and took great care of us. Every kid who lived in that home loved living there. It was a good time."
"Do you ever keep in contact with any of the foster kids you grew up with?"
"Not really. We lost contact after we each aged out of the system. I aged out and joined the US Army straight from ageing out."
"The guys you served with?"
"Not really. Sad aren't I?"
"No not at all. But you have got all us guys and the whole BAU family. I know it's not the same but it's still family."
"I know and I love the BAU family. I do. And when we get out of here, I just can't wait to see everyone again."
"Why don't you ever get a dog like Morgan?"
"I'm not really an animal person I guess. I mean I love dogs and all and I love Clooney and Mudgie but I don't see myself ever being a dog owner as such."
"Would you like to be a dad one day though?"
"Yeah but never really met the right girl to settle down with. Had loads of girlfriends though. And to be honest I do enjoy my bachelor and single lifestyle and sleeping with a lot of women…"
"You know there's nothing wrong with spending over 20 years sleeping with the same woman if you love her and your good together?"
"I know and I know how much you loved Haley and she loved you. You guys were good together. I wish I'd had the same kind of married life you had but I've never been married, yet."
"What would be the perfect kind of woman for you then Matt?"
"Someone kind, honest, non judgmental, someone I could trust and who knew about and understood the BAU job and my job as section chief, someone who understood about the BAU family, someone who, probably is like Jess, in the fact she's so kind, gentle, loving, she's such a good person and is always so good to you and Jack Aaron and to Sean. She's always so good about you working at the BAU and about the BAU family. She's always so nice to all us BAU guys and makes us feel like we're part of her family. She's part of our BAU family and we'd all lay our lives down to protect her, like we would do for Jack and Henry and we'd do the same for Sean and for you Will. We'd do the same for James, Alex's husband. We'd do the same for any BAU family member. But Jess is so good, so kind and so nice to all of us. She's way too good to you guys Aaron. She's definitely one hell of a sister in law and Jack really is lucky to have an aunt like Jess in his life."
"Matt do you fancy Jess?"
"Would you kill me if I told you an honest answer?"
"No I promise. So do you?"
"Yeah, but unlike the women I date and sleep with, I would never want to take advantage of Jess and she wouldn't just be another woman to me. She's such a great person that she deserves the best possible guy in her life. I'm a womaniser, I'll admit it. She wouldn't go for a guy like me. She's way too good for me. She deserves the best and if I were to ever go out with her, unlike other girlfriends, I wouldn't want to just take her straight to bed. I'd want to wine and dine her and get to know her and if she wanted, I'd save myself til we were married. I'd certainly never cheat on her and I'd let her control any pace of a relationship and would only ever do what she wanted. But I could never go out with Jess, she's your sister in law Aaron and Jack's aunt. Plus she's way too good of a person for me."
"She maybe my sister in law and son's aunt but that's no reason for you not to go out with her. She is a great person and so good to us. But if there's one guy I'd approve of it would be someone like you who I trusted, who I knew, who I know would never hurt her, who had a very respectable high ranking job like you do, especially being an FBI agent, and cos it's someone Jack knows, trusts, and knows that would never hurt his aunt, he'd approve. Sean would too. Unlike most guys, he'd approve of you cos he knows you, he trusts you, he knows you'd never hurt Jess, your part of the BAU family, you're a long time friend of mine and a great guy. And Jess would go for a guy like you, I'm sure of it. And I know you'd never cheat on her, you'd treat her with all the respect she deserved, you'd certainly treat Jess like a queen and a real woman. You know she's told me more that once that she does find you good looking…."
"She's told you that?"
"Yeah, but we do talk a lot. It's like how Sean finds Garcia good looking. But he's scared of you Morgan."
"Sean fancies Garcia?"
"Yeah but don't tell Garcia."
"Your bro fancies my baby girl?"
"Yeah, but he's scared of you Morgan so he tends to stay away and fears what you might do to him if he tells Garcia or anyone else the truth. He's even asked me to protect him from you!"
"Why's he scared of me?"
"Cos your like a brother to her and he fears for his life if you knew….he knows how much you'd want to protect her like a sister. Like how much he'd want to protect Jess as a sister."
"Ah, tell him it's okay and that cos he's your bro, I'd approve of him but that if he hurts baby girl I will have to kill him myself, even if he is your brother Hotch, okay?"
"Sure, I'll tell him Morgan."
"So any special women in your life Hotch?"
"Nope. And since breaking up with Beth 3 years ago, there hasn't been anyone."
"3 years without a girlfriend?"
"Yeah 3 years. Or just over 3 years now. But I'm the unit chief to the BAU team, a single dad to Jack and never have any spare time. Any time away from work I have I wanna spend with Jack as he rightly deserves any time I can give him and spend with him. He barely sees me as it is, which I hate. He's already 10 and growing up fast. So I don't have the time for a girlfriend even though I would like one. But I don't have the time to either go looking for a girlfriend and I don't have the time to spend with a girlfriend, not with the BAU unit chief job and spending any time outside work with Jack, as I am his dad and he deserves any time I can give him."
"You know you don't always have to go on every case? If you wanted more time, you could stay behind and I'd always cover for you. Of course Jack deserves any time you can give him and if you want to stay home more and therefore spend more time with him, I'll gladly cover for you on any case if it means he gets to spend more time with you, his beloved hero dad who I know he adores. And when we get back home, I'll even find you extra vacation time and personal days. I know you already get a lot but I'm sure I can find you more. Hell you can even take some of mine if it came to it. And if you wanted help finding a woman, I'm sure we could all help you. But I do understand how any time outside work you'd wanna spend with Jack and he of course deserves any time you can devote to him. I wish I'd had a dad like you Aaron, truly. I haven't seen my dad since I was a baby when he and mom divorced and he left us. Found out later he got a new family and I do actually have a half brother in Puerto Rico but I haven't contacted him in years, not since dad died about a year before mom died. Last saw him at mom's funeral. He did get to know mom as dad apparently kept in contact with her to keep updated on me. He apparently wasn't sure if I'd want to know him, knowing he'd abandoned us when I was a baby, but I did want to know him, at least after I grew up but I wasn't sure how to contact him and I didn't know mom had stayed in contact with dad. Found out eventually but by then it was too late. I'd actually arranged to meet up with dad again but he died before we could and I'll always regret that. When I met his other family and my half brother, they told me about him and gave me photos, but it wasn't the same as knowing him when he was alive. They knew about me cos apparently dad always regretted leaving me. I was his son and his first born son. He apparently talked about me a lot and mom gave him photos after she moved back to Puerto Rico of when I was a child so he had photos from before she left and moved back to Puerto Rico and since me and mom reconciled, he was able to keep updated on me and how I was doing. Apparently being in the US army and then becoming an FBI agent made him so proud of me. Becoming section chief of the BAU programme, before I became your section chief this is, made him so proud knowing how high ranking in the FBI I'd become. Sadly I never got to make him proud as a dad of my own but I hope to become a dad one day if I find the right woman. Until then I got 2 great honorary nephews, all you great guys, a big BAU family and all its honorary members like Jess, Sean, you Will, everyone. The BAU is my family. It's the best family anyone could ever ask for."
"Speaking of families, how are your mom, sisters and aunt doing Morgan?"
"Their great thanks Hotch. Mom's still spoiling my sisters and still treats me like a little kid but I love going home to see them. Love my mom's cooking. Real home cooked meals. She loves feeding me up real good. Baby girl loves my mom's peach cobbler. Have to take some back to her whenever I visit home. Mom cooks it specially for baby girl and you guys. Never me, but baby girl and you other guys. But she also loves cooking me home cooked chocolate brownies and she's promised that next time I visit home, she'll cook enough for me to bring home some for Jack and Henry. She'll bake them chocolate chip cookies too. And she so wants to meet them in person. She and my sisters have heard so much about both the boys. They've said that when they do meet them they are so gonna spoil them rotten. They so wanna meet Clooney too. Both Sarah and Desiree love dogs and kids. Aunt Yvonne so wants to meet both the boys and Clooney too. Mom wants to meet her honorary grand nephews and so wants to spoil them rotten. Maybe once this case is over and we're back home I could bring them out to Quantico and they could meet everyone. They could meet Jess and Sean too. That's if that would be okay with you Hotch?"
"Sure it would Morgan. I've always really liked your mom every time I've met her. She's a great lady and she did an amazing job raising you and your sisters on her own. She's as great a mom to you and your sisters as Haley was to Jack. I think that no matter how old you get, you'll always be her little boy. But I'd love Jack to meet her. I'd love to introduce her to Jack, Jess and Sean. Jack would love her. Jess and Sean would really like her too. Jack would love your sisters and your aunt. So would Sean and Jess. All 3 of them are so great. But it would be a honour for me to introduce Jack to your mom."
"An honour?"
"Yeah your mom is such a great lady that I think Jack really should meet her. And I've tasted your mom's cooking before and I know Jack will love anything she cooks. He'll devour the brownies and cookies. Could you possibly ask her to bake enough for some for Sean and some for me too? Jack won't let us anywhere near them once he's tried them. He'll let Jess have a couple but not me and not Sean. Sean will want to eat the entire batch. He'll really love your mom's cooking. And coming from a trained fry chef, if Sean loves your mom's cooking, it'll show how good it is and it will really please your mom to have a chef compliment her food. Jess, even though she's a really good cook, she'll love your mom's cooking too. Clooney will adore your mom, sisters and aunt for sure."
"I really want to introduce them to you too Will. I've told them all about you and they've heard real good things about you and want to meet you and they really want to meet Henry if that's okay with you."
"Sure, I'm always hearing great things about your mom and how great a cook she is. I'd love to meet her Morgan. I'd be proud to introduce Henry to your mom. She did an amazing job with you. Even though I've never met her yet, she already sounds like a fantastic lady. Henry should definitely meet her for sure. From what I hear about your sisters, Henry will love them as much as he'll love your mom and her cooking. Any chance she could cook a few brownies and cookies for me and J.J? Knowing Henry, he won't let us anywhere near his batch once he tries them! He'll love your aunt too. I can't wait to meet them and can't wait for Henry to meet them either. They all sound so great."
"They really wanna meet you Matt. They haven't met you so far but they've heard so many things about you and how great a section chief you are. Mom really wants to meet you. My sisters want to meet you too, so does Aunt Yvonne. And sure, mom will cook enough for you both Will, she'll cook enough for some for you Hotch, some for Sean and some for Jess too."
"Oh and Sean said that cos he works at the Plaza, if anyone family or friends need a room to stay in, he can sort it out so I'm sure he can arrange for your mom, sisters and aunt to stay at the Plaza free of charge."
"Thanks Hotch."
"I can't wait to meet this great lady that's your mom Morgan. I'm always hearing such great stuff about how great a cook and mom she is. I can't wait to try her cooking either. I can't wait to meet your sisters, they sound really great and I can't wait to meet your aunt either, she sounds just as great. I think I'd really like them. Any chance of a few brownies and cookies to try?"
"Sure."
"And if you arrange it, I'll have the whole team put on stand down so everyone can be in town for the whole time they're in town and no one will have to be working. And if you arrange it in school vacation time, Jack and Henry can be home too."
"And I'll take the time off of work for when their in town."
"When is the next school vacation break guys?"
"It's mid March now, so Easter vacation is mid April til the end of April. So in about a month."
"I can't wait to bring mom and the guys out to Quantico then!"
"I can't wait to introduce Henry to them and to meet them myself."
"I really can't wait to introduce Jack, Jess and Sean to them!"
"I can't wait to meet them myself Morgan."
"I just can't wait to finally introduce them to Jack, Henry, Jess, Sean, James, you Will and you Matt."
Very soon Tony, followed by his 6 men, came back down carrying trays and bottles of water.
"Dinner time guys, followed by round 3! I smell piss! And you guys are wet! BABIES!"
"We had to go, and you're giving us no other choice you bastard!"
"I'm not the one standing in wet pants stinking of piss!"
"No but you made us have to do it. Now can we eat the food?"
"Fine, feed them guys!"
The 4 captives were then fed a dinner of chicken and potatoes followed by 2 bottles of water each. As Toby and Andy took the empty trays upstairs, Tony turned to the captives.
"Okay pissy pants guys time for round 3. And this time, you WILL talk! And I'm changing the order of who goes first to last. For this round you'll stay chained up! But you guys have earned yourselves fists instead of belts, and maybe even hands inside your pants, even though you guys are wet! You don't give us answers, we will squeeze HARD!"
He moved up to stand in front of Hotch first.
"Tell me Hotch, how close to finding me were you before I took you guys?"
"You think we're telling you anything?"
Tony started to pummel his fists into Hotch's stomach.
"Tell me, how close?"
"Go to hell!"
Tony punched Hotch hard in the crotch of his wet pants, making Hotch double over, leaning hard against his chained hands and making him have to catch his breath.
"Tell me, how close?"
"We had hardly started to look at the case when you took us." Hotch knew that was a lie, as they'd spent a whole day mulling over the case trying to figure stuff out.
"So you will talk? Tell me, how long do you think it would have taken you before you met me, had I not taken you and bought you here?"
"At least a week?" This time Matt was lying through his teeth. They knew they'd find the unsub in less than that.
"Was I asking you Matt?"
"No but you wanted an answer and you got an answer out of Hotch, figured it was my turn."
"Fine, you can answer a second question. What was the cause of the last victim's death?"
"Why do you wanna know that when you know the answer?"
This simply earned Matt a round of punches to his stomach.
"Tell me, what was her cause of death?"
"Tell me why you wanna know when you know the answer?"
"Do you want what Hotch just got?"
"I WANT to know why you want to know the answer to that question."
"Just answer it."
"Not until you tell me WHY."
"See if you guys are telling the truth. I'll know if your lying about the cause of death as I did it myself."
"Fine she was strangled. That what you wanna hear?"
"Very good Matt. Okay Morgan, your turn."
"You can go to hell you bastard! I'm not saying nothing!"
Tony simply starting beating his fists into Morgan's stomach. Because Morgan didn't seem affected by hits to his stomach, Tony punched him hard in the crotch, making Morgan double over with pain and having to gasp, leaning heavily on his chained hands.
"Tell me Morgan, what information did you guys have on me so far?"
"Until you took us?"
"Yeah, until we bought you here."
"Why else do you think we'd go talk to 2 guys who called saying they had information if we had information of our own?"
"Very true. Okay Will, your turn…"
"What else could you possibly wanna know you bastard? Why don't you go burn in hell?"
In anger, Tony started hitting Will hard in the stomach with his fists.
"Tell me Will, why did they bring you out here on the case?"
"Ask Hotch. I don't know."
"You should know. Why did Hotch and the team bring you out here?"
"To help find you, you bastard! And I'm not telling you anything else!"
Tony punched Will hard in the crotch, making him double over in pain, gasping and leaning heavily on his chained hands.
"We bought Will out here with us as we needed his know how for this particular case."
"And what know how would that be Matt?"
"How to track bastards like you! And you realise very soon you'll be either in jail or dead?"
"Oh yeah? And how do you know that?"
"Cos I'm smarter than you. We're all smarter than you. DUMBO!" This comment by Matt, made the other 3 smile, but it only enraged Tony, who went and punched Matt hard in the crotch.
"And why do you guys think your smarter than me? Your chained up! And I'm in charge!"
"We just know our team! You see you guys would have certainly left clues when you took us. The others would have been worried and the 2 detectives were witnesses. And the drugs we had, didn't completely knock us out. We could still hear everything. I'm sure they could too. They'll tell the others what they heard. And even think about trying to get to them and I'm sure the captain, his detectives and our friends will have placed them in protective custody. You can't get to them but they'll know stuff! You guys couldn't even knock us out right! That's how dumb you and your friends are! We could still hear everything!"
"Hotch is right, we could still hear, even if we couldn't move! Couldn't we Morgan?"
"Yeah and you guys used names!"
"So did you guys! We heard the names Mike and Andy! And you called yourself Eric Watson. I've got a feeling that's your real name isn't it?"
"So what if it is?"
"You don't know our team! Garcia can look you up, find work details, home details, criminal records, ANYTHING!"
"And we heard the names Toby and Gary. And you called yourself Thomas Baker. That's your real name isn't it?"
"So?"
"So, by now the others, thanks to the detectives, will know the names, know where your work, IF you work that is, know where you live, know any criminal record, everything. You 2 can't go back to your lives. And you guys left fingerprints didn't you?"
"What are fingerprints?"
"You guys are dumb!"
"Fingerprints are what you leave when you touch something Toby."
"Any of you got a criminal record?"
"Why?"
"Cos those prints will match anyone whose got any criminal record."
"That means they'll find me too!"
"Bad luck Gary. And your Eric's brother aren't you?"
"Yeah."
"They'll connect you two for sure! Do any of you have jobs you have to go to?"
"SHUT THE HELL UP YOU FOUR! I'M ASKING THE QUESTIONS!"
"We got freedom of speech, just like your friends have. Just like they have freedom of movement. And freedom to do what they want."
"Outside this house they do but inside they have no rights!"
"We have rights!"
"No you don't! And shut up Andy!"
"What you gonna do? Hit me? You know we could just leave, go tell the cops about these guys. And you?"
"And that lie you told them about the men you had who would find them if they tried to leave you? That's the oldest lie in the book! We've heard it being told to so many people. And it's a lie every time. You don't have other men working for you Tony do you? We would know otherwise!"
"SHUT THE HELL UP!"
"No! We won't!"
"They'll be looking for you Eric, you Thomas and you Gary by now. They'll have been to your places, talked to your employers if you have a job, talked to anyone who might work with you. If you have a job, you'll have an employee file with information in. They'll have anything like that too. They and us work fast to catch guys like you Tony. I reckon we got a day at most in here before they find us!"
"You guys aren't going anywhere! Thomas and the gang here will make sure you stay here all day!"
"Boss I got a shift tomorrow."
"So have I. I need a job to pay the rent I have to pay you."
"Me too."
"How much rent does he charge you guys?"
"Half our earnings?"
"HALF? That's a rip off! Any of you other guys have a job?"
"We all do, just to pay Tony rent."
"I got a shift the day after next at the warehouse."
"I got a shift there too tomorrow. I can't stay here Tony, I have to go to work to pay you. I don't turn up for my shift, they'll either know something is up or fire me."
"Call in sick!"
"I can't do that! I got no sick days left to take!"
"I got a shift at my job at the movie theatre day after next. And I got sick days left I can use either!"
"I got a shift tomorrow Tony. I have to work!"
"Does the movie theatre really mean that much to you?"
"No but the pay does and I have to pay you. And I can't call in sick!"
"What about you Andy, can't you call in sick?"
"No I can't. I have to work at the grocery store. I don't work I don't get paid and I get fired. And I need to work to pay you."
"Me, Toby and Eric will be here tomorrow. And when they have to work day after next Mike, Gary and Tom will be here."
"Fair enough, remember rent is due end of the month so you guys better be paid on time or they'll be interest again!"
"It's not our fault if we don't get paid on time! It's theirs!"
"Does it look like I care Toby?"
"I'm just saying!"
"Well don't! And for that you and Mike can stay up tonight!"
"Fine with us. Can we at least keep the prisoners awake, that way they can't sleep?"
"Sure that's a good idea Toby. You guys do that. Don't let them sleep!"
Out of pure anger, Tony then went down the line of the 4 chained men, hitting their backs over and over with the belt, all the time hitting where the last belt hits had started to make painful bruises, but none of them showed any pain and they all stood tall.
After a little while longer they all disappeared upstairs and left the 4 captives alone again. Only then did they fully give in to the pain they were in. But they knew they were winning!
"We're getting out of here soon guys! We're winning for sure! Those other guys are realising Tony isn't worth it!"
"Yeah! Not much longer now! And he believed the couple of lies we told him!
"Yeah. We are so gonna win!"
"Hell yeah. I got a question though?"
"What's that then Morgan?"
"Can I please have first crack at this guy?"
"Not before me! But I so want first crack at that Eric."
"I want first crack at that Gary. He should be easy to break!"