The Road Less Traveled-Ch 14
As the brothers slowly and cautiously stepped through Penelopes front door Thomas motioned for Seth to go down the hall and he would go toward the kitchen to check for their brother. Hotch watched as Seth headed down the hall in the direction Dave and Reid were hiding and waiting for him.
His attention then went to Thomas who stepped into the kitchen, Hotch stepped out and kept his gun aimed at Thomas as he stepped closer and closer to him. Thomas was now starting to get concerned about his brother because their was still no sign of either him or of Penelope and just as he turned around he heard a thump down the hall.
Reid and Dave were pulling the now unconscious middle brother into the closet so then they could all focus on the oldest brother, Thomas started down the hall he saw a shadow on the wall. He quickly turned and said, "don't move", Hotch stood still with his gun still aimed at him and said, "drop your weapon and put your hands up".
Thomas laughed and said, "now we both know that isn't going to happen don't we"?, Hotch said, "it doesn't have to end badly for either of us Thomas" causing the brother to roll his eyes. Thomas said, "why don't you drop your gun agent Hotchner before me and my brothers kill the rest of your team".
Hotch caught a glimpse of Reid and Dave making their way slowly toward him and he said, "you know that I can't do that Thomas", Thomas said, "well I guess that we're at a standstill then aren't we"?, causing both Thomas and Hotch to nod their heads in agreement. Dave motioned for Reid to slip through the kitchen and come out beside Thomas and he would go straight.
Penelope snuggled closer to Derek who happily wrapped his arm around her and kissed the top of her head, she then looked up at him and said, "I'm sorry". Derek brushed a stray strand of hair out of her eyes and said, "what do you have to be sorry about"?, she said, "I must have messed up or they wouldn't have come back so fast".
JJ said, "none of this is your fault, they were just smarter than we gave them credit for", Derek said, "JJ is right, none of this blame is on you it's all on the brothers. Zach started moving around and JJ and Emily quickly aimed their guns at him and Emily said, "don't move Zach", he looked around the room and saw Derek and Penelope and smiled and said, "I knew I'd find you soon enough and now that I have, you're all going to die".
Meanwhile Hotch and Thomas were still talking, each trying to get the other to put their gun down but neither was giving in, Reid was finally in place and Dave was moving into position to triple team the remaining brother. Reid had a solid shot on Thomas and nodded his head letting Hotch know that he could take him down.
Hotch tried one final time to convince Thomas to put his gun down but that attempt only ended in Thomas laughing at Hotch and saying, "try again fed, try again". Hotch nodded his head letting Reid know to take the shot and seconds later Penelope squealed as several gunshots rang out filling her house with the loud booming noise.