As always I do not own Harry Potter or Criminal Minds. Almost done with the case should be finished by the next chapter and our wonderful team back on their way home. I will warn everyone since I do not plan on writing out every single case the team has there will be some time jumps. I do not feel I would be doing the characters right if I made it easy and fast. So there will be time jumps.
"What did you guys find?" Hotch asked the three agents who just walked into the conference room.
"All the victims have attended a free playgroup near the market. The owner says she had a janitor who she had to fire for yelling at a parent accusing her of abuse when her daughter fell. And before that their were complaints from the parents of him hovering over the children." Morgan said.
Just then the phone rang.
"Hey baby girl please tell me you have something good."
"Oh do I ever my chocolate bon bon. So the first list was huge then I narrowed it down to abuse that involved 3 days and I found a match. His name is…"
"Matt Zelio." Rossi interrupted
"Yeah how did you know that?" Garcia questioned
"He worked at a playgroup all the victims visited once for a free class." He answered her. Rossi was now sure that this was their guy.
"Well let me tell you his record is long. Guy is only 28 years old and his rap sheet is as long as the Mississippi. He has a slew of assault charges and restraining orders placed on him. His CPS file stated that he was removed from the home after his mother and her boyfriend, who may I say not good people, were arrested for dealing drugs and prostitution after a raid of their house. According to reports Matt was 12 years old at the time and cops found him in the basement of their house chained to the water heater. He had been burned and beaten. Doctors said he was down there for at least 3 days. After he was removed they tried to place him in a foster home, but he was removed when he started hitting his foster mother. They put him in a delinquent facility center. This is where it gets fun my wonderful loves." Garcia said "He had a sealed record but I being the wonder goddess I am managed to unsealed it. Apparently he was sent to Juve when he was 17 for taking a knife to his social worker when she came to visit. He spent the next 7 months there until he turned 18 and they had to let him out."
"Everything fits. The abuse at a young age the hatred towards mothers for her lack of protection or possibly the abuse of him herself." Hermione stated looking around the room. "Garcia what happened to his mother?"
"Ah well here is the thing. I found her but she is dead. She died of an overdose a couple of years ago. Her body was found the beach of the Sound."
"There is the beach connection. Garcia any idea where he is?" Hotch asked.
"Well I had him up until he jumped his rent 4 months ago. He has no properties under his name. However under his mother's name is a small cabin in the woods by Snoqualmie that was an inheritance from a grandfather."
"Thanks Garcia" Hotch said as he hung up the phone. That's where he will be. It is out of the way where no one will hear anything and he has a connection there. We need to move Danni Dorset has been with him for 6 hours now. Let's go."
Everyone walked out of the station preparing themselves for what they were about to walk into.
As the team drove the cabin of Matt Zelio, Hermione read over Matts record.
" Hotch." She called over the walkie talky. " I don't think Matt will come peacefully. This is a man who has been neglected by the people who were supposed to help him. None of his teachers stepped up, the only reason he was removed from the home was because of the raid, and even that was because his mother's boyfriend had skipped a parole hearing. He was then shunted from home to the detention center and no where did he receive any sort of help." Hermione said.
"What do you think Granger?" Hotch called back "Is there a chance of us bringing him in alive?"
"Honestly I don't think so. I think he will choose suicide by cop before going back to jail. He has a deep mistrust of any person in a uniform. He does not feel as if the system works and he is the angle of justice that is needed. When someone gets in his way he would rather die then give up on his mission." Hermione finished.
"Okay team pull off the road a mile away from the cabin." Hotch called back
"Okay here is the plan." Hotch started to say after the team had pulled over and gotten out of the SUVs. "We will use a heat radar and scan the house. Once we make sure he is not near Danni we will go in fast. Flashbangs and the sort. We want to disorganize him and not give a chance to start shooting if he has a gun. Everyone put on their vests and grab your face masks."
Hermione put on her vest. It was times like this she wished she could use magic freely. She was worried about the results of this raid. Hopefully if everything went according to plan Danni would be back with her son by the end of the day. The team got back in their respective vehicles and drove silently down the road. Behind them was a line of black and white state police also silent.
The cars stopped just outside of the cabin and everyone got out.
"Morgan check out the house and see if you can find Matt." Hotch ordered.
Morgan grabbed a pair of inferred binoculars and crept forward to the house making sure that the brush kept him hidden from view.
"Alright I see one person in the kitchen sitting down at a table." Hermione heard Morgan say over their radios.
"Do you see a second person?
"No but I do see a cellar door leading to the outside of the house. If that's where he is keeping them it is underground. We could call in a helicopter with the ground penetrating radar but that would alert him and may cause him to kill her."
"Agreed. We don't want to risk spooking him. We will just have to go in and find her." Hotch said as he walked over to Detective Foster and told him the plan. Morgan slowly came each to the group.
"Okay guys here is the plan. Detective Foster, Rossi, Reid and myself along with some of the state police will enter the house. Morgan I want you and Granger to make your way to the cellar and see if Danni is there. Prentiss I want you to be our eyes and make sure that Zelio does not move." Hotch told his team. He knew this was going to be hard but hopefully they would be able to bring Danni home and put Zelio behind bars with out shoots being fired. He would have had Morgan go in the house but their main priority was making sure Danni was safe and if there are any booby traps Hotch knew Morgan would be the one to spot them as well as remove them.
"Prentiss I need you to get in position. Let us know when you are and then we will make our way to the house. Morgan, Granger stay out of sight until we enter then make your way to the cellar."
"Got it boss" Prentiss said and she made her way to the place where Morgan was just a few minutes ago.
"In position Hotch. Zelio is still in the kitchen." Emily called over the radio in a near whisper.
"Alright, let's move." Hotch said looking at Rossi, Reid and Detective Foster.
Morgan and Hermione watched as their team moved silently to surround the house, keeping out of the sights from the windows. They saw as a couple state police along with Rossi, Hotch and Reid walked up and stacked up around the front door.
Then they entered.
He hehe sorry I had to end it there. I thought it was a great place for a cliffhanger. Now I have a question for you wonderful readers. What do you think should happen. Do you think the unsub goes quietly or do you think he should go down fighting? You decide let me know in your review.
