Author's Note: Hello, everyone.

Anyway, thank you very much for your reviews and thank you to those who read, followed, favorite story/author alert and visited my story. I really do appreciate it. I do look forward to hearing from all of you. By the way, I passed ALL my classes this spring semester.

Now for this chapter, I don't want to spoil too much, but let's just say you're going to see someone get very angry and Maddie still doesn't know that Müller is her birth father.

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This chapter has been re-updated.

Chapter 11:

- A person's a person, no matter how small.

- Dr. Seuss

Hotch and the rest of the team couldn't believe the sight in front of them. With Police Chief Thomas Long by their side, they made their way to a secluded area in the forest. They all stared at the body. "We believe he may be connected to Madison's kidnapping."

"He's dead?" Hotch said in disbelief as he, Rossi and Morgan stood by the corpse. Down on the cold and muddy ground was Mason Meyer. There were multiple gunshots wounds to the body, as well as defensive wounds. The legs and arms were halfway bent, the skin was a pale, sallow yellow, the hair looked like a raggedy wig and some parts of the body were swarmed with flies and maggots.

"Mason Meyer's dead." Rossi said in pure disbelief.

"Yep. We'll put a rush on the autopsy."

"By the looks of it, Müller shot him multiple times and left him there to rot…"

"…Which means Maddie is now alone with him." Morgan said with his arms crossed. "This is far from over, but after what Meyer did, no way in hell I'm shedding any tears."

JJ come before the guys as Hotch noticed her.

"Guys, there was a shooting at a local 7-Eleven. Locals say that they saw a person that fits Müller's description with a child with him. Look at the security cameras Garcia got."

Walking over by the jeep where Garcia was typing away as she brought up security footage. At the parking lot security footage, they see Müller yanking Maddie out of the backseat and walked into the 7-Eleven.

"Bastard forced her to wear a wig."

They later see Maddie looking up to the security cameras before grabbing some markers and going to the bathroom.

"She mouths to him to please help her."

Minutes later, there they all see Müller pulling out a gun on the young clerk. They all soon see Maddie walking out of the bathroom. As the video continued, they all see Müller holding up the young clerk before shooting him down, but gasped in horror at the sight of Maddie's shocked face.

"She watched him shot down that kid."

They all later see Maddie trying to run away from Müller as he began chasing her throughout the store as her wig fell off her head. As Maddie ran down the alleys, trying to dodge him, they all see her being pushed by Müller, causing her to fall on the floor as everyone else to gasp and their mouths to drop. Soon, Müller scoops up Maddie into his arms as he takes her into one of the bathroom and leaves the store after two-two-three minutes. Back to the parking lot security footage, they see Müller placing Maddie at the backseat before driving off in a different direction.

"Oh my…"

"Let's go before anything else happens."

Before they could even leave, Morgan had to do something, which was given Meyer's corpus a dozen special kicks in the nuts, courtesy for Will.

After getting armed up and ready, they all hopped in and pulled their black jeeps, which was leading half a dozen police cars with the BAU team, all of them dressed in their FBI protective vests. Morgan, Reid, JJ, Prentiss, Rossi and Hotch quickly walked up to the entrance of the 7-Eleven store with a few other police officers. Garcia stayed by, typing away on her computer, hoping to hack into the security cameras.

"FBI!"

"FBI!"

Looking around the convenience store, they all see the dead corpus of the young clerk. Thomas Long heavily sighed, shaking his head before walking away.

"That's Dustin McKnight. He just turned sixteen a few weeks ago." As the rest of the team looked around the store, Rossi and Hotch quickly crept into one of the bathrooms before their faces go into complete shock,

"Oh my…"

JJ and Emily noticed Rossi's facial expression and Hotch giving himself a face palm and quickly ran to their side before coming to complete shock themselves,

"Oh my god!"

"Oh…"

Morgan and Reid noticed JJ and Emily's shocked yet sad faces. Running to their sides,

"No, Reid…"

"Reid! Morgan! I'm telling you. You don't want to…"

Gently and easily pushing JJ and Emily past them to the side, the looks of realizations, devastation and speechlessness come across on their faces, especially Reid's. Chunks of long and chopped medium brown hair was found on the bathroom tiled floor. There was also a small puddle of blood in the hair.

"He cut off my little girl's hair and made her bleed."

Reid began to shake his head, slowly walking away, running his hands through his hair. Out of nowhere, he felt this…snap…inside of himself. All of a sudden, he simply grabs an umbrella near off before using it to knock off the inventory from their shelves,

"Why…you…you stupid…son of a…bitch! Just wait…until…I get…my hands…on you…for…hurting…my little…girl!"

"Reid! Reid!"

Morgan was forced to restraint Reid to stops himself before he could do any more damage than he's also causing. As soon as he angrily, but calmly throws the umbrella to the side, nearly hitting the women. He could feel the cracks in his voice and the tears slowly come down on his face.

"Reid, calm down. Calm down, man!"

"I…I want Maddie back..."

"We will get her back, man. We will."

Morgan calmly leads Reid out of the store and into the car with Garcia. Prentiss stood still as she was in complete shock.

"I'm not going to lie; I expected that from Morgan, but Reid?"

"That's his daughter, Prentiss," Hotch said, shaking his head. "Adopted or not, Maddie's his daughter. Maddie wrote a note on the bathroom stall." Leading the rest of the group back to the bathroom, where a group of officer are sweeping up Maddie's locked-off hair and bagging it,

"What did she wrote?"

Opening the stall, "BAU team, if you are reading this, this is Maddie. Please come get me. I think he wants take me out of the state sooner or later. You have to find me quickly. I'm begging you. I saw him kill that man."

"She saw Meyer get killed, too?" JJ said, shaking her head. "By the looks of her handwriting, she was nervous and shaking."

"Now, we really need to puzzle the pieces together if we're going to bring Maddie home. Let's start by going to that cabin where we find Meyer's body."

"In the meanwhile, I want road blocks set up in every state from here to everywhere. The only way he'll take Maddie out of state will be over our dead bodies."

Driving at least fifty miles an hour on a long road pathway as the sun was minutes away from setting, Müller had his eyes focused on the road as Maddie was lying in the backseat, apparently unconscious with a large grey blanket covering her up as well as her head with a black beanie. He didn't want or meant to lock off her beautiful long hair, but in his mind, he knew that he just had to.

Going back to the area where they found Meyer's body, they see a small cabin, sitting back on a large property was set back from the road, so the driveway was a mile and surrounded by tall, thick pines. There was only a small log and stone cabin, which was being surrounded by large acres of land and taller and thicker pines.

The BAU team, all of them dressed in their FBI protective vests, quickly walked up to the rustic mahogany front door with a few other police officers. Morgan kicked down the door and rush right in. After finding almost nothing, they rush into one of the bedroom and JJ notices a note on the nightstand by the bed,

"Hey, guys!"

"What?"

"Look."

Reading the note, "Maddie was here." She also notices a white headband lying around. "This is Maddie's headband. Garcia gave this to her."

"Let's hope we're getting closer."

Some hours later…

Maddie groaned as she was trying to be aware of her surroundings and sluggishly opened her eyes, struggling to regain her consciousness. Her vision blurred as she finally opened her eyes, due to the bright light. She found herself in the middle of a room, sitting down on a wooden chair while being strapped with a leather belt. Her wrists were restrained by black cable ties in front of her body.

She turns her head, only to find herself looking at the floor-length mirror in the room. She felt the tears about to come down on her face when she saw her long hair was now a short pixie haircut and had a medium-sized bandage on the base of her forehead. Her heart jumped when she heard the front door open.

"Oh, good," Müller said as he walked up to her, stroking her pixie haircut and bandage on her forehead before walking away. "You're awake. You almost scared me for a second."

"What's going on? You…you cut off…why would you…?"

"I warned you not to attract any attention. Did I not warn you?"

"What…? But I didn't mean to…"

"Don't…" He stormed up to her with the freighting look in his eyes, pulling on her hair tightly as he was seething. "…talk…back…to me. Never…talk…back…to me. When you're in my house, you don't talk back. Understood?"

"U-understood, sir. I'm s-s-sorry. I'm s-sorry, sir."

"Good girl." Releasing his grip, she stilled under his cold touch. "If you're good enough, I'll soon remove those nasty restraints." Walking away to light up the giant fireplace, Maddie mutters under her breath,

"Please find me. I know you can find me. Please…"

Garcia was typing away on her laptop to no end. She, as well as the rest of the team was as determined to bring Maddie home safe and sound. Emily walked into the room where most of the team was at and bring them coffee and anything to keep them awake.

"Thanks, Prentiss," Hotch said, taking one of the coffee mugs.

"No problem," Prentiss said as she sat down on the brown couch. "I figure we're going to need all the energy and strength we need to find the bastard of a father."

"I hope we find Maddie soon," JJ said, walking into the room. "Henry and Will called again."

"What'd they say?"

"After telling them what happened to Maddie, Will said when you find Müller, give him two dozen special kicks in the nuts for him. Henry and Michael both said to give him a dozen for him, too."

"Your sons are just like their father."

Garcia, with Morgan and Reid looking over her shoulders, was typing away as she gulped down her umpteenth cup of coffee when her computer screen goes completely black.

"What…? What happened?"

"I…I don't…"

All of a sudden, she, Morgan and Reid come across at one of the darkest yet gruesome scenes they've ever encountered yet. Reid gasped in shocking horror, who had Morgan keeping him steady, at the sight of Maddie, who was restricted to the wooden chair with her biological father, Jason Müller, with her.

"Oh my…"

"Guys! Get in here! Quick!"

Rushing over, they all gasped in horror. Reid had JJ and Prentiss keeping him steady as they felt him about to collapse on the ground. "Oh god!"

"That monster really did cut her hair off and I still can't get a pinpoint location on him. He must be using Meyer's computer to do it."

All they could do now is watch and see what Müller was going to do with Maddie.

"Hello, BAU. Jason Müller again. Here I am, with this beautiful, precious little girl. Don't you just love her new haircut?"

"Oh, Maddie!" Garcia cried out, biting down on her nails. "Oh, poor baby! You monster! You…disgusting…evil monster!"

All of a sudden, Müller stands behind Maddie, who began to have tears streaming down her face. The team could see her still from his touch.

"Please…please stop." Maddie muttered under her breath.

"Excuse me?"

"Please stop."

"Quiet…quiet, you…"

Finally speaking up, "I said to please stop!"

With her speaking up causes him to slap Maddie upside the head, causing the team to gasp in horror and for Maddie to shriek. "Ahhh!"

"I'm going to put this guy's head on a stick and hang it on my wall." Morgan said, seething with anger.

"Please…please, sir. I didn't…I didn't mean to…Ahhh!"

A sharp slap came to her face. Maddie's lips quivered as her face soon trailed down with tears. "Don't talk back to me or even speak unless spoken to!"

"Please…sir…I didn't mean to…Ahhh!"

"I said to never talk back to me, girl!" He delivers another sharp slap. "Or to speak…unless spoken to!" He gives Maddie a backhand slap to her face, resulting in a slight bruise on her lip.

They all hold on Reid and each other as they witnessed Maddie being slapped around. Morgan hugged Garcia, so she couldn't watch the screen. Reid looked both scared and enraged, seeing Maddie go through so much. As Müller paces his breath, "Now apologize to me."

Maddie had her head down to the ground, in complete silence. She didn't know what to do. She didn't know what to say. She opened her mouth to speak, but only a few unintelligible syllables came out. Before any other thought came to her,

"Did you not hear me? I…said…," Müller forced her head up, giving her the sight of fear in his eyes. "Apologize…to…me now!"

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