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Now for this chapter, I don't want to spoil too much, but get ready for some badass moments coming, especially in the future remaining chapters. Sorry to leave you with a cliffhanger.

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Chapter 13:

- It is a wise father that knows his own child.

- William Shakespeare

Maddie moaned as her small body remained strapped to the wooden chair along with her wrists. Müller wipes the blood from her side lip and the slap burns with the soaked white cloth. She could still feel the stings from the slaps given to her. "I'm sorry for hurting you like that. I didn't mean to hurt you like that. Are you already though?"

"I'm okay..." Maddie meekly said. In her mind, she said 'eventually.' As Müller holds a tasty sandwich up to Maddie's face, she takes a couple bites as he wipes her face down with the cloth. "Thank you."

"Anything else? Maybe something to drink?"

With her head down, looking down at the glossy, finishing dark wood floors, she simply nods her head. He lets her drink through from the blue straw out of the bottled Evian water. After she was done,

"Anything else? You need to go to the bathroom?"

Shaking her head,

"Not at the moment, but thank you."

"Now, I have to go and get a couple of things out of town and because I trust you, I'm leaving you here by yourself," Going over to the white security keypad, pushing on a few random buttons before going back to Maddie's side. "Remember what I said: if you're good enough, if you do as I say, don't give me any problems, I'll not only take those nasty restraints off you, but I'll even give you some ice cream."

He begins to mess up Maddie's hair before grabbing the back of her head, causing Maddie to yelp of pain, keeping her eyes shut and trying not to break down and cry.

"But if you don't do as I say…just like before, I will punish you severely," Turning her head towards his, giving her fear and imitation with a hint of madness. "Very…severely. This is understood?"

Nodded her head up and down, in a timid voice. "Yes, sir."

"Good girl. Would you like anything while I'm out?"

"No, thank you."

As he was donning on a new disguise, "I'll be back in a few hours."

After he pets her head, she held her breath at the touch of his cold wet lips touching her forehead and his fingers on her face. She has always wondered why he was touching and kissing her face like that. She didn't know why, but she felt that he had some kind of connection to him. She didn't know what connection it was, but she felt that it was something.

Garcia shook her head as she felt purely disgusted when she saw the picture of the beast that is Jason Müller. Just looking at the old crime scene photos of the bloody murders Müller did to Maddie's entire family almost made her regurgitate her coffee and food. Even she was typing away and with Müller's partner, Mason Meyer, dead and gone, she still couldn't get a pinpoint location and was probably blocking her from it. She looked almost everywhere from Müller prison records to the possible connected people Müller had.

"Hey, Garcia," Reid said as he walked into the room, rubbing his fingers on his temples.

"How was the nap?"

"It didn't do much help, but thanks for asking," Reid answered. "Hey, where's everyone else?"

"They went to get some food and to do some canvasing around. They'll be back in an hour or two. I made you some coffee in the meanwhile."

"Oh, okay and thanks. You get anything yet?"

"Nothing." Slamming the table in pure frustration. "Zero. Nada. Zip. He seemed to have lost all his connections when he went to prison. All either died or went off the grid completely. He pretty much kept to himself during his five years in prison." Covering her face as she was on the verge of tearing up. "Oh! I'm the most useless person in the entire world."

"Don't say that, Garcia," Reid said. "You are not useless; not one bit. The only person who is useless is that big box of nothing, Müller."

"I know, but I just can't seem to think of a place where he would keep Maddie. I mean…"

"Wait," Reid said, snapping his fingers. "Garcia, I need you to do something for me."

"Okay, what is it?"

"I can't believe I'm actually saying this, but…I need you to go back to the video of Maddie and Müller."

Garcia, looked at Reid as if he had lost his mind. She looked at him, thinking if he really needed to see Maddie get smacked around again. "Reid, do you seriously want to…?"

"Look, I know you all must think I'm a complete nut right now…"

"Reid…"

"Please, just…please. I don't know why, but…I just have this feeling in my gut, believing that Maddie was trying to tell us something. Please…"

"Okay."

Loading up the video, "Play the part where Maddie apologizes." Reid said, biting down on his lip and nails.

Looking back at the video where Maddie apologizes to Müller,

"…It's your house…and I will not talk back to you…in your house. Your house…your rules. Your house, your rules."

"She looks slightly at the camera when she said, 'Your house, your rules,'" Reid said, looking at the video. "She said this four times. No surprise; Müller was an abusive control freak. Garcia, look up any properties in either Jason Müller or Caroline Harris' names."

Fiercely typing away, she was able to get documented papers from mortgages payments to bills, old mail,

"Well, let's see. Shortly after their wedding, Jason and Caroline bought a place together for over twenty million dollars and lived there for ten years with their children, including a newborn Maddie at the time. The place was pretty much left abandoned after Caroline took the children and was murdered by Müller before he went to prison, but it was listed as property in both of their wills."

"His house, his rules." Reid figured. "That's it! He took her back to the house where it all began! You got an address?"

"Yes-siree. It's right here."

"Garcia, you're amazing." Reid said, running out of the room.

"Thank you, Dr. Genius. It's one of the many words describing me."

As Reid finished strapping his vest on, he goes into one of the room and grabs his gun from the bedside and checked to see it was loaded. He digs into his pants pocket and pulls out a photo of him and Maddie together and kisses it. As he's about to walk out the door,

"Wha…" Garcia couldn't believe Reid was already geared up. "Reid, you can't do this, at least not by yourself. You need backup."

"Look, I know you think must I'm crazy and I completely understand...but right now, I don't give a damn if I am or not."

"Reid…"

"I…do…not…care, Garcia. That son of a bitch has Maddie. I promised myself I will keep her safe and you better be damned I'm going to keep that promise if it's the last thing I ever do. If the others ask…I'm getting my little girl back."

"Reid…" Garcia got up from her seat and walks up to Reid, giving him a tight, but heartwarming hug, looking teary-eyed. "Please…be careful."

"I will, Garcia."

Maddie continued to struggle against the zip-ties and the belt tied to her. Her skin around her tiny wrists and shoulders began to hurt. The curtains were closed, blocking any kind of light and felt time slowly passing by. Despite struggling to stop panicking and pacing heavily, she couldn't help but yell out in frustration. She wanted to call out for help, but by the looks of where she was, there was no chance of call out. She not only wanted to get out of the restraints, but she needed to use the bathroom. Taking a deep sigh, lying her head back, she could a sense of all of hope being lost at this point, like she didn't know what else to do. All of a sudden,

"I can do anything."

Maddie began to hear this voice in her head, telling her," I can do anything."

She starts thinking of the scenes from Madeline she watched with Reid a few nights ago. She starts to tell herself, trying to gain the self-empowerment she desperately needed, "I can do anything. I can do anything. I can do anything." Grinning to herself with glee,

"Okay. I can do this."

Closing her eyes, taking another deep breath,

"Here I go." She figured if she tightened the zip-ties with her teeth, it'll be easier to break. She soon positions the tie lock in the center between her wrists and continued to take more deep breaths. Feeling like she was ready, she raised her arms and hits against her tiny stomach a couple of times before breaking the tie on impact.

She gasped in pure disbelief as she couldn't believe it actually worked. After that, she tries to slither her way out of the leather belt tied around the body from the chair. Trying to pull her tiny body down, she could feel her being looser, eventually freeing her from the restraints.

"Yes! Yeah!" Maddie cheers to herself.

Now all she had to think of a way to call out for help. She didn't need to use the bathroom anymore; the feeling went away.

Wondering around the grand living room, walking up to the silk curtains, shaking them, she had this sense that nobody has lived here in a long time, due to the amount of dust, especially on the lamps, vases, paintings, the rest of the furniture and other expensive-looking things in the room.

Exploring around the rest of the first floor, all she found was the foyer, a grand dining room, an all-white gourmet kitchen, a few bedrooms and bathrooms and a bunch of other rooms. She realized that this place was a typical kidnapper's hideout. She didn't know why, but…she senses a connection to this place. So many thoughts were running through her head. What is this place? Where was she? Is it possible for anyone to find this place?

Before anymore thoughts could go through her mind, she could hear something from outside. Worried about getting caught, she quickly flees upstairs and hides out in one of the rooms.

After shutting the door, she leans her body against the door. As she starts to take heavy deep breaths, feeling the adrenaline going up and up, she tries to relax herself when she finds herself in a large room with rich-colored painted walls and carpeting. The room had a huge fireplace, antique furniture, an impressive art collection, a flat-screen television with theater equipment and bookshelves.

She turns on the television after turning on the DVD player. As she's waiting, she wonders over to the shelves, looking at some of the keepsakes. She sees portraits and pictures with the people's faces torn and slashed. Trying to understand why, the DVD player finally loads up, taking a seat on the couch, everything is coming together for Maddie. Maddie sees three children, playing around in a large luscious field. Maddie sworn she's seen them before.

"If this is your home…these are the memories you treasured here."

All of a sudden, a woman, who also looked familiar to Maddie, shows up on the screen.

"Mama!"

"Oh!" She gives them all a big hug before radiantly smiling at the camera. "My darling children! Oh! Are you all having fun?"

"Yeah!" They all same simultaneously.

"Kids! Caroline!" A man's voice appeared on the screen. "Come inside!"

Maddie's mouth dropped to the ground when she saw the man who appeared on the screen, giving the woman a kiss on the cheek before turning to the camera, waving. She couldn't believe it. "Wha…? Wha…? No…no! He…he…he's…"

Maddie now remembers it all. It all started to make sense. The wild, curly black-brown hair. Those piercing eyes. Those three children with her. The dreams, pictures and visions she'd been having lately. Why she was kidnapped in the first place.

"You know…"

Maddie leaped out from her sit while her eyes popping out, taking a gasp. She realized that icy voice. She felt every part of her body had frozen in place and was breathless.

"For a girl your age, you're quite smart, don't you think?"

For some strange reason, she could only turn around slowly, she focuses her eyes on the small gun he had in his hand. Drawing in a breath as she looks at him, seeing the cold in his blue eyes without the slightest bit of joy. His disguise was off with his raggedly blond hair, cords and veins sticking out from his neck. There was just something off about him while looking sickly thin and pale.

"Well, now you seem to know the truth about everything…Maddie."

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