Hey, everyone. Here is the next chapter for you all. Thank you for such a great reception to the first chapter and I am really excited to do this story. I've decided to have it that Blake never left the BAU. I was really starting to find her a good fit in the team dynamic. Kate just doesn't fit well in my opinion. Some of you wanted Emily so I may bring her in at some point into the story. Enjoy and I look forward to hearing from you all.

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Reid grunted as Dell viciously tied the bandage around his arm to stop the bleeding. Dell stared at him with eyes of pure evil. "I'm sorry, Dr Reid. Did that hurt? I thought FBI agents are supposed to take pain like real men."

"They will never release him," Reid snapped. "The FBI doesn't negotiate with men like you. What did Carey Lock even do to get into prison?"

"You just have to know everything," Dell sighed before grabbing his jaw and holding Reid against the tinted window. "He's coming out and that's all you need to know. Your team will do anything to get you back and I am looking forward to hearing what they have to say after I have you screaming for them. If they are good and do what I say, I may just give you back to them but I never said in one piece. You'll only talk when I speak to you. Piss me off with that annoying voice much more and I'll cut out that little tongue of yours."

Reid winced as Dell removed his hand. He moved his jaw to try to get rid of the pain. He turned his head at the sound of tape being pulled. It was large clear tape and he failed to stop it from being put over his mouth and wrapped around his head. He was glad his hair was short at the back as it wouldn't be so painful when the tape got taken off. He let out a few muffled moans.

Dell turned on the car and smirked at Reid. "We're in for a long journey so get comfortable. Remember my warning. You draw attention to us, I'll kill them and then have fun hurting you."

Reid leaned back in the seat and tried to stay calm as Dell pulled back onto the main road.

'You can find me. Just find me like you always have' Reid thought desperately as he watched cars pass them by through the dark tinted windows.


Garcia searched through the CCTV. Her heart ached as she watched Reid leave the BAU and walk down the streets. No-one was on the street that her junior g-man walked down. She paused it as she watched a figure come out of the shadows from an alley. "Hotch, I have something."

Hotch, Blake and JJ walked over to the computer and stared at the screen as Garcia play the video. All three gasped as they watched the figure behind Reid smash a pole against Reid's head. Garcia covered her mouth as she watched Reid crash to the floor. The unsub began to pull him back into the alley by his ankles. The unsub had kept his face hidden with a cap and had disappeared into the darkness with their youngest member.

"I can't get a clear shot of his face," she cried. "He hit him so hard."

"Reid is alive and we need to focus on that," Blake said before rubbing Garcia's shoulder. "We'll get him back."

Hotch pulled out his phone and dialed Morgan's number. He waited for an answer.

"Hotch, have you got anything?" Morgan said as soon as he answered the phone.

"I need you to go to an alley that is a few blocks away from the BAU. Reid got knocked out with a metal pole and dragged into an alley. I need you and Rossi to check it out."


Rossi and Morgan parked by the alley and dodged a few people as they entered the alley that Hotch had directed them to. They both put on gloves and searched for signs of Reid's abduction.

"Morgan, I've got a trail of blood," Rossi said as he moved some paper cups and rubbish from the trail. "It looks like he hid the blood with some rubbish."

"With that amount of blood, Reid's got a concussion and a bad head wound. Rossi, when I get my hands on this bastard, I'm going to make him pay."

"Save your anger for when we find Reid. You can take it up with the unsub then. We need to find Reid before this son of a bitch kills him. We both know that if we give him Carey Lock, he will kill Reid before he would ever give him back."

"I'm not losing Reid this way," Morgan said strongly. "He's gone through enough."

He turned and began to follow the trail of blood to a nearby dumpster. Rossi came over, grabbed a crate and put it next to the dumpster. He stepped up to it and looked in the dumpster. He saw a brown strap peeking out from a bunch of Styrofoam boxes. Wrapping his hand around the strap, he pulled it up and out into the alley. Both of the saw the smear of crimson blood over the satchel. Morgan opened it with his gloved hands to see Reid's badge inside along with his wallet. He checked the wallet and found it empty of cash.

"He took Reid's cash but none of the cards," Morgan observed.

"Morgan, we have a bigger problem," Rossi said. "Reid's gun isn't here."


"You're the loner type," Dell spoke after about an hour of driving in silence. Reid looked at him before looking back out of the window. "Oh, I'm sorry. Did I hit a nerve?"

Dell let out a loud chuckle. Reid pulled against the tape around his wrists before stilling at Dell's stare.

"I watched you for a while and all I saw was your team going off and having fun at bars while you went home and locked yourself away from the world. For a team that is supposedly family to you, they don't seem to care about you. I mean, it's not exactly a surprise they don't like having you hang around them. You're just around to make them feel better."

Reid tried to yell at Dell to shut up but it came out muffled.

"For someone who seeks to prove the truth in almost everything, you don't like hearing it."

Dell looked at Reid's legs and saw him squirmed uncomfortably. He pulled into a dirt road and turned off the car. "Does little Spencer need to go to the bathroom?"

Reid nodded his head slowly and avoided making eye contact with Dell.

"I'm going to cut the tape from your wrists but I'll be holding a gun to your head the entire time while you handcuff your hands in front of you. I took the liberty of borrowing the ones from your bag. Now, you're going to be a good little hostage and not try anything stupid. I'm not afraid to put a few holes in you. Do you understand?"

Reid nodded his head again. Dell grabbed his gun and a pair of scissors from the glove compartment. He left the car and went into the back seat.

"Don't expect many of these breaks?" Dell said before putting the gun to the back of Reid's head. Relief flood through Reid as the tape got cut from his wrists. He slowly brought his hands in front of him and peeled off the tape from his red and chaffed wrists. Dell threw the handcuffs on Reid's lap and nudged the gun against his head. "Put them on."

A small moment of hesitation passed before Reid handcuffed his hands in front of him with difficulty. Dell got out of the car and opened the passenger door. Reid grunted as Dell grabbed the back of his neck and yanked him from the seat. He pushed Reid forward and pressed the gun to his back. "Start walking."

Reid shivered as a gust of cold wind invaded his small frame. The weather was cold and winter had definitely arrived. As he got marched deeper into the woods, his mind went to the team and how much he missed them. He just wanted to go back home to them safely. He froze as he heard Dell's voice. "Walk over to the tree and do your business, Dr Reid. Don't worry, I can't see whatever small thing you have."

Nothing but embarrassment and fear came through Reid as he walked to the tree. He urinated as quickly as he could and tried to block out Dell's laughter behind him. The tape around wrapped around his head and over his mouth felt tight and suffocating. He zipped up his trousers and turned back around.

"Come back here, Dr Reid," Dell ordered.

He walked over, his feet dragging against the forest floor slightly in response to the fear pumping through his veins. As he neared Dell's side, he knew he had to fight and get away at any cost. He held his hands together and prepared himself as he took the last step.

"You're so pathetic," Dell taunted. "I don't-"

Dell grunted as Reid smashed his hands into his face and fell to the floor. Reid tried to grab the gun but fell to the floor as a hand wrapped around his ankle. Dell screamed with anger as Reid smashed his foot into his face. Reid scrambled to his feet and ran as fast as he could into the forest and away from Dell. He could hear his kidnapper yelling and running after him.

He had to keep running. He couldn't stop.


Reid collapsed against a tree after ten minutes and breathed heavily through his nose. His chest burned from all the running and he was starting to feel weak. He clawed at the tape around his mouth but couldn't unwrap it from around his mouth. He leaned against the tree and had to resist the urge to go asleep. His vision blurred and he felt incredibly dizzy. His arm ached with pain from falling on it during the fight.

He whipped around as he heard a stick snap behind him.

"You little bastard!"

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