Hey, everyone. Here is the next chapter for you all. I know, I'm surprised at even myself, it's only been three days since my last update. I will not be updating Never alone again as I'm altering a few parts of it so that will get updated in the next day or so. You're going to hate me for the ending of this but I wouldn't be me if I didn't do it. Hotch knows the name of Dell and he would have told the team. Sorry for not making that clearer. He'll be known as Dell from now on. I know it isn't related but I wondered if anyone is watching the new program called Forever on ABC. I love it and I was thinking about starting a story for it. Anyway, enjoy and I look forward to hearing from you.

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A few hours later

Warm tears dripped down his cheeks as he laid in the tub as still has he could. Every movement sent waves of pain through his legs and body. The bandage around his leg was now a crimson red. He winced as he remembered the pain he had felt as Dell had broken both his legs. Reid listened to Dell snoring away in the motel room and hoped the team was close to finding him. He needed to get to a hospital. A creak brought his attention to the doorway of the bathroom. Dell marched in and smirked at Reid. "I see you're awake. I didn't know FBI agents could be so lazy."

Reid had no choice but to stay silent with the tape over his mouth. Dell walked to the toilet behind Reid and relieved himself. "Nothing like a few hours of sleep to give you new ideas," Dell said as he finished. "I suppose I should check in on your team. I can't have them slacking off."

Dell produced Reid's cellphone but didn't call the team. He brought up the video recorder and pressed record. He pointed it at Reid and chuckled. "Hello, BAU team. Doesn't Spencer look comfortable. I hope you're doing what I told you. I'll be checking on things soon but I wanted to show you what your delay has cost Spencer."

Dell bent down next to Reid and continued to speak. "I'm having fun with your boy, Agent Hotchner. I wonder how you feel when you see him in pain."

Reid barely had time to react as Dell grabbed his left ring finger and snapped it back. A muffled scream filled the room as Reid felt his finger break. He clenched his eyes shut and whimpered into the tape.

Dell laughed loudly and grabbed Reid's hair. He yanked him close and looked into his eyes. He held the camera close to Reid's face. "Do you see his fear? It's pathetic."

A muffled grunt escaped Reid as Dell threw back his head and pointed the camera at his legs. "Look at how broken I've made him. He's like my own personal marionette. I control everything about him."

Suddenly, Dell's hand covered Reid's nose and pinched the nostrils closed. Reid struggled as much as he could as his body got deprived of oxygen. Fear came through him as his vision began to go dark. His eyes began to flutter as his lungs burned. Dell brought his hand away and Reid breathed in deeply through his nose. His eyes watered as he tried to gain control of breathing.

"I'll be calling you soon. I just wanted to give you a good look at Spencer before I make him unrecognizable."

Dell stopped the video and let out a content sigh. "Let's give your team a little show."

Hotch shook away the tired feeling that tried to trap his mind and concentrated on the board in front of him. Garcia was guzzling her second cup of coffee when a small beep came from Hotch's phone. He brought it out to find a video message from Reid. "Garcia, I've got a video from the Dell."

Garcia took the phone and synched it with the television. She brought up the video as Hotch brought the rest of the team into the room. She played the video but gasped in horror at the sight of Reid. His face was very bruised and blood was soaking through a bandage on his forehead. His lips were now taped together while his hands had gotten secured to the bathtub. The fear in Reid's eyes was visible to all of them.

'Hello, BAU team. Doesn't Spencer look comfortable. I hope you're doing what I told you. I'll be checking on things soon but I wanted to show you what your delay has cost Spencer. I'm having fun with your boy, Agent Hotchner. I wonder how you feel when you see him in pain," Dell taunted as he moved the phone closer to Reid.

"No!" Garcia and Hotch cried out together as Dell grabbed Reid's finger and broke it. The rest of the team all stared at the screen in shock as Reid let out a muffled scream.

Dell grabbed Reid's hair on the video and pointed the camera at Reid's eyes. "Do you see his fear? It's pathetic."

Dell let go of Reid's hair and moved the camera down to Reid's leg. Hotch felt sick as he took in the sight of Reid's broken legs. The bloody bandage revealed how much blood Reid was losing. He put his arm around Garcia to comfort her as she began to cry.

'Look at how broken I've made him. He's like my own personal marionette. I control everything about him.'

"Stop hurting him," Garcia cried out as she watched Dell begin to suffocate Reid. Her junior g-man screamed into the tape over his mouth as his ability to breathe got stopped. "You son of a bitch! Just stop it."

Hotch hugged her to his chest so she couldn't see the screen. He watched as Dell allowed Reid to breathe again. Reid looked so scared and it broke his heart to see the youngest of his team suffering so much.

'I'll be calling you soon. I just wanted to give you a good look at Spencer before I make him unrecognizable.'

The video cut out and the room was only filled with Garcia's sobs.

Reid grunted and screamed into the tape as he got dragged back into the back of Dell's car and tied to the door. Dell leaned over him and grinned. "I thought you'd put up more of a fight than this."

Dell brought out a large blanket and covered Reid with it, shrouding him in darkness. "I know how much you love the dark."

He listened as Dell left the car and went back into the motel room. He moaned as despair came over him. Dell was most likely using cash and the team had no way of tracking the car. They would have found him by now. A gust of cold wind came into the car as Dell left the back door open. Panic came through him as the blanket was suddenly pulled off him.

"What the hell?" a man said from the door, his eyes wide with shock. "You're the guy on the TV."

Reid was only able to let out muffled pleas before the sound of gunshot fill the night. Horror filled Reid as blood splattered over his clothes and face. The man's body fell against the car with a thud before sliding to the ground.

"You had to be a nosy little motel man," Dell sneered before staring at Reid, who was now shaking with shock. He could feel the blood on his face and in his hair.

Reid screamed into the tape over his mouth and struggled as Dell wrapped his hand around his throat. He wheezed as darkness began to shroud his vision. As his body succumbed to the comfort of unconsciousness, he saw the look of pleasure Dell was getting from torturing him.

"He'll be so proud when I show you to him," Dell sighed happily.

Hotch could barely keep himself from losing control as he traveled on the jet to the prison Carey Lock was being held in. He had kept Garcia and JJ back at the BAU but he needed the rest of the team in South Dakota. Rossi was staring out of the window in deep thought while Blake was going through the files. Morgan sat across from him and was rubbing his thumb over something in his hand.

"Morgan, what are you doing?" Hotch asked.

Morgan opened his hand to show a cross connected to a chain. "I just want to bring him back alive and safe," Morgan said sadly. "He's really hurt and I'm not there to help, Hotch. I was praying that he stays strong and that Dell doesn't kill him. We can help him get better but we can't lose him. We won't survive if he dies. You saw Reid in the video. He's hurt and in a lot of pain. I swear, I'm going to kill Dell when I get hold of him."

"Reid is strong and he'll survive this," Hotch tried to assure Morgan. "I feel helpless sitting here but we need to beat him to South Dakota. We couldn't do anything from the BAU but we can get him before he gets to the prison. He won't get by the roadblocks."

"I want to be stationed at the one on the border of South Dakota. I want first shot at catching this bastard."

Hotch didn't get a chance to speak as Garcia came up on the laptop screen. JJ came behind her. Hotch could see both had red and puffy eyes.

"Hotch, there was a murder at a motel in Springfield, Illinois," JJ explained. "Gunshot to the back of the head. Dell murdered the motel manager."

"Are we sure it is Dell?" Rossi questioned.

Garcia brought up a photo. Hotch stared at the screen intently as he instantly recognized the gun in the picture with a post it note taped to it.

"That's Reid's gun," Morgan said. "Did he use Reid's gun to kill the motel owner?"

"We don't know yet," Garcia answered. "We are waiting on forensics to get back to us from Illinois."

"What does the note say?"

"Chop, chop, Agent Hotchner," Garcia said shakily. "There were no cameras so we can't get the bastard's identity."

"Morgan," Hotch said in a low, angry voice. "You're being place on the roadblock you want. You get the chance to kill Dell, you do it."

A burning pain filled Reid's cheek as he became aware again. A rattle of coughs came through his chest as thirst came to his mind. Slowly, he opened his eyes to see Dell standing above him. His hands were now free and the tape was gone from his mouth.

"Y-You didn't have to kill that man," Reid rasped.

"He saw you and I couldn't have my fun spoiled so soon," Dell sneered before bringing out a black rod behind his back. "Do you recognize this?"

Reid could barely focus with pounding in his head. "No, I don't."

"It's a cattle prod," Dell grinned with glee. "Let's see how loud you can scream. Oh, and don't worry. No-one will hear you. I've made it extra strong just for you."

"Nahhh!" Reid screeched as the cattle prod touched the skin of his stomach, sending a charge through his already fragile body.

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