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Chapter 27

'Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.' Arnold Schwarzenegger

Hotch and the others made their way back to the precinct in record time and they burst into the back room where Morgan and JJ were waiting with Reid who was staring straight ahead in shock. JJ was trying to comfort him but she didn't look to happy herself.

"What did they send" Hotch asked wasting no time in leaping to action. "A DVD was delivered" Morgan said "addressed to Reid. We locked down the building but whoever delivered it was long gone. We have officers combing through security videos looking for who dropped it off. They didn't waste any time… with her… Hotch it isn't good" He finished looking pissed off.

Hotch hesitated before he looked at the laptop in front of Morgan. He then sighed before sitting down. "Show me" he said quietly.

After glancing at Reid Morgan slowly turned the laptop round and pressed play on the video.

The screen lit up to show footage from a handheld camera that moved slowly towards a figure hunched on the floor with her arms yanked brutally behind her back. A hand reached out and grabbed hold of a fistful of her hair and yanked her head back revealing Livie.

Her face was bruised and she had a blackened eye. There was a piece of tape over her mouth and she was breathing heavily as she struggled to get away from them.

There was a cruel laugh "struggle all you want bitch… you aren't going anywhere" a bodiless voice taunted. Livie just grunted past the tape yanking to get away.

The unsub laughed and flung Livie down and they all saw her head smack against the concrete floor. She lay there dazed for a minute before she shoved herself away and with tremendous effort she managed to haul herself up into a sitting positon where she stayed breathing heavily before she looked back at the unsub through her ragged hair.

Slowly the unsub set the camera on a tripod before he moved forward and they saw that he was wearing a ski mask. He bent over Livie before he ripped the tape off of her mouth and she let out a cry of pain.

"You know sweetheart you had me wondering about you. I liked you… you were different to the other girls. You weren't instantly all over me like those other little whores… and that is when I got suspicious. And you seemed to be everything I looked for. Like you were too perfect. And I wondered why after all those days watching girls on the campus how I had never spotted you. It wasn't until I went outside and a saw the van outside that I realised that you could be a cop. So I went round the back and waited. Sure enough you came out the back and I saw you talking into your ear wig. And I was so glad that I had already drugged you."

Livie stared up at him as her breathing got faster as he came towards her again crouching in front reaching out to stroke her cheek. Livie pulled away but he grabbed her by the throat and leaned in close. "Don't pull away sweetheart" he said "you mustn't pull away now."

"Get off me" Livie hissed but he chuckled "maybe a little fight will be fun" he breathed as his hand traced over her cheek and down over her chest.

Livie shuddered before she slowly looked over at the camera. "I'm fine" she whispered "I can take it I swear… I am fine"

"I my dear by the time I am finished with you my dear you won't be" the unsub taunted before he threw Livie to the ground again and as she tried to haul herself up again he leapt forward and planted his foot into her stomach causing her to cry out and curl inwards whimpering.

The unsub stood over her watching hr for a minute before he looked at the camera. "Nice try Agents" he said "she was very good but not good enough… though I am grateful that you gave her to me… I plan to have fun with her…" as he spoke he lowered himself down on Livie rolling her onto her back.

"No" Livie hissed squirming to get away "get off me now." She struggled frantically but with her wrists still bound behind her back she couldn't move very far. She looked up at the camera and a look of fear crossed over her eyes as the unsub pinned her to the ground. The fear was followed by determination and her leg shot out catching the tripod knocking it over so that they lost sight of the unsub but they could just see Livie's face in the corner of the screen.

The unsub laughed "nice try sweetheart" he said "unfortunately you can't turn of the sound" he leant over to whisper in her ear "they can still hear everything."

Livie squeezed her eyes closed trying to stop the tears from leaking out as they heard the sickening sound of the unsub unzipping his pants. "I wonder" the unsub asked "is your boyfriend watching… Spence wasn't it? That's the name you called out when we were pulling you into the van… I wonder if he will be able to watch it…"

Everyone in the squad room looked at Reid and they saw that he had tears leaking from his eyes as he listened to the taunts. He dropped his head into his hands unable to keep watching.

"Maybe" the unsub continued drawing everyone's attention back to the screen "I'll send it to him… so he can see you one last time hmm."

Livie couldn't hold back a small sob "no" she begged "don't… just leave him alone" the unsub laughed.

Livie shifted and bit her lip as his hand came up to caress her cheek and they heard the sounds of him pulling Livie's jeans down.

Livie's breathing sped up before she stiffened and she couldn't help but let out a pained cry suddenly and her eyes flew open as another cry followed and she looked over at the camera as her eyes filled with tears as she struggled desperately to get away mouthing something around the pained cries and they soon realised that she was mouthing 'I love you Spence' before she looked away as a look of agony overwhelmed her.

"Turn it off" Hotch said through gritted teeth "none of us need to see this anymore…"

"Wait" Morgan said quietly "there's something more."

He reached over and fast-forwarded until the unsub got off Livie who instantly rolled over onto her side curling up though she looked up at him with confusion all over her face as he zipped his pants back up.

"You've been looking for us for a long time detectives" he said "and you still aren't any closer to finding us than you were at the beginning."

He paced around Livie as she lay there shivering still lying there exposed. "So I challenge you to do better Agents, because your lovely girl's life lies in the balance. You had better find her soon agents. Because as soon as I am finished with the other girls… she's next on my agenda."

He moved towards the camera and chuckled "the clock is ticking agents… best hurry up."

And with that the screen went black.

Everyone sat in silence for a few minutes before Hotch looked at Emily "call Garcia" he said and Emily's eyes widened "you cannot let her see that" she said and Hotch nodded "I know" he said "ask her to get Kevin Lynch in to watch that… then get her to run credit checks on everyone in the bar last night."

Slowly Emily nodded and headed out of the room. That was when Reid leapt to his feet and began to pace back and forth. Then suddenly he swung out his hand striking the wall angrily before leaping back hissing in pain.

"Whoa Reid" Morgan said rising to his feet "take it easy man." Reid groaned as he cradled his hand against his chest. Hotch looked at JJ and jerked his head to her. She nodded and moved forward to catch hold of Reid's shoulder. "Come on" she said "let's go get some ice on that" she said before she steered him out towards the break room.

Hotch looked at everyone else "let's go over everything we have again" he said "I don't care how long it takes we are going to find something. But let's hurry…we are running out of time."

In the break room JJ urged Reid to sit down whilst she raided the freezer where she found an ice pack. Wrapping it in a dish cloth she moved forward and sat down beside him. "You trying to break your hand" she asked gently as she carefully reached out to take his hand and she placed the ice pack over his bruised hand to try and prevent the swelling "I can't remember the last time I saw you punch something" she said carefully "but now you have punched an agent and the wall all in one day… Prescott I understand but what did the wall ever do to you"

Reid didn't look up at all. He just stared straight ahead fighting back tears. "Hey" JJ whispered "Hey Spence… it's ok… we are going to find her and she is going to be ok."

"You don't know that" Reid whispered hoarsely.

"Yes I do" JJ said softly "Livie is a very strong girl… she has been through a lot already and she will get through this" she gripped Reid's unbruised hand tightly "and then you can both go back to Quantico and live a long happy life together… I know it Spence."

Reid didn't lift his head. He just stared at the table. "I can't lose her JJ" he whispered "I can't live without her. I can't even bear the thought of it, she is my soulmate. My sun… I can't lose her."

"Spencer" JJ said firmly "you are not going to lose her… don't think so negatively."

"I want to do something" Reid said looking up at her "I want to do something but I can't… I can't do anything because every time I try to I can't focus… I can't think… she's out there being … being hurt and I am just here being useless."

"You aren't being useless Spence" JJ whispered "you are being strong… you are not giving up and you are fighting for her… that isn't being useless."

Reid looked at her sadly "chin up kid" JJ said "you need to have your chin up ok"

Reid stared at her not looking convinced but then he slowly nodded and after looking away and taking a few deep breaths he rose to his feet. "Thanks JJ" he whispered before he headed quickly back to the squad room.

JJ waited a minute before she replaced the icepack in the freezer and headed out after Reid.

When she entered everyone was deep in conversation. "They didn't waste any time filming that video and sending it to us. That means that they can't be hiding that far away from here." Morgan was saying.

"Which suggests they live somewhere between the bar and the station." Emily said heading over to where there was a map of the city. She quickly marked the two locations on the map. "Reid can you calculate a radius for us" Hotch asked gently. Reid slowly nodded and headed over to the math.

Morgan was staring into space and Rossi didn't miss that. "Hey what's on your mind" he asked. Morgan didn't answer immediately but eventually he looked up. "I was thinking about that video" he said quietly "about what the unsub said when he was taunting Livie."

"Which part" Hotch asked looking up obviously interested. "The part where he said that he was glad that he had already drugged Livie" Morgan said "… Livie was careful she didn't let any of them anywhere near her drink… so how did they drug her?"

"Garcia" Hotch sad into the speaker system sitting on the desk "bring up the footage from when Livie was talking to Mandaville"

"On it" Garcia said sounding very shocked like she couldn't believe what was happening. She brought up the footage and they all crowded round the laptop to watch.

They saw Livie sitting on the bar stool chatting to the potential unsub. Reid looked over at the screen and his eyes saddened again as he drifted over to watch it.

They all watched the unsub around Livie's drink carefully. "He never touches it" Morgan said looking confused. "Wait" Reid said. "Garcia … rewind."

He watched intently but then quickly told Garcia to stop. "Watch the bartender" he said and everyone watched as they made Livie's drink and after looking around to check that nobody was watching, he dropped something into Livie's glass.

"Son of a bitch" Morgan said as Hotch leapt to his feet "Morgan, Rossi… go to his work… Emily, you and I are going to his house as soon as Garcia send us the address."

"Already done my liege, his name is Kieran Mavis… 27… lives about two miles from you… address is on your phones now" Garcia cut in.

"Good work Garcia see what you can get on him" Hotch said as Prescott came in. "The press are outside… they got wind of the fact that we have a missing agent" he said. "I'll handle that" JJ said and she quickly headed out to talk to the press.

"Hey" Hotch said as he passed Reid and slowly his youngest agent looked up at him "this is good" he said "we have a lead now… a good one." Reid nodded and watched as they all headed out before closing his eyes willing Livie to hang in there just a little longer. 'I'm coming for you' he thought 'hang in there and I promise you I will find you… no matter how long it takes…"

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Livie was still lying where they had left her after videoing her when she heard them coming down the hall towards the room they had locked her in. Her arms were aching from being restrained behind her back for so long and her head was spinning from the drugs still in her system. They had left her lying there defiled and exposed.

As she heard the footsteps get louder she closed her eyes tight trying to stop the tears that were leaking down her cheeks. She took few deep breaths to steel herself as the door opened and she heard someone coming in.

"Aww sweetheart" she heard the unsub who had hurt her say "I am sorry I didn't mean to leave you like that…" Livie didn't move as he yanked her trousers back up but she felt relieved to be covered again.

He caught hold of her shoulder and rolled her onto her back before he lifted her head and she felt him press something against her lips. "Come on love" he said "we can't have you getting all dehydrated now can we."

Livie allowed her eyelids to flutter open and she saw that he was holding a water bottle to her lips. Despite the fact that her throat was dry Livie whimpered and turned her head away. He laughed at her "What worried it is drugged honey… don't worry once I have my girls I don't drug them… as long as you are a good girl I won't drug you."

Livie still refused to take the drink so with a sigh he caught hold of her chin and forced her to watch as he drank from the bottle. "There" he said pointedly "now will you please take a drink or will I have to force you."

Livie squeezed her eyes shut again before allowing him to help her take a drink feeling relief as the cool liquid soothed her dry throat. "Good girl" he murmured as he watched her drink. Then Livie felt his hand sliding down to cup her breast. Instantly she recoiled and spat the water in her mouth into his face.

He swore furiously and slapped her hard "you little bitch" he snarled. Livie couldn't help but flinch as he raised his hand to strike her again. He seemed to like that because he calmed then and smirked as he shoved her away and rose to his feet "ahh I'll teach you how to behave soon enough love… all my girls fight when they first arrive. But I soon teach them how to behave like the whores they are."

"You are sick" Livie whispered as she stared up at him all the while trying to work her wrists free of the zip ties "and you are not going to get away with this… my team is going to find you and they are going to make you pay for every girl you have hurt and I really can't wait to watch them do it" she finished with as much venom as possible.

The unsub stared at her expressionlessly before he turned and moved away and headed over to a locker in the corner of the room. "You have a lot of faith in your team honey" he said "especially considering that they couldn't protect you from us last night."

He turned and came back towards her producing a role of duct tape. "Why trust them when they haven't protected you hmm…"

Livie glared daggers at him as he came forward and grabbed hold of her and forced her mouth open stuffing a rag into her mouth before he placed the tape over her mouth wrapping it tightly round her head yanking at her hair as he did so. Livie tried to make a sound but she couldn't.

"I think it is time for you to meet our other girls my dear" he said yanking her to her feet. Livie staggered as he gripped her arm tightly and hauled her away. He dragged her back down the hall as she struggled to remain on her feet until they arrived at a door that was bolted shut.

Whistling the unsub unbolted it and threw it open. "Hello my dears" he said as he dragged Livie in "I brought you a new friend."

Livie felt her eyes widen as she looked around and saw all seven of the remaining women all in little pens with the doors chained shut. They were all sitting against the wall with their hands tied above their heads to rings in the walls. They were all gagged like Livie was and they all looked hungry and terrified.

The unsub laughed and dragged Livie down the row of pens until he came to an empty one and he yanked the door open and threw Livie to the ground. Livie yelled in pain as he grabbed her arms yanking them up but her shriek of pain was muffled by her gag. Then she heard the sound of her zip ties being snapped and her arms came free. She instantly curled up trying to protect herself cradled her arms against her chest rubbing her wrists trying to get the blood flowing again.

She rolled over to look at the unsub and he smirked at her "give me your arms love" he said but Livie shook her head dragging herself away from him but she soon found herself trapped against the wall.

Chuckling the unsub moved forward and grabbed her wrists. Livie fought with all her strength but he overpowered her and pinned her arms above her head and she felt the cold metal cuffs wrap around her wrists.

As he stepped away Livie pulled at the cuffs staring up at him miserably as he grinned smugly down at her. "So honey I wonder how your beloved team is doing? I don't think they are making much progress so I think I will send them a little clue."

Livie froze staring in horror as he walked slowly out of her pen. Then he paced up and down the rows of pens. "Hmm" he murmured "who am I bored of now…"

All of the other girls stared at him fearfully until he stopped in front of a pen holding a young 21 year old with blonde hair and blue eyes. "Emma" he crooned "I think it is time for you to go…"

"NO" Livie screamed as he moved forward but her cry was illegible. She was forced to watch as he moved in and released her from the wall. Livie couldn't watch as he assaulted the girl and she turned her head away feeling the tears stream down her cheeks.

Then she heard an awful gagging sound and her head snapped up to see that he was on top of the girl Emma with his hands round her throat and he was choking. Livie screamed and struggled desperately but there was nothing she could do and before long Emma fell still, never to move again.

Livie sobbed in horror knowing that the girl was dead. The unsub laughed and dragged the girl's body out and dumped it in front out of Livie who stared at her blank eyes in horror. The unsub moved back over to stare at her. "Your friends had better hurry up sweetheart" he said smirking "because as soon as I run out of other girls you are next…you had better hope they find you fast honey…"

Livie felt her breathing speed up and fear course through her as he moved over to her "Hey Cody" he called "wanna come do what you do best?"

The door opened and one of the other unsubs came in "indeed I do" he said as he pulled out a knife and came towards Livie.

Livie looked at him feeling her chest heave as she he used his knife to cut open her shirt before he pressed the blade of the knife against her stomach. "You are beautiful" he murmured "and I see you have already been through the wars" he crooned stroking the bullet wound on her stomach. Livie pulled away angrily.

"Ahh ahh" he said pressing the knife hard against her stomach "don't move honey. The more you flinch the more I cut."

And with that he slashed his knife against Livie's stomach and she flinched. "Don't forget honey… flinch and it will keep going" he taunted and he slashed at her stomach again. The pain was intense and it took all of her self-control not to flinch. Obviously wanting a reaction she felt the next cut run deeper and she screamed in pain which was muffled by her gag.

The one called Cody laughed loudly and cut her again and she shrieked again. The first unsub… the one who had called himself Joe watched smirking at her pain.

Over and over again it happened until Livie felt hot blood soaking her skins… then she felt the darkness closing in without her. She spared one final thought for her mom, dad, sisters and Reid before she relaxed and allowed the darkness to consume her.

"No matter how strong you are, no matter how smart you are or tough you can be, the world will find a way to break you. And when it does, the only thing you can do is hold on." Taylor Jenkins Reid

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