Chapter 12 –

Garcia hadn't moved so quickly in a while, her hands tightly grasped around her tablet while her heels clipped loudly on the hard floor as she ran through the bullpen and up the stairs to the conference room. Garcia was slightly out of breath as she loudly entered before she stared hard at Hotch.

"Adam Lockwood!"

Garcia reached up and gently wiped her brow as she caught her breath and looked around at Hotch, Reid and Morgan but was just greeted by looks of confusion. Still breathing heavily rapidly Garcia jogged over and hooked her tablet up to the large screen quickly bringing up a photo of Adam Lockwood's driving licence.

"Adam Lockwood, he is the nephew of Justin Andrews who owns the mobile home that Sam Davis has been sending his coded letters to."

Garcia took a breath and saw that she had immediately captured everyone's attention before she changed the photo to one of Adam Lockwood in army fatigues.

"Adam Lockwood, 35 years old and an ex army Ranger, he left the army three years ago and has no record of employment since and has all his mail sent to his uncle's address. I found a bank account under the name Adam Andrews that he accessed six months ago and recently had $10,000 deposited into it from a company that Davis used to work for."

"You think that this Adam Lockwood is working as a mercenary?"

Garcia nodded in response to Morgan's question as she finally took a seat at the table.

"I'll dig deeper into his financial background but I wanted to let you know what I had found straight away."

"Thank you Garcia, have you got any idea of his current location?"

Garcia smiled as Hotch finished speaking already having prepared herself for this very question.

"It took me a while to find anything, Lockwood is very good at hiding his tracks and 'living off the grid' so to speak but of course he hadn't taken into account my wonderful skills! Eight years ago Adam Lockwood brought a cabin on the outskirts of Charlottesville and although the transaction was in cash I managed to find the paper trail and satellite surveillance images from 48 hours ago shows smoke coming out of the chimney of the cabin."

The smile was etched broadly on Garcia's face as she finished and was pleased to see that Hotch was nodding his head in appreciation.

"That's great Garcia give us the coordinates and we'll head out there."

"Already done sir."

Hotch grabbed up his cell as Morgan and Reid quickly stood up before the three men jogged out of the conference room.

"Let me know how you get on, I'll stay here and dig further into Adam Lockwood."

As she spoke Garcia knew that she was talking to herself but as she stood up and picked up her tablet she knew that hopefully they had found the lead that they needed to stop the threat to Emily, Dave and Kate. With her friend's safety in the forefront of her mind Garcia headed back down to her office and checking the area around the safe house was her first priority.

JJ was glad that she had a moment to herself as she loaded the groceries into the back of the SUV, dragging an angry and reluctant David Rossi around the shop had been an interesting experience and not one that she wanted to repeat in the near future. But as she kept a close eye on her surroundings JJ knew that she held no grudges against Dave and she would be reacting the same if someone had threatened her family, though she had firmly put her foot down and refused to let Dave drive, she wanted the both of them to arrive safely. Luckily the journey was relatively short as well as silent, both of them watching carefully to ensure that they weren't being followed.

"Strauss could have picked a nicer place."

The words were mumbled under Dave's breath as he took a bag of groceries and followed JJ into the apartment building, JJ bit her tongue and instead rolled her eyes, knowing that to react would only provoke Dave even more than necessary.

"Ok here we are."

JJ smiled as she knocked firmly on the door and waited patiently, knowing that Blake would check the monitors and then unlock the door but behind her JJ could hear Dave tapping his feet impatiently.

"Come on in."

Blake smiled as she stood aside and let JJ and Dave in before she firmly closed the door and ensured that it was secure before she wandered back through the small apartment.

"Dad!"

Kate managed to keep the volume of her voice to a minimum but there was no disguising the relief and happiness as she jumped up off the sofa and ran over to Dave, allowing him just enough time to deposit the groceries on the counter before she enveloped him into a warm, tight embrace.

"Hello sweetie, are you and your mom ok?"

"We're fine dad, just missed you."

"Well I'm here now."

Dave smiled as he held onto his daughter, he hadn't hesitated in racing off to find out who was hunting his family but as he held onto Kate he knew that he hadn't stopped to consider how she would react and feel and how much Kate would need his reassuring presence.

"Well I've made sure that you've got plenty of food in."

"Thanks Jen."

Emily smiled softly as she stood up and walked into the kitchen area and started to help JJ unpack the food.

"Not a problem, I can stay if you want to get home and rest Alex."

JJ stopped and looked at the older agent who smiled and shook her head.

"I'll stay JJ you get home to your kids."

"Neither of you need to stay."

Dave spoke gruffly as he manoeuvred Kate away from him but both Blake and JJ shook their heads firmly at the same time.

"Its fine JJ you go."

"Thanks Alex, ring if you need anything or need backup for..."

JJ gestured her head towards Dave who glared angrily at her but Emily waved her arms around quickly, causing everyone to fall silent.

"Dave will be fine and thanks Alex it would be great if you could stay."

Dave sighed heavily as he let go of Kate and walked off towards the bedroom, Emily closed her eyes while Blake and JJ went towards the front door.

"Mom?"

Kate's voice was a whisper as she walked over and put her hand on her mom's shoulder.

"I'm ok Kate, let me go and speak some sense into your father, he is just feeling a little bit sensitive about everything at the moment."

"Ok I'll wait here for you."

Emily smiled as she leant across and kissed Kate on the cheek before she followed Dave into the bedroom, closing the door firmly behind her.

"Kate?"

Kate jumped slightly as she turned around but quickly breathed a sigh of relief as she saw Blake standing beside her, a worried look adorning her face.

"Is everything ok sweetheart?"

Blake spoke softly as she reached up and placed her hand on Kate's arm, she knew how much Kate had been through and didn't want her current predicament to cause her anymore emotional distress.

"Yeah, at least we've got some food now."

"How about we cook some dinner then?"

"That would be good, thanks Alex."

Blake smiled as she patted Kate's arm knowing that the distraction would be good and that it would give Emily some time to calm Dave down.