Classified light- a criminal minds fan fiction

Walled mistakes

"Come on Johnson, where are you?" Hotch's leg shook anxiously as he waited below vent he had followed her lipstick trail to after sprinting the opposite direction to her like she told him to.

"Hotch?" Rossi's voice spoke down the radio, "where the hell have you been?"

"Rossi! Call all back up right now- we found the unsub and something seriously strange" he radioed back, his eyes still locked onto the end of the hallway where he was waiting to see Cameron run down it.

"You found the unsub? What? Where's Cameron? No one has been able to connect to her radio."

"Just call backup! And get a sledgehammer, break down the bathroom wall- break down any wall if you have to!"

"What?!"

Hotch saw a shadow coming around the hallway and paused with a moment of relief before that was replaced by fear when he the shadow grow larger.

The man they now presumed to be the unsub in the cape with a slice in his leg searched around before spotting Hotch.

"Got ya" he smirked wickedly.

"Rossi, please tell me you have that sledgehammer" Hotch spoke down the radio, walking back until his back was against the wall but when Rossi didn't respond, having gone to get the team.

"Great" Hotch sighed.

"Looks like it's just me and you" Dan got closer down the hallway to him.

"He's mine!" A voice yelled as it came running around the corner, throwing itself onto Dan's back from behind.

"Cameron!" Hotch yelled and ran over.

"Go to sleep! Go to sleep! Go to sleep!" She covered a wiggling Dan's mouth with a bit of her dress she had ripped off the bottom and a mixture of toilet supplies she found in a cupboard the way she had ran that surprisingly led to an exit out of the walls into the janitor's closet- an exit she couldn't take, not without knowing that Hotch was okay.

Dan kept trying to throw her off him, slamming her back into the exposed wooden beams which sent waves of pain through her until she couldn't hold on with one finale hit and fell- terrified when he turned to her and kicked her with all his might but Hotch's fist flew at his face before he had the chance to a second time.

Dan was knocked out instantly from the intense blow to the face.

"Cameron!" Hotch couldn't think about anything else and grabbed her arms, crouching down besides her.

"You knocked him out!" She said in shock, staring at the unconscious body next to her "how did you knock him out with one punch?!"

"You were trying to drug him with bleach and cleaning supplies- don't act like this is worse!" He defended, helping her up and bringing her over below the vent to lift her up.

"Wait, no- you have to go up first" she said, clutching her ribs in pain as she tried to speak.

"What? No, that's stupid- you won't be able to get up then."

"You can drag me up if I jump for your hand but I won't be able to drag you up- and don't call me stupid! It's very rude of you!"

He shook his head at how she was still able to lecturer him even in situations like these.

"I can't climb up there though."

"Stand on my hands" she steadied herself against the wall and tried to steady her shaking hands in front of her.