The friend from Uni.

Following the trial.

I was hiding in a tree and kept watch on the group after me.
'Come on, just a little closer.'
"Come out little lady! We just wanna have some fun." One of them exclaimed as they creeped around.
Once I saw them in my trap I cut the vine I had in place making the spears fall around them, with only one being hit and killed by one of them. I stabbed my knife into the tree so Spencer knew which way I was going before jumping to the next tree so I could continue running. I kept running as the others began to fire their arrows at me and I left a handprint for Spencer to follow.

(Spencer p.o.v)

"No one's in the barn!" Morgan told making me think.
"We've got a problem though." Prentiss stated making us listen.
"What's wrong?" Hotch questioned.
"We found a dead body. Broken neck." She told.
"That would have been Ash." I told making them look towards me. "Like I said, she doesn't like killing. But if she has to she will, and she already has."
"If she's not here anymore, where the hell could she have gone?" Jj questioned making me start to pace.
"Could they have taken her someplace else to kill?" Rossi suggested.
"No this has to be their place of operation. Why would they change for Ash?" Hotch questioned as I noticed a piece of wood.
I walked towards it and put my gloves on not focusing on me team anymore.
"Reid. Hotch just called her Ash." Morgan told.
"This piece of wood."
"What about it?" He questioned making me show the arrow with S.R carved into it.
"She's left us a clue. She was here, and she escaped."
"Meaning, they are chasing her right now." Prentiss told.
"That's why none of them were here." Jj added making Hotch speak into the com for everyone as we began to rush to where she left it pointing.
"We need all units but one to start searching the forest. We think they are chasing her as we speak."
'We are coming for you Ash!'

We rushed out of the barn like place to see if she left any clues for her direction when one of the blood hounds found a small blood trail.
'She was hit. If it was one of them we would have found another body. It's hers.'
We followed the blood trail and kept running in the direction the blood pointed to. We made it to some form of clearing making us try to work out where to go next.
"Where to now?!" Rossi questioned making me run my hand through my hair to try and see if I could find anything.
'Come on Ash. A sign, anything. Which way did you go?!'
As we looked around, my eyes landed on a bolder making me go towards it. The others followed while the rest of the units went looking around for clues. I walked to the other side to see a bloody handprint and I knew it was Ash's hand.
"Is that......" Prentiss began and I nodded.
"That's her handprint."
"Found some blood!" Someone exclaimed making us look to see there was a handprint on a tree.
"She went that way." I told
"Move it people! They went that way!" Hotch ordered making us follow it as we kept a look out for any clue she left.

We followed the trail till we came across a river making us stop to think.
"Check for any clues if she came down this way!" Morgan told but I just began to cross. "Reid!"
"If I'm wrong on this, then I'm wrong. But I am not going to not check!" I shouted back.
"Prentiss, Morgan, go with him." Hotch told making them do so.
I looked towards the bottom to see something shine, making me lean down to pick it up. I shook the water off of it a pit and saw it was a ring.

"What's this ring?" I questioned as I looked at it.
"It's my old wedding ring. Pure salted iron, Deans got one as well." She told taking it from me and placing it on a chain.
"And turning it into a necklace?"
"So I have it with me incase I need to punch a ghost." She told making us chuckle.

"I found her ring!" I told making Prentiss and Morgan come closer to look at it.
"How do you know?" Prentiss asked.
"Because inside is an engraving. 'Saving people, hunting things, the family business.' Then there's a heart and D.W. on it." I explained showing it.
"So she went through the river?" Morgan questioned.
"If there is no evidence on the other side of this. We need to assume she went with the current." I explained making us go to see.
We soon made it to the other side and began to look around. As we did, we saw something that looked to be pointing out of a tree. We rushed towards it and saw it was definitely an arrow that was recently broken.
"She went this way." I told making Morgan go to get everyone to cross.
I looked around more to see if she left another clue for which way she went, and saw another hand print on a tree, but this one was mostly fainted in colour.
'Please be ok Ash. Please be ok.'