𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 ⇝ 𝑪. 𝑴𝒊𝒏𝒅𝒔

𝐓𝐖𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐘-𝐓𝐇𝐑𝐄𝐄. 𝒈𝒐𝒏𝒆

Third POV
The BAU team was doing paperwork at the office, and Garcia was in her lair trying to get a ping on Homewood. No matter what the team did, they couldn't find him. He was like a ghost, and whenever he appeared, he would disappear again. It frustrated them as they wanted Del to be safe as they all had become attached to her.

Hotch was the most frustrated out of the bunch wanting nothing more than to protect Del. He sat in his office looking at Homewood's case file with a disheveled look on his face. He sighs before closing the case flow and putting it aside when his phone rings.

He answers it, not looking to see who called "Hotchner."

"Aaron, is Del at the BAU?" Jess, on the other end, asked questions.

"No, she told me she was studying with a friend at home after school. Why?" He says, starting to get a little worried.

"She never made it, Aaron. I tried calling her phone, and it's going straight to voicemail."

"Are you sure she didn't say she was going to her friend's house instead? Her phone could be off." Hotch asked to find any other reason Del wouldn't be home.

"Aaron, I remember what she said. Don't tell me you don't feel like something's wrong. You're an FBI agent, for crying out loud. And I'm really worried for her." Jess said.

Hotch sighed, "Okay, let me make a call real quick and find some stuff out, and I'll call you back. Don't tell Jack. I don't want him to worry."

"I didn't. I told him she was at a friend's house."

"Okay, thank you. I'll let you know what I find out." Hotch says.

They say their goodbyes, and Hotch dials a number. When Del had gone over to Julie's house, he had her get her father's number for Hotch just in case anything happened. And from then on, the two men became good friends.

"Hello."

"Ray, is Del with Julie by any chance?" Hotch asked, getting straight to the point.

"Hold on, let me see," Ray says. "Julie!"

"Yeah, dad," Julie says, walking out of her room and standing at the top of the stairs.

"Is Del up there with you and Flynn?"

Julie shakes her head, "No, she told us that she and Reggie were going to study at her house."

"She's not here." Hotch's breath hitches as Ray says that.

"Is something wrong, Aaron?"

"Jess called me saying Del never got home, and she's not answering her calls."

"Dad, what's going on? Is Del okay?" Julie asks as Flynn and her walk closer to her father.

"Are you saying she's missing?" Ray asks.

Hotch sighs, "At this point, I'm thinking so?"

"Del doesn't seem like the type just to run off, plus she is supposed to be with Reggie. Maybe they're hanging out." Ray suggests.

"Ray, ask Julie to call Reggie."

"Julie, call Reggie to see if he answers." With that, Julie pulls out her phone and dials Reggie's number, but it goes straight to voicemail.

"Voicemail."

Hotch hears that, and he becomes convinced. He found her, and he took Reggie too.

"Ray, bring the girls and come to the FBI and call Reggie's parents. I'll have an agent let you up to my office." Hotch says as he gathers the case file for Homewood.

"What, why? Aaron, what's going on?"

"I'll explain everything once you get here. Just hurry." Hotch says, then hangs up before calling Jess back.

"Jess, I need you to leave my house and take Jack with you. Go back to your place and stay there."

"Aaron, what's going on?" She asks, frightened.

"I think Del's been kidnapped, and because she was on the way to my house, they might know where she was going. Just get out and take Jack with you. I'll try and keep you updated on everything once I find out more."

"Okay. Just find her, Aaron." She hung up.

Hotch quickly exited his office and addressed his team, "Del's missing."

The team looks at him, and they all know who took her. Without saying a word, they all head to the conference room.

"He found her then?" Prentiss says once they enter the room.

"He found her, and he has her along with her friend."

JJ was puzzled, "Which friend?"

"Reggie. Garcia, look up a picture."

"Okay, here he is, Reginald 'Reggie' Peters." She says as she pulls up a picture of him on the screen.

"That's the boy from the festival. The one Del was smiling at." Derek says.

"We'll both him, and Del are gone. They were heading back to my house to study when they never made it. I told Jess to take Jack back to her house to keep him safe, just in case." Hotch says.

"That's smart. Homewood must have had eyes on Del for a while to grab her when she was close to your house." JJ says.

"But he also grabbed Reggie, which wasn't smart. I mean, why to take Reggie with him if he only wanted Del?" Rossi says.

Emily shook her head, "A witness. Seeing Del was with Reggie, he must have been caught off guard, so he decided to take Reggie as well so Reggie wouldn't go tell that Del was taken."

"It doesn't matter the reason. What matters is we have to find them before it's too late. Homewood told Del that he would come back for her to kill her. And if he already has her, we don't have much time." Hotch says.

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Del's POV
My head was pounding, and I could barely open my eyes. I felt my head was lying on something. Before I could see what it was, I heard a door open. I opened my eyes to someone in my eyesight, but they were blurry. They walked closer to me, crouching down to my height where I lay, and finally saw their face.

Homewood. He looked at me with a wicked smile. He found me. He really found me. I start breathing heavily and shake my head and try to move away from him.

"No."

"Yes. I told you that I would find you." He says, then starts laughing.

A/N:
here is a long chapter for you guys.
it was a struggle to get the terms of how fbi people would say things but after years of watching criminal minds on repeat i think i managed to make it work.
hope you enjoy.
bye:)))))