Fade.

The Blame Game

It took about two days to find any connection which happened to be a diner on the outskirts of town. The day before we had a suspect and another missing girl. We had twenty-four hours left to find him and we needed to. Big time.

We all were busy trying to find an address or a car registered to him but came up empty.

"How the hell is there nothing on this guy?"

"Maybe he gave his employers an alias?"

"Most businesses do background checks though."

"Not diners. They don't care who they hire."

"Blake's got a point."

We searched and searched but nothing. The next morning we got the call that she's been found. We all just sat there feeling outsmarted and defeated.

"Son of a bitch!"

Morgan ended up throwing a stapler at the wall. We all stayed up all night trying to find her. We were all angry. We were all disappointed in ourselves.

"How are we supposed to find this guy when we have nothing to go on?"

"Derek you need to chill out. We tried. We will find this guy."

"JJ's right. We're gonna find him."

It got quiet and we all started thinking.

"Did anybody check for people matching his description with a history of child abuse or molestation? It would be a babysitter or an older sibling maybe a cousin."

"No I did not and I apologize. I will do that right now."

All we could hear was the clicking of Garcia's keyboard as we all stared her down anticipating the answer.

"There's one. His name is Terry Alec. I'm sending the address to your phones."

With that we were out the door and in the cars. We had all put our vests on on the way down. I rode with Hotch and Reid like I was supposed to and JJ tagged along.

"When we get there you stay with me Reid you go with JJ."

"Yes sir."

We got there quite fast and started to move in. After the house had been cleared we started to look around. I went down into the basement to make sure we didn't miss anything. I stumbled over something and that's when it all went black.

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I woke up thinking I had just hit my head in something and knocked myself out but that wasn't the case. I regained my clear sight and looked around. I was in a room with a mattress and a bucket. The basement never got cleared.

"Hello!?"

My arm hurt. Why did it hurt so much. I looked down to see a few injection marks. Great. He drugged me. Multiple times. How long have I been here then?

"Hello!? Is anybody there!?"

"Shut up or they'll find you early."

Shit.

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Reid's POV
We cleared the house and had started to search it. I had gone to find Willow to see if she'd found anything but I couldn't find her.

"Hey Hotch?"

"Yes?"

"Have you seen Willow?"

"No I thought she was with you."

I shook my head for a second.