"We need to not panic Garcia I want everyone to go home and get what sleep we can and in the morning look at this with fresh eyes." Aaron says but I look up at him from my chair and grab his hand.
"Aaron I'm not going home." I tell him and he looks down at me confused. "He was in our house I'm not going home I won't be able to sleep."
He sighs and rubs my hand. "Alright what did you have in mind?"
I look around the table at my friends. "I'm not leaving you guys tonight, I feel safer with you guys around. I know Rossi has a couch in his office I know it won't feel like home but...Garcia you got a cot put into your office for when the team was out for long periods of time, JJ I saw one in your office as well. I'll be in Aaron's office with him..."
"We'll be in here then." Reid says and Morgan nods.
"So it's set?" Aaron asks and the room nods. "Alright get some shut eye." He says and we all separate to our 'rooms'.
Getting in Aaron closes the blinds and locks the door before turning to me and pulling me into his arms. "We're gonna be ok I promise." He says petting my hair and I cling to his shirt.
"I'm just...our house Aaron the one place we can retreat to and feel safe and he...he...violated that." I say and he sighs sitting on the couch and pulling me on his lap.
"I know but we'll make it safe again." He promises and I shake my head.
"NOt possible he got into Morgan and Reid's apartments too, you have to buzz them to get in I don't want to try and think about how he got in." I say and he wraps his arms tighter around me.
"We'll be ok, get some sleep I'll watch out for you." He says and I yawn big before looking up at him.
"You need sleep too, you're exhausted." I tell him laying on the couch and pulling him with me I hear him sigh before we both fall into a deep well deserved sleep.
Waking up in the morning I see Aaron is not there but my go bag is so I grab my clothes and change quickly before making my way to a bathroom and fixing myself up there. After finishing up I went back to the conference room and found everyone except Reid there and I almost panic until Morgan speaks up.
"Hey you Reid went to get us all coffee he'll be back soon." He says and I nod yawning sleepily and plopping into my chair.
"Coffee would be good." I say and Aaron rubs my back, looking over I see the bags under his eyes and smile slightly. "Did you get any sleep?" I ask and when he goes to nod I give him a look and he shakes his head instead.
I sigh but Reid comes back before I can say anything, after thanking him for the coffee I take a long drink and look around. "Have we found anything?"
"No." Morgan sighs and I look over worried.
"Has anyone informed Strauss?" I ask and Aaron answers from next to me.
"I did she said she could take us off and put us in protective custody if we wanted and that another team could handle this case. I told her no though."
"Good don't know about the rest of you but I don't trust another team with my life." I say looking up at the screen just as one of the pictures of the victims leaves the screen.
"Wait, wait Garcia go back to that last picture." I say and there's a click before Cathy Emmerson a blonde skinny woman shows up and I gasp. "Oh my god, the Unsub isn't mad at us, they're planning on killing us." I whisper but everyone seems to have heard it and look toward the screen that JJ is sitting in front of.
"Morgan go stand next to the photo, Garcia bring up Isaac Hemming's." I say and after a couple of clicks Mogran is standing next to the picture of a dead man who looks like he could be his brother.
"And the rest of them?" Aaron asks and one by one each photo is placed up until the last one is of a brunette woman that looks like me.
"This isn't just a sick game he's playing it's our lives." I say before there's a knock on the door, everyone has a hand on their gun as Aaron opens the door I stand up and move slightly out from in front of it.
"Yes?" He asks and I see the man is wearing an FBI badge and carrying a beautifully wrapped box with a bow and a white envelope on top.
"Package for Abigail Reid?" He asks and I start in shock.
"That used to be me." I say stepping forward slightly and taking it from him.
"Thank you." Aaron says before shutting the door again and I set the box on the table and open the note.
"What's it say?" Rossi asks and I look up and around the table before sighing and reading it.
"'You weren't home last night so I had to improvise, hope you enjoy the present I plan on meeting you in person soon.'" I read and then set it down carefully and stare at the box.
"If it helps he doesn't plan on killing you right now." Reid says and I shudder before reaching out and pulling one string of ribbon undoing it and leaving just the box top covering whatever was inside.
I look over at Aaron briefly before taking a deep breath and removing the top, inside is the head of a brunette woman, her eyes have been gouged out and her mouth open as if she were screaming at me. I immediately turn my head as the rest of them look and Spencer wraps his arms around me.
"Garcia I want the footage from the lobby, I wanna know who left this." Aaron says and she nods right away getting to work on getting the feed.
A few moments later the feed is on screen and we see a man walk in with a box he looks up to see the camera and Garcia freezes the image. Zooming in we see a middle aged male with brown hair and brown eyes.
"Garcia found out who he is." Aaron orders breaking the silence and I look over with tears.
"I got her killed." I whisper and he just shakes his head.
"No he did and we will find him." He says rubbing my arms and I shake my head.
"I suggested we not go home last night.that's on me." I say looking at the box. "Garcia please find out who she is." I say before walking to the elevator.
