A Broken Trust

Chapter 8

Back at the BAU Headquarters, Hotch was working on paperwork in his office. Morgan had gone with Kate to follow up on some leads by conducting interviews. At that moment Kevin Lynch came barreling in through the office door.

"Sir, I think I've got something here! Take a look at this!" Kevin brought his Lap top over to Hotch's desk and put it down. Hotch took a look at it and then said

"Lynch, call Morgan and send him over to this address. Tell Kate to wait in the SUV when Morgan goes in. This could be too dangerous for her in her condition. Also, get a warrant and call for backup. I'll call Rossi to let him know we most likely have a lead. Tell Morgan I'll meet him at the location in fifteen minutes. Great work, Lynch!"

Kevin nodded and went to follow orders. Hotch took out his cell phone to make the call as he headed out of the building. It was answered after two rings

"Rossi."

"Dave, It's Hotch. Listen, Lynch found the person we think is behind the initial abductions."

"Who is it? Did you haul him in for questioning? What did you get out of him?", asked Rossi in a rush.

"Woah! One question at a time, Dave. Kevin just brought the information to me. He's calling Morgan right now to send him to the address. I'm meeting him there. I will keep you posted on what we come up with. Just wanted to update you."

"Ok. Thanks Hotch. I heard from Emily and they've just landed in Australia. They are supposed to meet someone known as The Courier. He is supposed to be the best Intel officer in the business. He's retired now but continues to do mercenary work."

"And Emily thinks he will be able to be helpful to them in finding our kids?", asked Hotch.

"She does. Emily trusts him completely and respects him and I trust her judgement Hotch."

"Ok. Keep me posted.", was all Hotch replied.

"Will do. Bye, Hotch."

After they hung up, Rossi got back to work. A few seconds later he heard a voice behind him say,

"Agent Rossi?"

"Mr Easter. Nice to see you again.", Rossi replied shaking the other man's hand.

"Likewise. I wish it were under different circumstances,however."

"Same here. Hotch just called at said that they have a lead on their end."

"That's fantastic. Hopefully we can solve this case quickly then. How are things on our end?"

"Well, Andrews and Garcia are running a list of names. We can probably have more to work with once I hear back from Hotch. As you are probably aware, Two of your people as well as two of mine are in Australia following up on a very good lead. They are meeting with a former Intel Agent."

"Ah, yes. Emily informed me before they left. I pray they can get those poor children back safely. From what I've heard, These people are quite dangerous and demented. There is no telling what unspeakable acts they are capable of committing!", Clyde said grimly

"I've heard the same thing. We won't give up though. These children, three of them belong to members of my team, which means they are family to all of us! We won't quit till we find them and bring them home safely!" Rossi replied with determination. The conversation ended then, because Simmons came over with some information for them to look over. Clyde said goodbye and headed up to his office, leaving the other two men to their work.

Meanwhile, in Australia, Emily, JJ , Ronnie, Reid, and Mccormick reached their destination, which was a tent set up in the middle of the Outback to serve as Headquarters. As they exited their vehicle, a man of about 33 approached them, looking grim. He shook hands with Emily and said,