Healing

Chapter 5

Audrey woke up to her alarm going off and got ready for school. She got ready and fixed herself breakfast. As she began eating, her phone began ringing.

"I sear you're the only person that calls me about 20x a day." She told her brother over the phone.

"I was just calling to let you know that I'm coming home today." He replied.

"So I'm guessing my hypothesis was correct?" She asked with a playful smirk.

"You were spot on." He answered, "apparently they unsub's mother won custody of him as a child when she was a horrible parent but ruined the father's life. He was convinced that he was saving the kids."

"Sounds like it fit the profile." She replied as she placed her plays in the sink.

"Because if you we were able to save a mother's life." He smiled.

"What can I say? I'm the sister of a genius." She replied.

"I should be home in a few hours." Spencer said. 

"And at that approximant time I will be in my math class dealing with a bunch of clowns." Audrey said.

Spencer laughed, "Math is always the class that has the clown."

"Telling me." She replied, "the teacher yells at them more rather than teaching us what we need to know to pass the class."

"That's how it was when I went to school." Spencer smiled.

"Oooooo ancient times are calling." Audrey laughed.

Spencer chuckled, "okay well hurry to school. Ill text you when I land."

"Okay Spencer. I love you."

"I love you too." He softly smiled.

Audrey hung up the phone and picked up her bookbag. She started making her way to the garage until she felt a hand cover her mouth.

"HEY LET MMMMHMM!!" She yelled.

The person tightened their grip around her as she struggled to escape their arms. She automatically knew this was a man. She heard a gun click against her head. She stood very still as she felt the cold feeling of the weapon against her head. Next thing that happened, he smacked the gun against her head, knocking her out.

Audrey woke up hours later feeling tight rope around her wrists. Her head pounded with pain that made her want to scream. She was laying on a cold hard floor. She looked at her surroundings; it looked like she was in a basement. She saw tools, boxes of old things from the past, and a water heater.

She tried to get up but the painful burn from the ropes around her wrists only tightened. She felt her heart beating out of her chest as she panicked. She heard a door open and her heart stopped. Footsteps echoed down the stairs of the basement and Audrey fought against the tight ropes.

"I wouldn't do that if I were you." He spoke as he walked closer to her.

"What do you want from me?" Audrey asked as she ignored his advice.

He picked up a roll of duct tape and tore of a piece. He placed it over her mouth.

"I want to break you. . . .scar you. . .and ruin you." He answered as he held up a baseball bat.

Tears flooded Audrey's eyes as he swung the bat at her. He hit her on the shoulder and she screamed out in pain.

Spencer drove into the driveway and opened the garage to park his car. But he was surprised to see Audrey's car still there. Lots of questions ran through his mind. He got out of his car and walked in the house.

"Audrey? Were you not feeling good after the phone call?" He said as he walked in.

He looked down and saw her bookbag, phone, and keys on the floor. He started to panic. He looked all around the house.

"Audrey?" He called as he walked in her bedroom.

He checked all the other rooms in the house.

"Audrey? Audrey!? AUDREY WHERE ARE YOU?"

Spencer pulled out his phone and called Hotch.

"Hotch. . . .something's happened to my sister. She's missing."