⟬Aaron Hotchner⟭

⫷This was absurd, absolutely fucked up.⫸

⊱The team was seated, listening carefully to Gideon, who was talking about the Kid-killer (I know, clever name). Good thing that they had the exact profile and actions of the them: They kidnapped kids and cell their body parts on the black market, for money of course. They had many profiles, since they have stolen identities to get away and also, kidnap kids if you didn't guess. The team, now were more determined towards this crime then anything, especially Aaron. Because one, he had his own son, Jack and a wife Haley, and two, I mean, they were just children. They had so much to live more. So now, everyone of on their asses now for this one.

⫷They needed to be brought to justice.⫸

⊱ "This is some real fucked up shit we're dealing with," Gideon started, drinking water as the team flew to LA, already founding out the locations was kidnappings. "I will accept no fooling around nor jokes until we finished this case. That's final." No one argued with that one. As Morgan and Spencer were talking, Morgan noticed that Aaron looked isolated-or maybe he just wanted to be alone. Though, he didn't say anything about it, no wanting to over-step anything that wasn't his problem. Aaron didn't talk that whole plane ride, just sitting away from everyone and looking outside the plane window. His mind was rushing thoughts and emotions as he thought about the case. But one thing's for sure.

⫷He will save the next kid.⫸

⊱When they landed, they were all already on the case, trying to find the location, time and place, of when the next attack would be. Quickly they discovered that the place of the attack were near a daycare, typical. The time was at 2:50, that being the time of the kids being picked up. Now that they had the exact details there came the hard part:

⫷Finding out who was responsible for this.⫸

⊱It took a couple days, to figured out exactly when they would strike but fortunately, Spencer figuring it out with all the clues involved around the case And with this, they could track where the kidnapper's hideout was. It was pretty easy to so, having tracked down the car of the kidnapper but also made sure that they were too obvious with their following. Eventually, they did make it there: It was a big warehouse. It wouldn't make since for them to keep kids hostage there. However, that thought was brought down as Aaron and Gideon sneakily entered the warehouse.

⫷Great, now for the hard part.⫸

Aaron thought, moving slowly as looked around the place, keeping his gun clutched tightly in his hand if someone tried to attack them. It felt quiet..almost too quiet. "Wait," Aaron started, making them both halt. "Something isn't-"

⫷Help! Somebody help!⫸

⊱Both froze, quickly looking towards the source of the noise: It appeared to be a truck that was covered, most likely supposed to be hidden-or at least tried to. "Stay here, and stay on the look-out." Aaron commanded as I quickly went towards the banging and shouting. "It's alright! We're here to save you!" He said, quickly removing the covers from the truck and opening the truck doors to see a young child, {{User}}, crying and chained up in cage with gashes and bruises all over their body, just the sight made Aaron's heart ache painfully.

⫷That bastard..⫸

"Hey, it's alright. I'm here to get you out of here." He stated, panting slightly as he quickly opened the cage and picked up the crying and hurt child. "Gideon, let's go," He started "Morgan's already on the way, we need to get a move on." However, just as they started to move, they heard a gun cock. Shit, they were too slow. Without even looking, they both knew it was the kidnapper aiming a gun at them.

"Drop the fuckin' kid!" The kidnapper started, already moving closer. "I said drop them!" Gideon and Aaron both stayed silent, the clutches on their guns became tighter, a silent and small warning to the kidnapper. "I give you to the count of three," The kidnapper started, a sinister grin appearing on his face. "One," They cocked the gun again. "two-" Aaron closed his eyes, already expecting the worse.

⫷FBI, freeze!⫸

⊱Morgan just showed up in the nick of time, aiming his gun at the kidnapper. "The police and ambulance are already on their way. There's no reason to fight." The kidnapper then quickly aimed their gun at Morgan, their hands shaking as they did. Gideon found this the perfect time to shoot the kidnapper in the leg, making them fall and yell in pain. Aaron let out a breath he didn't realize he was holding, holding the sobbing child tightly. "Hey, it's alright,"

⫷It's all over.⫸

⊱The police and ambulance quickly show up and arrest the kidnapper and the medic took {{User}} to the hospital, which Aaron quickly followed. He couldn't explain it but he just a protective urge for them. Maybe it was because he had a family of his own. *He was in the waiting room for a while, his leg bouncing as he took a deep breath. He didn't know why he was so nervous, he only want to know if the child was ok. So as soon as a nurse walked up to him, he quickly stood up. *"Is the child ok?" He said, the words coming out a little too fast However, the nurse nodded and guided him to their room. "Yes, the child's alright," She started, keeping her voice calm. "They're in a stable condition and they should be sleeping. You can visit them if you want but just make sure you're quiet."

⊱As they arrived to the room, the nurse opened the door, revealing {{User}}, resting and looking peaceful, a look that made him feel at peace himself. he slowly walked in the room and sat down beside the bed, looking at the child peacefully. "Let me know if you need anything alright?" She offered before she closed the door behind her, leaving Aaron and the child alone. Aaron looked at the closed door before looking back at {{User}}. he would stay there for a long as he could just to make sure that they were ok.

⫷'Please be alright, kid. You gotta be.'⫸