They soon arrived at the Hankel property, sirens blaring as they got out of the vehicles.

"John, Bobby, take the house with Gideon, Prentiss and Hotch." The sheriff told them,"Morgan, you take Deans and Howards to the barn round back. We'll cone too."

As they entered the barn, it was quiet. On the ground lay three dead dogs and the remains of Mrs Douglas.

"Damn." Morgan sighed.

"FBI!" JJ shot up, her hair was everywhere,"Don't move!"

"JJ, it's Derek, Fleur and Elijah- Don't shoot!" Fleur pointed her gun.

"It's okay, are you hurt?" Morgan asked as she lowered her gun.

"Where is he?" Elijah asked, looking around.

"I had to kill them... They just completely tore her apart, there's nothing even left.." JJ shook her head. She was in a state of shock, her adrenaline high.

"Jennifer, look at me." Elijah turned to her,"Where is Spencer?"

"We split up. He said he was going to go around the back." JJ told him.

"Come on." Morgan nodded to Elijah.

Elijah shook his head and ran from the barn and into the field. After searching the field at the back, they couldn't find Reid or Hankel. However there was drag marks on the ground.

"This wouldn't have happened if I was here." Elijah shook his head, heading back towards the house.

"You don't know that, kid. Reid's smart, he'll figure it out." Morgan assured him.

"I do know that. If I was here, I wouldn't have let him go on his own." Elijah pointed.

"Elijah, you can't let your emotions get in the way, we won't get him back thar way." Morgan sighed,"I love him almost as much as you do... We will find him."

"I would've tried to protect him- But she lied to me and now he's gone."

"I know kid, we'll get him back." Morgan patted his back.

"Any sign of Reid?" Emily asked as they approached the house.

"Nothing, but we found drag marks." Morgan sighed.

"Yeah? Are you sure? We're on our way." They heard an officer speak.

"What's going on?" Fleur asked the cop.

"Sheriff two towns over said he just gave directions to a man that fit Hankel's description to a motor lodge in Fort Ben." He told her.

"Let's get the others." Morgan nodded.

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Elijah was stood in the corner, drinking coffee. He wasn't try very hard to hide how he was feeling towards JJ. Garcia then walked through the door, Hotch had picked her up and brought her here to help.

"Welcome to our nightmare." Fleur sighed.

"His computer's an extension of his brain, I need you to dissect it." Gideon told her.

"I'll get you set up, come on." Morgan lead Garcia into another room.

"So nothing new since I left?" Hotch asked.

"Well, the good thing is the guy documented practically every second of his life." Emily opened a journal,"Bad need is we're still unpiling."

"It looks like he hasn't left this place in years." JJ shook her head.

"He knew he could pretend to be looking for a motel and throw us off his trail." Fleur nodded.

"No, no, no. It's more than that. The sheriff's office, 911 calls, every time he engages with the police he gets away with it." Elijah shook his head,"Reassures himself that God's on his side, not ours."

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"Elijah?" JJ spoke as she walked to him.

"What do you want, Jennifer?" Elijah looked over at her.

"Can we talk?" She sighed.

"What is there to talk about?"

"Please." She gestured to an empty room.

Elijah sighed,"Fine."

The two then went into the empty room, JJ taking a deep breath.

"Are you okay?"

"Am I okay?" Elijah blinked.

"Look, I know I lied to you-"

"You got my boyfriend kidnapped, Jennifer." Elijah cut her off,"Of course I'm not okay!"

"I didn't get him kidnapped, Elijah." She sighed.

"Did you let him go alone into that cornfield?"

"He ran off- Wait, boyfriend?"

"Yes- Yes, Jennifer.. It was supposed to be a secret." Elijah crossed his arms.

"Elijah... I didn't know." She shook her head.

"I know you didn't." Elijah looked away,"But I guess I trusted you not to lie to me."

"I just thought- I'm sorry."

"I can't lose him.." Elijah shook his head.

"We'll get him back." JJ assured him.

"I was supposed to protect him.."

"This would've happened if you were here."

"But-"

"Hankel would've overpowered you too." She sighed.

"I... I know what's it like, to be with someone who's delusional with their faith. There's no reason, no logic." Elijah leaned against the wall,"There's no stopping them from believing they're in the right."

JJ nodded slowly,"I'm sorry, Elijah... Truly."

"I know." Elijah sighed,"And I'm sorry too, I shouldn't have blamed you for any of this.. You didn't know."

"Let's head back to the others. Friends?" She held out her hand.

"Friends." Elijah shook her hand.

"I'm still invited to ladies night, right?"

"Of course, I can't just stop one person from going to ladies night." Elijah nodded.

JJ chuckled and walked back through the room. Elijah followed after her, he felt better and now he knew who to be angry at.

"Hey, I got a list of Narcotics Anonymous meetings. Someone's name and number is written on it, but it looks to be about twelve years old." Fleur sighed.

"Try it, there are no bad leads." Gideon told her as he ripped off the wallpaper, revealing a repeated message.

"Is that Latin?" Emily moved over.

"Oh- I know that one." Elijah pointed as he walked up behind her,"Honor thy father."

"Guys? I think I got something." Morgan called from outside.

The group hurried outside to where Morgan was. He'd brushed off some leaves and branches to reveal a cellar door.

"Tobias Hankel. FBI." Morgan announced before heading down,"Tobias Hankel."

At the bottom of the cellar was a man, slumped over and ice surrounded each wall.

"Tobias." Morgan pointed his gun.

"I think we just found Tobias' father." Hotch sighed, shaking his head.

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"There's something weird going on here." Fleur read through the journal.

"You think?" Elijah looked over at her.

"No, seriously. Check this out. This journal is filled with religious ramblings. He notates hour by hour." Fleur pointed,"November 13th, 3:17. If ye offer a sacrifice of peace offering unto the Lord, ye shall offer it at own will' and it goes on and on. 5:04, 7:41, 10:22, 1:42. But then it goes blank for days."

"Maybe he got sick of wiriting." The cop suggested.

"I think I got it." Hotch nodded.

"What is it?" Gideon asked.

"A journal entry. 'December 6th, father is sick. Wants me to put him down. I say 'Thou shall not kill', he says 'Honor thy father'. Must pray for guidance." Hotch read out.

"So he kills his father as an act of mercy?" Fleur blinked.

"This is from two months ago. Tobias Hankel's father had been dead for four months already." Hotch shook his head.

"That's exactly it. Look at the floor." Morgan pointed,"The scuff marks are fresh. I mean, it's like two people were moving the chairs, constantly trying to fight for control."

"So?" The cop raised a brow.

"This journal matches Charles Hankel's handwriting, but it was written after he died. Upstairs, Tobias' bedroom, it's got junked piled from floor to ceiling, but the other bedroom could pass military inspection."

"So, are you telling me one of Tobias' personalities was his father?" He asked.

"Well, Tobias was raised with a strict religious code. Black and white, right and wrong." Elijah sighed,"When his father asked Tobias to kill him, something had to give."

"And his brain couldn't handle the moral contradiction, so it split two personalities in order to keep his father alive." Hotch pointed.

"So, who is Raphael?" The cop asked.

"Well, my guess is he's a mediator between the two. Angels have no human emotions. Live or die, they don't care, as long as its God's will." Gideon sighed.

"We need to start profiling Tobias' father. He may have been the one who chose where to take Reid." Hotch stood up.

"I'll get Garcia on it." Morgan nodded.

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"Any luck with the rehab contact?" Gideon asked as Emily and JJ walked in.

"Well, he has no idea where Hankel might be, but we did learn he has a serious drug problem. Dilaudid." Emily nodded.

"Well, that could explain the psychotic fracture." Hotch sighed.

"What are you talking about?" JJ raised a brow.

"Tobias has been living as three separate people. Himself, his father and Raphael." Elijah told them.

"Well, this could be some bad news." The cop walked in,"A computer store was robbed in the middle of the night. A suburb outside Atlanta. Thief got away with four laptops, external hard drives and a satellite."

"If it's Tobias, it puts him right back in business." Hotch shook his head.

"Guys- Guys! Get in here." Morgan ran through.

"What is it?" Elijah asked, hurrying in with the others.

On the screen was Reid, tied to a chair. Bruised.

"He's been beaten." Fleur realised.

"Garcia, can't you track him?" JJ asked.

"Hankel's only streaming this to his home computer." Garcia shook her head.

Fleur took Elijah's hand, holding it tight.

"I'm going to put this guy's head on a stick." Elijah muttered.

"This is for us, he knows we're here." Gideon sighed.

"Why can't you locate him?" Hotch asked.

"He's rerouting to a new IP address every thirty seconds. I can't track him." Garcia typed.

"The other heathens are watching. Choose a sinner to die, and I'll say the name and address of the person to be saved." They heard Raphael speak.

"I won't choose who gets slaughtered and have you leave their remains behind like a poacher." Reid shook his head.

Raphael then grabbed Reid, pulling him up by his shoulders,"You really see into my mind, boy? Can you see that I'm not a liar? Choose one to die, save a life. Otherwise they're all dead.

Reid began to cry, looking down,"Okay, I'll choose who lives.."

"All the same." Raphael shruged, stepping aside so Reid could view the screens.

"Far... Far right screen." Reid pointed with his cuffed hands.

Raphael turned,"Marilyn David. 4913 Walnut Creek Road."

"You got that?" Hotch turned to Garcia.

"Yeah." Garcia nodded as she typed.

Gideon then got pulled out his phone, calling Mrs David.

"My name is Jason Gideon with the FBI. You're currently being watched and targeted, I need you to turn off your computer, now."

Marilyn did as she was instructed but... That's when the screen went blank.

"Son of a bitch." Elijah cursed.

Morgan punched the wall, storming out the room.

"Derek." Fleur followed him,"Elijah, don't stay in there."

Elijah was stood still, his eyes fixated on the dark screen.

"So, now what?" The cop questioned,"We wait around for a 911 call and hope we get there in time?"

"For once... I don't know." JJ muttered.

"Elijah." Emily nudged him,"Come on, let's go into the other room."

Elijah shook his head,"What.. What if he comes back?"

"Then we'll try our best to track it. We will get him." Emilg nodded.

Elijah nodded slowly, walking out of the room as the sound of Reid's fearful voice played in his head.

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"Eli." Fleur walked over to him.

"Hm?" He turned to look at her, drinking more coffee.

"You need to rest... Not drink more coffee." Fleur sighed.

"I can't sleep." Elijah shook his head,"Not now."

"We need your brain clear, not hyper." Fleur took the coffee mug,"Please, drink some water."

"Fleur, you saw what he did to him.." Elijah crossed his arms.

"I know, I know." Fleur sighed,"I hate it. I want him back too."

"I just feel... Helpless." Elijah looked down,"He felt so close but he's so far and I can't do anything."

Fleur put the mug down before hugging him,"Each time we see him, we might be able to get closer."

Elijah held onto Fleur,"He doesn't deserve this, any of this."

"No one does... We'll catch Hankel and he'll pay."

"I'll make sure of it."

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"Garcia- Oh my god." Fleur walked into the computer room, Gideon and Garcia were watching as Raphael punched Reid.

"I haven't done anything.." Reid sobbed.

Raphael landed another punch,"Confess."

"Elijah, help me.." Reid whimpered.

"He can't help you, he's weak. Confess!" Rapael slapped Reid,"Confess your sins."

"Do not let Elijah in." Gideon turned but it was too late, Elijah was at the doorframe.

"Spencer.." Elijah could barely form words.

Fleur quickly turned to Elijah and held his arm as Raphael then pushed Reid backwards. Reid began to foam out the mouth and shake, beginning to fit.

"Oh my god, he's killing him." Elijah covered his mouth.

Reid's body then went limb. Raphael left the room, leaving Reid on the floor. Unresponsive.

"No- No! Spencer!" Elijah cried.

"Kid.." Morgan turned to him, pulling him into his chest.

Elijah broke down, holding onto Morgan. He had failed..

It was silent. Everyone stayed quiet until Garcia jumped,"He's- He's doing CPR."

"What?" Elijah looked up.

"Raphael- Tobias. One of them is bringing Reid back!" She pointed.

They all watched and saw as Reid began to breathe again, looking around his surroundings.

"Wait a second. When was the video of the last murder posted?" Emily asked.

"9:23." Garcia answered.

"And what was the time of death?"

"The 911 call came in at 9:04. The murders must have been moments later." Hotch told her.

"That's only a nineteen minute difference." JJ looked up.

"How long would it take to post the mpeg?" Morgan asked.

"Two, maybe three minutes." Garcia shrugged.

"Let's call it two. You figure a maximum of sixty miles per hour in a residential area. That means Hankel is within a seventeen mile radius of the crime scene." Morgan explained.

"Garcia, can we see it on a map?" Fleur asked.

"Yeah." Garcia nodded, putting it up on screen.

"Call Farraday. I want that area locked down like it's martial law." Gideon ordered.

"Guys." JJ pointed to another screen.

Raphael was stood over Reid's body,"You came back to life."

"Raphael.." Reid whispered.

"There can be only one of two reasons."

"I was given CPR." Reid told him.

"There are no accidents. How many members are there on your team?" Raphael questioned.

"Nine."

Raphael forced Reid back onto the chair,"Who do you serve?"

"I serve you." Reid nodded.

"Then choose one to die." Raphael pointed.

"What?" Reid panted.

"Your team members. Choose one to die." Raphael repeated.

"...Kill me."

"You said you weren't one of them."

"I lied."

"Your team has eight other members. Tell me who dies." Raphael spat.

Reid shook his head,"No."

Raphael spun the barrel of his gun and aimed it at Reid's head,"Choose and prove you'll do God's will."

"No." Reid repeated.

Raphael fired the gun, but it clicked. No bullet.

"Choose."

"I won't do it." Reid looked up at Raphael.

Again, he fired. Again, no bullet.

"Life is a choice."

"No."

Once more. No bullet.

"Choose." Raphael again repeated.

"I choose... Aaron Hotchner. He's a classic narcissist. He thinks he's better than everyone else on this team. Genesis 23:4, let him not deceive himself and trust in emptiness, vanity, falseness and futility, for these shall be his recompense." Reid quoted.

Hotch left the room as Raphael fired his gun at the wall, before loading a single bullet into the barrel.

"For God's will."

Everyone then left the room, following Hotch out.

"I'm not a narcissist." Hotch began looking through a book.

"Come on. Look, you can't take anything from that." Gideon sighed,"He's not in his right mind, Hotch."

"No, stop- Stop. Everybody, right now, what's my worst quality?" Hotch asked.

No one wanted to speak. This was their boss, they couldn't be nasty about him.

"Alright, I'll start. I have no sense of humor." Hotch sighed.

"You're a bully." JJ spoke first.

"I'm a bully." He nodded.

"You can be a drill Sergeant at times." Morgan shrugged.

"Right."

"You don't trust women as easy as men." Fleur nodded.

"Your hairline is going to recede. Drastically." Elijah pointed.

"Maybe not- I may be all these things but none of you said I ever put myself above the team because I don't, ever. Reid and I argued about the definition of classic narcissism, and he knew that I would remember that. And he also quoted Geneis 23:4. Read it." Hotch handed the book to Elijah

"I am a stranger and a sojourner with you, give me property for a burial place among you that I may bury my dead out of my sight." Elijah barely glanced at the book.

"He wouldn't get it wrong unless it was on purpose. He's in a cemetery." Hotch pointed.

"I don't see a cemetery." Emily shook her head, looking at the map.

"Call up the first time we saw Reid." Gideon nodded.

"I wont choose who gets slaughtered and have you leave their remains behind like a poacher." Reid spoke.

"Check to see if there are any reports of poaching in the last couple of days." Fleur told Garcia.

"Okay, a farmer reported two sheep being slaughtered on his property." Garcia told her.

"Right, where abouts are we talking?" Elijah asked.

Garcia managed to narrow it down to a place called 'Walton'.

"What's that patch of green there?" JJ pointed.

"Marshall Parish, I think it's an old plantation." Hotch answered.

"Wait, Tobias wrote in his journals about 'staying clean' and keeping away from 'Marshall'." Emily remembered.

"Guys, there's a cemetery on the property." Garcia realized.

"Let's go." Gideon ran out the room.

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The team approached Tobias' cabin, torches and guns raised.

"FBI!" Morgan yelled as he kicked the door in, althoughthere was nobody inside.

"Clear." Hotch cleared the room.

"What's that smell?" Emily questioned.

"What smell?" Elijah looked around.

"Organs." Fleur pointed,"He's burned the sheep organs."

"Let's spread out. He has to be on foot, let's go." Gotch nodded.

Everyone then left the cabin, guns and torches raised as they navigated the woods. Elijah stopped by a bush. He could hear... Digging? He slowly began to creep down the hill, he'd spotted Tobias.

"Keep digging, boy." Raphael spoke.

"I can't- I'm too weak." Reid shook his head.

"You're all weak." Raphael took off his jacket,"Get out of there."

"Touch him and you're dead." Elijah aimed his gun at Raphael.

"Elijah-"

"Sinner." Raphael scoffed,"There's not even a bullet in that gun-" He began to walk forward.

Elijah didn't think twice as he fired a bullet into Raphael's chest.

Raphael then fell to the floor, Reid quickly crawling over,"Tobias?"

"He killed him.. Do you think I'll get to see my mom again?" Tobias smiled softly.

"I'm sorry.." Reid shook his head as he backed up, Tobias was dead.

"Spencer..?" Elijah asked slowly, dropping the gun at his feet.

"Elijah." Reid quickly staggered to his feet, hugging him tightly.

"Oh my god- You're alive." Elijah held Reid close,"I-I nearly lost you."

"I knew Hotch would understand.." Reid whispered.

"I'm sorry I couldn't get here sooner.." Elijah stroked Reid's hair.

"I'm just glad you're here now." Reid shook his head.

Elijah looked down at Reid's face, trying not to cry. He had to stay strong for him, protect him.

"Are you- Are you hurt?" Reid looked at him.

"No- No, I'm fine. What about you? I saw.." Elijah stopped himself,"He hurt you."

"I'm... I'm okay now." Reid nodded as the others ran over.

"Are you alright?" Hotch asked.

JJ then walked over, hugging Reid as he let go of Hotch,"I'm so sorry."

Reid shook his head and hugged JJ,"It's okay, its not your fault."

"Let's get you out of here." Gideon nodded.

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"Elijah, I'm fine." Reid sighed.

"Look, I just want to make sure." Elijah shook his head as he drove.

"Okay, okay." Reid gave in.

"It doesn't need to be for a long time, just a few days." Elijah told him.

"You know... I won't mind staying." Reid nodded.

Elijah smiled softly,"I just want to look after you."

"And I'm letting you." He hummed.

"Well, here we are." Elijah parked outside of his house.

"I always liked the look of your house." Reid rubbed his arm.

"Well, one day you can stay permanently." Elijah told him as he got out of the car.

Reid turned to look at Elijah, giving a small smile as he put his hands in his pockets. Elijah smiled back as he unlocked the door to his house, holding it open for Reid.

"Hi kitty." Reid crouched down after he walked inside.

Horatio was meowing loudly at Reid's ankles almost immediately as Elijah locked the door behind them.

"I'm okay buddy... I'm okay now." Reid petted him.

"He knows." Elijah sighed, leaning against the door.

"I'm okay now." Reid assured him.

"Do you need anything?" Elijah asked,"Something to eat? A drink? Shower?"

"I think... Just a shower." Reid nodded.

"You can borrow some of my clothes after." Elijah told him.

"Thanks hun." Reid rubbed his neck.

"Your welcome." Elijah smiled softly.

"Can you grab me some towels?"

"Of course." Elijah nodded, walking upstairs.

Reid sighed and took the vials out of his pockets, placing them in his satchel so they wouldn't go missing.

"Do you have a color preference?" Elijah called down to him.

"Not at all!" Reid shook his head.

"Good, because I've only got two colours." Elijah walked down, holding a pink towel.

"A pink towel- It doesn't suprise me."

"It's a very nice towel." Elijah told him.

"It looks comfortable." He hummed.

"Right, shower time for you." Elijah handed him the towel,"I'll probably be in my room by the time you're finished."

"Okay, I'll see you soon." Reid sighed.

"I love you." Elijah kissed his cheek.

Reid smiled softly,"I love you too."

"Take as long as you need." Elijah pointed before heading towards his room.

Reid hummed and walked to the bathroom, looking at the vials in his bag once again before putting them down.

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Elijah was sat on his bed. He'd changed into his pyjamas and was just sat there. Thinking. Trying to tune out the cries of his boyfriend that seemed to play on repeat in his mind.

"Eli?" Reid walked in, holding his clothes.

"Oh- You're out." Elijah turned to him.

"Sorry to scare you." Reid chuckled.

"Aw, you didn't scare me." Elijah assured him.

"Where do I put my dirty clothes?"

"Oh, there's this basket at the top of the stairs." Elijah told him.

"Thanks hun." Reid walked out of the room.

"Not a problem, darling." Elijah laid back on the bed.

He came back, laying in the bed next to him,"I'm... I'm sorry for calling for you... I didn't know what to do."

"No- Don't feel bad for that. You were hurt, you needed me.." Elijah wrapped his arms around Reid.

"I shouldn't have ran off." Reid sighed.

"I should've been there to stop you."

"It's fine, you needed to help Hotch." Reid shook his head.

Elijah sighed,"No... I didn't. Hotch didn't need me."

"He didn't?" Reid turned to Elijah.

"He didn't, JJ just wanted to spend more time with you." Elijah held him closer.

"What... Elijah." Reid sighed.

"What?"

"You should've just came."

"I know, and I'm so angry at myself for not doing that." Elijah shook his head.

"You shouldn't be angry at yourself, please don't feel angry." Reid shook his head.

Elijah looked down at Reid and held his cheek,"You really scared me back there... Promise me that you won't run off like that again."

"I promise." He nodded.

"Thank you." Elijah kissed his forehead.

"Can we just get some sleep? I know we need it." He chuckled.

"You first." Elijah nodded.

"You go." Reid nudged him.

"No, you." Elijah poked him.

"Okay, just... Can you promise me something?" Reid glanced down at his arms.

"Anything."

"If you ever feel like doing this... Please let me know, I don't want you harming yourself." Reid gently pointed to Elijah's past scars.

Elijah tensed up, looking down at his arms,"I... I promise."

"I'm sorry I just- I worry about you hun." Reid sighed and took his hand,"I shouldn't have mentioned it."

"No- I would've brought it up if our places were swapped." Elijah squeezed his hand,"I'm better, but that doesn't mean things are always good up there."

"If things ever get tough, I'm always here. You can talk to me." He nodded.

"And I'll always be here for you, if you're struggling." Elijah told him,"Now get some rest."

"Fine, I'm resting." Reid held his hands up.

"Good." Elijah smiled,"I love you."

"And I love you." Reid hummed as he pulled the blankets up.

"Goodnight, darling." Elijah closed his eyes, still holding onto Reid.