"Flo, I've got a surprise for you." Morgan called out to her as he entered the apartment.

"Yeah? Coming!" Fleur walked out the bedroom.

Morgan was stood by the door, something behind his back,"You remember what we talked about a few nights ago?"

"We.. Talked about a lot of things." Fleur nodded.

"Well, you were saying how you thought Marie was lonely." Morgan began,"And I spoke with one of my friends.."

Fleur tilted her head.

Morgan revealed a small animal carrier,"And we've got a new addition to the family."

"Oh my god." Fleur ran up to the carrier.

"Take a look." Morgan smiled.

Fleur knelt down, looking in the carrier to reveal a small Australian Shepherd puppy. The brown and white colours mixing with each other.

"Do you like him?" Morgan asked.

"Aw he's adorable." Fleur smiled.

"What should we name him?"

"Mon dieu, il est Beau." Fleur opened the carrier, taking him out,"What about Beau?"

"Little Beau." Morgan hummed.

"Oh he's gorgeous." Fleur patted him, Beau liclking her hands.

"And he's our baby." Morgan smiled as he petted him.

"Oh, he's gorgeous." Fleur patted him, Beau liclking her hands.

"And he's our baby." Morgan smiled as he petted him.

"Damn right." Fleur chuckled.

"I wonder how he and Marie will get along."

"Marie? Sweetie." Fleur called on her.

Marie chirped as she padded over, slowing down when she spotted Beau.

"This is your brother.. Beau." Fleur nodded.

Marie rubbed against Morgan, sniffing Beau. Beau leaned down, sniffing Marie back as he tilted his head. Marie meowed, pawing at Beau. Beau barked quietly, jumping at Marie. Marie jumped back, slinking behind Morgan.

"It's okay. He wants to play." Fleur assured her.

Marie meowed, sitting at Morgan's side.

"I think they're going to be buddies." Fleur nodded.

"You are, aren't you?" Morgan scooped up Marie.

Marie turned her head away, laying down in his arms.

"Oh, you will.' Morgan kissed her head.

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Elijah and Reid were sleeping, it was during the middle of the night before Elijah was woken up by water falling on his face.

Elijah shot up, wiping his face with his sheets,"The fuck?"

Horatio loudly meowed, pawing at his face.

"I'm up." Elijah sighed, picking up his glass.

Horatio jumped down from the cabinet, meowing. It was almost as if he wanted Elijah to follow him.

"I'm coming." Elijah told him, he needed to fill up his water anyway.

Horatio then ran to the living room, over to his and Muffin's beds. Elijah could see Muffin laying in his bed, however Horatio laid down next to it.

"Muffin?" Elijah walked over to the cat beds.

Muffin lay still, stiff, almost. Horatio looked up at Elijah.

Elijah bent down, stroking Muffin,"Hey.. Muffin?"

There was no movement.. No breathing. He was cold.

Elijah froze,"Oh my god.."

Horatio pawed at Muffin before walking next to Elijah, rubbing his head against him. Elijah broke down, still stroking Muffin. No.. He couldn't be gone.. He knew that Muffin was getting ill, however he didn't expect it to happen this soon..His little boy..

"My baby.." Elijah trembled as he picked up Muffin, holding him close.

"Elijah?" Reid rubbed his head, walking out the bedroom.

"Reid- Reid, it's Muffin." Elijah looked over at the stairs.

"What's going on? Is he okay?" Reid rushed down the stairs.

Elijah shook his head, still holding Muffin close to his chest.

"Oh my god.." Reid slowly walked over.

"He's gone.."

"Muffin.. Oh no." Reid hugged Elijah.

"Reid.." Elijah leaned into him.

"We knew it would happen.. He went when he was comfy."

"I can't.." Elijah bit his lip,"God- My baby."

Reid sighed, kissing Elijah's head while he stroked Muffins body.

Elijah looked down at Muffin,"What do we do..?"

"We.. We can order a cremation for him. Keep him with us, safe." Reid nodded.

Elijah nodded slowly as he closed his eyes. Horatio looked at the two, Muffin in their arms.

"I'm sorry, hun." Elijah shook his head.

"He went peacefully, don't worry." Reid assured Elijah.

"I know.. I know."

"I'm so sorry, babe." Reid sighed.

Elijah slowly laid Muffin down as he hugged Reid.

"I'll call the others.. Tell them we can't come in." Reid shook his head, hugging back.

"No.. I'll come in. I need to-I need to distract myself." Elijah told him

"Are you sure? I don't think that's a good idea." He sighed.

"I want to."

"Okay.. Let me call the vet." Reid got up from the floor.

Elijah nodded slowly, sighing as he rubbed his eyes. Reid kissed Elijah's head before he walked off to grab his phone.

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"Good morning, everyone." Morgan hummed as he walked into the office.

"Woah, it's grey in here." Fleur stopped.

"You got that right." Morgan nodded slowly,"Hey Reid, what's going on?"

"Muffin.. Died last night." Reid sighed.

"Oh, I'm sorry man." Morgan shook his head, looking around,"Where's Elijah?"

"Calling the cat sitter, he's making sure the vets got Muffin's body okay."

"How long did be have Muffin again?" Emily asked.

"Since college." Reid shook his head.

"I'll go see him." Fleur nodded.

"Make sure he's okay." Reid told her.

"I will, don't worry." Fleur walked off to find Elijah.

Elijah was walking out of the bathroom, playing with his sleeves. He looked like he hasn't slept.

"Eli?" Fleur walked up to him.

"Fleur." Elijah nodded.

"Reid told me the news." Fleur sighed, hugging him.

"Horatio got me this morning, that's when I found him." Elijah hugged back.

"I'm so sorry." Fleur shook her head.

"He was old. He was comfortable." Elijah sighed.

"I'm glad he went peacefully." Fleur nodded.

"Me too."

"He was ready to go." Fleur assured him,"He knew that you loved him."

"I know he did." Elijah held her closer.

"I can bring Marie round to have play dates with Horatio.. So he's not lonely." Fleur nodded.

"Thank you."

"And.. I know this is the wrong time but Horatio will have another friend to play with."

"You got a new pet?" Elijah asked.

"You want to see him?" Fleur pulled away.

"Yes please."

Fleur took her phone out and showed a picture of the pup and Marie sleeping next to each other,"This is Beau."

"Aw, he's so cute." Elijah smiled softly.

"You'll love him." Fleur rubbed his back.

"I know I will." Elijah nodded,"Morgan always seemed like a dog guy."

"He loves him." Fleur nodded.

"I'll come around and see him sometime."

"Good. You need some sleep though." Fleur pointed.

"I will." Elijah sighed,"I just couldn't last night."

"I know, it'll get easier. I promise." Fleur nodded.

"I know it will."

Fleur looked at him,"Eli?"

"Yes?"

"Because of Muffin passing.. Please tell me you haven't hurt yourself." Fleur sighed.

"No- No, I didn't." Elijah shook his head.

Fleur looked at him,"You swear?"

"I swear."

Fleur nodded,"Come on, let's go get the others."

"Yeah, let's go."

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The team had a case in California, two girls had went missing, and recently they had found a teenage girl's body, strangled to death with a belt. Her face had been destroyed so they couldn't tell what one of the girls it was. They were at the office, listening to a recording that was sent to one of the parents by Katie, one of the girls.

"It lasts exactly fifty-three seconds, and then it goes dead." Garcia told them,"I think she was strangled."

"What do you want to do?" Morgan turned to Hotch and the others.

"Do? There's nothing else to do." Rossi shrugged,"The parents can ID the voice."

"Are you serious?" Emily blinked.

"No. No, sir, they can never hear this." Garcia shook her head.

"It'll be the fastest way to figure out who we're looking for." Rossi sighed.

"There's gotta be another way."

"DNA?" An officer asked.

"My feeling is, by the time we get the result back, it would be too late to save whoever they still have." Hotch turned to the parents,"It's up to you."

"This message, what did it record?" The father of Lindsey, Jack asked.

"It's the last moments of one of your daughter's lives." Hotch sighed.

"Oh my god." Katie's mother cried, holding onto her husband.

"If you choose to wait, you can make a public appeal to the media." JJ told them.

"Either way, we're still looking for one of your daughters." Rossi assured them.

"Live appeal. I don't think that's a good idea, Jack." His friend, Pat, turned to him.

"Why's that?" Fleur tilted her head

"Because we know they're setup to see the reactions of the parent. Check for signs of guilt." Pat crossed his arms.

"Is that true?" Katie's mother, Lori, asked.

"In some cases." Elijah nodded.

"I'm sorry Bruce, I don't think I can do this." She shook her head, crying as she walked out.

"Go ahead, Garcia." Hotch sighed as the fathers gathered around the computer.

The recording played, one girl begging for her father, while the other was telling the other not to fight.

"Play it again." Bruce nodded.

"Mr Owen." Hotch looked over at him.

"That's not Katie. I know her voice. That's not her." Bruce shook his head.

"Bruce.." Lori walked back in.

"Mrs Owen, I'm so sorry." Emily sighed.

"No.. Please." She shook her head.

"No, Lori. It's okay, it's not her." Bruce tried to calm her.

"Bruce." Jack sighed.

"No, Jack. It's not Katie, right? You know Katie, it's not her."

"Bruce.. Bruce. It's Katie." Jack put a hand on his shoulder.

"No it's not.. Jack please." Bruce cried, hugging his friend.

Jack patted his back before he lead him off,"Come on."

"My little girl.." Bruce whispered.

"I want Lindsey's picture everywhere." Hotch pointed to Detective Payton.

"What they did to Katie took a long time. It was very violent and we know Katie screamed. Yet no calls from complaining neighbours. Why?" Rossi tilted his head

"There weren't any." Payton shrugged.

"The abduction site is nine miles north of the dump site, on the edge of town. Both are indicators of a comfort zone, so I'm assuming the kill site was somewhere between these two points." Reid ran into the office, pointing at the map on the board.

"That's a wide area." Payton nodded.

"Do a grid search. Narrow it down to wooded areas, industrial sites, abandoned houses. He needed privacy and he needed a controlled environment." Hotch explained.

"What's critical right now is a heavy police presence." Rossi added.

"Rossi, in the morning I want you Deans, Reid and Morgan to go and search Jack Vaughan's House. Prentiss, Howards and I will go to where the girls were last seen." Hotch ordered.

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"Two girls missing, one dead, and life goes on as though nothing happened." Emily sighed

"Holiday weekend. What do you expect?" Fleur shrugged.

"A sense that somethings changed." Emily shook her head.

"Do you know what movie they saw?' Hotch asked.

"Whatever it was, they left halfway through to have a cigarette."

"What do you think they're talking about?" Hotch tilted his head.

"Boys." Fleur hummed.

"Think their parents know they smoke?" He raised a brow.

"Mine didn't. And if they saw me dressed like that? Pfft." Emily scoffed.

"Two teenage girls, free of parents, breaking the rules and dressed like that for a reason." Hotch sighed.

"Here comes the reason." Fleur pointed to two boys walking up to the teenage girls,"They obviously don't know them."

"But they want to."

"Do you think they'll go with him?" Emily asked.

"Since news of Katie's death, no." Hotch shook his hesd as the girls walked off,"See?"

"So brightly lit, no alleys, wide open, holiday weekend." Fleur looked around.

"Hard to abduct two girls without being seen." Hotch nodded.

"Unless they know whoever took them." Emily turned.

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Meanwhile, the others were searching through Jack Vaughan's house.

"What happened to Lindsey's mother? Elijah asked as he picked up a photograph.

"Does it matter?" Jack raised a brow.

"It mattered to Lindsey." Elijah looked at the picture he was holding.

"It's called victomology. It helps us understand more about Lindsey." Reid walked up.

"How?"

"How she carries herself. How she interacts socially with other people." Morgan explained.

"Shes just like any other fifteen year old." Jack shrugged.

"No she's not." Rossi picked up an object.

"I'm sorry?"

"Everything in our house is an externalisation of ourselves." Reid nodded.

"This room isn't what you'd expect from a teenage girl." Morgan continued,"No J.T posters. No framed pictures. No journals. No cuddly toys. The walls are a mute tone."

"All of this suggests that Lindsey kept herself hidden. She's and shares very little with others." Elijah crossed his arms.

"Except one person, Katie." Reid hummed, leaving the room as Garcia called him.

"All that from this room, huh?" Pat looked around.

"Are they wrong?" Rossi raised a brow.

After a little bit more of investigating, Reid walked back into the room, fidgeting with his hands as Jack had practically cornered him.

"You alright?" Elijah asked him.

"I'm okay now." Reid nodded,"They're using a gray box proxy server. It makes tracking internet history impossible."

"We thinking this guy's dodgy?" Elijah asked quietly as they went to speak with Jack.

"Definitely." Reid whispered.

"Doesnt look much like a home." Rossi pointed out,"State of the art security system, but the furniture looks rented."

"The walls are bare of any real art. The shelves are void of any family photos." Morgan continued.

"Spyware wipes your computer fule history daily." Reid added.

"What are you getting at, Agent?" Pat asked.

"In the recording, Katie said what you'd expect of any teenager about to die. She begged for her life." Rossi told them,"Lindsey did exactly the opposite."

"Which is what?" Jack crossed his arms.

"Lindsey's emotional response and the words she chose to say in a situation as violent as this one heavily suggests that-"

"Look, Lindsey was either coached, or she's experienced sexual abuse before." Elijah crossed his arms.

"You son of a bitch!" Jack shouted, going to run at Elijah.

"Jack- Jack!" Pat held him back as Elijah pushed Reid away.

When Pat pushed Jack back, a gun was shown in his waistband.

"Gun!" Morgan yelled as he drew his weapons,"Put your hands where I can see them, both of you."

Jack raised his hands quickly, Pat pushed him back,"Hey! Stop! Just calm down! I'm going to reach into my pocket and take out my badge. Just calm down. Okay?" Pat took out his badge, showing it.

"Ah.." Elijah nodded slowly.

"Jack and Lindsay are under my authority." Pat explained.

"Which is what?" Rossi asked.

"Witness protection." Morgan realised, putting down his gun.

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Hotch, Emily and Fleur then pulled up in the SUV, getting out and heading towards the Vaughan House.

"What's going on?" JJ asked over from outside Katie's house.

"I'm going to go find out." Hotch told her as he walked towards the house.

"I'll come with." Fleur nodded.

"What's wrong?" Lori asked.

"It's nothing out of the ordinary, Mrs Owen." Payton told her.

"Have they found Lindsay?" Lori moved.

"We have not found Lindsey, no." Emily shook her head.

"Why don't we all just go inside and talk?" JJ suggested.

"No, I want to talk to Jack." Bruce pointed.

"You can, just as soon as they're done." JJ nodded.

"You're trying to keep me away from Jack. Why?" Bruce questioned.

Meanwhile Fleur and Hotch walked into the house.

"What's going on?" Fleur asked.

"Jack here's in witness protection." Elijah rolled his eyes, leaning against the wall.

"Ten years. Must be real important." Morgan crossed his arms.

"Why didn't you tell us immediately?" Hotch turned to Pat.

"Because he's a State Witness, whose identity needs to be protected at all costs. You know, Jack, this might not have anything to do with.." Pat began.

"With what? His past?" Rossi raised a brow.

"Jack. Every person in this room, with the exception of him, is here for your daughter." Hotch sighed.

"If this does have anything to do with me, they'll be coming out of Boston. Irish-American. Two or more men." Jack told them.

"Let's get them back to the station and keep them there until this is over." Hotch nodded.

Jack stood up and Rossi and Morgan began to lead him out of the house, shortly followed by the others.

"He's under arrest?" Bruce asked, seeing Jack been taken out the house.

"No, he's not under arrest." Emily shook her head.

"You're lying to me- Jack?" Bruce began walking over.

"Mr Owen, please calm down." JJ sighed as Payton tried to hold him back.

"Let go- Jack! I want to know what he did to my Katie!" Bruce ran over.

"Okay, first you need to calm down, sir." Elijah held his hand out.

"Don't tell me to calm down, why are you arresting him?" Bruce slapped Elijah's hand.

Elijah flinched back,"We just want to ask him a few questions, that's all."

"About what?"

"Jack! If you have anything to do with this-" Bruce shouted.

"Sir, that's enough." Elijah pushed him back.

Bruce turned away, shaking his head.

*********************************

"Who do you work for?" Hotch asked Jack.

"The McCrelan Corporation from Boston." Jack answered.

"I love how you guys sell that. By 'corporation', you mean the Mob, right?" Morgan crossed his arms.

"No one's been able to get anything on them." Pat sighed.

"Until now." Rossi shrugged.

"That's because they murdered anyone who was ever a threat to them, civilians and cops alike." Fleur nodded.

"Is that what you did, Jack? Did you eliminate the threat?" Elijah tilted his head, looking at the pill bottle that Jack fidgeted with,"Do those pills help with the memories or do they just hide the real Jack?"

"The only thing that keeps me alive is Lindsay." Jack muttered.

"What they did to Katie, do you think that was a message for you?" Hotch asked.

"If it is, it's working." Jack sighed.

"Do you recognize the method?"

"I didn't send messages. I just went straight to the source." Jack shrugged.

"In two weeks time, the McCrelan Brothers will face trial." Pat told them.

"Looks like the McCrelans are gonna walk." Morgan sighed.

"Where? Alright, thanks." Payton hung up the phone,"You were right, we just found something in an abandoned house."

"Lindsay?" Jack sat up.

"Where exactly?" Morgan turned.

"Here. Outskirts of town." Payton pointed on the map.

"It's still inside the comfort zone." Reid nodded.

"What does that mean?" Payton raised a brow.

"It means the Unsubs are local, still here." Rossi explained,"Let's go."

"Agent Hotchner, whatever you find, I want to see her." Jack looked at him.

Hotch nodded briefly to Jack as the group left the room.

*********************************

They had went to the address given, however it was empty but one body, dead, a teenager. A male.

"Defensive wounds, bite indentations, scratch marks on his face, hands and arm all indicate he was involved in the murder and abduction of Katie and Lindsay." Hotch explained.

"He's just a teenager." Payton pointed.

"So were the Lords of Chaos." Emily shrugged,"Three teenagers bewitched by a boy named Kevin Foster. Kevin persuaded his friends to murder their own high school teacher."

"Social dynamics of teenage boys." Rossi sighed,"In this case intoxicated by drugs or alcohol. When worked into a frenzy by a dominant male, the adolescent mind can be pushed further from what the adult mind perceives as acceptable."

"What started out as a good time quickly devolved, and Katie fell victim to the violent, drunken rage of a juvenile gang." Hotch shook his head.

"Check every high school in the Chula Vista area. Males between the ages of fifteen and eighteen." Reid told Garcia over the phone.

"Okay..Uh.. Chula Vista has seven public schools and three private schools, so I'm gonna need a little bit more than that." Garcia sighed.

"Uh.. Let's see.. Brown hair, 5'9, approximately 142 pounds?" Reid studied the picture.

"More." Garcia nodded.

"Most of the activity's in the southeastern district. The socioeconomic dynamic is predominantly working class. Look within a three mile radius of the Castle Park area." Reid explained.

"Two high schools."

"Start with the largest." He nodded.

"Okay, let's see what we got.. I got like five faces." Garcia typed,"Jinkies."

"We believe this Unsub got scared and wanted out." Rossi pointed at the board.

"And the dominant male, in order to maintain control, attacked him." Hotch added.

"Douglas Silverman, he's eighteen years old." Reid walked in, sticking Douglas' photo to the board.

"We need to interview kids in his class. Parents, teachers. Find out who his friends were." Hotch crossed his arms.

"It's at least two or more boys. One older, early to mid twenties." Rossi nodded.

"He'll think of himself as a real badass. Somebody who broke the rules,defied the system." Morgan shrugged.

"And have flunked or been kicked out of high school." Emily pointed to Douglas,"Possibly the same one."

"He'll also have a record. Petty theft. Larceny." Fleur added.

"Well, Douglas Silverman's been missing for two days. How come no one called?" Payton asked

"It's a three-day weekend. His parents are out of town, or he calls and says he's okay." Elijah shrugged.

"And now that the weekend is over, I can tell you with what's happened, it's going to end violently." Hotch sighed.

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"Okay, I've got three Ryans." Garcia told them.

"The Ryan we're looking for probably went to high school with Katie and Lindsay a few years back. He got expelled, or at least flunked out." Reid told her.

"Ryan Phillips. He was expelled for smoking pot years ago." Garcia nodded.

Bruce then walked out of the room he and Jack were in. However when Reid and Elijah looked, there was nothing but the bottle of Jack's pills on the table.

"Oh dear.." Elijah shook his head.

"Lovers, what's going on?" Garcia asked.

"Well-" Elijah began.

"He's taken my car! That bastard took my car!" Pat hurried in, his nose bloody as he pulled out his radio,"This is Pat Mannan, all units, all units. I want an APB out on Jack Vaughan."

"I gotta find out where he's going." Reid ran over to the board.

"I'll call the others." Elijah took out his phone.

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"Jack's taken off." Emily sighed as they got out of the SUVs.

"We heard." Fleur nodded.

"Where's he going to go? He can't know where Lindsey is." Payton shook his head.

"No, but he might know who has her." Hotch pointed.

"How?" JJ asked.

"You showed Bruce Owen Doug's photo, right?" Hotch turned to Morgan.

"He recognized him." Morgan nodded.

"Which means he knows who Doug's friends are." Hotch sighed.

"So now he's sent a psychopath after his daughter's killer." Morgan crossed his arms.

"Garcia has a name. Ryan Phillips, twenty eight." Emily walked over.

"Let's get a unit over to Phillips' house before Jack gets there." Hotch nodded.

*********************************

Meanwhile back in the office, Reid held his hand out to Elijah for a pen, not taking his eyes off the board.

"Here." Elijah handed the pen to him and Reid began to draw.

"You gotta find him and fast." Pat stormed into the room.

"What does it look like I'm doing?' Reid contiued to draw.

"Colouring in a map!" Pat scoffed.

"Back off." Elijah crossed his arms.

"All the activity is focused around the southeastern district. The abduction site, the dump site, Ryan Phillips' house." Reid explained.

"Gunshots coming from Jackson Street." Pat looked down.

Reid nodded briefly, scribbling on the map.

"Are you two coming?"

Elijah nodded, waving Pat off as he watched Reid.

*********************************

Back with the rest of the team, they were getting their vests on, discussing their plan.

"Three day weekend, you need to find a private, secure location. Where?" Hotch looked around.

"Army of cops and Fedd all over town, its going to be real hard." Morgan sighed.

"Every abandoned building, warehouse, lock-ups, it's all been searched." JJ told him.

"Hey, it seems Jack just paid a kid named Taylor Coleman a visit. Paramedics are working on him now." Payton nodded.

Fleur looked down as her phone rang, answering it,"Shimmer, good news please."

"After inputting all the sites, Reid's come up with a two-dimensional probability service overlay map that indicates the offenders operating area." Elijah hummed.

"So where is he?"

"Okay, I know it sounds crazy, but we think he's taken her to the Mayford High School two blocks from here."

"Okay. We'll meet you there. Both of you be careful." Fleur nodded.

"You know me, darling." Elijah hummed as he hung up.

"Mayford High School." Fleur told the others.

"Let's go." Hotch nodded.

"We're closer. We gotta go." Reid turned to Elijah.

"Going." Elijah fixed his shirt as he headed for the door

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Reid was practically running ahead, his hair was flying about as he grabbed his gun out.

"Remember how we were told to be careful?" Elijah sighed as he tried to keep up with Reid.

"I'm careful." Reid walked into the school.

"You sure about that?"

"Do you hear that?" Reid pointed towards where they could hear Lindsey shouting.

Elijah nodded slowly as he walked forward,"It's coming from the bathroom."

"I'll go in."

"You aren't going in alone. Hostage negotiations is my job."

"I'll go in, then you come behind me." Reid nodded.

"Whatever you say." Elijah sighed.

Reid walked in, pointing his gun where Ryan was on the floor. Lindsey was up and Jack was pointing a gun at Ryan.

"Put the gun down!"

"Help me, please help me!" Ryan begged as Elijah walked in.

"Jack, put down the gun." Elijah looked at him.

"She begged him to stop and he laughed at her. He laughed at her!" Lindsey tried to get Jack more angry.

"I never laughed at her. Honestly, I would change this if I could, but I can't." Ryan shook his head,"Just.. Put the gun down."

"Jack, you swore to your wife you'd protect Lindsey. Listen to her, Jack. Listen to what she wants. She's begging you to kill someone right in front of her." Reid sighed.

"What do you think your wife wanted you to protect her from?" Elijah shook his head,"Jack, your life has been... It's been about violence and if you do this, Lindsey's will be, too. You want that?"

"No, you don't want that." Ryan looked up at Jack.

"When does it end, Jack?" Reid asked.

"Put down the gun." Ryan pleaded.

"Kill him." Lindsey whispered.

"When does it stop?" Elijah tilted his head.

"Tomorrow." Jack answered, shooting Ryan dead.

Elijah flinched back. He.. Failed again. He lost another one. He should be used to it.. But it hurts just as much every time. The two just stared at Ryan's dead body while Jack and Lindsey left, the team running in.

"You two okay?" Morgan sighed, taking his glasses off.

"I'll be fine." Elijah looked away.

"We tried.. But we couldn't.. What's gonna happen to Jack?" Reid blinked.

"Depends how important a witness he is." Rossi shrugged.

Elijah turned to Reid, putting a hand on his shoulder. He still looked pretty out of it.

"Let's.. Let's just go."

"Yeah.." Elijah nodded, rubbing his back.

Reid shook his head and walked out. Elijah sighed and followed him, alongside the rest of the team.

*********************************

It had been a few days since Muffin had passed. Morgan and Fleur came up with an idea to cheer both the boys and Horatio up.

"They're going to love this." Morgan hummed as they walked up to the door.

"I hope so." Fleur nodded, knocking on the door.

Elijah answered,"Oh, how can i help you, dear?"

"I have a suprise." Fleur hummed, moving so Morgan could be shown with Beau.

"Aw, puppy!" Elijah smiled.

"Meet Beau." Morgan chuckled.

"Hello, beautiful boy." Elijah held his hand out.

Beau quickly jumped into Elijah's arms, licking him.

"He loves kisses." Fleur hummed as they walked in.

Elijah chuckled as he held Beau, stroking him,"You're such a good boy."

Beau barked and panted, looking around.

"Is that a dog?" Reid blinked, walling downstairs.

"Fleur and I thought we'd cheer you guys up by bringing Beau for a visit." Morgan nodded.

"That's sweet, thanks guys." Reid hummed, crouching down.

"He's amazing." Elijah smiled as he sat Beau down.

"He's so fluffy." Reid chuckled as he petted Beau.

Horatio then came running down the stairs.

"Oh, baby." Elijah turned,"Come meet your new friend."

Horatio took a step back, tilting his head.

"He's not scary, I promise." Elijah told him.

Horatio slowly crept up, sniffing Beau. Beau could sense that Horatio was a little nervous so he lowered his head.

"See? He's gentle." Reid assured Horatio.

Horatio just meowed and jumped onto Reid's legs.

"I think he's very nice." Elijah stroked Beau.

"He's sweet." Fleur hummed.

"And he's beautiful." Reid added.

"Mind if we stay for a little?" Morgan asked.

"Of course not, make yourselves at home." Elijah nodded.

Beau quickly sped off, laying on the couch.

"I think he's made himself comfy." Fleur laughed.

"You're always welcome here." Elijah told them.