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The BAU had been on the task force for 3 months, managing to find the most information then the taskfource had found in its 2 years. But investigating the elusive mafia group called The Unkown Hand had proven difficult. No member identity had ever been confirmed. Several hitmen were arrested, but before any information could be gained each hitman was killed. Even more Hitmen were assumed to work for the group, several being responsible for global assasinations of political canidatnes and leaders. The elusive and efficient ways of the group made it nearly impossible to find any information, this was why the BAU had been brought on, they were to find the clients of the group and get a way in. Which the BAU had done, figuring out several political figures and several influential businessmen had used the mafias hitmen to gain the power they had.
No one thought anything would happen, the mafia group was known to kill political figures, in fact, it was the killing of two congressmen that prompted the BAU’s induction onto the task force. But they remained in the shadows most of the time, pulling the strings but never making bold moves. That is until now.
It had been normal, the BAU had just gotten back from a case involving a man killing prostitutes after catching an STD, the plane landed and just as they got back to the BAU office JJ got a call from Will.
“JJ their gone! I came home and their both gone, the baby sisters gone. I… I just JJ they are gone.” Will's panicked voice made JJ go pale, her kids, her boys where… were gone? The other agents seemed to notice her panicked look, rushing over to JJ’s house to find out what had happened. That was when Hotches phone went off, His face paled as he listened to the other line. “Hotch what is it? Is it about the boys?” Morgan asked panic in his voice, hotch just shook his head. His Adams apple bobbing as he tried to speak. “J-jack is gone too.” His voice was hollow and shaky. The air felt tense. What was going on?
By the time they got to JJ’s house police had arrived as well. There was no sign of forced entry, no sign of violence, just an empty house. Hotches apartment was the same, though a letter left on his table gave them some hint.
~Those who anger us don't live. I suggest you stop meddling where you don't belong, or I might just do something we both don't want.~
There was no name, just two sentences, and 3 missing kids.
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The amount of people searching for Henry, Jack, and Micheal was overwhelming but little was working. With no fingerprints, and evidence at either house and the note coming up blank they had no lead. It was clear this was connected to The Unknown Hand, several other killings and kidnappings having the same style of note and abduction. But that did little to comfort JJ and Hotch. The mafia was not known to hold back, and if they had gotten too close to the group and pissed them off they knew the kids were not safe. But still even with so many units looking for them, and amber alters out, nothing came of it. There was no ransom, no demands. This was a sign of power, The unknown Hand didn't need money they wanted to show that they were in control and that the FBI and CIA could do nothing about it.
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3 hours after the boys were taken a call came into Hotches phone. It was an unknown number, he answered it.
“D-dad please… please I don't know where we are but I found th-heir phone. Please…”
Before Hotch could respond the line went silent, and the call ended. Hotch had to hold back his thoughts as he spiraled. Jack was alive, and had a phone but… he had to stop himself.
“Garica, I need you to look into this number, try to find what phone it belongs to, and pin it.” Hotch managed, Trying to think of what to do. This was not a group to fuck with. If they messed this up they could all be dead. The kids could already be dead, they needed to be quick and not make any sloppy moves.
While Garcia tried to figure out where the call was made from Rossi tried to calm the now spiraling Hotch.
“Aaron it's going to be okay, we have faced this kind of group before, we will get him back,” Rossi says forcing Hotch into his office so as to not further stress the team. Hotch knew Rossi was right they could do this but, he also knew this was so much different. This group had no morals, and no mercy, they killed who they wanted to or who they were paid to. And right now it was clear they wanted to kill the kids, and that they could if they choose to. “I don't know what to do.” Hotch forces out, trying to stop his mind from going back to that day, and how brave Jack had to be. “Aaron Jack is tough, he is smart. We both know he's not going to go down without a fight. We will find him, but we can't do that if your not with us. So I need you to sit and calm down. We will find Jack.” Rossi calmly says making Hotch sit next to him on the office's couch. “He shouldn't have to be part of this. He's a kid, he's…” Hotch just sighs running his hands through his hair. “This group will do what they see fit to make a point, but we can't change that, all we can do is our job, and get your kid back.” Rossi sighs leaning back, the two sit in silence for a moment, letting it all wash over them.
JJ was not much better off than Hotch, having delved into work to distract herself. Trying to figure out how this had happened, Morgan and Reid silently making sure she didn't try to leave and go full Mama Bear.
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To everyone's surprise, Garica was able to track the phone, which was by some miracle still on. It wasn't a burner phone and was registered under the name of a dead woman, but still, Garica could get into the phone and track it. The kidnapper appeared to be heading towards them, about 30 minutes away from the main city area of DC. At this news, a blockaid ambush was quickly set up. Hotch and JJ being with great pushback forced to stay at the office. Morgan, Reid, and Rossi taking swat to lead the arrest in Hotches place.
As the van, which an officer identified several blocks back, came down the mainly empty streets of the sleeping city the team readied themselves. They didn't know what exactly to expect, but they knew this was not going to end without some kind of fight. So as the van came into range the plan sprang into action, several spike strips rolling out, forcing the van to a stop, swat moved in surrounding the car, Morgan taking the lead as he moved to get the driver. “Don't even try to run, get out of the van and surrender we have you surrounded!” Morgan yells as they move around to the drivers side. The door flinging open suddenly and a small person with a maks covering their face and dark baggy clothes stumbled out of the van. “Don't try to, put your hands up and surrender, you're not getting out of this. So we can either work this out or we can make this hard!” Morgan says approaching the person trying to at least seem like he wants to make a deal. But the masked person seems to not reciprocate Morgans's attitude, seeing the heavily armed swat and agents just a few feet away and bolting. Making it only about 100 feet before being shot 3 times and forced to the ground by Morgan. Who roughly forces the mafiosos strangely thin writs behind their back and into handcuffs. Before letting the medics tend to the Unsubs wounds, and whisk them off to the nearby hospital.
Reid and Rossi allowed Morgan to deal with the takedown while they went into the van hoping the 3 boys were inside. But as they opened the back found nothing. The boys weren't in the van, the phone used to call Hotch was but the boys were long gone.
The three agents stood in silence for a moment. They had a member of The Unknown Hand in custody alive, hopefully, which was good, if they could keep them from being killed then they had a playing piece in the game. But they still had 3 missing boys and no idea where they had been left. So the question was in the 5 hours since taking the boys what had the person done?