They knew something was wrong. Reid was never late. Ever.

The video they got proved their worst fears to be true.

The team had been working one of the most gruesome cases they ever had. The unSub would play a sick game with his victims. He would find emotionally broken families and abduct one of the favored members. He would then send a video to the family showing him torturing this family member. He said that if the family did not do what he asked, he would continue torturing their loved one.

His tasks would involve backstabbing and betrayal on the inside of the family. In some cases, the unSub had convinced the father to kill his brother so that he wouldn't torture his son. The unSub's goal was to ruin the family even more so than before.

The video ended the same all six times. The unSub told the family that they didn't realize what they had until it was ripped from them. They didn't understand that there is no such thing as trust and love. Then, the unSub would kill the kidnapped family member.

This all happened in about one week.

The BAU team had been in Portland, Oregon. They were investigating the case when one day, Reid was late.

And so this brings us to where we started.

An audible scream could be heard from Penelope Garcia's makeshift office and Portland's police station. JJ, Emily, Hotch, Gideon, and Morgan ran into the room, horrified by the scream, but even more horrified at the screen in front of them.

A man appeared bloody, bruised, and gagged. Chains were around his wrists and neck. Tears of pain and fear slid down his cheeks. This man was the BAU's Dr. Spencer Reid.