Through Thick and Thin

By

Nicole

Disclaimer: I don't own Criminal Minds

Summary: They believe to be matchmakers, building their own colony of "perfect couples". Their newest targets are two FBI Agents, what happens when they disappear without a trace? No Henry or Will in this one.

Through Thick and Thin

Chapter 1: The Matchmakers

JJ was sitting in her office rubbing her forehead with a heavy sigh. She wanted to get this paperwork and get home, after the case they had earlier that day the last thing she wanted was to sit at home and watch some TV. Except, she was sitting in her office typing yet another report for a case they had just finished.

Letting out a deep breath, she opted to just finish her reports at home. Getting up, she left her office, walking through the bullpen to see Spencer practically asleep on his desk. Walking over, she messed up his hair, making him sit up. "What are you still doing here?" she asked, sitting on the edge of his desk.

"I was reading, could ask you the same thing," he replied.

"I was finishing some paperwork," she told him.

She gave him a small smile. "Need a ride?" she asked.

"Sure," he replied.

They got up and went over to leave for the night.

Making their way to the parking garage, Spencer hurried over and opened the door for her. "Always the gentleman," she quipped, making him smile as she got in. Spencer grinned as he got in on the other side and JJ drove him back home.

The two of them were sitting in silence, the last case had been hard on the team to the point the director told the team to take some real time off. As they were turning on the street to Spencer's apartment complex, a woman ran out in the street waving her arms hysterically. "JJ, stop," Spencer told her as she was already pulling over.

They jumped out of the car. "Are you alright?" Spencer asked.

"Please, please help me, my son he's hurt," the woman answered.

"Where is he? Spence, call 911," she told him as she went after the woman.

As Spencer went to call for help, he suddenly felt a sharp prick in the side of his neck. "Welcome, brother," a voice said into his ear as his world went black. Before he could fall though, the person picked him up and moved him over to the waiting car, putting him in the back. "Grab his phone," the man ordered, gesturing to the fallen cell phone lying on the ground. An accomplice ran over, grabbing the discarded phone off the ground. "Disconnect it," he ordered. The man opened the back of the phone, pulling out the batter before tossing it into the front seat of the car, grabbing JJ's phone and did the same thing to it.

JJ ran around the corner when she saw nothing but an empty alleyway. "Ma'am?!" she called out. Before she had time to react, she felt a pinch in her neck.

"Welcome to the family, sister," a voice whispered as her vision blurred.

She felt the person pick her up and carry her back towards her car. "Get them home, you know what to do," the voice ordered. She could see faces around her, but she couldn't make out any features as they put her in the back of her own car. Moving her head to the side, she saw Spencer unconscious beside her.

"Spence…" she murmured before her vision went black.

(Two Days Later)

The rest of the team returned to work, but there was one…well two things out of place. Their resident genius wasn't sitting at his desk either already working or reading one of his many books. JJ wasn't in her office going over a case file to give them that day, everything seemed so off. "Has anyone heard from JJ or Reid in the last couple of days?" Emily asked.

"I thought JJ had gone back home to visit her mom," Morgan answered as he sat at his desk.

"And Reid, he's well Reid he could be doing anything from sitting in the park to reading or sitting in his apartment," Emily commented.

"Either way, it's not like them to not show up," Morgan commented.

They looked up when Hotch came out of his office. "Hotch, have JJ and Reid decided to not come in?" Emily asked standing up.

"Not really," Hotch replied as he walked down the stairs with Rossi behind him.

It was obvious their boss had something important to say. "What's going on?" Rossi asked.

"Two days ago, Chief Strauss had received two letters of resignation," Hotch replied, "Both are from JJ and Reid."

The entire was silent with wide eyes. "They just left?" Morgan asked, "That's not like them."

"What happened in Houston, I'm not surprised," Hotch stated, "They have both been through some traumatic experiences, because of the Tobias Hankel case, it is possible that they both came back to the field too early."

"So that's it?" Morgan asked, "I'm gonna call him."

"I've been trying all morning but their phones are disconnected," Hotch replied.

"Hotch, this just smells funny," Morgan insisted.

"I have done my own digging since Strauss called me yesterday, everything checks out," he explained.

The three remaining members of the team looked at each other stunned. "What happens now?" Morgan asked.

"We'll find replacements, but as of right now I am going to keep an eye on this as well," Hotch replied, "Until something comes up, we will continue on like normal, nothing changes."

He held up a case file. "We have a case, we need to go," he told them before leading whatever was left of his team to the round table room.