At the police station

Prentiss and JJ stood behind the two-way mirror as they watched Morgan interviewed the unsub. Michael sat there with a smile on his face and the ex-cop told Michael that he was in serious trouble for several reasons including killing the prison doctor, kidnapping a Federal agent and causing injury to another.

"As if I care agent Morgan," Michael sneered.

"By the way, how is agent Hotchner?," the unsub asked. Morgan kept silence putting on a stoic face as he didn't want to give the man the satisfaction knowing that his action had caused so much misery to many especially the team members.

"We just want to understand why Michael?," Morgan said ignoring the question.

The man gave Morgan a look and then looked away.

"Did you find Foyet?"

"Yes. We found him in the storage you kept near the factory."

"(snickered)...Have he melted yet hahahahaha," he laughed.

"Shhh...You know I now see one of the girls I put to rest. Greta, yes, that's her name Greta said she's happy. I'm glad to be able to help her," Michael giggled.

Morgan stared at the man and he could see that Michael was slipping slowly into the abyss and the killer allowed the darkness taking away his sanity bit by bit. He had seen it in some people who experienced great lost that they began to lose their sanity. They were trapped in their own nightmares with the presence of their fixation dominated that dreams.

He met Prentiss and JJ outside. The two agents looked at Morgan and waited for him to say something.

"I think we are losing him. His mind is slowly losing reality."

At the hospital

Rossi and Garcia visited Reid in his hospital room. The young genius was enjoying a strawberry flavoured jell-o when the two walked into his room.

"How's that head of yours?" Rossi asked.

"I will be fine sir. Do you know they have really good dessert here. Want to try some," Reid as he held out the jell-o to them.

Both shook their heads.

Then a doctor entered the room to check on Reid's condition.

"Agent Reid, everything looks fine and you can leave a day after tomorrow," said Dr Richardson.

Rossi asked about Hotch and the doctor said his colleague Dr Mathew was still working on the BAU chief and he would inform them if there were any news.

Few minutes later Haley burst into the room looking for Jack.

"I'm sorry. I would have come as soon as possible. I was at my friend's place and didn't realise my cell phone battery is dead," Hotch's ex-wife started to ramble.

"Haley, listen, Haley, Jack is fine. He's with one of the agents in the play room," Rossi tried to placate her and it seemed to be working as Haley started to calm down.

Garcia walked up to her and put a comforting arm around the woman. She broke down and cried.

In surgery

Dr Mathew and Dr Adam worked on the injured agent.

"Come on Agent Hotchner. Fight for us."

"Mathew I don't like the look of his blood pressure," as both doctors struggled to stable Hotch.

They realised that the agent's body was under a great stress and they could not find any injuries which cause it. Dr Adam saw the tiny puncture wound on his chest and he knew it must be related to what was wrong with his patient.

Both quickly closed the injuries and put Hotch under a close watch in the Intensive Care Unit.

"Agents," Dr Adam addressed all those present in Reid's room.

"We have stopped the bleeding, but he is in a great pain still. Have you found out what was injected into him?" he asked.

All kept silence and then Reid reminded them about the clear vial he received earlier.

"Garcia have the result come back yet?," Rossi asked.

The tech analyst checked her PDA as she had instructed the lab to forward the result to her e-mail.

'Yes...yes it's in. Let me open the attachment. It says here envenomation or...scorpion venom," Garcia told the group.

The symptoms fitted and the doctor immediately left to start on the antiserum treatment. Rossi followed the doctor to the ICU.

He saw his friend with all kind of wires attached to him. Suddenly Hotch opened his eyes and he could see the burning pain in them. Dr Adam walked into the room with a vial in his hand. Taking out a syringe, he filled it with a light yellowish liquid from the vial and injected the content into the IV line.

Rossi observed his friend from outside the room when he felt a small hand touching his. He turned his head and saw Jack's big brown eyes looking up at him. Haley stood behind the boy.

He picked up the boy so that he could see Hotch through the glass.

"Uncle Dave, will dad be all right?", the boy asked. At that moment Hotch opened his eyes again and he gave a small smile when he saw Jack in Rossi's arms. His son gave him a wave and Hotch slowly raised his hand in return. Then the pain medication took over and he welcomed the darkness again.

Rossi assured the boy that Hotch was resting and he could see his daddy as soon as he felt better.

Then Jack whispered something to his ears. Rossi broke into a big smile and nodded his head. Haley was curious.

Rossi told her that his son told him that he had a promise to keep.

"He had told me that he would clean his room if Hotch returns safely," Rossi said as he ruffled the boy's hair. Jack gave Rossi a goofy smile and turned to look at his dad again.

Few minutes later, Morgan, Prentiss, JJ and even Reid joined him outside Hotch's room. Hotch was a lucky man because the job might have taken so many things from him including his marriage, but in return he gained the loyalty of his team who would fight for him.

Rossi kept silence and felt peace at last. He really believed that everything finally would be all right until the next time one of them would be in trouble. But he knew the team would be there with their unwavering support.

(thanks so much to all reviewers. You guys are super awesome. I hope to see you all again. To CBS thank you so much for the great show and the new season promises great episodes ahead wooohooo. Until later, stay well!!!)