Stayin' Alive

When Unit Chief Aaron Hotchner opened his eyes, the first thing he thought and felt was the great amount of pain on the back of his head. As he gently sat and rubbed the pain away, he looked around and saw that he was in an unknown room and place probably. Hotch stood up and walked out of the room that lead him to a cold, dark room with only a single dim lit light bulb. He's gut told him to stay away, but he heard a familiar voice calling to him, he just put one foot in front of the other and kept on heading to where the voice was coming from.

"Dave, where are you?" he asked, just as the older agent poked his friend's shoulder, startling him, "Are you okay?" was the first thing the Unit chief asked.

"A little beat up, but alright" the older agent said, "I found someone that we've been looking for... Alex Murdock"

"The missing victim? What is he doing here?"

"You can just walk over to the corner and ask him yourself" Rossi said, "I'm still a little whoozy from whatever the UNSUB hit me with" he finished as he sat against the wall and slowly let himself sit back onto the cold concrete ground.

Hotch decided to go and see if Murdock was still alive at the very least conscious.

"Who are you?" Alex asked Hotch.

"I'm FBI agent Hotchner. Are you Alexander Murdock?"

"Yeah..."

"May I ask what happened to you the night you were taken?"

"It's still a blur to me still man" said the 24 year old man, "I was heading back to my apartment, when out of the blue, pain and then nothing. Next thing I know I'm in this cold room along with four other people and they were taking out that door and I'm next"

"Agent Rossi over there and I will make sure that you're not next" Hotch said in his FBI voice.

"Dude, your fucking FBI and he still got you!"

Just then the door opened and a dark figure came in, "Hotch! Hey, I found him!" It was Morgan and he looked really beaten up. A dark bruise on his bald head and a split lip, right in the middle. He was snapped out of his thoughts when the rest of his team and three other people came in.

"Is everyone alright?" he asked every person in the room.

"I feel just peachy!" said an angry person, who was Alicia Turner, victim number three missing.

"Hello everyone, nice to see this lovely but short reunion..." said a deep, mechanical voice on the intercom, "You know why you're all here?"

"Cause you can't get laid, not even by your momma!" Kurt Harold's shouted, earning a snack to the back of the head from Morgan.

"...I'll make sure your game will be very enjoyable Mr. Harold. You're all here because each and everyone of you have committed a sin and need to pay for your past actions... even with your own lives" he said, before disconnecting the mic.

"What the hell's going on?" Morgan asked angrily.

"Don't look at us Morgan, this wasn't even part of the profile" Prentiss started, "We knew he tortured his victims, but we didn't how and why and now we know"

"Only because he's coming after each and everyone of us!" he yelled back at her.

"Morgan, that's enough. Prentiss's right and right now we need to come up with a way to find out where the UNSUB is and how to stop this before anyone's lives is in peril" Rossi said in a very serious tone.

"Suddenly i'm thrilled that we didn't bring Garcia to this case" JJ muttered to Emily and Reid, who both nodded in agreement.

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Almost an hour went by, as they searched the place for any possible secret passage, locked doors that could lead to their UNSUB. Michelle Dawson was looking around the main floor and reached the foyer. Instead of continuing the looking around, she laid onto the couch and rested her eyes. Spencer Reid and JJ walked in minutes later and saw the fast asleep Michelle and decided to watch over her, and each other by sitting onto the floor, their backs against each other.

"What do you think he meant by everyone's sins?" JJ asked the genius.

"Everyone has their deep dark secrets that they tell no one, the fear of being judged for things that might have been avoidable but still happened because of one's words or action. The UNSUB believes that all of those people should be punished, even if it means death.

"You mean like... Hotch and the Reaper?"

"...Yeah, just like that..." he answered her.

Then out of the blue they heard Michelle screams of agony and just as they turned around, a blade hidden within the couch pierced through Michelle chest cavity. Blood landed on both JJ and Reid, after they were startled by the horror that they had both just witnessed.

Now they lay, a bloody and dead Michelle Dawson... victim number two. Now they knew that the UNSUB was dead serious and they had to warn everyone about the hidden traps.

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Morgan and Prentiss were on the first floor, looking into each unlocked room, while avoiding any locked ones for now. As they reached the last door on the first floor, Morgan got a bad feeling in his gut, but then again this place was giving him the creeps, so he ignored it and opened the unlocked door and both of them walked in.

"Well looks like there's nothing he-" Emily didn't have time to finished as the door slammed shut and was now locked. Morgan immediately attempted to take the door down with his body.

As his body collided a jolt of great pain raced through his body. The door was now electric and anyone who touched would get a great amount of jolt into their body. Emily took the risk and pulled Morgan away from it, getting slightly shocked herself but didn't care. He was now on the floor, slightly convulsing from the electricity in his body but soon stopped and was out cold.

"Tsk, tsk... always the macho man Agent Morgan... And you Agent Prentiss..." this earned Emily's attention, "You think that saving his life's going to save the child you killed in Italy at the age of 15 years old?"

"... You bastard" she growled out.

"One has already fallen... and I'll make sure your next Agent but for now... i'll enjoy what's happening in the foyer and decide whether to pity you and spear you... or kill you when you least expect it" then the was nothing but pure silence, as Emily made sure that Morgan was going to be okay as the door re-opened and she dragged her friend out into the hallway.

"Prentiss...?"

"We're out of the room Morgan. Can you stand?"

"I think so" he said in a bare whisper, before standing up and letting Emily help him walk to the staircase and down until they reached the main floor and slowly and carefully made their way to the foyer.

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Rossi and Murdock were about to climb up to the third floor, where Hotch, Alicia and Kurt were suppose to be when they heard the blood curling scream and all five ran to where they thought the sound came from. After a while they reached the foyer and saw Reid covering someone's body with a blanket, while JJ wiped the blood off of her hands.

"What happened?"

"Hidden..."JJ stuttered.

"What is she talking about Reid?" Hotch asked.

"Michelle was just resting her eyes, when a hidden blade burst through her chest cavity..." he took in a deep breathe before saying what he needed to say, "There are hidden traps all over this place..."

"Anyone know... knew Michelle?" Rossi asked.

"She and I use to be an item" Alex said, "But... she broke my heart when I found her in bed with my best friend"

"Heartbreaker..." Reid said, before shutting himself up.

"NO... you're right. He probably has eyes all over the place and will know which trap to release by our sins. WE need to know everyone's deep dark secrets if we're going to get out of this place alive" Rossi said.

"Oh my god, what happened!" JJ yelped in worry as she saw Emily and Morgan entering the room. His arm around the smaller person, his right arm burnt.

"Who died?" Prentiss asked.

"Michelle Dawson" Hotch answered, "How did you..."

"He talked after Morgan passed out"

"What did he say?"

"Just that someone's next" she half lied.

"One down... so many to go. Now who's next? Well let's play a little game"

"NO games" Hotch said in his FBI voice.

"This isn't the bullpen Agent Hotchner, you don't get to intimidate me, especially when there are keys hidden within this mansion. But each of you will have a chance to get the exit key... but how far are each of you willing to go, that is the question" then the mic was turned off.

"JJ you stay here with Morgan, as does Alicia" Hotch said, "Rossi and Kurt, you two stay close, he wants to take down one person at a time and if we stay together he won't get what he wants. Alex you stay with me, and Prentiss and Reid, you two try to figure out a way to trick him and his games to get the keys faster"

"Understood" the two of them said, while they went into the living room to start thinking out of a plan.

After an hour the doors leading to the living room suddenly slammed closed and metal doors closed down. The guys, apart from Morgan, attempted to break down the door but failed at each attempt. Two of their own were in there right now and they needed to get them out of there ASAP!

M: Next chapter will be a surprise game from the UNSUB that does not involve Reid or Emily, but they will appear in the next chapter. Please R&R! It's very helpful to read what people think.