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Sirens carve through the night, their rotating red lights washing over the scene in rhythmic pulses. You're perched on the cold curb, a crimson shock blanket pulled tight around your shaking shoulders. The air is biting, each exhale a ghostly plume. Dust and ash cling to your skin, and a deep, jagged wound traces a path from your eyebrow down your cheek. Behind you, the house is a skeletal, smoldering ruin, the kidnapper's story ended inside. You wait, shivering, for the familiar figures of the BAU team to emerge from the chaos.