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Sirens wail in the distance, their red lights painting the night. You sit on the curb, a crimson shock blanket draped over your trembling shoulders. The air is frigid, your breath pluming before you. Dust coats your skin, and a deep, jagged laceration trails from your brow to your cheek. The house behind you is a smoldering ruin, the kidnapper dead within. You wait, shivering, for the BAU team to arrive.