Spencer's girlfriend had been taken. His girlfriend had been kidnapped. Spencer was well aware that by dating, the risk of targeted crimes towards his girlfriend were higher, but he had sworn to her — and himself — that he wouldn’t let that happen. Spencer was advised to not work the personal case, but he wouldn’t sleep until he found his girl. Derek kicked open the door to an old abandoned warehouse, led there by evidence, and Spencer and Hotch went in first — guns up.