A/N Hi everyone I hope you'll like this is going to center around Reid a bit so be prepared! The first chapter is a kinda a bor with info and such but once the team gets down to business you'll be a the edge of your seat! (This takes place somewhere around prentice leaving and the team on the search for a new agent so its just the 6 of them and the town is a made up town btw ) anyway I hope you guys like it and don't forget to review I also appreciate your advice and welcome your opinions, please sit back and relax and have a good read~ 3 p.s i don't own cm or its characters ;O
"Nearly all men stand adversity, But if you want to test a man's character, give him power"-Abraham Lincoln
"Tell me again why we had to get here at five am?" JJ asked in an annoyed tone as she sat herself down in one of the seats closest to the window on the private jet. It was still dark outside, but the sun was slowly rising in the distance.
Hotch looked at JJ from the seat across from him "Because we have a 5-hour plane ride and a very inpatient PD waiting for us." Hotch had already been on the plane after getting the call from Milsberth, CA police department, 'I guess they forgot the time difference that or they didn't care', he thought as he picked up a stack of folders from the chair next to him and placed it on the table between them. Just then, Rossi and Morgan walked onto the plane followed by a very tired Reid who immediately sat on the couch claiming it as his own for the next 5-hours.
Hotch stood up and handed each one a folder. "Thank you all for getting here on such short notice." Hotch said after handing the last folder to Morgan and sitting back to his seat.
"No problem, I got the text about the case but what's so important that we had to leave this early?" Morgan asked Hotch. Morgan knew that in certain cases the team needed to act quickly, like a kidnapping or hostage scenario, but based off the reports this looked like just their average unsub.
"Must be a bad one." Rossie added as he started to sit in the seat next to JJ Looking down at the case file hotched handed to him then up as he met eyes with Hotch.
"It is," Hotch replied with an indifferent tone. The team exchanged worried glances with each other as Hotch began to read the report. "Seven people in the past month were killed in the small town of Millsberth, California. The local police department didn't think there was a connection till the latest victims." Hotch then opened his laptop setting it on the table for the team to see. He would have wanted Garcia to help present the crime scene photos but because of the time and the suddenness of the case he decided to present them himself. "Each victim were found in their homes. Two women and the rest men. The local PD didn't connect them because of the age difference between victims and the cause of death was reported as heart failure. They all suspected it was a natural death, but it wasn't until the last three victims that the unsub started to show its signature."
Reid looked at the photos that appeared on the screen, squinting his eyes. Reid observed the crime scene. "All the victims were in their bed as if they were sleeping, but our unsub then moved them to this stiff unnatural position." Reid offered to the conversation.
JJ nodded as she looked at Reid "It's like the unsub started to plan where he wanted to place his victims more intently with after each kill."
"But what makes the PD call as this early in the morning" Rossie added as he looked over to Morgan, then Hotch.
Hotch looked at Rossie then clicked on the laptop showing the 7 photos of the victims which where also shown in the case files. "All the victims had ties with governmental buildings, jobs and some sort of ruling power." Hotch said before pulling out a couple papers from the case folder "The first victim was a local retired teacher at the age of 65 the next four worked or had worked in government buildings such as court, law, and even postal, at ages 36-72. And the last were also retired police officers ages 56 and 53"
JJ spoke up, "Wait if this is a government attack why weren't we notified? You said this went on for a month, why didn't the Chief call us sooner?" JJ looked around at her fellow team mates with a confused expression.
Hotch sighed as he looked to JJ "I'm not sure but what matters is where getting there now."
"Something in the crime scene doesn't make sense..." Reid thought aloud as he looked closely at the report of the victims. He knew he was missing something he just couldn't put his finger on it. Reid looked at the reports over and over again, what was he missing?
Morgan looked over as Reid flipped through the pages back and forth he faces inches away from the paper. "Hey, what is it? I can see your brain moving from here." Morgan grinned as he asked Reid.
Reid looked up at Morgan with a muddled look as he leaned back into the couch. "I know there's something here I'm missing, but I'm not sure what." Reid then crossed his arms bringing his hand up to his chin, his iconic thinking face.
Morgan walked past him patting his shoulder as he sat in the seat closest to him "well I'm sure you'll figure it out. You always do."
Reid nodded but still looked a bit puzzled. Maybe after some sleep he could help him figure out what he missed, it was early after all, and it was going to be a long trip to Millsberth, California.
Hotch closed the folders and looked around at his team "Lets rebreiff once we get to the station. It's a long trip, get some rest in the time being." Everyone agreed and some got themselves comfortable. Reid layed down on the couch, Morgan put his headphones on as he leaned back in the chair, JJ rested her hand on her cheek looking out the window, and Rossie and Hotch settled in their chairs closing the eyes as he reflected on the case and what they would do once they got there.
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Five hours had past and the team just got off the plane, jumping into the black SUV's awaiting their arrival. They split into two groups, Rossie and Morgan got in one car while JJ, Reid and Hotch got into the other. As he settled in Morgan called Garcia from the car about the case on the way to the station so she could get caught up with he rests of them.
"Remind me to send a gift basket to Hotch for not waking me up at 5'oclock." Garcia answered the phone with a sigh of relief.
"Hotch sent you the files?" Morgan asked as he looked over to Rossie and grinned.
"Yes and like a the wonderful goddess that I am you would not believe what I found." Gracia said briskly as the sound of typing came through the other end of the phone.
"I'm putting you on speaker phone, tell me what'ch ya got mama." Morgan said as he pulled the phone away from his ear and positioned it in between him and Rossie as he continued driving just behind the other SUV.
"Well I did a little snooping on our victims here and I found out they are not so 'goodie-two-shoes' as the might have seemed. There are numerous reports about the victims being brutal and cruel to their coworkers and even family. Says here they had a forceful way of getting they wanted, but as far as evidence goes they differ from a bad attitude to a ruler wackin' teacher, and I quote, "The scrooge of our century.", is it just me or are these reports becoming more like bad Yelp reviews than actual reports." Garcia said in an arguable, yet comedic tone.
Morgan chuckled, "Thank you sweet cheeks. Call me if you find something new."
"You got it my sculpted god of greatness." Gracia ended the call with the click of a pen and Morgan placed his phone back in his pocket. Rossie shook his head with a smile, 'those two certainly had a form communication', he thought to himself as looked out the window.
Driving to the police station the team got a first-hand look at the town. Buildings were no more the 4 stories tall and overall seemed like a peaceful looking town. Clean, reserved, and frankly kinda nice. There where lots of small groups of homes with large trees and lawns, the downtown area only had about 30-40 buildings-not including residence homes-with very historic designs making the team feel like they hopped back in time.
Pulling up to the station Hotch was surprised to see that it was out of place compared to the other humble homes. The station looked fairly large a dull gray concrete exterior, something you would find in a busy city, not a small suburb town.
Getting out of the vehicle he gestured for his team to follow They too had a hesitant look about the station. Walking through the large glass doors an officer had immediately greeted them on their way in. He was a white male, a little thicker around the edges, and his hair was slowly fading leaving a bald spot above his forehead, and he was older-maybe early 40.
"Hi, you must be the FBI guys. The Sheriff called in, right? I'm Deputy sheriff Peters" he said as he greeted each member with a firm handshake accept for Reid who politely turned down the offer and looked about the man a little longer before moving on to the next room, noting his use of full recognition in rank. Peters gave a confused look but quickly returned gaze back at Hotch. "The big guy should be down the hall with the others, we haven't had a case this big in ages."
"I noticed the upgrade to the station, may I ask what happened to the old one?" Rossie spoke up as they followed Peters down the toneless hallway toward the main entrance to the stations bullpen. Peters back was towards Rossie and the rest of the team, but his head turned to answer as the came to the doors of the bullpen.
"Huge fire about a year ago. Somethin' about the wiring- we got a huge pension for a new station. I even helped plan the new building, nice huh?" Peters proudly added as he opened the door for the FBI agents. The bullpen was busy with officers answering calls and writing down on papers. There were only about 20 officers, but looked like news spread fast in a small town.
"Was there a press release?" JJ looked around the room as the sound of officers working was in full swing. JJ gave a stressed sigh and lifted her hand to her head. They haven't even started the profile and more the half the town already knew.
Morgan and Rossie gave each other worried looks as the scanned the busy room. Reid looked at Hotch hoping his boss would know what to do, sharing a case like this so soon gave the team a huge disadvantage, the unsub could have fled or even started picking new targets by now.
"Welcome to Milsberth, where gossip flows like a raging river."
A/N: /yeeeeaaahhh, tell what you guys think! I'm fairly new to this whole thing and arts kinda my main suit, but I hope you like it, I'm mainly getting the plot out there I should probably add deeper descriptions but hopefully you guys are figuring out what their wearing or Reids hairstyle lol, I'm trying to give the reader a bit of freedom how you see you favorite character. Thanks for reading and don't worry more chapters or coming