Reid had just been released from hospital earlier that day. Dr. Kimura told him to take it easy the next couple days and that if he had any problems to call her.
Since Reid had no intention of wanting to call her, he decided it'd be best if he didn't leave his apartment until he was cleared to go back to work.
Reid sat on the couch most of the day watching Star Trek and Dr. Who, but as if by sudden impulse he got up and went to the spare bedroom of the apartment and started going through boxes until he came across a medal that had been long since forgotten.
He sat on the floor in the middle of the room and stared at the medal, remembering how he got it in the first place.
Bits and pieces of the memory were fuzzy but the rest of the memory was still clear as day
Reid had only been with the team for three and half months and he had made no headway with certain team members accepting him. Sure he was a twenty-two year old genius who looked like he still belonged in high school.
Whenever he was done with his paperwork he would escape to the one safe haven he could think of, Jason Gideon's office.
But this particular day it seemed it wouldn't be happening. Shortly after arriving to the BAU, the team had a case and they had to leave immediately for a small city called, Millville, New Jersey. Briefing would be done on the plane.
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"What are we dealing with," Morgan asked.
"They've already dubbed him the Horror Film Killer," Hotch said.
"Does he film his kills," Reid asked.
"That's not the only thing he does. He's forcing his victims to play out a scene from either a play or movie," Gideon explained.
"How many victims," fellow team member Bolton asked.
"Four so far," Hotch said, "All men, different demographics, ranging between the ages of twenty and thirty."
"Who's the latest victim," Reid asked.
"Matthew Miller, twenty-six, caucasian," Hotch said from looking at a file in his hand before giving it over to Reid. "Police are still at the scene. They're waiting for us."
Reid looked at the file for a moment and asked, "Do they have the film of his murder yet?"
"That's how they found him," Hotch replied. "The Unsub sent them the film late last night. It turns he kills them where there found. One of the officer recognized the area where Miller was killed, so he was found quicker than the others."
"How long did it take for the others to be found," Bolton asked
"A few days. The first three were killed in wooded areas, but the last one was found in an alley," Gideon explained.