A Kill and a Case
We'd been doing this job for a while. It happened by chance and sheer luck. We had to look after our brother and a mental institute is costly. We made sure he was well away from us too. Las Vegas seemed like a good idea at the time. It was far enough away that we could still visit and not attract attention.
I was the one to meet the Commander. I had been practising my shooting skills in an empty warehouse in Ivy City when he walked up to me. I was instantly alert and wary. He calmly walked up to me and asked if I wanted a well payed job. I didn't ask questions and gave him a nod. He handed me a cell phone and a list of equipment. And that's how we got started.
Two sisters, a sniper rifle and rain never a good mix. We were sitting on the roof getting wet, waiting for the target to arrive home. Eleanor Rose was a well off business woman, CEO of her father's company and heiress to $23 million. Too bad she ripped off one business man who didn't take it too well. He was paying us a good price $1.5 million and it was a clean kill.
We'd scoped her out for three weeks before hand getting used to her schedule. She'd be home in 20 minutes after her beauty appointment. She wasn't ugly but really a beauty trip once a week. The rain was slowly getting heavier and my clothes were starting to stick to my body. Nicolette was sitting by tossing a dime, she always was impatient.
We were decked out in our gear; reversible black pants and jackets, black boots and gloves for me. Amanda was asleep at home alone. The job and gotten harder for me when I'd been pregnant and after I'd had her. I could never shake the feeling that one day I could never come home.
I was interrupted in my musings when Nikki came to stand next to me and flipped the coin. I called tails and just my luck, I won. I set up the rifle and crouched near the edge. I was looking through my scope when Eleanor walked into the room. She went too sit down when I pulled the trigger. It was a clean and quiet shot. Straight through the glass and in the middle of the head, perfect and flawless.
I put the rifle away and we cleaned the scene, only leaving the coin. Good pay and an easy job, this is the life.
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We were being debriefed by JJ. There was a case that was spread over the country. The killings were spanning over 6 years with different styles and areas. There was no geographical profile. We had killings in New York, LA, Chicago, Seattle, New Orleans and two recent in Washington. We suspected that there was more but had no evidence yet, the unsub seemed to be really smart and organised.
Reid said, "How come we got the case? The killings seem random."
JJ replied, "The unsub's signature is leaving a coin behind. Forensics determined that there were prints on the coin. Garcia is going through the database too."
Garcia on speaker, "The prints have no results and I went through everything even Interpol."
Rossi and Hotchner were talking between themselves. Reid had finished a book he'd brought with him and was going to get coffee. This was definitely going to be a long case. The killer had different MO. They were going to have major profiling issues. The only significance was the coin and over the last 3-4 years they had started staying only in the D.C. area.
I knew that the case was going to be even harder with different victimology as well. There was men, women all with varying ages and backgrounds. The team all decided to look over the files at home and come back early tomorrow morning. That's when I decided we needed a night out. I also wanted to see home many numbers I could get.
"Hey guys! Wanna go out on the town tonight before the case? Pretty boy, baby girl, Emily, JJ, Hotch and Rossi? What do you say, are you in?"