Chapter I

No one suspects me, Spencer Reid thought as he looked around at his fellow co - workers. Jennifer Jareau, or J.J. as she preffered, was in Penelope Garcia's office with new - comer Emily Prentiss. Garcia was the BAU's "official computer geek," as J.J. called her, was an agent without actually being one. And Emily was a curious, puppy - like newbie. Reid looked over towards Agents Jason Gideon, Derek Morgan, and his boss, Aaron Hotchner. Gideon was reading the classic Dracula by Bram Stoker, Morgan was doing the weekly crossword, and Hotch was on the phone with Haley, his wife. Feeling left out, Reid went to the bathroom; the third time that morning. Just one more dose of dilaudid, one more... he thought, and I'll say sorry to my mother...

"I'm sorry, mom..." Reid said. Diana Reid looked at her son with a cold gaze. She opened her mouth and spoke, choosing her words carefully. "You are my son, and as my son I must love you. But as a person," she paused, and her gaze hardened. "I hate you." Reid looked down at his knees. "Mom, can - can you...?" Diana looked at him, and her face became softer, more questioning. "Can you read me the book of Genesis?" Diana smiled. "Ah...my favorite book of the Holy Bible. Come closer..."

"Reid!" J.J. shouted. All three women were staring at him. Reid snapped out of his drug - induced trance and looked at them. "What?" Emily raised her eyebrows. "You were just quoting The Book of Genesis." she said, cocking her head curiously. Reid looked around. He was no longer in the bathroom anymore. He must've walked to his mother...well, Garcia's office, which was right next to the bathroom. "What - was I saying?" Reid asked. Emily repeated him. "You were muttering. You said, 'Genesis 3:23; Therefore the LORD GOD sent him forth from the Garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.' Then your voice just trailed off, like you were asleep." She looked at him. "Are you okay?" Reid swallowed and nodded. Garcia patted a seat. "Sit down," she said, "we have cookies."

Reid left Garcia's office two hours later with a book on HTML. She figured that he could memorize it and give her back the book in five minutes. And he did. Ten minutes later, Morgan walked over to Reid. "You okay?" Reid looked at him, nodded, then sat forward and grabbed his silly putty, a gift from J.J. He started stretching it, this way and that. Hotch motioned for them to go to the conference room, and two minutes later, Reid was staring at a photo of a dead female, a symbol carved on her back. "Zakari Star, 22, found in her bathroom. Her head was bashed in with this baseball bat," she laid down another picture. "found next to the body." Hotch looked at Reid. "What's the symbol?" he asked. Reid looked at it, and searched his mind. "It's the eye of Ra, an Egyptian God. It symbolizes power and protection. It also symbolizes royal power. The ancient Egyptians believed that it's symbol of indestructability would assist in rebirth. I - It represents the right eye of the Egyptian falcon god Horus." he looked up. "Most likely, our UNSUB believes that they'll be rebirthed." J.J. continued with the report. "Well, all that's missing is the gauze," she looked up from the file. "Zakari Star's organs, all but the heart, were found in the bathtub in antique canopy jars." "Does she have any family?" Gideon asked. "A twin sister. An officer's reaching her now." Hotch began giving orders, but Reid had tuned them out all of a sudden. He didn't even notice Hotch was standing over him until he shook him gently. "Reid!" Reid jumped a bit, and looked up. "You, J.J. and Morgan are going to visit Zakari's twin, okay? Find out all you can." Reid cocked his head. "Why can't J.J. and I just go?" Hotch put his hand on Reid's shoulder. "Morgan's worried about you two."

The car ride was silent. Reid sat up front with Morgan; J.J. didn't want to after being accused of 'losing' Reid when he was kidnapped by Tobias Hankel. Reid was reading the casefile, and he finished just before Morgan said, "We're here." J.J. jumped out of the car as if it was going to explode, while Reid felt like his head would. Morgan rang the doorbell, and a young woman who looked exactly like Zakari would've looked like, had she not been dead, opened the door. "Tanya Star?" J.J. asked. The woman nodded. "I have some bad news about your twin, Zakari." Tanya didn't have to hear his words; she motioned them in before running inside to find a large box of tissues.

And after I saw these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having his great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory.

- Revelation 18:1

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