Title: Physics magic…bullet.
Disclaimer: I do not own Criminal Minds.
Summary: Sequel to "The Mysterious Dr. Reid." While working on a string of murders, Morgan learns something shocking about Reid. Please R&R.
Had this chapter for a while, wasn't sure if I liked where it was going, but here it is. Will update soon.
Chapter 1
Derek Morgan walked into the conference room, his mood ruined by the phone call informing him they have a case and interrupting his date. He was apparently the last to arrive and took a seat next to Reid, who was already studying a brown case file in his hands. Morgan was suddenly struck with a bizarre question, Did the kid ever leave? He always beat everyone else in.
Seaver still looked slightly out of place among their tight-knit group, but this was slowly easing. She seemed to be growing on Reid especially. Not in a romantic way, but in friendship. Since the case in Miami, she suddenly started looking at the young doctor a little different as if she were trying to figure him out. They talked on the plane often, but he could never hear what about. Overall, he got that she felt a sense of awe for Reid... Personally, Morgan didn't get it.
He looked across at Garcia, "Hey baby girl, what have we got this time?"
"Well, mon cheri, what we have is a string of bank robberies in L.A.," she tried to smile at him, but thinking about their cases was usually enough to take that smile away.
"Bank robberies? Why do they need us? We have enough sick people to catch without having to find all the bad guys," he replied sarcastically. Again, his normally friendly mood was gone with the pretty thing he had been having dinner with.
"This bank robbing bad guy happens to also fall into the sick people category." She stood and walked to the flat screen, pressing a button as she went. Images of two women appeared, covered in blood and lying on porcelain floors. "Kate Singer and Madison Tyler. Both bank tellers at two different banks. What we know is that a man entered each bank with guns a blazing and told everyone to drop to the floor, promising not to hurt anyone if they followed orders. He would retrieve the money, but in both cases before leaving the bank he grabbed a young woman and shot her point-blank in the head before leaving."
"How far apart?" Hotch asked Garcia. She replied quickly, "Two weeks."
Rossi spoke up, "That's incredibly violet. Why promise not to hurt anyone and then do something like that?"
"Could be as simple as he is lying and he wants to send a message to the police," Prentiss interjected.
Ashley tried to add something as well, "Maybe it was just panic?"
Reid shook his head, "This is too personal. Look at the crime itself. It's almost like the robbery was pretence to kill the women."
"So you're saying that he is just another serial killer using the bank robbery to get to his victims? That's a lot of work just to kill someone," Hotch looked back at Reid.
"Not if there is some sort of mental disturbance factored in. It could be that he only intends to rob the bank, possibly believing himself that he won't hurt anyone. But at the end of it, he just can't help it," Reid still looked down at the folder thoughtfully, trying to solve the mystery.
Morgan broke in, "Well, the kid may be right. Both were young pretty women. Any connection between them?" He posed this last question to Garcia.
"Nope, none that I can find. And if I can't find it, it must not exist," she quipped back, still trying not to look at the screen.
Hotch stood, taking his folder and notes with him, "Wheels up in one hour." The team filed out behind him, mentally preparing themselves for what they may find in Los Angeles.