Smoke on the Water
Hey everyone I wanted to post this story next because this story is a big milestone for me as it's my fiftieth story on fanfiction. I wanted to do something special for the story so I chose this one. I'm super excited to get to fifty fanfiction stories well here it goes.
All there is in life is deception and lies. That we never really know the truth behind morals and immorals. Now the BAU team is on the hunt to find a stalker in the Washington DC area. But one after another someone from the BAU team goes missing until all that's left is Dr. Spencer Reid and David Rossi. Now the two of them need to band together to find this stalker and their friends before the smoke becomes fog and they are gone forever.
Chapter 1 Beginnings
"In my whole life I always thought life is something you muster and go through. That when you walk down the streets and you see someone the instant thing to do is to smile. That with every bone in your body you're supposed to be nice until you know someone. That you're supposed to hide the real you from everyone from around you."
"But now I'm out to find the truth, the truth that's hidden behind the lies and secrets. When you're good, a hero they dream as if it's their job and that they will save the day when needed. But then there are others who are crazy. We think they are crazy that they are inside their heads. The truth is its never easy just being yourself. It's hard work."
"I want to say that when one thing happens you think you have gone through everything. But the actual reality of it is that you haven't. You just cry and go to your knees when something like that happens. There are going to be more moments in your life like that on a continuous loop."
"But I have to say this. It's not easy to be me. But now let's get this started because I'm about to change your world upside down. I know who you are, I know what you do. This is a war you're not going to get through and win because now this is only the beginning."
A young woman stood in the darkness. You could barely see her just an outline of dark black hair, a black dress and a black cloak wrapped around her. She turned around and started walking in the night as her long black dress and cloak billowed and trailed behind her, as smoke surrounded and engulfed her.
"We have a case." said Unit Chief Aaron Hotchner as he came into the bullpen with a folder that holds a case
Penelope Garcia, JJ, Derek Morgan, Dr. Spencer Reid and Kaelyn Symon all got up. Kaelyn joined the team once Kate Callahan left the team. So far Kaelyn has been an asset with her background in Psychology, Photography, English and Marketing.
They entered into the conference room as they grabbed seats at the round table. They all sat down except for Penelope who grabbed a remote. She clicked and pictures swarmed the screen.
"Okay we have three people dead Hannah Lancaster, Jules March and Carey White." said Penelope
The pictures of the three of them came up on the screen. They saw that Carey has fair medium-dark skin, black hair that went to his scalp and dark brown eyes. Then there was Jules March who looked to be a perky, broad torso, poofy strawberry blonde hair and blue eyes. Then there was Hannah Lancaster who was rail thin-athletic, light skin, long sun blonde hair and sky blue eyes.
"So we don't have a preferential offender." said Rossi as he looked at the pictures
"He crosses both gender and racial lines." said Morgan
"Where is this located?" wondered JJ
"Here in Washington DC. But the thing is the way they were found is interesting." told Garcia right there
"What do you mean by that?" wondered Reid finally talking
Garcia clicked a button and pictures swarmed the screen. There was one of Jules March wearing a masquerade mask over her eyes, smoke surrounding her coming from somewhere but not knowing where. But then they noticed a strange carving of a tattooing on the chest. It was a black rose with a blue outline that faded into the black around it making it eerie. Then there was a silhouette of a butterfly behind the rose. The body seemed to be among trees in some sort of forest like area.
The whole team closed their eyes at that. This was going to be a tough case to figure out. This person was seriously demented and they will kill anyone. They have no preference as they noticed. But the way the person is killed, posed and found all the same. No one is safe.
Kaelyn looked at the pictures of the victims with curiosity. Her grass green eyes were interested in what she was seeing. But her russet brown hair was in curls that went down to her shoulders.
"What's with the mask?" wondered Rossi right there
"Then there's the smoke the detectives don't know what that's about or where it came from." told Garcia as she gripped onto the remote
"And the carving of the tattoo?" replied Morgan as he looked at it
"That's unclear." muttered Garcia
Reid was looking at all the pictures himself as he was going through them in his folder. He looked briefly to the side at Kaelyn who seemed interested in the pictures of the victims. He thought it was interesting how for her she always liked to observe pictures because they tell you something. More than people ever realize. He knows that she was once a photographer and that she knows that pictures can say a thousand words.
"Is there something on your mind Kaelyn?" said Reid right there
Kaelyn looked up to see Reid look at her as he noticed her out of it and looking at the pictures. The other BAU members turned to look at her as well. They wanted to see what her take was on the pictures and the crime scene. She is the only one who hasn't said anything yet about the crime.
"I have a weird inkling about the victims. I mean they look familiar to me but I can't put my finger on it. There's just something about them I wish I knew what it was." said Kaelyn as she brought a pen up to the side of her mouth
"Okay so Morgan and I are going to go to the precinct and get started there. JJ and Kaelyn I want you to go to tattoo places and anything that could help us figure out what the rose means." said Hotch right there as both JJ and Kaelyn nodded and Morgan shifted his chair "Then I want Reid and Rossi to go to the last crime scene of Jules a Detective Sands will be there waiting for you. Garcia I need you to do background on all the victims."
They all got up and went out of their conference room. They left the FBI building and they all went their separate ways. Hotch and Morgan went to the precinct together, JJ and Kaelyn went off to see if they could figure out about the tattoo carving and Reid and Rossi went off to the crime scene.
On the car ride away to the crime scene Reid was sitting in the passenger seat and kept thumbing his finger against his manila folder. He knows that something is off about the case. But then there was everything about it especially the way the bodies were found.
What is with the masks? Each mask is different as Jules was wearing a black masquerade mask, Hannah was wearing a purple masquerade mask and Carey wearing a green masquerade mask. Each mask was a different color of stones but the same style. It was silver with outlines that kind of look like wings but it looked like the outline of a face where the eyes were of a demon or something. Or maybe it supposed to be some sort of butterfly. It only covered the eyes but one side the right eye went higher than the left eye as well.
What did the smoke mean as well? It was coming from nowhere but it had to be created somehow. It's an aerosol of mist of solid particles and liquid droplets. It's supposed to be a collection of an airborne solid, liquid particles and gases. It could be natural coming from nearby like if there was a lake or some sort of water. But he knows that smoke can get created by a smoke or fog machine. It's not that harmful unless for certain circumstances.
But then there's the carving of a tattoo of the black rose with the outline of blue that fades into the black. Then there's the outline of a silhouette of a butterfly. As far as he knows a rose is supposed to be romantic and innocent but a butterfly represents freedom. But what are they supposed to mean together when the rose is black and the butterfly is only an outline behind the rose.
There is so much about the case that doesn't make sense at all. Especially the victims the, unsub is choosing. Is it someone the, unsub comes across and has a problem with them? Did they do something to the, unsub?
He looked up as Rossi got into scene. It was time for them to get to work. Profile the unknown subject and catch them before this gets out of hand.