You know me and my plot bunnies. Even during an episode if the case isn't connected at all to Reid I still try and find ways that it could possibly connect to him :)
The UnSub was furious when he learned that they were bringing in outside help. He had to buy some time, get them focused on something else...He had to go after one of them.
Take out a member of the team and you take out all of them. They'd be too concerned about the missing member to go after him at the moment, and they wouldn't suspect him, at least not right away. He watched and followed them as they headed towards their hotel.
He noticed one of them was a fair bit younger than the rest. His knuckles tightened as he knew what his next target was.
Reid walked into the hotel they were staying overnight at. This case was bothering him more than usual. They rarely work with anyone using fire as a weapon and the victims were so random there was no pattern, or was there? He just couldn't shake off this case. He also hated the fact that the one weekend he looked forward to each year was now consumed with work. He could never escape serial killers it seemed.
He knew it was odd he loved Halloween so much. Really it probably had to do with his mother. It was one of the few times he got to spend real time with her, not worrying about her sickness or reading with her-he loved that-but she wasn't exactly the playing time. This was the only time she would act young and dress up herself and go out trick or treating with him. The only time he saw her act carefree and so alive and so youthful.
Most of the times during Christmas she was too sick to really ineract with him but she managed to be well during almost every Halloween.
He sighed as he closed his eyes.
Suddenly the door opened. He froze and slowly reached for the gun.
As he stood up and walked towards the front door of the room he heard footsteps suddenly come in from behind him. He froze and turned around to come face to face with a severely burned man. Before he had time to react he was hit across the head with a crowbar.
He woke, standing up and chained to the back of a van. He saw the UnSub was driving.
"Why...why are you doing this?" He dared to ask, trying to stop the dizziness go away. His head was still bleeding pretty badly.
"Your team got involved in something that wasn't their buisness," the man snarled. "And now they have to pay for trying to stop me."
"You don't have to do this-"Reid tried to reason with him.
"YES I do! If they are distracted with finding you that gives me time to finish my plans."
Reid lasped into silence, knowing it was pointless to continue.
He struggled against the chains praying he could reach into his pocket and get his cell phone. He could only wish someone would discover he was missing soon, because if that didn't happen he knew that there was a very good chance he was about to be burned alive.
