Chapter Two

20 minutes later they had all gathered in the jet.

Prentiss was teasing Morgan about one of his weekend pick ups, Reid was playing chess and Rossi and JJ were chatting about a little Henry.

A few minutes into flight however they were interrupted by Hotch who was clearing his throat to get their attention. "Okay everyone. Let's talk about the case again, shall we?

Reid, what about the girls? I believe I interrupted you before. Please continue."

"Well, I was thinking about why and how the unsub chooses his victims and when he actually gets them. It is rather unlikely that two of his victims were runaways by coincidence.

So the question is why he targets them and when he actually starts targeting them. The fact that he kill the families after their families should tell us something about his focus."

"He is clearly focused on the girls." Prentiss observed. "It is only about them. It would explain why the parents are killed in execution style when Sharon and Lisa-Marie were tortured and kept for a few days at least."

"Exactly. Another important aspect are the notes. I have looked them through and I have found a very distinct pattern. Each girl talked about being a burden for their families and each of them asked them not to look for them. However none of them said anything about involving the police or not. They also used similar vocabulary and phrases which leads me to the conclusion that either the girls were connected or that they were connected with our unsub because statistically similarities like that aren't really possible." Reid finished his little speech looking at Rossi who was just about to say something when a sudden beeping tone startled them all.

The face of their technical assistant Penelope Garcia had popped up on the laptop in front of them.

"Good morning my lovelies!", she said giving everyone a bright smile. "I have been looking through the background of both Sharon's and Lisa-Marie's families background and so far I haven't come up with anything. Looks like they all have clean records. I couldn't even find any parking tickets. Seems like they are model citizens. Any specific requests on what I should do next except my routine checks?"

"Thank you Garcia. There actually is something I want you to do. Please put a focus on the girls and find out everything you can about them. Especially anything concerning two weeks before their disappearance until they were found. Try to track them if you can going through CCTV or anything else you can think of. It is important that we find out when he took them."

Nodding to Hotch's instructions Garcia started typing. "I'll call you as soon as I find anything. Garcia out.", she said disconnecting with yet another beep.

Now that he had the attention Rossi brought up the point he wanted to mention before. "About the latest girl to go missing, I think we should place her family in protective custody. We do not know how much time she or her family has since the time gap differs in the first two cases. Given what happened before it would only be logical to do so."

"The local PD has already tried convincing them, but the father insisted on staying since there might be a chance that his daughter will come home again and he doesn't want her to find an abandoned home if she does. Apparently there is no persuading them, but I have told the Sheriff that I will try to talk him out of this or at least make him place the other two children in protective custody." JJ said looking slightly concerned.

"Well that sounds like a plan, but before you do that would you come with me to the first scene? The sheriff will meet us there and he already knows you. Reid and Morgan, I want you two at the second scene. Go through everything again and see if you can find anything new. Focus on the girls. Oh and Reid, I also want you working a geological profile if you can. Morgan and Prentiss, I want you two at the newest scene. Talk to the family about their daughter and try to find out as much as possible. Wait for JJ to talk about protective custody.

We will all meet back around 13 o'clock if we can. If you find anything update me via cell as usual." Hotch said giving them each a task.

"And now relax. We are going to land in about an hour and you all had a rather short night."

Author's note:

Sorry for the late update, I didn't quite know whether to write this chapter or not, but I felt that it was necessary so I added it to the story even though it is just talk. (:

I hope that you enjoyed reading this story so far. Any reviews etc. are welcome! I'll try to update faster next time and then it is hopefully going to be a little more interesting. xx