Elenas P.O.V.
"Los Angeles, we're going to Los Angeles"
"Correctamundo. Which is a word I've never said before and never will again. But back to the task at hand. Here we go…" she then pressed a button on her remote and the image changed to one of the murder victims. I looked down at the case file as Garcia was speaking
"This is Jerome Winters, age 29, was killed in his home 5 days ago" Morgan then said
"Was anything stolen?"
"I'm glad you asked that, my love. Nothing was stolen but something was left, a piece of paper with the Letter 'E' on it, different letters have been found at each location. 1 letter for each victim" Emily then said
"From the looks of it there have been 4 home invasions but almost 10 kills, why weren't we called in sooner/" Before garcia could answer, i saw something and said
"Is this right, they have footage of the unsub feeling each scene"
"I was getting to that" some footage then played on the screen.
The unsub was wearing black skinny jeans, running trainers and a hooded jacket to hide their face. The unsub had jumped from the top floor on each home and went into a forward roll flawlessly, they then jumped and did a double flip over the fence, before doing some more parkour style things as they ran away. I then said
"They have professional training, it takes a lot of skill and practice to do some of those moves" she then said
"There is a local Parkouring group, the groups leader has been taken in for questioning" Rossi then asked
"What kind of time frame are we looking at?"
"So far each murder is accelerating" Hotch then said
"The unsub could be Devolving. We have a day, maybe two, before the LA P.D. Has another body on its hands. Wheels up in 20" Everyone got up and left the room. I was the last one to leave and as i was walking towards the desk Hotch came up behind me and said
"You don't have to do this. You still have medical leave available"
"I have to do this, Hotch. I can't just stop living my life"
"I'm not saying you have to, i'm saying that you went through something that no one ever should. You have a right to take some time. Everyone will understand if you need more time"
"It's been 6 months since you saved me from Kol, and 4 since Spence… Since he went missing. I need to be here"
"Okay then. If you need to talk about anything, you know where i'll be"
"No man chooses evil because it is only mistakes it for happiness, the good he seeks."- Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley.
On the jet we went back over the case ile and Garcia informed us that there had been another murder. 3 victims in their home, same type of MO and 3 more letters. Each victim seemed to have been blitzed attacked and had their throats ripped opened. It takes 5 hours to get from DC to LA so after going back over the case, we had some time to kill. But my mind was elsewhere and it was noticed by the others. Morgan came and sat across from me before saying
"When we started working the Kol case again, everything reminded Reid of you. Without even noticing he would fiddle with the necklace he got you"
"He kept that?"
"Of course he did. It was like his life line"
"What do you mean?"
"We all went through a rough patch after you 'went away'. Reid suffered the most, he was mad all the time, he'd be more forceful on cases, and then Gideon left. That's when he finally admitted that he started taking Dilaudid again. Not to the extent he did before but it was enough to stop the pain. We just managed to bring him back"
"Why are you telling me this?"
"Because right now you have the same look in your eyes that he did. I watched him fade away for months before he finally admitted something was wrong. I know you've got a thing about letting people in but i can't watch you fade away as well. We just got you back"
"I know Derek and i'm trying but my mind can only focus on one thing…"
"I get it, i really do but there are people dying. Now we don't have Brainiac here so we've got the next best thing, your superpower can really help us on this case and you have particular skills that can come in real handy"
"But…"
"We will find him, Princess. We're not going to give up on him, nothing going to stop us. We'll bring him home. But this is first, got it" He held up his right hand in closed it into a fist. I smiled before lifting my right hand balled it into to a first before fist bumping him whilst saying
"Got it"
"That's my Badass Princess"
"I'm not your princess"
"You're right, you're Reids" i kicked him under the table and said
"You're hilarious"
Reids P.O.V.
The room i was kept in was small, cold and damp. There was a small window on the right wall but i couldn't see out of it. My left foot was in a shackled and was chained up to a wall. I couldn't really move around. I have no idea where i am but at least i'm alive. Kally comes to talk with me at least once a day but other than that i don't see her. I've got a couple of bruises on my face and other parts of my body but it's nothing major.
On occasion i hear people talking outside of my room and from what i've heard something is going to happen and soon. I hope Elena is okay.