Scene 2- Protection Detail

Setting- Café in DC

The time is 3:42am. Reid has been driving for almost an hour, but he has finally reached the café. He walks in out of the still pouring rain and see that the café is almost disserted, with the exception of the wait staff, a few men with laptops here and there, and a very pretty woman at around the age of thirty sitting at a small table in the corner sipping nervously on a frappe'. Reid instantly knows that she is the one he was looking for. He walked over to the table and cleared his throat.

Grace- "Spencer…" stands up, hugs him and begins to cry.

Reid- "It's ok Mercy." trying to calm her. "Now, tell me what happened."

Grace- calming herself "Well, when I got to my apartment, there was this envelope taped to the door. And there where pictures in it."

Reid- "Do you have them with you?" she nods towards her purse. "Can I see it?"

Grace- "Not here."

Reid- "Why don't we go back to your apartment and you can show them to me there…" he is cut off by grace.

Grace- "I can't go back there!" she says franticly. "I can Spence, I can't!"

Reid- "Shh, its ok calm down. Now why can't you go back?"

Grace- Leaning in closer to him "He knows where I live." At that moment it was as if Grace was sending him a thought that he immediately understood.

Reid- "Come on Mercy. We're leaving." standing up.

Grace- Where're we going?"

Reid- "Quantico." They walk out off the café and get into Reid's car. Once they're in the car, Reid turns to Grace. "Ok. Now tell me what's going on." Grace reaches into her purse and hands Reid the envelope. He opens it at once knows what he has to do. "You said on the phone that you just got back from Russia a few hours ago. Where are your bags?"

Grace- "I waited until I was in my apartment before I opened it. So all my stuff is there. I dropped everything called you, can ran."

Reid- "Don't worry Mercy, I'll do everything I can to protect you." He hands her back the envelope, puts the car in gear and starts to drive. As they drive away, Reid can see that see Grace is still very upset, so he took one hand off the wheel and grabs on of her hands.

Setting- BAU Headquarters

When they we're on their way back to Quantico, Reid called the rest of the team and told them that they had an emergency and that they had to get to the BAU as fast as possible. The team is gathered in the round table room, with the exception of Seaver, who is taking some vacation time to visit her family. The team is talking amongst themselves.

Morgan- "There better be a good reason for us having a meeting this early."

JJ- "Did Reid tell anyone what this was about?"

Hotch- "All he said was its an emergency and that we had to get her as fast as possible, and he'd be here as soon as he could."

Rossi- "I say if he's not here in the next fifteen minutes, we call this whole thing off." Reid enters with Grace close behind. He immediately goes to the board, and starts hanging up pictures.

Hotch- "Reid what's this about? And who's this?"

Reid- not looking away from the board "Guys this is Mercy. She's a… friend."

Grace- "Grace Mercer. Nice to meet you." shaking hands with the team.

Morgan- "Reid, there's a pretty girl that's not ashamed to be seen with you. Never thought I'd see the day." Hotch gets up and moves next to Reid.

Rossi- "It's very nice to meet you too, but your name still doesn't explain what she's doing here."

Hotch- "Reid, what's all this." He looks at all the pictures and the note. Reid turns to the rest of the team.

Reid- "These pictures where tapes to the apartment door of Ms. Mercer in DC. As you can see, the girls in theses pictures have been severely beaten, and have severed multiple fractures in the feet and ankles. But whether or not these injuries lead to there death is unknown."

Morgan- "Reid, how do you know all this?" Grace answers before Reid can.

Grace- "The broses." she walks over to the board "Look," pointing at the feet "these girls are dancer, ballet to be exact. I use to get broses just like that when I was in Russia. From ankle injuries."

JJ- "Guys, look at the note." standing up and walking over to the note. "It says 'They were good, but they weren't you. You're next, because the best is always saved for last.' And look at these pictures;" pointing at each picture as she lists "Your eyes, your hair, your smile. This guy clearly has some kind of obsession with you that he's willing to kill for."

Grace- "Are you saying that these killings are my fault?"

Hotch- "Not at all. This unsub is most likely someone that you know or knew at one point, and since these girls have broses that almost certainly can from a dance injury, he most likely associates you with dance."

Reid- "That's not to far fetched. She's been in Russia for the pat ten years studying ballet, not to mention the fifteen years before that."

Morgan- "Can you think of anyone you've trained with that showed an unhealthy interest in you or your dancing. A partner or a fan perhaps?"

Grace- "While I was in Moscow, after almost every show I'd find anonymous flowers in my dressing room, but so did all the other led dancers."

Rossi- "It's ok, we don't need a name to build a profile."

Hotch- "That may be so, but one thing we do know is that this unsub means business, and he will try to find a way to you. That's why until we catch this guy you will be placed under the protection of the BAU. JJ, would you be willing to let Ms. Mercer stay with…" he is cut off by Grace.

Grace- "I want to stay with Spencer."

Hotch- "Ms. Mercer are you sure?"

Grace- "I've known Spencer since I was twelve, I'd trust him with my life. I guess now I have too."

Morgan- "Hotch, how exactly are we going to find this guy if we have no crime scene to build a profile with?"

Reid- "He signed his name."

Hotch- "What?"

Reid- "Well not his name, but his initials, look, G.A.J."

JJ- "Grace, do these initials sound familiar?"

Grace- "A few months ago, after I decided to leave the company, I started getting letters from the same fan, saying that I shouldn't leave, that I was the best, and that no other dancer would be as good as me."

Hotch- "That's good, anything else?"

Grace- "After my final performance, there was a letter in a bouquet of flowers; it said you'll regret leaving. I just though it was an upset fan, I never thought it would mean…" she brakes off and starts to cry, Reid and JJ walk over to her to comfort her. They help her into a chair, and JJ sits next to her, while Reid walks back over to the board.

JJ- "It's ok honey, how could you have known?"

Hotch- "Your doing great Grace, is there anything else?" Reid looks at Hotch.

Reid- "Hotch, how far are you going to push her."

Grace- "It's okay Spence. At my going away party, my partner Grayson kept telling not to go, that it was a mistake."

Rossi- "Wait a minute. Did you say his name was Grayson?"

Grace- "Yeah why?"

Morgan- "What's this guy's last name?"

Grace- realizing where he's going with this "James, but he couldn't be the one you're looking for, he, he was always so nice…"

Hotch- "Morgan, have Garcia run a background check on this guy. Reid, take Grace back to your apartment. And Grace, if James really is the unsub, he will try to contact you, it's his method. When he does, we'll be ready for him."