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This may take me a while. I have way too many stories going. You do not want a count.
AN: Thank you to all that reviewed. Here's the chapter that you've been waiting for.
On the outside, Veronica was stoic. On the inside, she was giddy. Oo, comfy. And no aisle seats. She sat near the middle of the plane and pulled a couple of the files toward her. She was planning on going through the details on at least two before getting to the town. However, her body resisted the attempts to concentrate and she fell asleep to the humming of the plane's engines.
Reid watched until she went asleep before going to talk to Hotch. He took the folders on her lap and placed them on the table before sitting down across from him. "What do you need, Reid?"
"Veronica has a possible lead. Only she doesn't think that way."
"What is it?"
"The victims are possibly modeled after someone. Veronica says he's dead and he was also a victim of molestation, the perpetrator of which is also dead."
"Did she tell you who the victim and the perpetrator were?"
"No. Do you think it may be family, friends…"
"Or something else. Ask her about the people and anyone related to them. We'll look into the possibly that the unsub is someone connected to these people."
"I'll ask her when she wakes up."
"We should find out about the town and the connections throughout the town. We'll need Veronica more for connections in the town. Get together with the officers in the town that will know the backgrounds of anyone that will fit the profile."
"All right." Reid moved to go back to Morgan and the card game. "What could the something else be?"
"Possibly the people aren't dead."
"We should find out how the people died."
"See if there's any possibly that they're alive?" Hotch nodded. "I'll leave a note for Veronica; we can go over this in the police station while you guys go to the drop zone." He nodded again as Reid wrote a quick note on the folder before going back to the game.
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"Welcome to Neptune. Sheriff Keith Mars, this is Deputy Borne," Keith introduced, meeting up with the team as they headed into the building together.
"Special Agent Hotchner, these are Agents Rossi, Jareau, Prentiss, Morgan, Reid and Mars," Hotch reciprocated, everyone raising a hand as their name was called. Veronica lightly waved.
"Do you have a large space for us to set up in?" Rossi asked.
"We have a separate room for you to store anything that you need to keep away from the public eye for a while. The lobby of the station can be quickly turned into a conference area."
"How many patrol officers do you have?"
"Five official patrol, three deputies and me," Keith listed. He pointed to the room. "There are two boards, ready for you."
"Thank you," Hotch simplified. "Emily, Morgan, get the SUV ready. We'll take an officer to look at the drop zones."
"Right, Sheriff Mars, perhaps you can help us with some of the background on the people in this town," Reid directed, heading to the room with Veronica.
"Sure, what exactly do you need?"
"Actually, that's what I need help from you and Veronica on. Veronica mentioned that the victims reminded her of a former resident of Neptune." He closed the door behind them.
"Who?" Keith looked at Veronica.
"Cassidy Casablancas."
Keith looked at some of the photos of the victims. "Now that you mention it."
"Okay, so the victims remind you of Cassidy Casablancas. What's the backstory?"
"Cassidy was part of the little league team that Woody Goodman coached. He sexually assaulted several members of the team. During high school, two of the members were going to come forward. He blew up the bus carrying them and several others. Most died; one survived in a coma but eventually died as well," Veronica informed.
"This is the bus crash? He also committed several other murders as well, right?"
"Yes."
"What about Woody Goodman?"
"When alive, he was the owner of the Sharks and a chain of fast food places."
"Goodman's wife has taken over. She has been looked at several times for child abuse for the son since the father died. Gia was sent to a private school and now she's at a college in South Carolina. Business wasn't as affected as it should have been," Keith added.
"Okay, why don't we start with Goodman's friends? Was he part of a pedophile group online?"
"We'll have to go through his stuff again. We took the computer in evidence, but didn't go through it for the information you are thinking of."
"Okay, we can hook it up to the internet and have Garcia hack it. Anything more on the Casablancas?"
"Father's in jail. What about Dick?" She looked over to Keith.
"Child support, on the surfing circuit part-time, finished school and majored in business. He may be trying to make up for the family and try to take over to make things right."
"Dick?" Keith nodded. "Wow, that's something I didn't expect."
"Mother married someone else and didn't care anymore. Dick's trying to change his life around."
"Okay, are any in the families likely to kill someone?"
"From my point of view, no, none would be capable," Keith answered.
"Okay, we have a basic view of what the unsub wants."
"Young males that could be anywhere from thirteen from twenty, brunette with slight frames. We don't have a connecting place, activity or person until we check out the families," Veronica started.
"Why don't we set up the computer so Garcia can start on something that might lead us to a couple of possible suspects?"
"I'll go get the computer," Keith decided, leaving them.
"Great idea; when will the others be getting back? I noticed a couple of things about the bodies. Are we sure they weren't sexually assaulted? They seemed to be positioned that way," Veronica noted.
"They're positioned that way, but no clothes were missing. Also, there weren't any stains in the areas."
"Could the murders be sexually motivated? Like sexual frustration, subs…"
"That might actually be a good idea. We should try coming up with possible ideas. If he's sexually motivated, he may be using someone else for the intercourse and taking out the murderous traits on someone else." Keith came back in with a hard drive and the keyboard. "One of the deputies is getting the monitor, mouse and cable for the connection."
"Thank you." He turned to Veronica. "Here's your first taste of Garcia."
"Welcome to the Lair of Tech Savviness; I will be your guide through it all."
"Hey ya, Garcia."
"Reid, what can the guide of Tech Savviness do for you?"
"Well, let me first introduce you to Veronica Mars, our newest recruit."
"Veronica Mars, girl, you are the one of the hardest people to find on the internet. Did you do a sweep?"
"I may have asked someone to do one for me and someone else."
"Go girl. All right, Reid. What else do you need?"
"A hard drive check for pedophile rings. We'll hook up the hard drive to the internet; you get entire control and we'll have someone to help you here."
"Oh, Reid, you're too good to me. But pedophile rings?"
"We may be looking at someone in one of those rings. They may fit the profile."
"I will get on that, and Miss Mars," Garcia started. Veronica gave a small noise to indicate she was listening. "We will be talking on who did that for you when you get back. Do you copy me?"
"Oh, I copy you."
"Guide of Tech Savviness is out."
"Well, let's get some food so we can work out the unsub," Reid figured.
"Okay, as long as it isn't Woody's Burgers."
I'm really sorry I took long.
Yes, things may be off in character and procedure of the BAU. Please tell me and I will try to fix it as best as I can.
I will try and get more Veronica Mars characters in my later chapters. And not just the ones included in the case.
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