Chapter #3:

"Hi, Missy," Reid began gently, "my name's Spencer Reid, may I see your notebook?"

"Mr. Morgan said you were really good at math…is that true" she asked softly, stuttering between every syllable, obviously concentrating on something else.

"Well, I've been told so." Reid responded, slightly reddening. He began to look through the notes, furrowing his brow, confused by the handwriting. Suddenly, his face lit up, understanding the equations. He turned to Morgan, "These are intricate, high level calculus problems she's working on. Its math that some college professors would have trouble doing: She's a genius!"

Morgan began to speak, but Reid instead turned to Missy hastily and said, "Can you explain this to me?"

Missy looked out the window, mumbling, and then she turned to Reid, her eyes wide, "Well, uh, 'x' is…" she trailed off, confused. Reid simply stared, waiting for her to continue.

"Reid, she can't explain it." Morgan interjected.

The two agents looked at the girl; she had her right hand pressed into a fist, rubbing it into her left hand palm. Immediately, she began to cry hysterically, quickly, she pulled her notebook to her chest and began to write with a shaking hand.

"Missy, Missy," Derek said as calmly as he could, yet the worry hidden in his voice. "We need to contact her teacher or a friend, to figure out how to talk to her."

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Morgan and Reid stepped out of the room, and Morgan spoke, "I think we can assume her sister was abducted: Karen is his type, also, if she hadn't been taken, she would have picked Missy up by now."

"I was thinking the same thing. We'll have Garcia contact her school's principle."

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"Missy is a sweet girl." Her principle started, speaking to Reid and Morgan, "yes, but it was hard for her."

Morgan questioned, "How so?"

"She was very bad at relating to others: she really has no friends. Some kids tried to be nice but they're kids, in middle school: she was hard to be friends with."

"What about teachers, how did they treat her?"

"Well, we've had cuts in education funding, so she had been put in regular classrooms, which was also hard for her, and the teachers. Her grades were down, and her behavior was distracting to the other students…"

"So, Missy really had no one?" Reid asked, an angry expression on his face.

"Oh, no, she had her sister; those two were close; Karen was protective of Missy, very. They were working on her social skills: I can't really tell you much else…maybe you should talk to Karen's boyfriend."

Morgan continued his interview, "Boyfriend? Do you have his name?"

"Yes, he occasionally picked up Missy from school; his name is Devin, Devin Kemp."

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"Karen's been abducted?!" Devin Kemp shouted at Agent Hotchner.

"Yes, we believe so; her sister Missy reported her missing. Apparently, your girlfriend never returned home last night."

"Oh, God." He started, "is it that lunatic who has been torturing the women?"

"We think that is the case. Can you tell us about Missy and Karen?"

"Their parents died three years ago in a car accident; it really caused Karen to take life seriously. She had been a party girl, but she changed because she didn't want Missy go into foster care."

"What about Missy, how did her parents' death affect her?" Hotch inquired.

"Bad, she had been making great progress, at least that's what Karen told me. She hardly spoke after the car accident, but Karen broke into her world," Devin smiled, thinking about his girlfriend. "Missy is beginning to get better. But now…" he trailed off, the smile disappearing.

"How long have you been dating Ms. Steinberg?"

"Almost two years."

"And how close are you to Missy?"

"Not very, sadly. She would occasionally speak to me, when Karen prompted her. But, she didn't trust many people, considering how her teachers treated her."

"And how was that?"

"They don't realize her intelligence because she can't explain herself. They treated her like an idiot." Devin huffed. "Karen was looking into special schools for her. Listen, you need to bring Karen home, for Missy; that girl has no one else, no one."

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