Here's the next chapter! xD
This is what happens when I can't sleep at night lol
Derek Morgan and Spencer Reid headed back to the station after another call. Prentiss called saying that another pair of siblings had been called in missing. Reid tried to ignore his fear, and put his work before anything else.
"Where have you been?" JJ questioned as the men walked into the meeting room.
"Talking. Now what's the issue?" Reid responded.
"Um, two children, Samantha and David Paker have been reported missing since last yesterday." Prentiss stated, looking at Reid.
"Okay, so we have two missing kids and no sign of a killer?" Derek Morgan said angrily.
"So this guy is taking children and adults?" Hotch mumbled to himself.
"Guys, look at these pictures. There's a pattern here. The first victims were the youngest, then, the others were progressively older." The youngest agent put the pictures in order of the pattern.
"So now he's starting the cycle again, but it's different this time. A boy and a girl." Morgan mentioned.
"Right. So we can assume the next victims are going to be older siblings, one girl and one boy." Reid responded, looking at the pictures.
"What about the killer?" Prentiss asked.
"The killer must of have had a tough past, one that invokes the hatred towards love or close feelings. The positions the bodies are in are caring and loving positions, maybe ones the killer never had." Rossi picked up the picture of the youngest victims and sighed.
"And the notes? How does this person know about-" JJ began to talk, but was cut off by a stern look from Prentiss.
"Know what? Was there another note?" Reid looked curious.
The team was quiet for a second and the Hotch spoke up.
"There was another note. One about you, Reid, and the Dilaudid."
"Oh, well then, I….I guess the killer knows me, huh?" Reid sat down in of the chairs slowly.
"What did the note say?" Morgan asked, sitting down by Reid.
"Basically, it was about what happened to Reid. The Tobias incident and….what happened after." Rossi grumbled, trying not to make eye contact with the upset agent.
"But what do the killings have to do with Reid?" Prentiss glanced at the pictures, then the young genius.
"I have no idea." Hotch huffed.
Reid sat there and thought about his past. Morgan and JJ keep their focus on their young friend as he looked distant from the rest of the team. Breaking the focus, the main phone began to ring.
"Hotch." answered a monotone voice.
"Hey, lovey, put me on speaker." Garcia growled.
"It's Garcia." Hotch said, hitting the speaker button on the phones.
"Whatcha got, Baby Girl?" Morgan asked.
"A ticket for a free kiss, since I did all this work." The analysist chuckled.
"What'd you find?"
"Well, according to the recent records of theft, a doctor's office was broken into a month ago. But, that's not the juicy part. The thief stole a large case of Dilaudid or morphine if you want to call it that. Odd thing is, this was stolen in another county from where you are. Nowhere close, actually." Garcia finished.
"That explains how the killer managed to get so much of that drug." Hotch muttered.
"Do they know who stole it?" Reid asked.
"No idea, but surveillance cameras did get a glimpse of the culprit. I'm sending it to you now."
"JJ, pull up the photo on one of those computers. Garcia, can you try and identify who the man is?" Rossi commanded.
"Um, Hotch? It's not a man you're looking for." JJ said, looking at the photo. The rest of the team turned and saw the picture.
"It's a woman." Morgan stated.
"That's not unusual." Reid put in.
"Very true. The woman in the pictures could have the motives to do something like this. No family, no love, nothing, thus causing the murders." Rossi said as walked away from the photo.
"But how does she relate to Reid in anyway?" Derek asked.
"Maybe a woman from his past? Someone he met?" JJ responded.
"The only people who know what happened to me back then are you guys….." Reid muttered.
"Garcia, can you do a scan for me and see if any woman who fit this woman's profile, actually went to this doctor. Maybe she a drug problem, that might be how she knew to where to get the drugs."
"Will do, sugar." Garcia beamed at Morgan as Hotch hung up.
"So, we're looking for a woman, who may have a drug problem and has something against Reid. Her past was bad, and now she's taking it out on others." Morgan said aloud.
"We can lure her out, like with bait." Reid put out his idea.
Once again, all eyes were on him.
"How? If she wants you, then she might want to hurt you then, Reid." JJ put her hand on his shoulder, but this time, he didn't jump.
"It might actually work though. Think about it, if Reid walks around in the city, we're bound to find someone interested in him." Hotch said.
"All I have to do is walk around the city and see if I can find someone looking at me suspiciously?" The young agent questioned.
"Exactly."
"He'll need back up, I'll go with him." Derek stood up and put his hands on the table.
"Fine. But he has to look normal. The killer knows the FBI will be around him at all times, so stay hidden, but casual." Rossi grumbled.
The phone rang, once again, causing silence in the room.
"Hotch."
The leader shook his head and said a few 'uh-huh' and 'yes'. He ended the call with, "We're on our way now."
"Oh, please tell me they didn't find those children dead." Prentiss gasped.
"On the contrary, the children are alive, the culprit released them. Reid, you're going with Prentiss and JJ to talk to the children. Rossi, Morgan, and I are going to the doctor's who was stolen from."
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"Samantha, can you tell me what happened?"
A little girl, about eight years old, stared into the brown eyes of Agent Spencer Reid. The girl stayed silent.
"Samantha, you're safe now. But, I need to know what happened so this lady won't hurt anyone else." Reid smiled.
"I-I heard a noise coming from David's room, so I went to check." The little girl whispered.
"And what was in your brother's room?"
"A lady. She…she was holding David and then…grabbed me. I wanted to scream….but I felt a little pinch…and I ...I don't remember." Samantha shivered.
"Do you know why she let you go?" The genius asked.
"...I...I don't know..."
The little girl was quiet for a few moments.
"Samantha, can you tell me what the woman looked like? Or if you heard her name?"
"She….she had brown hair….and blue eyes….her eyes, they scared me….but, I don't know her name."
"Well, thank you Samantha, you can go see your parents now, okay?" Spencer opened the door and the little girl stopped right in the doorway.
"She…she also talked about…you, Spencer Reid…." Samantha whispered.
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