AN: Sorry this is late, but this chapter took a darker turn then I had planned and I was debating on wether to keep it. In the end I chose to keep it. Also I'm sorry if the case is moving too fast. I'm bad at writing cases, so I'm only writing what I feel are important parts.

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Warning (Please Read): Due to the darker theme that will be present in parts of this story you may need to skip some scenes. Scenes containing sensitive material will be inside this ::::::: indicator. I will also put a warning at the beginning of any chapter with these scenes.

This chapter: warning for a character having a flashback but does not contain details of abuse/torture.

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Despite their impressive starting profile Derek was starting to loose a little faith in the EYU. Over the last two hours none of them had spoken a word as the BAU worked on the profile. Jamie and Jackie had disappeared to review crime scene photos in the surveillance room. Ro and Matt were sitting at their desk going over files for what Derek was sure was the 100th time. Mia and Libby were working with push pins as they created their map. Noah and Clay were working on the evidence board laying out everything they knew. Charlotte, Derek wasn't really sure what she was doing, was laying on one of the beanbags mumbling under her breath as she stared at the map.

"Washington, Oregon, California, Nevada, Missouri, Tennessee, Kentucky, Virginia..." Charlotte's expression was contorted into one of confusion. "One state a month, four months missing, three states between Nevada and Missouri. Twelve months, twelve years..."

The BAU watched her curiously. "What is she doing?" JJ finally asked Emily.

"She's analyzing," Emily replied. They watched with special interest as Charlotte brought her hands down in a forward motion in front of her face. While it puzzled the team Emily stood up. "Which one?"

Charlotte made an upward circling motion with her index fingers. Emily nodded and made her way over to Charlotte's desk. Emily dug around in the bottom file drawer before producing several wooden blocks. Charlotte barely acknowledged Emily handing them to her other than to immediately make work of putting them together.

"Is that your star puzzle?" Spencer asked as Emily rejoined them.

"I had to buy another one for Charlotte," Emily replied simply.

Spencer was surprised that as he turned back to Charlotte the star puzzle was completely put together in front of her. Charlotte tilted her head to the side, "Stars!" she shouted before jumping up. "June; Salt Lake City, Utah; twin boys. July; Denver, Colorado; girl. August; Topeka, Kansas; boy. December; boy."

Those who knew Charlotte all grinned as the BAU looked confused. "What?" Derek asked.

"Our missing victims. I think our unsub is collecting Zodiacs. That's why he takes one each month. All of our victims' birthdays fall in the next Zodiac. Based on this theory he probably kidnapped twins in June. And he keeps alternating gender, so it only seems fitting he would keep this pattern. Maybe there's evidence in the other cases. Now we can find them quicker now that we've narrowed it down," Charlotte rambled.

Derek turned to Spencer with a smirk. "I'd look out pretty boy; she could put us all out of a job."

Spencer brushed him off. "I would have gotten there eventually."

"Did you get all that Garcia?" Aaron asked the technical analyst who was typing away on her computer.

"Yes sir," Penelope replied. "Give me a bit and we should have our cases."

"I'm not a hundred percent sure about the twelfth victim, but they have to be from in the states surrounding Kentucky and Virginia," Charlotte added.

"Hey what you gave us is more than enough," JJ reassured her.

"I just want to find these kids. Even if we're to late at least we can stop it from happening to more children," Charlotte replied sadly.

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"We will always be too late. Sometimes we save people sometimes we don't. But for the ones we save it's still upsetting because no one should live with the memories of a trauma. No matter what; though, we are stopping an unsub from getting future victims," JJ told her.

Charlotte took a deep breath and fixed her eyes to a point behind JJ. "I know."

All the agents turned to watch the pair. Emily watched as Charlotte's breathing became more ragged. It wasn't enough to alarm the other people in the room though. Before Emily could warn her JJ gently patted Charlotte on the shoulder. That's when the other agents took note. Charlotte's breathing became more heavy as her eyes darted around the room. JJ took a tentative step as Charlotte started to scratch at her upper arm. JJ felt horrible as she watched the young agent loose her sense of reality. "No!" Charlotte yelled at a man only she could see.

Sadly this wasn't a first occurrence of its kind as the EYU members knew what to do and quickly jumped into action. Emily having dealt with it the most took the leader role. "Andrew will you take Hotch in the other room to be on the safe side."

Andrew took a confused Aaron out of the room. Elle ushered Ro, Addy, and Rosie out of the room. Mia and Clay following them without being told. The team watched as Emily took slow steps towards Charlotte, but kept a good distance between them. "Charlotte this is Emily. We are at the office and you are safe. I need you to take a deep breath." Charlotte shook her head violently; her eyes clamped shut. "Charlotte you're safe, but I need you to take a deep breath." Charlotte let out a gasp as she coughed. She finally was able to manage a semi-deep breath. "Good Charlotte. Now can you try two breaths." Charlotte followed Emily's instructions to the best of her abilities. Her breathing was still ragged, but she was no longer gasping. "Good Charlotte, now can you open your eyes and tell me five things you see."

Charlotte's eyes shot open; red from unspilled tears. "Emmy," She chocked out. Her eyes darted to the other side of the room. "Libby, Matt," Her eyes moved to another part of the room. "Desk, books."

Emily gave her a soft smile. "Good, now four things you can touch."

"Carpet," Her arm extended to her side; the other stilling it's scratching of her sweater. "Wall, bookshelf, beanbag."

"Three things you hear," Emily urged.

"Cars, Addy crying, Libby's tapping," Charlotte said becoming more aware of her surroundings.

"Two things you smell."

"Cologne and coffee."

Emily couldn't help the chuckle that passed even in the tense moment. "That's good. Now tell me one thing you taste."

"Metal," Charlotte stated finally looking directly at Emily.

Emily opened her arms and allowed Charlotte to step into them. Even though Charlotte had seemed to calm down Emily didn't actually wrap her arms around her. Instead she took to petting Charlotte's hair. "Charlotte, Kate's going to look at your lip. I think you may have bit it."

Charlotte gave a tiny nod as Kate walked behind Emily to look at Charlotte who had her head on Emily's shoulder. After a few moments Kate gave her verdict. "Not too bad. No stitches this time, but I'm still prescribing a popsicle." She lightly joked walking to the kitchenette.

Charlotte sighed. "Libby okay? Matt?"

Libby and Matt immediately moved to where Charlotte could see them. "We're okay. Everyone's okay."

Kate handed the popsicle to Charlotte plus a bottle of water. "Why don't you go in Cruz's office and finish that," Kate suggested.

Charlotte gave a tiny nod. "Noah?" Emily asked.

Noah walked over to the pair. "Is it okay if I touch you Lottie?"

Charlotte nodded numbly and allowed Noah to pick her up bridal style. "Libby," She mumbled.

"Princess can come too, but I can only carry one of you," Noah replied.

Libby wordlessly followed them to the office. As soon as they left JJ turned to Emily. "I'm so sorry."

"Don't feel so bad. We've all made mistakes. It's taken us almost three years to learn what to avoid and how to help if we can't," Emily told her honestly.

"We should have warned you guys before hand," Kate told them. "I'm gonna go get Andrew and everyone."

The BAU remained silent until Spencer finally spoke. "I just have one question; why did you make Hotch leave?"

"Charlotte has reacted to Andrew before during a flashback, and since he and Hotch favor I wanted to cover all my bases," Emily explained.

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Penelope glanced up from her laptop. "Is it a good time to mention I think I found some of our missing cases?"

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AN2: I did some research for the flashback scene, but if it is unrealistic or inaccurate please let me know.