My apologies all, I had planned to have this up two days ago, but with the summer finale of R and I on Monday and then me waking up with a one shot (possibly longer) on Tuesday morning, stuff got in the way. The action is building and I appreciate the reviews so far, keep 'em coming, please. Quick reminder, none of my stories is beta'd, so if there are any glaring errors or typos, please let me know, thanks.

And now, without further ado…

"Okay" Emily asked aloud, "let's assume that Rodriguez can be our unsub, it's been a year, why now?"

Maura looked at Jane who nodded, "Maura and I came out two weeks ago, when Korsak caught us kissing."

"Where," Reid asked, knowing the answer.

"Outside the Dirty Robber" Maura said.

"So are we thinking its Rodriguez?" Jane asked incredulously, she was still having trouble wrapping her head around this. "I mean he's a decorated officer, why me, why now?"

"Very often someone will lead a normal life with just a few minor transgressions here and there, when a traumatic event triggers something in them that even they may have been unaware of. He may have been more affected by his mother's departure as a child than even he knew."

"But would he have known about the other woman at eleven years old?" Jane was still feeling a bit bewildered by the new information.

"I don't know" Rossi looked from Jane to the team "there were reports of domestic violence, Garcia, can we get any information on those?"

"Your wish is my command," fingers flying across the keyboard, "Hey!" Frost looked up at her smiling, "you just kicked me off our server Garcia"

"Sorry love, moving fast and dirty, okay…here…we have four reports covering…wow…just two weeks time. Says she was beaten about the face and abdomen. She was hospitalized according to the fourth report but refused to press charges. Looking at the dates, she left a week after her release from the hospital."

"Anything else Garcia?" Rossi sensed a hesitation in the younger woman.

"Oh!...there's a picture…" she said softly.

"Bring it up please Garcia," Emily knew what they would see but they had to. The picture showed a young woman who resembled Jane in hair color alone. Her face was so swollen on one side she was unrecognizable. The pictures of her torso were even worse. The woman stood listing to one side as the pictures had been taken, she appeared to have been beaten along every inch, the severity noted by the darkness of the bruising.

"Oh my god…" JJ looked horrified, looking around, her comment wasn't far off from what everyone else was thinking.

"Holy shit" said Jane. "Max' father did this? Why the hell didn't they arrest him?"

Quietly Morgan spoke up, "because it was twenty years ago, they didn't do that then unless the victim pushed the issue, damn."

Looking at Garcia, "This guy still alive?"

"He certainly is, still living at the same address. He looks like a wonderful guy, alcoholic, receiving disability, retired electrician, arrested twice for aggravated assault on two separate women. Hmmm…Nice guy this one." Garcia shook her head in disgust.

"I'll go," Jane and Emily spoke in unison. Laughing at each other they both looked at Hotch for a decision.

"Detective, I'd like you and JJ to go, I want Morgan to accompany you." Without waiting for a response, "Emily I'd like you and Reid to go and speak with the wife. Now mind you," looking at his watch, "it's getting late, so I'd like to call these folks first and see if they mind us coming over now."

Jane looked at Maura with a raised eyebrow before mouthing "Morgan?" "So what do you think JJ, up for going out tonight?"

With a cheeky grin, JJ looked back at Jane and winked at Maura, "I don't know, what will Dr Isles say?"

Surprised at the quick reply, Jane looked over at Emily who just smiled back. JJ was her own person and not only did Emily trust her completely, but she loved her, so she didn't mind the harmless flirting.

"Well before we get excited about going anywhere, who's going to make these calls?" Rossi looked around at the team.

Korsak raised his hand, "I will, he may respond a little better to a man, no offense," he said to JJ.

"None taken"

"So, once we know for sure, we need to head out immediately, if the unsub, whether its Rodriguez or not, gets through the night, we know that we'll have another woman taken sometime tomorrow night." Rossi was stating the obvious but he wanted to impress upon them the urgency of what was at stake.

"Understood Dave, Emily call the wife and see if she would be willing to speak with you." Hotch looked at them all and sat down. "And now Detective Korsak, where would you recommend we order some food from or should we just go out."

"How about we find out if we're heading out to interview anyone first, that way, we can all eat."

"Agreed"

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"Yo Rodriguez.."

"Maldonado…" the detective looked at the two young men in the holding cell.

"Rodriguez man…you getting us out of here or what? Belligerent, Maldonado looked at his brother for morale support. Rodriguez was a big guy, Maldonado was no slouch, but the detective had weight and height on him.

"What did they ask you? Who was it?" Rodriguez wanted to know if that bitch had questioned them.

"Nothing man they just asked when we last saw you, you know and …and it was the black guy and the puta that came with him to pick us up."

The other woman, she must be one of the agents. Looking at Maldonado's forehead, he saw the cut and bruise on his forehead, "She do that?"

Looking at his feet, Maldonado shuffled, embarrassed "yeah…"

"So?," he said smoothly "what did you say to them?"

"We told them we saw you last night man like you said to" Maldonado looked down the hallway and realized they were alone.

"Yo man, did you?...Did you kill them girls?" groaning he looked at his brother, "Sergio man, shut the fuck up!"

"No, no, its okay," Rodriguez stepped closer to the cell, "you can ask, I mean you guys covered for me right?"

"Yeah man, course we did!" Looking at his brother, he breathed a sigh of relief; Rodriguez didn't seem too pissed at him. The lights flickered in the hallway and he looked from his brother to Rodriguez. Rodriguez was looking at his watch and smiling.

Sergio looked up, "what's going on with the lights?"

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"What the hell! We just lost the video feed to Garcia." Frost tried reconnecting, "internet's down." The lights flickered and everyone looked up.

JJ's phone buzzed on her hip, "Yes, Garcia…no we lost our Internet connection…I don't know…Frost, she says to check the server…yes Frost is…okay…call us back…"

Jane looked at Korsak and walked over to the phone. "Yeah this is Detective Rizzoli, what's going on with the lights? Okay… call me back, yes this extension." Turning toward the others, "they're checking on it, they just called some techs in."

"Well, lets at least make these calls and see if we're heading out or not." Hotch looked up as the lights flickered again.

"Does anyone else have a bad feeling about this?" Jane looked from Maura to Korsak, settling on Emily instead.

"Something's off isn't it?" Emily asked her.

"We've only had a problem with the lights one other time, Maura?" Jane looked tensely at the M.E.

"Oh my God, Bobby Marino." Hand to her mouth she looked at Korsak as he put it together.

"Shit! Frost call downstairs, tell them to check security."

"Wait a minute, what's going on, isn't Bobby Marino the guy you shot last year? Rossi couldn't understand the agitation over flickering lights.

"Yes, once his people got in the building, they cut the lights, phones, everything." Jane looked at Emily.

"Maldonado" with one word they both understood.

Shaking her head, Emily couldn't believe anyone would go this far, "damn Hotch we need to get downstairs, now."

"Go! Go! Reid call downstairs now and have them check on our detainees."

Heading out the door, Jane and Emily were called back, "Jane wait," handing over flashlights, Korsak raided the cabinet outside the conference room and handed them out, "just in case."

"Come on Morgan, Frost" Jane raced out, Emily on her heels.

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"Yo man! What are you doing" Maldonado backed away from the entrance of the cell.

Maldonado used the key he had signed out with another officer's name. As a detective, no was going to check how he signed and there were people in and out all the time, except for now. With the last transport gone. He was guaranteed a little time alone with them. That's all he needed.

The leads from the tazer caught Maldonado in the chest. He went down immediately, Sergio went after Rodriguez but was caught in a headlock as he let the younger man by. His neck broke easily. Maldonado stared up from the floor as he realized he was going to die. Tears rolling down the side of his head he felt the pressure and could almost he the snap before his body went limp.

Rodriguez pulled the leads out and pocketed the tazer. Wiping the sweat from his brow, he laid both men on the bench. Locking the door, he walked out quickly watching to make sure the light on the camera was still out. Looking at his watch, he counted the seconds, stepping out when the lights finally went out. The emergency lighting created a rosy hue as he walked past the sign in desk and down the hallway, passing the evidence lockers and the morgue, he walked out the morgue entrance, planning his next move.

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The lights cut out as they were halfway down the stairs, "Shit not again!" The emergency lighting gave them all a sickly glow as they continued on. Pushing open the ground floor door, Jane saw the holding area desk vacant.

"Goddamit we're too late!" Rushing toward the door, Morgan held her back.

"Wait!" Shaking her arm loose, she glared at him.

"For what?"

"We need to make sure no one's there, Prentiss, take one side of the door, Detective grab the key and take the other side" seeing her about to protest, "please detective we're wasting time"

Moving to either side of the door, Morgan, key in hand, unlocked the door and went in with both women on his heels.

"Son of a bitch!" putting his gun down he motioned for Jane and Emily.

Slamming her hand on the wall, "fuck me!" Jane pulled out her cell. "Korsak, we need this place locked down…no…no…they're dead…I know…see if Frost can get access to camera footage…I know we have to wait for the power! Fine…can you or Frost escort Maura down…yeah…"

Looking at the agents, "Frost is coming down with Reid and Dr. Isles" running a hand through her hair, "dammit he's one step ahead, its got to be Rodriguez"

"We need to put out a BOLO for him," Emily said

"and we need to get his partner in here, now!" Jane followed up.

Walking into the cell, Morgan looked closely at the two men, "looks like their necks are broken, this guy's strong."

"Yes he is, he's on the boxing team here." Jane said.

"Jane, you alright?" Frost walked in with Maura and Reid in tow.

"Fine, Maura we think he broke their necks, can you…"

"Jane you know I won't guess, but as soon as we get them in I'll x-ray and get started." Seeing her face, "I know you need answers and I'll give them to you as soon as I can"

Squeezing her hand, Jane nodded, "I know hon, I'm sorry"

"Dr Isles, would you mind if I stay for the autopsy? If he did break their necks I would be interested to know the amount of pressure he used. This unsub likes the brute force approach, no weapons as of yet so it will tie in with our victims." Reid's intensity made Maura smile inwardly, nice to see someone else valuing an autopsy.

"Dr Reid if you come with me, we'll get some of my team in here to move the bodies."

"Certainly Dr."

"Maura please"

Watching them walk away, Jane felt secure in that at least Maura would be occupied for a while and not having to deal with her and her guilt.

"We killed them," she said hoarsely.

"Jane we didn't know, I mean how could we know for sure. Obviously he found out we were asking questions. He escalated this, it was his choice." Seeing the look in the other woman's eyes, Emily's concern grew.

"Look at me, Detective! Look at me." Waiting until she did, "we didn't do this Jane, you know that" meeting her eyes, Jane nodded.

"Hey Prentiss, Detective, come here." Morgan was looking down at Maldonado and noticed the hole in his shirt. "Take a look, he was tazed"

"My god, he saw what this guy was doing to him." Silently they all looked at each other and watched as more police filtered in with the techs picking up the bodies.

"Come on, we need to check and see if anyone has seen him in the past thirty minutes or so." Jane walked away from them heading to the front desk.

"Come on big guy." Prentiss pulled Morgan by the shirt to follow, shaking his head he followed them. Pulling out his cell he texted Hotch to let them know where they were headed.

Now I was going to wait to post more, but I needed to break it up into workable pieces. Next update in a day or two max, working on some others too.. Please let me know what you think! I hope you all enjoyed the Rand I finale on Monday and are looking forward to next week's Criminal Minds season premiere.

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