That Rossi Kid

Chapter 7

Spencer Reid-

Spencer entered into the BAU's private jet first and sat down on the couch. It's unusual for him to be the first one on the private jet but he needs time to think for himself. He doesn't need all the other people around him it would just make it harder to think. It would make things less complicated as the case they are working on is a personal one.

All three of the victims so far Eric Carter, Jacob Dryden and Trevor McCarthy are boys he once knew. They all lived in the same foster house together when he was only eleven years old. It was only Trevor though of all the victims that was terrible to him as Trevor bullied him, hit him and made those few days he lived in the house hell. But both Eric and Jacob weren't as bad to him. They were actually semisweet.

He grabbed out his manila folder and took out the pictures of their dead bodies. It was horrible what happened to him. He's not sure if Trevor should have gotten it and that it was coming his way. But he only knew him from twenty-three years ago. Trevor could have easily changed in that time frame. Trevor was always more of the follower of the group that was terrible to him. He would definitely say out of Alex, Trevor, Mison and Fitz that Trevor was the one that did the least damage to him. Maybe Trevor was just a liability and they had to get rid of him.

So was it possible that Alex, Mison or Fitz is the, unsub they are looking for. It could certainly be. It seems more like Alex's or Mison's doing over anything as they were more of bullies to him and he was Mison's punching bag. He remembers those days were rough.

But then he brought out the pictures of Eric Carter and Jacob Dryden seeing their mangled faces and mutilated bodies. But then there's the scene they were found in. Who could think of something like that? He sees that there is water in a carved tunnel around the body in the shape of the moon. But there was lit candle all around as if it becomes fire. That's when he noticed the cross. It wasn't a cross at all, it was just disfigured as the, unsub has an unsteady hand. It's supposed to be of a triquetra.

The door of the private jet or plane opened and in came in David Rossi who seemed to be all ready. He started walking down as he was going to go get some coffee but then stopped when he saw Reid. Reid looked up at him as he noticed that Rossi stopped then sat down opposite him of the plane to get a better look at them so they could talk.

"What's going on with you Reid?" asked Rossi right there

"It's nothing." muttered Reid as he shuffled through the photos and everything

"It doesn't seem like nothing." replied Rossi

"It's not exactly something I'm comfortable talking about. It's personal and I don't know how the others would react." told Reid

"What would make something personal and not comfortable to talk about? This is us you're talking to." responded Rossi

"It was part of a terrible time in my life. Something I don't want to go through again. This case reminds me of that a little bit." exclaimed Reid to his superior agent

"Okay I will leave it at that for now. But when you are ready to talk about it I'm always here." said Rossi

"There is something else. I was looking at these photos again and I think I found something. Look at this fire, water and earth the only thing that's not on the ground is the air as its surrounding them. But then there's the body like it's supposed to be the spirit like it's supposed to get out of the body itself. Then there's the cross I don't think it's a cross at all. The unsub was having a hard time carving on the bodies that I think he was trying to actually create a triquetra." told Reid

"A triquetra like in Paganism." responded Rossi confused

"Or Wicca. I think our, unsub is either a novice in it or is part of the community and is using it sick twisted way. I have heard about Satanism Wicca it could be something along those lines." said Reid thinking

"I think you're on to something. Let's wait until the others get here and put it over to them and see what they think." said Rossi as he grabbed the folder away from Reid so the young doctor can relax and get in a short nap before the others get in the plane

Spencer brought his hand up and scratched the back of his head as he looked down at the ground of the plane. He doesn't know what to do or what to think. He just doesn't want to deal with what's happening. It goes deep inside his bones of issues. Issues that shouldn't be there and should never have happened. Its part of his past that he wants to forget but can't. He was lucky about his incident when he was twelve as he was able to forget things that he wanted to forget but there were also things that he forgot that he wishes he still has. Then there are memories that are hazy and fuzzy that he doesn't know what to make of them. He feels like he is missing something and that it's important but he doesn't know what. What could be so important in his life that he forgot about?

The rest of the BAU team entered into the private jet or plane as they found spots all around. Hotch, Morgan and JJ all sat together as JJ was sitting across from Hotch. They all got out their tablets and they were discussing what they have when Reid and Rossi started talking to them. They told them what they were discussing earlier before the others arrived on the plane. They all piqued interest in it thinking it was interesting.

Reid sat there as he watched all the others talking about the case. But while they were mingling he just couldn't. Those victims are people he actually knew and he doesn't know if he is going to be able to get past that. Although one was terrible to him the others were actually nice and practically took him under their wing. Although that was, a time in his life when it was at its worst because of his father being out of the picture and his mother being a paranoid schizophrenic. He was able to get past that the horrors and the episodes.

How is he going to get past Eric Carter's death or Jacob Dryden's death? The way they went out is not how it should have happened. From what he remembers they were great people. Who would want to hurt them? Who would want to kill them? Who would be so cruel? Are Eva Marigold and Kelsey Stokes in the crosshairs and on the list? Has he himself become a target? Who could be so cunning to be getting away with this?

He just needs answers and he doesn't know how to get them without the others knowing the truth. He doesn't want to break character or the other's knowing about his past. All his co-workers and friends know is that his father left him when he was ten, that his mother is a paranoid schizophrenic and that she is in a mental hospital, that he graduated high school when he was twelve and that he has six degrees, three BA's and three PhD's. Then there is some of the stuff about when he was four years old with Gary Michaels that the others know about. Other than that he has been hiding other stuff that he doesn't want them to know about things about his past that they wouldn't understand.

He feels like that for him life was hard as he has dealt with more than anyone should. But it has made him who was to this day. He can't fight that and that he's different. He broke everything about him that made people hate about him that caused him to get beat up, bullied and do other's homework for him. He just wishes all those people who did all that to him can see him now. How he works for the government now and the FBI as a profiler.

"Spencer." said Hotch

"Huh." muttered Reid

"Did you hear what I said?" wondered Hotch his unit chief as Hotch cocked an eyebrow at the young doctor

"No sorry." replied Reid

"Figures." Morgan grumbled to himself

"I said that I wanted you to go with Morgan to the ME to see if they have anything that we don't have in here." told Hotch

"Of course." said Reid

Once they landed they disbanded as Morgan and Reid ended up going over to the ME's office. While Rossi and JJ were going to the last crime scene and Hotch was going to get started at the police station precinct.


David Rossi-

Once they got out of the private jet he looked at the young Dr. Reid as he got in the car. He couldn't shake that the young doctor was hiding something from the team. Why would he hide anything from them? It can't be that bad, can it? He really can't believe that they would treat him differently if they knew the truth to what he's hiding.

Rossi sighed as he opened the door to the driver's seat and went in sitting down and buckling up. He put the key in the ignition as he saw that JJ was all ready. The car started up and he drove out of the airport and they were off driving to the last crime scene to which it only took fifteen minutes. He opened the door and stepped out as he closed the car door.

Both he and JJ walked over to the crime scene together and showed their credentials as they went past the yellow tape. They got to the official scene as they stood there. Rossi leaned down on his knees going to the ground wanting to get a great full view in front of his eyes. He needs to know about this scene to get into the, unsub's mind.

"What kind of person would do this?" wondered a Las Vegas detective coming over

"We don't know." said JJ to the detective "I'm Agent Jennifer Jareau and this is Agent David Rossi."

"David Rossi as I live and breathe." said the detective "I'm Detective Damek von Hagan."

"Detective Goddard von Hagan's son." said Rossi as he got up

"Yeah he talks about that case all the time now that he's retired. He talks about you fondly as well." told Detective von Hagan

"You worked with his dad?" said JJ to Rossi right there as the young Detective von Hagan smiled and left to go talk to someone about the case

"Yeah twenty-three years ago here in Vegas, it was a brutal case. But we found the guy. He's now doing time twenty-five to life." told Rossi right there as he looked at the candles in front of him "He killed fifteen people until we found him."

"He killed fifteen people." responded JJ as she held onto a notebook

"Yeah four families two on had one kid, one couple had two kids and the last family had three kids. It was a pretty nasty case. But we're not here for that we're here for this." said Rossi

They went back to observing the scene to get more into the, unsub's mind and his state of mind. Rossi noticed that the CSI's Crime Scene Investigators were taking the evidence so they can go over it and help figure out the killer from their angle while him and his team of profilers work their angle.

They already think that it's possible that this guy might be a Wiccan or paganism. But why twist it into something like this. Is there an actual ceremony or offering that is like this? Does the, unsub know what a Wiccan really is and does and what they believe in? Can this guy really be this disturbed? Why would he want to mangle the body like this and mutilate its face so they are unrecognizable? How twisted would they have to be to actually do something this crazy? But the best question is why these victims? What is the connection between them because as they know there isn't a connection at all? The only thing they have in common so far is the, unsub and that they are male. David was starting to think that this unsub is targeting males for a reason.

So from what they can gather the candles is supposed to represent fire because of the flames at the end of the wick, the ground carved represents the Earth, the water in the tunnel represents the water, the surrounding sky represents air and the body represents the spirit because a spirit is inside of the body. Then there's the cross on the body which isn't a cross at all but a triquetra which is a symbol in Wicca and Paganism communities. But why kill in this manner and make it look like this? What is this supposed to represent, anger or hatred of something? Or did these people do something to the, unsub to warrant this behavior?

The carving is of the moon but it looks different compared to the other two before it. This one looks like a crescent moon itself but the two before were smaller waxing crescent moons. He's going in a pattern of the moon as if all of them go to a certain moon phase. This guy is not only a Wiccan or Paganism but is also obsessed with the moon phases.

This guy is waiting for the full moon because certain victims go with certain moon phases. The last victim is going to be with the full moon and that's the one person this guy is obsessed with the most at killing. That's the guy this unsub is mad at and these people might just be in the way or they might have crossed paths and they are practice for the target of this killer's obsession.

"Everything okay Rossi?" wondered JJ right there who was off observing the rest of the area

"This guy has a certain target and these people are just practice and decoys for the real thing until the person can get to them." told Rossi

"Oh my god. Who would do that and who would be on the other end of this crazy, delusional guy?" wondered JJ

"I don't know but I wouldn't want to be that person the unsub is after for." said Rossi right there

"We should go to the precinct and tell Hotch." Exclaimed JJ to him

"Yeah." Muttered Rossi

He got up from the spot as they walked over to the FBI car as Rossi took the driver's seat and JJ took the passenger's seat. He started the car and they drove out of the park like area into the roads. They were off to figure out more of the profile and to tell them what they have. Because what they have isn't good.