"You're not going anywhere!" Serena screams at Spencer.

"Lower your voice," Spencer urges and continues, "I have to go with my team."

"No, you don't. You shouldn't be out in the field. They will come after you."

"My team needs me and I'm trying to do everything I can to help make sure our family is safe."

"That's great and all, but you can work with your team from here. If you go out there, you could possibly destroy everything I've worked so hard for. You don't need to sacrifice yourself to help save our family."

"This is my choice. You made your decision alone so I'm making this one."

"No," Serena cries, "I wanted the twins to at least have one parent alive. If I die, these psychos will have accomplished their mission and leave you and the twins alone, healthy and happy. If you die, they will still come after me and everything I love. I'm the target here. If you go out there and something goes wrong…" Serena trails off as her sobs overtake her.

Spencer walks towards her. His anger has dissipated and concern etches his face. "Serena," he says as he touches her face softly.

Serena shakes her head as she tries to control her tears. "If something happens to you, the twins could be left parentless. I don't want that to happen. That is exactly what I've fought so hard to avoid happening. My babies don't deserve that."

Spencer wraps his arms around Serena and holds her tightly.

Hotch moves towards the couple. "Reid, you are staying here. Your presence in the field would endanger the whole team. It would serve everyone best if you work here and continue to build a profile."

Reid nods, visibly upset by his supervisor's decision but too sobered by his spouse's tears to fight against it. He knows there is truth in their words; however, it didn't stop the fact that he wants to do everything he can to protect the ones he loves.

Serena looks up into Spencer's face. "I'm sorry. I know this is hard for you. Of course, I'm happy Hotch made the decision but I love you and I hate when something hurts you."

Spencer rolls his eyes. "I want to protect you. That's all."

"I love that and I know you will excel at that no matter where you are." Serena stands on her toes for a kiss but Spencer pulls away and frowns.

"I'm going to go see if I can find a pattern in the geography of the murders. I'll see you later."

A tear rolls down Serena's face as she nods and Spencer walks away.

"I think I've got something." Reid says as he enters Garcia's office. Serena is sitting beside Garcia helping her sift through old information about the criminal organizations to see if there is anything that wasn't relevant when Serena was tracking them but is relevant now. The Reids look at each other awkwardly for a moment before Spencer continues.

"So it appears that the groups are operating in rotation. But the main twist is that the time of their attacks correspond with the date each official became involved with the take down operation."

"Which tells us they've collected information from government databases," Garcia suggests.

"Or officials." Serena grimaces, "Great, now I can't even trust the people around me."

"There was always that possibility." Reid states simply.

"How do we even begin to approach this? There are several officials working on this case." Garcia worries.

"As of yesterday, the case has been split up amongst different departments depending upon the occupation of the targeted personnel. The only government agency that has almost all of the information about this case is the CIA." Reid offers.

Serena shakes her head. "There are only a few CIA agents with access to these files. It's the State department that has all access."

Spencer looks at his wife, "Do you have any ideas who could be a mole?"

"No. I can think of several hackers but I can't think of anyone who would intentionally leak information. I don't even think many people were working actively on this case. It was two small groups between the CIA and the State that were investigating as the killings increased." Serena sighs.

"Garcia, we need to run checks on all of these officials. Check for anyone that has a unique connection with the operation. I'm going to tell Hotch that these guys are taunting us." Reid begins to walk out of the room but Serena stops him. "What's wrong?" he asks. Serena doesn't respond and steps closer pulling him close. Spencer rubs her back slightly for a second and then releases her to go call Hotch. Serena walks back over to help Garcia sort through the list of names.

"Who are they taunting?" Hotch asks as the team reassembles at the BAU office.

"Right now, it could be a warning to the entire government. They want us to know the intelligence they've collected and realize just how big of a threat they are." Reid responds.

"It appears that the organizations are still working independently though so they can't be that big of a threat." Morgan deduces.

"We have to figure out how they're working both together and separately. Thus far, none of the groups have killed a target together and there might be a key in the reason." JJ states.

"What about a pattern in the killings?" Garcia asks.

"Like who's killing who," the Reids say together. They look at each other, then Serena continues, "There has to be a link between the group that attacks and the time at which they decide to attack. They have a system."

"That means we have to know the date you began the operation, Serena." Hotch says.

"May 28th."

"Are they more likely to strike in the morning or afternoon?" Morgan asks.

"Whichever is convenient," Reid answers, "If they wanted to attack us in the morning, they would have to attack at home and make it past our security which is really tight at the moment. When they come for us, it'll probably be in the evening because we would be traveling home from work. The transition phase would make us vulnerable."

"So, we'll have to make sure to stay here until after that time has passed."

"I honestly think Serena is their end game, which means we probably have some time before they pursue you vehemently." Hotch says.

"But if they can get to me, it'll be their biggest triumph and spike their confidence which could leave them more dangerous."

"I'm starting to wonder if you two should even risk coming in to work."

"We have to keep with our regular schedules in order to look like we don't have any leads." Reid argues.

Serena nods, "They haven't attempted anything on my commutes thus far so I think we should be safe leaving after 5:28pm each evening. I just like to make sure to be home before 7pm so I can spend as much time as possible with the twins before they go to bed."

Reid frowns in response to what his wife has said. He's upset he didn't consider his children. They are after all the reason that he is fighting so hard.

Morgan sees Reid's internal struggle and makes his way over to him to whisper in his ear, "You've only been at the dad thing for a day. Don't beat yourself up because you're not perfect. It's going to take time."

Reid nods and smiles.

Hotch decides that the couple will depart around 6pm every evening. Serena looks slightly defeated and simply stares at her hands. Hotch sends the Reids home as it is currently around that time. However, most of the staff remains to investigate the new patterns they have found.