"Put your hands up!" I yelled out to our unsub and he dropped his weapon quickly a he tried to explain his reasoning for killing all these girls as I get closer I put his hands behind his back handcuffing him pulling him up handing him over to the cop and then I go to where I hear the crying and I look before I open the closet door in his bedroom and I untape her mouth and she starts crying and I wrap my arms around her sighing. "You are okay now, he can't hurt you no more, you're safe, we need to get you to the hospital."

I help her stand and we walk out to the ambulance who comes and wraps her in a blanket putting her on the gurney in the back of the ambulance when Derek walks over to me as I run my hand through my hair and give him a smile. He wraps an arm around my shoulder looking down at me walking me back to the SUV.

"For somebody who is only on their second case you are doing very well with the victims," Derek says to me as I walk around the car looking at him stopping placing my hands on the hood.

"I know that I was once a victim and that they need all the comfort they can get," I tell him pulling my sunglasses over my eyes, "and that is what I'll give them."

Getting in the car, we drive back to the police station and grab our things before heading on the jet, I sit in the corner with Emily and JJ across from me talking and laughing while Derek listened to his music, and David, Spencer, and Aaron were reading something.

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"I want you to tell me who this boy is," I tell Marisol over the phone, "his full name?"

"His name is Scott Blake why?" Marisol asked me and I just laughed.

"I can't be interested in who my little sister likes?" I ask her as I thank Derek who grabbed me a cup of coffee drinking it as I walk around the living room.

"Are you gonna do a background check on him?" Marisol asks/accuses me and I gasp laughing.

"No.. maybe," I tell her biting back a laugh as I grab my go bag and purse walking out the door that Derek was holding for me and I give him another thanks as he walks out after me and I walk to the car.

"Eri!" She yells laughing and I laugh with her, "Fine tell me what you find."

"Will do," I laugh as we drive over to Quantico looking over at Derek and he looks over at me sending me a wink making me laugh, "Wonder what today has in store for us."

"Still gonna be a psychopathic killer either way," Derek said looking at me, "or paperwork."

Nodding I rest my head on the window as we pass some places and I start singing quietly, a song my mom used to sing to me as a child,

"I'm every woman, it's all in me

Anything you want done baby

I'll do it naturally

I'm every woman it's all in me

I can read your thoughts right now

Every one from A to Z

Oh oh oh

oh oh oh..."

I realized the car stopped and Derek was looking at me and I raised an eyebrow at him, "Don't we.. uh.. you know have work to do?"

Quickly grabbing my stuff getting out I hear Derek laughing and I roll my eyes as I speed walk away from him and he gently grabs my hair pulling me back to him as he wraps an arm around me, "I didn't know you could sing,"

"I can't but my mom sang me that song when I was younger she was basically telling me that she could be everything I needed, a mom, friend, sister, et cetera depending on what I needed at that point and time," I told him untangling my hair from his fingers and I guess it looked like I was holding his hand because they were all looking at me with a raised eyebrow. "This is so not what it looks like."

I push his arm off of me pushing him away from me as I walk to my new desk that I have yet to personalize and I sit down in the chair and I close my eyes for a second when I feel something crawl up my leg and I jump immediately to see Derek trailing his fingers up my leg and I smack his hand away while the team laughed and I smirked grabbing his hand putting it on my leg.

"No no no keep it there just a little bit higher, baby," I say closing my eyes again with a smirk as they all stop laughing and his hand falls off my leg and I snicker as I push myself into my desk opening my eyes to look at Derek who stood in front of me and I just grinned at him as JJ walks up the steps waving a case file and I groan moving my stuff to the conference room along with my body and everybody else following me.

Sitting in the conference room, we wait for Hotch and Rossi so I put my head down as we wait and Derek walks by singing I'm every woman and I turn around and smack him on the chest glaring at him as he laughs sitting down next to me. Not too long after that Rossi and Hotch walk in and I open the case file running my fingers through my hair as I listen to JJ talk.

"This case involves a series of murder taking place at one time," JJ starts and walks around and pictures show up, "so far the some of the victims are dead and only three are in the hospital, but our victims are Erin Hathaway, Phillip Jansen, Logan Jackson, Dominic Santiago..."

My world stops and I grip the edge of the table tightly pinching my eyes closed, as I try to stay calm and slow down my breathing, the room starts to spin and I see eyes on me and I gasp out, "my brother.."

"Damn it," Derek hisses gripping my face in his hands making me look at him, "breathe, Erica, breathe.'

I follow him as he takes deep breaths and I calm myself down and I look up at JJ who looks at me in shock and I ask, "Is he dead?"

JJ looks through the files she was given sifting quickly until she stops and she shakes her head, "No he is in the hospital."

I nod and I sit down pinching my eyes closed before opening them, and I run my hands through my hair, "Okay continue what else?"

"Erica-" I cut her off quickly shaking my head.

"No we need to find him and we need to find him quick I'll be fine I have a job to do," I say to them shaking my head and JJ continues to brief us and all I can think is why my brother?

"Wheels up in 30," Hotch says and I am the first one up and out of that door already picking up my phone walking to my desk.

"Mom, you need to get to Rhode Island right now," I say into the phone, "it's Dom."

"What do you mean?" Mom asks frantically before calling out to Marisol telling her to pack a bag for her and Fiona as she goes to do something else. "What's wrong with Dom?"

"Mama," I say getting choked up and I here her stop, "he was shot he's in the hospital."

"No no no," She says repeatedly and snaps at Marisol to get a move on, "Is he gonna be okay?"

"I don't know I'll let you know when I do," I tell her a tear sliding down my cheek as I speak, "I promise you that my team and I are going to catch this cabrón."

"You better," Is all she says and then she hangs up and I sit down for a minute allowing myself to shed a few tears before getting myself together heading towards the plane.

I sit down and I listen to everything they are saying but I can't get this nagging feeling out of my head and I think they all realize because they see me fighting myself and they look at me expectantly and I realize they want me to talk, "As much as I would love to believe that this was a wrong place wrong time kind of deal but I have this feeling."

"Go on," Hotch tells me and I nod.

"I have a feeling that this person is going after one of those people and used the rest so we wouldn't be able to trace it back to him due to the fact that his MO is all over," I say to them, "and this feeling is that my brother is the target because my brother has a certain way of doing things he goes to work, goes home that is it that is his coping mechanism the only way you will know when he goes out you would have to be following him or talking to him on a daily basis."

"So someone knows his schedule," Rossi states, "keep going I can tell there is more."

"I think my dad is behind this," I murmur before continuing, "because my dad and Dom never got along, he liked to push buttons that's what Dom does and it got on my dad's last nerve and yeah he left but Dom called me yesterday saying Dad asked him a favor and he said no, my dad doesn't like hearing the word no."

"But he is in custody," Emily argues and I nod in agreement.

"But his gang is not, and plus my dad always have someone who could 'take care' of his problems for him, he would have someone else do it for him," I tell her, "he has a phone call, one he used to call Dom as well as visitations his gang visits and he has a code to say kill or hurt and who and they'd do it in a heart beat."

"Your dad would do that to his own son?" Derek asks me and I nod looking at my hands.

"My dad is a heartless SOB," I tell them, "He wants things done his way or no way, you disobey him you either get a second chance or you die."

"So if this is true and is the case," Hotch says and I look at him, "what did he send his man to do?"

"His men are killers," I explain emphasizing the word 'killers', "if they want you dead, you are dead, so he must've had them shoot him to give him a 'scare'."

"It is quite ironic that there are only three survivors," JJ murmurs and I look up at her.

"If it was my dad or not," I say looking around, "they wanted these three alive."

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Looking out of the window, I feel a hand on my thigh and I look over at Derek who glances at me, "He's going to be okay."

I grip his hand, intertwining our fingers, looking for any comfort I can find and he squeezes my hand gently we go into the hospital and we ask for Dominic Santiago and I stop when I see him laying there and I squeeze Derek's hand and I walk in there with him letting go of his hand walking to the side of his bed.

Dom rolls his head towards me and gives me a crooked smile, "Hey Eri, agent now huh?"

"Yes, Dom," I say with a small smile, "you know we have to ask you questions are you up for it?"

Dom only nodded and I pulled up a chair next to him after I give introductions, "So who exactly knows your daily schedule?"

"Um only close friends, Phillip Jansen and Logan Jackson," He tells me and I look up at Derek and he sighs getting on the phone, "are they okay?"

"Yes but look is there anybody who might want you dead?" I ask him, "Did you ever feel like someone was watching you or that you could be in danger?"

"What? No why?" Dom asked me and I grabbed his hand squeezing it and I look at him sadly.

"Someone wanted you and your friends alive but hurt, you three are the only survivors," I tell him and he scoffs.

"Maybe I just got lucky," Dom says.

"You and I both know you don't believe that," I tell him giving him a look, "the person who shot at all those people killed all but you three all shots were to the head or chest except for you three that is not a coincidence so are you in some kind of trouble?"

"No you know I am not a troublemaker," Dom asks and I nod in reassurance letting him know that I know that.

"Did you see anything?" I ask him, "anything at all can help."

"No," Dom says shaking his head, "I looked but I saw absolutely nothing."

"Okay," I tell him standing up I press a kiss to his cheek, "Glad to see you okay, Mom and the kids are coming to see you they should be here soon."

I walk out of the room and find Hotch and Derek, "I have reason to believe that shooting was a message to Dom, Phillip and Logan were two very close friends of his, like family."

"Next time you and everyone you love are gonna die," Hotch says and we all go to leave when I hear a little voice calling my name and I turn to see Jayce and Fiona running to me and I crouch down and hug them both to me.

"Hi! Look how big you got," I say gasping and I turn to Hotch saying a minute and he nods and walks out Derek standing there in the back, "how are you guys?"

"Good!" they chime, "I miss you!"

"I miss you too you little munchkins," I kiss their heads before standing and and grabbing Julio, "come here you little 'I'm too old to give my older sister a hug'"

He giggles wrapping his arms around me and I kiss his head before moving to Marisol giving her a hug moving to my mom as she brings me in for a hug and I sigh holding onto her tightly before pulling away, "I have to go but Dom is in that room over there."

I point to it and then I give them all hugs again kissing Fiona and Jayce's head before leaving with Derek walking towards his SUV and I call Hotch, "I need protective custody over my family I am not taking any chances."

After we agree I hang up and sigh and look at Derek leaning over kissing his cheek, "Gracias, guapo."

"For what?" He asks surprised and I give him a sincere look.

"Everything you have ever done for me," I tell him and grab his hand squeezing it as we end up back at the station.

"Erica do you know who your father's hitman is?" Hotch says to me and I shake my head.

"No, I never really was apart of that life of his the only part of it was that I was forced to learn about guns at the age of twelve I just know that my father lives by 'why do it yourself if someone could do it for you?' plus he is a coward wouldn't have the balls to do it himself," I say, "I don't know names I don't remember that and even then I think they all had nicknames they went by. I think. Not sure."

"Well your father fits the description for this crime, kiddo," Rossi says sympathetically and I shrug.

"I knew he was a bastard but send someone to shoot your own child, your flesh and blood and then threaten everybody else?" I say and then I freeze, "I need to get back to the hospital."

"Why?" Derek asks standing up.

"The one question that will lead us to the killer is what did my dad ask for." I say and I get up and head towards the SUV.