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"Who is this boys next target?" Hotch asked, "Anyone could be next."

"Look for the stars." Reid whispered.

"What?" Morgan questioned.

"He mentioned it in his last video." Prentiss answered for him, "Why are you saying this now?"

"If this unsub is really a coldblooded killer he wouldn't have given us that clue."

"Maybe he was taunting us." JJ suggested.

"No, it was more than that. He has been targeting talented kids, but he has only done it with a few groups. Amanda Brown wasn't the star of the cheerleaading squad and neither was Azimio Adams ."

"What are you saying?" Rossi asked.

Reid took a deep breath, "What I'm say is, what if we're looking at this the wrong way? What if he was trying to warn us because he knew that his last victim wasn't someone he wanted to kill. Throughout these videos of his he is always talking about stars, what if these kids weren't the stars he was referring to, what is his last victim is the real star."

As the team processed this new information Detective Richards knocked on the door, "Sorry to interrupt."

"It's fine." Hotch responded, " Do you need something?"

"Actually, there's this kid outside, Kurt Hummel, I can't understand what he's saying but I think he wants to talk to you."

The entire team followed out quickly only to find a sobbing teenage boy in front of them. When Kurt finally turned and saw them approaching he only had eyes for one person.

"You." He growled and proceeded to hit Reid. In a split second the entire office sprang forward as if to pin down Kurt.

Reid massaged his jaw, surprisingly he threw a mean right hook, "No, it's fine. It's fine." He reassured everyone.

"What is this all about?" Hotch asked Kurt.

"You promised." Kurt choked on his words, "You said you'd take care or her. You said she'd watched."

"Who?" Reid asked, steping forward and ignoring the pain in his jaw.

"Rachel!" He cried, "Who else do you think I'm talking about. I went to her house with Baline, you know, to check up on her and all I saw was...was..." He burst into tears and the boy behind him pulled him in for a hug.

"Blood and a mess. That's all." The boy, presumably Blaine, said for him, "We walked in and there was broken glass and picture frames, a broken mug with blood on in and some blood in the closet in her hall and..."

"She's dead. That monster killed her, that thing killed my best friend." Kurt bawled.

"We can't know that for sure." Prentiss tried to assure him.

"Theres something else you should know about, something I found." Blaine announced.

"What did you find?" Reid asked him, the entire team turned to stare at him they'd never heard him sound so forceful, "Tell us."

"Blaine you found something?"

Blaine quickly looked at his unknowing boyfriend and spoke.


Rachel opened her eyes, it felt like ten pound weights were attached to her eyelids, "Where am I?" She asked, not clearly remembering what happened.

"Good. You're awake."

That voice.

She remembered that voice.

A pair of abnormally cold hands reached out to stroke her face, "You are so beautiful. Do you know how beautiful you are? It's immeasurable."

"Get off me." She cried feebly, too tired to even speak. She did try to move but she couldn't.

"Sorry, but I'm the one hold the cards here. I find the trying a persons hands to there knees keeps them from moving as much. I don't want you to move." The voice told her.

"You drugged me."

"I'd never do that to you." A warm breath touched her neck and sent cold chills of fear down her spine, "You'll be fine in a bit. It's just the effects of the, the-"

"The clobber to the head you gave me."

The voice found this amusing, "Oh, Rachel. My star, my beautiful shining star. You are still so fearless even though you are here and under my control."

Rachel's eyes opened for a second before dropping down again, "I am not under no ones control and I am certainly never going to be a pawn of yours. I am not afraid of you."

"There's no need to lie. I know that I can be very intense. I just need to stay with you for a little longer, before-"

Rachel felt her heart drop down to her stomach, "Before you kill me."

There were fast footsteps against the floor and she felt a glimmer of hope. She let herself believe he'd come to save her but she knew she was lying to herself. Especially after a pair of hands, that didn't belong to Spencer, were placed on top of hers. It seemed like the tragic end to a tragic story, she half expected to walk out of this alive but she wasn't stupid and she wasn't that optimistic. Sometimes things didn't work out, and sometimes people died because of it.

"Rachel, open your eyes." The voice demanded.

"I can't." She whimpered.

"Yes you can, do it or I'll do something worse than kill you."

"You wouldn't dare."

"Try me."

Rachel sighed, she was afraid. She was afraid of what might happen to her, she was afraid of the voice. However, she knew that if she opened her eyes the voice wouldn't be a voice anymore, it would be him.

If she opened her eyes she wouldn't be able to pretend anymore.

The world when dead when her eyes were closed.

She opened them.

The world was awake.


They entered Rachel's front door and immediately understood why Kurt had been so afraid. Shattered glass covered every inch of the floor and the couches and shards were torn and broken. While everyone was busy taking in the destruction, JJ noticed something that did not belong. A note. She reached down and opened it but before she could tell the team she recognized the familiar scrawl that she'd seen so many times before.

She quickly pocketed the note and walked to the kitchen where they now stood.

"Blaine said he left the camcorder, what does that have to do with anything?" Emily asked.

"His camcorder is important to him, it's how he lets people know what he's doing. Without it he'd be useless." Hotch explained.

"I don't get it, this is his style. His mo suddenly changed, what happened?" Morgan questioned.

"Maybe he got what he wanted." Everyone turned to look at Reid, "Maybe he left his camera because he doesn't want anyone to be a part of what's going on. He wants this for himself." Reid realized that anything could happened to Rachel and he would be too late.

"So Rachel's special to him." Rossi concluded, "Why?"

"If you think about it he's been going after everyone who was popular. Our unsub should be someone who held grudges against these people, but also someone who cares for Rachel." Emily replied.

"No, not really. It has to be someone who thinks he cares for Rachel but really just has an unhealthy obsession with her."

"He has to be someone who can't stand up for himself, is nervous around strong men, and possibly even women." Hotch said

"And subject to a lot of bullying at school and some sort of abuse at home." Rossi continued. Just as Hotch was about to continue speaking Reid rushed out of the house and headed straight for Kurt.

"Where is he going?" Prentiss asked.

"I think he figured it out. He's just making sure." JJ answered.

He returned a few seconds later, "I know who it is." He said breathlessly.


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