Since Elle had left, the work load had been piling up. The three younger profilers had been taking a minimum of thirty files, whilst the olders two had taken much more. Regina had found a good reason to come in early, leave late and work oni the weekends. Not many cases had turned up since they got back from North Mammon last week, so the five were happily planning which files to tackle first.

She stood at the coffee machine. "Excuse me?" She turned. A black-haired woman was standing at the entrance with a box.

Regina smiled. "Hi. Can I help you?"

"I'm looking for SSA Aaron Hotchner."

"Are you working here?"

"Um, I think so... Emily Prentiss."

Regina shook her hand. "Regina Williams."

"Is Agent Hotchner here?"

Regina nodded. "First door up those stairs."

When Regina arrived at her desk, Morgan and Reid arrived for work. "Hey, hey, hey," she greeted.

"Hey..." Morgan stopped and stared at his colleague. "What the hell...?"

Regina was unfazed. "What?"

"You're hair."

"Morgan, I dyed it four months ago..."

"Not that dark... and it's short."

When they had caught Randall Garner, Regina had attempted dying and cutting her hair herself. But she couldn't. She decided to lightly dye it and have a hairdresser do the rest. At least if she had an appointment, she wouldn't bow out.

"Eh. I like it." She shrugged.

"I didn't say I didn't."

"I like it," Reid piped in.

JJ walked into the room. "We have a case."

Morgan pointed. "Did you see this?"

JJ shrugged. "It's nice." She turned to Regina. "Will you get Hotch and Gideon?"

Regina nodded. She knocked lightly on the door of Hotch's office and stuck her head in the door. "We have a case."

Hotch stared at her. He nodded slowly. "Be right there."

On her way to the Round Table Room, she knocked on Gideon's door, but kept on walking.

The team was regrouped. "St. Louis has two serial killers," JJ began. "The Mill Creek Killer abducts his victims from public places, dumps them in the

woods. They consulted us months ago after the third murder. It may be up to six. Ellen Carroll's went missing yeaterday. The second killer, the Hollow Man, has killed eight prostitutes. Marci Mitchell was killed last night with a .44 magnum."

"Why the Hollow Man?" Morgan asked.

"Maybe he feels empty or something," Regina tried. This got a smile out of Morgan.

"He uses hollow point bullets. No one even knew this guy existed until he

sent this letter," JJ explained.

"He's killing women who won't be noticed as missing... Women who don't make the front page," Hotch stated. "The Mill Creek Killer's victims' do make the headlines."

"When Mill Creek kills, the Hollow Man shoots another prostitute," Reid said.

"So one doesn't want to be outdone by the other," Morgan said.

"Sounds like me and my younger brother," Regina muttered.

Morgan, Reid and JJ frowned. "Younger?" Morgan asked. "How many have you got?"

"Two. One above, my sister, me, another brother, another sister."

"You have sisters?" Reid asked.

"Ya'll knew that." Regina looked aroud the table. The three shook their heads, whilst Hotch and Gideon flciked through the file. "I told you..."

"No... you didn't," Morgan insisted. "You told us you had a brother."

"Wait... You know about my siblings," JJ said, sounding hurt.

"You've met my sisters," Morgan said.

"I don't have any," stated Reid.

"And you've met my brother," observed Hotch. "Can we continue.

"They've been killing independently of each other for a year now," Gideon said. "With each kill they're learning something ... from the other."

Filing out of the room, Morgan called Regina. "What colour would you call it?"

"What?"

"Your hair?"

Regina sighed. "Plum."

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An hour later they were on the plane. "Did you know there are roughly thirty serial killers at large in the US at any given time? It's an incredibly rare occurrence to have them operating in the same city."

Regina raised her eyebrows. "Wow."

"Me and Reid will deal with the Hollow Man," Hotch said.

Gideon nodded. "Morgan you're with me."

"What about me?" Regina asked.

"We need someone familiar with both killers. When we get there go to the PD and revise both."

"Ok."

"Reid, take a look at the letter for handwriting analysis and

psycho linguistics," Hotch ordered.

"I'll go ahead and talk with Ellen Carroll's husband," Morgan said.

"I'm meeting Jim Meyers, the reporter from the Missouri Herald," JJ announced.

"Tell him not to write about the Hollow Man," Gideon told her. "If we want to draw the shooter out, best way to do that is to act like he doesn't exist."

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Regina followed JJ through the field office. An agent walks up to them. "Agent Jareau? Agent Sheridan."

"Hi. This is SSA Regina Williams." Regina smiles.

"The rest of our team is currently speaking to the families of the last too victims," she said.

"Good... Well, why don't you set up in here?." They followed him into a room.

Regina and JJ notice the boxes for the Mill Creek Killer. "Wow... Lots of Evidence for the Mill Creek Killer... Where's the evidence from the Hollow Man killings?" Regina asked. Sheridan points to a single file. Regina picks it up, amazed. "This is it?" He nodded. "There's been at least eight women."

" You know these cases don't generate much evidence. All we have at the scene are a couple of bullets and no one's talking."

JJ looks between the two. "Well, hopefully, we can change that."

Another agent walked in. "Agent Jareau, there's a reporter here to see you."

"Excuse me."

Regina stared at the single file. Agent Sheridan walked over to her. "We've searched the crime scenes for everything... That's all we found."

Regina nodded. "I understand. Hopefully we won't need this."

His phone rang. She sat down and began to work. "We've found Ellen Carroll's body."

Regina nodded. "Agent Jareau will introduce you to Agents Gideon and Morgan. Uh... Coffee Machine?" He pointed to a room down the hall. Regina chuckled."Thanks."

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An hour later, Regina's phone rang. "Williams," she answered without missing a beat.

"The Hollow Man took another victim," Reid announced.

"So did the Mill Creek Killer..." Regina sighed. "One single case file."

"What?" Hotch asked.

"That's all they have on the Hollow Man. Five boxes of Case files on the Mill Creek Killer... One case file on the Hollow Man. Please, just... Get some thing more."

"We will."

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Hotch walked into the room where Regina was working. He stopped when he found Regina hunched over photographs with a magnifying glass. "Am I interrupting something?" he asked, slowly walking further into the room.

Regina looked up and smiled. "I'm hoping to find something someone missed... This can't be it..." She straightened up and stretched, her top rising a little, revealing the smallest bit of skin.

Hotch averted his eyes. "Where's JJ?" he asked, putting his hands into his pocket and fingering his wedding ring.

Regina sat back down. "Talking to Jim Meyers, the reporter. Reid?" she asked.

"Break room... getting coffee."

Regina nodded. "Oh, where's the new girl? Prentiss?"

Hotch stared at her. "What do you know about her?"

"She said that she was working with us. Why? Who is she?"

"Ambassador Prentiss' daughter."

Regina nodded and smirked. "Ah... So she has connections?"

"Yes." Hotch sat next to her. "What?"

"I just remember when I joined... Morgan had the exact same idea as you do now. It... must just be a guy thing."

Hotch nodded. "Uh-huh... must be." Hotch sub consciously let his eyes linger. He looked away. "Ready for the profile?"

Regina nodded, having not noticed Hotch's stare.

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"The Hollow Man's tired of being ignored," Reid began. "He might be in a job of solitude or one that he feels strips him of his identity. His job might require him to wear a uniform, something that shows absolutely no individuality. Or he may be overqualified for his menial job and feels that he doesn't get the respect that he necessarily deserves."

Hotch continued. "Today, he's killed two women. He's growing confident, unpredictable... Dangerous."

"Because he has no physical contact with his victims, it's going to make him that much harder to catch," Regina stated. "We have more information on the Mill Creek Killer because he spends a lot of time with his victims before and after his kills."

Gideon began. "His victims willingly follow him. He may appear harmless... maybe handsome."

"He may also have social skills to trick his victims," Morgan continued.

Sheridan spoke. "Why would he risk driving his victims from the abduction site to the woods?"

"Ritual. It's become the most important thing to him. Dominates his thoughts. Bullets provide the privacy he needs," Gideon explained.

Regina finished the profile. "The Hollow Man is motivated by external pressures. This is a guy who simply wants attention. The Mill Creek Killer, on the other hand, he's driven by internal forces... Thank you for your time."

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"There's another victim," JJ announced as she walked into the room. "Meredith Dale, twenty-five. She was supposed to meet her friend for a bike ride but disappeared."

Regina looked up. "When?"

"An hour ago."

"I'll set up road blcoks in and out of the forest," Agent Sheridan said.

"We have to assume he's hiding her body right now," Morgan said.

"Best chance of catching him is to find Meredith Dale's body and wait," Gideon said.

"Maybe the dumsites aren't random."

"What do you mean?" Regina asked.

"He needed some plan going into these woods... They're huge!" Morgan stood and walked to a map. "The first body was found deep into the woods. That's a three-hour car ride from the city. He's more careful in disposing of body was discovered by a forest ranger five days after the abduction. And all the other victims -- look at this -- they follow the same pattern."

"What are you saying? You think he works up there?" Sheridan asked.

"Maybe... Needs to know all the woods to remember where he left her body...when and where to dump em'."

"I'll call Garcia," Regina offered. She took her cell, and moved out of the room.

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"Hey, it's me. I need to know how the ranger schedules break down?

"Okay. The national forest is divided into six ranger districts, which are patrolled every three to five days. Now, the Potosi-Fredricktown area must be where he's headed to next because the rangers were just there yesterday, which means they're not scheduled to revisit it for at least another three days. And look at that, it's the district closest to the city."

"Well, that makes sense. He's in a hurry. He wants to get in and out of there without a lot of trouble. Which area has the easiest access to the main road?

"That would be ... Saltgrass Cove."

Regina nodded. "Saltgrass Cove. Would he have time to revisit her?"

"What? Actually, I don't want to know that... Yes he would. Bye-bye."

"Wait... You know I have two brother and two sisters, right?" Regina asked.

"What? No... since when?"

"I...I told you..."

"No, you didn't... I gotta go." She hung up.

Regina frowned. She walked back into the room. "I think he took her to Saltgrass Cove."

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"So our plan to catch the Mill Creek Killer was ruined by the Hollow Man?" Regina asked as Gideon and Morgan walked back into the room.

"Yep. Sent a messege to that reporter," Morgan explained.

"Now the Hollow Man's on a high. He hasn't pulled the trigger since he took two victims yesterday. Is he satisfied or is he just getting started?" Hotch pondered.

JJ walked in, the paper in her hand. "We'll find out." She handed it to Hotch.

Hotch read it. "'Hollow Man helps FBI find the Mill Creek Killer's victim.' Nice. He's alerted the media and injected himself into the investigation."

"He's getting the attention he's been craving."

"He must know the Mill Creek Killer needs to revisit the body," Regina said. "But how?"

"Well, one things for sure. If he can't defile the woman again, the need'll become so strong, it

could push him into a frenzy," Gideon stated. "And if that happens, this guy is just a time bomb waiting to explode."

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Regina closed her cell phone and spoke to Hotch and Reid. "That was Morgan.The witness got a good look at the Mill Creek Killer." She shook her head. "How did he know where to find the body... Did he figure it out like us?"

Reid was intently reading a newspaper. " They always say serial killers make the best profilers."

"Yeah, but this guy's dead on."

Hotch is looking through newspapers too. "Yeah. The headline doesn't mention the shooter at all. We talked to Jim Meyers, asked him not to respond to the letter, he doesn't, and then the guy goes out and shoots two more women..." Hotch sighed. "What gives him this confidence? What's the significance of the paper at the scene? We know he wants to be newsworthy."

Regina nodded. "He could've just tossed it aside. Instead, he displayed it. There's

something he wants us to look at. There's definitely something in the paper."

"They're talking in the classifieds," Reid announced. Regina moved in between him and Hotch to see the papers Reid was holding. "The references are what made me suspicious... 'Sunny, are you an artist too? I'd love to see your work sometime. Holden.' They're from 'Catcher in the Rye'. I found the initial contact. It ran in the paper unchanged for months. 'We have different tastes, but I can appreciate your art. Sunny.' "

"So who's who?" Regina asked.

"Sunny's the Hollow Man. He initiated contact."

"A mentor. Offered admiration and respect. In return, he gains encouragement and confidence," Hotch explained.

Regina nodded. She was already speed dialling Morgan and putting him on speaker. Reid explained.

"But when the Hollow Man remained unnoticed by the press, he resented his mentor and turned it into a rivalry," Hotch finished.

"Hollow Man became jealous. They were both killers, but they weren't seen in the same playing field. What else did you find?" Morgan asked.

Reid read. " 'An overwhelming area and you never get lost?" Then the answer to this

question. "I do my research. It's not so random when you know the area. I like cottonwood in SGC'."

"He's talking about Saltgrass Cove. He told him how to find Meredith Dale."

"Now we understand their relationship, let's use it against them," Hotch ordered.

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Morgan and Gideon walked into the room. "Garcia says they covered their tracks. How's it going in here?"

Hotch stood. "Reid's imitating the Hollow Man's language patterns to send a message

to the Mill Creek Killer. He's offering condolences on losing Meredith Dale."

"Reid, you've got less then an hour to meet the deadline," Regina said as she paced the room.

"We'll get a decoy Meredith Dale," Gideon said, already leaving the room.

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Regina is pacing the break room, while Hotch makes four coffees.

"Do you wanna sit down?" he asked.

"No."

"There's a reason Reid kicked us out."

"I know... I just... I haven't been sleeping and am kinda high on coffee." She smiled. "You never said?"

Hotch stopped, wondering if he were that transparent. "About what?"

"My hair."

"It's darker and shorter... there's not much to say."

"I need to talk... I mean, if this doesn't work, what else do we have?"

Hotch turned to face her. He smiled. "It's nice."

JJ walked in. "They got him."

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Regina leans against a table, with Morgan and Hotch beside her, as the Mill Creek Killer passes.

JJ walks up. "I've alerted all news outlets that we'll be holding a press conference in

ten minutes."

"Have you the script?" Gideon asked.

JJ nodded.

"Be sure to say exactly those words," Hotch ordered.

JJ nodded.

"The wordings important, JJ," Morgan advised.

"Relax. It's not my first party, boys."

"Yeah... you'd swear she was an incapable newbie... But then again, you probably did." Regina looked directly at Hotch and Morgan.

Gideon walkde toward the room where the Mill Creek Killer was taken.

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JJ held the conference announcing thatthe Hollow Man was no more then a thug. The team sat around the field office, waiting.

"Why'd you do it?" Hotch asked quietly.

Regina looked at him. "Do what?" He nodded to her hair. "Wanted a change. People... people change." He nodded. "They become new."

Suddenly the doors bang open. The Hollow Man enters with a gun held to a security guard. The team pull out their guns.

"Where is he? I want to see him right now," he demands. No one reponds."You tell him the Hollow Man's here." He looks around the room and recognizes her. "He told you to say those things about me, didn't he? To use those words?" His eyes continue searching. He sees the Mill Creek Killer and stops. Morgan takes the oppurtunity to take the gun and handcuff him. "I'm no less elegant than he is. I'm no copycat. I left you the newspaper! I gave you the Mill Creek Killer! What else do I have to do?"

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On the plane home, JJ holds up a sheet of paper. All the victims of both the Mill Creek Killer and The Hollow Man are on it. The headline reads: VICTIMS REMEMBERED. "It's the story for tomorrow." She hands it to Morgan.

He reads it. "They were our daughters, sisters, mothers, and friends."

He hands it to Regina, who smiles and nods. "They have every right to be remembered ... and memorialized." She hands it to Reid.

"They didn't mention the shooter," he quickly notices. He hands it to Gideon.

"Thank God," he says, staring at it for a while before passing it to Hotch.

"He was a nobody who wanted to be somebody by killing people and they didn't even give him that. Good."

The feeling on the plane that night was one of exhaustion and accomplishment.