I would like to apologize for my last chapter. I meant Genesis 23:4, not Genisis 3. Sorry. Here's the next chapter so I hope you enjoy!
The Hankel Farm . . .
Hotch walked out of the room as soon after Reid listed the reasons for picking him, Morgan and Emily hurrying to catch up with him as Gideon and Garcia stared at the screen in front of him, a big frown on Gideon's face."
What's wrong Gideon?" Garcia said, looking up at him.
"It's what Reid said. Genesis 23:4 has nothing to do with narcissistic people. Garcia, can you quickly look it up on the internet?" He asked her and she nodded, her fingers flying over the keyboard. A few seconds later, the verse popped up and Gideon bent over the screen as Garcia read it out loud.
"I am an alien and a stranger among you. Sell me some property for a burial sight here so I can bury my dead." She finished, a confused look spreading across her face.
"Reid was wrong. Reid's never wrong." She said. Gideon read over it again and again until it hit him.
"Of course." He whispered excitedly as the pieces fell into place."Of course what?" Garcia asked.
"Reid didn't mess up Garcia, he left us a hint. He's brilliant!" Gideon said, his eyes widening in amazement.
"What is it?" Garcia asked impatiently.
"To bury my dead, a burial site . . .a graveyard! Reid and JJ are being held in a cabin by a grave yard." Gideon said, standing up straight, fully alert.
"Garcia, check around for any graveyard close to here while I go tell the others." He instructed and she nodded and got to work as Gideon walked out of the room. He walked into the kitchen to have Hotch's head shoot up at him.
"You don't think I'm narcissistic, do you?" He asked Gideon, his face a mixture of confusion and hurt.
"He didn't mean it Aaron and you know it." Gideon said softly.
"But am I? I mean, we were having a discussion about the definition of a classic narcissist, and the he quoted the Bible . . ." Hotch trailed off.
"He wasn't talking about narcissism in his quote at all, he was talking about cemeteries and all of us know that Reid wouldn't make a mistake like that unless it was a clue." Gideon said.
"So they're being held in a cemetery within that seventeen mile radius?" Emily asked and Gideon nodded.
"Am I narcissistic though?" Hotch demanded as he stood up, looking from Morgan to Emily to Gideon. Morgan and Emily looked at each other nervously.
"Well, you can be a bit of a bully . . ." Emily began.
"A bit of a drill sergent . . ."Morgan continued.
"And you tend to put men over women . . ."Emily finished.
"But you've never put yourself above the team." Morgan said, firmly.
"And you are definently not narcissistic." Gideon added with reassurance. Hotch let out a sigh and gave them a small, tired smile.
"Now, let's get JJ and Reid back." Gideon said, a faint smile on his lips.
"How do we narrow down what cemetery it is? I mean, there could be tons in the area." Emily asked, a small frown on her face.
"Let's go check in with Garcia." Gideon suggested and they all walked into the computer room.
"What have you got Garcia?" He asked her.
"I've got it narrowed down to two cemeteries, one is in Marshall . . ."
"Marshall? That was the name in one of Tobias' diaries." Emily cut in, her voice raising a tone in excitement.
"It said that he was trying to stay clean and so he stayed out of Marshall . . . " She said.
"Garcia, you got an address for us?" Gideon asked her. She nodded and quickly printed one out.
"Okay, let's go, now!" Gideon barked and they all mad a dash for the door. As they reached the black SUV, Gideon leaped into the driver's seat, turned the ignition on and threw it into drive. He quickly checked to see that everyone was there, Hotch riding passenger while Emily, Morgan and Garcia were sitting beside each other behind them.
"Hold on." Gideon muttered and he slammed his foot down on the gas pedal, causing the tires to screech as they tore out of the driveway. He could only hope that the two young agents were doing the same