Chapter 6 – Revelations
"I'm sorry. I'm sorry" Tobias cried before Reid heard JJ's screams and guns shots.
"JJ!" Reid called out worried only to be punched in the face.
"Wait, wait, wait" Reid begged as Tobias held his gun and pointed it at him.
"I could've stop him by myself" Tobias said
"Ok, ok" Reid said
"I tried to warn everyone" Tobias said
"Just relax, Mr. Hankle, all right?" Reid said
"Shoot him!" A voice said and Reid watched as Tobias turned into a new person before his eyes.
"I don't want to!" Tobias cried
"I said, shoot him, you weakling. He's a Satan" The new persona ordered
"He didn't do anything" Tobias cried
"I won't tell you another time, boy. Shoot him!" The second persona shouted as Reid looked on, wondering if he was ever going to see his team again… see Lilith Fallon again.
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Police sirens could be heard in the distance as Hotch, Gideon, Morgan and Lilith pulled up to Hankle's house.
"There's a barn around back" Farraday said to Morgan
"Fallon, come on" Morgan said and they took off towards the barn. Morgan and Lilith moved through the barn to see a dead dog and a mattress soaked in blood.
"Damn" Morgan whispered as he realised it was Mrs. Douglas.
"F.B.I!" JJ shouted, pointing her gun at a local cop.
"JJ!" Morgan shouted
"Don't move" JJ shouted in shock
"JJ, it's Morgan and Fallon. Don't shoot" Morgan said
"It's ok. Are you hurt?" Morgan asked as JJ slowly lowered her gun.
"Tobias Hankle is the unsub" JJ said
"Yeah, we know" Morgan said
"I'm calling an ambulance" Farraday said walking out of the barn.
"We just thought he was a witness. I had to kill them" JJ said in shock looking at the dead dogs.
"JJ, where's Reid?" Morgan asked
"They just completely tore her apart. There's nothing even left..." JJ said in shocked, staring at the blood and dogs.
''JJ, look at me. Look at me. Where's Reid?" Lilith asked firmly, worried about her best friend.
"We split up. He said he was going to go in the back" JJ explained as Morgan ran around back. Lilith led JJ out of the barn and to the main house where Hotch and Gideon were. Morgan looked around the barn but couldn't find Reid or Tobias.
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"Hey, is there any sign of him yet?" Lilith asked Farraday as JJ was getting checked by the ambulance.
"We got every one of our units on the road. He won't make it far" Farraday said
"You can't find Reid?" JJ asked shocked
"Not yet" Lilith said softly, trying to contain her worry for her best friend.
"Fallon" Morgan said pulling Lilith aside.
"I think Reid followed him into the cornfield. It looks like somebody got dragged" Morgan said and Lilith paled dramatically and started breathing heavily.
"Hey, look at me, we need you to stay focused here" Morgan whispered and Lilith nodded and composed herself
"Yeah. You sure? We're on our way now" Farraday said
"Hey, what's going on?" Lilith asked
"The sheriff 2 towns over. He just gave directions to a man who fit Hankle's description. It's to a motor lodge in fort bend" Farraday explained
"Let's get Hotch and Gideon" Morgan said to Lilith
"Yeah" She agreed and followed him inside the house.
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"They're gone" A male voice said waking up Reid.
"Who are they?" Reid asked confused
"It's just me now" The male replied
"Who... who are you?" Reid asked confused, his voice raw.
"I'm Raphael" Raphael said simply
Reid opened to his eyes to see Tobias's persona Raphael staring at him. Reid noticed his hands were tied up and he was in a shack somewhere.
"What's that smell?" Reid asked
"They're burning fish hearts and livers. Keeps away the devil. They believe you can see inside men's minds" Raphael said
"It's not true. I study human behaviour" Reid tried to reason with him.
"I'm not interested in the arguments of men" Raphael said as he pulled out a gun and grabbed a bullet.
"You know that this is?" Raphael asked
"It's god's will" Raphael answered and put the bullet in the barrel and pointed it at Reid.
"You don't have to do this" Reid begged scared
"Now go, sinners, to your god" Raphael said simply
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"You know, they do have hotels in Georgia" Garcia said as Hotch and her pulled up to Hankle's house.
"If we're going to figure out where Tobias Hankle has taken Reid, the answer is in this house. There's no sense splitting time between here and a field office" Hotch explained
"Right" Garcia agreed
"Think of the house as a witness. If it could talk, what would it tell us?" Hotch asked
"My guess is it would tell us to get the hell out" Garcia muttered as they walked into the house. Garcia looked around in shock.
"Welcome to our nightmare" JJ said simply
"His computer is an extension of his brain. I need you to dissect it" Gideon said firmly and Garcia nodded
"I'll get you set up. Come on" Morgan said as they walked out of the room.
"So, nothing new since I left?" Hotch asked
"Well, the good thing is, the guy documented practically every second of his life. The bad news is, we're still un piling" Lilith explained trying to remain calm
"From the looks of it, he hasn't left this place in years" JJ added
"He knew he could pretend to be looking for a motel and throw us off his trail" Lilith said annoyed
"No, no, no. It's more than that. Sheriff's office, 911 calls. Every time he engages the police and gets away with it... he reassures himself God's on his side, not ours" Gideon explained
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"Right out of the gate, the guy's self-taught. His mainframe is totally idiosyncratic, but it's pretty brilliant" Garcia explained to Morgan
"Talk to me about what this son of a bitch watches on-line. What the hell is all of this?" Morgan asked
"It's tame stuff- video games, software, sports. Seriously, if I had to guess whose system this belongs to, I would say a crazy smart high-school kid" Garcia said
"Garcia, that doesn't make any sense" Morgan said confused
"Well, that's what I've got" Garcia said simply
"A mission-based killer like Hankle would need constant reassurance… religious manifesto, violent images, something" Morgan explained
"Nothing, baby. Nothing" Garcia said typing away.
"What about the mpegs of the murders he posted on-line? Does he sit and watch those over and over?" Morgan asked
"Ok, that's weird" Garcia muttered
"What? Talk to me" Morgan said hurried
"They're not even here. All I have is a site he set up once he commandeered people's webcams, and he keeps a running clock, and at a certain point, each one is bookmarked with a different heading" Garcia explained
"'Adulterer, liar, thief' This guy sits here for days and just watches these people, and he waits for them to commit a sin" Morgan stated
"Yeah, but Reid's completely innocent" Garcia said
"If you dig deep enough on any of us, we all have our sins, including Reid" Morgan said with a sigh
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