How To Save A Life…
Not even a week passed by in the city of Quantico, not even a week went by that the rain hasn't dropped onto the soil ground, nourishing the green grass, flowers and other organisms, It hasn't even been a week since the next church bells rang and the echoes of the rings could be heard blocks away, sounding the newlyweds off of the churches grounds. But lurking in the shadows of the nearest alley stood the same man that had slaughtered more than one newlywed couples in under a week. Who the hell were he and what his motif at ending their lives was? The one thing that he did know at this moment was the fact that he already had an eye on his next victims.
~X~
The sun light was forcing itself through the tiniest cracks in the blinds that morning, which also happened to have landed right on the closed eyelids of Spencer Reid, who was still trying to enjoy one of his very rare days off and away from the bureau.
Downstairs, which led to the kitchen and living room area, sitting near the island near the fridge were both Emily and Andrew were eating.
"All done mom, can we go to the park now?"
Emily was about to tell him to go and grab his outside shoes, when her phone started buzzing in her pocket, causing her to groan in annoyance, a groan to which her son had grown accustom to, whenever she had to go catch bad guys.
"You have to leave again?" he asked her with sadness in his voice.
"I'll see if they can let us have our day off at least okay?" she told him, "This better be a good reason to pester us"
"We have a case, get Reid and head to the Hilton on Barry road and you both have to be there in thirty minutes"
"It's our day off Hotch, cut us some slack"
"I'm really sorry about this Prentiss but we're going to need the whole team for this" were the last words he told Prentiss, before hanging up on her.
"Andrew… I'm really sorry"
"Its okay mom… you have a job to do. Where are you flying?"
"Well here's the good news about this case, its right here in Quantico"
"Really so I'll see you and dad after a certain amount of hours?"
"Pretty much yeah, now get your bag ready, while I go wake up lizard man from his nest okay" she told him while ruffling his hair.
As she made her way upstairs, Emily saw her fiancée in brown pants only, picking out a white shirt and vest.
"Garcia called you?"
"No, JJ did. Which leaves me to assume that you had grumpy Hotch correct?" he told her while buttoning up his dress shirt.
"Yeah and I didn't help either" she answered him, before grabbing a tie that she knew would match is usual clothing, lassoed it around and over the white color shirt, pulled it closer to her and kissed him tenderly on the lips.
"Andrew's upset isn't he?" he asked while looking deep into her eyes.
"Yes but he is glad that the case is in Quantico, meaning we just come back home, rest, send some time with him and head back to work at least" she told before pulling him down for another tender kiss, to which she deepened it by running her tongue slightly in his mouth.
"Mmm, as much as I would rather spend personal time an d activities with my lovely fiancée, we have to get our son to school and meet the team at the latest crime scene" he told her before placing one last tender kiss on her lips.
~X~
About fifteen minutes after dropping off their son at the public school, both Spencer and Emily had just pulled up in the parking space, when they saw the media, the cop vehicles and the yellow tape stopping the annoying media vultures from damaging and taking photos of the crime scene. After crossing the yellow ribbon, they saw everyone else sitting at a small picnic table letting JJ and Hotch brief over the case.
"Thank you for joining us Reid and Prentiss"
"Hey it's the least we can do after you messed up our day off Hotch" she muttered back.
"Calm down Emily" he tried to reassure her"
"Anyways now we're back to our latest newlywed murdered couples, Ted Downings and his newlywed wife Eleanor White-Downings were brutally slaughtered. Ted received a slash to the throat, probably from the back since he wants to take out the biggest threat between the two, and then brutally and repeatedly stabbed the bride repeatedly until there was no more pulse and left the grounds" Hotch told them.
"Just like Joshua Times, with his newlywed wife Denise Matthews-Times, along with the newlywed couples the Gregsons and Sauriols" JJ told the team, "This guy is after newlyweds and we're going to have to locate this guy before the next victims"
"Have there been any weddings so far today?" Reid asked.
"I'll get Garcia to do a search" Morgan said while speed dialing her number, leaving the rest of the team to discuss a plan of action.
"I might have an idea but no one is going to appreciate it" Rossi said while looking at the group.
"Spit it out Dave"
"We might have to consider sending two of our agents undercover wither at a wedding or being the bride and groom"
~X~
After serving Thomas's Grey and his new wife Tracy their champagne, everyone gave their toast and blessings before sipping it down their Esophagus and enjoying the music and bubbly taste of the expensive drink.
"Are you feeling okay Trace?" the groom asked her.
"I think I'm going to be sick" she told before quickly leaving the room, running into the public restroom and was now throwing up in the ceramic toilet. Thomas ran in seconds later, keeping her company until she felt strong enough to head back out.
Then the door slightly opened and they both heard something that sounded like a door being locked. Thomas stood up and saw a man standing there, looking straight at him.
"What's going on here, this better not be another prank from my dad" he was in no mood, especially when he got a weird feeling about the man slowly walking towards him.
And in that matter of seconds, the groom felt the sharp pain almost all around is throat, before collapsing onto the hard tiles of the cold floor, as he watched the man walking over him and towards where Tracy was kneeling over. Hearing the scream of his wife was the last thing that went through his mind, before dying.