"A woman! We never profiled a woman!" Morgan exploded. "That explains a lot!"
"It explains how she convinced all her victims to go with her," JJ pointed out. "No one would have felt threatened by her."
"But, we still don't know what she is doing with them once she has them," Rossi spoke up. "Does she have an accomplice?"
"A dominant?" Hotch questioned. "Possibly a male?"
"I don't think that is the issue here," Reid had returned to his chair and was staring at the screen. "I think we are on the wrong track all together."
"What are you seeing?" Blake noticed a particular look in his eyes.
"Share with us mere mortals," Garcia demanded.
"Let me ask," Reid began his explanation. "What were the professions of the women who disappeared from Reston, Virginia?"
"That's an easy one," Garcia called up another file on her tablet. "We had an Assistant Headmistress for a private school, a plumber, and a hotel maid."
"That fits," Reid told her confidently. "Now, if someone was intent on creating a new society, from the ground up, what would they need?"
"Doctors, teachers, people who are willing to work to get things done?" Morgan guessed.
"Now, remember, all of these women apparently spent a lot of time in bookstores," Reid continued his analysis.
"Oh My Gosh!" Blake gasped out. "The most famous 'retreat from society's evils' novel ever written!"
Hotch looked at Reid. "Are you sure?' he asked.
"I can't be 100% certain without actually talking to the people involved," Reid replied. "But, it does make sense."
"These women are on strike!" Blake stated.
Morgan was giving them a puzzled look. "Okay, what am I missing here?" he asked.
"Atlas Shrugged," Reid, Blake, and Hotch chorused.
"Ayn Rand's Magnum Opus," Garcia added.
"Who is John Galt?" JJ intoned.