A black wolf sat in the pond staring at her reflection. Her eyes were cold and cruel. Full of hate. No longer filled...with love. Maria smacked at her reflection. Water went in her face.
She grabbed a pawful of water and splashed herself with it. Trying to wash the blood that stained her Black fur. She gurgled some water. Spit it out.
Just then she heard a rustling in the bushes. She quickly dove in. A golden retriever came out of the forest. She recognized him instantly. Derek.
She swam up to him. Slowly. Silently. Not making a ripple. As he lowered his head to drink, Maria struck.
She lurched out of the water and locked her jaws around Derek's neck. With one swift yank, she ripped it out.
"Maria?" a voice called. "Maria?" With that she disappeared.
FOGGY BOTTOM HEADQUARTERS
"Boss? They are here." a woman said.
"Thanks Debbie." Mayor Humdinger said.
Humdinger went to meet the agents.
"Mayor? I'm SSA Aaron Hotchner, this is SSA Derek Morgan, SSA Emily Prentiss, SSA Jennifer Jareau and Dr. Spencer Reid." Hotch said introducing himself and the others.
"Thanks so much for coming." Humdinger said.
Just then the door opened again and Ryder and his pups walked in.
"The PAW Patrol?" Humdinger asked surprised. "What are you doing here?"
"We know that we are not on the best of terms, Mayor...but Maria needs to be taken down. No matter what the cost." Ryder said.
"You think Maria is behind the killings." Humdinger asked. "We dont think...we know. It all fits. We killed Kat last year for his betrayal and banished Maria. That and the Black wolf sightings at the scenes of the crimes..." Chase trailed off.
"Well that was easy." Morgan said. "Usually it takes a day or two or figure out the unsub's identity."
"How do you know this Maria is our unsub?" Prentiss asked.
"Because she is Kat's widower." Skye said.
"Boss?" Debbie called out. She hung up the phone. "There's been another murder."
CRIME SCENE
"What happened?" Ryder asked.
"Boy came out to get groceries. When he didn't come back the mom went to look for him and found him in the driveway with bites and scratches all over his head and chest. A bite to the left leg was enough to bring him down. Didn't stand a chance." a cop said.
"Name?" Hotch asked.
"Ryan Miller." the cop responded leading the group to the body.
A young boy lay on the ground behind the car. He was caucasian. Around 12. Spiky brown hair and blue eyes. Similar to Ryder in every way.
"This is a boy. Is this connected?" Reid asked.
"Yes. A black wolf was spotted by the neighbor. He witnessed the attack."
Ryder went over to the neighbor. He was a thinning bald man in his 60s. He was pudgy with brown eyes. Ryder swiftly took out Maria's photo and showed it to him without a word.
"That's her." the man croaked out.
Ryder turned around. "This means war, pups."