AN: Sorry I haven't been here for a while. Stuff happened for both me and my beta CRIMINALMINDS99 but we are both back on track now and I should be updating more. I have two chapters for you today. So I hope you enjoy.
I'm sorry to say I'm just going to be updating when I can as I now have a job in which I work evenings and nights during the week and 9 hours at weekend, and then I have college during the day during the week and with exams coming up in 3/4 weeks I need to spend more time revising than writing. But I will try hard to update once a week. Or if me and my beta get a big bulk of writing done then I'll just post it all for you as a treat to say thank you for being patient and still reading.
Anyway one with the story.
The two pulled away from each other, both unaware of JJ who was standing not far behind them, a huge grin on her face. The two stared into each other's eyes before pulling back again, Emily blushing at the realisation that she had just full blown snogged her boss, while on the job. If Strauss even had a hint of what was going on boss of their heads would be on a platter.
"You best go; the rest are waiting for you. Go be an ass hole and give me a call in an hour" She smirked, Hotch nodding.
"I'll call you in an hour" He leaned in again, but pulled back, slipping out the door leaving Emily dreamily staring at his ass as he climbed into the car. She shut the door, turning around to see JJ sniggering to herself.
"Oh go Aaron, go be an ass hole for me. Call me in an hour Aaron" JJ sang, trying to mimicking Emily's voice all high pitched. Emily launched the closest thing to her at JJ, that thing being a sock on the floor that didn't even reach half the distance between the two.
"Language Jennifer" Emily shouted, JJ giggling and running back to Reid in the living room. Reid sat in the same position he was before confused, Emily glaring at JJ as she sat back down
"What's going on?" He asked, looking between the two, JJ and Emily replying simultaneously.
"Nothing-" "Everything-" This caused JJ to laugh even harder, Emily just shaking her head in response to the giggling blonde. Reid continued to sit confused as they all put their attention back on the final 10 minutes of the film. They put another one and left it on in the background as one by one each other them fell asleep, not even getting 20 minutes into the film before all three of them were lying flat out on their makeshift beds on the floor, cuddled together.
Not even 15 minutes passed before the man in the van outside decided to make his move. He was slightly annoyed that the dad had gone out but maybe realizing that his family was gone when he got back was better torture. He picked the lock with an ease, having been doing it for many years and slid into the hall. He crept slowly through the hall, stepping over the abandoned sock before looking into the living room. The TV rolled quietly in the background, that being the only light that lit up the entire living space. He peered in, spotting the 3 sleeping forms on the floor. He shook his head at 'adorable' they looked, knowing from observation that it was all a lie. The dad was an abusive ass hole and the mother did nothing about it. Typical. He pulled out the three syringes and knelt down at the mother's side, slowly but easily sliding the needle into her neck, watching as her arm fell limp at her side, the drug sending her into a deeper sleep. Next was the young boy, who got a smaller dose than the mother. He sent the sleeping form a small smile, knowing how he felt. Finally, it was the girl. He scowled as he pulled out a syringe of a similar size to the mothers, pushing it into her neck. Double checking the syringes were clear of any noticeable fingerprints, he placed them on the couch, wanting to make the father suffer as much as possible. Next was getting them to the van without being spotted. It was still early and people are bound to be awake still, so he had to make it look normal. Picking up the mother, he sighed at how easy she was to carry, making his way to the door. He had moved the van to the other side of the road so all he had to do was walk to the end of the drive. He easily opened the back of the van, roughly placing her down before running back for the boy. He shut the back of the van over again, just in case a passer by looks in, and went back in for the last child. Not shutting the door over properly, her cringed when the woman next door exited her house.
"Evening ma'am" He greeted, a smile on his face. She turned to him, smiling back. She eyed the young girl in his arms curiously, wondering if everything was okay. She knew the people had only moved in a few days ago but hadn't introduced herself yet.
"Evening. Is your girl okay?" She nodded to the unconscious blonde, the man laughing.
"Yes- last time I book a late flight to Chicago. Her, my boy and wife are all flat out. It's a good thing I keep a bed in the back of my van for my travels" She nodding in agreement, smiling at him.
"Well I hope you have a good flight, at least you'll have some peace" He thanked her and watched as she took off running in the opposite direction, putting her headphones in. She was completely oblivious to what was actually going on. He placed the blonde in the back as well and climbed into the van, heading off around the corner into the night. His plan was in full motion now; it was his turn to finally have some fun with this dysfunctional family.
Hotch pulled up outside the precinct, practically running in and up to the floor the team were on. He barged into the room, Morgan standing on the phone. He came up behind him, watching as he hung up.
"Morgan- how was the sketch" Morgan turned around, sending his boss a smile.
"Garcia is running it through every database she can right now. Come on we are all in here" The two walked into the conference room, Hotch eyeing up his extremely tired team.
"Has anyone actually slept at all since we came on this case?" He asked, them all shaking their heads.
"Not really, we have all been on edge. We keep thinking how stupid it was of Strauss to put you guys undercover" Rossi explained, knowing they have all be hypervigilant knowing that four of their family members were out in hunting zones and two of them were children at this time.
"Well thanks to JJ for this break we might not be here longer and we will all be going home in one piece" They nodded, Garcia's computer making a ping noise catching everyone's attention.
"I think I found the guy that has been popping up everywhere, and he fits the profile quite good as well. Seth Brown is the man you are looking for and has quite a record. He is not a fan of girls and has many restraining orders against him from numerous ex-girlfriends and one of them resulted in him traveling all the way to Russia to stalk a girl who was over their volunteering with children. Let's just say the Russian authority was not kind and he is restricted from travelling and can only hop on a plane if going from one state to another. He had a few records from neighbours as he has been caught watching children and woman bathing and changing and even broke into an apartment while a woman and her daughter were out to hide cameras in the teenager's room. Luckily the father who was dropping off divorce papers caught the guy leaving and beat him up good. But, despite this his childhood was not great either. His father neglected him, his older sister and mom and when he was just 8 years old someone invaded his home and shot his father. He reported to the police that the man tortured his mother and sister but he managed to escape his bindings and got away with only a few broken ribs and a nasty concussion. It also says in his report that the mother did everything to protect his sister but left him to defend for himself" Garcia stated, her eyes flashing backwards and forwards on her laptop, everyone making connections to the profile from the information she gave.
"So he is shooting his father to get him out of the way and then tries to replicate in his own way what happened to him. We found on each of the boys there was less torture carried out on them than the wife and daughter, so he taking his anger out on them. It fits perfectly, and I bet if we look hard enough he will pop up around the other family's days before their deaths as well" Morgan said, actually happy that they had a suspect.
"Let's go get him"
