Not What You See

I swear on tomorrow, if you take this chance
Our lives are this moment, the music - the dance
And here in this labyrinth of lost mysteries
I close my eyes on this night and you're all that I see

-"Not What You See" By Savatage

Hotch watched as Reid and Emily got into the black SUV and drove away. He was really worried about the kid. He was never that close to his mother. In fact when Reid asked for that weekend off he had been shocked. It was only like the fifth time in all his years he asked for a vacation. He never said he was going to Nevada, but he knew. He had been getting better at connecting with Dania ever since he found his father. Now this...

"He'll be fine with time." Morgan said. Hotch hadn't even noticed that he was standing beside him.

"Yeah, but I'm worried about now..." Hotch answered not going into his real fears. He had never seen the young agent like this. Not even after he was abducted.

At that moment Rossi stuck his head out of the pale yellow house. "I think I've got something." He called before going back in.

Hotch and Morgan half ran to the door. The scene inside was pretty much the same as it had been before, other than some one had decided to turn on the lights. With the added light you could see the mess covering the floor a lot better.

"There's a pattern to the why everything was turned over." Rossi started the moment he say the two. "The book case is knocked over the couch, but the couch seems to have been rummaged through first. It seems to me that it wasn't made by a struggle, someone was looking for something. In the back..." He paused on;y for a moment to lead the way down the short hall way to the bed room, "...It looks just about the same." The bed and dresser where turned over, and clothes littered the ground. "But, then it stops before it gets to the closet." The door to the small closet was open, but everything was still in its place.

"He found what he was looking for." Hotch said.

"It was somewhere in the bedroom." Rossi concluded.

"But what would our UNSUB have that would get him killed?" Morgan interjected.

No one had an answer. The three turned and left the house, leaving room for the CSI's to do their job. (They had gotten there so fast because the police station was only about five minutes away.) Outside the rain had started to fall.

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The down pour of rain wasn't helping Reid's mood. When he was a kid his mother used to tell him that when it rained it was because God was crying. Of course he never believed it, but there was something about that that made him feel sad when ever it rained. Maybe it was his mother crying from heaven now?

The short ride was done in complete silence. Reid knew that if he didn't talk Emily would think something was up, but he couldn't trust his voice. Instead he just stared at the blanket of water that was pouring down upon them. He could tell Emily was dieing to say something, but, luckily, she didn't. It freed him from having to try and convince her that he was okay, but it gave his mind time to think. Time he didn't need.

When they entered the police station the two were soaked from head to toe. Reid didn't even seem to notice, though. Immediately most everyone there, including Jordan, was on them asking them what had happened. This was the worst thing anyone in the town had even seen. Reid didn't pay any attention to them, and just pushed by to the small table that had been given to them to work on. Emily shoot him a betrayed look, then tried to calm everyone down, while explaining what had happened.

Quickly he picked but a case file that was on the table and began to stare into it. He didn't need it, he remember every detail, every picture, but he needed something to stare at. Metal he started going through the crime.

Mary and Jacob Poter were the first couple to be killed. They had been married for 3 years and had a 2 year old son, Brian. On the night they were murdered they left Brian with a baby-sitter and went out to dinner. They left the restaurant at 8:30 and started home. Thats when the UNSUB abducted them and tortured them for 12 hours before stabbing them to death and dumping the bodies in front of their house in brood day light. Both of their wedding rings where missing. Sarah and Keven Vick where killed 4 days later with the exact same MO and signature but where dumbed in front of Keven's parent's house instead. Nora and Jet Shield where killed four days later and found at Nora's sister's house. Shelly and Tom Fisher found four days later at Tom's work. Ivy and Jack Danker where found four days after that, a day before they were called in, inside their small town home.

They determined that the UNSUB was leaving them in high risk places not only to taunt them, but to show that he was smart enough to dump them where there where cops. The fact that it was the middle of the day told that that he was normal looking. Average height, and weight. Caucasian. His car would most likely be a pick-up truck. His age was most likely around 25 and 40. He was also most likely unemployed or worked odd hours, like the night shift. Another theory was that he he worked 3 days then had two days off, or an odd schedule like that. He was very intelligent but worked an undermining job and this was his way of showing the world that he could do something great. That meant that he was going to have to contact the media, or police soon. He wanted them to know who he was and prove everyone wrong.

They got the call at 8:43 that morning. Greg Greenwood called the tip-line saying that he was the "couple Murderer" and that no one was safe. He told them that next time he was going to abduct two males. Maybe a gay couple because he liked the name. Right away Garcia traced the call to to a phone booth outside of a Village Inn. Reid inputed that point into his geographical profile and found the 2 block radius that his house was most likely in. It wasn't long before Detective Parker realized he knew the voice and IDed him as Greenwood from channel five news, a field reported.

Everything pointed to him, he matched the profile to a dot. Reid didn't get it. Maybe he was the "Couple Murderer" and was killed by a vigilante.

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Two Weeks And Five Days Ago, Las Vegas, Nevada

Reid stepped into the hospital causally. He wasn't a stranger to this place, but he didn't seem to belong. When the doctors and nurses say him they all light up with joy and called out his name. Talking to a few he continued to the day room. Once there he saw her, sitting in her favorite chair looking out to the garden. The Doctors said that she was having a good day, and should be lucid.

"Hey mom." he said pulling a chair next to her.

His mother smiled widely and and said, "Oh, Hello Spencer."

The next few minutes were spent talking about the normal things. It seemed so natural and easy. Reid was glade to see that his mother was indeed on one of her good days. About half an hour later, though, something changed. Dania became silent and refused to look at Reid. This worried him. What was wrong.

"Spencer will you do something for me?" Her voice was soft.

"Yeah, sure, anything." He answered putting a hand on her's.

"Spencer...."

"Yes... Mom?"

"Please, I need you to help me...." There was a very long pause. "Help me kill myself...."

"What!?" Reid nearly shouted jumping out of his chair, and almost knocking it over.

"Spencer please... Sit down..." Reid listened to her, not sure why. "I'm misrable... Please I just want to die."

"No... no... This... Your... Sick... Dulusional..."

"No I'm not. Please you have to do this..."

"I can't... I wont... Your Dulusional... I'll go talk to the doctors... Its your meds... I'll fix it Mom..." Reid made to get up again.

"Don't.... Don't do that. Please." Again he listened to his mother.

"Why.. mom... how..."

"You don't need me anymore... My time has come."

"No it hasn't. Mom.... I still need you..." A tear escaped to his check.

Whipping it off Dania said, "Your grown up and I need to go. I know its a lot, Spencer, but I need this. I want to die."

She sounded so sure. She didn't seem to be delusional. But that was the only explanation.

"I...I need to go..." Reid said and jumped up. "I'll come see you tomorrow..." And with that he was gone. It was only a few moments until he was in his retail car. Amazingly he was able to hold off the tears until then.