A/N Again, I do not own Criminal Minds

Thanks again to all who read and reviewed

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The sheriff looked flabbergasted by the call he had just received. Brookdale, that had never had a murder, suddenly had two in one night. Kyle was at a loss. He turned and looked at Reid with an expression that said "help, please tell me what to do."

Reid felt sorry for the sheriff; he definitely knew how it felt to be out of your depth and he would help any way he could. "Okay, this scene needs to be processed and I will have to go get what I need to do that." Your deputy, he pointed to the young one, not knowing his name, will have to stay here and guard the scene until I return.

"Cory Campbell," the young man provided.

Reid nodded, "I'll have to get swabs and that sort of thing sheriff. Do you have those on hand?" Kyle shook his head. "Is there a hospital in town where I can get swabs and things? I'll also need a good camera with a variety of lenses."

Kyle nodded and got on his cell to make arrangements for Reid to get what he needed. While Kyle was on the phone Reid told Roy that he and Kyle should go to the new murder site and secure the scene. He would join them as soon as he was done processing this scene. Roy nodded in agreement. He wasn't about to argue with anything this guy had to say.

As Kyle got off the phone, he said, "The hospital is waiting for you. The administrator has given instructions that you are to have anything you need. Mike Williams is going to open his store up on Main Street so you can go in and choose the camera of your choice. Is there anything else you need?"

"I think I'll manage sheriff. If I find I need anything else, I'll let you know."

Roy and Kyle dropped Reid off at the motel so he could get his vehicle and gave him directions to the hospital and the camera shop and then they headed off to the second crime scene.

The second crime scene was the parking lot of the local high school. The victim was Jeff Clisby, who was the school's history teacher. Standing next to the body was volunteer Deputy Dave Wagner, who had been called in to do patrol while the others were busy at the crime scene. Dave was relieved when he saw Kyle and Roy pull into the parking lot. "Boy am I glad to see you guys. I've never seen anything like this and to tell you the truth, it freaks me out."

Looking at the body, Kyle could see why. It appeared that Jeff had been stabbed much the same way Val had. The only difference was that where Val had been cut up vaginally, Jeff had been castrated.

"Holy shit," Roy said at the sight of the man's castration. "I hope that was done after death."

Kyle couldn't help but agree with that sentiment. He looked very grim as he took in, for the second time that night, the awful thing that had been done to someone he knew from church, school and community activities. What the hell was going on in his town? Had a monster suddenly been awakened? Kyle sent Dave to get some crime scene tape so they could cordon off the area as Agent Reid had suggested. At least there was one thing he could be glad about. He had someone in town that was used to this sort of thing and knew what to do. Wow, how could someone get used to this sort of thing, Kyle thought, with new respect for his young colleague. He hoped that Agent Reid didn't take too long, it was going to start getting light soon and he hoped to have the bodies removed before people started coming out of their homes to begin a new day.

Reid had arrived back at the first scene loaded down with the equipment needed to process the scene. Cory seemed glad to see him. His look said there was something creepy about standing around in the dead of night guarding a body. Reid went about the job at hand taking pictures from, Cory thought, every imaginable angle. Next he put little number markers by what seemed like every single blood drop and took pictures of them too. He then started taking swab after swab from all the blood that was there, and intently marking every sample. Cory didn't understand why he had to take so many. Reid was very patient in explaining everything to Cory and Cory had to admit, the dude knew what he was talking about. Next he took, what looked to Cory, like postal tape and put it on all different areas of Val's clothes. He explained it was in case hairs or fibers were transferred from the un sub to the victim. He said it was known as Locard's exchange principle. Dr Edmund Locard was the director of the first crime lab in France in the early 20th century, Reid informed Cory. Where did this guy come up with this stuff Cory thought? Reid finally came to the collection that he was afraid Cory would buck at.

He stopped at the place where, he assumed it was Cory, had vomited. "Cory", he said, "Did you do this?" Cory looked at him, bowed his head and nodded. "That's okay I puked my first time out too. It happens all the time, but since it's at the crime scene, I have to take a sample of it and your DNA as well. Nothing will happen; they just have to know for sure where it came from." He took the sample and then approached Cory with a swab, got him to open his mouth and swabbed his cheek. The ME had shown up and released the body a short time ago and had now headed off to the second scene. Since Reid had finished with his collections, they were ready for the body to be removed and Reid could go to the second scene as well.

When Dr. Mitch Franklin arrived at the school parking lot, the sun was just beginning to rise. He greeted Kyle, Roy and Dave with a somber hello. "Well this is a night I hope I never see again guys. I just left Val and released her body, met your FBI guy, seems quite knowledgeable about, well everything. He was collecting all the samples and Cory seemed fascinated by him. He said to tell you to hang tough, he should be here soon." He examined the body and concluded that, just like the other body, death was due to exsanguination, and had occurred about four hours ago since this body too, was in full rigor. They would be able to tell more closely when the autopsy was done. He told them the body could be released when Agent Reid was finished with his collections and pictures, and then he was gone.

Reid arrived shortly after with Cory. He looked at the body. He noted the same kind of wounds inflicted however, this time the victim had put up a fight and had defensive wounds on his hands. "There is the same medium velocity spatter as at the first scene and the arterial spurt. This victim has defensive wounds and that leaves us with the possibility that the attacker was injured in some way so I must pay very close attention to the blood collection because if we even get one drop from the attacker, we can get DNA, he told the officers. Reid noted the castration and said that went along with the vaginal cutting on Valerie Simms. He started taking pictures and making his forensic collections. When he was done, he saw the body off with instructions for it along with the other body to be taken to Quantico for autopsy.

The group returned to the sheriff's office and Kyle wondered what he should do now. Reid suggested they try and discover each victim's movements from the previous evening. "While you're doing that," he said, "I have a phone call to make."