A/N: So guys! here it is third chapter...took me long sorry about that, I had a writer block. Hope you like it and review please :DDD
A/N2: Sorry for the grammar any mistake is mine and it´s like 5:00 am here but I really wanted to update so yeah now go read.
Chapter III:
Rossi, Morgan and Emily were at the latest crime scene, looking the body of a young woman that in some point enjoyed life. Emily bent down for a closer look at the body.
"Did you identify the body?" Emily said as she continued watching the lifeless body in front of her. The detective pulled a small notepad from the pocket of the shirt he was wearing.
"Yes, her name is Amanda Stan"
While the others were talking about the girl the brunette agent turned her attention to the body. Amanda held, so Emily could see, the same wounds as the last victims. There was only one difference. "Hey guys!" Call Prentiss. "No signs of strangulation" her confused gaze was reflected in the faces of the others agents.
"So this guy not only left her in a different place, but also, changed the way how he killed her!" Morgan said placing his hands on his head.
Rossi began scanning the place. It was a small park, not far he could see houses and shops. The place itself was so different from the others.
"I'll call Hotch to tell him the new discovery" The agent back away a few yards to make the call. Emily, who was still examining the body, noticed something that caught her attention.
"What is this?" She whispered to no one in particular. With her gloves, she began to move part of the jacket that Amanda was wearing. Carefully she took what had caught her attention and showed it to Derek.
"Hey Morgan" Derek turned to his friend.
"You gotta be kidding me" Both agents watched the object with curiosity and some hope.
"Hopefully this is real. Come, we need to tell Rossi and then head back to the station. "Emily got up and started walking with her
friend."Please let it be real" she thought.
At the station:
Reid and JJ were immersed in their own thoughts. The room we had was completely silent; the only sounds to be heard were papers and pencils moving.
JJ watched the letters in front of her. However she looked nothing connected them, they weren't words and Garcia had already searched if they were initials for something. "Come on Jareau there must be something meaningful about them. But what is it? "She Thought.
"Ok let's see" JJ said rising from her seat. "I have an S, W, and V" the more she looked, the more she thought the answer was hitting her right in the face.
"JJ can you tell me the addresses of the victims´ homes?" The Genius´ sudden question took the blonde by surprise.
"Um ... yes wait a second, I left them here," She said as while lifted a few files. "Here!" Just when Reid had the paper in his hand, quickly and without warning, JJ snatched it back.
"Oh My Gosh! " She exclaimed and brought the paper to her face as if trying to see more clearly. "How didn't I notice it before?"And went to the blackboard where the letters were. Looking down at the paper with the names and addresses of each women, she turned and saw a puzzled Reid.
"What?" He asked.
"The letters are the initials of their last names!" She said pointing at them.
"Why didn't we see it before?"Spencer asked.
"We were so focused on the idea that the letters were some kind of word, that we ignore the obvious." JJ said.
The young genius approached the letters and taking one he began to turn in his hands. The continuous movement of the paper made it start to separate and Reid stopped.
"What are you thinking?" Wonder JJ.
Reid took the letter with his hands and continued to spread the rest of the paper. Once fully separated, Spencer and JJ looked briefly at each other and nodded, understanding what they had to do with the other two remaining letters.
When the other letters were already separated, the two agents returned to the board. Reid immediately left the room and returned a few minutes later with a stack of newspapers and they started to read.
"Found it!" Reid said something that did not surprise the former liaison. "It's the same story with which he made the letter"
"I have another" JJ got up this time to verify it was the same article that the one from the other letter. "So this is how he found them"
"Let's find the last one" And with that they went back to work.
"Ok Dave see you guys soon" After hanging Hotch went back to the room where JJ and Reid were. "The others discovered something that could help us find the UnSub" He informed them. "They said they'd be here in a few minutes to give us more details. Meanwhile, Reid got something? "
"The truth is that, I think I have the UnSub's comfort zone." Reid took some markers and traced some lines on the map and, he then put over it a transparent map and redrew lines. "According to the places where the victims were left, including the last one and where they lived, I calculate that this part of the city is his comfort zone." He said pointing to the map.
"Well now we have a place to focus on. What about the letters? "Hotch continued.
"We found something quite interesting about that" this time it was JJ who rose from her seat and went to the blackboard where the letters were stuck with articles of the local newspaper.
"What's that?" Hotch asked in his always serious tone.
"We realize that each letter is the initial of each victim´s last name. We also discovered that they were made of newspaper articles in which these women are mentioned.
"So there is a connection" The chief's face softened somewhat because of the news.
"And that's not all" the blonde said as she took her cell phone and pressed speed dial.
"Lair of supreme wisdom, how can I help you mortal?" Was the answer that was heard across the cell.
"Penelope Hotch is here. Tell him what you said to us"
"Ok my little blond and hello boss man. Okay, thanks to the discovery of the youngest agents, I was able to find that all three victims do have something in common."The silence was present in the room.
"What is it Garcia?" Hotch finished asking.
"I thought you´ll never ask" was the response from the technical analyst. Everyone smiled" All were part of groups defending women´s rights."
Just then the rest of the BAU team entered the temporary conference room.
"We found something that could help us identify the murderer" Morgan said not noticing that Garcia was on the phone.
"Hello my chocolate Adonis" was heard in the room.
"Hey mama, did you find anything?"
"Yes. But because you were late I'll let others tell you what it is. Do you need anything else?" Everyone laughed at the comment from the always optimistic blonde. Her joy was what always helped them relax, if only for a few seconds.
"The truth is there is something" Emily said, still smiling.
"Tell my female 007"
"We found a card in the jacket of the latest victim."Prentiss pulled a piece of paper from her pocket and told her the cell phone number.
"Argh damn it! The number is a disposable cell so I cannot track it. What I could do is... "All agents were expecting to hear whatever Garcia had to say. The profilers had long ago learned not to underestimate her skills. "Ok I have the triangulation of the last place where the phone was used."
"Send it to Reid" Hotch ordered.
"I have it" said the genius and approached the map. "It is within the area" he said.
"Okay listen" Hotch said returning the attention to him. "We have an UnSub that is escalating too fast. The change of MO in the last victim proves it. "He said repeating information to those who didn´t know the last part" And now we know how he picks his victims and the connection between them." Aaron explained to the other tree agents, what Reid and JJ had found.
"I see," said Rossi who was next to Hotch.
"That's why we do not know whether this pattern will continue or will change again." The six of them had concerned faces and they were even more notorious because of their tired eyes.
"We need to rest to be at our best." The unit chief said looking at his team. "So we´ll call it a day and we´ll go to the hotel to eat and get some sleep and tomorrow we will go to the different groups to which the victims belonged." Everyone nodded and said nothing. The truth was that they preferred to stay and continue the investigation, but they knew that Hotch´s words were true.
"Hotch" JJ said looking a bit worried "Do you think we should give a press conference to warn about this?"
He thought a moment about it until Rossi spoke.
"I think we should. But first let's see what the rest of the members of these groups have to say." Hotch nodded and then turned to Garcia, who was still on the phone.
"Garcia send us the addresses to our phones tomorrow morning, okay?"
"Oki doki, goodbye my crime fighters" she said before hanging up. The rest of the BAU team headed to their SUVs and headed to the hotel.
Hotel:
For their bad luck the hotel was nearly full and they were left with only four rooms.
"How comes JJ, Emily, Reid and I have to share rooms but you and Hotch have rooms for yourself" Morgan complained looking at Rossi.
"Hotch is the boss and I'm a famous author" was the response he received from Rossi as he walked away laughing along with Aaron.
"Get over it Morgan" JJ said.
"I´ll trade places with Reid but you know that we can´t" Emily said as she gave him a pat on the back.
"Yeah right" Derek grumbled.
Once in their room JJ and Emily did not delay in accommodating. Emily left her things beside the bed closest to the bathroom and JJ took the one facing the window. For both agents it was normal to end up in the same room during the cases, even in times when each agent could be in their own room, they preferred to share.
Emily often thought that the reason that led them to choose a room for two was the closeness they had. Morgan and Reid were as close as they, but the difference was that they were men and needed space, or the simple reason that Reid couldn´t sleep because of Morgan´s snorings, which he denies completely.
The truth was that both women felt very comfortable with each other. Emily remembered that JJ once had confessed that she felt safer with her. She said that, it was like when she was little and used to sneak out of her room in the middle of the night to sleep with her sister. This comparison made her heart quiver and filled with love for the blonde but of course, that was before JJ went to work at the Pentagon and before the entire Doyle thing.
JJ was a great support in what followed. During her recovery, both physical and mental, Jennifer was always with her. She lied to her loved ones just to keep her safe. Knowing that Hotch was with her in those moments made her feel better.
"Hey Emily you mind if I take the bathroom first?" JJ asked her friend and got no response. She then turned around to see what was wrong. "Em you okay?" Said while stretching her arm to touch the shoulder of the brunette, making her jump a little and turn around.
"Um ... what were you saying?" Out of her stupor Emily blinked a few times trying to focus on the figure in front of her and not the bitter memories of her past.
"I asked if you were okay? And I think you are not." before her friend´s worried eyes Emily shook her head and smiled.
"No no, I'm fine don´t worry" She replied as she took her by the shoulders and both sat on their beds ending face to face. "I just was remembering things and wondering".
"Things? Like what? "JJ asked still worried.
"Like ... why sharing a room doesn´t bother us or why we prefer to be together in one and I… also was remembering everything you did for me when I was out of the country "This time brown and blue eyes closed in a look.
"Em…the first is pretty easy and I think I have told you before. You're my friend, you and Garcia are my best friends and you ... you're like my sister. "JJ's eyes went to focus on the floor."There are times when I think that, if Sarah was still alive she would be just like you… you know, strong, stubborn, sympathetic and protective of her loved ones." The blonde turned and looked at her friend, then took both her hands in hers and gave them a squeeze. "And as for the last part, I would do it again without thinking Em."
"Thanks Jen" Emily said emotionally for her friend's words. "You have no idea how much it means to me what you just said"
"Anytime" and giving a final squeeze to her friend's hands JJ stood up. "I'm going to take a shower before going down to dinner with the others"
"Okay," Emily replied still sitting on her bed.
"Oh and Emily" JJ said standing in the doorway of the bathroom.
"Yeah" Emily said turning to look at her.
"You know ... you and Sarah are the only people who call me Jen" the blonde said smiling. "Just wanted to tell you that" and then she closed the door.
"Thanks ..." Emily whispered to herself also smiling.
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