Happy Spring to everyone! Even though the other day it was snowing... Here's Chapter Three anyway!


The BAU team was called to another crime scene. Hotch, Reid, Sarge and Raf went while the others stayed at the SRU. They four got to the scene; it was in Queen's Park again, but on the other side. Raf saw the body and forced his stomach not to regurgitate whatever was in his stomach. The vic was not only missing his legs, his torso was chopped up as well.

"He dumped the body in the park again," Raf pointed out. "Is he fixated on this park in particular?"

"That or it's the closest exit to him without anyone raising suspicion on him," Reid answered. Reid leaned into the body to look at the cuts. "These weren't made by a saw."

"What then?" Sarge asked.

"I think by an ax. And by the blows, a long-handled one at that."

Raf and Sarge suddenly felt sick to their stomachs when Reid said this. They kept themselves together.

"Why use a different weapon?" Raf asked.

"Either we're looking at a copycat," Hotch said, "or this kill was personal to the Unsub. He wanted this man to suffer more than the others. Let's find his ID so Garcia can run a background."

They were ready to leave, but Reid was standing there thinking, as usual. He looked at the victim and looked at the scene. All he could see were trees. He heard Raf ask 'why does he cut off their limbs? It can't be just the signature.' The gears in Reid's mind started turning faster and faster. He gasped quietly to himself then turned to the men.

"I know why he cuts their legs off," Reid said excited. "I'll tell you guys when we get back."

"You sure?" Sarge asked. "You're not going to forget now are you?"

"I have an eidetic memory, I never forget anything." Reid gently pushed them out of the way as he crawled in the back of the SUV. Sarge stared at him thinking how a kid like him could not have been another Bill Gates, but he was glad Reid was there with them. He had a feeling Reid just cracked the case. Before shutting the door Reid said, "We're ready to give the profile." He shut the door.

Hotch called Rossi and told him to get the officers of the jurisdiction and Team One to the SRU to be told the profile. Rossi told everyone what Hotch said and Winnie said she was able to do that. Eventually every cop in that jurisdiction was there and Hotch and the others with him got there following the officers. The BAU stood in front of the briefing room while the Toronto cops either sat in the chairs or stood up against the walls.

"We're looking for a white male between the ages of thirty and forty," Hotch started out like always when delivering a profile.

"He most likely lives alone and in seclusion," Rossi said. "Dismembering a leg is a messy job and he'd need a lot of space to do it so he probably has a dungeon to perform the deed."

"We believe that he suffers from Dendrophilia," Reid said. "It's a paraphilia where someone has a fetish for trees. They become sexually aroused by trees."

"Because of this philia," JJ said, "this is why he dumps the victims in parks. So when he visits the scene, he gets a sexual release."

"Also by putting them in the secluded parts of the park," Morgan said, "this tells us that he has a flaw of some sort that he's ashamed of. Real or imaginative, it's a big deal to this guy."

"Why does he cut their legs off?" Spike asked.

"We believes he's chopping trees down," Rossi said.

"That's why he leaves their legs there?"

"Yes. So we all should be looking at environmental groups, economy students."

"But if he thinks they're trees," Jules asked, "wouldn't he be removing his sexual outlet by killing them? If he loves trees I mean."

"These people probably mean someone or certain people to the Unsub, so by chopping their legs off," Morgan said, "he's saving the trees."

"He'll inject himself into the investigation if he hasn't already," Hotch said. "So look at witness statements and any other people that are associated with this case. Thank you."

Everyone left the room to find the Unsub.


Sorry that this took so SO long. I have been writing and my mom's been REALLY sick so I've been taking care of her. Thank you for you patience.