Here's the Thing…
About five minutes later, Reid Hotch and I were walking up to the doors, of the Police Department. Hotch was the first one through, followed by me, and Reid was the last one. First thing I noticed was that all the officers were all rushing about. Second thing I noticed was that the chief seemed to be failing at gaining control of his people.
"Chief Cramer!" Hollered Hotch, getting the chief's attention.
"Agents. Sorry about the chaos, the unsub sent us this." He explained holding a note and picture.
Hotch took both from the chief while Reid and I both peeked over his shoulder. It was the same note and picture that Hotch had received earlier this morning.
"Why would he send one here?" Pondered Reid out loud.
"I don't know." Answered Hotch before turning to me. "Maddison, go to the conference room, and see if you can figure out where our unsub is staying." Hotch ordered me.
He started to order Reid to do something, but I left in a hurry to get away from all this chaos. I walked straight into the conference room, and went right to the boards. I started to study the map, and where each of the victims were abducted, and killed. While studying those, I started to make his comfort zone on the map as well. I took a step back, to see the fullness of the map when my cell started to ring.
"Conner." I stated in an unemotional voice.
"Maddie, Hotch wanted me to call and see what you had on the unsub's whereabouts." Stated the always cheerful Garcia.
"Okay well so far, I've got nothing. Each dump site is about thirty miles from each house." I stated, looking over the map. "Just tell him, right now it's no, but give me a few and I should have it." I answered.
"Okay well do. Stay safe." Garcia replied.
"Huh uh." I answered, hanging up my phone, and placing it in my pocket.
"Maddie, Hotch and I are going to talk to the victims family, to inform them. He says to stay here." Reid said, popping his head in the door.
"Yeah yeah." I answered still looking at the map.
I heard him say something else, before leaving. But it didn't really go through. It was one of those 'in one ear and out the other' kind of moments. Around nine, Morgan, Rossi, and Seaver walked into the room closing the door behind them. With in another minute or two, JJ walked in was well.
"It's pure chaos out there." Sighed JJ closing the door.
"Well of course it is. The unsub's gone off script." Replied Morgan.
"Where's Reid and Hotch?" Asked Rossi.
"Out talking to Abby's family." I answered still looking at the map.
"Don't know." Replied everyone else at the same time.
The others had started talking about the case more, when Hotch and Reid returned about ten minutes later.
"We're ready for a profile." Hotch stated, not bothering to walk all the way into the room.
We had the chief gather all his officers, saying we were ready. After everyone was sitting, I started us all off.
"Our unsub is in his mid twenty to early thirties."
"He's white, and extremely good looking." Continued Reid with out missing a beat.
"We're guessing he was dumped, or rejected by a girl that fit's the victimology." Morgan said next.
"He works for a good company, and gets paid well." Seaver added.
The profile went like this for a few minutes, each of us stated a sentence before the other cut in. After five to ten minutes of profile giving, we headed back to the conference room. While the others pored their selves cups of coffee, I went over to the mini fridge to see if they had caffeine or not. Which was a not. I cursed under my breathe for not remembering to grab my coke on the way out.
"I'm going out to get a coke." I announced, to the others as I grabbed a set of keys and heading for the door.
"Hurry back." Ordered Hotch.
I nodded my head, and walked out of the station and to the vehicles. I unlocked the door, and jumped in. I drove to a gas station, and pulled to a stop. I parked on the side of the building since the other parking spots were full. I pulled my wallet from my pocket and went inside. Once I had the coke in hand, I headed over to the casher.
"Is this all for you?" She asked as she scanned the bottle.
"Yup." I answered pulling the exact cash out. "Thanks." I said, grabbing my coke, and heading out.
I got back into the car, and drove back to the station. Once I pulled up, I saw Hotch standing out side with his arms folded across his chest.
"I hope you haven't been standing out here for the past ten minutes." I stated, as I handed him the keys again.
"I thought you said you were getting a coke." He said ignoring my joke.
To answer him, I held the coke up so he could see it clearly. Once back in the room, I sat down, and pulled a case file towards myself. For the next two hours, we worked in silence. Some time between noon and one, we decided to go out for lunch and give the case a break.
We all agreed on a family restaurant called Jims. Once we got seated and ordered our drinks, the waitress walked away, and we started to talk.