Everything I had
Chapter three
Watching
Entering Kat's apartment was like a scene out of a horror movie, "we have to check everything, be thorough and try to not touch anything." Hotch didn't need to remind his team after they had arrived and been informed of the situation, he knew that and yet something wasn't sitting right with him. Maybe it was because of Elle when she had been shot in her own home, she had nearly died and now he and his team were entering a crime scene and a teammates home…a friend's apartment.
Walking in they entered the kitchen and living room, Emily had tried to flip the light switch to get a better view even though it was daylight hours but nothing happened. Morgan had seen the blood on the couch first pacifically on the middle cushion, as he pulled his eyes away and the team made their way down the only hallway which led them to an empty bathroom and Kat's bedroom.
Every one of them had hesitated in the door way seeing the splattered blood on the walls and furniture, along with the pool of blood that stained her bed where the body lied. The bastard who had done this left the windows curtains pulled aside to give them a view they would never forget.
Later at the morgue Hotch and Rossi had gone alone leaving the remaining team members at the office waiting to find out if it was Kat's body. "From dental records you provided us we were able to rule out the fact the girl in there is Katherine Lopez. However the body does belong to a Melissa Lopez, her DNA was in the system."
The corners words shocked Hotch as he and Rossi shared an unspoken conversation on their drive back to the office, they were glad that it wasn't Kat of course they were but it had been her sister which meant that he knew Kat well enough to know that her family meant everything to her by going after her family it would have made it easy for her to go willingly with him…it also meant that he wasn't afraid to kill her…
If he had wanted her dead that would have been her body, but it wasn't he wanted our attention and now he had it.
"Hotch," it was Morgan who had approached them first as they entered the bullpen while Reid and Emily stood frozen waiting to hear the news. "The victim we found in Katherine's apartment, it was her sister Melissa Lopez." The shock was short lived as they set to work not one of them thinking of the victim they had, but the one that they were missing.
All of them were going over the possibilities waiting for the phone call that should be coming any minute, "damnit…" Reid's anger and fear was seeping through as he slammed his hands on the round table, it was Morgan's had the rested on his shoulder as he glanced up at him "we have nothing…no leads, no prints, we have a dead body and Kat is out there someone where-" his words had been cut off by his cell phone ringing in his pocket.
"Hello?" Reid answered without looking at the caller idea, "Sp-Spencer…" "Kat?" shock had him running his fingers through his hair as he looked around gaining everyone's attention. "Kat, where are you? Are you ok?" "She's ok, for now." A man's voice responded "Spencer tell me," he purred into the phone teasing him "do you love her?" "w-what?" his response made the unsub sigh.
"Tick tock, I don't have time for games Spencer, and quite frankly neither does our friend here. The clock is ticking so again tell me, do you love her?" "Y-yes." He responded with uncertainty clear in his voice, "good…now I'm going to tell you that her death will be slow and painful if my instructions are not followed. There is a package waiting for you at the front desk down stairs, now I don't need to remind you that no one else outside of the team hears of this correct?" "Oh and Spencer," he continued without letting Spencer speak "You won't be able to trace this call, Garcia should have figured that out about now…in another 3hours I will call back, I suggest that you gain something to go off of…with that board looking so empty, Kat wont made it to our next phone call…Tick tock."
The sound of the click as the unsub hung up left Spencer paralyzed, of course everyone had heard the phone call that's what using the speaker was for… "He can see us." He stated looking around him to only stop at the windows which had the blinds pulled up letting in the sunlight.
(Note: Yes I know another really short chapter, seems it may be a trend of mine now…an annoying one for you I'm sure ^^ anyway next chapter will be in your pro possibly longer but can't make any promises.)