"Hey y'all sorry it took so long for me to update i've been really busy! Finally this chapter is here."
The team had just given the profile to the officers of the New York police department; White male, thirty to forty, steady job, has suffered a traumatic experience, will have a clinical anxiety disorder but it won't be evident in his behavior. All the profilers could only hope that they would find this guy before there were anymore victims, but they all knew that another victim was the piece of the puzzle they needed right now.
"Nice one figuring out that Unsub, kid." Morgan said passing by Reid.
"Thanks." The young doctor replied looking down at his shoes. He should feel satisfied, happy even they'd orchestrated a profile using his theory of no-emotion syndrome and were now one step closer to catching the Unsub. But Spencer couldn't seem to shake this feeling; it was something about this case that just felt wrong. He had some sort of hunch that this one would not end well. Now normally Spencer Reid would scoff at the idea of a hunch or a bad feeling but he just couldn't bring himself to think that now.
"Reid, can I talk to you for a minute?" He turned around to see Hotch standing behind him.
"Yeah, of course." Spencer answered following his boss to their empty case room. Spencer stood there awkwardly not knowing what to expect.
"Reid I'm proud of you for cracking that profile." Hotch started.
"But it wasn't just-" Spencer started but was cut off.
"Yes, it was." Hotch continued "But is something wrong?" He asked.
"No, why would you say that?" Reid said trying to avoid the subject.
"You don't think we see it? You've been lost in your thoughts this entire case, poring over the files. What's wrong?" The older agent said concerned.
"It's just." Reid started. "I have a bad feeling about this. Have you ever just- had a sense that something wasn't going to end well?"
"Look Reid, we all have those cases but I need your head in this right now. You're an important asset to this team and without you I can guarantee that this will not end well." Hotch said calmly. The men just stood for a minute or two, in silent agreement. Then Hotch walked past Spencer and out the door and as he did said,
"You did good."
Spencer just stood there not really knowing what to do he was a little shocked. He thought about Hotch's kind insight and smiled a little.
X X X
I walked the streets that night with purpose; I needed to send a little message to the FBI. So far, their little investigation had been going well from what I could tell on television but they were still far off. Nowhere near catching me, in fact they still figured I was a male in his thirties to forties it was quite laughable. They thought their profile was their strongest weapon but it was weak at best. So that's why I decided I'd give them a little clue, and then maybe they would have a chance at finding me. Ah, here's the perfect victim, how those little profilers will delight in this. Hopefully for them they're smart enough to figure this one out…
X X X
"Guys, we've got a new victim." JJ said stepping to the front of the room to grab all her colleagues' attention. "Her name was Lauren Baker she's 27, her body was found down an alley way, throat slashed just like all the other victims." she held up pictures of the crime scene.
"What's that on the body?" Spencer pointed out with his pen.
"This is what had the police confused, they found this not on the body. It says; isn't there something missing?" Jennifer replied.
"Something's missing. What does he mean by that?" Gideon pondered.
"It could mean he's missing something, like he's not getting the reaction he wants?" Elle wondered.
"I think he's talking to us, saying that we're missing something." Spencer stated.
"How do you figure?' Morgan asked.
"Look, how close are we to finding this guy, not very I'd say. So maybe it means that we're missing something." Spencer said, explaining his thinking.
"But what are we missing?" Hotch asked.
"Sorry this is so short, i wanted to get an update out. A short update is better than none at all right? The next one is going to be longer, i promise."