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"I could probably take two of you to the crime scene, they should be done processing by now." Horatio told the small group, following visiting the morgue.
"I could probably start interrogations." Morgan offered.
"That would be great. The four we have, have been sitting all day, they probably aren't to happy." Horatio agreed.
"I'll help out with that." Rossi said.
"Prentiss, come with us." Hotch said.
"Okay sir."
"Reid, you and JJ try to get some information on the suspects, call Garcia and see what she can dig up." Hotch told the remaining two.
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Horatio parked the Hummer outside the yellow tape before turning the engine off. The cop and two profilers put covers on their shoes before ducking under the tape. Calleigh and Walter were busy trying to dig bullets out of the next building. Horatio knocked on the steel door before ducking inside. Eric and Ryan were playing with lasers attached to foam dummies.
"What have we accomplished here gentlemen?" Horatio asked.
"We have the whole place fingerprinted." Eric said.
"And we can't agree on trajectory." Ryan added.
"Who are they?" Eric asked, gesturing to the agents.
"Agents Hotchner and Prentiss, FBI." Eric and Ryan exchanged glances.
"Why are they here?" Ryan asked.
"This is a Federal case."
"I smell conflict of interest." Eric said.
"What are you talking about?" Horatio asked.
"Come with us." Ryan said and led the group into the next part of the building. "We know that three to four children were kept in each of these little cubicles. One of these doors was left open, and Jack Hotchner, age 11 from Virginia opened the door."
"Will this be a conflict of interest?" Horatio turned to Aaron.
"I am not collecting evidence or interrogating." Hotch said.
"Look, I understand your situation but this case could fall apart."
"This isn't your case Lieutenant. You are working at this because I wanted to be polite." Hotch snapped.
"Fine. Mr. Wolfe, continue." Horatio deflected, he didn't want to start conflict.
"As I was saying. Jack discovers this door is open, and leads the others out. We have found his prints on all of the deadbolts in this hallway. They go into the main warehouse building, and move through the machines. The men in the office hear them, and come out." The two CSIs took them to the door.
"One man fired two rounds into the door." Eric said and stood by the first dummy. "Another man comes out, and shoots at the kids. Three are hit, and fall here, here and here." He walks around the blood pools.
"Jack finds his way along this wall." Ryan continued and squeezed into the small space between the wall and machines. "He finds this window and crawls out, his DNA is all over the place."
"He gets outside," The group walked out into the gravel. "And opens the door on the side. A small group of maybe seven or eight head West."
"Have we found any tire treads?" Horatio asked.
"One set. I looked them up, but the tires aren't factory issue. They probably belong to a van or truck, according to the wheel base." Eric said. Ryan found his way back out of the space and dusted himself off.
"Great job you two. Go back to the lab, have something to eat, take a break." Horatio smiled. He looked across the street, Calliegh and Walter had apparently finished and left.
"Thanks H," Eric smiled while walking to the AV Hummer.
"They did a wonderful job of putting that together," Emily said, "But we still have nine missing children."
"And who knows how many suspects," Hotch added.
"Let's get back to the lab, and see if we get anymore hits in CODIS, it will help a lot." Horatio said.
"Garcia might have something as well." Emily said.
"Who is that?" Horatio asked.
"Our Technical analyist." Hotch said.
"That will be a great help. We don't have too much to go on right now."