Chapter 2

Westfield House, Virginia

The team headed over to the Westfield House, if they were to find out anything about the unsub it would be there. The body was long since removed but everything else was the same. Blood was smeared across the living room floor as if he had been dragged and there was also blood spray on the wall. The amount of blood and the fact that he was stabbed repeatedly could suggest the unsub was suffering from rage when he killed the victim. JJ looked at the family hanging above the fireplace, "There were such a beautiful family."

After gathering as much information as they could from the crime scene they headed back to headquarters to start to compile their profile for the police. It was late and Hotch could tell the rest of the team was hungry and probably just as exhausted as he was, "Alright guys why don't we break for the night and pick this up in the morning."

"Sounds good I'm starving," Morgan said shutting the folder.

Hotch grabbed something to eat and then headed over to the hospital. He wanted to see Emily before he called it a night, he just hoped she was still awake. When he walked in he noticed her eyes were closed and he stood and watched her for a minute before kissing her forehead. He planned to just let he sleep but her eyes fluttered open.

"Mmmm, Hotch?"

"Yeah it's me sweetie. I'm sorry to wake you, I just wanted to see you before I called it a night."

"I missed you too," she said sitting up as he propped up the pillow behind her so she would be more comfortable.

"How did the case go?"

"We haven't got any leads so far."

"Tell me about it, maybe I can help."

He filled her in on the case as he reached down and took her small hand in his. "Sounds like an interesting one. I wish I could be there with you guys catching the bad guys is always better than laying here doing nothing."

"Your not doing nothing, your recovering and you'll be back before you know it," he assured her.

Marcs Home, Virginia

They were called to a scene only a few hours later. Hotch hadn't even gotten a full hour of sleep yet when he got the call stating they had a second victim. They stood around a second living room that looked much like the first one had. The floor smeared with the blood of another man.

"Jonathan Marcs, twenty-eight years old he was a physical trainer. He lived with his girlfriend of eight years Amelia Johnson who worked as a waitress. The girlfriend was reported missing just like our first case," JJ said filling everyone in.

"Looks like he was hit from behind," Morgan said looking down at the body.

"A way to overcome a more powerful man," Hotch replied.

"The victim is African American just like the first victim while his girlfriend is caucasian. This could mean the unsub has a problem with mixed race couples," Reid said.

"Maybe he's delusional and thought he was helping the females by removing them from their mates?"

"It's possible," Hotch replied.

On the way back to headquarters they called Garcia to have her run a check on the two victims to see if their was any connections. "Look's like our two vic's go to the same gym. Jonathan Marcs worked there and Micheal Westfield went there everyday. They were both there the day before they died and their wife/girlfriend went missing."

"Garcia can you run checks on all the African American males who belong or work at the gym, specifically any who are dating or married to anyone of another race."

"I'm on it bossman."

"Our unsub is most likely a male between the ages of 20-30, probably delusional and suffers from bouts of extreme rage," Hotch said.

"He fits into a crowd well and is able to befriend the people he gets close to before he kills them. Kidnapping the women and child could be that he wants to protect them, he thinks he's helping them."

"The unsub seems to go after African American males who choose caucasian counterparts."

"Jealousy could be part of the motive as well," Rossi chimed in from the other side of the table. "Maybe in order for us to get into our unsubs mind better and figure out how he chooses his victims we should send Derek and JJ undercover. We could have them join the gym and do the same things our victims have done to see if he takes the bait."

"No, no way we are not putting our agents lives on the line," Hotch said remembering how he had almost lost Emily on their last case. He didn't want anyone else to get hurt.

"This unsub is very hard to figure out and maybe doing this might be our only way of catching him," Reid said.

Just then Garcia came in with a list of 25-30 names on it, "Sorry I couldn't really narrow it down much further." She sat down next to Morgan and listened as Reid filled her in on what she missed while she was in her office. "Sir no offence but I don't think it's a good idea to send JJ undercover, she has a young son and needs to be home to take care of him. What would my godson do without his momma. If you need someone I can do it."

"I still need to think about this guys but I'll let you know. Why don't we take a break for lunch and meet back here in an hour and a half."