See first chapter for disclaimer.
Jane, why were you at the crime scene this morning?" asked Cavanaugh
"It was on our way to work, so I told Maura I'd go with her so she wouldn't have to back-track."
"I thought the driving restriction was only 24 hours."
"It is, but I was dizzy when were getting ready to leave, so Maura wouldn't let me drive."
"Jane, you shouldn't be here if you're not a hundred percent."
"Sean, I haven't been a hundred percent since October. I can't just sit at home, twiddling my thumbs for the next year or so." Jane sighed, "I need to be here."
"I know, Jane. Just stay out of the field for real from now on. Or at least have a uni drive you here if Dr. Isles has to go."
"Got it, Lieu," Jane said, leaving his office, heading for her desk. She took the pain killers Maura told her to, before getting back to reviewing the case files. A few hours later, Jane still had nothing, and took a break. She decided to head down and check on her wife, so she took the elevator to the morgue. "Hey, Maura," she said walking into her wife's office.
"Jane, I was just finishing up the latest report."
"I figured as much. But I am here for a different reason."
"And what reason is that?" Maura asked.
"This," Jane said, leaning down and getting a kiss.
"That's a very good reason, Jane," Maura said, wrapping her arms around her wife's waist and kissing her again. "How's your headache?"
"Much better. Your kisses fix everything."
"Well, not everything," said Maura, pulling away and looking very disappointed.
"Hey, Maur, sweetie, I'm ok." Jane pulled her back into another hug. "I will be fine. We will get through this. I know you are rational and logical, but I have faith in you, and the other doctors, and we will beat this." Using one hand, she brushed the tears from Maura's face, keeping her pressed close with the other. She leaned in and kissed her wife again. And again. And again, before finally pulling away. "I should probably go upstairs before I start something I can't finish right now. Do you have more work to do?"
"Yes, I have another report to finalize, and several others to review."
"Ok. Oh, can you make me another copy of that report?" Jane asked, pointing to that of the latest victim. "I want to give the FBI guys a copy."
"Of course, just give me a minute." Maura grabbed the report, and left her office for the copy machine in the lab.
While she was gone, Jane pulled out her pack of sticky notes and began writing "I LOVE YOU" on several of them, hiding them around her desk, with one in plain view in the middle of Maura's computer monitor, just as Maura returned.
"Here you go, Jane."
"Thanks Maur," she said, leaving the office, as Maura grabbed her hand.
"Jane, you need to eat."
"I know. I'm ordering food as soon as I check that the BAU will eat anything. Should be here in about forty-five minutes, so come upstairs when you finish. Jane tried to pull away, but Maura held on, giving her a final kiss and letting go.
"I love you, Jane.
"I love you too, Maura. See you in a bit." Jane headed back upstairs, dropping off one copy of the report before heading into the conference room the BAU was set-up in.
"Why would he become more violent with the last victim? I didn't see any other signs of escalation," said Seaver as she and Rossi walked back into the conference room in the Boston Police Station.
"It could just have been an accident. But he might like it," said Rossi. "Unfortunately we won't know anything unless another body shows up."
"Great. Well, I guess we should start with the other autopsy reports."
"Hopefully the crime scenes have more to tell us," Rossi said, picking up a report.
About an hour later, Rossi and Seaver have a few similarities written on the board when the rest of the BAU walked in. "Our scenes were a bust," said Morgan. "Everything had already been cleaned up since they were the first ones."
"Yeah, there wasn't much to get at our crime scenes, either," said Hotch.
"But they were all located in a one mile radius," said Reid, who was placing a map on the other board in the room. "Do you have the other crime scene locations?" he asked, and Morgan handed him two pieces of paper with the addresses on them.
"Weird. The first two locations are closer together than the others," said Seaver.
"What about the locations from which the men went missing?" asked JJ.
"Check the files, said Hotch, as Reid continued making marks on the map.
"All but the last victim has a 'last seen' location said Reid.
"Ok, I'll ask a Detective," said Rossi, leaving the conference room and nearly running into Korsak. "Vince, it's been a while."
"Yeah, Dave, it has. How's life been treating you back at the BAU?"
"It's been good. Do you know where the latest victim was last seen?"
"No, sorry. We don't even have a positive ID on him yet. Dr. Isles is running his DNA though, but it might be tomorrow before we get anything."
"Ok, let me know when you know something."
"Got it, Dave. Now go back to work before you get me in trouble," Korsak said, smiling as Rossi walked back into the conference room.
"Friend of yours?" asked Hotch.
"Yeah, we met in Vietnam forty years ago. We usually meet up every few years, for a variety of reasons. Vince said they don't have an ID on the latest victim, so they don't have anything to give us yet."
"Yeah, but that means we're stuck on the victim profiles for now," said Morgan.
"Yeah, but we've got more than enough information on the first four victims to sort through," said Hotch grabbing the financial records of two victims, giving a file to JJ. "Dig in," he said to the rest of the team.
The BAU continued looking through files on the first four victims for a couple more hours until there was a knock on the door. "I have a copy of the last autopsy report for you," Jane said. "And before you ask, the DNA on the victim isn't back yet, and you won't get anything from Maura until she is certain that the info she gives is correct. We also checked the missing person's reports, but nothing matching our guy's description has been reported for the last week."
Thank you Detective," said Hotch, taking the file from her.
"Yeah, no problem. You guys have any food allergies or vegetarians?"
"No, we'll all basically eat anything," said Morgan, "why?"
"I ordered a bunch of pizzas. Should be here in about half an hour if you wanna take a break."
"You're my new best friend, Detective," said Morgan, making JJ, Reid, and Jane laugh.
"If you say so," said Jane, leaving the conference room and heading back to her desk.