Reid's voice: "Someday, after mastering the winds, the waves, the tides and gravity, we shall harness for God the energies of love, and then, for a second time in the history of the world, man will have discovered fire."-Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
The rest of the team is seated on the jet but still on the ground.
Prentiss: Where's Reid?
Hotch: He said he was in Williamsburg. He should be here any time now.
J.J.: Williamsburg?
Morgan: His girlfriend lives there.
The whole team turns to Morgan in surprise. There are many questions on the tips of tongues but they are stilled right there when Reid boards the plane.
Reid: Hey guys.
The attention of his fellow agents turns to him.
J.J.: Hey Spence.
There is a smile on her face Reid can't quite place.
Reid: What's going on?
J.J.: We were just about to go over this case file.
Reid: You don't even have the files out yet.
Morgan: Sorry, kid. I told…my fault.
Reid: Great. Let the teasing begin.
Prentiss: No teasing…maybe an interrogation.
Reid: J.J., how about that case file?
J.J.: Okay then…we're headed to Northeastern Ohio and into Northwestern Pennsylvania.
Morgan: That's a lot of ground to cover. Why so spread out?
Hotch: Because someone did cover it. Over the past two weeks as the snow has thawed, there have been discoveries of body parts.
Rossi: Two weeks? Why are we just getting the call now?
J.J.: At first it was just in Ohio…local authorities were waiting for ID's on the victims. They still don't have all the bodies-or what they have found of them so far-identified but with the discoveries in Pennsylvania, this crossed state lines.
Prentiss: So how many victims are we looking at?
J.J.: That's still being determined. So far there have been pieces of at least seven distinct bodies but not all of the parts found have been sorted. They are all men, though.
Reid: Have any of them been identified?
J.J.: Four so far. Seth Bergen was only 16. He ran away from his home in Toledo. Police reports indicate he was hustling in Cleveland. Dylan Murphy age 20 from Youngstown. He went out for beer, just walking to the corner store and never came home. Bradley Simons age 19. He was also a street hustler in Cleveland. Gregory Thorsen age 17 from Garrettsville. He was walking home from his girlfriend's house.
Reid: Has a cause of death been established on any of the victims?
Hotch: Nothing so far. We're going to be spread pretty thin here. Morgan, Rossi, Prentiss-you three split up and head to the sites where discoveries were made. You'll be meeting with Ohio and Pennsylvania state police. Reid, the body parts are being gathered at a State Police outpost in Ohio. You go there and see what you can find out. Maybe you can give us a start on victimology. J.J., go to the outpost too and see what you can find out about media coverage as well as what kinds of things are coming into the tip lines. Run anything with any potential through Garcia. I'll be heading to Garrettsville to talk to the local police there.
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Reid and J.J. are driving to the State Police outpost.
J.J.: Morgan wasn't supposed to say anything, was he?
Reid: Hmmm? What was that?
J.J.: About…I don't even know her name but your girlfriend.
Reid: Maggie. Dr. Margaret James. I guess I never really told him not to tell. I really had intended to tell you all myself but, well…
J.J.: You were afraid of how we'd react?
Reid: Yeah.
J.J.: You know, Spence, we all love you very much. We just want to see you happy.
Reid: I am happy. I think maybe happier than I have ever been.
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Reid walks into the morgue to see a team working on matching body parts up to each other.
Reid: Dr. Spencer Reid, FBI.
The man who seems most in charge looks up.
Dr. Thompson: Harold Thompson, Medical Examiner. Where do you want to start?
Reid: How many confirmed victims are there?
Dr. Thompson: Nine. We just confirmed parts, for lack of a better description, of two more. No ID's of course.
Reid: Have you been able to piece together any complete bodies?
Dr. Thompson: Almost. That one there has everything but a head and that other one there is only missing a right arm.
Reid: Any indication of the cause of death?
Dr. Thompson: The least decomposed body is Greg Thorsen. We're only missing a couple of pieces of him as well, left leg and penis. We're still waiting for some toxicology and histology results but petechiae in the eyes indicate asphyxia.
Reid: His genitals are missing?
Dr. Thompson: No, just his penis. See for yourself, the scrotum is still intact.
Reid: Did any of the other victims have genitals removed at all?
Dr. Thompson: Some were removed but were found. Most weren't removed at all.
Reid: Were the men sexually assaulted?
Dr. Thompson: There is evidence of anal penetration. We've not found any semen present.