Hotch and Jack picked up Beth on a Friday night and drove to the movie theater in town. Jack had been pestering them to let him watch Disney's new film and Hotch finally had a free night, so he came home early and surprised Jack with three tickets and 10 dollars for popcorn.
"Do you want sweet or salted popcorn, Daddy?" Jack asked, playing with the ten-dollar note.
"I'm fine with either. I'll meet you after I park the car okay?"
Jack nodded.
"Okay. See you Daddy. I love you!"
"I love you too."
Jack bounced off the car and Hotch gave a quick peck to Beth.
"Love you three, Beth."
Beth smiled and pinched his nose.
The CCTV footage that was viewed later showed a black SUV pull into an empty parking spot before driving back out 2 minutes later.
Hotch never made it to the movie.
Two hours before Hotch went missing, Blake had left the office.
James had invited her to dinner at a fancy restaurant and she was pretty excited.
She put on her pretty blue dress and got her matching black pumps and a star necklace that James had given her in the beginning of their relationship.
After 15 minutes of waiting for Blake, a waiter passed a blue box to James. He grinned, thinking Blake had sent something to apologize for being late.
He opened the box and tagged to a shining star necklace was a note that read – Zugzwang.
Jennifer Jareau was eating at a café, waiting for Henry to finish his preschool activities. The café was quiet – most people were working at this time. She thought about calling Will, to tell him that she wanted to see him. She didn't know what to say, and her phone was dead, but it's been a while since they've talked, so she decided to call him anyway.
She gathered whatever coins she had and headed to the payphone.
"Hello?" Will said, coughing.
"You sound sick."
"Yeah. And this is Mr-?"
"Mr. Zugzwang."
"WILL!" shouts.
The phone line cuts – almost as if the man on the other line had waited for JJ to scream.
Rossi was in a quiet aisle of the supermarket, analyzing the different spaghettis they had on sale. He wasn't impressed. He needed to get tonight's meal exactly right, it was Strauss after all.
He paced up and down the aisle, before deciding he would make the hour drive to the little Italian shop up state. He put back the spaghetti jar on the shelf and headed towards the checkout.
Later, when Erin Strauss arrived at David Rossi's house, she would find the door unlocked and a single spaghetti jar on the dining table with the tag – Zugzwang's Spaghetti Sauce.
Derek Morgan had plans to hit the gym in the afternoon, but the gym at the headquarters were surprisingly locked up, so he decided to go to his local gym instead.
After a sweaty 2-hour workout, he headed for the shower.
At 11 o clock, the cleaner was clearing out the lockers and closing up the gym, only to find a single un-cleared locker. He opened it and there was a number tagged to the bag.
The 80-year-old man called the number.
"Oh my god, thank god you called me!" a shrill voice came.
"Hello madam, I think your boyfriend left his things at the gym."
"Oh. What did he leave behind?"
"Uh, he left a black duffle bag behind. I think the brand is Zugzwang."
Garcia swallowed, her voice caught in her throat.
ok i know this is a super short chapter but still.
ANYHOW. i watched certain prey (starring lola glaudini) and it's pretty good so go watch it online if you can :)
oh and reviews please:D i swear i'll find some way to put this gif on fanfiction