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Chapter 29: Enter David Rossi

The next morning Derek and Spencer entered the bullpen to find Hotch and Section Chief Strauss talking to someone.

"Who are they talking to?" Derek asked sitting down at his desk.

Emily shrugged, "Have no clue."

Just then Hotch and the man exited Strauss' office.

"Everyone, this is David Rossi. He was one of the original founders of the BAU before retiring and now he's back to fill Gideon's spot. Dave this is Emily Prentiss, Derek Morgan, and Spencer Reid."

Rossi nodded. JJ walked out of her office and walked down the catwalk, "Conference room guys."

Derek sighed as he went to get Garcia. We just got back from a case. Rossi stared and Hotch chuckled.

"That was JJ, our media liaison," he explained.

"That's new."

Hotch nodded as they filed into the conference room, "Yup, a lot of things are new."

Derek entered the conference room with Garcia and after Hotch introduced her to Rossi, JJ began.

"Marlie Jackson, 24; Bridget Aurich, 32; Samantha Moss, 19. All three women went missing at the same time two days ago."

"Two days ago? Three women at the same time? That's pretty bold," Morgan said.

JJ nodded, "Yup."

Morgan frowned, "Clearly this unusb has a type."

Rossi shook his head, "I'm sorry but this looks like a clear missing person. What makes this a BAU case?"

"Several months prior, these same three women went missing for several days before they were found," JJ began explaining. "The police never knew if their attacker let them go or if they escaped. A year ago Emily Price, 19; Janice Michaels, 30 and Michaela Evans, 26 went missing exactly like these girls. And just like these girls, months before, they were kidnapped for several days before they were found. A year before that, three more girls went missing."

"Wow, a year? That's one hell of a cooling off period," Reid said.

Hotch nodded, "We have nine missing girls in three years. If he's not caught and soon, another three girls will go missing. Wheels up in thirty."

The team nodded and headed out.

"Morgan, can we stop at the house, please? I need to get my glasses. These contacts are irritating me."

Morgan nodded, "Sure, pretty boy."

{~CM~}

"Are we sure that these women didn't up and leave?" Prentiss asked as she leaned back in her seat.

"You really believe that? Nine women that just decided they wanted to leave all around the same time?" Morgan asked looking up from where he and Reid were playing cards.

Prentiss shrugged, "Not really, but it was just a thought."

"What do we know about these victims? Our current ones," Hotch asked.

"Sam Moss had just graduated from Burke High School and received a full scholarship to Vatterott College. She lived at home with her father, Steven, and younger brother, Joshua. Marlie Jackson lived alone and had just recently got a job working at Borsheims Jewelry Store," JJ said.

"And Bridget Aurich?" Rossi asked.

"Bridget is married to Timothy Aurich and they had a son who died three months ago due to cancer. The son was four. Bridge is unemployed but Tim works at Northwest CARSTAR Auto Body."

"One thing we do know is that this unsub has a pattern," Reid said winking at Morgan. "Each of the women is either in their teens, 20s or 30s. It's clear these ages are significant to him."

"Yeah, but why?" JJ asked. "Are you two playing Black Jack?"

Morgan grinned, "Yup. Alright pretty boy, whatcha got?"

Reid grinned, "You first."

Morgan chuckled as he laid down his cards, "Seventeen."

Reid grinned, "Twenty-one," he said putting down his.

Morgan grumbled, "You little cheat."

"Moi?"

"Morgan, he's from Vegas," Hotch chuckled.

Rossi stared at the pair and Reid glanced at him before shivering lightly. Morgan saw this but said nothing.

{~CM~}

"Welcome to Omaha, I'm Melanie Roberts, the detective in charge."

JJ nodded shaking her head, "Hello, I'm JJ; we spoke on the phone. These are SSA's Hotch, Morgan, Rossi, Dr. Reid, and Prentiss."

Detective Roberts nodded and showed them where to set up. Roberts looked at Reid, "You seem a little young to have gone to medical school."

Reid smiled, "There are PhD's. Three of them."

Rossi chuckled "What are you a genius or something?"

"Well, I do have an IQ of 187, and eidetic memory and can read 20,000 words per minute."

"Reid," Morgan chuckled. "Yes, he's a genius."

"Detective, what can you tell us about this case? Prentiss asked.

Roberts shrugged, "Several months ago we got several reports of these women missing."

"Who reported them missing?"

"Steven Moss came in about Samantha, Tim Aurich came in about his wife, Bridget, and Marlie's neighbor, Elaine came in. A week later, one of the officers spotted all three women walking by the park. He brought them in, and they were shaken up, but seemingly unharmed."

"Did they say what happened?" JJ asked.

Roberts shook her head, "No. They refused to talk about it."

"And that didn't strike you as strange?" Morgan asked.

"Of course I did, especially when they gave no information on their attacker."

"Reid, what are the statistics of survival?" Morgan asked.

"Victims who are abducted by a known offender are often killed within the first 72 hours. Victims who have been abducted by the same offender more than once whether known or unknown are often killed within the first 48."

"Which gives us 48 hours to find these women," Hotch said.

"Prentiss and I will talk to the Moss family," Morgan said.

"I'll stay behind and work on the geographical profile," Reid offered.

Hotch nodded, "Good. Rossi, why don't you and JJ check out Marlie Jackson's place and talk to the neighbor. I'm going to talk to Tim Aurich."

{~CM~}

Half hour later the team all met back at the station. Hotch rubbed his forehead.

"So these women where all seen leaving the house but never seen returning. There's got to be a middle ground somewhere where they're all being snatched."

Reid frowned, "The first time they were kidnapped they were taken from their homes. Wouldn't he do that this time?"

Morgan shook his head, "Nah that would be too risky."

"Okay, we know the unsub did something to these women," Prentiss said. "Moss talked about closed off Samantha had become. He said she stopped talking, stopped going to school, and even put on weight."

Reid frowned again thinking.

"So what do think he did to them?" Roberts asked.

Rossi shrugged, "It could be a number of things."

"Detective Roberts, "An officer said poking her head in, "We found Bridget Aurich's car."

"Where?" Roberts asked.

"Highway Six."

"Reid, Rossi, go with the detective," Hotch said.

"Let's go kid," Rossi said patting his shoulder.

Reid tried not to visibly flinch as he followed Rossi and the detective.

{~CM~}

"It looks like she had some kind of car trouble," Roberts said.

Rossi nodded and reached a gloved hand and turned the ignition which failed to catch, "Yeah, a dead battery."

Rossi noticed the cell phone on the floor and picked it up going through the calls, "So she has a dead battery and immediately calls for a tow, but it never comes. Why?"

"Call probably dropped. This highway is not the best in terms of cell reception," The officer explained.

"Hey guys?" Reid called picking something off the ground.

"What is it kid?"

"A syringe. Clearly our unsub didn't want her to escape."

Reid niffed the syringe as he bagged it, "Chloroform?"

"Agent?" Roberts questioned.

"He injected chloroform into her body."

{~CM~}

"Alright kid, we get it, enough already" Rossi groaned as they headed back into the station.

Morgan looked up, "What's going on pretty boy?"

"Bridget Aurich was injected with Chloroform."

"How come?" JJ asked.

"We know he didn't want her to escape. It's a lot quicker than a cloth," Rossi said staring at Reid.

Reid shivered and gave a tiny whimper which didn't go unnoticed by Morgan. Reid shook his head.

"That's not entirely true. It works at the same rate but why choose injection? Everything this unsub does is for a-a reason," Reid said clenching his eyes tight.

Morgan saw this and knew this wasn't good, "Reid, come walk with me."

Reid whimpered and Morgan took his arm leading him out the room. Prentiss started to open her mouth to ask if he was okay but Hotch shook his head. Morgan continued to lead Reid until they were standing outside the police station. Morgan gathered his lover in his arms.

"Shh, baby, you're okay. You're safe. He can't hurt you," He continued to murmur until Reid calmed down.

Morgan lifted Reid's head, "Baby? Wanna tell me what happened?"

Reid stepped back and wrapped his arms around himself, "J-just…the way he kept staring at me a-and calling me kid, like Gideon."

Morgan nodded. He understood. He expected things to be a bit easier for Reid once he got back into the field, but that wasn't entirely the case.

"You want me to see if Hotch will let you sit this out?"

Reid shook his head, "No, I can do… Oh my gosh, that's it!"

Morgan frowned, "What?"

"He's getting them pregnant!"

TBC...