Chapter 2! Please read and review.

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Chapter 2

Sheriff Holke was waiting at the terminal for the BAU to get off their plane. Glancing at his watch, a habit he developed after having six children, a familiar voice chuckled at him.

"Timing us, Jared?" Looking up, he smiled.

"Aaron!" He enveloped his old friend in a hug. "It's been too long."

"It has." Hotch stepped aside. "This is my team. Agent David Rossi." Rossi waved.

"Agent Emily Prentiss." Emily shook his hand

"Nice to meet you." She greeted. Sheriff Holke held up a hand.

"The pleasure is mine."

"Agent Jennifer Jareau." J.J. shook his hand.

"Agent Derek Morgan." the dark skinned man walked up to him and smiled his pearly white smile and shook his hand.

"This is Dr. Spencer Reid."

Holke was surprised to see a young person walk up to him and shake his hand.

"Boy, you look no older than my oldest boy." Spencer smiled politely.

"Graduated high school when I was 12." Holke whistled.

"Well then, Doctor, nice to meet you. I look forward to working with you."

"And last but definitely not the least, our tech specialist, Penelope Garcia." Garcia squealed and took a picture of Holke. The flash threw him off for a second.

"Garcia." Hotch gave a monotonous warning. "What are you doing?"

"I'm gathering evidence that you had friends when you were younger." Garcia smiled up at him. Aaron couldn't help but smile at the perky agent.

"Thank you, Garcia." Hotch turned back to Holke. "I'm sorry about that, Jared. I would put her on a leash, but I don't think it would work. She would find a way to break out."

"Sticks and Stones, Hotch." Garcia sang.

"Are we being escorted to the sheriff's station?" Reid asked.

"No, I just wanted to meet you all before we delve into the case." Holke said as he walked with them. "Speaking of, you all had the chance of reading the file?"

"Yes," Emily stated. "I was wondering if all the women in this case were all raped?"

Holke nodded solemnly. "Yes, it is a very unfortunate thing. We may be a large town, but every time these girls come in, it is like the community comes together; it brings us closer in a way."

"Well, it is human instinct to comfort those who are hurt that are close to us because it hurts us." Rossi stated. "Is there a way we can talk to the victims?"

Holke nodded. "When I told my wife you were coming, she told her book club who told local churches who passed the word onto the ladies themselves."

"So, they are all waiting for us at the station?" Morgan asked with a smile.

Nodding, Sheriff Holke led them to their government issued cars; two black SUVs. Next to them was a large blue van.

Hotch pointed at it. "Is that yours?"

Holke nodded. "Yep, the wife wanted to take my mustang to work instead of this heavy duty one."

"Do you have a lot of kids, Sheriff Holke?" JJ asked.

"Six. Junior, Julie, Janice, Jordan, Joyce, and Joel. With another one on the way." Holke smiled as he thought of his kids.

"How do you pay for groceries?" Rossi joked.

"Some weeks I wonder the same thing."

Hotch looked at his friend. "How does Jackie do it?"

"Weight Watchers. Ah, but a woman who can put up with me and six others is a keeper." Holke laughed. He patted his midsection. "Of course, I think I need to join as well. I was a 28 when we were married; now I'm breaking 39."

The team jumped into the cars and drove behind Holke.

Reid turned to Garcia. "Pen?"

"Yes, my darling albino minx?" Reid blushed. He was glad that Morgan was not in the same car. As part of the agreement with Hotch, they were in separate cars wherever they were to go unless they going as a team to take down someone.

"Has Derek said anything about doing anything later this month?"

"Oh, yeah, your anniversary is at the end of this month, right?" JJ asked from behind the wheel.

"How long has it been for you two?" Rossi turned as much as he could in the front passenger seat.

"Two years." Reid smiled like an idiot; an idiot who was in love with the greatest guy ever.

"I'm so happy for you two, but no he hasn't told me anything." Garcia pursed her hot pink lips.

"Oh, because I'm starting to wonder if he forgot."

"What makes you say that?" JJ asked.

"Well there was the time he forgot that we had a date after a case and he left me at a gay bar all night."

"How did that go?" Garcia leered.

"I met a drag queen named Kiwi. He was nice enough to drive me home from the tattoo parlor."

"Tattoo parlor?" Came the response of all three people in the car.

Spencer blushed deeper. "Um, yeah. Tattoo parlor. "

Garcia hit him. "That's why you didn't want to jump in the pool at my pool party. Where is it? What is it?"

"On my chest. Above my right pectoral. It's a dog tag with Derek's name on it."

"Oh my god that's so CUTE!" Garcia squealed as she hugged Reid.

"I bet he has something planned for you." JJ assured.

Reid nodded and stared out the window. He could start to feel that this case would try everyone on the team as well as the town.

They arrived at the police station and a sea of press were there to meet them. As they got out of their cars, a porky brunette woman came up to them with a microphone and a camera.

"Sheriff Holke, what are you trying to do to end these kidnappings or are you turning a blind eye to the mothers who are suffering?"

Holke paused in front of the press woman. "Miss Pendive, don't you have someone's marriage that needs to be torn apart?"

Miss Pendive blinked rapidly. "Sheriff, are you accusing me of being a home wrecker?"

"Miss Pendive, I don't have to accuse you of anything. I have file cabinet of restraining orders against you in my office. Excuse me." Sheriff Holke pushed past the cameras and all the press people. Once they entered, they were overwhelmed by ringing phones and overlapping voices.

There were many women standing around the room. They looked scared and like they had been crying. The range of women were from older teens to mid thirties. When the women saw the team walk in, they immediately flooded towards them. An abundance of questions overlapped each other.

"Ladies," Holke held up his hands. "These agents just got in. Can we let them settle before we start? They will call on you when they are ready. Thank you."

The women nodded and went back to their seats. They began talking a bit more quietly as the team set up their station.

JJ walked to an empty cork board and started to pin up papers. "What is our plan of action?"

"If we can make a list of all the children missing in this case, and determine how old each of them would be now, that could help up a lot." Hotch offered.

"Do you want us to interview all the mothers?" Derek asked. "We could also find out who this rapist is."

"Is the rapist involved?" Emily asked.

"Maybe, he could have an accomplice." Rossi thought.

"This guy probably has power over this accomplice; like a father-figure for his accomplice." Reid though out loud. "Paul Bernardo had power over Karla Homolka when he committed his many claims she was so afraid he would kill her if she went to the police because of the tape of them raping and killing Tammy, her younger sister."

Garcia opened her laptop and started to type quickly on her keyboard. "Records show that DNA is gathered of the rapist-both from the rape and the child- but there are no matches anywhere in this town."

"Widen your search, see if there is anyone in the other towns who match the DNA." Hotch said to Garcia. A small voice was cleared and the team looked up.

"Excuse me, Uncle Jared?" the young woman asked. She was blonde and thin with a coat over herself.

"Melissa, I thought you were at Janie's funeral." Holke embraced. "Agents, this is my niece, Melissa."

"Are you one of the rape victims?" Rossi asked.

Melissa nodded. "I am. I was at Janie's funeral, but the parents asked me to leave. They think that I had something to do with her death."

"You aren't at fault." Holke comforted. "Melissa's baby was taken last week. The babysitter, Janie, was found dead in the nursery."

"That is the first time the unsub has shown violence above rape, right?" Emily asked.

Holke nodded. "Does it mean something?"

"It could mean that he felt threatened with Janie there, but the report implies that he would have raped Janie instead of killing her." Reid explained. "It could also mean that he is slowly getting out of control. Which in that case, we can catch him."

"How do you mean?" Melissa asked.

"When an unsub starts going out of control, they make more and more mistakes." Morgan stated. "When they get sloppy, they are more likely to be caught before anyone else can be hurt."

Melissa nodded. "I didn't want Tyler. I wanted to live a few years before I had a child, but Tyler was a happy accident. My uncle and his family have supported me though this ordeal."

"What about your own family? If you don't mind me asking." JJ asked.

"When I got pregnant, they kicked me out. It didn't matter that it was rape or not to them." Melissa sniffed. "They are extreme Catholics. Please find Tyler. He's only a baby."

Morgan came up to her. "We will. Do you have a picture we can use?" Melissa nodded and pulled out a small wallet size of Tyler. He wore a cowboy onesie and a happy smile. His bright blue eyes were very striking.

"He has his father's eyes." Melissa said. "During my rape I remember those eyes. Tyler has those eyes."

Morgan took the picture. "We will find Tyler. I can guarantee that." Melissa smiled and Sheriff Holke led her away.

"If you need anything, hollar." He said as he left.

"OK, Morgan, you and Rossi interview the victims. Try to get as much information as you can out of them. Reid, I want you and Garcia to figure out a pattern this unsub has. I need you find out what type of women does he like and how does he meet them. JJ, Emily and I will talk to the locals and see if they've seen a strange man lurking about." Hotch gave out orders. The team broke out into their groups and Reid was sifting through papers trying to find a pattern. A hand clapped down on his shoulder and he jumped. turning he saw it was his - as Garcia put it - chocolate sugar daddy. Reid blushed at the thought and Garcia gave him a knowing look as she typed away on the keyboard.

"I talk to Hotch and he said we can sleep in the same hotel room if only you will behave." Morgan smiled.

Reid spluttered. "Me behave?"

"I'm glad we understand each other. I'll catch you later, babe." His hand tossed Reid's curls a bit before following Rossi to interview the women in the station.

"Ooo," Garcia sang. "Someone likes to cause trouble."

Reid rolled his eyes. "Can we find a pattern, please?"

"Anything for you my white chocolate bar." Reid and Garcia sat at a table and began making connections.

Ok that was a little longer than I wanted. Then again, I love writing so...

I just had to make Reid blush. It's like a rite of passage when writing Criminal Minds Fanfics. Next chapter, connections and examples will be given. Oh, speaking of examples, Paul Bernardo was a real person. He claims innocence as well as his wife Karla (I don't know if they were really married or it was a common law thing). Just so you know because there are very sick people out there if you didn't know it already.

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