The team realized that their time was running out. They knew nothing about Andrew Kirkwood or his connection to Morgan; he had been a part of Morgan's life as a Chicago PD detective. They were starting at ground zero with very little time and to make matters worse, they were fractured, angry and distracted; a recipe for failure.
Cruz had volunteered to learn more about the woman sent up from tech support. How could a FBI employee be involved with the disappearance of an agent and what did she have to gain by aiding a kidnapper and murderer.
Reid began working on victimology and working on uncovering the UnSub's comfort zone which would hopefully lead to the location where she was holding Morgan.
JJ and Rossi began retracing Morgan's steps after his meeting with Hotch beginning with watching the security footage from inside and outside of FBI headquarters.
Garcia frantically ran search after search trying to unearth even the most miniscule piece of information. She fought back her anger and her worry. She had to stay focused if she and the team were going to bring him home, safe.
Within an hour they were all gathered at the round table to review the latest information.
"I spoke with Mike Dodds, head of Technical Support. From what he told me he sent Sarah McElroy up to help us with our tech support needs the day you all went missing." Cruz began.
"Sarah McElroy? I thought our UnSub's name was Mabel?" Rossi asked puzzled.
"It is. Wait until you see Sarah." Cruz answered nodding to Garcia.
Garcia pushed a button on her tablet and the headshot of one, Sarah McElroy appeared on the board in front of them.
"This is Sarah McElroy. She is the same woman who came here and identified herself as Mabel Henry."
"This Bitch is ballsy." Rossi added.
"Indeed. She began working with the bureau about six months after Morgan began. She's from Chicago and came highly recommended for her superior computer skills." Cruz continued.
"Morgan's been with the bureau for a long time. She's been planning this for a while." Said Reid.
"Yeah. She takes patience to a whole new level." JJ said.
"So, let me get this straight. She's worked for the bureau for over fifteen years under an assumed name, waiting until now to exact revenge against Morgan?"
"She's bold too. Once she made her move, she introduced herself as Mabel, not Sarah." Rossi added.
"Garcia what did you find on Mabel Henry?"
"There wasn't much to find on Mabel Henry until I started digging into Andrew Kirkwood." Garcia began. "Andrew had a twin brother Antoine who was the prime suspect in the kidnapping, torture and murder of twenty-four women over the course of two years. Fifteen years ago, Morgan was the lead detective on the case. When he went to arrest Kirkwood, Morgan killed him when Kirkwood pulled a gun on him."
"What's that got to do with Mabel or Sarah or whoever the hell she is?" JJ asked.
"Hold your horses my pretty. Derek always believed that Antoine had a partner but he could never prove it. So the case was closed and Derek moved on to the BAU."
"I still don't get the connection." Reid interrupted.
"I'm getting there, boy genius. Antoine had a twin brother Andrew- both boys were adopted by Tammy and Boris Kirkwood. It was a closed adoption so I had to work my hacker magic and unseal the records. The boys' biological mother is …wait for the drumbeat…"
"Let me guess Sarah McElroy?" Hotch guessed.
"Nope…sorry… Mabel Henry."
"So who is Sarah McElroy?" Reid asked.
"Well here's the thing… Mabel legally changed her name to Sarah McElroy shortly after graduating from high school. No one knows why but she's been Sarah for the last forty years."
"What a Loon" Rossi muttered. "So where are Tammy and Boris Kirkwood?"
"They both died shortly after Antoine's death."
"Cause of death?" Hotch asked.
"Gretchen, heart failure and Boris, respiratory failure."
"That's seems odd." JJ noted.
"Yeah, the Coroner thought so too. Both of them died on the same day, but he couldn't find any evidence of foul play and the case was closed."
"Maybe old Mabel killed them?" Rossi asked to no one in particular.
"A serial killer giving birth to twin serial killers. That's exceedingly rare. In fact, there are no known statistics or cases of there ever being a serial killer giving birth to twins who became serial killers. This might be a first!" Reid commented excitedly.
"Why would she kill her own sister?" Garcia asked.
"I guess we'll have to ask her when we catch her." Hotch answered.
Home of Mabel Henry –
He had fallen into a deep sleep aided by blood loss and excruciating pain. He didn't hear her enter the basement. She had found another chair identical to the one she'd used to beat him mercilessly; he hoped that this chair would not meet the same end.
He hoped against hope that all this time he'd been dreaming that he was really at home recovering from a hangover but he knew that wasn't the truth. His vision was hazy and she was a blur sitting and watching him. So, the sudden burst of current shooting suddenly through his body caught him off guard. It had been a while since he felt such intense pain. Then he heard the cackle coming from her mouth as she held the taser to his chest. She obviously enjoyed watching his body- hands and feet still bound convulse and jerk uncontrollably on the floor. It felt like an explosion had erupted from the inside and he wanted to yell for mercy. He was thankful for the tape across his mouth for surely his moans did not fully reveal his pain and anguish. Then she removed the taser and he struggled to catch his breath and his sanity and he decided in that moment that if he died before his team could rescue him, he'd find a way to come back from the dead and kill this old woman.
"Good morning, Agent Morgan! Don't you just love a good jolt of electricity in the morning?"
Morgan struggled against the tape on his mouth, wanting desperately to have his say. So, being the obliging host that she was, she roughly ripped the tape away.
"You… sick…conniving…Bitch!" He muttered out between breaths.
"That I am, agent. That I am! See, I knew you were good at what you do!"
There was that cackle again. He hated the sound of it and he hated her.
"How long do you plan on keeping this up, Mabel?" He muttered.
"Why are you not having as much fun as I am?"
"Either let me go or kill me. Make up your mind!"
"Oh, dear Agent, my mind has been made up for a long time. Ever since you killed my precious Antoine, you my dear, were a dead man."
Then she hit him again with the taser, full force and he screamed in pain as his body again began to convulse uncontrollably.
"AHHHHH!"
"That's it! That's the sound I wanted to hear! Yes, sexy!"
She then unceremoniously tucked the taser in her pocket and stood up.
"Now that we are both awake and rejuvenated, I think it's time for a cup of tea."
BAU Headquarters, Quantico, VA –
Garcia jumped at the beep alerting her that one of her searches was complete. The screen began revealing vital information on one Mabel Henry, aka Sarah McElroy. She owned a small house about ten miles south of where they were. She quickly buzzed Hotch and the rest of the team who were still in the conference room.
"What is it Garcia?"
"Hotch… I think I found him!"