Federal Love

Chapter 36- Search 'Em

"Evergreen. There is a package addressed to you. I left it on your desk." One of the agents that walk through here said to me.

"Thank you Adam." I responded

"No problem." He said as he walked away back to wherever he was heading. I went over to my desk and checked to make sure it was what I thought it was. It in fact was what I had thought so I opened it. It was the clue from our unsub. I walked it to the evidence boards and tried to figure out what it meant. I had no idea so I went to go get some fresh eyes. I grabbed Derek since he was the one closest to me. I pulled him in the room and set him in front of the boards.

"Do you know what this means?" I asked him as I pointed to the clue that I had put up on the board to the left. He looked at it for a moment and then looked at the other boards. He was quiet while his brain worked and I waited patiently for him to speak.

"Wait a minute." He said as he realized something that I had not.

"What is it?" I asked as I scanned the boards. Did I miss something?

"This unsub has been targeting me, watching me." He spoke.

"Well yeah but he's been doing that to all of us. How is that significant?" I asked him.

"There was one clue that just didn't sit right with me. Where was it?" He asked as he started to look for something. He picked up one of the clues and looked at it to make sure that it was the right one. "One out of four properties is tainted so watch your back. I can grab you when you think you're safe. I hope you know which one is safe and which one could be your end... choose wisely." Derek finished.

"Okay? What about it?" I asked.

"I have four properties. I renovate homes and then rent them out. Right now they're all empty, none of them are being rented right now." Derek said. Things finally clicked for me and I realized what deep shit we're in. "And I haven't stepped foot in them for at least a week before we got this clue." Yep. Some really deep shit.

"Are you sure?" I asked him.

"Who else would it be for Liv?" He asked me, slightly irritated.

"Okay okay. I'll go get Hotch." I said as I rushed out. I walked over to Hotch's office and didn't even attempt to knock. I opened the door and caught him on the phone. He looked up at me and then back down at the papers that was on his desk.

"Let me call you back." He said and hung up. "Olivia?" He asked.

"Hotch. It's Morgan." I said. He looked confused, which is reasonable.

"What happened?" He asked.

"Just come on." I said and walked out of his office. I walked back into the conference room where Morgan was still, Hotch following behind me.

"Morgan what happened?" Hotch asked once we stopped. Morgan explained everything while I got the others so that they knew what was going on. Spencer followed right behind me as the other made their way to the conference room. Morgan explained everything to the people just coming in and we all understood.

"Wait so you're telling me that one of your properties are boobie-trapped and you don't know which one so we have to swat team all of them with an actual swat team just to find another clue?" Emily asked. "Are you fucking kidding me? How stupid is this unsub? That's so immature!" She said, reasonably angry.

"I agree with Em." I said.

"Look. If this is how we're going to find him then we have to do it. Otherwise many more people will get hurt. Do you want that?" Hotch said as he sternly eyed us. We both shook our heads and he sighed. "I know this is difficult and confusing. I know that it's taking a toll on all of us but we have to play his game. Now suck it up and get your game faces on because as soon as we get approval from the director then we're going to Morgan's properties and we're going to get that clue. Am I understood?" He said.