BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS UNIT MAIN OFFICE
Derek is reading a newspaper at his desk. I and Spencer are playing chess. Spencer removes a black piece from a chessboard. Gideon then moves one of my white pieces.
"Check. Checkmate 3 moves." Gideon said
Spencer looks down at the board.
"What...?" Spencer questioned
"You know you'll beat her when you start learning," Derek said
"Learning what?" Spencer asked him
"To think outside the box," I said
Spencer, me, and Derek turn our attention to our computer screens. Elle walks down the stairs to the main floor.
"Question for you guys," Elle asked
"Shoot," I said
"The Footpath Killer, why did he stutter?" Elle asked
"Come on, Elle, we've all asked him, and he won't say," Derek said
"He wants us to figure it out," Spencer said
"yeah come one Elle you have to figure it out by yourself," I said
"OK. I'm up for a challenge" Elle said just as she said that another one of my soul marks began to burn and looked up and saw a Beautifull blond girl I grin Derek saw
"what's with the grin?" Derek asked me
"that mister Derek is one of my other soulmates," I said
"oh well congrats," Derek said
"don't worry der I will ways love you," I said
"good I because I will always love you," Derek said we zoned back into their convo
"Special Agent Jennifer Jareau. J.J. if you like." JJ said
ELLE and J.J. shake hands than me and her shake as we did I felt a shook go through me I smile at her
"Elle." Elle introduced herself
"Scarlet 'Scar' if you will," I said
"Greenaway-- the highest number of solved cases in Seattle 3 years running, specialty in sex offender cases. Ramirez not a lot about you except you have got all PH'D and joined the FBI at 21" JJ said
"umm yeah wow, how did you know all that?" I asked her as we walk up the stairs
"Well, I'm the unit liaison. My specialty is untangling bureaucratic knots. You'll probably be talking to me a lot. My door's always open, mostly because I'm never in my office, so just call me on my cell, OK? We'll talk." JJ said
Hotch exits his office and walks past JJ
"B.A.U. team, can you meet me in the conference room, please? I need to show you something." Hotch asked us
INT. CONFERENCE ROOM - DAY
"This is from the Phoenix office. Bradshaw College in Tempe. 6 fires in 7 months." Hotch said
"Who recorded it?" Gideon asked
"A student with a digital camcorder. He was watching a fire in the building across from their dorm. The other person you'll see is his roommate, 20-year-old Matthew Rowland." JJ said
JJ uses the remote. A video begins playing on the screen. A window glowing with smoke.
Video
STUDENT: This is crazy. Hey, Matt, get over here. You gotta see this. The building's on fire.
MATTHEW (V.O.): Bro, you getting this?
A man comes into focus as a reflection in the window in the video.
MATTHEW: Relax, man. There's always fires during rush week.
On the screen, MATTHEW walks toward the dorm room's door and peers under it.
MATTHEW: Yeah, but that's pretty big.
STUDENT: What building is that?
MATTHEW: Dude, over here. Check this out.
There is a puddle of liquid beneath the door.
STUDENT: What is it?
MATTHEW: I don't know, but it's coming underneath the door.
STUDENT: Is someone in the hallway?
The doorknob turns.
MATTHEW: Hey, someone's trying to get in.
A liquid splashes under the door, into the room.
STUDENT: Hey, man, you should get in there.
MATTHEW: Oh, my god! It smells like gas.
The liquid on the floor is set alight, and MATTHEW catches fire.
MATTHEW: Oh, god! God! Oh, my god! Oh, my god!
MATTHEW drops to the floor, and the other STUDENT drops the camera on the ground.
MATTHEW: Aah! Put me out! Oh, my god! Oh, god! Help!
The other STUDENT hits MATTHEW with something, trying to smother the flames.
Video over
A plane is flying above clouds in the sky.
Derek is typing on his laptop. spencer and I are playing chess. Elle and Hotch are sitting. Gideon is reading files.
"There are 2 common stressors for a serial arsonist." spencer said
"Loss of job, loss of love," Elle said
"When was the first fire set?" I said
"March. Uh, the next one was in May, and the third one wasn't 'til September. Then 2 weeks later there were 3 in one night." Hotch said
"highlights the dates in a calendar on his laptop," Derek said
"He's speeding up. Fires are closer together." Gideon said
"Hey, Reid, you got a statistic on arsonists?" Derek asked
"82% are white males between 17 and 27. Female arsonists are far less likely, their motive typically being revenge." Spencer said
"Sounds like our boy's a student," I said
"Don't be so sure. You rely too much on precedent, you never allow for the unexpected. If he went from setting one fire to 3 in 2 weeks" Gideon said
"Rapid escalation." hotch said
"He's gone from the power to damage a building to something far more satisfying. The power over life and death. Who are we talking to first?" Gideon asked
"Dean of Students, Ellen Turner," Hotch said
BRADSHAW COLLEGE
we exit from one black S.U.V. Gideon, me, Derek, and Elle in one.
"No badges. I don't want to satisfy the unsub's need for attention by letting him know he got the F.B.I. here. Try not to look official. look like Scar" Gideon said
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The Girl With 10 Soulmates (Criminal Minds)¹
FanficScarlett 'scar' Ramirez is 20 years old and a genius with an IQ of 206 and a photographic and eidetic memory. When she was 2 her mom passed away has been abused physically, mentally, and emotionally by her father. When she turned 18 she moved out an...
