Old Friend

Chapter 18

The team gathered back on the NYPD headquarters. "Anything?" Aaron asked. "Garcia is doing a background check on the employees at the Pegu Club." Said JJ. "We couldn't find anything." Said Derek. Aaron took out his phone and called Penelope. "Garcia." "Okay so I have two men that I think fit the profile perfectly, there names are Bennett Halek and Mason O'Neill. Both were reported to be abused by their parents when they were young and had issues in school; lots of fights, suspensions, ect.. And what seals the deal is they were both raised on livestock ranches were they brand animals." "Thanks Garcia." "Anytime boss man."

"Reid and JJ, I want you to go to Bennett Halek's house. Morgan and Prentiss, I want you to go to Mason O'Neill's house. See if you can find any clues." Aaron ordered. Everyone nodded and we're getting ready to leave when Spencer suddenly heard a familiar voice from behind him. "Spencer!" Spencer turned around and saw Emma. "Emma." Spencer smiled. "So, how have you been?" Emma asked. "I've been alright, how have you been?" "What happened to your neck?" Emma asked with a concerned look. "Oh um.. I got shot last week." "You got shot?!" "Yeah, I'm okay though." Spencer assured her. "Okay." Emma smiled. "Reid we gotta go!" Derek yelled. "I'm coming." "See you when you get back." Said Emma. Spencer nodded then left.

When Spencer and Derek arrived at Bennett Halek's house they went up to the door. "FBI!" Derek yelled then kicked open the door. Spencer went upstairs while Derek checked the downstairs. "Clear!" They both yelled. They both continued to search the house for clues. "Hey Morgan!" Spencer yelled. Derek went upstairs and met Spencer in Bennett's office. "What is it?" Derek asked. "I found these pictures of Bennett and his family in his bedside table, his moms face is scribbled out of every picture." Spencer explained. Derek got out his phone and called Penelope. "I thought you'd never call- my ears are hungry and your voice is like food." "Hey baby girl, we need you to look up Bennett Halek's profile again and check if he had any problems with his mom." "Aww." "What?" "Okay so I looked up Bennett Halek's profile again and let me tell you this boy didn't have the best childhood. He was brought to the emergency room multiple times for broken arms, bruised face, stitches even and all of that was from abuse caused by the mother." "That's interesting because fathers are usually more likely to beat their wife or child not the mother beating the child." Spencer said. "Garcia, what does Bennett's mother look like?" "Sending you a picture now." Seconds later Derek's phone rang with the picture. "She has blonde hair just the victims." said Spencer. "Thanks baby girl." "Yep!" Derek hung up and called Aaron. "Hotchner." Aaron answered. "Hey Hotch, you might wanna see this." "On my way."