Agent Severide

Chapter 6

Severide and Morgan sat in silence for a few minutes before he spoke. "You okay Severide? You kinda seem off since you came in this morning," her partner said the concern clear in his voice while he looked at her from the passenger seat. The blonde kept her focus on the road, "I'm good, just tired. I haven't had the chance to pick up an energy drink yet," She says flashing him a fake smile and light laugh brushing it off as her car pulled into the parking lot of the airport. "How about we get you one on the way to the jet, I need you at 100%," Morgan said as she backed into a parking spot and shut the car off. 

Both agents grabbed their bags as Severide locked her car and they walk towards the entrance to the airport. The blonde quickly got 2 cans of energy drinks and a cereal bar before she and Morgan made their way to the jet. Even with the pit stop, the two were the first to arrive on the plane. With a sigh, Zoey took a seat at one of the tables as Morgan did the same sitting across from her. "So how was Chicago?" he asks curiously, usually when Severide came back she couldn't stop talking about her brother and getting to see him and this time she barely spoke unless it was related to the case. Which was extremely unlike her, Severide shrugged, "Same old Chicago" she replied as the team began to file onto the plane. 

JJ and Reid took a seat at the table with her and Morgan. He started a conversation with him instantly while Severide was staring at the case file she had open zoning out at the crime scene photos. The blonde sat like that for nearly half the flight.  "Transporting, Young fit victims from Washington to Idaho poses huge risks," Hotch said pulling Zoey out of her train of thoughts. Just focus on the case, there's nothing you can do about Jack right now she told herself. "Must have a good reason to chance getting pulled over," JJ replied.  "Or have the victims potentially escape," Severide added. "It says here that every year 100 or so people go missing in Idaho's wilderness, With millions of acres to cover, a third of them are never found. " Reid said from next to Zoey. "Sounds like the reason as to why this place," Prentiss said from the couch she was sitting on. "Well, it offers privacy and the possibility the body will never be recovered," Rossi said adding into the conversation. 

"An area this remote and rugged, suggests the offender's more comfortable in the woods, something like a second home" Morgan said looking at the file. "My grandfather retired to the French Alps, He lived there until he died, there was a good 10- year stretch where he didn't come down off the mountain. He had no running water, or electricity and his food supplies everything it all came from the land" Prentiss said. "You spend a lot of time there?" JJ asked looking at her. "Yeah, whenever we were in France. Which was a lot" she replied. 

"Guess who's getting a gold star?" Garcia said appearing on the tv screen in the jet "Well, that would be you, baby girl, if you've got some good news for us" Morgan replies smiling at the team's Teach Analyst. "Well, I started my missing persons search in Spokane County and wouldn't you know there's been 10 in the last 5 years? All in their early 20s" Garcia said as Severide opened one of her energy drinks taking a sip at the information they were being told. "And isn't this interesting? It's always in the spring, and their cars are never recovered. And Fret not I'm looking for the cars too" Garcia adds. "Anything else?" Morgan asks her, "Local P.D. identified the lastest victim through dental records. His name's Alex Harrison, he's from Washington" Garcia said. "Where was he last seen?" Hotch asks her, "Family statements say he was travelling to work in Spokane and both victims last year were travelling outside of Spokane too," Garcia says. 

"All victims headed to the city?" Morgan said more than asked, "And none of them reached their destination," Severide added "Garcia?" Hotch asks. "I'm already on it. There are 4 major roadways into Spokane. Highways 395, 195 and highway 2, there's also interstate 90" Garcia said. "Were there any police reports or roadside assistance calls from those highways?" Prentiss asked Garcia. "You're gonna know that as soon as I do" Garcia replied before the video call ended and the blonde disappeared off their screens. 

"Okay we've got 2 locations," Hotch says, "I'm happy to go to Idaho" Rossi offers looking over a map. "The woods is like your second home, right Prentiss," Rossi asks her "Yea" Prentiss replied agreeing to go to Idaho with Rossi. "Hey Severide, Why don't you go to Spokane? I could use the fresh air," Morgan said looking at his partner who nods taking another sip of her gogo juice. "Okay, we'll touch base every couple of hours, Reid your with me," Hotch says making the team aware of the plan. "I'll call you when we get on the mountain," Rossi said agreeing to stay in touch. 

The plane began to land and the team went their separate ways trying to find any clues as to who had been killing these people and how have they been doing it so long without getting caught.