Criminal Minds Series Rewrite: Season Three

Children of the Dark: Part Two

You, Emily, and JJ enter the hospital since you thought it was a good idea to bring the women along. The survivor, Carrie, might open up if there are all women around. Men attacked her, so you want to do everything you can to make her feel comfortable.

"She's lucky to be alive," her doctor says. "The injection went into the soft tissue of the arm and missed the vein."

"That's a first. This guy doesn't miss."

"We have to think about the possibility that he didn't miss."

"Like I said, she's lucky."

"Is she awake?"

"She's in and out. Keep in mind she's suffering the effects of an acute barbiturate overdose. She's drowsy and confused."

"Can we see her?"

"Sure."

The doctor takes you to her room where Carrie is. She has an empty look on her face, but when she sees you three, she tries to look more lively. She may not remember what happened fully, but she looks like a strong girl.

"Hi Carrie. My name is Y/N, and they are Emily and JJ. Do you mind if we talk to you about what happened?"

All she does is shake her head. You take a seat at the edge of her bed, but you don't touch her.

"Just tell us whatever you can. Anything that you can think of."

"I went to get a bag... but when I got back, there were two of them."

"What did the other one look like?"

"Heavier... Hispanic... Quiet. He never looked straight ahead."

"What do you mean?"

"Like, a few times, I felt him staring at me. When I looked up, he always looked away."

"He was avoiding eye contact," you say to your coworkers.

"Then my dad came in from the study, and they jumped him. They made Danny call for my mom, and they tied them up. Then one of them went over, got the thing from the fireplace, he started hitting them with it. And they made us watch."

She is starting to get emotional about this, which is understandable.

"Okay, you know what? We can take a break," JJ says, but Carrie stops her immediately.

"No. You need this, right?" Like you said earlier, she is a strong girl. "After a while, the quiet one took Danny away, and the other one just started going through drawers, looking for stuff. I ran."

She explains that the quiet one took a family picture of her when she was younger right before she left. She didn't want to leave her brother, but she was going to die if she stayed there. She is going to have survivor's guilt, and that is something you wish you could prevent her from feeling.

Carrie isn't up for many questions after that, but luckily, you got enough to paint a vivid picture. You head back to the station to see what the other half of the team found out. Hotch, Derek, and Spencer went to talk to the witnesses, and you're eager to hear what they have to say.

"A witness says these unsubs are using cats. We should find out where they might be getting them," Hotch says.

"There's plenty of strays out there. Nobody would notice if a few went missing," Derek shrugs. "Or they could work someplace where they had access to animals."

"It could overlap with the pentobarbital--research labs and veterinary hospitals," Spencer nods.

"I'll get Garcia to make up a list for it."