Criminal Minds Series Rewrite: Season Three

True Night: Final Part

Hotch, Spencer, and Derek all head to the house to check out the inside when you stop Rossi from following them.

"Can I ask a serious question? Can you give me a serious answer?"

"Sure."

"Why can't you believe in what I can do? I can see the energy the unsub left behind here. It's the same as the alley and it's the same as the man you were talking to. "

"You want the truth? All psychics are con artists only in it for people's money."

"What money could I possibly gain from any of this except for that of a paycheck?"

"When someone dies, they are dead. They don't leave behind energies or spirits or anything like that."

"That is very simple-minded thinking, and you're very arrogant to think there aren't, on some level, spirits who stay behind because they have unfinished business. How can you be a Catholic if you don't believe in the existence of souls and spirits? I don't want to keep arguing with you, my boss, about this. If you don't want to believe in it, I can't force you. Could you at least believe that I believe this is real?"

"I can do that."

"I'm glad we've reached an understanding."

You turn and head inside the house that is covered head to toe with energies of the dead. Six people have died here, and all of them blend together since they were dismembered and scattered about the place. You look at the wall and see the initials "TSK" written there. It's also written in a few other places.

"TSK?" Hotch asks the detective.

"Twenty-third Street Killers."

"Looks like they tried to fight back and failed," Spencer mutters.

"Are sure this isn't some kind of gang retaliation kind of thing?"

"You're on the task force. Ever see a street gang do something like this?"

"No, but are you sure this was one guy?"

"Positive," you say and look at Rossi. "He has his weapon and a psychotic rage. There's a lot he can do with those two things no matter how many people are against him."

"What do we do now?" Detective Brady sighs.

"We're already doing it. An unsub in a psychotic rage stands out. Agent Jareau's got the media playing the press conference every hour.  She's putting the profile out to the public. Someone in this man's world knows he's in crisis. Hopefully they'll recognize the description."

Hotch is relying on the public heavily for this case. You're too overwhelmed to separate each victim and the unsub, he seems to be killing just out of reach of the FBI, and the lead detective believes this could be the work of more than one person. So many people on so many pages, you have to rely on the media to focus on the profile and work together to bring in someone who fits the description.

Hoping and praying seems like the only thing to do, and sometimes, prayer works. Not long after the profile was circulating through the media, did someone come forward to report their friend who fits the profile to a T. It took a day to have someone come forward, but someone came forward with information on a possible suspect.

Local PD was able to catch this guy and bring him in. His name is Johnny McHale, and the person who turned him in is his good friend and manager, Bobby Kim. Johnny is a graphic artist and writer who makes comics that people love. You're not a comic book reader, but you've heard of him over the years.

You get to the police station where Detective Brady's officers are walking Johnny in. JJ is with Bobby who looks so sad for turning his friend in. You look at Johnny and nod in understanding that this was the guy Rossi was talking to. You look at Rossi who has an unreadable expression on his face.