Criminal Minds: Joker

Chapter 2

LA Memorial Hospital

Hotch and JJ entered the hospital and made their way to a room where Rossi was waiting for them. There was a 911 call just over an hour ago regarding a victim with the similar scars that 

 They peeked inside the room and saw the roller rink victim lying on a bed with both sides of her lips stitched up and her left hand wrapped in gauze. 

"Her name is Arya Green," said Rossi. "She was found tied up at the local roller rink with her ring finger cut off."

The three then entered the room.

"Rebecca, we're with the FBI," Hotch introduced themselves. "We need you to tell us what happened so we can find the person who did this to you."

Rebecca was silent for a few seconds before she took a deep breath and started to talk.

"I was in my apartment with my boyfriend...'

Flashback

Rebecca was sitting on a couch  at the living room in her apartment with her boyfriend, Gary enjoying the evening. Both of them were drinking a glass of wine. Gary then smiled, leaned forward and was about to kiss Rebecca when suddenly there was a knock at the door.

"Who could that be?" asked Rebecca as she got up to answer, but then Gary stopped her.

"I'll get it." he said as he got up and walked towards the door.

When he opened it, a young man, who had to be in his early 20s, wearing a straw sun hat and Hawaiian shirt, greeted him. But what really caught Gary's attention was the man's face, which was covered in white make up with red make up around his lips.

Before Gary could say anything, the man pulled out a small handgun and shot him in both of his kneecaps. Gary fell to the ground, screaming in pain as Rebecca looked at the whole thing in shock. The man noticed her and a sinister looking smile appeared on his face.

"Well hello, beautiful," he said as he walked towards her.

Somehow regaining her nerve, Rebecca jumped off her couch and ran towards the door, but the man quickly grabbed her and jabbed a syringe into her neck, injecting her with a white serum. Rebecca soon began to feel light headed. She staggered around a bit before she fell to the ground and the last thing she heard before she  passed out was the slow sinister chuckle. 

Present Time...

"When I came to, I was tied up in the roller rink and felt this sharp pain in my hand," Rebecca said as she finished telling her story to the agents. "A man found me and called an ambulance."

JJ, Hotch and Rossi stared at each other in bewilderment and tried to make sense of what they just heard. Judging by the scars on Rebecca's face, they were dealing with the same UnSub, but why did he let her live while he murdered his other victims?

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Back at the precinct , Morgan was reviewing the video he got from the theatre while trying to decipher the message left by the Unsub.  No luck.

At that moment, Reid had entered the room and saw Morgan watching the video. Something soon clicked into his mind as he saw the hooded figure say, "If you gotta go, go with a smile."

"I knew it," Reid shouted, startling Morgan.

"Geez Reid, don't scare me like that," Morgan said, taking a moment to recompose. "What do mean you knew?"

"No time to explain," said Reid as he was leaving the room. "Call up the others and tell them to meet me in the break room."

A few minutes later, Hotch, Morgan, JJ and Rossi were all sitting around a table in the break room, curious at what Reid was going to show them. Reid then entered the room, holding onto the large black box he had with him on the plane.