Psychopathy

Chapter 52- Morse Code

Isabel looked up to the sky. There was something strange going on up there. There was a dark spot growing across the sky. She wondered what was happening. This had to mean something, didn't it? A bright light caught her attention, and she looked down to see that her hands were glowing. Her hands balled into fists at her surprise, and a beam of light flew up into the dark spot. She uncurled her fingers and looked up into the dark spot, wondering what was happening.

"It's time, Isabel." The lake spoke in her head, and Isabel smiled. It was time. Her captivity was coming to an end. "Send your message." Isabel looked up to the sky and curled her fists. She sent up the light beams in a very specific pattern. Hopefully her friends would understand it.

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"Does Reid seem off to you today?" Reid glanced over to where Alex Blake was talking to Morgan and Akilah. So far, Blake was a seamless transition into the team and had proven herself as a very skilled profiler. Reid liked her, but so far, he hadn't explained anything to do with Ciara to her. She was still new, and he didn't know how to explain such a big mess to her. Today she'd find out. If Reid didn't tell her, Morgan and Akilah would.

"He'll be alright. It's just... it's livestream day," Akilah answered.

"Livestream day?" Blake questioned.

"Yeah, um... I don't know if you ever heard anything about an agent named Ciara Byrne?" Akilah wondered.

"Yeah, I heard about that. That was, what, two years ago? Wasn't she a member of the BAU?" Reid looked down at his desk at Blake's words, not wanting her to know that he was listening. He wanted to know how Akilah would explain the whole situation.

"Yeah, she was. Well, every so often for the past two years, the man who has her, James Bunder, has put on a livestream so we know exactly what's happening," Morgan explained.

"Except James wasn't the one who set up the livestream. That was all on his partner, Ty Byrne. Ciara's brother." Blake gasped softly at Akilah's words. It was still hard to comprehend, even all this time later, that Ciara's own brother would help James Bunder torture her.

"That's horrible. So I'm guessing today is the day of the livestream?" Blake asked, and Morgan and Akilah both told her it was.

"It started earlier today. That's why Reid is off. He and Ciara, they were... well, they weren't exactly a thing, but... there was something there," Akilah said.

"This must be hitting him hard," Blake said.

"Yeah, it has been. But Ciara's sister, Teresa, has a plan to find out their location. She won't tell any of us what it is, but she seems insistent that it'll work. She's on her way now. We should probably get to Garcia's office so we're ready when she arrives," Morgan told her, and Blake nodded. Without another word, the three of them went off to Garcia's office, and Reid was left alone at his desk to wait for Teresa. It was five minutes later that someone burst through the door of the bullpen.

"Alright, I'm here." Reid looked up at Teresa, watching as she took deep breaths. She'd run all the way up here, but at least this time she took the time to go through security properly. She had wanted to be there earlier, but there was a new baby in Teresa's room. The new baby was not handling the transition well and Teresa had to stay long enough for the baby's parents to arrive before she could leave. She'd dropped Ria off with Nonna and had made her way to Quantico. And by Reid's calculations, she had not driven the speed limit.

"Are you ready for this?" Reid asked, standing up to take Teresa to Garcia's office, where the tablet was waiting for her. So far, the livestream had been tame. James hadn't whipped her this time, and had gone with taunting both her and them. It was a surprise. He usually was the worst of the first day. Maybe he was getting tired. Reid understood that- they were getting tired of not having Ciara with them. But if Teresa's plan went without a hitch, this would all be ending very soon.