Criminal Minds Series Rewrite: Season Four

Brothers in Arms: Part Two

You two head over to a landfill where the newest crime scene is. The coroner is already on the scene removing the body, and your team just arrives as soon as you and Spencer get there. There were two cops on the scene, but only one of them died. Officer Ron Mercer is the only one who survived this, so he's the best witness you've got.

"He set us up. We knew he was out there but he still managed to set us up. I watched my partner die, and I couldn't do anything to save him."

"Don't worry, Ron. Playboy's going to pay for this," Evans says.

"Did you see Playboy here?"

"No, but--"

"We all know he did it, Agent."

"No, we don't. Lieutenant, you think I don't know how bad you want this guy? I was a uniform just like you. I saw a lot of cops go down. Before that, I watched my father get shot. He was killed doing his job--a cop's job--so don't think I don't know." Derek sets the records straight and turns to Ron. "Officer Mercer, what happened when you got the call?"

"Nothing special. We got a report of an aggravated assault. We were on it."

"Is this normal for you?"

"We were put here because of the shootings. We're back up."

"Did you get a good look at the guy?" you ask.

"No. I was too damn scared. I'm still scared."

Another officer on the scene brings over Ron's police hat with a picture of Ron's family taped to the inside.

"This is my partner's family. What am I going to tell them?"

"The only thing you can tell them--that we're going to catch the guy who did this." You and Derek leave his side and join the rest of your team. "We can forget about cross-referencing. These guys were just assigned this beat. There's no way the unsub could have known they'd get the call."

"He's using the 9-1-1 calls like a lottery. He's picking cops at random, and yet there's nothing random about the shootings. Each scenario has been increasingly complex."

"He's enjoying the hunt. He's taking the time to set his victims up and lure them into his net. It's become as important to him as the kill itself. He executed this last one while the FBI and every cop in the city was after him."

"Not to mention the press. The attention is egging him on. They're playing right into the unsub's need to feel superior."

"The press isn't our only problem. These guys are still trying to pin the shootings on a gangbanger named Playboy. I have a feeling we're not going to be able to hold them off much longer."

The unsub didn't show up all night, so you picked things off the next morning. You tossed and turned all night because you can't help but feel so bad about what happened with your parents and Spencer. You feel powerless against your father, and whenever he gets like this, you feel like such a shitty girlfriend. You should be able to protect your boyfriend from his words, but it's like he doesn't respect you.

To add to the shitty feeling you're experiencing, Evans caught Playboy and brought him in for questioning just as soon as you walked into the police department. His head is so far up his ass that he can't see that Playboy is innocent in all of this. Hotch is mega pissed that Evans would go against his orders and bring him in.

"Lighten up, man. I'm telling you, I didn't do it," Playboy rolls his eyes.

"Yeah? Well, I got a magic eight ball that says you did."

Evans takes him into an interrogation room while Hotch approaches the Commander.

"Commander, what's going on?"