Illicit affairs (A.Hotchner)

Twelve

Aimee sat at her desk at the bay. She looked to see hotch as he rushed out of his office with a bag and frowned as she glanced to Emily. Hotch was acting off with her lately and she couldn't help but worry

"What's up with your boyfriend" Emily asked as Aimee looked to her and shrugged

"Suits me. He's been off for days" Aimee said as jj who was following hotch sighed as she turned to face the others. Jj was finally back to work and Aimee was glad. She knew how good jj was good at her job and was and she was glad that she was back

"Well, it looks like we're going to boston." Jj said

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The team sat on the jet as they headed to Boston

"The reaper is driven by a need to dominate, Control, and manipulate." Hotch said

"So then why would he offer a deal That would stop him from doing that?" Emily asked

"Sounds like a narcissistic if you ask me" Aimee said

"Well, killing gave him power, But after so many, the payoff began to diminish. So he decided to switch tactics. Offering the deal gave him the ultimate power, Better even than killing. He manipulated the police Into voluntarily surrendering." Hotch said

"He even got it in writing." Aimee said

"He won. Why start killing again?" Jj asked

"Well, because the only person who knew he'd won, The person he made the deal with, just died." Morgan said

"Narcissistic Killers Need other people to recognize their power.That's why they contact the media." Rossi said

"So how did he stop for 10 years?" Emily asked

"In night of the reaper, The author suggests he had been arrested For an unrelated crime or died. Perhaps he's trying to correct that misconception." Reid said

"What has he been doing all this time?" Jj asked

"Planning what he would do if he started killing again" hotch said. Aimee and hotch held a look she knew he felt responsible for this. She just wished he'd talk to her

"So from '95 to '98, He shoot, stabs, and bludgeons 21 victims.Men, women, All ages, all types.No specific victimology or m. O. How did you build a profile from there?" Morgan asked

"We didn't. Shaunessy sent us home before we had a chance. But , the zodiac, and the reaper all have similarities. They're all highly intelligent, Disciplined, sadistic Killers Who name themselves in the press." Hotch said

"Highly intelligent may be a bit of an understatement.The reaper and the zodiac killer have never been arrested.The btk killer was only caught after 25 years Because he went to the press to counter a book That said he'd died, moved away, or been locked up, Just like this one." Reid said

"Speaking of the media, when this gets out, It's going to be a frenzy.If they get wind of this, They're going to be all over the boston police." Jj said

"The longer we can float the copycat story, The better chance we'll have of catching him. Rossi, Aimee , and morgan, go to the field office, Set up shop, go through everything there. Jj and reid, pretties and i, we'll go to the crime scene." Hotch said. Aimee looked to him and frowned. She knew how they almost worked together. She knew how he was putting distant between them