As Time Passes (Book 2)

Chapter 4

Chapter 4 (Reid's P.O.V)

My alarm clock sprang to life as the time 7:00 was lit up. I sighed turning it off and slowly sitting up. I quickly got dressed and walked towards Evelyn's room.

"Hey Eve, time to get up it's your first day!" I said in the most cheerful tone I could manage. She sighed and slowly nodded and hopped out of bed.

"Get dressed and I'll meet you in the kitchen okay?"

"Okay Grandpa." She said as I slowly closed the door to her room. I made my way to the kitchen as my phone suddenly vibrated. Really, now? I thought reading the text tha.t stated there was a new case. Evelyn stepped out of her room,

"Hey Hon,  Ashlynn will have to take you to school, I have to go to work." I said as she quickly nodded and kissed me on the cheek.

"Bye Grandpa." She said waving as I knocked on Ashlynn's door and she went over to watch Evelyn. I quickly got into my car and spend off to the BAU.

"Reid, have you heard about the threats?" Emily said walking with me to the elevator.

"Sort of, I fell asleep as the news was explaining it." She quickly explained how the gunman explained he would cause a fire at a local school district if he didn't get answers.

"What I am trying to figure out is, what does he mean by answers and what school district." I shrugged,

"Maybe classified information about the government or arrests. And maybe he's just threatening and isn't going to act on it." The elevator opened and we walked out,

"Well we can't take that risk." She said as we entered the briefing room. JJ was handing out the file folders and went on explaining that we were investigating the threats.

"One of them stated he was going to burn down two houses of his choice. The letter A was left at the bottom of the note, probably a signature of some sort."

"Pyromaniac?" Derek and I asked.

"Another said he was going to kill and burn all of the family members of the BAU. Again, an A at the bottom." She said her eyes getting wide as did all the others.

"Again, Pyromaniac. He's talking about burning buildings or bodies in those two threats." Emily said

"Well there are more. So far half of the threats lead to pyromaniatic behavior." Hotch said skimming throughout the files. JJ told us the rest of the threats including the school shooting one. All of them had threats of burning down something.

"Well, he's most likely a Pyromaniac, Garcia look up local fires that occurred recently." Hotch said to Garcia. She looked at the monitor and typed in the information,

"10 house fires."

"How many were unexplained?"

"3."

"What are the names of the homeowners?"

"Um, Joseph Tyler, Port Johnston, and Adam Richards." Garcia named and of course there was a name with an A on the list.

"What's the address of Adam Richards?" Rossi asked,

"2130 Cooper Road." Garcia said, we thanked her and drove to the address. Derek and Rossi knocked on the door. A middle aged woman with light brown hair and gray eyes opened the door,

"Good morning ma'am, I am SSA Agent Rossi and this is SSA Agent Morgan of the FBI."

"What is this about?" She said

"Is Adam home?" Derek asked, the woman raised an eyebrow and placed her hand on her hip.

"He's currently at school, May I ask why you need him?"

"He may be tied to threats to the FBI."

"Really? That can't be my son. Impossible."

"Can you contact us when Adam returns?" He handed her a card she nodded and closed the door.

"Should we ask the neighbors about Adam's behavior?" Emily suggested we all agreed and went house to house interviewing them.

"All of them seemed to state that Adam was quiet, mentally ill, and when he did talk, disturbing." JJ said as if putting together a mental puzzle.

"The mother is hiding something. She knows about Adam. She isn't going to call back." I said reviewing the statements. She acts like her son is an angel but his records show years of anger management and a year in the juvenile detention home.

"Well Reid and Morgan can stop over about six tonight. For now we can get information from Garcia." Hotch said, we all nodded and headed back to the BAU.