Elijah hummed as he drove to Fleur's place, with Reid in the seat beside them. He liked when the couples both rode together.
"Think they'll be out in time?" Reid wondered.
"They will." Elijah nodded,"They.. Usually are."
"Usually?"
"I said what I said." He shrugged as he pulled over.
"We should've grabbed food." Reid sighed.
"I can drive fast and pick up something on the way."
"Depends how much time we have." Reid shrugged.
"Time is scared of me." Elijah pointed,"We'll have time."
"Hey! Sorry, are we late?" Fleur ran outside, into the car.
"That depends." Elijah looked back at her,"Where's the nearest place I can get food?"
"Um.." Morgan thought,"Depends what you guys are in the mood for."
"Anything." He shrugged.
"There's a bakery down the road?" Morgan hummed.
"That'll do just fine." Reid nodded.
"Then bakery it is." Fleur told Elijah.
"I'm down." Elijah hummed as he began to drive.
"I recommend their crossaints." Fleur pointed.
"Are they as good as yours?" Reid asked.
"Of course not." Fleur chuckled.
"Nothing can compare." Elijah hummed.
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The team didn't even get a chance to exchange hello's or pleasantries with each other before they were sent to the jet.
"Last night, Michelle Bradley went missing from a friend's bachelorette party in Austin, Texas." Garcia told them.
"Austin PD say that she is the third in a series of abductions in a week." Hotch explained.
"Right. The first victim, Craig Pickett, was a student at TU. He disappeared from a fraternity party. He was discovered at the visitor parking lot just after sunrise. He had been beaten with a blunt object." Garcia informed them,"And then Heather Wilson, she was a veterinarian living in the Old West District. She disappeared from a speed-dating function thing, and she was found in a nearby alley the next morning. She had been stripped, and she had been stabbed."
"Each of the victims was at a social gathering the night they were abducted. Witness reports say that they were there one minute and gone the next." Hotch added.
"Okay, so this guy doesn't waste time. He knows who he wants and how to get them. This shows organization and sophistication." Morgan nodded.
"He had Craig and Heather for less than twelve hours before he killed them. We may already be out of time to save Michelle." Fleur sighed.
"No apparent link in victimology." Hotch continued,"What troubles me is the variation in MO."
"The speed and efficiency of the abduction suggests one UnSub. So is he using weapons of opportunity or specifically catering his murder ritual to each victim?" Reid wondered.
"There's clear evidence of overkill on both." Elijah pointed,"Craig's face was caved in, and the damage to Heather's genitals was extensive."
"He's angry, but about what?" Alex wondered.
"Well, the motive on Heather appears sexual. She was stripped down to no more than a watch, while Craig was left fully clothed." JJ sighed.
"His wallet was missing. There might be some kind of financial motivation." Morgan suggested.
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FanfictionFleur Howards was taken on her walk from from school at age 7. Originally from France, she was trafficked across Europe. She was forced into intercourse with older men but also trained to kill. Before she was saved by the FBI at age 17, she had been...
