Surviving Spirit

Chapter 6

I spun around really fast, startling Spencer, and walking up to the table the team was sitting at. "I just thought of something: Both Bobby and Carly had just moved back to Beacon Hills, just like I had; both went to the local high school with me, and all three of us graduated in 2002. Is it possible that it's someone we went to school with or graduated with?" I asked, out of sheer curiosity.

"It's possible," Agent Prentiss- Emily, as she told me to call her, spoke up, "but in order to determine that, unfortunately, we would need more bodies because right now, there's not really a pattern the killer is following..." She said, answering my question in a gentle tone.

"So we just have to wait then?" I asked.

"Unfortunately, that's all we can do..." Agent Hotchner stated.

Just then, Deputy Parrish ran in.

"Agents? The sheriff asked me to tell you this: We found another body."

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SPENCER POV

After the deputy came into the conference room, everyone quickly finished up their dinner, then split up assignments. Rossi, Hotch, Morgan, and Prentiss all left for the crime scene, while JJ and I stayed behind, going over the evidence and clues from the other two bodies.

Y/N had taken Stiles home, but only with the promise that I call her once we found anything out. I said goodbye to her, giving her a long kiss on her forehead, telling her to let me know when she got home safe.

"She'll be okay, Spence." JJ said, patting my back and giving me a smile.

"I know, but I still worry about her. She's been through so much already, and it kills me to see her go through losing her friends, when she already lost her mom and is trying so hard to be the perfect mother figure for Stiles, the perfect daughter for her father, and trying to hold it all together and be the rock for everyone all the time... I just hate seeing her in so much pain..." I replied with a heavy sigh.

"How about when we pack up from here for the night you go over to her house and see her? I'm sure that would make her feel a bit better..."

"I was going to anyway, just to let her know what was going on and hopefully tell her about the profile, if we have it ready by then." I said to her.

Just then, JJ's phone rung. It was Hotch. She put it on speaker.

"What do you have for us, Hotch?" She asked.

"Well, this time there is only one victim, but they were murdered and disposed of the same way: bound and gagged, stripped naked, thrown into a secluded area in the woods, and then set on fire..."

"Is the victim a male or a female, Hotch?" I asked.

"We can't tell. We will have to wait until the results get back from the ME to check for any other injuries as well as running the dental records." He said.

"Okay. Let us know what you find out." JJ said, hanging up the phone.

Now we wait....

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The body had been taken to the ME's office and had been identified as 30 year old Marin Morell. Once the team arrived back at the station. We were able to begin composing a profile.

"So, gender isn't something the unsub cares about." Morgan stated.

"What I don't understand is why the unsub went after two victims the first time, but only one the second time..." Emily said.