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First Suspect

It didn't take long for Hotch and J.J to show up at the station with a grey HP laptop in Hotch's grip. He set it down on the meeting room table.

" This is Becca White's computer. I'm going have to call Garcia and have her fly down there. " He said, pulling out his cell phone.

" But that'll take two hours. " J.J said.

" She's all we got on technology. " Hotch said.

" Well I can do it. " I said, sitting down opening the laptop. They all stared at me.

" It's really simple, just have to hack a bunch of things and then give an I.D. which you simply take from the gallery of the computer. " I said, rapidly hitting the buttons on the device. I was going so fast, I made everyone confused on what I was doing. It went from a blue screen with writing on it to her home computer screen of flowers and a stream.

" And we're in. " I said, making everyone scrabble around me.

" Very impressed, Jackson. Thank you. " Hotch said.

I was fluttered Hotch was impressed. I could feel the tension Ethan had on me. Jealousy and frustration.

" I'll boot back past social media messages or contacts between anybody she tries hiding. " I said, hitting my fingers on the computer buttons again. I went through screen after screen on this thing, breaking through security and protection polices when multiple tabs showed up of Facebook, Twitter and other social medias.

" Wala. " I said. Hotch patted my shoulder.

" Find anything that was around the time of the abduction. " He said.

" Umm. I got one person of the day. Blake Dickson, he appears to live in Cannon Falls, Minnesota. " I said.

" What's the message? "

" I'm coming now and you better be giving me what I want or you will pay the consequences. "

" I'll call Garcia and make a background check. Good job, Jackson. " He said before leaving with his cell phone. I looked over at Reid and he was smiling at me as Ethan was trying to talk to him. I couldn't help but smile at myself, full of proudness of myself.

" Veronica, Hotch says he wants you to interrogate the suspect. " J.J shared.

" Me. I have no experience of questioning yet. " I told her. She gripped my arms with her hands.

" Listen, Reid told me what you said to Officer Ellefson and if you can do that, it shouldn't be harder with just any other person plus Morgan will be right out the door if it gets bad, okay? " Her gentle voice. I swallowed a lump in my throat and nodded while looking down.

" I'll let Hotch know. " She said, running off. She nearly ran into someone who was entering the station. He looked familiar, actually he looked like Ethan exactly except taller and way better looking. I watched Ethan brush past me and walk over to him then began talking to him. They both looked calm. I realized it was Matthew, Ethan's twin brother. I completely forgot about his brother. Matthew kept staring at me, darkly. Like his eyes were trying to access my thoughts. His eyes were so vacant like he's been empty for awhile. He kept eye contact with me till he went outside with Ethan. That was weird, I thought to myself. I don't know if he recognized me or not. I felt a tap on my shoulder. I turned to find Reid standing there.

" Uhhh the suspect is on his way here and Garcia printed his record out, along with everything else you might need. " He said, handing me a file. I took it while smiling softly.

" Thank you, Doctor. " I said, walking to looking at this file.

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I breathed in and out, slowly before yanking the door open to find a long metal table and the room to be very dim. A man with long, greasy dark hair looked up at me to look in his ice blue eyes that were so full of hate. I shut the door, uneasy but the comfort of knowing Morgan was behind it made me feel better.

" Hello, Mr. Dickson. Can I get you anything? " I asked, smiling.

" Cut to the chase, beautiful. Why am I here? " His deep voice said, making me feel uncomfortable. I scooted the chair out and I sat down, quickly across from him then opened the file.

" How old are you, Blake? " I asked.

" Twenty-four. " He said.

" Oh that's a good number. I take a lot of minors ask for favors. " I said.

" What are you talking about? " He said. I grabbed his file and slammed it in front of him.

" Your record claims that you have been convicted of underage sales, multiple minors and DUI's or am I just crazy? " I said to him. He shoved the file aside.

" I know what I've done. "

" Also what's with you messaging younger girls? " I claimed making him stare of his hands.

" I'm waiting. " I said.

" I just wanted to talk. " He said.

"  I'm coming now and you better be giving me what I want or you will pay the consequences, that's just talking, Mr. Dickson. " I said, starting to raise my voice at him. I slammed my hands on the table.

" What did she do to make you say that to her? "

" Tell me! " I screamed at him with such a deep voice.

" Okay, I bought her drinks! " He shouted back.

" I bought her drinks and she didn't have money so I paid for them. She said she will pay me back soon. I messaged her after she said she was at the City Hall park but when I arrived, she wasn't there. " He said, slamming his hand on the table after every word. I could tell he was telling the truth due to the detail of the story.

" I thought maybe she just went home or something like that but then I saw the news. Claiming she was dead, I felt like it was my fault. If I would have arrived there faster or maybe picked up gas on the way back, she would still be alive now. I'm sorry. " He said.

" Blake, this isn't your fault. Someone is twisted with no sense of mind out there. " I said, calming him.

" But I need to know why did you guys decide City Hall park? Why not anywhere else? " I said. Blake sniffed and looked at me.

" Because no one ever goes there. The park is too broken down for anyone too go down there so us teens made it our hangout. "

" And you are sure she was taken there? "

" Yes, Becca isn't the type to ditch without letting me know first. Plus she had a knee injury awhile ago so she can't really walk. "

I nodded then closed my case file.

" Thank you, Mr. Dickson. We will keep in touch. " I said before walking out before I heard him say wait. I turned to face him.

" When you find him, I want you to make him go through hell just like he did to those girls. " He said, angry. I felt sorry for the man as I left the room. I found Hotch and Reid looking at me from aside and felt Morgan brush his hand on my waist.

" Morgan, Jackson and Reid, go to the City Hall park and see if you can find anything. " He said as I handed him my file and was about to walk out with the boys.

" Jackson? " He said. I stumblied myself to stop walking and turn around at Hotch.

" Nice work interrogating, you may have found something. " He said. I smiled widely.

" Thank you, sir. I told you I wouldn't disappoint you. " I said, before leaving the room with a smile so big, Ethan was glaring.