Criminal Minds [Multiship] * H I A T U S *

《44 - First Case》

"Federal Rogue, welcome to your first case," Kelly spoke as they all united in the conference.

Fereal Rogue trained hard for a few weeks before finally, today, they were to be assigned to their first ever mission.

It was Chris, Ricky, Bethany,  Franccesca, Craig, TJ, Angelo, Devin, Maria, Jinxx, Vinny and Agent Purdy.

"This one's a case that's been going on for a long time, but the one you're getting is in a way relatively new," Agent Brink explained. 

"So we're finally storming Bohemian Grove," Ricky smirked.

"No, you imp," TJ scoffed with an eyeroll.

"It involves the case of an underground trafficking ring working through major Penn state cities," Agent Brink said.

"Aren't Max and Caleb on that?" Angelo asked.

"Yeah, but nothing on new leads, so they need help. You'll be working this case with them," Maria said.

"Okay, then, give us the information," Angelo said, laying back.

Maria nodded and pointed the clicker at the smart board of the conference room, and a couple of pictures of young women showed up.

Some were regular DMV photos. Others were mugshots. While only 2 or 3 seemed to be in their early 20s, the other girls seemed to barely even reach 16. 

There were 24 girls in total.

"Young teens and adults have been disappearing as far as Meadville, even Erie and Youngstown have been disappearing, varying between high and low risk victims. Oldest one is 23, youngest is only 15," Agent Maria said.

"Oh fuck..." Craig whispered as the team looked in shock.

"Out of the 24, only 3 have had recovered bodies, each found in surrounding states, so that there was no connection," Agent Brink said. "However thanks to Angelo's BAU unit, we saw the similar injuries, the connection."

"Which was?" Ricky asked.

Maria clicked the clicker, and three pictures of three different crime scenes showed up.

"Each girl was found in a vacant hotel room, an organ of some kind missing, and left bled to death in the bathtub overflowing with ice and salt.... Malarkey's group determined they were cut open and put in there antemortem... no traces of any anesthetic in their bodies...."

"So they're tortured," Jinxx said. "Christ....."

"Had there been any leads?" Bethany asked.

"Sort of.... There is a specific club that connects majority of the victims." Maria said, and pulled up two more pictures, who Chris recognized as colleagues here.

(Picture: Agent Taylor Momsen & Agent Elizabeth Hale)

"Two of our best agents on the case, Agents Hale and Momsen, were on the case with Agents Green and Shomo, but the two women disappeared without a trace, never radioed back. A week prior, an Agent Lavigne was also on the case and disappeared as well, and was discovered two days later at a motel room all the way in Pittsburgh," Maria said. "She was missing both kidneys, and had been brutally assaulted and tortured, lwt in the ice and salt tub. She survived, had a successful transplant.... But retired from the bureau, moved into Witness Protection. Hasn't been heard from since."