The Princess' Revenge

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Life and Death have been in love for centuries,

Life gives Death gifts,

These gifts take their time getting to Death,

They always take a lifetime,

But they stay forever,

Life and Death will love each other, no matter what.

"Why are we killing people who look like the BA bloody U?" Tommy questioned as he looked down at the woman who now closely resembled Tara. There was a chemical smell in the air, something akin to hair dye. The woman whimpered, her dark skin glinting with sweat. Natalia scowled, "I'm following the book, Tom." Natalia waved her notebook, which held her neat methodical notes on each team member. "Which book would that be? I ask. Huh? The Art of War? Hm? How to Nuke Your Enemies? War and Peace? Minus the peace part?" Tommy paused heaving, "Revenge isn't everything, Natalia. Killing them may not help...believe me." He told her eerily calm, his own icy amber eyes sweeping along his wife's figure. "Let's keep doing what we already are, be the uncaught Angel of Mercy killers at Charity Grace Hospital, the world never discovered. Hell, move to a different hospital and start there!" He gestured wildly before he crossed the room and knelt in front of her. He cupped her face with his larger hands, wiping away the tears. She sighed heavily, "I thought if I never saw them, I could deal with it but they took..." Here she drew in a shaky breath, turning her head away, his hands falling to his knees. His lips turned upwards, wicked grin curling along his lips. "Then let's show them what her daughter is capable of, how she was under their nose the entire time, especially since she's the daughter to the devil." Natalia grinned at her husband's comparison, he pulled her to her feet as she intertwined herself in his arms. "The Princess of Hell, hm. I like the sound of that." Tommy grinned before slotting their lips together. They pulled away mirth and danger dancing in their eyes. Natalia grabbed her knife, it glinted dangerously in the moonlight. It flashed burying itself deep into the woman's stomach, blood bubbled out spilling onto the floor and area around her.

The malevolent pair began to set the scene. Natalia used her medical skills to cut out the heart of her now dead victim. Tommy set out the ritual cloth, which was awaiting its offering. She placed the heart on the white cloth, the blood making a sticky squelching noise as it parted from her gloves.

The pair stood in their respective corners, admiring their work. "My life was made by the death of others." Natalia said almost dreamily to her husband, "As was yours." She cut deep with the reminder of his first kill, which had been a quadruple homicide, it had been revenge for the killing of his family. The police and FBI were clueless as to his involvement in the revenge killing. "Thank you, Leonardo da Vinci." He snarled back. "We are who we are, what happened to us built this." Natalia told him, she sauntered over to him, wicked smile on her face, she drew her arms around his neck, pulling his face down to her height, playing with the small hairs at the nape of his neck. "We are death's children, you said so yourself. We were made for the world to fear." Tommy's adrenaline faded, and his dark eyes seemed to lighten to amber. "We are feared, my love."

Emily was jolted out of her uneasy sleep by a shrill ringing. JJ groaned and tugged her covers over her head. Tara simply rolled over on the pull out sofa. Emily scrabbled around on the bedside table, she knocked her phone to the ground. She flickered on the lamp causing another groan from JJ, Tara simply sat up bleary eyed. Emily leaned on her stomach over the edge of her bed, she grabbed the phone, answered it while wiggling backwards back onto the bed. Answering, she sat up leaning against the headboard, her eyes widening when she heard the news. "We'll be right there." JJ sat up at this, her usually perfect blonde hair, bedraggled and knotted. "Another?" Her voice was croaky and thick with sleep. Emily nodded, hanging up and getting out of bed. "JJ, Tara go back with Luke, Matt and go back over the files. I'll take Reid and Rossi with me." The trio paused for a moment before Emily called the others while Tara and JJ got ready. Soon the tired group of the BAU were in the lobby, JJ, Tara, Luke, and Matt headed off in one SUV with Matt driving. Emily left with Reid and Rossi.

The once barely lit street and the darkened driveway were lit up with flashing red and blue lights. Jayne exited the house with a yawn. "Sorry for the late night call." Emily shrugged, "Its fine, we've had plenty of late night calls. This one won't be the last." The four entered the eerily silent house, they followed Jayne to the living room where the third victim was lying dead. JJ stopped with a violent jerk, when she saw the body. Emily's hand flew to her mouth while Reid stilled. The woman was again similar to her BAU counterpart. Her dark skin illuminated by the red and blue lights flashing in the windows. They all stared at the body and at the heart which lay a few feet away similar to the other crime scenes. Once they got their emotions under control, Jayne filled them in. "Names, Tatiana Thorne. Twenty-three, housesitting for a friend. Found by the neighbour, Oberyn Solomons, when he walked past the door was open. No priors. This note was found on the body, no prints, typed like the last." Jayne handed an evidence bag over to Emily, the small card was indeed typed and had a few spots of blood on it from where it had rested on the victim's bloodied stomach. "Mr. and Mrs. Raphael."

JJ sighed, and glanced over at Reid who wore an odd look on his face, she tilted her head watching him deduce something. "I can hear the high pitched whine of your IQ from over here, what is it Spence?" He looked up at her, "Look at this." The three women walked over to where he stood. "This was taken yesterday." The photograph showed Tatiana with longer hair than the pixie cut she was now sporting as well as it being a darker shade. Her brows furrowing, JJ looked around and noticed that the cupboard under the sink in Tatiana's kitchen was slightly ajar. She fingered the gloves on her hands before opening the door. She poked around the bin, and found a bottle of hair dye, and strands of hair that had come from Tatiana. "Guys." The others moved to where JJ was crouched, she stood lifting the bin. "Look at this." The other three all joined her and looked in the bin, Jayne questioned the findings "They cut and dyed her hair, why?" Emily looked over at the body as CSU began to process the scene, one came and took the bin for processing. "They wanted her to look like Tara. The unsubs are absolutely targeting us, the question is why?" Reid's lips twitched and his eyes lit up at a realisation. "We've killed someone they love." Curious looks were sent his way but he wouldn't elaborate until they were with the others.