Federal Love

Chapter 23- Dibs

Me and Liv worked for a little bit until everyone else came into the room with Garcia on the phone. Me and her continued to work while also listening to the conversation. 

"So I got to thinking after the call on the jet and I figured that since this creep seemed to have some sort of practice that this clearly wasn't his first time, leading with that thought I went on my way to VICAP and all of the other nifty websites like that and searched for cases like the one we have here. After looking at cuddly pandas and foxes I got a hit. There was two other cases back in 02' in Georgia and Washington state. They are both closed cases and the apparent offenders are both in jail. They weren't connected to each other so the locals didn't work together. I know I'm not the profiler here but if it were me, I'd say that they locked up the wrong guys." Garcia said as I worked.

"If that's that case then this guy is way smarter than we thought. Crossing state lines, going across the country and then having the blame be pinned on others and still not under the spotlight, this guy is pretty smart. Not many others go this long without being noticed." Emily said. 

"How do we know if this is the unsub that sent the video or if it's someone else being paid or forced?" Olivia piped up from beside me. 

"Considering the fact that this takes a lot of planning and organization I'd say that this may be our attention whore." Rossi said.

"If that's the case then why did he stop for 10 years before starting again, and how did he even control his urges?" I asked as I finally looked up from the board. 

"That is a good question boy genius, if someone could kindly give me some search parameters then I could try and find something to help." Garcia said. Hotch and Rossi came up with some things she should put into her search for something helpful and she went off to work as me and Olivia finished the geographical profile. 

~Time Skip~

"We have hit a brick wall for now so I suggest getting some rest and coming in head strong tomorrow. Unfortunately, we have to pair up again again so find a buddy." Hotch said with a sigh, I found myself looking across the room to Liv and saw that she was doing the same. She gave a small nod and I smiled a little. It's not like we were going to anything like that. We all walked over to our things and started to head to the cars. I waited for Liv and we walked out together, as we walked out I noticed an officer staring at her until we walked out of the door and out of eyesight. I found it very odd and I didn't shake it off at all. I get that she is attractive in every way but I don't think it's necessary to stare that intensely. I casually moved her in front of me to put a barrier between her and him, I opened the car door for her and closed it after she got in. I went to the other side and got in next to her in the backseat. Derek got in the drivers seat and JJ hopped in the passenger seat. We went off to the lodge that we were going to stay in for this case. We got to the lodge and parked in the parking lot. We all got out and waited for Hotch to get our room keys. He came back with them and tossed them to me, Morgan, JJ and kept one for himself. I fumbled but caught it anyway. Before I knew it I had a hand on the top of my head and everyone else laughing in my direction.

"Dibs." I heard from Olivia who was next to me. I laughed with everyone and she plucked the keys from my hand. We all went to the trunks and got our bags from the cars. I grabbed mine and Olivia's bag and we walked to the room that matched the key in her hand. We found the room and she unlocked it and let me in first. I walked in and set the bags on the desk that was in the room. She followed in after and closed and locked the door behind her. I turned on the desk lamp so we still had some light in the room. "What's first? Dance party or dinner?" She asked half joking.

"Dinner." I said as I tried to find the main light switch.

"Oh you're no fun." I heard from her. I chuckled and finally found the light switch, I flipped it on and the head light came on. I turned around and saw her laying on the bed... wait. THE. BED. There's only one. I wouldn't say that I'm complaining, because I'm not but, I was expecting there to be two. I walked over to the bed and sat down next to her. She pulled me down by the arm so now we're both laying there looking at the ceiling. A small smile rested on my face and I turned my head to look at her. "What did you want for dinner?" She asked as she turned her head to look at me.