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Double Homicide

"Alright my little lovelies, sit tight and buckle up because this case is a definite woozy," Garcia grimaced as she scurried to the front of the presentation room, iPad in hand. The team all sat down around the table, preparing their ears for the following details.

"Earlier today Florida police confirmed another double homicide in a gated community. The Adams family was your basic perfect family, Mr. And Mrs. Adams have been married for 10 years and their twins had perfect grades in school. Everyone described them as perfect, they had no known enemies and so when they found these people murdered, it was a definite shock," Garcia started. "I can't believe people are so cruel. How can-"

"Baby girl, you still haven't told us who in the family was murdered," Morgan chuckled.

"Right! Both the mother and the daughter were murdered. Mr. Adams and his son were found tied up with both bodies in front of them. Mrs. Adams was cut from the groin to the chest, her insides on display whereas the daughter was cut horizontally from one hip to the other," Garcia cringed after every word. 

"What makes this a case for the BAU?" Hotch perked an eyebrow as he inspected the document in front of him.

"And why did you say another double homicide? Who were the others?" Reid questioned.

"Well my furry friends, this is in fact the second family. The first family was the Sanders, three days ago, same MO. The unsub left no trace and as far as the crime scene team has seen, there were also no signs of forced entry or any indication that anyone had even entered the homes," Garcia gulped as she watched everyone's brain begin to think. "It's as if a ghost committed the crime. Neither the fathers nor the sons ever saw the unsub."

"Alright, send the rest of the files to our PDA's," Hotch stood up, straightening out his paper file. "Wheel's up in 30."

Everyone stood up and shuffled out of the room, walking to their desks and offices to gather everything they would need for the case. JJ grimaced and muttered incoherently as she walked back to her desk, already itching to catch the unsub. She was always extra anxious for cases involving children directly. Reid packed books and whatnot into his messenger bag to keep him entertained on the ride to Florida. He pouted to himself as he realized he had forgotten to grab new books as he had already read all the books he currently had at hand.

"What's up, Reid?" Morgan asked as he walked by his desk to start heading towards the SUVs.

"I don't have any new books to read," he frowned as he looked around in his drawers, desperate for some sort of new material.

"I might have a few random books in my office if you want to take a look," Morgan pointed his thumb behind his shoulder, pointing towards his office.

"Really?" Reid's expression brightened which made Morgan smile absentmindedly at the younger man. He chuckled and nodded.

"Yeah, let's go check it out before we leave in a bit," he turned to head towards his office, Reid following behind him. "I don't know what books they-"

"Doesn't matter, even if it's a dictionary," Reid interrupted with a grin and anxious fingers, itching to grasp the threaded papers. Morgan turned to look at him, chuckling and shaking his head at Reid's reaction.

"Alright, genius," Morgan searched in his book stand and drawers and pulled out four books. "They are just-"

"Thank you!" Reid interrupted once more, snatching the books and putting all but one in his messenger bag, cracking open the first one.

"You're welcome, Pretty Boy," Morgan couldn't help but laugh as the two men exited the office and headed down to get into the SUV.

As soon as everyone had entered the jet and everyone had been fully briefed, Spencer shoved his nose into the book Morgan had loaned him. It was on victimology and even though Spencer knew all about victimology, he hadn't read that specific book therefore he was reading it with eagerness. Morgan watched as the younger man visibly expressed his happiness over reading a book like a child playing with a new toy.

"Morgan!" JJ tried to get his attention but he was in a whole other world. JJ frowned and snapped her fingers in front of his face making Morgan physically jump.

"What woman?" Morgan looked over at JJ and noticed everyone else was also looking at him except for Reid who was still immersed in the book.

"I was asking what you think could connect the two families," JJ repeated herself.

"Well aside from the MO, I'm not sure," Morgan sucked in his lips in thought. "If both these families were supposedly picture perfect then maybe they knew each other?" he perked a brow.

"That's what I was thinking," Rossi agreed.

"But how?" Emily frowned, tapping her finger on the table. "Would it be possible they were related in some way?"

"Hey baby girl, can you work us some magic and find out anything that could connect the two families other than obvious things like work and whatnot?" Morgan leaned forward, looking at the screen in which Garcia was listening to their conversation via a video call.

"Whipping it up my love," she smirked as the sound of her fingers moving vigorously over the keyboard echoed in the jet.

"What I still don't understand is how the unsub wasn't seen. There were four possible witnesses and yet neither of them say anything even remotely helpful," Hotch rubbed his chin in thought.

"He must be physically fit to be able to overcome the two men and manage to not be overpowered," Reid pondered. "Garcia, was there any report of a blitz attack to the head? That would've definitely subdued the men easily."

"The ME report hasn't come in yet for the Adams, sweetness," she answered sadly. "But I believe that Sander's report should be," she trailed off as she searched in her database for Reid's request. "There are no signs of blitz attack to the first family."

"Alright, Emily and Rossi head to the Sanders' home and try and see if you can get them to remember anything. Morgan and Reid go to the recent crime scene and see if there's anything that the team might've missed. JJ and I will head down to the police station to go over there files and see whether or not it'd be a good idea to put this out into the media," Hotch stated as he closed the file. Everyone nodded and agreed, returning to their previous activities.

Hi! This is my first moreid fanfiction so I hope you guys enjoy :) This was originally posted on fanfiction.net but was encouraged to post here so I hope it does as well as it did on the previous website :)

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