I'm all in

11

Once again I apologize for how long it's been since I've updated. Thank you to everyone for the patience I've received.
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The team had worked until the late hours of the night and decided it was best to rest before continuing any further investigation. Spencer had introduced the idea of a religious cult being responsible for the decapitated heads, causing everyone to become a little more stressed.

Rossi flipped through the few pages of a file he had and stroked his goatee. "If this is a religious cult like Reid said, that means there could be more than one unsub." Derek nodded as he drove the team to the hotel "yeah and that means it's gonna be that much harder to pinpoint who the unsub or unsubs are. We have 6 men dead and possibly more coming." Hotch sighed, rubbing his left temple "guys let's try and get some rest anr pick it up at 7 in the morning okay?" The team all murmured in agreement as Derek pulled the SUV up to the front of their hotel. Everyone vacated and made their way to the rooms. Spencer and Derek in one, Rossi and Hotch in another anr then of course Emily and JJ in another.
Emily sighed and threw her body onto the bed "Jayge, can you rub my feet?" JJ watched her girlfriend with a small laugh and walked over to the brunette, slowly removing her shoes. "You mean the feet that have been in sweaty boots for what seems like a million hours?" Emily scoffed while lightly kicking the blonde, causing a small laugh to escape her lips. She placed a small kiss above Emily's knee "love I'm just kidding. Of course I'll rub them for a little bit." Emily sat up and patted beside her "Let's just go to bed. I'm so tired and we don't know when we will get rest again." JJ nodded and crawled into the bed with Emily, it not taking long before the two passed out.

The next morning seemed to come too fast for anyone's liking, especially Emily. She was not a morning person and everyone knew it. The whole team knew not to talk to her before her morning coffee. Emily rubbed her eyes as she walked down the stairs to gather with the team who was finishing up their breakfast, she mumbled a good morning causing a small chuckles to come from a few. She turned and shot a glare before picking up her cup of coffee and sitting next to her girlfriend who laughed and kissed her head.

Once they got back to the police station Hotch was met by the sheriff who had a grim look on his face. "Agent Hotchner, there's been another head found. And there's something you should see.." The sheriff removed his hat, allowing his grey hair to fall to the side. He motioned for everyone to come inside so they could follow and go over what they knew.
The team gathered into the room with the maps and files, the sheriff shut the door quickly and turned towards everyone. "There was a note found this time." Derek rose a brow "a note? That's not in the M.O, what did it say?" The sheriff pulled an evidence bag from the table by him and handed it to Hotch. Hotch read the note while examining the paper. "If you stop looking we will stop killing. If you don't there will be consequences." He handed the note off so everyone could study it. Spencer looked intently at the paper "it says 'we' maybe they are admitting to being more than one person." Rossi shook his head slightly "not necessarily. It could be fake. If you wanted to throw off an investigation, changing the number of people actually involved would be a good idea. But it's also possible that this is a slip up and we are looking for more than one person." Hotch nodded anr handed the note back to the sheriff. "Okay Emily come with me to see the new crime scene. JJ I want you to go to the new victims home and talk to the widow. This isn't going to stay quiet for long. Morgan you and Rossi go to the coroners and Reid I want you to work with Garcia to make a potential suspect pool from the church all the men went to."

JJ made her way up the steps of a townhome that looked to have been built within the last few years, the paint still looked new and nothing was falling apart. She knocked on the door and was met with sad green eyes attached to a very pregnant lady. She stuck her hand out "Hi I'm SSA Jennifer Jareau with the FBI, you must be Mrs. Lanning? I was wondering if I could come in and ask you some questions?" The woman wiped her eyes and nodded, stepping aside to let the blonde inside. "Would you like some water or coffee?" The brunette widow asked while rubbing her hand over her stomach. JJ shook her head and motioned for her to sit down "Mrs. Lanning I'm so sorry for you recent loss, is there anything that you noticed that had changed for your husband?" The woman sighed and looked down at her hands, "he was gone at odd times after he started visiting this church. Peter had beautiful hair" she chuckled softly then looked up at the blonde with sad eyes. "But then one day he shaved his head. Which I didn't think he'd ever do. He was so hellbent on growing his hair as long as he could and then one day showed up with it all gone." JJ nodded and wrote everything down before getting up and sitting beside the widow. "Ms. Lanning is there anything else like that, that was drastic?" The brunette nodded slowly. "He came home the other night with...with blood on him. It wasn't much but it was enough to be alarming. But when I asked him about it he seemed scared. He said he couldn't tell me because they were watching. I thought he had a breakdown or something so I urged him to go to bed. The next morning I woke up and he was gone." Jennifer placed a hand on the woman's knee and order softly. "I'm so sorry for everything you've gone through. Is there anyone you can call or that you'd like me to call or anything I can do for you?" Mrs. Lanning shook her head and gave a half smile. "No my mother and sister are on their way here." JJ nodded and stood, her hand being grabbed at the same time. "But Agent Jareau." JJ looked down at the woman with concern and sympathy. "Yes Mrs. Lanning?" The widow stood and looked down hesitantly "could you possibly check the house? I'm not used to being here by myself." JJ smiled and nodded. "Of course. I'll check here and the yard." Mrs. Lanning thanked JJ as she walked throughout the house checking each room. She stumbled into Paul's office and looked around noticing how unorganized it was. She moved some papers to reveal three words scribbled anywhere and everywhere on the papers below. She took a photo of the mess and sent it to Penelope and sighed. "They are watching." She looked around the rest of the room, pausing. "Who was watching you Paul?" She made her way through the rest of the house and the backyard and walked back to the SUV. She climbed into the drivers seat and sighed softly, searching for the keys in her pockets. Once she found them she put them in the ignition and glances up to the rear view mirror and was met by a white mask. She didn't have time to scream, to run or to call for help as the stranger in her car wrapped a hand with a rag over her nose anr mouth. Her eyes slowly drooped down, she stopped fighting.
Everything becoming dark.