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Chapter 1: A call for help

The room was dark and cold as Alicia tried to recall what happened to put her in danger. She didn't have long to think before a strange man came into the room and turned on a bright light that blinded Alicia. The man paced mumbling to himself but none of it made sense to Alicia. As her eyes adjusted to the light she saw that she was in a dingy basement. She saw no way out. The man stopped mumbling to himself a and he started talking to Alicia but she wished he hadn't. The man told her that she was going to die but not right away.

The BAU was quiet as the members of the team arrived to work for the morning. Agent Hotchner was the first to arrive followed by the rest of the team. It didn't take long before Hotch announced that they had a case.

"BAU room in 5" Hotch said with authority.

The Team gathered their morning coffee and went to the BAU room as soon as they could. When Hotch said 5 minutes he meant business.

"Okay crime fighters you are heading to the good doctors home town of Las Vegas for a gruesome one." Penelope Garcia said with her usual flair.

"As opposed to…" Derek Morgan

"As opposed to the nice and clean crime scenes you usually see." Garcia said in a flirty way to Morgan. "Our killer has decided to kidnap his victim, hold them for a week and kill them by a gunshot to the head."

"What is so gruesome about that Garcia?" Dr Spencer Reid asked in his unique way.

"Well the gruesome part is in your files." Garcia said.

"I see what you mean Garcia. She must have been tortured the entire week the unsub had her captive. From the marks on her body it must have been brutal." Reid said with a look of disgust on his face. He had seen plenty of crime scene photos but whenever it was a young adult he took it more seriously.

"What do we know about our victims Garcia?" Hotch asked sternly.

"Victim number one was Gloria Campbell. She was 25 and worked as a secretary at a law Firm. She went missing January 3rd and her body was found ten days later 50 miles away from where she was last seen. Victoria Grey was 23 and worked as a hairdresser. She went missing February 5th and her body was found 25 miles from where she was last seen 12 days latr. I have been searching their credit cards and social media to see if there was a link between these 2 girls but as of yet I have found exactly nothing." Garcia stated to the team. "I will have more info by the time you reach Las Vegas.

"Another woman has been abducted and we have only a few days to find her. Wheels up in twenty." Hotch commanded.

(In Las Vegas)

"Lets get started. Reid I want you to do a geographic profile of the places that the victims were before they were abducted. Morgan and JJ go to the coroners office. Rossi I want you to talk to Gloria Campbell's family. I will talk to Victoria Grey's family." Hotch said calmly as he ordered the team to their tasks.

As Reid stared at a map he was approached by Hotch.

"Any luck Reid?" Hotch asked solemnly.

"Not yet but I feel like there is a pattern emerging. I just can't see it yet." Reid mumbled. "Sadly I need a third location to do a proper geographic profile. I don't know where or when they were abducted.

"Do your best Reid. That's all we can really do," Hotch said with concern for his youngest member of the team. He knew that he put a lot of responsibility on such a young agent so he felt the need to make sure that he was in the right frame of mind and this case was bothering Reid.

The light was bright in the basement that Alicia was trapped in. The man who took her finally showed his face. His laugh was creepy and his eyes were wild.

"It looks like you have done your job Alicia. The FBI is here. Which means Dr. Spencer Reid is back in Las Vegas. I can't wait to get my hands on him."