Hi!

I don't own anything. How sad is that? I know that this is going to be finished after Christmas has passed, however it is still my gift to all the Morgan and Reid fans.

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"We've got a case. We are going to Indianapolis. For the last three years during the twelve days leading up to Christmas eleven bodies are found with smoke inhalation as the cause of death and no signs of a fire anywhere in the homes. Then on Christmas day an entire family is found dead."

"Twelve days?" Reid said. "There are only six days until Christmas."

Hotch nodded and clicked up pictures on the conference room screen. "This is Julia Peterson, Janet Summerland, Jesse Krotzer, and Kevin Dobson. In tradition they were found within the past few days having been reported missing. Two bodies have not yet been found. Autopsy shows Julia was the first then there is a gap, Janet Summerland, Jesse Krotzer, another gap and then Kevin Dobson."

"If this is the third year, why are we just going now?" J.J. asked.

"Local PD has just taken this to our doorstep." Hotch set down folders in front of each of them. "I know that this is close to Christmas and you all have plans however we are not allowed to pass this one on. We are leaving in an hour."

The BAU team begrudgingly got up from the table and went about their way to get ready to go. Not one of them in the mood to deal with a serial killer over Christmas.

J.J. called Will letting him know she might not be home over the holidays and that he should still take Henry to his parents over Christmas. Emily called the conciliate and told her mother she most likely wouldn't make it. She, on the other hand, wasn't so upset about it, she'd be with Hotchner after all. Rossi had no plans and Morgan called his Mom who was not thrilled at all since, they had worked Thanksgiving as well but she ended saying that she knew it couldn't be helped and she told him to be careful.

"As always momma." He said hanging up with her. He looked up from his desk as Reid was walking past him towards the elevator. "Hey pretty boy, wait up." He said grabbing his jacket off the back of his chair. "You want a ride?"

"Yeah, if you don't mind." He answered stepping into the elevator.

Morgan chuckled and pushed the ground floor button. "If I minded I wouldn't have offered."

"I suppose not, although 72% of offers people make are out of guilt or obligation dealing with the aid of others."

"Well I know I'm not obligated, and you could take a cab, so I fall into the other 28% of people who are just plain nice." He responded.

Spencer smiled a little half smile, "I suppose you do then."

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"None of the people have anything that really links them to one another excluding their deaths and location. All are within Indianapolis borders so a few of them shopped at the same places and two women went to the same gym but on different days. So I don't think it really means anything." Garcia shrugged and tilted her head causing her elf earrings to jingle.

"It's unlikely that the unsub has any connection to our victims outside of the murders. All ages, race, and sex are included in his picking so it just narrows down to the matter of how he is killing them. The families on Christmas would indicate that whatever led him to this was a smoke inhalation related death to a member of his own family. Check for fire related deaths starting from Christmas Eve four years ago and see if that brings anything up." Reid said to her.

"Can do." Garcia replied.

"Thanks baby girl." Morgan said and shut off the vid screen.

"Why the twelve days leading up to Christmas?" Prentiss said aloud looking through her folder.

"In each of the families' homes they found a copy of the twelve days of Christmas near the bodies. It must hold some significance to the unsub." Reid said and passed her a picture of the book from his file.

"None of the homes were broken into, so he has to have some kind of way in. It's not like he was bringing them home from a bar or anything. There are too many people on the list that wouldn't fit the category." J.J. said.

"He specifically chooses people who we alone at the time of their death. However he is getting in he knows he won't be interrupted." Hotch said sitting back in his chair.

"They died of smoke inhalation?" Rossi asked. "How does that happen without a fire?"

"It takes 5-10 minutes of straight smoke inhalation to cause brain damage and 15 to kill the average person." Reid said. "The area around the mouth and nose had smoke residue on it, so it might be that he uses some sort of breathe mask. Like from an oxygen tank."

Hotchner's phone rang. "Hotchner," he answered.

"Well, considering people with access to oxygen tanks is bit of a stretch to start with." Morgan said. "My grandma has one and she isn't running around killing people with it."

"Well I don't think the unsub is an old man. The bruising on some of the victims shows that they were held down for a decent amount of time and an old man wouldn't have had the strength to keep down some of the male victims in the file. Maybe some of the female ones, but not the males."

"Reid," Morgan said cutting him off, "I was joking."

"Oh," he said sitting himself up a bit, "Sorry."

Morgan smiled to himself, rolling his eyes.

Hotchner hung up the phone. "They found another body; autopsy thinks it the one from day two."

"By the time we get there we will already be into day seven." Prentiss said.

Hotchner nodded. "So what have we got so far?"

"White male between the ages of 20 and 40, lost someone dear to them in a house fire about four years ago; has a connection with the story the twelve days of Christmas; someone with access to an oxygen mask and tank, most likely lives alone." Reid answered.

"Most definitely not an old man." Morgan said quietly which earned him a glare from Reids direction.