"3, 2, 1" Morgan silently counted down the numbers on his fingers. The SWAT team watched, positioned for action as he busted down the door. They filed in one by one with their body armour clicking. Morgan swung his gun around as he came across the scene of shooting, meters from the door.

"CLEAR, CLEAR, CLEAR" came the calls as they worked through the rooms.

The rest of the BAU team joined Morgan next to the victim. A woman in her early 40's lay sprawled on the living room carpet, a stream of blood leading from her chest to the soaked carpet below.

"Looks like we were too late" Hotch frowned.

Morgan ran his hands over his head and down his face, turning and walking away. It was getting harder and harder to deal with this case. They had been chasing this particular unsub for two weeks now, only they hadn't caught up to him yet. The unsub, targeting families once a week in suburban homes in Washington had the signature of killing the mother at the house, before taking the father and children to a separate location to murder.

To cope with his frustration Morgan left the living room into the first room he came across. A site met his eyes. The bedroom was that of what he profiled to be a teenage girl. The walls were painted blue with various posters tacked up around the room. One wall was dedicated entirely to paintings and drawings. Against the same wall sat a desk with a laptop and various art supplies. The bed sat unmade and above a dresser spilling with clothes hung a framed photo. Morgan identified the woman in the photo of that in the living room, along with a smiling man and a laughing teenage girl he assumed was around 16.

JJ silently came in behind him and put a hand on his arm. Morgan jumped, he forgot he wasn't alone.

"Her name's Eve. Garcia just phoned through with the details. She isn't at school, and her father Andrew hasn't been to work today either", she sighed.

They both stood silently lost in thought until Rossi stuck his round the door. "You two, back in the living room. Hotch wants you".

Morgan and JJ walked back to the others, where a police officer stood.

"Meet Lieutenant Jerry Rodgers. He handled the first murder abduction and will be helping us" Hotch stated.

Morgan stuck out his hand to introduce himself but before Lieutenant Rodgers had a chance to grasp it they heard the back door slide open. Not a second passed before they both dashed through the house and outside. A young girl could be seen sprinting for the woods behind the house before disappearing into the scrub. Morgan and Lieutenant Rodgers took up the chase but the Lieutenant outstripped Morgan and by the time Morgan caught up Lieutenant Rodgers had his gun out pointing at the girl.