A/N: This story was written not only by me, but also by HaleyAlex2013, who has been a great help in creating this story. I hope you like it.
A/N#2: JJ is a profiler in this story and she is married to Emily.
"Hey princess, wanna hit the club?" Morgan asked Emily as they started to pack their things, ready to go home.
"Uhh, sure. I'll talk to JJ see if she wants to come." Emily said. The two had been married to each other for 6 months now.
"Uhm, I don't think so guys. We caught a case." JJ said with Garcia in tow.
Emily and Morgan both groaned.
"Well, so much for our happy night." Morgan mumbled.
Emily rolled her eyes. "Suck it up, big guy." She said as they headed towards the conference room.
When they were all seated, Garcia started with the presentation.
"Alright my furry crime fighters, let's get started. In the past two months, three families have been killed in Columbus, Ohio." Garcia said sadly as she clicked the remote and a few pictures of different people showed on the screen.
"This is Kevin Helfer, his wife Maura and their 14 year old son Michael. They were found dead by their neighbor who came by regularly. Second family is Ryan Harrison, his wife Laura and their 10 year old twins Lucy and Malcolm. Housekeeper found them when she went to clean their house. Finally, we have Hayden Cooper, his wife Melinda and their 15 year old daughter, Christina. They were also found by a neighbor when she went to check on them after hearing what she described as loud banging." Garcia took a deep breath before continuing.
"The parents were tortured, but the children died instantly from a lethal dose of morphine." Garcia finished.
"Morphine, huh? So this killer didn't want these kids to suffer. He wanted the parents to suffer, though." Rossi thought out loud.
"Yeah. The children were killed first, then the parents. Also, this was written in blood across a wall in each home." Garcia said, clicking the remote, making a different picture show up on the board.
They all looked at the image. It was a simple quote, written in blood. The quote read 'If you tell anyone, I'll kill you.'
"Is this killer sending some sort of message? But who can't tell and what can't they tell?" JJ asked confused.
"It's child abuse." Reid said.
Everyone turned to look at him.
"What?" Emily asked.
"It's a quote for child abuse. 'If you tell anyone I'll kill you.' it means that if the child tells anyone about the abuse, whoever is abusing them will kill them. It's a threat that most child abusers use." Reid said.
"So our killer was abused, but why these families?" Emily asked more to herself than anyone else.
"Maybe every time he sees a family it probably reminds him of his own?" JJ suggested.
They were all thinking about what JJ had said.
"Alright guys, we'll talk more on the jet. Wheels up in 30." Hotch said as they all grabbed their stuff and piled out of the room.
"I have a bad feeling about this one, I don't know why." Emily said to JJ.
"You too? And here I thought I was the only one." JJ said.
They grabbed their go-bags and left.