A.N: Hey everybody! Thank you guys for all the views and for the couple reviews I already received on the last chapter. I appreciate it, seriously. I was never going to send them by plane since D.C is so close but thank you for making sure I thought about that, I agree it would have been silly to send them that way.

I'm updating today since I already had a new chapter almost done but the next update will probably be the full week so just be aware.

I also wanted to add it's rated M because there may be some scenes between some characters but I'm not going to be explicit if I DO add those in, I'll save the explicit stuff for my other project. I also did it because both shows being about murder, might make my crime scene write ups be more graphic.

Hope you guys like it so far, the first few chapters area bit slow, granted, but it'll pick up. I hope to catch more reviews from you all, and thanks for reading!

Chapter 2

An hour later, most of the team was gathered in the briefing room after J.J. had called to gather them. Chief Strauss was already seated and her foot jiggled impatiently while they waited for the last member of the team to arrive. Four minutes later Reid awkwardly scurried into the room juggling his shoulder-bag and a few loose items.

"Sorry! Sorry I'm late, I dropped my bag on the way up." his voice was high pitched with frustration and he plopped into the open chair with a sigh, running his fingers through his hair to push it back out of his face.

Chief Strauss gave him a quick glare and then started the meeting. "Now that everyone is here, let's begin." She glanced at J.J. "Agent Jareau, the slides please."

J.J. nodded, standing up with the remote to the screen in her hand. "Washington D.C. has a major problem, 28 people have been abducted and murdered in the last 4 months." J.J. clicked the button and images appeared on the screen. It took few seconds before the team was able to comprehend what they were seeing. When they did, there were mixed reactions. J.J hardly blinked because she had already seen the pictures while waiting for the rest of the team, but her reaction had been bad when she first saw them.

Prentiss' mouth opened in shock and she turned her head for a moment to compose herself. Garcia gasped loudly and stuttered out a shocked "o-oh my god!" immediately turning her head into Derek's shoulder next to her.

Derek put his arm around her and held her head to his chest, while his own face betrayed his anger at whatever sick bastard could have done what was displayed on the screen. Rossis' face stayed neutral but his right hand clenched underneath the table.

Reid was able to control most of his reaction by quickly looking down and pretending to read the case file in front of him, but his stomach churned unpleasantly. Hotch was the hardest to read because his face didn't change and he never shifted in the chair.

Strauss gave them all a moment to settle before continuing the briefing. She avoided looking at the screen and with a tiny shiver, remembering the image herself, she spoke, "Director Vance of the N.C.I.S. called me to ask for help in solving the case." She glanced towards J.J so the liaison could give the team details of the case.

J.J gave a slight nod and then launched into the details. "There are 28 victims total, both men and women equally. Found over the course of the last 3 weeks in different stages of decomposition, the first victim found was a woman and after that they alternate."

"Where were they found?" Hotch's more than usual terseness was the only sign of the images affecting him at all.

"None of the victims have been found in the same place. Some were found in their homes, while others were dumped, but never in the same place as a previous site." J.J clicked the remote again while she spoke and the images of the victims were replaced by different locations, some of them were of bedrooms or living rooms and others were outside.

The images showed no more bodies but instead showed a macabre scene with pools of blood and splatters all over the walls.

Prentiss leaned forward in her chair inspecting the images "Are there any connections between their wealth brackets or area of residence?"

J.J was already shaking her head, "The only connection N.C.I.S has been able to find is the fact that they are all Officers in the Navy. Ages, race, sexual orientation, wealth; They looked into ALL of it and have come up empty. That's why they've called us in, they're hoping we can find something they missed and give them a working profile of the Un-Sub."

"I know it's not much to go on but D.C needs you all to find this guy and put a stop to this," Strauss glanced at Hotch before continuing, "I want you all to grab your bags and head out A.S.A.P. Ms. Garcia will accompany you in the Bureau vehicles and assist on location at N.C.I.S headquarters. Find this guy sooner rather than later." With that final statement she left the room and returned to her office to let the team prepare.

Hotch watched her retreating form a moment before speaking, "Strauss is right, it isn't much to go on but we've worked with less before. Grab your go bags and meet at the cars in 10. We'll head straight to N.C.I.S, get acquainted with the team we'll be working with and go from there." He stood up and left to grab his bag and make sure he had everything he needed before they left.

The others all followed suit, grabbing the files in front of them and hurrying out of the room without another glance at the images displayed so gruesomely on the screen.

FIN