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Standing in the conversation room, Aaron Hotchner stood and stared at the man who had kept his youngest agent captive for almost two years. He took a deep breath, steeling himself to try and do what needed to be done. They had to go talk to this man. Get information out of him. Not just on the seven murders down in the morgue, but also the others that Reid had spoken of. If they wanted this man to go to jail, they had to do this.
But God, he didn’t know if he could walk in there and calmly do his job. Never before had he been unable to turn things off. He’d always been able to turn his emotions off and do his job. But as he stood here staring at the sadistic bastard that had hurt Reid, he felt his hands shake with the urge to go and pound the man into the ground.
A hand on his arm drew his attention from the window for a moment. Dave Rossi stood beside him, his face a calm mask. “Let me take the interview, Aaron.”
“What?”
“This hurts all of us, but I’ve got a little better control than you right now.” Dave told him calmly. “I’m less likely to bash the bastards head in if he says something I don’t want to hear. Let me take the interview.”
There was no denying his logic. As much as it grated on him to do it, Aaron nodded. “Nail him to the wall, Dave. Nail this bastard.”
“With pleasure.”
The older agent left the room, appearing a moment later on the opposite side of the glass. For a short while Aaron simply watched them. Read the facial cues and body language. Tried to get a feel for the man. Then, when he felt he was in control, he flipped on the speaker so he could listen as well.
“…telling me that you admit to beating and raping those women?” Dave was saying.
Vincent gave him a sickly smile. “Of course. They already have evidence against me. DNA at my house, right?”
“That’s right.”
“Well then it’d be stupid to deny it. But I didn’t kill them.”
“How’d they die, then? How’d their bodies end up in the river?”
A harsh laugh slid past Vincent’s lips. He leaned back in his chair, uncaring of the cuffs holding his hands to the metal circle in the center of the table. “They got in the river by being put there. As for the dying, you’d have to ask the boy. He was the one that was with them. If you’re looking to pin me for seven murders, you’ve got another thing coming.”
“Actually.” Dave said, shuffling through the file in front of him. “We’re looking to pin you for eighteen of them.”
Something flashed over Vincent’s eyes. His smile turned harder, sharper. “Ah. So the boy is here then. He’s been talking, I see.” Shaking his head, the Unsub winked at Dave. “But, he’s a delusional little man. You can’t trust him to be accurate on numbers. Do you have eighteen bodies?”
The posture the man had, combined with the tone to his voice, told Aaron that Vincent knew they didn’t have all the bodies. Either he’d found a way to destroy them or he was confident in his dumping ground.
“Things might go a little easier if you open up and tell us where to find those other eleven bodies, Vincent. You know we’ve got you for the other seven. They might be able to deal a little more with you if you tell us where to find the other bodies.” As much as both of them hated it, it was the truth.
“Oh, I’ll tell you.” Vincent said, surprising them both. Then he dropped his bombshell. “On one condition. I want to see the boy.”
“No.”
Dave’s answer had been immediate. But that didn’t seem to bother Vincent at all. He chuckled, sitting back. “Then no deal, Agent. Sorry.”
After that, no matter what Dave said, the man refused to answer him. Finally, when Dave got up and moved toward the door, Vincent lifted his head. “Oh, Agent Rossi?” He called out. Dave stopped, turning his head to look at him. The look on Vincent’s face was chilling. “If you want to find the last woman before her time runs out, I suggest you rethink our deal here. The location of the bodies, and of her, in return for letting the boy come in here.”
Silent, Dave stared at him just a moment longer. Then he shut the door.
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Everyone but Garcia met in one of the conference rooms to discuss what Vincent had said. Predictably, the first reaction was shouting from most of the team. JJ looked absolutely horrified by the idea. Emily took a step back in shock before loudly declaring “No!” But Morgan was the loudest one of all. “Hell no, Hotch! There’s no way we’re letting him in there!”
“There’s someone alive?” Kurgan asked in shock. He looked around at all of them. “If there’s a chance we can save her…”
“And what’s to say he’s not lying?” Morgan demanded. His hands clenched into fists at his sides. “What if we send Reid in there and the bastard doesn’t tell us or we find out he’s lying? I’m not putting the kid through that! He’s been through enough.”
Kurgan wasn’t dissuaded. “If there’s any chance at all that we can save her, how can we not take it?”
Things would have quickly escalated from there, but JJ stepped between the two, holding her hands out and calling for quiet.
The two senior agents weren’t paying attention to the team. Dave was looking at Aaron, their eyes locked with unspoken messages. “You know what we have to do, Aaron.” Dave finally whispered. After a moment, Aaron nodded. He did know. They couldn’t risk another life being lost. As much as he hated it, he knew what had to be done.
Shock spread over Morgan’s features when he realized what they were saying. “Hotch, you’ve got to be kidding me! You can’t send the kid in there.”
“If there’s a chance that there’s a girl still alive out there, what do you think the old Reid would have wanted us to do?” Aaron countered quietly. All of them knew the answer. Reid would have willingly walked into the room to save the girls life. Aaron hated it, but the profiler in him knew it was true. “That man has a bond to Reid. Granted, it’s a horrible bond, but it’s there. In his eyes, checking on his most cherished property is more important than keeping the secret of this woman being alive.”
That knowledge didn’t help Morgan any. “He’s not in his right mind right now!” He bellowed at them all. “You saw him in there. What the hell is it going to do to him to make him go in there?”
Emotion clogged up Aaron’s throat, but his eyes were stern as he stared at Morgan. “I’m sorry.”
All the fight suddenly seemed to drain out of Morgan for a minute. His body slumped, shoulders drooping. He took a deep, ragged breath before he pulled himself back up straight. “He will not go in alone.” His voice dared anyone to argue with him. No one did. Now that he knew they agreed to that he seemed to gather himself more. “I’ll tell them.”
Aaron started to protest, but Morgan waved a hand at him. “Trust me, I’ll handle Garcia better than anyone. She’s going to be in full Mama mode and this is going to piss her off.”
After his words, Aaron nodded. No one protested as Morgan turned and left the room.
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