I opened my eyes to the sound of my cell phone ringing and the sound of SpongeBob Square Pants laughing from my TV. I reach over and flipped open my cell phone open and placed it to my ear. I didn’t look at the caller I.D. because I knew in the pit of my stomach that it was JJ calling from the voice, and when she calls it is never good. “Agent Rossi” I said sleep leaving my voice as I sat up and felt for my glasses.
“Hey Lace its JJ. We got a case and it’s pretty bad. Office 20 minutes and hurry, tell Hotch and Zach” she said as I flipped it closed and looked and seen Jack looking at me with sad eyes. “Aunt Lacey do you and dad have to leave?” he asked me and I shook my head yes, he let his head drop. I jumped out of bed and grabbed new black pants, a black tank top, a white low cut shirt, a black button up jacket and some new undergarments. I bounced out of the bedroom to the bathroom. “HOTCH, ZACH WAKE UP WE GOTTA CASE…. 20 MINUTES AT THE OFFICE AND FROM THE SOUNDS OF IT, IT IS A BAD ONE!!!!!!!!!!” I yelled and then slammed the door.








~10 minutes later~
I walked out dressed and seen Hotch, Jack and Zach sitting on the couch ready to go. I walked out and threw my wet hair in a messy bun. “Ready?” I asked as Hotch stood up holding Jack. Zach was pulling on a sweater and I pulled on my black converse. “I’m going to run Jack to Elli’s” he said referring to the babysitter. I nodded and I turned off all the TVs, light and anything else that I didn’t need. I sighed and then walked out of the apartment closing and locking the door. The elevator dinged and we all got on, it was silent as the elevator took its time going down. After we reach the first floor, we all took off in a face kind of pace because we knew that an innocent life was at stake. I sighed as I walked into the bright sunlight, shielding my eyes, Zach and I walked to my car and got in.
I hated the drive to the office because I knew that the time I wasted sitting at the red light someone was being murdered. I looked at Zach as I jumped into the driver seat. I sighed as I pulled out and on to the main road doing 10 over the speed limit until a red light caught me and I started to strum my fingers on the wheel. Waiting was never my strong point, even as a kid I never had the will to sit in one place for long. “Girl what’s on your mind?” he asked knowing me better than anyone, well almost anyone. David knew me better than anyone; I mean he did save my life. I had been friends with Zach back in North Carolina, we went to grad school together before I left and moved to South Carolina, where I lived until my parents died in then Zach found me and we moved to Virginia with David.
“I just hate sitting at red lights because I know for every moment I sit at this freaking red light someone is dying in the world and I can’t do a damn thing but sit here. I mean everywhere I go I hate it because I know that I may either be walking past a serial killer or our next victim.” I said with a sigh as the light changed green and I steps on the gas, taking off pretty fast I switched lanes and drove for a few more minutes before pulling into the parking lot. Zach and I jumped out as I grabbed one of my gun and badge from the glove compartment and we walked inside. The elevator dinged as it came to the first floor, I also had a nervous disorder, and I twirled my hair. Everyone knew when we had a case because I also was playing with my shoulder length hair. Spencer was the first one to notice when Zach and I came here that I was a very nervous kind of person.
“Hey Lacey” Zach said to me as I looked up from the passenger seat of my red 2009 mustang, I had been sitting in the parking lot for the last 30 minutes. I was waiting on Zach and my father, David. “Hey Zach.” I said as I twirled my hair and looked at him giving him a scared smile and I knew that he was also nervous because he was blinking a lot. Zach always seems to do that when he was nervous or he would pull at his cloths. “Are you ready for our first day of the BAU?” he asked me and I recalled when he asked me that the same day when we went for FBI training. I looked at him with a smile on my face knowing that he knew the answer.
“Like I told you the first day of training that I am not but I know this is what I want to do. I also know that you and David will be there with me the whole way.” I said with a smile as I grabbed my folder and got out of my car, fixing my red low cut shirt I closed my door and locked it. I took a deep breath and watched as my dad walked out the front door. I seen the happy smile on his face as he looked over and seen Zach and I.
I snapped out of it when the elevator dinged to the floor, I was twirling my hair as Zach and I walked out of the elevator. Morgan was picking on Prentiss about how a date went the last night. They looked over when Zach and I walked in, they seen and the smiles kind of disappeared off their faces and I gave them a half hearted smile and walked on to the conference room. I sat down at the table and Zach sat beside me. Emily and Derek came in, Derek was picking some lint off his clothes and Emily was looking at her watch. “Do we know how bad it is?” Emily asked as she looked at me, I shrugged my shoulders.
“I don’t know Emily. JJ just said it was pretty bad and to be in the office in 20 minutes and that was 10 minutes ago. I guess she is watching for Rossi, Hotch and Reid” I said as if on cue Spencer walked in with coffee in his hand. Spencer had an addiction to coffee he just didn’t say anything about it. “Speak and he shale be found” Zach said as Emily, Derek and I smile. Reid looked at us, I just smiled more. “So what are we talking about?” Rossi asked as he walked in, he looked at me and I smiled at him and then he sat down at the head of the table as JJ and Hotch walked in.
“So what do we know?” I asked as Garcia walked in she was always colorful and looked cute. “A serial killer in Bellevue, Ohio. All we now is that the Unsub is targeting young men between the ages of 16 and 17 after the Unsub killed a group of 20 something’s.” JJ said as she clicked on the picture and I we seen the pictures, the first thing I noticed was the lipstick on the side of the face and the face, Dillon Woods. “Wait JJ” I said as I jumped up and walked up to the TV and took a closer look at the picture. “What do you see little Rossi?” Morgan asked as I turned my head and looked really hard.
“Um from what I can see there is lipstick on the side of the victim’s neck and cheek and this is Dillon Woods.” I said as I took a step back and Spencer was right there looking at me. They all looked at me and JJ just went on. “It also seems the Unsub is stabbing the victims in the genitals about 40 or 50 times” JJ said and I winched just thinking about how that would feel to a guy. “Why so much anger to a guy?” Prentiss asked as JJ handed us all a file with the pictures, I picked up on a few things like the way the cloths were messy, the lipstick and that it looked like a dump site.
“How many boys have been reported missing or turned up dead?” Hotch asked as I looked up from the autopsy report. “12 dead and ones still missing from Norfolk called in about an hour ago.” JJ said as she clicked the next picture and I went back to looking at the picture. “Oh my…. Guys Bellevue is just the dump site. All the boys are from here I went to school with every one of them. Dad you remember Dillon Woods?” I asked looking over at David and he looked up at me. “Read me the other names. Anyone” I said as I jumped up and ran to the white board.
“Dillon Woods, Jordan Gray, Mason Amsterdam, Bill Wikes, Gene Scott, Justin Thomas, Peter Moore, Mark Wilson, Kyle Marks, Nathan Hawes, Cleveland Robert and the missing one is Carter Scott. It says here…” Morgan was saying until I cut him off.
“That Gene and Carter are brother. Yea they are fraternal twins. They have a sister names Jessica. She was raped when she was 10, they never found out who done it. Their parents Mena and Jason got a divorce and Mena and Jessica moved to Bellevue about 2 months after it has happened. I had complete forgot about them, they were some of my best friends like Dillon.” I said with a shocked tone in my voice and pointed to the picture on the TV. I looked at Rossi as he looked at me. “I want to go talk to Jessica and her mom and see if they know anything about it and look at the crime scenes.” I said as I grabbed the rest of the files of the other guys and looked around.
“Okay Li-Li, Rossi, Reid and I will head to Bellevue. Morgan, Prentiss and Smith see where the guys live now go over everything.” Hotch said as I grabbed my bag and stuffed the profiles in there, JJ was going to make calls and I was going to grab a few more things. “Hey Garcia can you do me a favor and find where Jessica Scott lives now?” I asked her as she walked out right in front of me. “Sure thing Princess” she said to me with a smile and a list from Morgan to also track. I smiled and got to my desk, I sat down and grabbed a few things and picked up a picture from one of my picture frames of a young couple at the age of 17. There were 14 of them; it was all the guys who were dead, my brother and I standing outside a baseball field. My brother disappeared a month after that…

The basis of optimism is sheer terror: Oscar Wilde
For once I slept on the plane there but it was only for about 20minutes, I had more than enough when I passed out at my party and then woke up the next morning. That night I had more sleep then I was use to and it felt good but this was my job. I heard the lap top start to buzz as Garcia was calling. I jumped up from where I was sitting and ran over to the laptop on the plane. “Yes sugar pie” I said as her face came on the screen. I smile and she smiled back at me Garcia was one of my best friends and I loved the way her and Derek talked to each other. I smiled and looked at her. “What do you have for us Garcia” Rossi said from behind me. I looked up and also seen Reid and Hotch behind me.
“Jessica Scott lives at 57 Left Lane, Bellevue” she said as I took it down and then sighed off. I sighed as we then got ready to land. After we got off the plane, a sheriff stood at his car. “You guys must be from the BAU. I’m Officer Landon Wright” he said as he shook our hands. “I’m Aaron Hotchner, this is Lacey Rossi, David Rossi and Spencer Reid” he said as I looked at him and waved, he also looked from David and me.
“David is my father. Dad… I mean Rossi how about you and Spencer go to the crime scene and Hotch and I will go find Jessica” I said as he looked at me. Hotch nodded his head, and I smiled as another officer was in a ca not far from us. I sighed and picked up my bag and placed it in another cop car to take to the office. I sighed and walked to the one officer. “I’m agent Dawson Green” he said with a sly smile, I smiled back and we climbed into the car. Hotch was on the phone with JJ. I sighed as the cop drove to the house, I sighed as I opened my phone and seen a new text message from Zach.
*Ahhhhhhh!!!! You lose love. J* I rolled my eyes and closed my phone; Zach always knew how to make my smile during a case. “So Agent Rossi,” Officer Green said and I looked over at him, “How long have you been working for the BAU?” he asked me. I smiled as Hotch got off the phone.
“Um David adopted me when I was 14 and I was already in my senior year at high school. I am now 25 and working for the BAU. I am a very smart kid, but not as smart as the other guy Spencer. ” I said as he pulled into a suburb. I looked for the 57. “There” I said pointing to the number 57 on one of the mail boxes. He nodded and started for the drive. “What happen to your parents?” he asked me as we pulled up and I looked down,
“They were murdered when I was 14. That’s why David adopted me” I said with a sad smile but then shook it off. “So did you get any more information off JJ about Jessica Scott?” I asked as we got out of the car, I fixed the gun at my side and pulled my coat over it as we walked to the door. Officer Green stood behind me as we walked to the front steps. I knocked on the door and stepped back. I waited a few moments and the door opened a little ways. “Can I help you?” came a voice and I looked down and seen a little blonde five year old. She has a touch of Down syndrome you could see it on her face.
“Is Jessica Scott home?” I asked her as I got down at her level. She looked at me and then looked back and I seen an older women standing in the background. “Mena Drake” I said as she stepped forward a cigarette was on her mouth. “Yes who is asking?” she asked as she shoved the child back and then opened the door and then blew smoke in my face. “My mommy isn’t home right now” the little girl said as the grandmother then turned and back handed the little girl, I looked and felt Hotch take my arm. I let out a sigh as the little girl then got up and walked to the kitchen.
“My name is Lacey Rossi and I am from the FBI we need to ask her a few questions” I said as I seen Jessica walk into the living room, she was applying the lipstick from the crime scene photos. “Jessica it’s the FBI.” Mena said as Jessica looked at me and then at Hotch. “What is this all about I have to get work.” She said as she rolled her eyes and I seen a scratch on her hand. “This is about your brothers, Gene and Carter” I said as I seen her drop her eyeliner, her mom also dropped her Cigarette. “What about them?” her mom asked, she turned and looked at me with a nervous look on her face.









~30 minutes later~
After talking to them and getting nowhere Hotch and I headed to the crime scene. I sat in the front again as Officer Green took us to the crime scene. “Something wasn’t right about that” I said with a look of confusion on my face, something didn’t set right with me. “What is it Little Rossi” Hotch asked me from the back seat as I flipped my notes over trying to find something useful.
“Jessica was to clam for someone who just found out her brother was missing while one ended up dead” I said as I turned back and looked at Hotch, “Jessica’s mom was more upset then her… she seemed happy as almost guilty but not guilty” I said as I looked at Hotch, he gave me a confused look.
“Well we need to make a profile and hope no more boys go missing” Hotch said, I looked again at my notes and started to think. I looked up and see we pulled into an old rail station and raised an eye brow. I sighed and got out of the car shielding my eyes with my hand. We walked to where Reid stood talking to any officer that would listen. We made it to ear shot and heard Reid.
“The Norfolk & Western Railway was a unique operation of modest proportions that achieved recognition beyond contemporary railroads of similar size. In actuality, Norfolk & Western had two differing styles. Before 1964, it was a coal hauler known for its excellent financial performance, and which operated arguably the finest fleet of steam motive power at the head of long coal trains. The routine tonnage carried on these trains would be considered records elsewhere. Changes began first with dieselization and then merger with Virginian Railway in the late 1950's. In 1964 Norfolk & Western leased, merged with, or purchased several other railroads to expand its operation becoming a major Midwestern carrier. As such it operated routes from Norfolk VA and Buffalo NY to Chicago IL and St. Louis and Kansas City MO. On June 1, 1982 the Norfolk & Western, along with the Southern Railway, became subsidiaries of Norfolk Southern Corporation, a newly formed holding company. Finally on September 1, 1998 Norfolk & Western's corporate existence ended as it was merged into Norfolk Southern Corporation.[1]” Spencer said as we all looked at him. “What?” he asked and we rolled our eyes at him. I looked around at the rail road.
“Spencer… SHHH Mr. smarty pants” I said with a smile as I walked past him and seen a white glove a little far off. “Hey do you guys see that glove?” I asked as we all started to walk near it, I pulled on my gloves and then walked to where it stood and picked it up then it hit me.
“I can’t believe that someone would want to kill Carter and Gene!!!” Jessica said as I looked up and seen little Billie, as Jessica called her, came from one of the backrooms with a white glove on with a red bow and black cherry rhinestones right above the slot for the thumb. “Look at my glove mommy.” Billie said as she walked into the living room and wiggled her little fingers in big glove. “You little rat where did you get that?” Jessica asked as she ripped it off her hand then threw it in the cushion of the couch.
“What’s wrong Little Rossi?” David asked as I looked at him, I was still thinking but then I seen it hard the same black cherry design. “This glove, Jessica Scott has one just like it. She ripped it off her little girls hand when she came running into the living room with it.” I said as I placed it in the bag Spencer was holding open for me. I sighed and walked around not noticing anything else but the blood of several different victims. I took on the rail road tracks and seen an old building a few feet away, they had caution tape around it.
“Green” I said as he walked to where I stood. “What are they going to do with that old station over there?” I asked as I jumped down and looked up at him. “Um the last I heard they are going to blow it up in three days” he said with a shrug and walked back to the group. I sighed and looked down at the blood spatter, I sighed and then exhaled. This wasn’t getting crazy. I looked up and seen Reid looking at me. “So Reid why would someone go to the trouble of stabbing some guy in the groin?” I asked and he raised an eyebrow at me and walked over to me, the sky had become over cast because of the weather. I started to tap my cheek as he walked closer. “Well I think because of something tragic like a rape.” he said and then all the pieces fell into place.