Change My Mind ~ Criminal Minds (Aaron Hotchner x OC)

34.0: Curtin Call

A/N: Continuation of 6x08 Reflection of Desire

"True life is lived when tiny changes occur."

― Leo Tolstoy

When they arrived at the metro station, they walked towards the middle of the building. Reid looked around, "The building has 3 exits, north, south, and west. You're here to target a woman, but you don't want to attract attention."

"Well standing in the middle gawking at passing women would certainly attract attention," Hotch stated, "Like you're doing right now." Reid turned back to them, "What's that?"

Crystal tried to hide her smile and Emily smirked, she snapped her fingers. "Just like that, IQ of 187 cut down 60." Crystal smiled, "He'd have to blend in somewhere he'd have the best view, to not look suspicious as he's looking for his next victim." Emily nodded as she motioned towards the entrance, they both walked over and started to walk towards the other side.

They walked and saw many people with newspapers, Crystal hummed as they walked back over to Hotch and Reid. Hotch looked over at them, "He watched from the benches, if he was here then he's on the cameras." They nodded as they headed towards the security room, when they arrived Hotch looked over at the security guard. "How many cameras cover the room?"

"3, but only two of them work. Cameras 8 and 7."

Reid nodded, "Can you go back to yesterday at 4:00 PM?"

The security guard nodded as he pressed a key, Emily pointed at the screen. "There, she's right there Camera 7." Crystal looked at the screen, "Can you bring up Camera 8?"

Hotch nodded, "Enlarge it as well please?" The security guard hit another key, Hotch motioned towards the screen. "See the girl walking in front of him?"

"He's seen Penny, he walks right after her." Crystal states and Emily nodded, Reid leaned in a bit. "Can you go back to the exact moment he sat down?" The security guard nodded as he hit another button, Reid watched and held up his hand. "There, freeze right there," He looked at the team, "Calculating the timecode from the moment he left the station, he sat there for over three hours."

"We profiled he has his own vehicle." Hotch stated and Emily nodded, "It's the only way he could've abducted Penny off the street." Crystal frowned, "But 3 hours exceeds any parking meter." Hotch took out his phone, "We need to get all of this footage to Garcia, he's most likely got a parking permit."

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When they arrived back at the station, Morgan told them what they'd discovered. He was currently pointing at the map showing where the road blocks were, "We closed this area off, cops all over it." Reid walked over, "They're going door to door, there's a 5-block radius with over 2,000 homes."

Crystal shook her head, "We won't find her in time with the time limit we have." Emily nodded, "It'd take a couple days to go to every door and search for Penny." Crystal's phone started to ring, "Sorry, excuse me." Crystal stepped outside the room, "Archer."

"I did it."

"Tyler?"

"I did it Chris, my portfolio and resume was accepted at the company I told you about last year and I got accepted. They want to meet me at this party and I- I did it."

"Ty that's amazing, I'm so proud of you." Crystal smiled as she heard her brother let out a happy sigh, Tyler was working at a great company right now but he wanted to move up. He'd applied to a position of production management manager at a new company where they dealt with different types of products as well as finances, it was a profound company with a good reputation.