people help the people, criminal minds: evolution [ 4 ]

003. sicarius

Madelyn is rushing around, trying not to be too late for work. The bus just picked the kids up.

"Keys, keys, keys." Madelyn mumbles, looking for the object.

"Here." She turns to Spencer who is holding her keys out.

"Ooh. Thank you. I love you." Madelyn takes them.

"More coffee." Spencer gives her the to go mug. "We're supposed to talk about them, you know?"

"Talk about what?" Madelyn asks.

"Nightmares." Spencer says.

"Okay, well, I didn't have any nightmares." Madelyn says.

"Yes, you did." Spencer argues. Miranda frowns at him. "You tossed and turned half the night. Plus, you're only ever this frantic the day after a nightmare or not getting enough sleep after having sex."

"That isn't true." Madelyn denies.

"Yes, it is." Spencer says.

"Okay, well, I didn't have nightmares." Madelyn says, starting to leave.

"Madelyn." Spencer calls.

"Not the full name." She whines, turning to him. Spencer gives her a look and she rolls her eyes. "Okay, fine. I had a nightmare. But I really am about to be late for work, so I need to go." She pecks him on the lips before racing out of the house.

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"Morning." Luke greets Rossi as the older man walks in. "How was your night?"

"Fine. How was yours?" Rossi asks, sitting down.

"Good." Luke says.

"You, uh, still living out of that hotel, Dave?" JJ asks.

"What's the case?" Rossi asks, avoiding the question.

"This one is in our backyard." Luke says.

"Four days ago, Alex Arnold was dumped at a rest stop outside of Silver Spring." JJ informs.  "Cause of death was a severed spinal cord. Last night, it went serial with Steve Duncan. Sam COD, severed spinal cord."

"Good looking men in their 30s, not a victimology we see a lot of." Luke says.

"They're usually the unsubs." Rossi comments.

"Well, these two were targeted for a very specific reason." JJ says. "They both had apps like Tinder, Feeld, Adult Friend Finder on their phone. That is where they advertise their services as bulls."

"Are bulls the same as studs?" Rossi asks.

"Close." JJ says. "In the kink known as cuckolding, wives cheat on their husbands with bulls." She explains. "Men like this. No money trades hands. It's all legal and consensual."

"The unsub could have been burned by that." Rossi says. "Now he's taking his revenge."

"There is another reason why we have to take this case." JJ says. "Our last unsub, Rory Gilcrest, he switched cars at a Walmart parking lot. This unsub did the same thing. Down to the Walmart."

"We profiled that Rory had a partner." Madelyn says. "But, I mean...  is this our shipping container guy?"

"I checked with Tara. None of the bodies in the shipping container have severed spinal cords." JJ says. "Yes, this is a very specific signature, but we can't ignore what's in front of us. Details from our last case are showing up here."

"Then there's another theory we have to consider. Whoever's behind the shipping container doesn't have one partner. He has two." Rossi says.

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