New Girl(A Spencer Reid/Criminal Minds Fan-fiction) BOOK ONE

Chapter Three: L.D.S.K. and Failed Qualifications

I watched as Hotch taught Dr. Reid how to shoot for his Arms qualification test. I was also taking mine tomorrow, but I didn't need any help. I put on my headphones and glasses and lined up my shot. I pulled the trigger and it hit the target in the head.

"Nice shot!" Hotch called. I smiled. Dr. Reid shot again. "Did Elle teach you that?"

"They're gonna take away my gun." I walked over and stood by them.

"Profilers aren't required to carry." Hotch told him.

'Yeah? And yet you carry two of them." He took his gun from his ankle holster and shot three times, hitting the middle of the target each time.

"When I first joined the BAU Gideon said to me, 'You don't have to carry a gun to kill someone'."

"I don't get it." Dr. Reid said.

"You will. Good luck tomorrow, both of you." Hotch left the room.

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We walked down the hallway the next morning. I kept a hand on his back. I had passed my Qualification. He, unfortunately, failed.

"I'm really sorry, Spencer." I told him.

"It's not your fault." I followed him over to his desk and leaned against it behind him. Morgan came over. Oh no.

"Hey. We're all here for you. I'm serious. If you ever need anything..." He put a whistle around his neck and blew on it. "Just blow on that." He threw it down on his desk, smoothing his hair down.

"Ok, Franklin Park, Des Plaines, yesterday afternoon." JJ said, handing out the files. "Three victims shot at distance, It's the third such shooting in two weeks."

"A sniper?" Elle asked.

"We don't use that word." said Morgan.

'Why not?"

"The public perception is that the FBI doesn't have an exemplary record with snipers."

"Besides, a sniper is a professional marksman. These guys aren't snipers." Hotch said.

' "What do we call them then?"

"L.D.S.K." I looked to Spencer for an explanation.

"Long Distance Serial Killer." I nodded.

"How many of these guys have we caught using a profile?" Elle asked.

"None."

~~~

"Two weeks, Three shooting incidents, Six victims, all shot in the abdomen." Hotch read off. "First and only Fatality, Henry Sach, married, father of three, shot in a shopping center parking lot. Nine days later, Doug Miller and Kevin Parks, were playing basketball at a community center. Franklin Park, four days later, Jerry Middleton, Kate Murray, and Time Reilly. Des Plains police have found no link between any of the victims."

"Ballistics?" Morgan asked.

"He's been using Frangible rounds, which fragment on impact, making ballistics comparisons impossible."

"The good news is that all the park victims are gonna make it. The bad news is that none of them saw anything." JJ said. "However, one of the patients does have an in-tact bullet lodged in his spine."

'What's the prognosis?" Questioned Gideon.

"Well, there's a disagreement among surgical staff as to weather they can remove the slug without paralyzing the patient."