Fitting In.

Delayed.

"And it only gets worse. The third victim, Samantha Kennedy was found with her left leg missing in a local forest by some kids who were playing. Her face was beaten up pretty bad too and the officers even found her nose in one of her pockets. It was broken off by force. Then is Tony Finch. He was found by a park ranger, oh gosh. He was found without any skin on and it took a couple of hours before the team could get a positive identification, in the end, dental records were used in comparison to a man who had gone missing only a few hours before." The team quickly moved over Tony's photos as they read what they could about the case.

"All of these victims have lost organs. Could this be illegal organ donations going wrong or maybe it is a message." Derek looked out to those around him who were just as unsure but willing to agree.

Spencer was turning the pages as he saw the messages.
"Each one of them has some sort of code. All of the victims were redressed, even Tony. Perhaps the person who is doing this doesn't want to. Maybe they feel remorse and want to be caught." His mind was slowly working up to its full potential as the morning was growing.

"I'll do some more digging but you should probably leave now, the jet has long been waiting for you and Elora should be arriving shortly." The team stood and gathered their things before heading to the jet.

No sun was spotted yet but Elora could be seen as she sat on one of the chairs off to the side and read a slip of paper in her hands. It was crumpled and well-read but there was no sign of it being particularly old. Spencer sat with her as the rest of the team took up the four main seats though Hotch was also standing to the side.

"Hey, guys." Her welcome was quiet as she sat and waited for the case to move in full swing. She had read the file well enough and was prepared to work.

"So, since you left I have found out a very interesting fact. I have sent it over to your tablets so Reid will have to share." The tablet showed articles from a local paper that were a mix of old and new.

"They were all in the paper after surviving something that they were told they wouldn't. Melanoma for Tony, Samantha was in an accident and she was told by doctors that even if she was lucky enough to keep her left leg, she would never walk again. Beatrice was choking and was pronounced dead, after an hour she started breathing on her own. Lee had intestinal cancer and was told he wouldn't survive a week, he has since lived for three years and was told that he was free of the disease." Newspapers were looked at on repeat before finally, they stopped and moved on to the case again.

"What if the unsub has been given a diagnosis? Maybe they have been told that they are going to die and they feel like these people are lucky, something that he isn't. He is dying and they got to live." For a while, JJ couldn't believe what she was saying but it also made too much sense.

"A young 20 something. Old enough to drive and to have some responsibilities. They are getting older and their life is supposed to go one way but with his diagnosis, it has flipped everything upside down. There is a force that most women can't have. The nose that was broken off, they suspect that it was done using his bare hands." Elora kept quiet as Emily spoke and occasionally she would look up at the people around her but it didn't bring her to talk. Even after they decided to take a break she kept to herself.

"Uh, Hotch. Can I have a word with you?" He nodded before he stood and walked over to a more secluded portion of the jet.

"What is it? You have been off for the whole trip. Things that you can normally pick up on have just slipped by and this secret meeting of yours hasn't been forgotten." His intentions seemed unclear to her as he spoke. There was a low tone of warning and he made sure that she knew what he was thinking at all times.

"I needed to see someone but I have to tell you that I can't do any fieldwork today. No running, no heavy lifting and nothing that will get my blood pressure rising. Also, I can't put myself in front of a bullet. To be honest, just standing here makes me feel like I could pass out at any moment." He nodded as she spoke and when she fell silent both of his eyebrows raised.

"Nothing else? You aren't going to tell me anything else? Like why this is happening." She shook her head and he let it go as the pair walked back to the others for the rest of the flight.

"When we land, Rossi and JJ, I need you to go to the last and the first sites. They aren't far away from each other. Emily and Derek, you go to the second site and I will go with the police captain to the third site. Reid and Midnight will stay back and make a profile. Reid, I also want these codes figured out." Eyes all turned to Elora as Hotch spoke.

"Is Elora not going with Rossi? We don't normally work like this. The officer is normally the third party to one of us, not your partner. Only Prentiss and I have been left in our usual pairing." Derek had sounded like he was fighting for a cause but Hotch acted oblivious to it all and Elora was too busy with her head in the clouds.

"It's just for a day, at most until the end of the case. We're nearly there so we should be getting ready to go."