"It's in my room. Will you come with me?"
"You bet," Matt smiles.
Carter takes his clay monster with him but Derek stops Matt before he can follow.
"Look, I'm really glad the kid didn't see anything, but it could have been helpful."
"Covering his eyes like that means he couldn't cover his ears."
"I'm going to head back to the station."
"Okay," Derek nods.
That kid has been through enough so you decide to leave him alone. It doesn't take a genius to figure out the profile for this guy so it's best to announce it to LAPD now so you can start to look for this man.
"Forcing a child to witness this is clearly sadistic. He destroyed the boy's innocence and took away his childhood. This probably mirrors the unsub's own experience," Hotch starts.
"That's an excuse for what he's doing?" an officer scoffs.
"There's no excuse for what he's doing. We're not justifying anything. Everything he says and everything he does tells us what makes him tick, that's all. The message that he left us was misspelled which says that he is not well-educated."
"Why did he leave one now?" Adam asks.
"We don't know," you answer. "Just because his recent attacks are in Los Angeles doesn't mean he's from here. Killing in the dark is a must for him. We believe that's why he's come to LA. His willingness to kill random people tells us that he's an opportunistic offender, and these types are incredibly difficult to predict."
"As you all know, the rolling blackouts have been announced so residents can prepare for the few hours they'll be in darkness. Unfortunately, that also tells the killer whose windows will be open and whose alarms will be disarmed," JJ says.
"The dark is his signature. It's a habit, and we'll find that he's always killed this way."
"Because he's a coward," an officer scoffs.
"To some degree, yes. He also has intimacy issues. He even turns photographs away from himself. It's unlikely that a man like this has been in any kind of relationship. There's also a good chance that he has some type of shortcoming, whether real or perceived. He's obviously self-conscious about something."
"Like what?" Adam asks.
"It could be like a physical deformity. It might be something really small to us but means everything to him," Spencer answers. "Having one thing that sets him apart from the norm could be what led him into the extreme solitude of a violent schizoid personality. He takes his victims' power away, literally and figuratively, and he feeds off of making them powerless."
"We had rolling blackouts all last summer, and this guy wasn't around," Adam points out.
"Well, he is now, and based on the vicious nature of his crimes, the press has named him the Prince of Darkness," JJ sighs. "He's gonna be all over the news."
"Yeah, that will do nothing for his ego," you say sarcastically.
"Once we unravel his need for darkness, we'll find him."
You call Derek once the profile briefing is done and he answers on the second ring.
"Yeah, Y/N? What's the plan?"
"Rolling blackouts are still scheduled for tonight."
"How is LAPD gonna patrol it?"
"With the number of calls they've been getting, they're stretched thin already. I don't know."