tell me what to do, Dr. Reid

Fiona is sitting in the police car.They are searching for the SUV driven by the suspect according to the possible route analyzed by Reid.

"I don't understand why he didn't kill Alexa." Fiona frowned. "It should be easier for him to escape without her. He doesn't need a hostage yet."

Reid looked down at the map in his hand, and said without raising his head: "He doesn't kill himself, I think this may be his bottom line."

"What bottom line does a murderer have?" the policeman driving sneered.

Reid looked up, "Actually, they are obsessed with much more things than you can imagine—turn right ahead, thank you."

"How do you know he might take this route?" asked the man sitting in the passenger seat.

"This is the only shortcut to the outside of the city." Reid quickly explained, "He has no relatives in the city, and he has a strange personality, so it is impossible for him to have friends. So the first thing he thought of was probably to escape from this place." city."

Meanwhile, in the hospital, Jennifer is with Katerendall.

Kate seemed to have recovered a lot, and her pale complexion was much better.

"Will I be sentenced?" She looked at Jennifer blankly.

Jennifer took a deep breath and took her hand, "It's not your fault. Look at me, Kate, I know you're scared right now. But only you can help us catch that man right now."

Kate nodded stiffly.

"Tell me anything you can remember about him," Jennifer said. "Any little thing might help us."

Kate clenched the quilt tightly in her hand and licked her dry lips, "He forced me, he used electric shocks to force me to kill that girl...but I couldn't do it. He kept torturing me, and tortured my mother."

Jennifer gripped her hand tightly.

"I really can't take it anymore." Kate's throat suddenly choked up, "I did it. Her blood flowed down my arm..."

Jennifer stopped her words, "It's okay, you don't need to recall this paragraph. Tell me, what did that man do at this time?"

"He..." Kate swallowed her spit, "he snatched the dagger away. Then he forced my mother to hold the girl's leg, and he took her..."

Kate was speechless.She covered her face, choked up.

"It's okay." Jennifer comforted her softly, "If you want to take a break, I can come back later."

"What else did he say at that time." Kate suddenly raised her head and said hoarsely, "He said... I'm not the one he needs. He said we are too cowardly."

Jennifer frowned slightly, "Did he say what he wanted?"

"He said he wanted a real devil," Kate said, "and none of us qualified."

Soon, Fiona and the others will not be far from the city border.

Man's phone rang suddenly, and he immediately pressed the connect button.

"Are you sure?" he said into the phone, "...well, I get it."

He hung up the phone and turned to look at Reid and Fiona.

"Hotch said they just found out that Edmund's mother died a few days ago in rehab. I guess that's where it all started," he said. "And, Jennifer just called from the hospital. She said she already knew What on earth is Edmund up to?"

Finally, they spotted the car on the side of the road not far outside the city.It pulled over to the side of the road, but it didn't turn off.

Fiona is glad her gun finally came in handy.

She drew out her gun and followed closely behind man.And reid was not far behind her.

"FBI!" the man yelled, "Edmund Stephens, it's over!"

"Something's wrong," Reid murmured.

Fiona also found that something was wrong. From her perspective, there was no one in the driver's seat.

At this time, everyone heard a loud choking sob.

Fiona and Reid behind them exchanged glances.She circled the car and followed man into the dense bushes next to her.

Immediately afterwards, they saw Alexa standing next to a tree, trembling all over, looking terrified.

Man exchanged quick glances with the other cops.Immediately they dispersed and began to search the woods.

Fiona didn't put down the gun immediately, she approached Alexa vigilantly, and said softly: "It's okay, Alexa...you're safe."

Alexa suddenly screamed.

"It's not me!" she cried frantically, covering her head, "it's not me—I can't, I can't, it's not me!"

"Hush." ​​Fiona comforted softly, "It's okay."

At this moment, Reid suddenly called out: "Fiona!"

Fiona turned her head sharply.

She suddenly felt black in front of her eyes, and at the same time, Lu felt that the back of her head was hit hard.She immediately realized that someone had jumped from the tree.Damn, why didn't they think of this just now? !

She staggered with stares in her eyes.

—but an arm was in time to wrap her shoulders.

"Stand back!" She heard a strange man shout hoarsely.

Enduring the pain in the back of her head, Fiona took half a step back with Reid's support.Behind her she felt Reid's breathing becoming heavy and ragged, and she could almost hear his heartbeat.

She looked up and saw Edmund holding a dagger to Alexa's neck, screaming, "Nobody come here!"

"Are you okay?" Reid whispered into Fiona's ear.

"I'm fine." Fiona replied.

Apart from pain in the back of her head, she has no other symptoms for the time being—fortunately, the blow just now was not serious.

She stood up straight, her eyes fixed on the direction of the two men.

"Put the dagger down, Edmund," she heard Reid say. "You don't want to kill her."

Although he was breathing heavily, his tone was calm.

At this time, Man and the others gradually approached Edmund.

"It's over, Edmund, you know you can't escape." Man said coldly.

"You don't know anything!" Edmund gasped. "She's a devil—these women, they're devils!"

"Look at me, Edmund." Reid licked his lips quickly, and raised his hand to indicate that he was unarmed. "I'm different from them. I don't have a gun. See?"

Edmund turned his head sharply to look at Reid.He stares at Reid with crazy eyes, but you can tell he's actually listening to him.

"Please, don't kill me..." Alexa cried.She had barely any strength left.

reid took a step forward.

"Be careful." Fiona reminded in a low voice.The gun in her hand was pointed steadily at Edmund.

"I know, I know they killed each other, it has nothing to do with you." Reid said with his hands raised, "You don't actually want to kill people, I know what you really want is not to let them die. All you want is you Mother—you want her back, don't you? That's why you see these women as substitutes for your mother, and they've let you down."

"My mother is a complete demon," Edmund said, glaring at Reid. "You don't know her at all."

"Yeah," Reid said. "She's hurt people with her addiction, and she hurt you. It's just like them, isn't it?"

"Not them, only her." The muscles on Edmund's face twitched, "She is also a devil, just like my mother."

"So you're not going to hurt her, are you?" Reid's voice became surprisingly steady, "She's like your mother, which is what you want. You want your mother back because you still love her."

Edmund's lips trembled, and the hand holding the dagger relaxed a little.

"But you're not like your mother, you're not a murderer, Edmund. So put the dagger down, okay?" Reid said softly.

Edmund's eyes were redder than ever.

"You're wrong," he said hoarsely. "I don't love her. I hate her. She never loved me... The devil doesn't know how to love."

Suddenly, he pushed Alexa sharply, and then put the dagger on his neck.

"No!" Reid yelled.

Fiona pulled the trigger quickly.She had been waiting for this moment.

The bullet hit Edmund accurately in the shoulder.The dagger in his hand fell to the ground immediately.