[Criminal Minds] years before love

"You don't have to worry about his sister, she won't live long, and it's impossible to leave the hospital. Uh, where are we going?" Kim asked as he turned the helicopter into the air.

"That's what we're worried about. Got a map?" Hotch shot him a look, coming out in such a hurry that he didn't bring the fully marked one.

"Here." Kim rummaged around for a while, pulled out a slightly yellowed, aged paper and handed it over.

Hotch took out his pen and just marked up the locations of the two murders, and immediately discovered the problem. Almost at the midpoint of the line connecting the two points, there was a building mark in the deserted forest.

"Kim, what is this? I don't remember it being on my map." He asked immediately.

Kim glanced back, "This is an old version of the map. There used to be a church there, but it has long been abandoned."

"Go there." Rossi and Hotch compared the distance together, and said firmly.

"Are you sure? It's too far away from the human activity area, there are many animals, and the surrounding terrain is complicated, so no one will pass by." Kim adjusted his direction, "Do you think Kirby will be there?"

"It's always a gamble." Rossi nodded.

"Since it is far away from human activity areas, why did there used to be churches in that place?" Although anxious, but there is nothing he can do now, Hotch stared at the map, and the deaths of various animals were almost distributed with that as the center of the circle, and The sign seemed to be surrounded by forests and wilderness.

"When I was very young, there used to be a very powerful pastor. No one knew what he thought, and no one knew how he built it there. Anyway, he built a church there, even in the middle of the wilderness. It can also attract many people to worship, but after he left, it slowly fell into disrepair." Kim answered while identifying the location, "According to my mother, there were miracles around him."

"...I don't think your views on miracles are of much reference value." Rossi quietly pressed Hotch's hand, and the other side gave him a sideways look, without much struggle.

"I just heard that he once jumped into the winter sea to rescue people on a ship that had run aground, and there was no sign of injury or illness." Kim continued after a while, "But I don't have a good impression of him. Deep, I remember it was really beautiful."

"...If it's a miracle, it probably won't hit the rocks." Hotch muttered uncertainly.

"He can live alone in this kind of place, and his body looks pretty good." Rossi looked out the window at a large area of ​​land without traces of human activity, "Does he have any relationship with Kirby Hall?"

"He left when I was very young, Kirby probably never saw him." Kim hesitated for a while, still unable to believe, "Do you really think it's him? How to put it... I watched him grow up, Kirby He has always been a good boy, and he was very sensible when he was young."

"If he's so close to his sister that her death breaks him." Hotch glanced up at him, remorseful. "When we were talking to him in church, he was clutching the crucifix on his chest. He I was very nervous, but I think it has nothing to do with him that he is not married and cannot talk about family issues, it is my negligence."

"Aaron, with me here, don't rush to take the blame on yourself." Rossi patted the back of his hand, "I should be more vigilant."

"Kirby's parents died early, and he and his sister were brought up by grandma, so they have a close relationship." Kim lowered the flight altitude and explained, "He even strongly opposed his sister's marriage, but later he and the family Good relationship."

Hotch frowned.

"Kim, wait a minute and don't try to talk him out of it." Rossi said meaningfully, "Kirby Hall knows what he's doing, he knows you can't give him what he wants, don't try to impress him with your friendship. Leave it to us .”

"What does he want?"

"He wanted his sister to live. When medical technology was pushed to the limit, I believe he spent a lot of time praying to God and asking for help, but miracles almost never happened," Hotch explained. Where did he come up with this sacrifice, but it is evident that when he finally despaired of God's help, he turned to the other side."

"It's over there." Kim pointed in the direction, and Rossi and Hotch looked over. The unmaintained houses obviously couldn't last long in such a wind and snow-ravaged place, and most of the church had collapsed, but the rest It can barely accommodate people.

"There." Kim turned around again and found a suitable place to land, as well as the church's helicopter that had parked there.

The three jumped off the plane, and Hotch drew his gun and warned Kim, "Be careful, he has a gun in his hand."

It was impossible to hide the movement of the helicopter landing, but there was no reaction in the building for the time being.

"Is he really in there?"

"Otherwise, how did this plane come here? Kim, tell Miller to bring someone here." Rossi also drew out his gun, and the three of them quickly approached the damaged place that seemed to be used for entry and exit.

There were bloodstains that had dried up on the ground, and of course there was no light in the room, and they couldn't see the situation deeper from their perspective, but the strong smell of blood couldn't be concealed by the darkness.

Hotch frowned suddenly as he approached the wall, "Be careful, this church has weirdness."

Kim looked around a few times and couldn't see anything, so he lowered his voice and said, "Everyone knows that such a strong smell is weird."

"No, I mean the church itself," Hotch replied softly.