USWNT March Madness - First Round
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WEST (top left)
Carli Lloyd vs Alyssa Thompson
Lynn Williams vs Andi Sullivan
Julie Ertz vs Ashley Hatch
Amy Rodriguez vs Casey Murphy
Rose Lavelle vs Ashley Sanchez
Shannon Boxx vs Hailie Mace
Sydney Leroux vs Sofia Huerta
Alex Morgan vs Jane Campbell
SOUTH (top right)
Christie Pearce vs Bethany Balcer
Allie Long vs Whitney Engen
Lori Chalupny vs Trinity Rodman
Lauren Cheney vs Adrianna Franch
Alyssa Naeher vs Catarina Macario
Tobin Heath vs Jaelene Hinkle
Abby Dahlkemper vs Ashlyn Harris
Megan Rapinoe vs Savannah McCaskill
NORTH (bottom left)
Abby Wambach vs Megan Oyster
Kristie Mewis vs Casey Krueger
Ali Krieger vs Naomi Girma
Crystal Dunn vs Taylor Smith
Morgan Gautrat vs Jessica McDonald
Christen Press vs Stephanie McCaffrey
Meghan Klingenberg vs Emily Fox
Becky Sauerbrunn vs Kealia Watt
EAST (bottom right)
Heather O’Reilly vs Morgan Weaver
Tierna Davidson vs Sophia Smith
Mal Swanson vs Taylor Kornieck
Lindsey Horan vs McCall Zerboni
Sam Mewis vs Alana Cook
Kelley O’Hara vs Jaelin Howell
Emily Sonnett vs Midge Purce
Hope Solo vs Sam Coffey
I think they’re all linked correctly, but let me know if there’s an error.
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3rd Life: Part Two
Pairing: Spencer Reid x Female!Reader
Word Count: ~1.8k
Warnings: canon violence, canon language, canon talk of death, methods of kill
Author’s Note: I do not own anything from Criminal Minds. All credit goes to their respective owners. If there is any warnings that exceed the normal death/kills from the show, I will list them. If you’ve seen the show, then it’s the same level of angst unless otherwise stated
You quickly escape the corner you're backed into and see Rossi exiting the bedroom. You quickly get behind him, and this action does not go unnoticed by him. Derek and Spencer exit the bedroom a second later to talk to Jack.
"This doesn't look much like a home. State-of-the-art security system, but the furniture looks rented. The walls are bare of any real art. The shelves are devoid of any family photos."
"The spyware wipes your computer file history daily," you speak up and avoid eye contact with Jack.
"What are you getting at, Agent?" Pat asks.
"In the recording, Katie said what you'd expect of any teenager about to die. She begged for her life. Lindsey did exactly the opposite."
"Which is what?" Jack asks, his face stoic.
You're scared of Jack, but you know he won't try anything with four other FBI agents in the house.
"Lindsey's emotional response and the words that she chose to say in a situation as violent as the one she faced strongly suggests--"
"Look," Rossi takes over, tired of how you're dancing around the subject. "Lindsey was either coached or she's experienced sexual abuse before."
"You son of a bitch!" This is the first time you're seeing any emotion come out of Jack. He lunges at Rossi to attack him, but Pat holds him back. "No! Let me go!"
Pat and Jack struggle, causing the back of Pat's shirt to rise. There is a gun stuffed between his back and his pants, and everyone on your team takes out your own guns to get them to calm down.
"Gun! Put your hands where I can see them, both of you! Do not move!" Derek yells.
Pat and Jack freeze and hold their hands up, scared one of you might actually shoot them. Jack goes back to his calm and collected facade while Pat does all the talking.
"Stop! Okay? Okay, just calm down. I'm gonna reach into my pocket, and I'm gonna take out a badge. Just calm down." He does so and retrieves a badge to show. "United States Marshal. Jack and Lindsey are under my authority."
"Which is what?"
"Witness protection."
This is something new, so you have to call Hotch down so he can decide on what to do. He will be over as soon as he can, and you're not going to do anything until he gets there. It takes him an hour to get to Jack's house, and you can sense the panic coming from Lori and Bruce who live across the street from Jack.
"What's going on?" Hotch asks when he finally arrives.
"Jack's been in witness protection for the last ten years. Must be really important."
"Why didn't you tell us immediately?"
"Because he's a state witness whose identity needs to be protected at all costs," Pat answers. "You know, Jack, this may not have anything to do with--"
"With what? His past?" Rossi interrupts.
"Jack, every person in this room, with the exception of him, is here for your daughter."
"If this does have anything to do with me, they'll be coming out of Boston. Irish-American. Two or more men," Jack sighs.
"Let's get them back to the station and keep them there until this is over," Hotch orders.
"Hey, you know, you have no idea who or what you're dealing with here."
"Then enlighten me or stay out of my way."
Pat is at a loss for words at how Hotch is treating him. You and Derek escort Pat and Jack out of their home where Lori and Bruce can see them clearly. Because of this, they are upset at the fact that Jack might have something to do with their daughter's death.
"He's under arrest?" Bruce asks, first confused then angry.
"No, he's not under arrest. Mr. Owen, please don't make this harder than it is," Emily begs.
"You're lying to me. Jack?"
"Mr. Owen, please calm down."
You can feel how anxious he is, and it's not helping you. You have to take a few deep breaths and let it pass over you instead of letting it settle in.
"Let go of me. What's going on? I want to know what he did to my Katie."
"Okay, first you need to calm down--"
"Don't tell me to calm down. Why are you arresting him?" Bruce demands.
"Sir, we're just asking him questions. That's it."
"Jack! If you had anything to do with this, I swear, I will kill you!" Bruce yells, causing Lori to start crying.
Jack does the smart thing and doesn't say anything to him. Him and Pat are taken to the police station, and once you know that Bruce has calmed down, you head to the police station yourself. There is an empty conference room that Jack and Pat are staying in, and that's where they are going to stay until the morning. You need them to stew for a bit before talking to them.
Right before dawn, Hotch grabs Penelope on the line and joins you and Rossi who are off to the side watching Jack and Pat.
"Garcia. I need you to check flights for the last seventy-two hours into San Diego, Orange County, and private airports as well. We're looking for one or two men, possibly Irish, out of Boston."
"Got it."
"Check motels, hotels, car rentals, and everything you can."
"I've interviewed hundreds of killers," Rossi says when Hotch hangs up on Penelope. "All types of crazy motives for doing what they did. They all share one thing in common. All of them. It's in their eyes. Until what they hold most precious is gone, and then they're lost. Just like the rest of us."
You leave Hotch and Rossi to talk to themselves to join Derek and Emily who have walked inside the room where Jack and Pat are. You've given them enough time to think about what they're going to say.
"Who do you work for?" Hotch asks Jack.
Looks like he followed you in as well.
"The Mccrelan Corporation from Boston."
"I love how you guys sell that. By 'corporation', you mean the mob, don't you?" Derek asks.
"No one's been able to get anything on them," Pat sighs, answering Derek's question.
"That's because they murdered anyone who was a threat to them, civilians and cops alike."
"Is that what you did, Jack?" you ask. "Did you eliminate the threat? Do those pills help the memories, or do they just hide the real Jack?"
"The only thing that keeps me alive is Lindsey," he says truthfully.
"What they did to Katie, do you think that was a message to you?"
"If it is, it's working."
"Do you recognize the method?"
"I didn't send messages. I just went straight to the source."
"In two weeks' time, the Mccrelan brothers will face trial," Pat reveals.
The door opens and detective Payton pops his head in.
"You were right. We just found something in an abandoned house."
"Lindsey?"
"Where, exactly?" Hotch ignores Jack.
"Here. On the outskirts of town."
"It's still in the comfort zone. It means the unsubs are local. Still here," you say knowing Payton was going to ask about it.
"Let's go," Hotch nods.
"Agent Hotchner. Whatever you find, I want to see her," Jack says.
You leave with the team to head to the place where the body was found. It's in an abandoned town, not just a house. There are a bunch of buildings to search through, but you already know which cluster of buildings is the one that holds the body. You can see the energy in and around the houses.
"What is it to the dump site, five miles?" Hotch guesses.
"Six point two miles south," Spencer corrects.
"Why? Why didn't they dump Katie's body on the other side of town and risk heading out on the open road while everyone was out looking for the girls?"
"Something forced them to move on. Let's search the houses."
You lead the group to the cluster of houses you know the most activity happened in. Almost immediately, you can smell the blood as soon as you enter the house. It's carpeted, but the floor reeks of blood.
"Katie's cell phone," Emily says when she locates the phone in the living room.
"Look at the footprints here. It's two different kinds. Could mean there are more than two unsubs. Jack did say there'd be two of them."
"There's cigarette butts everywhere. For professionals, this is a real mess."
There are multiple beer and liquor bottles with DNA on them, no doubt. In the other room is a belt that you believe was used to strangle Katie. This could very well be the place where Katie died. Too much energy is lingering behind for you to make a definitive decision about that.
"You'd think they'd just want to do the job and move on."
"They're sending a message. Why obliterate the ID and hide the body? Why not go straight to the source?"
"Garcia checked all the names against the ICE database and nothing. Katie and Lindsey may have left the movie theater of their own free will, but they sure didn't count on coming here."
"So, this has nothing to do with the mob?"
The blood trail leads outside on the back patio, and you follow it outside.
"Hey, guys, this blood trail goes all the way out the back here. Must have run out this way."
"Maybe it was Lindsey," Emily suggests.
"It's not Lindsey," you state. In front of you is a man lying on the ground who is close to dying. He is clutching his side as he struggles to get away. "There's a man here. Looks like a high school student. He got stabbed based on how he is moving. He's around here somewhere, I can feel it."
"Okay, spread out. Search the grounds and every house," Hotch orders.
You already know he is going to want you with him, so you use that victim and let him lead you to where he is. You enter the third house down from where the blood trail is, and see blood on the carpet. The trail leads upstairs, and you're the one to follow it. At the top of the stairs, just right into the right bedroom, is a dead body. You gasp and walk inside carefully as if the body will sit up and talk to you.
"Guys, the last house on the left, second floor. We've got something," Hotch says.
The rest of the team joins you inside the house, and you examine the body in front of you. It's the same person as you saw outside the other house. He must have tried to run away but came inside a house when he knew he was dying.
"He was stabbed three times," Hotch says after loosely examining him.
"Look at the scratch marks on his face. They're also on both of his arms, and his hand has a bite mark. These are all defensive wounds. At some point for him, things got out of hand and he wanted out. Whoever he was with wasn't about to let that happen."
"He makes a run for it and gets stabbed in the process. It's dark. They can't find him. They think he's gone to the police and they have to think fast, so they take katie and they dump her across town."
"To maintain some amount of control, they take Lindsey. This is one of our unsubs. We just need to find his friends," you finish.
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