ꗃ﹕ 𝑨𝑩𝑳𝑶𝑪𝑨𝑻𝑬. . . ▅ ▅ ▅ ▅
CRIMINAL MINDS.⠀───⠀❪ 自从纽约 ❫
⋆࿐໋₊ ২.    ❝ 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒔 of 𝒅𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒍𝒚 hate. ❞
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━

❛ 𝘀𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 ━━ black background ⅋ times new roman font! ❜

❜   ⋮   THE 𝓘NDEX ,    abash'd the devil stood

table of 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔:⠀𝙱𝙾𝙾𝙺 𝙻𝙰𝚈𝙾𝚄𝚃,⠀⠀¹
╱ ✹ ㅤ ▬▬ ⠀⠀❛ READ ⠀⠀ BELOW. ❜
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━

𝙑𝙊𝙇. 𝙊𝙉𝙀 ⠀───⠀SEASON 9
❝ THE RED SCORPIONS! ❞
❪ 𓈒 𝙲 𝙷 .⠀𝟷⠀𝚝 𝚘⠀𝟹𝟻 𓈒 ❫ ✹ꯣ

𝙑𝙊𝙇. 𝙏𝙒𝙊 ⠀───⠀SEASON 11-13
❝ THE RED PRIESTESS! ❞
❪ 𓈒 𝙲 𝙷 .⠀𝟹𝟼⠀𝚝 𝚘⠀𝟼𝟶 𓈒 ❫ ✹ꯣ

𝙀𝙋𝙄𝙇𝙊𝙂𝙐𝙀 ⠀───⠀SEASON 15
❝ THE RED DENOUEMENT! ❞
❪ 𓈒 𝙴𝙿𝙸𝙻𝙾𝙶𝚄𝙴: ⠀𝚃𝙷𝙴 𝙴𝙽𝙳 𓈒 ❫ ✹ꯣ

table of 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔:⠀𝚂𝚈𝙽𝙾𝙿𝚂𝙸𝚂,⠀⠀⠀²
╱ ✹ ㅤ ▬▬ ⠀⠀❛ READ ⠀⠀ BELOW. ❜
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━

THE RED SCORPIONS had rightfully earned the "dial-a-dope lines" title. Michael Le, Konaam Shirzad, Matthew Johnston, and two unknown associates are credited with creating the infamous drug trafficking gang.

FOR YEARS, the gang had run around notoriously, being smart enough never to be caught but clever enough to leave behind a trail that proclaimed to the world their power. The FBI didn't get their first real lead on the gang until the aftermath of the Abbotsford Auto-Mall attack.

NOW, they have in their possession the daughter of Person X, also known as the daughter of absolute ablocate.

───────────────────

❜   ⋮    𝓘NTRODUCING ,     and felt how awful goodness is

ꗃ﹕ 𝐂𝐀𝐑𝐀 𝐕𝐀𝐋𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐄. . . ▅ ▅
A.K.A. CLEMENTINE.⠀───⠀❪ 卡拉 ❫
﹙PORTRAYED ▬ 𝙹𝙾𝙷𝙰𝙽𝙽𝙰 𝙱𝚁𝙰𝙳𝙳𝚈﹚
▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔

❝ just because you 𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒈𝒉𝒕 his 𝒅𝒂𝒖𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒆𝒓 doesn't mean you will 𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒄𝒉 the 𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒕𝒉. ❞

ꗃ﹕ 𝐑𝐎𝐒𝐒 𝐕𝐀𝐋𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐄. . . ▅ ▅
A.K.A. PERSON X.⠀───⠀❪ 罗斯 ❫
﹙PORTRAYED ▬ 𝚂𝙴𝙱𝙰𝚂𝚃𝙸𝙰𝙽 𝚂𝚃𝙰𝙽﹚
▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔

❝ you 𝒏𝒆𝒆𝒅 me. don't be 𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒆. ❞

ꗃ﹕ 𝐇𝐄𝐍𝐍𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐘 𝐋𝐔. . . ▅ ▅
A.K.A. PERSON Y.⠀───⠀❪ 鲁 ❫
﹙PORTRAYED ▬ 𝙼. 𝙱. 𝙹𝙾𝚁𝙳𝙰𝙽﹚
▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔

❝ you didn't 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌 that we 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅𝒏'𝒕 use him 𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒕 you, did you? ❞

ꗃ﹕ 𝐎𝐖𝐄𝐍 𝐒𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐇𝐄𝐙. . . ▅ ▅
A.K.A. THE FIRST.⠀──⠀❪ 欧文 ❫
﹙PORTRAYED ▬▬▬ 𝚁𝙰𝙼𝙸 𝙼𝙰𝙻𝙴𝙺﹚
▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔

❝ i 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌 that's 𝒆𝒏𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 questions for 𝒕𝒐𝒅𝒂𝒚. ❞

ꗃ﹕ 𝐉𝐎𝐒𝐄𝐏𝐇 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐇𝐔𝐑. . . ▅ ▅
A.K.A. THE LEADER.⠀──⠀❪ 约瑟夫 ❫
﹙PORTRAYED ▬ 𝙳𝙰𝙽𝙸𝙴𝙻 𝚂𝙷𝙰𝚁𝙼𝙰𝙽﹚
▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔

❝ god, i 𝒘𝒊𝒔𝒉 le was 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 to 𝒔𝒆𝒆 how 𝒑𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒇𝒊𝒆𝒅 you look. ❞

ꗃ﹕ 𝐊𝐈𝐑𝐊 𝐅𝐀𝐑𝐄𝐋𝐋. . . ▅ ▅
A.K.A. AVENGER.⠀──⠀❪ 柯克 ❫
﹙PORTRAYED ▬▬ 𝙰𝙻𝙵𝚁𝙴𝙳 𝙴𝙽𝙾𝙲𝙷﹚
▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔

❝ we'd 𝒏𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 let somebody else do the 𝒅𝒊𝒓𝒕𝒚 work 𝒇𝒐𝒓 us. ❞

━━━ 𝑭𝑬𝑨𝑻𝑼𝑹𝑰𝑵𝑮 ━━━

𝖼𝗋𝗂𝗆𝗂𝗇𝖺𝗅 m𝗂𝗇𝖽𝗌 𝖼𝖺𝗌𝗍 ▬▬ 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙫𝙚𝙨
𝗆𝖺𝗍𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗐 𝗃𝗈𝗁𝗇𝗌𝗍𝗈𝗇 ▬▬ 𝙝𝙞𝙢𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙛
𝗆𝗂𝖼𝗁𝖺𝖾𝗅 𝗅𝖾 ▬▬ 𝙝𝙞𝙢𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙛
𝗄𝗈𝗇𝖺𝖺𝗆 𝗌𝗁𝗂𝗋𝗓𝖺𝖽 ▬▬ 𝙝𝙞𝙢𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙛
𝗆𝖺𝗍𝗍 𝖼𝖺𝗆𝗉𝖻𝖾𝗅𝗅 ▬▬ 𝙝𝙞𝙢𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙛
𝖼𝗈𝖽𝗒 𝗁𝖺𝖾𝗏𝗂𝗌𝖼𝗁𝖾𝗋 ▬▬ 𝙝𝙞𝙢𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙛
𝖽𝖾𝗇𝗇𝗂𝗌 𝗄𝖺𝗋𝖻𝗈𝗏𝖺𝗇𝖾𝖼 ▬▬ 𝙝𝙞𝙢𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙛
𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖻𝖺𝖼𝗈𝗇 𝖻𝗋𝗈𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋𝗌 ▬▬ 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙫𝙚𝙨
𝗄𝖾𝖾𝗀𝖺𝗇 𝖺𝗅𝗅𝖾𝗇 ▬▬ 𝙖𝙘𝙚 𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙢
𝗈𝖽𝖾𝗍𝗍𝖾 𝖺𝗇𝗇𝖺𝖻𝗅𝖾 ▬▬ 𝙧𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙚 𝙧𝙪𝙨𝙨𝙤

────────────────

ꗃ﹕ 𝑫𝑰𝑺𝑪𝑳𝑨𝑰𝑴𝑬𝑹𝑺. . . ▅ ▅ ▅ ▅

𝑻 𝑰 𝑴 𝑬 𝑳 𝑰 𝑵 𝑬 !    ───    ❪ CM ❫ 𓏲࣪ 𓄹𓈒
:     𝚂𝟿, 𝟷𝟷  &  𝟷𝟹, 𝟷𝟽,    2013 ━ 2023
╱ ✹    ▬▬▬    ❛ © CARDIIAC   2018. ❜
▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬

𝗈𝗈𝗈. ⠀𝐖𝐀𝐑𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆

     this book will include macabre styles of writing, explicit language, [mentions of] drug use, sexual content/comments/assault, dark humor, mentions & exploration of trauma/abuse/PTSD/rape/torture, PTSD episodes, and panic attacks, murder/death scenes, drug trafficking, mentions of human trafficking, graphic violence/scenes, hallucinations, psychological torture, manipulation, and themes of depression, schizophrenia, and anxiety! please proceed with caution!

𝗈𝗈𝗈. ⠀𝐂𝐂 𝐋𝐈𝐂𝐄𝐍𝐒𝐄

     Copyright © 2018 | All Rights Reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, including photocopying, recording, or other electronic or mechanical methods, without prior permission of the author, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical reviews and other noncommercial uses permitted by copyright law.

𝗈𝗈𝗈. ⠀𝐃𝐈𝐒𝐂𝐋𝐀𝐈𝐌𝐄𝐑

     𝐏𝐋𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐄 𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐃: some of the canon events from the show will be altered, changed, or removed in the back half of the story!

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

     this is a work of FICTION! celebrities, businesses, companies, franchises, songs, places, and movies mentioned are/will be used fictitiously, and i DO NOT own any of them!

     i do not own criminal minds, its chararcters, or any content produced nor owned by cbs studios, the mark gordon company entertainment, abc studios, & one touchstone television. all rights belong to cbs & the screenwriters of criminal minds. all character arcs and developments that are not connected to my oc's belong to the writers and creators of the show. that being said, i do, however, own cara valentine and her backstory. all the characters listed above, i do own, as well as their character arcs and developments.

     graphics shown or displayed in this book are all created by me unless i state otherwise. do not attempt to steal, copy, or plagiarize my story. i have worked very hard on this and put a lot of time into the making of this book. if you wish to use my layouts, please message me! additionally, this book looks better if you read it with a black background and times new roman font.

     characters in this story may not have the same opinions as you or have unpopular opinions but that does not mean that they are mine. these characters are all fictional, meaning they are not real, nor are their opinions or anything they say or do. this is a work of fiction!

     the premise for this book is inspired by @idkmags and her wonderful writing. credit for the premise of this story goes to her.

     the basis for this book's antagonist is inspired by a real gang. i will use the names of gang members, locations of attacks, and case details that have been made public online via news articles. the only members whose names i will be making up will be those who have remained unidentified to the public, such as person x and person y.

     MAJOR DISCLAIMER: EVERYTHING THAT OCCURS IN THIS BOOK REGARDING THE RED SCORPIONS AND IT'S ASSOCIATED MEMBERS (PARTICULARLY MICHAEL LE, KONAAM SHIRZAD, MATTHEW JOHNSTON, PERSON Y AND Z, AND STEPHEN LEONE) IS 100% FICTIONAL, NOT TRUE, AND NOT A REFLECTION OF WHO THE REAL PEOPLE ARE. PLEASE DO NOT CONFUSE FACT FROM FICTION. EVERYTHING IN THIS STORY IS FICTIONAL ASIDE FROM SOME CASE DETAILS FOR PUBLIC ATTACKS AND INCIDENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE RED SCORPIONS THAT HAVE BEEN PUBLICIZED ONLINE VIA NEWS ARTICLES AND WIKIPEDIA.

     AGAIN, EVERYTHING THAT OCCURS IN THIS BOOK REGARDING THE RED SCORPIONS AND IT'S ASSOCIATED MEMBERS (PARTICULARLY MICHAEL LE, KONAAM SHIRZAD, MATTHEW JOHNSTON, PERSON Y AND Z, AND STEPHEN LEONE) IS 100% FICTIONAL, NOT TRUE, AND NOT A REFLECTION OF WHO THE REAL PEOPLE ARE. PLEASE DO NOT CONFUSE FACT FROM FICTION. THIS IS SIMPLY A FICTIONAL STORY FEATURING CRIMINAL MINDS CHARACTERS (NONE OF WHICH I OWN).

     anything or anyone unrelated to the red scorpions, red scorpions' affiliated members, or criminal minds are all my own original characters/ideas and are not real!

𝗈𝗈𝗈. 𝐂𝐑𝐄𝐃𝐈𝐓

     the template used at the beginning of this introduction was created by heavydirtysui on DeviantArt. all credit for the graphic goes to them.

     𝐑𝐄𝐆𝐀𝐑𝐃𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐏𝐇𝐈𝐂𝐒: all graphics in this book were ALL created by me. as well as the filters i used. DO NOT STEAL THEM! I WILL FIND OUT! these graphics are not made to be used by others. this includes gifs, character aesthetics, covers, banners/headers, and author note endings.

     𝐑𝐄𝐆𝐀𝐑𝐃𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐁𝐎𝐎𝐊 𝐋𝐀𝐘𝐎𝐔𝐓: this layout is made by me. if you wish to use it, you MUST ASK ME DIRECTLY. it is NOT to be TAKEN WITHOUT PERMISSION. private message me if you would like to use it; do not ask for permission via the comment section. if you do not want to give the proper credit, then do not use it or take it. thank you.

     the premise for the book is inspired by @idkmags 

© CARDIIAC