(Full Summary) The Guardian Unit was very unique. Unlike most FBI teams, all the Guardian members possess a certain skill set. It was very convenient. A profiler, a computer wiz, the brawn, and a leader all in one small group of four. The only thing they didn't have was a Medical Examiner. Instead, they settled for the local coroners, and they liked it that way. Sure, it took longer, and sometimes they weren't the most accurate, but the Guardians still managed to catch the bad guys most of the time. They didn't need a medical examiner on the team! Unfortunately for them, that's not what the Deputy Director, Manfred (Manny) Moon thinks. The Guardians didn't really know what to expect, maybe some old creepy guy who smells like the corpses he cuts open for a living, but it definitely wasn't a 20 year-old skinny kid with white hair and carefree attitude. Meet Jackson Overland Frost, the genius who graduated Medical School at 18 and has an IQ of 189. But high IQ's and test scores have no effect on the maturity of the albino boy. In all honesty, he was Aster Bunnymund's worst nightmare. He doesn't want to spend a second near him.
When the infamous Boogeyman, a serial killer who committed seemingly impossible murders resurfaces, The team realizes their new member may be the key to stopping him, and Aster finds himself closer to Jack than he ever would have thought. (HUMAN!JACKRABBIT! I'm currently rating it T, but it might change.)
TITLE CREDIT TO ask-the-jack-frost! Go follow them!
Sorry if I get this FBI stuff wrong, I'm 15 and going on caffeinated Iced Tea. I'm trying.
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Chapter One
Aster's POV (is it still his POV if it's in 3rd person? Yeah, I'm gonna say it is.)
Aster really didn't want to wake up that morning. After finally catching the guy they were after for two months, his team members somehow managed to convince him to go out for celebratory drinks with them, and lets just say, he should have stopped after fifth beer. Of course, North challenged him, and things got out of hand. Tooth must have dragged him home, or something, because he couldn't remember anything.
But alas, his phone rang, much louder than he remembered it being. He groaned as he pried his eyes open, closing them again quickly at the throbbing headache. He blindly reached for his phone, slid his thumb across the screen and pressed it to his ear.
"H-hello?" He mumbled, no doubt sounding exactly how he felt.
"Bunny," A high, chipper voice blared through the small speaker, causing him to pull the device away. "I know you probably feel like hell, but we've got a case, North says it's big. You need to come in."
"Tooth, can you keep it down a bit? I feel like my head was just used for boxing practice."
"Yeah, sorry, I'm just excited, the Medical Examiner is coming in today, and I'm really excited to meet him, oh, I'm just so excited!" Tooth's voice raced, Aster almost didn't catch what she said.
"I can tell. You do realize you used the word 'excited' three times in that sentence?" He managed to stand, groaning as the room spun, before stumbling to his closet.
"Sorry! I'm just so-"
"Excited, yes, I know. Do you know anything about the Medical Examiner yet?" He grabbed some clothes quickly and sat down on the edge of his bed, smart enough not to attempt putting his pants on while standing.
"Yeah, I heard he's a genius, IQ of 189. Can you believe that, Bun? 189! He's probably some wise old man who's written a bunch of books on like, Cadavers or how to catch murderers and stuff! What do you think?"
"I thought I told you to stop calling me Bun."
"Once a nickname, always a nickname, now what do you think he'll be like?"
"I think he'll be some old creepy guy who smells like the corpses he cuts open for a living, and I bet he got beat up a lot in high school. Anyway, I'll be there soon, see ya there." Tooth was giggling at his response.
"Okay! Hurry up! I wanna know why the case is so important!" She hung up, not allowing Aster to fit a quick 'Okay' in. Oh well. She probably got distracted by something. A bird maybe. Her brain worked about as fast as the computers she uses to track serial killers and hack human trafficking websites.
Aster slowly stood back up and walked to the bathroom. He grabbed the painkillers sitting on the counter and popped two in his mouth before filling a small cup with water and chugging it. He stared as his reflection, getting an idea of how bad he looked. Today was not gonna be a fun day. Dragging his feet as he walked out of his room, Aster pondered on whether or not he had time for breakfast. Something fast, maybe. Coffee, definitely. He started the coffee machine, thankful that Tooth set it up for him last night when he was probably passed out drunk. While he waited for the beverage, he sat down to put on his shoes.
When he finally got to his car, he slipped on a pair of sunglasses to block out the offending light. It was then when he wondered, what will the new guy be like? He's a genius, and works with dead people, that can't be a good combination. Out of all of his choices, and he chooses to be a Medical Examiner? He's gotta be some weirdo. But then again, Manny wouldn't have hired him if he wasn't capable, right? He thought about what this new member could be like the entire drive to work, occasionally honking at morons who shouldn't have a license.
Tooth was waiting for him at his usual parking spot, her small, heeled shoe tapping on the ground, loud echoes filling the parking garage. As soon as she caught sight of his car, she looked about ready to jump up and down in pure excitement. That woman needed to get out more instead of spending all of her time behind a computer screen. Aster pulled into his space, stopped the car, and stepped out, careful to avoid hitting Tooth with the door.
"Aster! It's about time you showed up! Everyone's waiting for you!" She exclaimed with that mile-a-minute voice. Some find it annoying, but the other Guardians found it rather endearing. She reminded Aster of a little hummingbird.
"Is the Medical Examiner here?" He couldn't help but ask. He really needed to know what this guy was like. It was like an annoying itch he couldn't reach.
"No, North said he'll meet with us when we get to the crime scene."
"That means someone's dead, right? The new Medical Examiner meeting us there?"
"Yeah, it does. But don't let North know that you know it's a murder, he loves his little surprises," the petite woman whispered, despite the fact they were the only ones in the parking garage. "Now, let's go! The others are waiting!"
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The minute Aster opened the door to the meeting room, he was hit by a blast of cold air. North always kept the temperature at about 16 degrees Celsius. {60 Fahrenheit for us Americans} Why the man felt the need to turn the room into a Winter Wonderland, he would probably never know.
"Bunny, Tooth! I was beginning to think you would never show up!" The old Russian exclaimed, throwing the door open the rest of the way and ushering his two teammates into the freezing room.
"Hi, Sandy," Tooth called to the short, sleeping man sitting at the table. "Sandy? Sandy, wake up!" Sandy sleepily looked up and waved at her before his head hit the back of the chair again. While Sandy was mute, it wasn't too difficult to communicate with him. What did make it hard was the fact he was legally a dwarf and had a hard time getting anyone's attention. All that aside, he sure made for one hell of a Profiler.
"North, Tooth said this was a pretty big case?" Aster said, hoping to hurry through the meeting.
"Ah, yes! Sit, sit. Tooth! Projector!" He exclaimed.
"Already on it!" She clicked on the small remote and sat down. After a few seconds of booting up, the screen lit up with a rather gruesome sight. It took a moment for Aster to figure out it was a person. They were torn apart, as if a mountain lion got to them. This thought confused Aster.
"North why are we investigating an animal attack?" He asked.
"This is the fifth attack in the past month. The local police are starting to wonder if they really are animal attacks. Perfect case to meet our new Medical Examiner at. Now! Let's pack up and get on the jet! It is only about three hours away!" North exclaimed, suddenly very excited.
Aster walked out the door, following the others. Why is everyone so excited to meet some guy who gets paid to put his hands inside a dead body? If anything I would dread meeting that kind of person. His thoughts were interrupted by what felt like a cannon slamming into his back. It was North's hand, patting his shoulder.
"Don't worry, Bunny! I'm sure the newbie will be great! Manny wouldn't have chosen him if he wasn't the best! Now hurry! We are meeting him at the scene! Don't want to keep him waiting!"
Part of Aster did want to keep him waiting.
