Hey I hope you all enjoy my first ever fanfic. I started this story for a school assignment and decided that it needed to be finished. So without further haggle or monotalkilitus on my part-chapter 1!
Declaimer: I don't own Criminal Minds . . . Or Reid(sadly) but as for the rest it all comes from that old gray thing in my head. Enjoy!
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Garcia's heels clacked on the floor as she approached Hotch's office. "You called for he royal cyber goddess?" she asked.
Hotch looked up from a file he had received from Strauss and gave her one of his rare smiles. "I need you to train a new intern. She applied to help out in technical analyzing so I thought it would be best to introduce her to you. Just show her the ropes and keep her out of trouble."
"Trouble, sir?" the red-head asked.
"Yes. She's rather young."
"Well so is Reid but we don't let him drive us insane."
"Thank you, Garcia. She gets here at four. I hope your room is clean." Garcia's smile vanished. It was . . . sort of.
Serena pulled her jacket sleeves down so that they completely covered her hands. She turned the volume down on her mp3 which was an old battery powered version. She found these much better that the newer ones. She closed her eyes the elevator dinged signaling her arrival at the bullpen where she would be starting her internship.
Stepping out the first thing she saw was a cherry red haired woman in orange pumps. The woman had a sparkly pink pen tucked behind her ear and she smiled at Serena.
"Hey, my name is Penelope Garcia. You must be Serena." Serena saw and noted the look of surprise on the woman's face when she first saw her.
"Yes, I am. I want to know if I could give you guys a couple of gifts before I started today. You guys had a case last year that involved one of my friends and I never got a chance to thank you properly."
When Garcia nodded Serena went about distributing her gifts. A bag of sugar for Reid who she informed was not supposed to be used all at once. Morgan received a dog bone for Cloonie and Rossi got a book on international law. Serena gave Prentiss a circle link puzzle and JJ got a copy of Green Eggs and Ham. Lastly Serena walked into Hotch's office. The team leader was on the phone so she just left the small envelope on his desk.
She smiled at Garcia who led her to her to her den of cyber imperia.
Hotch ended the call and turned to notice the envelope on his desk. It was labeled "Read Me!" in block letters.
Hotch,
Thank you so much for this opportunity to help out. You couldn't possible know how much it means to me. I won't let you down. The tickets are for you and Jack. You deserve to smile. Trust me I know how hard it is to lose some one you love. Again you have my thanks.
Sincerely,
Serena Carter.
Hotch set the letter down, took out the baseball tickets and smiled.
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"How old are you, Serena?" Garcia asked. The girl looked up from her book and typed something on her laptop.
"I'm fourteen."
"What school do you go to?" Garcia didn't want to pry but hey curiosity killed the cat.
"Uh, I used to go to Eastman High, I'm in the tenth grade but I switched to home schooling because I figured I'd finish high school sooner if I did."
"Wow. That's pretty cool. So you're a tech whiz." Garcia said. Serena nodded and they set about getting Serena acquainted with technical analyzing.
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Serena stepped off the bus and made her way to her best friend's house. Everything had gone great during her first day and Garcia seemed happy to answer any of her questions. Serena was extremely smart for her age but being a fourteen year old tenth grader had it's set backs. Like her best friend Rachel being a whole two grades lower than her. And being a complete computer geek didn't help either.
Ms Rutherford answered the door on the first knock and smiled at Serena.
"Come on in. Rachel's up in her room." The woman went back into the living room where she had been watching Law and Order and Serena headed upstairs to her friend's room.
Rachel was jumping on her bed singing Katy Perry's "Pearl". Serena grabbed a throw pillow off the floor and chucked it at her head.
"Hey! What the-" she yelled as she lost her balance.
Serena smiled at her. "Sorry Rae, I just couldn't let you kill that poor cat. My heart let alone my ears couldn't take it."
"Oh ha-ha-ha, you're so very funny" She blonde puffed, blowing her bangs out of her face. "Well at least I don't sound like bagpipes getting run over by a semi-truck." They glared at each other for a moment before dissolving into giggles.
"Okay so how'd your first day go." Rachel asked. She was sitting cross-legged on the bed with a pillow in her lap. Serena took the swivel chair by the desk.
"It was wonderful. Garcia's amazing and you should see her computer system. Her hard drive is like supernova fast and has like 3 million bits worth of storage. I mean her systems is a state the art, virus proof, super computer from cyber heaven. And you don't even want me to get started on he RSMP. She has a STWR cadaver hooked to her corpulence monitor. That has been done since like ever!"
Rachel let out a snore and keeled over. Serena pouted and threw a pencil at her. "Hey didn't I tell you that computers put me to sleep. I mean what the hello is a shower cadaver?"
Serena frowned at her. "STWR cadaver, Rae. Not shower. It's a -" But Rachel cut her off with a look that clearly said she didn't want to know. So the girls passed the rest of the afternoon talking about countless unimportant things and Serena even tutored Rae on her algebra. At 9:00, Ms Rutherford dropped Serena off at her apartment building.
Serena got to her apartment that she shared with her dad and unlocked the door to walk into complete chaos. There were beer bottles everywhere, on the floor, tables, counters and even the entertainment center. She saw her dad passed out on the sofa and set about cleaning up. Even so it wasn't until 12:30 when she finally headed toward her room.
But her dad stopped her. He grabbed her wrist and pulled her back into the living room. "Hey Jessica. Where've you been." Serena's eyes widened. Oh no. Dad thought she was mom. No, no, no. This was bad! It wasn't the first time he had mistaken her for her mother. He did it every other day. She tried to pull out of his grasp but he kept a steady grip on her.
"No dad, it's Serena. Your daughter." She said as he held her close. He cupped her cheek in his hand ad tipped her head back. Suddenly panic set in and Serena started hitting her dad. "Dad, let go! Please, let go." He shook her and her head snapped back.
"Shut up, Jessica. I'm tired of you always lying to me. Your cheating on me, you filthy slut." He yelled, then he hit her. But not on her face, no not where others might see. And he kept hitting her until he got tired. The he shoved her toward her room.
Serena closed and locked the door behind her and slid to the floor. Al she could do was sob. Why her? Slowly she made her way toward her bed and was quickly asleep. She knew how sore she was going to be in the morning, but that was tomorrow's problem.
