Ok... so I've always loved the thought of Morgan becoming a Father. If you ask me he would be the best Dad in the world! So this is my little twist on the Criminal Minds story incorporating my new character. Enjoy!
My Dark Valiant Night
"It was many a year ago, in a kingdom by the sea that a maiden there lived whom you may know, by the name of Annabelle Lea. And this maiden she lived with no other thought, than to love and be loved by me..." Reid began reciting the poem of Annabelle Lea by Edgar Allan Poe to a very annoyed looking Prentiss and Morgan.
"I was a child and she was a child in this kingdom by the sea, but..."
"Reid, give it a rest man!" Morgan stood and walked over to the break room, desperately needing a dose of caffeine. All he had asked was what Reid had been up to last night.
Morgan was definitely not in the mood for one of Reid's rambling lectures and fast talking poem reciting. He'd had a rough night after being stood up by some broad he asked out at the coffee shop. He absently filled up two steaming cups of bitter coffee and walked over to Garcia's office door.
"Come in my liege!" She called through the door making Morgan smile that charming smile.
"Hey, Baby girl! I brought some coffee." His eyes twinkled as he handed her the cup.
"Oh you are ever so kind my Dark valiant night, but not even your cute face can brighten my day." She stared into the empty computer screen with a look of contempt.
"What's wrong sweet heart? Had a bad night with Mr. Lynch?" Morgan teased.
She smacked him the shoulder, "No! My damn computer won't turn on! I swear I am cursed! Jayje wants some files pulled about some child abductions and I can't even get the damn thing to work." She through her hands in the air in rage.
"Relax Baby Girl, JJ will understand. Did you even plug it in?" Morgan looked behind the Monitor and sure enough the cord was lying on the desk and not plugged into the wall like it should have been. "Ah, leave it to Miss. Penelope Garcia to forget to plug in her computer."
She chuckled, "Leave it to Mr. Derek Morgan to piss me off all the while making my day. You are forever thanked."
"No problem Baby Girl!" Garcia made a face as Morgan stepped out of the office.
"Derek!" JJ called through the bull pen. Morgan turned around only to see JJ pointing at a new file in her hands. Great... what gruesome story awaits me know?
"A fifteen year old girl named Aaden Smith was abducted from her country home in Alberta Canada a few days ago. Local PD says that she's the twentieth child to go missing over a time period of two months. No bodies have been discovered. The unsub takes to both gender. The girls are all petit and in their mid-teenage years. All of them with blue eyes and brown hair. The Boys are usually little older, around the age of seventeen, most with dark hair and brown eyes."JJ arranged the pictures of all the kids that were missing on the screen.
"He's experienced if his kid knapped so many in that restricted time period. Have they figured out the motives yet?" Hotch scanned through the case file.
"The sheriff at this moment is unsure, although they did receive an anonymous letter about the abductions." JJ posted the letter on the screen.
"These Kids are in the house of the lord. It is not us you should seek, but the parents of these lambs. They've robbed of the life they should've lived." Reid read the letter off the screen, "He thinks he's helping them by taking them away from their families."
"And by looks of it, he strongly believes in the Christian faith."Rossi took a sip out of his coffee mug, "Did they get any prints off the paper?"
"The analysis unit is scanning the paper as we speak, I..." Morgan cut her off as he remembered what she had said at the beginning of the briefing.
"Wait a minute, JJ; did you say these abductions were happening in Canada? What do they want us there for?"
"Canada doesn't have a Federal Bureau of investigation. And, like I said, it's the twentieth child in two months. It couldn't hurt to take a look."
"Flight leaves in a half hour. Get your go bags." Hotch stood up from the table and exited the bullpen walking towards his office.
Reid shot a look at Morgan, "What do you have against going to Canada?" He stared at him questioningly.
Morgan licked his lips, "Nothing, It's just not a place we usually stop at, that's all."
"Well, we better get are things together. It's a long flight."
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After the long flight the team made their way to the hotel to freshen up. They weren't due to meet at the crime scene before tomorrow and Hotch suggested that they all get a good night's sleep.
Morgan woke up, groggy and stiff. He stared at the digital clock on the bed side table groaning when it showed the hour of 7:30. He needed to be ready and in the lobby by height o'clock. Reluctantly, he got out of bed searching for some fresh clothes feeling somewhat alone. Lately he'd felt this hollow feeling. It was a feeling of emptiness that kept him up during most of the previous nights. He thought it was due to that fact that he hadn't had time to really meet anyone special, but then again, it had been that way a long time before the feeling.
A loud knock sounded on his door, making his jump out of his train of thought, "Hello my beautiful chocolate angel." Garcia voice range when he opened the door.
"Baby Girl, what are you doing here?" He looked at her smug face, realizing that he was still in his boxer, only his boxers.
She laughed as Morgan made a face and ducked into the bathroom, "Well, my pretty, little boy genius thinks there's something wrong with you. I assured him that you were fine, but I was watching you on plane, not like I don't watch you at every waking minute possible, but you seemed distant."
Morgan lowered his eyes as he returned fully clothed in a t-shirt and jeans, "I'm fine, Garcia. Reid's just being Reid. Besides, there have twenty missing children. Don't you think I'd just a little affected?"
Garcia pondered the thought, looking a little disappointed that Morgan had gotten dressed. She made a face and smiled, "You should really take to wearing only your boxers more often! With that sexy body, it's a shame you cover it up!"
Morgan smile, "Only in your dreams, Baby girl." He opened the door letting her out.
"Most definitely, my chocolate coated lollipop." Morgan made a face as she called that name down the hallway.
The team gathered in the lobby a few minutes later. JJ briefed them on the case one more time and they all piled into the SUV's.
