Penelope Garcia walked through the BAU hall and was about to enter the bull pen when she knocked into someone. Garcia picked up the woman's box from the floor and handed it to her.

"Sorry." Garcia apologized as the woman brushed herself off and took the box from Garcia.

"Don't worry about it." The woman said, with a strong Australian accent. Garcia took the chance to look at her. The woman was around 6 ft, shoulder height dark brown hair, with extremely bright blue eyes. Garcia smiled at her.

"Hi, I'm Penelope Garcia; I'm the tech kitty for the BAU." She introduced herself. The woman seemed confused for a second before replying with.

"I'm Maggie." Maggie hesitated for a second.

"Um… do you know where SSA Aaron Hotchner's office is?" Maggie asked. Garcia smiled.

"Sure, just go through those doors and it's the office up the steps." Garcia pointed out Hotch's office.

"Thanks Penelope." Maggie walked into the BAU bullpen. She walked up to Hotch's office and knocked. Agent Hotchner opened the door and smiled at Maggie.

"Maggie Robertson?" Hotch asked. Maggie smiled and nodded.

"Come on in." Hotch shut the door and motioned for Maggie to sit down. Maggie put the box in one chair and sat down in the other in front of Hotch's desk. Hotch opened her file and read through it.

"You're Australian?" Hotch asked, interested. Maggie smiled.

"Yes, born in Victoria." Hotch smiled. Hotch frowned as he got to a certain part of her file. Hotch looked up at Maggie and she suddenly got very sheepish. Hotch slid Maggie's file over to her and looked at her quizzically.

"Do you mind explaining to me about this part of your file?" Hotch asked. Maggie sighed and stared into Hotch's eyes. Hotch was alarmed to see it swimming with tears. Hotch pushed a box of tissues across the desk to her.

"Around nine years ago, when I was 18 and my last year of high school, two guys came into my school and….."

Garcia followed Maggie into the BAU bullpen, sat on the corner of Derek Morgan's desk, watched Hotch invite Maggie into his office and close the door behind him.

"Who is she?" Morgan asked, voicing what Reid, Emily and JJ were thinking.

"Her name is Maggie," Garcia replied, everyone looked at her quizzically. "And she's Australian." Reid smiled.

"Really?" Garcia rolled her eyes. Rossi came out of his office and stood by Reid's chair. JJ, who was sitting next to Emily at her desk, smiled at Rossi.

"You've missed a bit." JJ laughed. Rossi shook his head.

"Her name is Maggie Robertson, she's joining the team." Rossi informed them. Morgan frowned.

"Wait, wait, wait," Morgan said. "Our team is full, we have seven people already." Rossi shrugged.

"Apparently Maggie has some experience in this field, something that happened when she was 18, she learnt about what we do and is extremely good at profiling." Rossi said.

"What happened to her when she 18?" Reid asked. Emily and JJ glanced at each other. Rossi shrugged.

"And Garcia, don't go looking through her file, if we don't find out what happened." Emily said. Garcia looked shocked.

"Do you really think I would do that?" She asked. Morgan laughed.

"Yeah baby girl, we do." Garcia laughed.

"Yeah I suppose I do."

Maggie finished recanting her story and looked up at Hotch. Hotch sighed and ran his hand through his hair.

"I can't believe that happened to you so young." Hotch said. Maggie wiped her eyes and looked at Hotch.

"Agent Hotchner, I would like if we could keep this between us," Maggie pleaded. "I just don't want to be reminded of it too frequently." Hotch was hesitant.

"If the occasion comes up I will tell the team….but I just can't face it." Hotch sighed.

"Alright Maggie, but if we ever need to tell the team, they will be told." Maggie nodded.

"And Maggie, call me Hotch." He smiled. Maggie grinned.

"Sure thing, Hotch." Hotch stood up and put Maggie's file into one of his desk drawers.

"Come, I'll introduce to the rest of the team." Maggie nodded, stood up and picked up her box of her work things. Hotch opened the door and let Maggie pass.

"Guys, this is Maggie Robertson, she'll be joining the team." Hotch announced. Everyone said hi.

"Okay, Maggie this is Derek Morgan, Emily Prentiss, Jennifer Jareau, David Rossi and Dr. Spencer Reid." Hotch said, the individual team member nodded when Hotch said their name. Hotch caught sight of Garcia on Morgan's desk.

"Oh, and this is our Tech Analysis…." Hotch began.

"Penelope Garcia." Maggie finished, Maggie smiled at Hotch. "We've met." Garcia smiled at Maggie.

"So, we hear you're Australian." Reid said. Maggie nodded.

"Yeah, I am." Maggie grinned at Reid. Morgan smiled.

"What's Australia like?" He asked. Maggie thought for a second.

"It's kind of like America, just not as much traffic and no subways. Australia's a beautiful country though." Maggie said wistfully. Emily nodded.

"Why did you leave?" She asked. Maggie was caught unawares and stuttered.

"Um… I was….uh, sort of getting… stalked…. after a certain…event." Maggie stammered. Morgan frowned, suspicious.

Hotch intervened.

"Maggie, I'll help you get set up." Hotch said. Hotch pointed out Maggie's desk and gave her a few files.

"Just to get you started." Hotch said and walked back into his office.

"Thanks." Maggie sighed. She put her box on her desk and started to unpack it. Maggie bent to put something in one of her desk draws, and a necklace shaped like a lady bird fell out. Morgan stood up and walked over. Maggie looked up at him, Morgan looked at the necklace, picked it up and examined it.

"Lady Bug & Lotus Flower = BFFL." Morgan read the inscription off the back. Maggie took it out of his hands and placed it back on her shirt.

"Who are Lady Bug and Lotus Flower?" Morgan asked gently. Maggie sighed.

"They were nicknames for me and my best friend, I was Lady Bug and she was Lotus Flower." Maggie explained sadly. Morgan frowned.

"Where's Lotus Flower now?" Morgan asked. Maggie pulled away.

"I've…. got to go." Maggie walked off. Reid and Morgan exchanged looks.

"What was that all about?" Morgan asked. Reid looked up at Morgan from his desk.

"The way she is protective of the necklace, and she doesn't reveal much about her past, like why she left Australia, where her friend 'Lotus Flower' is," Reid took a breath. "So… something has more than likely happened to her friend or they had a massive falling out." Morgan shook his head.

"Still…" He said.

Maggie bent over the sink in the bathroom and splashed water over her face, she straightened up and looked in the mirror, bracing her hands against the rim of the sink, and her eyes were red and a little swollen, so it looked like she had been crying. Maggie pulled some paper towel out of the dispenser and wiped her face.

"How come I can't get over this?!" Maggie cried out to herself. A knock on the door and JJ walked in.

"Hey, Maggie… I haven't formally introduced myself, I'm Jennifer Jareau but everyone just calls me JJ." JJ said. She caught sight of Maggie's eyes. "Are you okay Maggie?" Maggie attempted a weak smile.

"Yeah, I'm fine, just….some memories brought up." Maggie said. "Anyway," Maggie said quickly before JJ could pry. "Was there anything you needed?" JJ nodded.

"We have a case, you're needed in the round table room." Maggie nodded.

"Sure thing." She said before she followed JJ out for her first BAU case that was going to unearth a whole lot of unwanted memories.