Part 1

Fate, or some mysterious force, can put the finger on you or me, for no good reason at all.
- Martin Goldsmith

Chapter 01

Gulfstream G-IV
Tail # N4SP
Westbound over Lake Michigan
Day #1

Rossi

They were flying over Lake Michigan the first time it happened.

It wasn't an exciting flight at first. They were heading to Green Bay, Wisconsin, of all places, where it appeared that they had an odd kind of cannibal to deal with. Cannibals were no one's idea of fun, except perhaps Reid, who found fascination in just about anything.

As they started over the lake, the pilot reported an odd fog bank ahead. Hotch headed up front to take a look. He saw that it was a wall of fog, high as they could see, all the way down to the lake, stretching along the length of the lake. They said there was no way to fly around but it shouldn't be a problem to fly through, so fly through they did.

"This is creepy." JJ commented as the fog rendered their windows useless.

"You've heard about the Michigan Triangle?" Reid was suddenly excited.

"The Michigan Triangle?"

"Yeah, it's similar to the better known Bermuda Triangle, a place where time is reputed to slow down or speed up, and people, planes and boats can disappear without a trace."

"No, Reid, I hadn't heard of it before." JJ said, patiently. "I was just referring to the fog."

"Oh. I was wondering because an inexplicably dense fog is usually the first phenomenon reported."

"Thanks."

Rossi looked over at Morgan. "Can you stop him?"

"I've been trying for years." Morgan replied.

All of a sudden the plane shuddered like they hit turbulence. As Hotch moved to sit and the rest of them buckled up the plane shook again. And it got cold, absolutely frigid. "What the…?" Morgan asked, his breath making curls in the air.

Then the lights went out.

The plane shook.

"Everyone stay calm!" Hotch said.

The plane shook.

The lights came back on.

The air turned warm again.

The flight leveled out.

The sunlight sparkled in the windows as the fog melted away.

It was over.

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Notes: Yes, new story. While my last practically wrote itself this one is not so I cannot promise an update every day. That said, waking up to comments is always motivating.

Yes, this is a bit of a homage to the great H. M. Hoover, who wrote some amazing YA sci-fi in the 1970's, including a story with this title. I've drawn on my memories of that book to create this, but not enough to call it a cross over. You can say that Little Sister belongs to her. All CM characters copyright to CBS and their creators, all original characters are mine. I share, but do please ask first

Rated M for mature situations, language, and discussion of abuse, torture and rape. Also expect lots of what I believe is called Whump! and a non-graphic OC/OC slash relationship at some point. Once again I will be starting a LiveJournal account for the MA chapters, and will post the link when the appropriate chapter is published. You won't need to follow the LJ account to follow the story, but if you want more on one part of the story it will be there. Please note, when I say MA I mean MA, read the LJ account at your own risk.

This is a Spencer/OC, Emily/OC story, set sometime after Season 6 but otherwise AU. It does not follow any particular cases or fall on any specific point of the cannon.

Hope you enjoy!

- TKL