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"Since this case involved a member of the CIA they've sent an agent to consult with us." Hotch finished.
The team was gathered in the round table room. They had only been back from a serial rapist case in North Dakota for three days when they were called in again.
"That's a first." Prentiss commented.
"What?" Garcia asked.
"Agencies are notorious for turf wars, not unlike those in the gage culture. In fact, in 19-"
"She gets it. Let's go boy genius." Morgan interrupted, saving Garcia from Reid's endless amount of statistical information.
"Wheels up in 2 hours."
The team had just settled on the plane when the consulting agent came aboard. Hotch stood, taking her hand in his own. Her hands were small but her grip was firm. She wore gray dress slacks and a black button up shirt, her hair was pulled back into a neat ponytail. Hotch noted her relaxed posture but could tell from his time overseas, she stood at the ready.
"Everyone this is agent Nobles, she is on loan from the CIA. This is agent Rossi, JJ, Reid, Morgan, and Prentiss. Would you like to explain your consult on this case or would you like me to?"
"I can." She said before turning toward the team. "As agent Hotchner explained, I am agent Nobles. I'm an agent with the CIA. As you were briefed earlier, one of our recently retired agents was stabbed in what appears to be a random homicide."
"How do we know it wasn't a hit?" JJ asked.
"The other victims were not CIA or apart of any other agency. Also, families were left behind."
"Professional assassins will often cover immediate family in the home. It will also be staged as a burglary 43% of the time, in order to cover the assassin's tracks unless they are trying to send a message." Reid said.
"Exactly."
"Then why the need for the consult?" Morgan asked.
"These kills were committed several feet away, in public with no witnesses."
"I thought they were stabbings." JJ said.
"They are. Agent Nobles among other things is a trained weapons specialist for the CIA." Hotch added.
"So, you're pretty handy with a knife?" Rossi asked.
"Something like that." Nobles responded before taking a seat.
The sun was bright in LA as Morgan, Nobles, and Reid inspected the latest crime scene.
"If the victim died here and the knife was thrown from there. That's at least 15 feet." Morgan said.
"Thrown knives travel at 15 m/s."
"Actually, the average is 16 m/s but varies by thrower and weight of the knife."
Morgan looked at Reid, chuckling to himself as Reid stared in disbelief. Nobles walked down the block to speak to the local authorities as Morgan came to stand beside Reid.
"It's okay to be wrong, boy genius. She is the weapons expert but tell me something, how does it feel to experience the Reid effect?" He patted his shoulder as he laughed to himself before walking after Nobles.
