Maggie had now been working at the BAU for a year… and had been dating fellow agent Derek Morgan for a year also. Within the time she had spent at the BAU, Morgan had filled her in on what had happened, such as when Elle and Garcia got shot, Reid was kidnapped and tortured, Rossi finally solving the case haunting him for 21 years, Hotch and his divorce from his wife… and finally Morgan's past. When Morgan had told Maggie about what happened to him when he was a teenager she almost started crying.
"That isn't right." She whispered, hugging Morgan tightly. Morgan nodded and hugged her back.
Only two people that Maggie and Morgan worked with knew about their secret relationship. They were Reid and Hotch. Reid, being the genius he is, just knew and one night when the team when out to dinner and Morgan and Maggie were the last two to leave, Hotch saw them through the windows kissing. Hotch and Reid helped keep their relationship a secret from the others by, when the others were gossiping about a hidden relationship between Morgan and Maggie, Reid would tell the others about a blonde, ex model that Morgan was apparently seeing.
It was about four weeks before Maggie's birthday and the BAU team were giving her a semi party, since Maggie was taking time off to show her parents and her brothers around when they flew up from Australia. Reid, JJ, Emily, Garcia and Rossi gave Maggie a beautiful little glass animal shaped like a lady bug, Morgan got Maggie a bracelet with a lady bug and a lotus flower charm hanging off it. Hotch walked past Maggie's desk and handed her a long, rectangular present. Hotch looked awkward as he said happy birthday and walked to his office. Maggie opened her present from Hotch and loved it immediately. It was a gold chained necklace with a ruby stone as a pendant, Maggie put it on immediately.
"Thanks Hotch!" She yelled out to his office. Hotch looked through the window and waved. Everyone looked at it amazed.
"Geez, Hotch must like having you on the team." Garcia said, examining the necklace closely.
"Yeah, Maggie's the only one that can make him smile just by her laughing." Emily said. Reid looked at the ruby pendant.
"Is there any meaning behind the ruby?" He asked. Maggie laughed.
"It's my birth stone. July remember."
The day came to a close and Maggie hugged everyone, thanking them for the gifts. JJ, Emily, Garcia, Rossi and Reid caught one elevator, while Hotch, Maggie and Morgan waited for another.
"Thank you so much Hotch, it's beautiful." Maggie thanked Hotch once again. Hotch smiled.
"Well, you're here for another couple of weeks." Hotch said. "Then relaxation time." Morgan added. Maggie frowned.
"Yeah, I guess." Hotch and Morgan looked at Maggie concerned.
"Mags, what's wrong?" Morgan asked. Maggie shook her head.
"It's going to be kind of awkward seeing my family again…" She looked up at Hotch, Morgan felt like an unspoken meaning went to Hotch.
"I haven't seen them since I told them that I was staying in America, while they moved back to Australia." She said quietly. Morgan wrapped his arms around Maggie and hugged her tightly. Hotch turned his gaze away.
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It had been a week since Maggie's BAU birthday party… It was late and Maggie was sleeping fitfully. Maggie was moaning in her sleeping, her head turning from one way to the other. Maggie frightened herself so much, she woke up gasping for breath, with a thin layer of a cold sweat playing on her forehead. Maggie checked the time 3:00 am on the day of June 14th. Maggie's eyes caught sight of a circled date two weeks from then. She lay back down and sighed.
"Ten long years." She murmured. Maggie couldn't go back to sleep, so she got up, got changed and wandered around her apartment. At about 4 am, Maggie glanced at her laptop. The screen had been flashing since yesterday with new email… now another 4 had arrived. Maggie had around 20 unchecked emails. Maggie sat at the table in front of her laptop and checked who her emails were from. Maggie's eyes widened at the name of her ex boyfriend, Aaron Moscito. The box which in where people put the type of email, just said Urgent! Maggie was about to read it when her mobile went off. Maggie stood up and answered it.
"Hey Hotch… no I was already awake….sure, I'll be there in…" Maggie checked the time. "About 15 minutes." Maggie said goodbye and shut the phone. Maggie looked once more at her laptop where the emails from Aaron where flashing and shut her laptop. She sighed and left her apartment to go to work.
The BAU were summoned to case in San Francisco and there they spent a week trying to hunt down a freaky in the head serial killer.
They arrived back at the BAU, they finally caught the nutcase, and they were exhausted. Morgan, Maggie, JJ, Reid and Garcia were laughing about some crazy thing Reid had said moments ago. Morgan and Reid sat down at their desks, with Garcia sitting on the edge of Morgan's desk and JJ at the edge of Reid's. Maggie was about to sit down when a woman that worked for the BAU walked up to her.
"Agent Robertson, there is a guy wanting to talk to you. He has come here for the last two days looking for you. I put him in the round table room when I heard you were coming back today." Maggie was confused but said thanks anyway. Morgan, Reid and JJ just looked as confused as Maggie did. Maggie walked up the stairs and towards the round table room, with the others staring at her every step. Maggie opened the door and was surprised to see a familiar curly haired head. The guy turned around.
"Aaron?" Maggie whispered, not wanting to believe it. Aaron smiled.
"Maggie, an FBI agent now huh?" He asked. Maggie was relieved to hear that old Australian accented voice of her ex boyfriend. Maggie crossed the room in a few quick strides and into Aaron's arms. Maggie pulled back.
"A teacher now huh?" She laughed. "Who thought the biggest trouble maker could become a teacher." Aaron smiled.
"What are you doing here anyway?" She asked. Aaron stared at her.
"Haven't you read any of my emails?" He asked. Maggie shook her head.
"Sorry, cases have kept me busy." Maggie apologized weakly. Aaron shook his head.
"Do you have your laptop with you?" He asked. Maggie nodded and pulled her satchel around and pulled out her laptop. She set it up and opened up her email accounts. Maggie gasped in fear as she read the emails Aaron had sent her. It contained a picture of a note with the words:
Dearest Lady Bug, it's been a very, very long time since I last saw your scared face, though somehow filled with hatred… I want to see you again and until I do this is going to continue. Maggie saw a couple of red drops at the corner of the page.
"Is that…?" She tried to ask. Aaron nodded.
"That's blood, of one of my students actually." Maggie stared at him, fearfully.
"What? Not again?" She whispered. Aaron nodded.
"He's back."
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The rest of the team couldn't see what was happening because, like always, the blinds were closed to the round table room. The door opened and Maggie, pale faced, dragged a curly headed guy towards Hotch's office. Morgan recognised who he was immediately.
"Who's he?" Emily asked. Morgan frowned.
"That'll be Maggie's ex boyfriend, Aaron Moscito." They stared at Morgan for knowing this.
"And how do you about this? Hmm, hot stuff?" Garcia asked Morgan. Morgan gave a small smile.
"The day I took Maggie home from the hospital, she got sick suddenly and asked me to stay with her, I did. She told me to put on any DVD I wanted so I picked one with two girls on the front cover, one was wearing green paint and a witch outfit, the other had short curly blonde hair and was dressed sort of like a princess would." Morgan paused to take a breath. "As I watched it I realized it was a remake of the musical Wicked. Maggie woke up and told me who each of the people were." Morgan sighed.
"Maggie had one of the main parts as Elphaba, the girl playing Glinda was Maggie's best friend Mitchy or Lotus flower, and the guy playing Fiyero, Elphaba's guy, was Aaron there." Everyone was silent as they digested this information.
"Wait, wait, wait, wait…." JJ, Emily, Morgan and Reid turned to look at Garcia.
"You saying our little lady bug can sing?" Garcia asked, quite shocked. Morgan nodded.
"Yeah, extremely well too."
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Maggie knocked on Hotch's office door.
"Enter." Hotch called out. Maggie opened the door, pulling Aaron inside with her. Hotch looked up from the paperwork he was doing. He looked surprised.
"Maggie, what's wrong? And who is this?" He asked calmly, noticing Aaron.
"Hotch this is Aaron Moscito, Aaron this is my boss Aaron Hotchner." She quickly introduced. Hotch shook his head.
"Maggie?" He asked. Maggie opened her laptop to show one of Aaron's emails. Hotch read it quickly and was shocked by what he read.
"Maggie what is this?" He asked.
"It's him, Hotch, the guy that just about destroyed my life." Hotch rubbed one of his eyes.
"Is there anymore like this?" He asked. Aaron nodded. Maggie opened up another one of his emails.
Lady Bug, dear, what is taking you so long to come back, to face your past. Tsk Tsk, I am quite upset with you. Ah, but I still cherish that look of fear and absolute loathing on your face when you looked up at me when you were trying to help your friends. The amount of tears that slid down you cheeks that day… I want to see you soon or I'll be forced to start again.
"Hotch, I need to go back to Australia." Maggie said suddenly. JJ knocked on the door and entered.
"Hotch, I just got a request from Australia, asking for our help about teenagers being killed in their high schools." She informed Hotch. Aaron grimaced.
"Yeah, I asked the police to get you. I said you could help close this thing up once and for all." Hotch nodded.
"JJ get the team, and Garcia also, and Maggie," Hotch said. JJ watched closely. Maggie looked at Hotch. "I want you to tell the team about this." Maggie nodded solemnly. While JJ was getting the team into the round table room, Maggie was on the phone to her family, telling them to cancel their trip up to America.
"Mum, I'm sorry but… I have loose ends to tie up and I promise I will see you soon." Maggie apologized. Maggie nodded.
"Okay, Mum, I have to go…I'm sorry, bye." Maggie ended the call and walked into the round table room. The team was starting to settle down but throwing confused glances at Aaron, standing off in the corner of the room.
Maggie stood up in front of the screen, the team focused to her.
"There have been some murders of teenagers in Victoria, Australia." The team's eyes widened together. Maggie clicked the remote, showing pictures.
"Two girls, friends, were killed in the morning about half an hour before school was due to start. The killings have been the same, two girls, friends, in the morning before school but they are spread across three different schools, Hoppers, Werribee, Point cook. All high schools. There have been a few murders that occurred during recess or lunch at the secluded part of the school, it is believed to be done by the same person." Maggie finished. Everyone was silent for a moment.
"Has any murders, like these, occurred in the past?" Reid asked. Maggie shut her eyes tight. Maggie clicked another button. It showed one blonde girl, with a gun shot wound to her side.
"Almost 10 years ago…" Maggie said hoarsely. "Two guys, one with a gun, the other a knife. One of the guys was caught and killed by other prisoners in lock up the same day and the other is still at large." Emily looked up.
"Wait, there are supposed to be 2 victims…. So where is the other one." Maggie sighed.
"The girl with the gunshot wound to the side, her name is Mitchetta Greene," Maggie watched Aaron's eyes tear up at her name. Morgan looked up, shocked by her name.
Maggie sighed before continuing.
"The…The other girl, Mitchetta's friend… is…." Maggie took a deep breath. "Is standing right in front of you." The team looked shocked and there was a gasp from Garcia.
"Oh sweetie." Garcia whispered. Maggie pulled out her necklace and pointed to the one Mitchetta was wearing, it was in the shape of a lotus flower.
"You guys only know her as Lotus Flower." Hotch sighed.
"Maggie you should tell them your story." He said gravely. Maggie nodded. Took a breath and started to tell her story.
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There you go…. Maggie's history is sort of out into the light and the BAU team is heading down under :D:D Read and Review please…
Luv HGP
