NOTE: This story is a sequel to Pinky And The BAU. Pinky has finally been accepted as an FBI agent for the Behavioral Analysis Unit. While his friend, Brain tries to hatch new world domination schemes, Pinky is out catching serial killers with Hotch, JJ, Reid, Morgan, Rossi and Garcia.
It had been a week since Pinky had joined the BAU but in that week, he had tackled a surprising number of cases. In total the BAU had 3 additional cases after the elderly car wash murders:
The first case was in Michigan and involved an unsub who was abducting asthmatics, withholding their inhalers and forcing them to run on a treadmill till they passed out and died. Turned out that man was 29-year old Trent Ferris, a pharmacist whose little sister died of asthma. He saw himself as an angel of mercy but was really a social darwinist hell-bent on killing asthmatics because he felt betrayed by his dead sister. Pinky and JJ confronted him as he was about to kill a victim but it ended in suicide by cop when he pulled his gun on JJ. Turned out, he kept the inhalers as trophies.
The second case was in Florida and involved an unsub who was killing her victims with her exotic venomous snake collection. Turned out, she was Cindy Lang, a 35 year old Asian-American necrophiliac who lured her male victims on a kinky fetish website where she went by the screen name BlueMamba. She was sexually aroused by the sight of bloated, envenomed bodies and when she was little, she survived a rattlesnake bite and began drinking snake venom to "build up immunity". Rossi, Pinky and Reid burst in on her but she died of a bite from one of her own snakes before she could be arrested.
The third case was in Oregon and involved an animal rights activist/family annihilator unsub who was killing wolf hunters and their families. Turned out the man was 24 year old Zachary Caldwell who was a schizophrenic under the delusion that he was part wolf and that hunters were killing his pack. He would urinate on each father and bite each mother on the neck as a calling card. Pinky managed to reason with him alone, giving him a tearful speech on the importance of family before he was arrested by Hotch and JJ who were waiting behind some bushes.
All in all, Pinky had a fun time with the BAU. Of all the agents, Pinky grew the closest to Spencer Reid and Jennifer Jareau but would chat every now and then with Penelope Garcia and Derek Morgan. He rarely spoke with Aaron Hotcher and David Rossi, though but they still got along.
It was night and JJ had treated her husband, Will and fellow agents, Pinky and Morgan to dinner at a fancy restaurant to celebrate Pinky's success as a BAU agent. Reid and Garcia were away at a comic convention while Hotch and Rossi had other plans. JJ smiled as she looked around the table, "I would like us all to propose a toast to our newest agent, Pinky. Not only does he brighten our lives but he has managed to successfully talk down 2 serial killers into surrendering. Say it with me now on the count of three...one...two...three"
"NARF!" JJ, Morgan, Pinky and Will shouted in unison as they clinked glasses. Pinky was the only one without an alcoholic beverage in his glass. Then again, alcohol made him uncharacteristically angry and temperamental so he avoided it entirely. One time, Brain had a scheme that involved alcohol and Pinky got drunk. It ended pretty badly with Brain in the ER from Pinky's drunken tantrum and he vowed never to use alcohol in his plans again.
Will smiled at Pinky, "So, JJ told me that you're a mother. How is that possible?"
"Oh, Brain was doing some cloning to take over the world and my nail got in the way of his experiment. Poit. Romy popped out of the machine and before I knew it, I was a mommy." Pinky let out a sad sigh, "Now I know babies come from machines and not the stork."
Morgan gave Pinky a weird look, "Well, that is true in the case of most robots."
Pinky gasped, "So, we're all robots? How come I don't go all buzz buzz fry fry boom when I cry, then?"
"You're a waterproof robot, Pinky." JJ joked.
Pinky giggled, "Well, that would explain a lot."
"How often do you see your son, Pinky?" JJ asked.
"I write to him every day...but I can't find the mail box. Poit. Brain usually sends the letters for me. I have his drawings on my fridge...actually, Brain says it's a sardine can but I say it's a fridge. Sometimes I look at the drawings and cry but I'm a waterproof robot so my tears don't make me all buzz buzz fry fry boom." Pinky replied.
JJ giggled, "I was only joking about the robot thing."
Pinky rubbed his chin, "So, that's why I don't go beep beep beep when I go through the walky things at the airport. Troz!"
Morgan looked around the table, "You know, Pinky. I think you're doing a pretty good job with the BAU. Maybe even better than Blake. You're like a wildcard agent, your speciality is confusing the unsub into submission. Surprisingly effective tactic."
Pinky gasped, "I'm a wildcard? Eeeeeee! So, I CAN be red, blue, green or yellow!"
Will chuckled, "Haven't played UNO in a long time."
JJ smiled, "Maybe we can play it with Henry in a few years."
Pinky sighed as a nostalgic tear rolled down his cheek, "I miss Romy..."
Morgan placed a hand on Pinky's shoulder, "I'm sure your son misses you, too."
Pinky sniffed and rubbed his eyes, "Thanks, Morgan. Zort!"
Meanwhile, Reid and Garcia had just finished going to the convention and Reid was rambling on, "I can't believe Rob Paulsen sung the Yakko's World song perfectly, I must admit, it must've taken years of practice to remember that."
Garcia chuckled, "You could probably memorize that song in a day. Anyway, they were giving away some leftover toys and I grabbed this."
Garcia pulled a Pinky doll out of her pocket which had a pullstring. She pulled the string and the Pinky doll spoke, "I love you. Narf!"
Reid smiled, "Let me try." The young genius pulled the string and Pinky spoke, "I think so, Brain but me and Pippi Longstocking, what would the children look like?"
Both Reid and Garcia burst into laughter and Garcia smiled, "I can't believe he's part of our team now."
Reid nodded, "And he's actually doing a pretty good job. Maybe the theories were right about Pinky being a genius and Brain being the insane one. After all, megalomania is often considered to be a form of insanity."
Garcia nodded, "Only in fanfiction could something like this happen."
"Careful with the fourth wall there, Garcia. It's pretty fragile." Reid smirked.
Meanwhile, Brain was sitting in the lab, all alone, going over his blueprints for world domination. This time, his plan involved flowers which would release a hypnotic pollen when they bloomed and the pollen contained a subliminal message to hail Brain as the world leader. He began to speak, "Pinky, are you pondering what..." He turned around and Pinky wasn't there, "Oh, right. You're an agent now...you've got better things to do. Like catch killers." Letting out a sigh, Brain rubbed his head. It just wasn't the same without Pinky around. The atmosphere was eerily quiet. No narf. No poit. No zort. No troz. No giggling and inane questions or singing. It was almost unnerving. At first, he thought the silence would help him concentrate on his plans easier but thoughts crossed his mind. What if Pinky was being held at gunpoint by an unsub? What if he forgot his vest and was shot in the chest? Brain was worried about Pinky. Suddenly, a noise got Brain's attention, "Pinky?" Brain spun around and saw a small, dark figure approach him, "You're not Pinky! Just who do you think you are?"
"GNAWZGUZ!" The figure replied and instantly, Brain was tackled to the ground and getting beaten repeatedly. He tried his best to fight back but was easily overpowered. He closed his eyes and slowly faded away into unconciousness.
Meanwhile, back at the restaurant, Aaron Hotchner was dining out with his girlfriend, Beth Clemmons. A waiter who looked very similar to Jerry Lewis approached them and spoke, "Hey there, I will be your waiter. FREUNLAVEN! I will do the serving of the menus and the serving of the food. Would you like me to sing a song for you?"
"That wouldn't be necessary, thank you." Hotch replied.
Ignoring Hotch's comment, the waiter began to sing:
When the whipoorwill
Whippors in the wind
The wind can whipper back
Oh, NICE AND CHUBBY BABY!
Beth facepalmed while Hotch's attention turned to the table where JJ, Morgan, Pinky and Will were sitting. Beth turned to Hotch, "Is everything all right?"
Hotch seemed distracted for a bit, "Oh, I was just thinking about our new agent, Pinky."
The waiter looked around, "Well, this is awkward. I'll start you off with some water and come back in 10 minutes. FLAMIEL!"
The waiter walked away and Beth looked at Hotch, ""What do you think of Pinky?"
Hotch rubbed his chin, "He's the most...interesting agent the BAU has had in a while. He's kind of like Garcia only I don't think he could hack into a computer. Scatterbrained, emotional, bit of a wildcard. He's good at communicating with mentally ill unsubs and he's pretty good friends with Reid. I see those two talk with each other a lot. He's very curious and childlike in a way."
Upon noticing Hotch at the other table, Morgan got up and walked over to him, "Hey, Hotch."
Hotch smiled, "Hey, Morgan. I noticed you guys were sitting down."
"Why didn't you come over and talk to us?" Morgan asked.
Hotch nodded, "All right." And so, Aaron Hotchner and Beth Clemmons approached the table, "Beth, I would like you to meet the newest agent on our force, Pinky. Pinky, this is my girlfriend, Beth."
Beth smiled at Pinky, "Nice to meet you, Hotch has told me a lot about you."
Pinky grinned, "Troz! Nice to meet you too, Beth. So, how did you and Hotch meet?"
"We met at the triathlon." Hotch replied.
Pinky blinked, "A triathlon? One time Brain and I tried to take over the world with a triathlon. Didn't work out so well, though."
Morgan chuckled, "That friend of yours thinks up of many crazy schemes."
Pinky nodded, "He sure does! But I love him anyway."
JJ sighed, "You know, Rossi hasn't spoke much since he came back."
Pinky giggled, "Oooooh, maybe he's on a mission involving Eggo waffles and spies and that funky music that plays in the background when spies eat waffles. Narf!"
JJ stared at Pinky, "Yeah...that makes a lot of sense..."
Suddenly, Hotch's phone started ringing and he picked it up, "Hello? Rossi"
Rossi was on the other end, standing in the laboratory, "I've been keeping tabs on The Brain ever since I learned he was a megalomaniac. I'm in Pinky and Brain's lab right now and Brain isn't here, there appears to be a struggle. He was most likely abducted."
Hotch spoke into his phone, "Any clues?"
"Just this postcard that says 'Gnawzguz' and a picture of the Warner Bros water tower on the back." Rossi replied.
"Gnawzguz? Isn't that Zugzwang spelled backwards?" Hotch asked.
Rossi nodded on the other end, "But the way this lab was trashed, it doesn't really fit the profile. For all we know, The Replicator could have a copycat."
"Got it, Rossi. Bye." Hotch sighed and turned to everyone, "We have an emergency case, Brain's been kidnapped."
Pinky's jaw dropped, "W-what?"
"I'll call Reid and Garcia to let them know. We'll pay for our dinner and move out ASAP. Time is of the essence in cases like this." Hotch replied.
Pinky whimpered softly. Brain? Kidnapped? Who could it be? Who would want to abduct his megalomaniac best friend? If the BAU couldn't crack this case, no one could.
*Criminal Minds theme song starts playing*
Joe Mantegna *Rossi is sitting at a desk*
Shemar Moore *Morgan is chasing after someone*
Matthew Gray Gubler *Reid is holding up a bag of some sort*
AJ Cook *JJ performs a roundhouse kick*
Kristen Vangsness *Garcia is typing away at her computer*
Rob Paulsen *Pinky is dancing in a hula skirt*
Thomas Gibson *Hotch is standing beside a police car, firing a gun*
and
*Camera pans out to reveal Hotch, Reid, JJ, Morgan, Garcia, Rossi and Pinky's head photoshopped on Blake's body*
NOTE: So, it looks like Brain has been kidnapped. But by whom? Let's just say that the BAU are gonna go through a laundry list of suspects in the next chapter.
