So this Story is something completely different than the other ones I am writing. But what can I say. I love Criminal Minds (since ever, but only had the feeling to write some ff because of Garvez) and I love Zombies. I watch everything about them and also read at least a hundred books about the Undead.

So what if...

And this story is the result.

I know it will probably have not many followers or response, since it has not much to do with the show, except for the characters (and even they will be out of character, but I try to catch their spirits as much as I can). But maybe there are some other crazy fans out there, who also love both of them like me.

It will not be a Crossover with "The Walking Dead". It is my own story, my own ideas – except for the characters, they belong to Criminal Minds.

Sooner or later, this story will have some blood, horror, romance and a lot of other things in it. (But nothing out of the ordinary when you have to deal with Z's) That is why I rated it that way.

I already have a few chapters in store, I just couldn't stop myself from writing. So there will be updates soon – with or without followers. ;-)

Please forgive me, if not everything is making 100% sense, I do try my best.

Enjoy! (And sorry for this long Note :-) )

If you're going to have a story, have a big story, or none at all. ~Joseph Campbell

Today was their first day back at the B.A.U. Office in two weeks. They had a very tough case down in Atlanta. The team hadn't had much time to watch the news during this time, except for Penelope. She also had much work, but found the time to watch occasionally.

They knew something was going on over seas, spreading from Asia to Europe and Africa. Now they stood all together in front of the television in the conference room.

The news send some live broadcast from Berlin, Germany. There were riots, violence and reports off a disease with flu like symptoms, only that the virus seemed to effect a part of the brain too, the part responisble for emotions. The infected showed serious signs of aggressions towards other people.

The broadcast switched from Berlin to Vienna, same scenes like before. A few moments later the broadcast switched again, this time to Moscow and after that to Tokyo. The reporters said that all the hospitals in the towns were at highest capacity and that some of the country's had such outbreaks in every larger city. A few of them had already involved the military, they were building emergency camps for the sick people to get treated. The news also said that some countries were asking for help, asking for medic personal and support.

Penelope was not as shocked as the others, since she followed the news the last few days. The team discussed, if this could be a world wide pandemic, one mentioned that there was panic like that before, like with the bird flu or the Ebola virus.

"It seems to be very contagious. Or it would not spread so fast. I don't think it is airborne though. None of the pictures showed military or hospital personal with different mask as the respiratory masks. With the information we just saw, it means this must be a virus, probably transmissible through fluids. I wonder how long it will take to reach America." Reid would be the one, who could make most sense of all what they just saw. He was after all their genius.

The discussion went on for another 10 minutes. Some of them worried, some of them thinking the media was just overreacting.

"Okay guys, go back to work now. We have reports to finish and soon there will be another case. If there would be any danger here, we would be the first to know. After all we are agents for the government." Prentiss put an end and shooed they all back to work.

The next day started as the last ended. Some of the team finished some paperwork, others followed up on cases they didn't solve. Shortly before it was time for lunch, Emily called the team into the conference room

"I just finished talking with our superiors. We have new orders. I know that it will sound strange, but it is what it is. We are on a stand down. Not going on cases for at least a week. Don't ask me why. They didn't told me. They just said it comes from way up and they had no say in it. So take it slow the next days. We all have loads of overtime, just have your phones by your side all the time. I know, I know. You all do it anyways but that's what they said. Finish your reports and have some time off. Enjoy your time with friends and family." Emily gave them all a smile and a nod. "Penelope, please come to my office for a minute."

They were heading back to their office spaces to finish the work. All of them were confused, but none of them had something against some free time. They wondered about the orders and talked about it, but didn't had much to go on.

Penelope followed Emily to her office. Emily looked worried, as she closed the door behind Penelope.

"Did I do something my gorgeous unit chief?" Penelope asked with a worried smile.

"No, not at all. I must ask you for something. You know I have still many contacts at Interpol. When I spoke with some of them, the ones I could reach anyways, they all sounded more then alarmed but didn't say something specific or maybe they couldn't. And now these orders, the reports from the news. Something bigger is going on. I need you to find out as much as you can. I know you have still contacts with hackers all over the world. Use them, please. Find out more about whats going on. But do it discrete. There must be reasons why none of my friends at Interpol are talking. Report to me what you find out, but only personally. Understood?" Emily sounded very serious and her request was very strange too.

"Of course sugar. I'm on it since yesterday. You sound very worried." Penelope had already contacted two of her friends, one in Berlin, the other in Peking. But there was no answer yet.

"I am worried Penelope. Something is going on, I just don't know what." Emily sighed, she couldn't imagine what it could be that no one from Interpol was talking about. And she hadn't had contact with her boyfriend since more then 24 hours.

"I do as you wish. I will use my personal computer back home. But it could be that I will need to go search the dark net to find something. It is suspiciously quiet on the web, except for what the news stations are reporting." Penelope was worried yesterday, now she was close to freaking out.

"Do what's necessary. You do it under my orders, I am fully responsible if someone find out what you are doing." Emily was acting real paranoid. That's so not Emily.

"Honey, no one will find anything on what I am about to do. Even if it has been years since my hacking carrier, I am still very capable of hiding if I want do. Trust me."

"Of course Penelope. I know. Just keep it between us two, until you have something concrete. I don't want to worry the others on a hunch." Emily knew Penelope had a hard time to keep a secret. She was just no one who liked to keep things from others, especially from her friends. But she also knew she could trust her if it was important.

Penelope walked back to her own office, finished some work and then shut down her system. When she was back home, she started her personal system and checked it for its safety and anonymity. She searched the web for at least two hours and didn't find anything else, except for what she already knew.

She contacted two other former friends of hers, who were still in the hacker business. It would take a while to get some answers. She secured her messages very carefully, not really sure why, but doing it nevertheless.

Penelope was tired, so she took a short nap. By the time she woke up again it was late in the evening. She got back to her computer, looking if she already got an answer.

There was just one. From her contact in France. After decoding it, she found a link to a video and a short message. It said that the governments over the world were trying real hard to hide videos like that from the link. But that she should believe what she will be seeing and that it is much, much worse as the news stations are broadcasting.

Now Penelope was really freaking out. She knew something was off, but that? She never would have thought it was that bad.

After preparing herself for a minute she clicked on the link to the video. It was highly guarded and she needed almost 10 Minutes before she could finally watch it. As she was watching it, she got cold. She shook her head in disbelieve, not really realizing what she just saw. She played it again, and again, but it didn't seem to get more real. After at least watching it ten times, she read the message once again. Trying to put her head around it. She was shocked. I really need something to drink.

She got into her kitchen and made herself something strong. It took her at least another five minutes to get her head back clearly. Penelope then downloaded the video and the message and saved it on a secured USB stick. Then she got back to search for more. Now she knew what she was looking for. She dived deep into the dark web and with every new information she found, something dark and cold grew inside of her.

Reality bites... and doesn't let go. ~Author Unknown