A/N: Hi there! I wrote this story for the Crossover Challenge on CCOAC. My chosen character is Audrey Parker from Haven and my assigned character is Derek Morgan from Criminal Minds. In the Criminal Minds world, this takes place after the season seven finale. Emily left and Alex Blake hasn't started yet. As for Haven, this story takes place in season two, between the episodes "Love Machine" and "Sparks and Recreation", which means that real Audrey (the brunette one) is gone and Chris Brody has yet to meet Audrey (the blonde one).
I do not have a beta so any and all mistakes are mine, if you see any let me know.
Disclaimer: I'll say this once and it applies for the whole story. I do not own anything that appears in Criminal Minds or Haven.
I hope you enjoy and let me know what you think!
When Walls Come Crashing Down
Chapter 1
The latest case for the BAU brought them to Bangor, Maine, to hunt down an unsub killing women in their twenties. The team currently sat around a table in the conference room they'd commandeered at the station, discussing the latest victim. The body had just been found a few hours ago and the team were waiting for the ME report to get more details for the profile. Morgan sipped at his coffee as they waited for Garcia to answer her phone.
"You've reached Penelope Garcia, goddess of all things technological," her voice rang out cheerfully from the phone on the table.
"Garcia, you're on speaker," Hotch told her. "Do you have an ID on the latest victim?"
"Yes, I was just going to call you actually. Her name is Jackie Clark," she replied.
"Did she live in Bangor, or was she visiting from somewhere?" Reid asked.
"Oh, good question Sweetness," Garcia said as her fingers flew across the keyboard. "She's from a small town called Haven, which is a few hours away from you guys. About a year ago, her father died, she then moved to Bangor, stayed for a few weeks and then... Oh the poor girl!"
"What is it Baby Girl?" Morgan asked.
"She was attacked while walking down the street one night. She was slashed across the arm and they have yet to catch the guy," Garcia said sadly.
"Is that it?" Rossi asked.
"Not quite! After her attack, she moved back to Haven," Garcia told them.
"So, why did she come back here?" JJ pondered.
"Shopping maybe?" Garcia suggested.
"Garcia, can you cross-reference the names of the victims with police reports? See if any of the previous victims were involved in an attack before their deaths," Reid said.
"Nothing," Garcia stated after a moment.
"Has anyone notified the family yet?" Hotch questioned. Morgan could see the gears turning in his head.
"It doesn't look like it, Sir."
"Okay, Morgan, I want you to go and talk to the family of Jackie Clark. See if she mentioned anyone strange following her around. Garcia, notify the local PD that he'll be stopping by," Hotch instructed.
"Yes Sir. Garcia out!" she replied and hung up.
As everyone went back to what they were doing before the phone call, Morgan approached Hotch.
"You sure you want me to go by myself?" Morgan asked.
"I'm sorry Morgan, but with Prentiss gone, there's just no one else I can send. You should be back by tonight at the latest," he replied.
"Okay," Morgan said. "I'll call you when I get there."
As Morgan left the police station, he decided to call Garcia back.
"Hey, Hot Stuff," she said.
"Hiya Baby Girl," he replied. "Can you-"
"Upload the coordinates of the Haven Police Department to your GPS? Done and done," she finished his sentence.
"You're the best," Morgan replied with a smile.
"Oh, I know. I just like to hear you say it," Garcia said in a seductive tone.
"Well I would say it over and over again just to make you smile, but I have to hit the road," Morgan replied.
"That reminds me!" Garcia exclaimed. "I've been doing some digging on Haven, and there is some weird stuff going on in that town. And by weird, I mean freaky, crazy, poorly explained... stuff."
"Can you give me some examples?" Morgan asked with a laugh. He didn't know if he should be taking what Garcia was saying seriously.
"Okay well, there's been a history of very crazy weather patterns, something caused sane people to go insane, and I totally don't believe the gas leak story the paper reported," Garcia told him. "What else? Young -and might I add, attractive- men dying from old age in the course of a few days; fires breaking out in random places, need I go on?"
"Okay Baby Girl, I think you just might be reading into things a little too much," Morgan said with a chuckle. "But I'll keep an eye out for anything out of the ordinary."
"That is all I ask my Chocolate God."
"Bye Garcia," Morgan said with a giant smile plastered on his face.
"Au revoir," she replied and hung up.
Morgan chuckled again and started the SUV. As he drove down the highway, he never thought to take Garcia's stories seriously. They were just the products of overactive imaginations, right?
Audrey sat at her desk doing paperwork. It was one of her least favourite parts of the job. She had to find a way to rationally explain things she could barely wrap her mind around. She had to make things fit in perfect little boxes. She really hated doing the paperwork.
She sighed loudly for the umpteenth time and glanced around her office. Since Nathan had become the new Chief, he had moved most of his things to his new office. Audrey felt lonely in the big space that they used to share and decided to go see what Nathan was doing.
She leaned against the doorway to his office for a few moments. When Nathan didn't notice, she knocked on the open door.
Nathan glanced up for a brief second, but said nothing.
"Hey," Audrey said slowly.
"Hi," he replied with his focus still on the forms in front of him.
"What are you doing?" she asked, trying to start a conversation.
"What does it look like I'm doing?" Nathan snapped.
Audrey was completely taken aback by his harsh tone. She knew he was under a bit of stress, but she didn't think it was that bad.
"Sorry," Nathan sighed. "It's just all this damn paperwork. I thought it was bad before."
"Why don't you take a break?" Audrey suggested. "We can go get some coffee or something."
"I can't," he replied. "I have to finish this, and then someone wants to meet with me for something."
"Okay, let me know when you're free," Audrey told him and turned to leave. She nearly ran right into Stan.
"Sorry Audrey," Stan said to her. "Nathan, Agent Morgan is here."
"Who?" Nathan asked with a confused look on his face.
"The FBI agent coming to interview the family of Jackie Clark," Stan replied.
"Wait, what happened to Jackie?" Audrey interrupted.
"They found her body in Bangor last night," Stan replied regretfully.
"Her body?" Audrey choked out after a moment.
Stan nodded. "They think it was the serial killer."
"Oh my God," Audrey said quietly while staring out into space.
"Thanks Stan," Nathan said after a minute of silence. "Send Agent Morgan in."
Audrey numbly made her way over to a chair against the wall in Nathan's office. She just couldn't wrap her head around the fact that Jackie was gone. Sure, Audrey had only met her a few months ago, but she was so young and Jackie finally had her life back. It was tragic.
There was a knock on the door, and Audrey looked up to see a man, who she presumed was Agent Morgan, standing there. He was just too tall, muscular and pretty to be from Haven.
"Am I interrupting something?" the agent asked and glanced between Audrey and Nathan.
"No, not at all," Nathan replied and got up from his desk to meet Agent Morgan in the middle of the room. "Chief Wournos," he said and extended his hand.
"Agent Morgan," he replied and shook Nathan's hand.
"Is there anything I can help you with while you're here?" Nathan asked and leaned against his desk.
"I would like to have one of your officers come with me, if that's okay with you," he said.
"That's no trouble at all," Nathan replied. "This is Detective Parker." He gestured to Audrey. "She can take you to Jackie's."
"It's nice to meet you," Agent Morgan said with a nod in Audrey's direction.
"You too," Audrey replied with a smile that didn't quite meet her eyes.
"I'm ready to go when you are," Morgan told her.
"Okay, I'm just going to grab my stuff from my office," Audrey said. She stood up and attempted to collect her scattered thoughts; she needed to get her head out of the clouds.
"Alright, I'll meet you outside," Morgan said and left the office.
Audrey was just about to follow him out when Nathan stopped her.
"Audrey." She turned to face him. "Try to keep the conversation away from The Troubles. We've already had one FBI agent leave here under questionable circumstances."
"I'm perfectly capable of handling this Nathan," Audrey replied sharply.
They looked at each other for a moment before Audrey turned and followed Agent Morgan out of the office. She found him leaning against a huge black SUV parked on the side of the road. She chuckled at the sight.
"What?" he asked and looked around.
"Nothing. Your ride just seems a little... over the top," Audrey replied.
"Is it now?" Morgan said and cracked a smile.
"Yeah, it's going to stick out like a sore thumb in this town," she told him and moved to get in the passenger seat. Morgan walked around the car and got in the driver seat as soon as her door was closed.
"Alright Detective Parker, which way are we going?" he asked and turned the key in the ignition.
"Call me Audrey. Go straight and then take a left at the next set of lights," she instructed.
"Okay. So what can you tell me about Jackie Clark?"
"Honestly, not much," Audrey said with a sigh. "Her father died and she had a boyfriend named Brian. I met her a few months ago when she was having some family issues." She chose her words carefully, not wanting to reveal too much. "They were resolved and as far as I know, everything was going well with her."
"She was attacked in Bangor a year ago and the report said they never caught the guy. Do you know if anyone in town was giving her a hard time recently?" he asked with a glance in her direction.
"I heard about the attack." Audrey nodded. "But like I said, everything was fine, I think."
Obviously, Morgan didn't know about the hostage situation and shooting of Ian Haskel, and Audrey wasn't about to tell him. She just hoped that today would go off without a hitch so he could be on his merry way if anything Trouble related occurred.
"I've been driving straight for the last ten minutes," Morgan stated. "Where are the traffic lights?"
"Give it another few minutes," Audrey replied.
They arrived at Jackie's and Audrey hesitated before knocking on the door.
"What's wrong, Audrey?" Morgan questioned.
"I just can't believe I'm about to do this," Audrey said. She took a deep breath and knocked on the door.
Within seconds, the door was pulled open and Brian was standing before them.
"Detective Parker?" Brian looked confused for a moment. "What can I do for you?"
"Brian, this is Agent Morgan, he's with the FBI. We have to talk to you, may we come in?" Audrey asked.
"Of course," Brian replied. He led Audrey and Morgan through the house to the living room. "What's wrong?" he asked after they were all seated.
"Brian," Morgan took over. "When was the last time you talked to Jackie?"
"Yesterday around seven o'clock," he replied skeptically. Then Audrey saw the panic set in. "Oh God. What happened?"
"I'm so sorry to tell you this," Audrey said regretfully.
"No," Brian interrupted, already figuring it out. "No, no, no, no, no, no."
"Jackie was found murdered in Bangor early this morning," Audrey continued over Brian's mumbling.
Brian dropped his head into his hands and the mumbling finally stopped. After a few minute, he looked up and locked eyes with Audrey.
"This can't be happening," Brian said in a shaky tone. "I proposed to her last month, we're going to get married. I just got her back..."
"I know this is hard," Audrey consoled. "But Agent Morgan has a few questions he needs to ask you."
"I'm terribly sorry Brian," Morgan said sincerely. "What did you mean when you said you just got her back?"
It took Brian a moment to answer. Audrey hoped he wouldn't say anything that would raise more suspicion.
"After her dad died, things got crazy for a while," Brian finally replied.
"Crazy how?" Morgan asked.
"She moved away, she wouldn't talk to anyone, she wouldn't even let me see her."
"So what changed?"
"She moved back here." Brian shrugged, as if there wasn't so much more to the story.
"After her attack you mean?" Morgan clarified.
"Yeah, it was like she was a different person. Well no, she was back to her old self," Brian said sadly.
"Do you know of anyone giving Jackie a hard time lately?" Morgan questioned.
"No. Why, do you think she knew-" Brian couldn't finish the sentence.
"We believe it was the work of a serial killer," Morgan replied gently. "So most likely, she didn't know him."
Brian nodded.
"We need you to come to Bangor," Morgan informed him. "The rest of my team is there working on the case. Here's my card, we're working out of the Penobscot County Sheriff's Office." Morgan handed Brian his card and got up. "Thank you for talking to us."
Audrey got up as well and saw that Brian was in no condition to follow them.
"We'll show ourselves out," she said.
Brian simply nodded again. Audrey wanted to thank him as well, but with Morgan in the room, that wasn't happening. As Audrey and Morgan were heading for the door, the ground under their feet began to move. The set of keys hanging off a hook began shaking and jump around in it's place. The shaking intensified and the keys fell to the ground, along with some pictures.
"Is this normal?" Morgan asked as he grabbed a door frame.
"Nope," Audrey replied as she steadied herself against a table by the door.
They suddenly heard a very loud crashing noise come from outside. Audrey knew there was only one explanation for what was going on, so she bolted outside.
"Hey!" Morgan called after her. "You shouldn't go out there!"
Audrey stopped dead in her tracks when she reached the end of the driveway and she saw Morgan do the same. The house next door was in ruins; there was nothing left standing. Debris covered the lawn and even part of the street, bricks and shingles were scattered everywhere.
The shaking ceased, and Audrey stepped towards the destruction. Glass crunched under her feet as Audrey scanned the rest of the street. Nothing else looked out of place; it was just this one house that had been destroyed.
"What the hell..." Morgan mumbled in disbelief.
Other neighbours were starting to come out onto the street and they were creeping closer to the destroyed house.
"I'm going to call Nathan. Morgan, can you handle crowd control?" Audrey asked.
"Yeah," he replied and left to do his task.
