Hi there! I'm Alexis! Thanks for you all who have been reading. Reviews would be greatly appreciated. I hope you're enjoying. I'm going to try to make the next few chapters a little longer, but I was just trying to get a feel for the direction the story was headed in. Again, thanks for reading! Love you guys!
Dean pulled up to BAU's headquarters sometime the next day. Sam and Castiel were in a debate over Orange Is The New Black and didn't notice their arrival. Dean took a deep breath and looked toward the building. He still had a feeling that this was a bad idea. He didn't vocalize his opinion though. Sam and Cas quieted down, and both looked toward Dean. He didn't look over at them. He was distracted by his thoughts.
"Are we going to go in?" Castiel asked, bringing Dean back to reality.
Sam laughed, "Why do you ask questions you know the answer to?"
Dean laughed too and the trio got out of the car, "Before we go in there, what's your name, Cas?"
"Casper Wood. Which I don't understand. Why can I not be Castiel?" He questioned, his eyebrows furrowing together.
Sam and Dean sighed exasperatedly together. Castiel took that as a sign not to question this anymore. He was getting pretty good at picking up on social signals. He was pretty proud of himself. He followed the Winchesters into the BAU, repeating to himself what he was supposed to say. Dean had basically told him to keep his mouth shut. He was good at being quiet although he knew that he could be an asset.
"SSA Tripper. SSA Snow. Mr. Wood," A tall man with thick brown hair greeted them at the door. "I'm Unit Chief Aaron Hotchner."
Dean stepped forward and took Hotchner's hand, "Nice to meet you, sir. You can call me Dean. This is my partner Sam and our FBI trainee Cas."
"We're very pleased you could join us," Hotchner nodded, "You can follow me into the meeting room. We were just about to debrief on our latest case."
Dean and Sam looked at each other quizzically and followed the man up a set of stairs. They burst into a meeting room and were met with many questioning faces. They heard Hotchner introduce them.
A woman with a giant flower in her hair stepped forward, "I'm Penelope Garcia. Nice to meet you!"
Castiel laughed a little. He liked her quirkiness. She seemed like a good soul, and he could respect that. She shook each of their hands and pointed to three seats, "Please join us!"
Dean sat next to a ripped African American man and felt slightly intimated until the man spoke, "I'm Derek. Nice to meet you guys."
Dean nodded back and looked across the table at Sam who was seated in between a skinny blonde and elderly man.
The blonde spoke first, "I'm JJ,"
Sam's voice got stuck in his throat, "I'm Sam."
Dean laughed at his obvious surprise with her aggressiveness.
"Where's Reid?" The elderly man spoke up surprising Cas who nearly jumped out of his seat warranting a glare from Sam and Dean.
"I've sent him the files to review. He'll be joining us shortly, Rossi." Hotchner said vaguely.
Sam looked at each of the team's members trying to remember their names, but he kept stumbling over them.
The members of the BAU team waited anxiously in the debriefing room, waiting for the three new members. J.J. sat next to Rossi with an empty seat between them. No one really had said much since Hotch informed them of the new arrivals. Penelope tapped her pen on the table putting the team on edge.
"Babygirl, do you think you could stop that?" Derek spoke up to everyone's relief.
Penelope glanced up nervously, "I can't, okay? Who are these people? Are we being replaced?"
"Woah woah, princess. No one is getting replaced! They are just sending in some extra help. Everything's fine." He reassured her.
Just as she was about to argue, the door swung open and Hotch came in the room followed by three unfamiliar men. Penelope's jaw dropped almost to the ground at the three gorgeous people who walked through the door. Derek's body immediately stiffened, feeling threatened. Rossi looked at JJ and raised his eyebrows as she stared at Hotchner.
"This is SSA Tripper and SSA Snow. This is Mr. Wood," Hotch announced.
Penelope immediately stepped up, "I'm Penelope Garcia! Nice to meet you."
She saw the one, Mr. Wood, in the back stifling a laugh, and she felt a bit self-conscious, "Please join us!"
The team watched carefully as each of the three members took their seat. Derek watched the shortest of the three sit next to him. He could feel his uneasiness. Derek started to size him up. He was pretty built, not as much as himself though. He seemed like an alright guy.
"I'm Derek. Nice to meet you guys," He finally said, staring SSA Tripper in the eyes. He noticed the man's eyes relax as he nodded his head.
He followed his eyes across the table as he looked at the tallest of the three men. They met eyes for a brief second. Derek nodded at JJ. She noticed his hint and looked toward the man. He seemed sweet.
"I'm J.J." She said suddenly, obviously shocking the man.
He coughed before answering, "I'm Sam."
This made J.J. smile. He seemed honest and nice. She didn't trust him, but he didn't seem like a bad guy. She glanced at the other man seated at the end of the table. He seemed to be mumbling something to himself. He seemed the most nervous of all. She remembered her days in training and felt bad for him. She looked at Rossi who began to speak.
"Where's Reid?" Rossi asked, scaring the jumpy man beside him. Rossi noticed the glares from the other two. He felt that there was something peculiar about the trio, but they all seemed nice.
Hotchner answered, "I sent him the files to review. He'll be joining us, Rossi."
Rossi picked up on his vague answer and decided not to ask any more questions. He glanced across the table at Derek who was still staring at the man beside him. He caused him to snort a little bit. Derek was used to being the only younger man in the room, and he probably felt threatened. Rossi smiled a little, thinking of the days that he used to be the youngest man in a room.
Cas sat at the end of the table, next to the man that had been named, Rossi. He kept reminding himself that he just had to keep his mouth shut. That was his only job. Dean and Sam were both watching him very carefully. Cas knew that they were both worried he might give them away. He was a little worried himself. Last time he had tried to be an agent, it didn't go so well. He thought fondly of the memory though. That was a fun day for him.
"Alright," The funky blonde said, grabbing a remote of the table, "After the murders in Fall River were solved, a string of other murders have been occurring throughout Massachusetts. Our most recent victim, thirty two year old Maria Ruiz, was found in her apartment late last night in New Bedford by her eldest daughter. She was bludgeoned to death with an unidentified object. This is the third victim in a matter of ten days."
The buff man, Derek, spoke up first, "So, he doesn't have a cooling down period."
The blonde, Penelope, nodded before continuing, "The two other victims were found in two towns surrounding the area. The first, 47 year old Andrew Botz, was found last Monday in his car parked in the parking garage of his office in Dartmouth. Also, bludgeoned to death with an unknown object. He was found by the parking police the next morning. The second victim, fifteen year old Layla Crown, was found by her mother in the driveway after soccer practice in Acushnet. She, too, was bludgeoned by an unknown object."
"He's crossing racial and economical lines," Rossi spoke up, glancing down at the papers in front of him.
"As well as race and sex," The blonde, J.J., spoke up.
Dean decided to speak up, feeling like they were slacking a bit, "The only thing connecting them are the, ya know, bludgeoning."
The team looked at him, and Sam laughed a little, "Don't mind him. We didn't get much sleep."
Sam glanced down at the papers in front of him, "But, why did he go from Dartmouth through New Bedford to Acushnet, and then back to New Bedford?"
"He's staying in area that is familiar to him." Hotchner spoke up as a skinny man with long hair entered the room.
Cas noticed him handing a piece of paper to Hotchner and whispering something in his ear. He glanced to Dean who had noticed the same sentiment. Dean looked slightly perplexed. Cas raised his eyebrows, questioningly, but Dean shook his head.
"Alright, wheels up in fifteen minutes. Hope you boys brought a go bag." Hotchner announced, leaving the room.
