Woah, sorry about the delay I've been pretty swamped lately… but the break from this story had meant I've got some ideas about what will happen next! Enjoy and keep reading, my friends! Next chapter will be coming VERY soon x

Chapter 5

"No, no, no, they did what?" Hotch moaned pressing one hand to his eyes as a headache built up in his temples.

"I'm sorry, sir, I do not know how this got out," JJ said, slightly ashamed. She knew she hadn't screwed up but she couldn't help but feel she could have done something to prevent the leak.

"It wasn't you, JJ," Hotch said, sighing, "You wouldn't be so reckless, I know that."

"It's out now anyway, nothing we can do but try and catch this guy before this does any damage," Morgan said reasonably. He was trying to keep his head in the room with his colleagues but it kept drifting back to Dr Young and the way Morgan could tell she was wearing a dress underneath her white coat. A short dress…

"Hey, have you guys seen Garcia?" Reid asked, walking into the conference room where the team had regrouped after their separate endeavours of the day. Everyone shook their heads in puzzlement.

"Isn't she in her office?" JJ asked, confused. She'd been there in the morning…

"No, she's missing and she never got me the list of prescriptions I asked for because the computers were down, but according to the other technicians who were here all day, there were never any problems with the system," Reid said, clearly confused; he could not understand why Garcia might have lied and shirked her responsibilities.

"Was she sick?" Prentiss interjected, feeling slightly anxious.

"Well, some people saw her leave, but she didn't say anything to them and now her phone's switched off… do you think she's Ok?" Concern rose in Reid's voice. He didn't like not knowing where his team were; this fear stemmed from the abandonment issues he had developed over the years. Gideon's swift departure of course played a large part in this.

"Whatever's wrong with her, I am not happy," Hotch said in a dangerous voice, "It is hugely irresponsible and not like Garcia at all."

The team all looked at each other, uncomfortable at seeing their boss angry and knowing one of their own was shying away from her duties. For all of the BAU team, this job was the most important thing to them and they put a huge amount of effort into every single case; even if it meant emotional turmoil, even if it mean working themselves into exhaustion, even if it meant risking their lives.

Despite the angry tension settling over his colleagues, Reid couldn't help but worry. Garcia was normally always around, an ever present source of sunshine and constant jokes. She wouldn't avoid us, we are her family, the brilliant Reid reasoned in his head. Morgan noticed the furrowed brow and intense look on his younger friend's face and gently put a hand on his shoulder.

"You alright, genius?" he asked gently, but even his softest tone made Reid jump and knock his coffee over.

"Wha – oh, my gosh, I'm sorry, sorry," Reid yelped, trying to dab at the cold coffee soaking his notes on the table. His brow was still scrunched up in deep thought and he wasn't making eye contact with anyone. Before Morgan had the chance to ask Reid what was up, he had mumbled an excuse and hurried from the office, brown satchel clutched in his hands.

The rest of the team looked at each other with raised eyebrows, although none of them were too shocked; strange behaviour wasn't exactly out of the ordinary for Reid.

"Well, you know his coordination goes down when his mental activity goes up," JJ half joked, although it was very much true.

"You think he's on to something?" Hotch asked, eyes darting across all of the faces of his team.

"Definitely," Prentiss said, "I just hope he's not driving any heavy machinery…if he's got something really brilliant in that head of his he'll barely be able to think straight."

The team sniggered at the joke and the tension in the room eased slightly. They discussed the case and what they would do about the press leak, totally unaware of the danger one of their colleague's was about to be in.