As everyone filed onto the plane, Amy held back, letting them choose their seats in a normal fashion. She didn't want to be too intrusive on her first day with the team. After everyone had claimed a seat, she noticed that the only one left in a reasonable area to sit with the team and talk was next toe Spencer Reid. Trust her luck to land her on the same team as the person she bumped into that morning and then into the seat next to him.
It wouldn't have bben so bad, but she had felt a slight attraction to him. Unfortunately since she was going to be working with him, nothing could ever come of that. thank you FBI fraternization policy!
As Amy was sitting down, with everyone excpet Rossi starring at her like she was from another planet, Hotch decided it was time to introduce her. "Everyone, this is Amy Hotchner. She's the neweest addition to our team," he said sitting in the seat across from her.
"Hotchner? As in..." Morgan was the first to respond.
"As in his sister, yes. But please don't hold that against me." Everyone but Hotch chuckled. "So obviously I know Aaron. I also know Dave and I bumped into Spencer this morning. Hotch introduced me already, so the rest of you are?"
This time Prentiss was the first to repsond, reaching across the aisle to shake her hand, "I'm Emily Prentiss."
Next to introduce herself from across the table with Prentiss was "Jennifer Jareau, but everyone calls me JJ"
And next to her was, "Derek Morgan."
Then a voice sprang from the computer next to him, "And I am Penelope Garcia, your resident tech goddess extrondiare!"
"Pleased to meet you all. And I love the hair girl!" Amy complimented Garcia, whose bright red hair was pulled into wavey pig tails.
Althoguh everyone was eager to learn more about their new team mate, as she was about them, Hotch quickly reminded them of the case at hand. "Alright, we'll all have a chance to get to know each other better later. right now we have a little girl in Jamestown, Kentucky that needs out help."
With that sobering thought, JJ began handing files out to everyone. "8 year old Mallory Richmond was last seen at approximately 6:30 this morning. She was outside her house while her brother waited for the school bus."
"Was that part of ehr normal routine?" Spencer inquired.
"Yes. Apparently she would play outside while her brother was there, then go back inside to get ready for school herself."
"So the unsub could have been watching her," Amy stated. "If her knew her routine, he knew she would be most vunerable right after her brother left."
"It was the perfect opportunity to grab her," Rossi added, looking impressed with Amy. She was new, but didn't let that stop her from jumping right in. "What does the brother have to say?"
"No one has talked to him yet. As far as I know he was just being pulled from class when we got the call," JJ informed the team.
"Wait, his sister has been missing for almost 6 hours and they just barely tell him?" Amy asked, with a little to much emotion in her voice. Hotch raised his eyebrows, a silent signal to his sister that she was already getting to involved. This was what he was affraid of. He knew his sister and how much her emotions came into play with what she was doing. This gesture did not go unnoticed by the rest of the team.
"You would have figured they would have talked to him by now," Reid said, coming to her rescue. "If he was the last one to see her, he could have valuable information about what happened"
"You two will get the chance to figure that out when we land. Amy and Reid can talk to the brother and see what he knows. By now the press has probably surrounded the house, so JJ I need you to handle that. Set up a press conference. After we have coached the parent, we'll let them speak to them. Rossi, you and Morgan meet with the officer in charge to see what information they've gathered since they contacted us. Prentiss and I will talk to the parents."
Everyone started preparing for their different tasks while they waited to land in Jamestown.
