Author: Ren Kayashima
Genre: Family/ Mystery
Rating: T
Disclaimer: Alas my top secret mission to steal the rights to Criminal Minds failed. At the last minute my repel line broke and I was arrested for trespassing on ABC ground. If you would like to help me with bail money…
Shout Outs: dyallon: I updated as fast as I could just for you! Your tweet made me smile.
Kimd33: Yeah… her day is about to get a whole lot worse.
Natsumi Wakabe: You'll never catch me alive! I will never be taken to such an evil place. My evil Plans for Rori are slowly taking shape as you soon shall see.
P95000: Rori and Jack ARE soo cute together. I'll have to write more scenes with them. I like writing Rori and Dave's interactions. They're fun and humorous.
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Chapter Eleven:
Dave was sitting in his office at the BAU quietly working on yet another report. The paperwork involved with being an agent was enough to make a man retire after a couple years.
His cell phone rang and played a classic version of 'My Funny Valentine' to let him know that it was Rori calling him. Both of them had a deep appreciation for the Rat Pack, so Rori assigned the ringtone to herself to let him know when she was calling.
"Yes Rori," he answered like he always did. He had to appear like her was busy enough to barely take Rori's call. When in truth, her phone calls were always the highlight of his day. She offered an interesting fact and then told him about whatever crazy stunt that had happened on campus. He was slightly confused because she would only call at around noon.
"Hello, ?" a male voice asked.
Dave sat forward in his seat with worry. "Who is this?"
"My name is Scott Boyle. I'm a paramedic."
"Don't tell him that!" Rori shrieked on the other line. "You'll just worry him more. Give me my phone back!"
Dave listened to the paramedic as he talked to Rori. "Miss. Rossi, I need you to lie back down. It's possible that you have a concussion."
"What the hell happened?" Dave barked into the phone.
"Mr. Rossi, your daughter was in a car accident while on her way to class. We're taking her to the hospital to get some test done."
"Dad, I swear it wasn't my fault. That prick blew through a red light as I was crossing the intersection," Rori stated.
"Miss. Rossi please lay back down," the paramedic stated tiredly.
"She sounds okay. Are you sure that you need to take her to the hospital?" Dave asked as he started to pack up his things.
"Your daughter was unconscious when we arrived on the scene."
"It was like five seconds. I passed your stupid cognition test. Just let me go so I can go to me Lit course."
"What hospital are you taking her too?" Dave asked as he left the confines of his office with his phone propped up on a shoulder and half his arm hanging out of his jacket. "Should I bring anything with me?"
"Your daughter told me that she has all of her insurance information on her."
"Thank you." Dave hung up as he hopped down the small set of stairs.
Morgan, Seaver, and Reid looked at him. "What's going on?" Ashley asked.
"Rori was in a car accident," Dave stopped momentarily.
Morgan looked at the senior agent in shock. "What!" he nearly shouted. "Is she okay?"
Hotch was drawn from his office.
"She was arguing with the paramedic when he called me, but when they arrived on the scene, Rori wasn't conscious."
Garcia came out of her office with her usual bubbly demeanor, but stopped when she saw Rossi's somber look. "What's going on?"
"Rori was in a car accident," Reid explained. "Rossi's going to the hospital to go get her."
Garcia's face fell. "What?" she asked quietly. She looked at Rossi. "Is my little profiler in training okay?"
Dave sighed. He was getting tired of all of the questions. "She's awake and arguing with the paramedics," Seaver answered.
"I'm going with you!" Garcia said quickly.
Hotch watched silently from his doorway. As the team leader, he probably should have told Garcia to stay behind. However, he knew all too well that you should never stop Penelope Garcia from doing something, especially if Jack, Henry, and Rori were involved. Rossi nodded to Hotch before leaving the BAU with Penelope shuffling behind.
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Rori sat on a hospital bed typing on her laptop quickly as she emailed her homework assignment to her lit professor. She missed his class and she was not a happy college student.
She looked up when her dad and Garcia came into the small curtained off area. "Get me out of here now!" she growled.
Her father shook his head as he stared at the bandaged cut on her forehead. Her bangs his most of the cut from view, but he could tell that it was pretty big. "What happened?" Dave asked.
"My light was green. His wasn't. He blew through the light and now my car is a complete mess and I have a concussion," Rori summarized. "Can we go now? My math class starts in thirty minutes and it's a twenty minute drive to campus."
"Rori, you're not going to school today," Dave sighed. He sensed an argument and he really didn't want to deal with it.
"Like hell I'm not!" Rori stated. "It's the first day after Spring Break. I have to go to class."
"No, the only place you're going to is Garcia's lair at the academy. Your twenty-four hour supervision begins now," Dave explained.
"It's just a bump to the head," Rori brushed her injury off as if it was an everyday occurrence. "I'll be fine."
"Rori, you aren't allowed to argue with me on this one," Rossi said. "You have a concussion. I don't feel comfortable letting you walk around campus."
"A bump to the head is nothing to be worried about," Rori stated calmly.
"Rori, people die of concussions," Penelope defended. "We'll email your professors and find out what they covered in today's class. Reid likes to help you with math, so it's not like you've really missed a day's worth of lessons. We can ask Kenta can collect some things from your Profs. Okay?"
Rori closed her laptop and slid off the bed. She grabbed her backpack full of books, and Kenta's gifts. "Fine," she grumbled. "If I fail, I blame you both."
"It's just one day," Dave rolled his eyes. "You're not going to fail."
Rori snorted. "Says you."
Dave smiled. Despite a concussion, Rori was her normal self. She was still responding with sarcasm and she had coherent thoughts. She looked at him with a contemplative frown.
"I have to get a new car,' she stated. "My Mustangs right side was completely totaled. The engine was smooshed." She bit the inside of her cheek as she thought. "Maybe a black one this time?"
"Can we just worry about one thing at a time please," Dave sighed. A car was yet another thing he would have to buy before the insurance money came…
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Rori sat next to Garcia with her stocking feet propped up on the edge of the des. The stuffed dog stat in front of a dark monitor as the techie and college student disappeared into their own respective worlds of source code and binary.
There was a knock on the door and Rori looked up to find Kenta standing in the doorway. He held up a bag of frozen peas jokingly. "Need something for the pain?"
Rori smirked. "You'll do."
Kenta walked in as Rori stood up. She smiled and hugged him tightly. She gave him a peck on the lips and smiled. "It's been a while since I've seen you," she said.
"Yeah, Kaoru and I missed you while you were in Boston," Kenta stated.
"So I saw, but why did you get me pink daisies?" Rori asked. "You've always gotten me gladioli."
Kenta looked at her strangely. "What are you talking about?"
Rori stared at him and backed up. "Kenta, I don't like it when you play dumb."
Kenta looked at Penelope who eyed him suspiciously. "Rori, I don't know what you're talking about."
Rori crossed her arms. "So you didn't leave daisies at my door yesterday, and the stuffed dog and notebook on my car this morning weren't from you?"
"No," Kenta answered. "I like giving stuff to you in person."
Rori looked at the ground as the blood drained from her face. "I don't feel so good."
Garcia jumped up and placed Rori in her desk chair and forced the teens head between her knees. "Go get her dad," Penelope ordered. "Rori, take some deep breaths."
Rossi came in a minute later with Kenta and the rest of the team standing behind him. "What's going on?"
Rori laughed as she tried to ease the tension. "Well, I have some good news and some bad news," she swallowed. "Kenta and I aren't having sex, but I might have a stalker again," she said as she knocked the stuffed dog into Garcia's trash can.
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Author's Note: Yea! I finished the next part… and now Rori has a stalker! That's awesome! I mean, it's not a kidnapping, so it's different than the last two in the series. I hope you enjoyed it. Obviously this sets up the next couple of chapters for this story.
Rant Time: Feel free to leave this alone. As many of you know I have two accounts on fanfiction. One review rubbed me the wrong way. The reviewer told me that I should only write the stories that have to most readers, finish them, and then work on the others. I know it was meant as a helpful suggestion, but it bothered me. Because if I were to only write the stories that had the most readers, The Justice Card wouldn't be written. I don't have a sketch of what I want to happen with this story. I simply write. I appreciate all of the reviews I get for this story because it's one of my favorites.
Your turn. Leave a review for me to read and I will try to respond. I'm working most of this week, but I'll have Friday off to write.
Shane