Reid's P. O. V
"What's that face for, El?" I looked up from my desk and saw Elena and Hotch walking back into the bullpen. Elena has something in her hand but before I could ask her what it was Hotch said
"There was a condition to Elenas reinstatement" I stood up as Rossi said
"What is it?" Before Hotch answered him Elena came over to me, took me hand and lead me into the conference room.
The door closed as I said
"What's going on El?" She learnt against the table and replied
"To get reinstated to the Buero I have to prove I can follow orders and protocol"
"Okay, that's not so b…" she cut me off by saying
"With a special forces CIA Group for 1 year Minimum" I felt my heart stop after she spoke. I went over to the couch and said
"A year. You've got to work for the CIA for a year?" She came and sat next to me, held my hands and said
"Yeah. The team I'll be stationed with call themselves the pack. They work hand-in-hand with Interpol as well as the CIA. They travel across the world tracking down terrorists, murderers, basically anyone on the CIA radar… Each case can last from a couple weeks to a few months, possibly longer"
"When do you have to leave?"
"A week"
"A week!?"
"They wanted me to start Immediately, Hotch managed to get me some time"
"I just got you back and now you have to leave again…
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10 months later
Reid's P.O.V.
"So where are you this week?" It's currently 8AM here in virginia and i just arrived at Quantico. As I pulled up into the carpark elena rang me. We call each other whenever we can.
"We just finished a case in Vietnam"
"So it's like 7 at night for you there"
"Yeah. I just got back to the hotel. I'm absolutely shattered but i wanted to talk to you" I smirked and said
"So you miss me then?"
"Of course i do you idiot. And i know for a fact you miss me"
"How can you be so sure"
"Right you do realise Garcia sends me updates about you guys?"
"Well i do now" i heard her laugh down the phone. I then got into the lift as she said
"So any news on the new team member?"
"Should be starting any day now. But we still don't know who it is"
"Well that must be annoying, means Pen can't do one of her pre-background checks"
"Yeah she's going mad. You know what shes like"
"Yeah I do, and I miss it so much"
"We all miss you too. Hopefully, you'll be able to come home soon?"
"You know I can't answer that, Spence. I wanna come home, i really do but…" I got out of the lift as i said
"I know, you've got a lot going on. I just miss you, I want to see you"
"Well there's only a couple of months left on my probation so hopefully that'll be it"
"Do you not know anything about how you probation is going?"
"Not a clue, My CO wont tell me anything. But I think I'm doing okay"
"Well that's something" When I sat down at my desk I heard sigh before saying
"Look, Spence, I know this is hard for you. I was gone for nine months back for one and now I'm on the other side of the world. It's hard for me too, the only thing getting me through this is thinking about coming home to you, getting back to normality, getting on with our lives together… we're just gonna have to wait a little longer, Yeah?" I glanced up and saw JJ arriving at her desk, She gave me a small smiled before taking off her coat. Morgan then entered the bullpen and went to get some coffee. I then said to El
"Yeah. Alright, i gotta go and you need some sleep. I'll call you later"
"Okay, i love you"
"I love you too, Bye"
"See you soon Einstein"
When I put my phone down on my desk JJ asked
"So how's Elena?" I logged onto my computer and replied
"Good, she's currently Vietnam" Morgan then came over and said
"Any word on how her probation is going?"
"Not a thing" before either of them could say anything else Garcia came into the bull-pen and said
"Hey did you here?" Morgan replied
"Hear What momma?"
"Kate Callahan is our new team member, She's in Hotch's office right now" JJ then said
"At least they hired a female agent" I then said
"Speaking of female agent, How long have you been sending El updates on us" we all looked at Garcia who then said
"Urm she asked me too, she knows what you guys are like" Before I could say anything else Rossi came out of his office closely followed by Hotch and the new agent.
Hotch then spoke
"We've got a case" without hesitation we all got up and headed into the conference room. As we all took our seats Hotch said
"Before we get started, id like you all to meet Kate Callahan" We all introduced ourselves to her and then Hotch handed the room over to Garcia
"Well my intrepid adventurers The mad butcher of Bakersfield has left another torso in the desert. This brings the body count to 3 this month and still none of them have been identified" Rossi then said
"At this pace he's going for a record" Kate then spoke
"Yeah, and quite the imagery. What's he trying to say? A torso by itself has no life. Right. It can't survive" JJ then said
"It might be how he sees himself. " then morgan
"It could also be a simple forensic countermeasure. He dumps the torso after getting rid of all the pieces that can identify his victims" Rossi spoke once more
"That would make sense for someone who's criminally sophisticated, but this guy's leaving his DNA all over the torsos" Next was Garcia
"Well, we've kept tabs in CODIS. He's not in any system" The Hotch
"But it's still a risk for him and taunt to us" Morgan then threw his pen lid at me and said
"Hey, Pretty Boy. You're awfully quiet" I look up briefly before saying
"I'm just reading here the M.E. thinks the victims were alive for 48 hours while he disarticulates" Kate then said
"That means the unsub's sexual gratification comes from cutting" I spoke again
"Exactly. He wouldn't go to these extremes if he were merely discarding the limbs. He obviously enjoys the ritual. It's some kind of torture" Kate then spoke again
"So if it isn't about easy disposal, the limbs could be his trophies" Hotch then said
"He'd need preserving agents and isolation. Garcia, come up with a list of suppliers in Southern California. We'll cross that with a geographical profile when we have it" I then said "Keywords sodium dioxide and silicate" SHe smiled and said
"You're the best." Hotch then said
"Wheels up in 20"