Chapter 9: A New Agent

Quantico, Virginia, United States of America.

The bullpen was buzzing with excitement this morning. Hotch had announced earlier that the BAU were going to be getting a new agent that very day and were expecting him to arrive in the next couple of hours. After getting no further information from Strauss, Hotch was resigned to either snooping around for the agents files or just waiting for him to show up. All he had was a name and he was slowly losing the fight to avoid getting Garcia to look him up. The decision was taken away from him fairly quickly though as the team decided to retreat to Garcia's lair to do some sleuthing. Normally Hotch would refrain from indulging in those little snooping sessions so as to appear as the professional he takes pride in himself being, but he found he couldn't resist. The profiler in him could tell that Strauss was hiding something from him and it had something to do with the new agent.

He's pulled from his thoughts when Morgan slaps a hand on his shoulder.

"You comin', boss?"

Hotch sighs. "Yeah, sure"

Entering into Garcia's space, the rest of the team are already there clearly waiting for him. More than likely to demand the name of the new agent so they can look him up.

"I feel like I need to remind you how unprofessional this is, especially as they will be working with us very shortly" says Hotch.

"Yes, yes we know. But what if he's an asshole? What if he isn't clean?"

"I'm sure they did the necessary background checks, Emily"

"But, isn't it weird that they gave us like…3 hours notice that we were getting someone? And why now?"

"Please, please, pleeeeeease Captain! Can I please have the agent's name?"

Hotch pinches the bridge of his nose, trying to avoid Garcia's puppy dog eyes that he has never been able to say no to. Though he had to admit to himself that he too was curious about his new recruit.

"Harrison James Potter" said Hotch, only slightly reluctantly.

"Oh my gosh, thank you thank you!" squeals Garcia.

"Ok, watch me work my magic!" The team settles around various points in her lair, waiting for some news from their resident tech-whiz.

"Wow! This one's a doozy!" exclaims Garcia. She proceeds to pull up the file and the team gathers around her to look over her shoulder.

"Oh wow, okay so he's young, like only 25. He actually has a double barrel name; Potter-Black. His parents were… oh my, his bio parents were James and Lily Potter, but he was adopted by one Sirius Black" lists Penelope.

"Wait, I know that name. Wasn't Sirius Black an escaped convict?" asks Morgan.

"Yeah, he was arrested in 1981" replies Hotch.

"Well, ok then. Sounds complicated. What else have you got, baby girl?"

"So much my chocolate thunder. So. Much. He was adopted shortly after he was born, which is a little weird. Oh OH!, it says here James and Lily died October 31st 1981. The circumstances are a bit…hazy but records show a gas explosion at their house but somehow baby Harrison survived."

"Why would someone adopt a child even with living parents? Better yet, how does that even work? " asks JJ

"I think. That they knew they were going to die…." answered Morgan.

"Anyway, there's not a lot of information on Harrison growing up for some reason. His file looks to be redacted. Like seriously redacted. After his parents were killed, he seemed to disappear until a few years ago when he graduated from the University of Cambridge. Oh he's a smart cookie! After receiving his high Honors Degree in Human, Social and Political Sciences he went on to postgraduate studies and earned his Masters in Criminology and Politics and International Studies and a Ph.D in Criminology."

Derek whistles loudly once Garcia stopped talking. "That's impressive, I wonder how he managed to achieve that so quickly?"

"No idea sugar, maybe we can ask him once we get to know him. But hey, that's not the last surprising thing about him. After completing his studies he went on to become a Special Agent for the Secret Intelligence Service…MI6."

"Impressive." speaks up Hotch. "Any other bombshells Garcia?"

"Yeah, one more. This kid is practically royalty. He's a Lord twice over and Earl and a Duke!"

"Huh?"

"Yeah, He's Lord Potter and Lord Pendragon -"

"As in Merlin? Knights of the Roundtable? That Pendragon?" Reid pipes up excitedly.

"No idea Boy Wonder. Finally he's the Earl of Leicester and Duke of Gloucester."

"That. Is one impressive file, even with the missing information." exclaims Emily.

"Alright, that's enough for now." A few whines of disappointment followed Hotch's instruction. "Also, in other news, Rossi is returning to the team in a couple of weeks"

With that, he dismissed the team and they all went back upstairs to the bullpen to wait for their new agent, Hotch clutching onto Potter-Black's file.

"He's a real cutie though." mentions Garcia looking at his picture as the team heads out.

Full Name: Harrison James Potter-Black

Date of Birth: 31st July 1980

Father: James Potter (biological) (deceased)

Father: Sirius Black III (adopted) (deceased)

Mother: Lily J Potter nee Evans (biological) (deceased)

Godfather: Sirius Black III (deceased)

Godmother: Alice Longbottom (unavailable)

Education: University of Cambridge

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D) in Criminology

Master of Philosophy (MPhil) in Politics and International Studies and Criminology

Honors Degree in Human, Social and Political Sciences

Occupation: Special Agent for the Secret Intelligence Service (commonly known as MI6)

Titles:

Duke of Gloucester

Earl of Leicester

Lord Potter

Lord Pendragon