I almost lost my best friend and my Godchild if Steve didn't call me while I'm helping the case. Phoebe scared us for going to college alone by herself without Steve or I because she's not a delicate flower. We're scared for her safety because she's carrying a baby inside of her womb. If I didn't make it time- I can't think of anything but always looking on the positive side.
I made a deal with the team to join them for 2 weeks. To see whether I'm fitting to be part of them or I can easily quit the job as simple as that. Ever since I meet Spen, there's something that I haven't experience in a long time... making me feel alive. ~Novilene Cruz
Novilene pursed her lips in deep thought while looking at the door. She made a bet with Reid to have a trial work in 2 weeks. To determine whether she's going to say yes or no. Starting to get regret for making the stupid bet as her phone rings. "Oh, Sherlock?" Novilene muttered and pressing the green button. "Hey."
"Already regretting your decision, isn't it?" Sherlock asks with a smirk on his face to annoyed Novilene. "You can always go back to join me."
Novilene rolls her eyes and scoffs. "To annoy the hell out of me, no thank you. Thank you for your concern, Consultant." She smiles and imagining Sherlock is rolling his eyes.
"Who said that I'm concern, Lene?" He asks her in a blunt tone. "Do yourself a favor and stop pitying yourself. Take care of yourself, sister." Saying the last part in a soft tone for his rare caring side to Novilene.
"Thank you, Sherlock." She smiles and ending up the call. "You can do this, Novilene. You've face worst criminals." Opening the door to see most people are busy with what they're doing right now. Looking for familiar faces and bump to Morgan and an unknown blonde woman.
"Well, well, well, if it isn't mini Gideon." Morgan teased the dark brown-haired woman and she shook her head. "Fancy seeing you here, no longer a teacher."
"Haha." She stared at him with a deadpanned expression. "Mini Gideon?"
"Technically you're Gideon's daughter and everyone knows you." He pointed out and she sighs heavily. "You're the whole gossip in here, girl."
"Great." She fake smiles and answering cheerfully. "I can't wait to answer their questions."
"You're pretty well-known now." The blonde woman spoke up and smiling politely towards Novilene. "I'm Special Agent Jennifer Jareau, JJ if you like. I'm the unit Liaison and my specialty is untangling bureaucratic knots."
"It's nice to meet you, I'm-"
"Novilene Marie Serenity Cruz, you're the youngest former Paediatrician Doctor at the age of 14, quitting the job before becoming a Detective till you receive a promotion, Captain of London Metropolitan Police." JJ intervened as Morgan gaped at the surprised hearing that news. "You have an IQ of 180 with no eidetic memory like Reid has, you have 5 Ph.D.'s Biochemistry, Criminology, Psychology, Sociology and Biomedical Physics. You also have two Bachelor of Chemistry and Art."
"Wow." Morgan is trying to grasp the information and couldn't believe she's almost the female version of Albert Einstein. "I can't believe I'm missing the part that you're also a Doctor Cruz."
"You didn't ask." Novilene shrugging her shoulders and hating to boast her achievements.
"What I also don't get untangled is that you're hiding a piece of classified information and sealed it tightly." JJ pointed out and staring at the young woman. "Why?"
Just when Novilene is about to answer someone barge in to see another blonde woman wearing the bright pink dress and approaching her. Novilene blinked in surprised and stepping backward. Seeing the blonde woman with glasses is observing her up and down then on her face.
"She is pretty in person. I'm Penelope Garcia the genius tech analyst and I love your outfit, wearing bright colors, unlike someone." The blonde woman compliments her choosing outfit, black trousers, and light blue long sleeves.
"You see, my stepbrother is always overprotective on me and asks his friends to make sure my files are sealed properly." Novilene answered them truthfully behind those sealed files. "Ever since he founds out my job is dangerous, he wanted to make sure no one could use my files against me."
"I can't believe your brother is overprotective on you, Cruz." Turning around to see Reid and Elle are joining them.
"Yeah, he is." She smiles and at them.
"Gideon was okay with it?" Reid asks her curiously.
"Yeah, he does, Spen, Dad knows my stepbrother is looking after my safety despite he's not a cop or Federal Agent." Novilene explained and pushes her glasses up.
"Spen?" Garcia whispered at Morgan as he chuckled. They couldn't help seeing Reid has a crush on Gideon's daughter.
"As much as I would love to hear it, Hotch and Gideon will be here for the briefing." JJ spoke up as the two men appeared and calling their teammates for the briefing.
"Pipe bombs." Morgan stated as they looked down all the pictures been scattered all over the table. "Packed in cardboard boxes."
"Package bombs." Hotch commented and looking at the pictures.
"Sent through the mail?" Novilene asks and observing the picture carefully. She may not have eidetic memory like Reid but Novilene is an excel on observations when it comes to pictures or drawings.
"No, the other picture in your hand is of the switch that ATF found. The same mechanism for both bombs, mercury-activated." Morgan explained.
"What does that mean?" Elle questioned.
"There are contacts to a detonator on either end of a bent tube full of mercury." Reid answered.
"What it means all you have to do is to tilt the package to detonate it." Morgan explained in simple answered, unlike Reid's scientific explanation.
"So they couldn't have been sent through the mail. The bomber had to deliver them by himself." Elle pointed out and Novilene couldn't help but agreed with her.
"Strange way to commit an act of terrorism. Why go to all this trouble to kill just a few people?" Hotch can't help but ask curiously.
"Let's recommend not raising the terror alert level for now. No reason to spread panic." Gideon spoke as JJ came into the briefing room with them.
"We got news." JJ turned on the television. "This is just the local news but the coverage is everywhere now- CNN, FOX, MSNBC, Al-Jazeera, you name it."
"So much for not spreading panic." Novilene spoke sarcastically and removing her glasses. "What's wrong with these people nowadays."
Just when Reid is about to answer but Novilene giving him a look that she was told by her father that he often saying about statistics. He closed his mouth giving her a sheepish looked while she smiled in appreciation.
"According to Doctors, he's badly injured, but in stable condition in the I.C.U." The news reporter, Rosalie Escobar, reported. "Now, neighbors say that they heard a blast at about 10:30 this morning, and police arrived..."
"If DHS doesn't raise the terror alert now, they'll look weak." Gideon pointed out the facts.
"Make sure the homeland security knows that this is everywhere." Hotch ordered the blonde woman unit liaison.
They jumped in surprise to see another bombing through the television with their shocked faces.
"Looks like we're going to Palm Beach. Let's meet at the airstrip at 20." Hotch ordered everyone.
Morgan noticed Novilene that she's in deep thought as he patted her shoulder to gain her senses back. She looked up to see Morgan staring at her in worried looked.
"You okay? It seems like you're thinking about something." Morgan spoke in a low tone as Novilene sighs quietly.
"I know what happened to my dad." Novilene whispered back and stared at him. "I just- we still have a tension between us and I'm worried about his well-being."
"How did you know?" He asked her in a surprised tone.
"I know some of my dad's secret despite we just reunited." She pushes her glasses up and standing up. "I just deserve an explanation of why he just ignores me right through his mouth not with someone else."
"You staying with him?"
"No, I stayed one of my friend's sister's house until all the paperwork is complete for moving in." She explained and hoping Ethan could find a safe place for her.
"Bombings occurred within 3 miles of each other." Hotch explained through his teammates while Novilene is busy doing an essay for her younger brother, Alex. "First victim was a 74-year-old widow, Barbara Keller. 2 hours after that, Clurman got hit in his driveway, and 45 minutes later... well, we all saw that. A 34-year-old housewife who lived across the street from Clurman. Of the 3, only Clurman survived."
"Was there any connection between the victims?" Reid asked curiously and seeing Novilene doing her younger brother an essay about what's special about him.
"One Clurman was a partner in a $10-million condo development deal in which Keller was an investor, and a few weeks ago, the whole deal went bust."
"Went bust how?" Elle asked curiously and admiring Nolivene's penmanship is neat and clean when she's writing an essay.
"Geologist discovered that the land was on methane, the condos never got built, the land became worthless, and Clurman lost a lot of people and a lot of money." Hotch answered.
"So maybe one of them was mad enough to take aim at Clurman." Reid suggested and Novilene shakes her head slightly.
"Which is why I despise doing the business course because it gives me a headache." Novilene spoke causing Elle to snort and bumping her shoulders lightly while she gave her a playful glare. "Let's not jump into conclusions yet. We need to analyze the motive."
"Then where do we start? Mini Gideon?" Elle asked the young woman.
"Mini Gideon, again? That's a second time you guys called me." Sighing heavily and Elle smirked. "We start from the beginning, Elle. It's like watching a movie from the very beginning to know the story all about."
"Novilene's right." Gideon agreed with his daughter then glancing at Reid. "What do we know about the bombers?" He asks.
"Mostly male, loners, history of criminal activity. About 50% of all bombings are actually a product of vandalism." Reid explained and often glancing at Novilene who didn't go unnoticed by Elle. She's wearing a smirk expression seeing the young man stared at Novilene often.
"And more often than not, bombers end up accidentally blowing themselves up, so the first suspects you always look for in the bombing case are the victims." Hotch pointed out.
"Clurman was the only male." Elle pointed out. "Losing a large business deal like that could be a powerful stressor."
"Well, then there's the crime scene." Gideon sighs quietly. "Clurman was the only victim who didn't get hit at his door. Why? What was different about this one?"
"There's a lot of Wh questions, in our head right now." Novilene muttered and smiled that she finished doing the essay. "Finally, all that's left is to scan and send it."
"Why are you making an essay for, Novilene?" Reid asks curiously and she hums in response.
"Well, I have a half younger brother, Alex, he's 16 years old." She smiled remembering the smile of her younger brother. "He has been told by his Professor to ask at least two family members to have an essay about what's so special about him with our signature on it."
"Who is the second one?" Elle asks curiously towards the young woman and looks surprised to hear she has a younger sibling.
"My stepbrother... Alex idolizes us so much and my brother would also do an essay about why you choose these people as a role model." She places her papers back inside of her messenger back.
Gideon smiled at his daughter that she became a great sister towards Alex. He remembered how Alex is always calm when Novilene held him in her arms back when they were children. Alex loves his sister deeply and their bond is always strong that no one could tear them apart.
||Palm Beach, Florida||
"Before Clurman passed out, all he told the cops at the time was that- he saw the package sitting on the stoop outside his kitchen door." Hotch explained as they're at the crime scene to look for more clues.
"Why didn't he take it in?" Elle asks curiously.
"Why didn't it go off until he got to his car? It's like 50 feet away." Reid pointed out and Novilene shrugged having no clue.
"Joe Reese, one of Clurman's investors, was here before the bomb went off." Novilene explained glancing at her surroundings. "The cops have ruled him out as a suspect, but he said he was Clurman get in the car with the package."
"So maybe Clurman wasn't receiving a bomb at all. Maybe he was on his way to deliver one." Elle pointed out her opinions.
"But he drops it or tilts it, and it goes off by accident." Reid added.
"I'd like to talk to Clurman." Gideon spoke up as she stared at him with a blank expression. "In the meantime, let's get a warrant to search his house." He went on ahead as Novilene catching him up.
"Dad, wait!" Gideon stopped and glancing at her. "Are you alright?" She asks worriedly about his well-being.
"I am, Mulan." He smiled slightly at her and appreciating her caring when she's trying to catch up the time they lost seeing each other. "I'll be fine."
"Your eyes say otherwise, dad." She smiled sadly and Gideon wasn't surprised if his daughter could read him often, no matter how much he hides from her. There is one thing he hates most and it eats him inside, he keeps a dark secret from Novilene and hoping that she could forgive him for keeping it to her. "I'm here for you."
"What can you tell us about the package, Mr Clurman?" Gideon asks Clurman who got himself survived the bomb explosion but losing his left leg forever.
Gideon, Reid and Novilene are interviewing Mr Clurman about the bomb incident as the young woman who can't help but feel sympathy towards him seeing losing a leg.
"I thought that I knew what it was." Mr Clurman spoke in his weak tone. "Pot for an orchid, I collect them. I ordered the pot through the mail."
"Why didn't you take it inside?" Novilene asks in a soft tone.
"It was for my office. I was going there anyway. Thought I'd take it with me. That's the last thing I remember." He answered and his body is filled in pain by the explosion.
"You had an argument with Joe Reese." Gideon pointed out. "Do you remember that?"
"Joe was here?"
"He was angry, he accused you of blowin' him off."
"Uh..."
"Any reason he'd want to hurt you?"
"Joe? No. I mean, he's a confrontational guy, if he wanted to kill me, he'd just beat me to death." He cringed in pain.
"A lot of people were angry about that deal falling apart, and they were angry at you. How did that make you feel?"
"I felt awful. I thought those condos would make a lot of money for a lot of people, myself included, I thought that geologist was legit. He didn't even take samples. He scammed us. All those investors who lost their money... Barbara. "
"Barbara Keller?"
"The first victim."
"What about her?"
"It's such a shame. Such a nice lady, you know? It was such an easy sell. Sometimes I felt like I took advantage of her because she was old and lonely. Now she's dead. Well... I feel terrible- ow!"
"What is it?"
"Ah, my foot."
"I'll get you something." Novilene spoke up and getting out of the room to call one of the Doctors.
After she informs the Doctor, Novilene leans on the table and sighs heavily. She couldn't bear seeing someone get hurt because of being one of the victims of their madness.
"Novilene." She hums in response and turning around to see Reid and Gideon are staring at her with a worried expression. "You okay?"
"Yeah, I just hate to see someone getting hurt. Have you inform Hotch that Mr Clurman is not our bomb profiler?" Novilene asks curiously.
"I did, our work here is done. Let's head back." Gideon told the two younger people as they left the hospital.
"Morgan emailed these over. The three on the left are the bombs from yesterday. The one on the right's from the evidence room at Quantico." Hotch explained to everyone as Novilene stared at the pictures from the laptop.
"They are all identical." Reid spoke bluntly. "They are made with steel reinforcement rods."
"Adrian Bale." Novilene furrowed her eyebrows when Gideon spoke the person's name.
"Who?" Detective Morrison, one of the Palm Beach PD asks.
"He held our Agents standoff in Boston last year. He took out 6 Agents and a hostage with one of his bombs." Hotch explained to Detective Morrison while Novilene stared at the picture with a cold calculative look.
"So you're thinking he's behind this?" Elle asks him.
"Possibly, but he's in prison. He's got kind of a cult following, almost like Charles Manson." Reid pointed out and Novilene shakes her head slightly.
"Bale might be involved in this case but this Unsub is a copycat, I'm sure of it." Novilene questioned them out loud and everyone stared at her when she handed the water bottle towards her father. "I may not know the full story about your Agents... this Unsub thinks of Bale as a role model to him."
"There's one way to find out. Let's put the screws to this guy." Detective Morrison declared and stared at her. "How on earth did you figure it out? What are you? Some kind of psychic?" He asks sarcastically as she responds in a shrugged. Her other teammates starting to trust her theory because of what she trusted them.
"No, no, no. Bale's too smart." Gideon hated the idea of Detective Morrison's opinion. "If we want information from him, we have to handle him carefully. Even then you have to assume that road will lead nowhere."
"You're saying the connection to Bale doesn't help us at all?" He asks then staring at the young woman.
"No. I'm just saying let us handle Bale."
"Look, we just heard from local Texas P.D. You were right about Clurman's nephew. He admitted the bomb stuff was his, which is great for the Clurman's, but it leaves us with zero suspects. So what do you suggest my men do now?"
"Proceed from the profile."
"I didn't know we had a profile."
"You do now." Novilene muttered and Elle holds back her snort hearing her blunt answer.
Everyone started to have a meeting leaving Gideon and Hotch to explained everything about their profiler.
"We're dealing with a bomber. We're talking about someone who's non-confrontational. If you bumped into him in a cafe, he'd apologize. Even if it wasn't his fault." Gideon explained.
"We would classify this bomber as highly organized, based on the meticulous design of his bombs. It means above-average intelligence. He probably has a skilled job, a trade, one that allows him to work alone. That's how he was able to make a sophisticated device without raising suspicion. Furniture maker, jeweler, et cetera."
"Background in explosives?" Detective Morrison asks.
"No, not necessarily." Novilene intervened and everyone stared at her when she's sitting between Reid and Elle. "You're thinking about a type who likes to blow things up. Gives them an emotional or sexual release. That's secondary." She sips her water and Gideon stared at his daughter with a proud look on his face.
"Then what's this guy doing?" One of the Policemen officers asks.
"Murdering." Gideon answered. "Bombs- just weapons. And their attacks, they are not random."
"Well, how do you know that?"
"The process of elimination." Novilene answered and pushing her glasses up. "We know bombers fall into a discrete number of categories according to motive. There's the terrorist whose aim is to spread fear. We'd expect him to strike in a populous area like a subway."
"There's the politically motivated bomber." Hotch added and sending Novilene a surprised look. Not expecting this young woman could know about this. He also heard rumors of her being acquaintance with Sherlock Holmes. "He makes a statement by choosing a symbolic target like an abortion clinic. Then there's our unsub. He made bombs designed to kill and he chose his victims specifically by placing the bombs at their stoops. That tells us he has a direct motive. Statistically, he bombs for profit or to conceal a crime. And it tells us how we're going to find him- through the people he killed."
"Somewhere among the three victims, there is a direct motive." Gideon added and stared at everyone. "Keep digging."
"Thanks. Any questions, we'll be around."
"You'll be around. Novilene and I will be in prison. Somebody's got to talk to Bale." He told the Unit Chief and Novilene blinks her eyes hearing her father seek her help by interrogating Bale.
"Why do you need me for dad?" Novilene stands up and approaching them. "I can stay here and help them."
"You analyze the problem so quickly before none of us could figure it out." Just when she's about to protest, Gideon gave her a look. "Denied all you want and I'm not the only person who could see your unique potential."
"If you insist, sir." Knowing it's futile to deny her potentials and Hotch smirked seeing Novilene with her distressed look.
U.S. Penitentiary || Atlanta, Georgia ||
"You know why I am here?" Gideon questioned the man who murdered the 6 Agents.
"This guy in Palm Beach, right?" Bale asks and Novilene stared at him in her cold calculative look. "The Palm Beach bomber. Somebody's got to give him a better name."
"He uses your bombs, your designs."
"Well, he should be careful. Those things are dangerous." He glances seeing the young woman has the same eyes of Gideon. "I didn't expect to bring your kid in here as your bonding father and daughter trip." Novilene narrowed her eyes and decided to keep her mouth shut.
"Adrian..." Gideon gave him the warning tone for checking his daughter out. "You can't fool me. If you're involved in this in any way and you do not help me, I will make your life even worse than it is now."
"Oh, but no, actually, I can fool you because I fooled you before." He spoke bluntly and glances at her. "And now there's another me out there, watching, waiting. Does your daddy dearest told you about his incident before?"
"Bale..."
"He trusted me." He ignored Gideon and trying to test his daughter's reaction. "You know what happened next? I killed six Agents including the hostages, your father is a fool."
"You're the one who ends up being the fool to get caught and staying here in prison." Novilene spoke in her cold tone as Bale flinches in fear seeing her cold demeanor. Bale couldn't help but feel uneasy that she's a different person and nothing like her father.
"You were more ruthless than I expected." Gideon spoke up and mentally smirked seeing Bale has the fear of his daughter. "If you hadn't pushed that button, you might've had a chance to parole someday."
"Yeah." Bale pretends to agree with Gideon's opinion. "You know, I've thought a lot about that day, and there's one thing I still can't understand." He stared at Gideon's face. "You trusted me. Why?"
"I never trusted you." Gideon lied and Novilene can tell it no matter how much you're a good liar. She can immediately tell them because of having a human lie detector like herself.
"You listened to me."
"I made an error. I calculated you wouldn't do it, and you did. Whatever you think, I'm gonna walk outta here, and you never will."
Blake sniff and turning his body to face them. "Here's what I think. Sending those Agents into that warehouse, it just doesn't make sense. I mean, I've read your books. I had all those things- what did you call it? Um... a homicidal triad." He chuckled. "I even came from a broken family, classic sociopath, so when I had the chance to kill 6 Agents plus a hostage, I mean, just because I gave myself up doesn't mean that I was finished with those people. I still had the remote. You... you should've known that. And the emotional release I would feel by pressing that button... well, that was just a little too overwhelming to pass up. Why didn't you search me before sending those Agents in? Why didn't you do your job, Agent Gideon?"
Novilene leaves the interrogation room without her father. She already has the answers to what the young woman is thinking. She sighs and calming herself down before going to snapped someone because her patience is running thin.
"Hey." Novilene jumped in surprised and sighs in relief it was Reid who called her. "You okay? It seems like you wanted to release your hatred at someone."
"Bale is just getting on my nerves, other than that... I'll be fine." Novilene answers and sighs heavily. "Bale is involved but somehow he's going to inform the Unsub about this... dad might think of his opinion otherwise."
"I thought Gideon agreed with your opinion." He stared at her in confusion.
"There are a few things that we had in disagreement often. There's a lot of things that you need to know that dad and I have a different perspective for several reasons... our bonding is a bit strain because he often pushes people away like me for instance." She smiled sadly at him.
"I'm sure your dad will come around."
Just when Novilene is about to answer that Gideon came out and staring at the two young Agents. "Bale might be part of this, but he's not in control. If he were, he would've taunted me with specifics." Novilene sending Reid a look that she's right for having a different perspective.
"So what's our next move?" They could hear Hotch's voice through Gideon's phone.
"I let Bale know the Unsub's using his designs."
"Bait."
"Yeah, exactly. If Bale wasn't part of it before, he'll surely want to be part of it now." He ends the call.
"I'm gonna stay behind and monitor his mail, calls, visitors, any contact that he has with the outside world." Reid volunteered while Novilene pushes her glasses up. Debating whether she could help him or not.
"Good. Even if he doesn't know the Unsub, he may want to try to contact him." Gideon agreed with his opinion.
"Dad, I'll stay with Reid as well." Novilene decided to join Reid as well. "Two heads are better than one."
"I'll leave you guys to it." He leaves them alone.
"Office of the supreme genius puzzle solver. Do you have a riddle for me?" Garcia asks through Novilene's phone.
Novilene and Reid found out that Bale is accessing the internet and both of them decided to seek help from the tech analyst.
"We found out Bale has been accessing the internet by getting around a firewall that's set up on a prison library computer. The guy even has an email address." Novilene explained to Garcia.
"Wow. Sneaky bastard." Garcia commented.
"Yeah. He's headed for the library right now, maybe to contact the Unsub. Is there a way to possibly monitor his keystrokes while he's online?" She asks curiously.
"I can send him a virus, but he'll have to open the email for it to work."
"Let's do it." She smirked at Garcia's idea.
"What do you want in the subject line? Mini Gideon?"
"You guys seriously need to stop calling me mini Gideon." She groaned and Reid smiled sheepishly at her knowing that nickname will not go away. "Hmm... now that's the hard question, love." Novilene scratching her forehead slightly.
"Something that'll make him open it. Did I mention how much I love your accent? How long have you stayed in London again, mini Gideon?"
"5 years, Garcia. Spen, any ideas what'll make Bale grab his attention?" She asks Reid through her British accent.
"He's impotent." Reid answered for her. "Something that'll make him feel in control."
"Now that I'm thinking about it." She shivered in disgust and wanted to punch Bale's face for checking her out. "I just wanted to punch him in the face. Garcia... I hate to say it but this guy is a lecherous pervert that makes him turn on by watching a porn site."
"Wow, wait- did he check you out?" Garcia questioned the young woman and Reid blinks his eyes in disbelief.
"Yeah, Bale fears me the moment he saw my cold calculating look." Novilene answered and leaning on the wall.
"I guess he knows not to mess up with you." Garcia chuckled and glad that she's not in the same position as Bale. "Now this guy's number. He's visited 6 porn sites in the past half hour." After she hacks into Bale's email.
"Gross." She cringed and shuddering then passing the phone to Reid. "I don't want to know about it, by the way... you're on speaker."
"Hold on. He's posting to a message on board. ' .' Looks like some sort of site for bomb enthusiasts. 'To all my friends out there, beware. They are onto you... especially that FBI young light-brown haired woman.' I didn't know you could be so scary person, mini Gideon."
"Hmm... why am I not surprised." Reid stared at her with a curious expression. "I'm more ruthless when it comes to these criminals, Spen. You don't want to know."
"Okay." Reid agreed and seeing Novilene's serious expression. He didn't expect the kind and caring woman could be ruthless when it comes to criminals. "Garcia, we need the names of everyone who's been on that message board in the past month."
"Okay."
Reid and Novilene are scheming through the papers been sent by Garcia as Reid decided to inform Gideon about their research so far.
"186 emails. Through the ISPS, we were able to track down the names and some of the addresses, but none of them were in Palm Beach." Reid explained to his mentor and watching Novilene is reading the papers.
"How about occupations?" Gideon asks the young man.
"It wasn't a required field, so really, only about 1/3 filled it in."
"Well, the Unsub takes pride in his work. He would fill it in."
"Right. Let's see. We have a trucker, physician, antiquities, dealer, store owner, orderly..."
"Wait. Antiquities dealer?"
"Yeah, why, what is it?" Novilene looked up and stared Reid in a curious expression.
"Ask Novilene's if she has any ideas about the antiquities dealer." He ends up their conversation.
Novilene tapping her pen when she read the papers in deep thought as Reid takes a seat next to her. She stops tapping and stared at him with a skeptical look.
"Gideon told me if you have any ideas of the antiquities dealer." Reid spoke up and staring at her dark brown eyes.
"David Walker..." She read the paper and gaped silently in surprised. "Of course, it's him all along." Novilene immediately tried to call Hotch ignoring Reid's confusion look been sending to her.
"What do you mean?" He asks in confusion and wondering how did Walker is the Unsub for this.
"David Walker collect the coins and use it to build up the metal-"
"Hotch, what do you got Cruz?" He asks the young woman right after 2 rings from his cellphone.
"Hotch, it's David Walker all along." She answered and staring at Reid. "He's our copycat and forging the same bomb as Bale."
"Elle's in trouble... I'll call you back." He ends up the call before she had a chance to explain.
"What makes him the Unsub, Novilene?" Reid questioned
"He's using the coins to increase the value of the bombs that almost look identical to Bale's bomb." She answered and sighs heavily then laying her head down on the table. "Let's hope and pray that they manage to capture him before he's going to hurt innocent people." Her phone beeps to see Sherlock's name pop on screen.
From: Sherlock
Don't get fooled by Bale.
"What the heck?" Novilene muttered and Reid is looking at her. "Why do I have a feeling he's going to meddling our job?" She scowled and turning off her phone.
"Who?"
"Sherlock stupid Holmes."
Reid and Novilene got nothing to do inPenitentiary as they were about to head back to the Palm Beach. Novilene's phone ringing as she accepts the call from her father.
"Cruz here."
"Novilene are you still at the Penitentiary?" Gideon questioned his daughter
"Yes, Reid and I were just about to leave why?" She grasps Reid's hand to stop him.
"Walker is dead and the hostage has the bomb on his body." Gasping in surprise to hear the news.
"Bale knew that if Walker was going to get arrest... Walker will kill himself and no one will help to diffuse the bomb." Novilene explained and staring at Reid with a worried expression. "Only Bale himself could stop it."
"Exactly, any ideas why? You're the only person who could see a dangerous motive."
"Not until I'm going to see Bale in person and we're going to bring him in Palm Beach immediately." She ends up the call and sighs heavily. "Walker is dead."
"We're going to bring him to Palm Beach?" He asks the young woman and nodded her head.
"I have a feeling that Bale has something on his sleeve." She frowned and squeezing Reid's arm accidentally. "I hate that guy for taunting my father."
"Hey." Reid squeezed her hand back. She couldn't help but noticed that her hands are small and warm. "Everything will be working out, let's ask the officer to transfer Bale to Palm Beach."
"Yeah." She smiled weakly and shaking her head slightly. "Sorry, Reid. I could be a bit emotional often."
"It's fine, there's nothing to apologize off... shall we?" Her phones beep again and reading the message. "WHAT!?" She screamed and dropping her phone.
Reid caught her phone before it could do anything to damage. "Well, well, well, wasn't expecting that I'm here? Cruz?" He turned around to see a man black suit and his unruly curly hair. What makes him feel intimidated is his cold blue eyes gazing at his brown eyes.
"Sherlock!" She exclaimed with a hint of an annoyed tone. "For the love of- I don't have time for this... what's your plan?"
Sherlock is rolling his eyes and wasn't surprised by her outburst. "I did digging information regarding his bombs and I know how to diffuse it."
"By digging you mean your network." Narrowing his cold blue eyes and glancing at Reid. "Sherlock has a lot of connections and he has eyes or ears everywhere." Crossing her arms while looking annoyed at Sherlock more.
"He can save us!" Reid exclaimed and wasn't expecting to see Sherlock in the flesh.
Sherlock huffs angrily and looking at Reid with an annoyed expression. "What's wrong with-"
"Once we diffuse the bomb. We need to disassemble it and replace something." Novilene interrupts Sherlock before he could bite Reid's head off. "We need to see his reaction. To confess he's involved to Walker for bombing the civilians."
Sherlock diffused the bomb quickly and disassemble it to replace the explosive ones. Novilene's plan is to bait Bale and pretending they didn't know to diffuse it. She wants him to see his reaction and everyone agreed to it.
Novilene stared at Bale with her blank expression and trying to read his body language. Gideon paced back and forth to Bale and his female lawyer.
"We'll start with a transfer. You're in a high-security facility now." Gideon told Bale in a blunt tone.
"No, I want out of prison." Bale denied the idea of transferring another prison while he placed both of his hands on his face. Novilene can't help but feel suspicious about his intentions about this. "A mental facility."
"You're asking for something we wouldn't give a bank robber." Hotch pointed out and Novilene couldn't help but agree with him. "There are minimum security prisons-"
"I don't care. I want to be able to talk to people who aren't prisoners. I want to have access... to people, things, the world." He grasps his hands together. "I want to connect again." Bale tried to deal with them but it'll be hard to convince especially the young woman sitting right next to the Unit Chief who's analyzing him in her cold calculative look.
"All right." Gideon accepts his offer.
"One more thing." Bale wasn't finished his deal with them. "Without which there is no deal."
"What is it?"
"I want you to confess." Novilene narrowed her eyes at Bale that could boil her blood in hatred towards him. "I want you to admit that I beat you in Boston and I outsmarted you. I want you to apologize to the families of those 6 victims you got killed and I want it all in writing."
Novilene closing her eyes while shaking her head slightly. "Dad, don't do this." She mumbled as Hotch can't help but agreed with her. "You're better than this."
"If I do this, you'll tell me how to defuse the bomb?" Gideon ignored the plead of his daughter and Hotch.
"Only if you do this." Bale answered and mentally smirked that his plan going to be succeeded soon.
"How do I know you won't lie to me?" He narrowed his eyes at me and seeing Novilene didn't believe what Bale's promised.
"It's all in writing, Agent Gideon." Bale's Lawyer intervened in their conversations. "If my client refuses to give you the information or if he gives you information, he knows to be untruthful, the deal is void."
Novilene closing her eyes and hearing the scribbling paper knowing Gideon's writing of his mistakes from 6 months ago. Exhaling quietly and open her eyes to stare at Bale with her blank expression.
Gideon stopped writing the paper and started to read it. "It was a hostage situation-"
"No." Bale interrupted Gideon's speech and Novilene's blood boil in angry wanting to shoot this guy by using her gun. "Don't read it, say it."
"It was a hostage situation, I negotiated with Bale." He sighs sadly and knowing he can't hide the truth of his daughter about this. "He agreed to give himself up and came out of the warehouse peacefully. I gave the okay to send 6 of my Agents in and they never came out." Novilene leaned over Gideon and placing her hands on his, letting him know that she's always been there for him. "It was a mistake- it was my mistake." He stands up, removing her hands gently and meeting his eyes at Bale's direction. "I was- I was outfoxed by Mr Bale. By you- I sincerely regret having made the decision to send those Agents on that day and I sincerely regret and apologize to the families of all those who died that day."
Bale's smirked in the satisfaction that he gets what he wants as everyone gathered inside the room while watching the man, Cole, will diffuse the bomb.
"Okay." Cole spoke up through the walkie-talkie. "I've isolated the wires connected to the actual device. We've got one shot at this, it's either blue wire or red wire."
Gideon turned his face to stared at Bale's face. "Which do we cut, Bale?" He asks and wanting to defuse the bomb as soon as possible since they only have 3 minutes left. "Red or blue."
"Red." Bale answered in a confident tone. Novilene and Gideon stared at each other silently because Bale is lying to them and he wanted to kill everyone inside of this station for his emotional release.
"You know if you're lying, this goes boom, you get nothing, right?" He questioned Bale.
"Yes."
"If we cut the red, it's over. You get to spend your time in a cushy asylum, bushes, trees, visits, nurses and we get this man out of here alive."
"I don't see how I could be any clearer." In a blunt tone and Novilene smirked in her cold expression that brings Bale shaking in fear slightly by staring at her.
"Red wire, is it?" The young woman asks in a calm tone but her cold expression says otherwise.
"Yes." He lied again in front of her. Bale could tell that this young woman can see his lies. He wanted to kill right in front of Gideon seeing her dead.
"I forgot to mention that I am a human lie detector, Bale." She chuckling coldly and stared at Bale in hatred. "Sorry to break your moment but we have a friend to diffuse it quicker than you." Raising her hands to reveal Sherlock Holmes with a smirk on his face.
"You people are slower than a snail. Easily get caught and leaving a trace to chase you." Sherlock commented bluntly, seeing Bale is fuming in anger to him and Novilene. "You can do better than that, fatty."
Bale is yelling angrily and tries to choke Novilene's neck but she squats down, sweeping her legs towards his to bring him down. Grabbing her gun and pointed to Bale's head with a cold look and unlocking her gun. He froze and didn't know what to do. One move and she could pull the trigger without any mercy. "Your sentence is going to extend and you always belong in jail to a criminal like you." She spoke in a cold tone and couldn't care less whether they heard her or not.
Novilene is trying to calm herself down but she didn't. Losing many times how Sherlock manages to intervene in the case to do as he please, depending on the case rate. Ever since she's befriending Sherlock, Novilene is trying to have patience on her but sometimes she snapped. Never bother they have an audience to watch their argument.
"Desperate to get back solving crimes, hmm?" Sherlock teased Novilene and she's fuming angrily. "Time for myself- Ow!"
Novilene pulled his ears and ignoring whines. "You made a promise that you're not going to meddling the case. What happened to it? You broke it and flew all the way here from London." She couldn't even care whether to embarrass Sherlock in front of everyone or not. Novilene is way beyond angry and almost forgetting her surroundings.
"You- ow! I cross the fingers behind my back!" He tried to push Novilene but she pinches it harder. "Ow! Unhand me, Amazonian!"
Morgan cringed and feels sorry for Sherlock. Base on their body language, they have done it before. "Man, I hate to be in his shoes." Muttering and Elle couldn't help but nodded her head.
"Which part of don't get involve in the case, do you understand?" Novilene lets go of his ear and he hissed while rubbing it. "I'm not even surprised if you use Mycroft's account or ID to get in here."
"You know me very well, clever girl." He smirked and tried to whack her head but she dodges it. "Twinkle toes." Glaring at her and she glared back.
"Bamboo stick!" She sighs heavily and rubbing her temple. "How did you know of this case? You know what? Don't answer it cause I know."
"How?" Reid asks her curiously and Novilene gives Sherlock a look to keep his mouth shut.
Sherlock looks annoyed but obeyed knowing she would do more than pulling his ears. "Ever since I move out, Sherlock asks his brother, Mycroft, to see my condition. By condition means monitoring my every move, work, and lifestyle. Hence the reason why he knows my case."
"Except." He smirked widely. "My dear, Mycroft is getting slow on his age. In five minutes, he would notice his ID is with me." Sherlock pointed out and Novilene scowled more. "Smile, you're going to get early wrinkles." Morgan and Elle snickered by their bickering.
"Ugh!" Novilene punches his arm and he yelped in pain. "Anyway, thank you for diffusing the bomb."
"We would like to know how did you diffuse the bomb." Hotch spoke up and looking at Sherlock with an intense look on his face.
Sherlock grins like a Cheshire cat while Novilene is twitching her right eyebrow. "It piques my interest in your case since 6 months ago regarding Bale's bomb." He spoke up.
"Sherlock." Novilene gives him a warning look but he waves it off.
"Despite cutting off your contacts to each other, your daughter dearest... is monitoring you often to see how well you are." Sherlock spoke up and Novilene is glaring at him. "Isn't it fascinating-"
"Get to the point, Sherlock." Novilene cuts him off before she could shoot him.
"I pretended that I'm a fan of his bomb and asks him how to make his creative explosion." He ignored disbelief looks from them except Novilene, who remains a blank look. "He's stupid enough to tell me everything about his boring bomb."
"How did you know where he's involved to Walker?" Morgan asks him and wasn't expecting all rumors are true regarding Sherlock's analysis. He's more than a high functioning sociopath but a clever man to solve quickly in a blink of an eye. Behind his coldness and dark humor, everyone could tell Sherlock cares for Novilene deeply as a sister.
"God, what it like in your funny little brains, it must be so-"
"Sherlock!" Novilene didn't hesitate to whack his head again. "For goodness sake! Can't you just stop being a jerk for once?" She asks him with a frustrated look on her face.
Sherlock groaned and going to be nice for her sake. "Walker's job is to collect valuable objects. He was obsessed with Bane and became his follower. Based on their chit-chat, he wanted to make Bane proud of him to kill innocent people by using his bombs. Happy now?" Giving Novilene a pointed look and she nodded her head.
Novilene's phone beeps and looking at her screen. She smirked and wasn't surprised by Sherlock's brother is getting slow to his unpredictable move. "Sherlock, you got a plane to catch soon. If you failed to ride on it, you're going to face the consequences of barging our case."
"You're welcome by the way." He smirked and turned his back on them. "It's fun while it lasted. Dear, do me a favor and quit the job, join me." Starting to walk away without waiting for Novilene's reply.
"Nah, I need a break from your reckless nature, Holmes!" Novilene answered and clearly glad to see him again.
"Wow... who knew your friend is overdramatic." Elle commented sarcastically and Novilene shrugged her shoulders. "Where did you met him?"
"We went to the same University together and he drives me mad." She chuckles and pushing her glasses up. "I'm glad to see him again."
"To think you're going to pull his ear off." Morgan spoke up and cringed. "Remind me not to get on your bad side?"
"I occasionally do that to Sherlock whenever he pulls that stunt for instance." Novilene quickly checks on Sherlock's GPS to see whether he's going to the airport. "He's used to my abusive attack for not listening to my advice. Sherlock asked for it."
"He cares for you, Novilene." Gideon spoke up and patted her shoulder. "Sherlock treats you as a sister despite he denied it very much."
"Sherlock hates showing affection and hence the reason why he loves to annoy anyone." Novilene spoke up and remembering Sherlock's rare moments with her. "We should head back now since the case is closed."
Sherlock appearing out of nowhere to see her and help their case. Novilene is pleased to see him in good condition despite she can be a bit mother-hen to Sherlock.