Chapter 22: The Newbie and the note
"Ok Garcia... we reduced the CV to 6" she said to their former TA.
"Ok let's see who we have here" she pick up each CV and check them, after a quick look she said "damn... good choices"
"Yeah I wish this could be easier but we have to reduce this to one"
"I know but we have all night" Emily nodded.
"Yes, I already have a sleeping bag here so... no problem, I will order food and a jar of coffee"
"Ok" Garcia got out her laptop and started to work. She has to check six people and no time to waist.
Emily helped her with some information in there CVs. After hours of research and a jar of coffee later, they found the person.
"I guess this one will be perfect for the team"
"I hope so" said Emily looking down at the CV they picked "I will make the call for the trial period"
"Ok, can I talk to team to let them know a few things?"
"Sure, they will be here in an hour, get some rest and I will come to let you know when they arrive"
"Ok thank you Emily"
"No I'm the one who should be thankful. You helped me reduce six people to one" the blonde woman smiled and the black haired responded with a smile too.
Meanwhile Max was making some grilled sandwiches for her and Spencer while he finished to get dressed.
She looked at him when he walked in the kitchen "I'm making us breakfast and I was waiting for you to make the coffee, only you know how that machine works" he laughed.
"It's old but good. I bought it when I moved here from Vegas, in an antique store"
"Why I'm not surprised" she teased him and he rolled his eyes but laughed "after work I will go with Michelle to look for my wedding dress and the bridesmaids' and maybe design our wedding invitations. I have some ideas for them, but I need..."
"A date I know, but I don't know yet, at first I thought about March 19 because we met on October 19 but it's Thursday and we both have work and will be too complicated so..." she smiled because one, he remembers the day they met and two, because his rambling.
"What other day is special to you Spencer?"
"Well... um... oh right 3.14" she raised her eyebrow "I mean... March 14 is Pi day, you know 3.14" she nodded looking at him "it's a cool day to celebrate our wedding because it's a math day, and you asked what day is important to me so... yeah..."
She laughed gently and nodded "ok Pi day will be" she patted his chest "it's so cute watching you explaining this so excited" he smiled and hugged her.
They went back to make coffee. She got out the sandwiches out of the grill into a plate the handed him two cups for the coffee.
They ate their breakfast and talked about Sammy learning magic and how excited he was when the magic penny trick worked for the first time.
"He was so excited that he ran around my dad's house and almost broke my mom's favorite flower pot" Spencer laughed "and he did it without hitting a man with it" she smirked.
"Oh come on... you will keep reminding me that?" He faked a hurtful face.
"Yes because it was both funny and cute. That was one of the things that made me accept your company while waiting for Michelle to picked up Sam"
"You know when I told my therapist about it later that week, she was both surprised and pleased at that" she looked at him "she said "see? You can be spontaneous and talk to someone out of your work" and I'm happy she gave me that "homework"" he did air quotations marks at that word making Max laughed when she remembered she said it to him.
"Well I'm happy to be part of your homework" she held his hand "I was watching your closet when I was looking for my clothes and saw the sweater"
"Oh yeah I haven't used it since that day"
"You should, it looks pretty cool on you" she smirked then checks her watch "we should go, I have a class in thirty minutes and you have to be at the office soon"
"Yeah you are right" he stood up and got his plate and cup then hers and he headed to the kitchen "I will wash this quickly"
"Ok" she went to his bedroom to pick up her dirty clothes and put them in a bag then walked out to get her purse. She waited for him to finished and then he got his messenger bag.
"Ready?" She nodded and he opened the door, they walked out the apartment and headed to their cars.
"See you tonight if you don't have a case?" She asked looking at him.
"Sure, I will text you if I can't" he leaned in and kissed her softly then she left to her car and he looked until she left then he got in his car and headed to the FBI.
Some minutes later he was in the bullpen and there were JJ and Luke talking.
"Hey Spence, Luke is telling me his plans for him and Penelope's date"
"Oh really? That's amazing. Where are you going to take her?"
"Well I know a Cuban restaurant where they have the best Ropa vieja whichit's shredded flank steak or other meat in a rich sauce. I know maybe she will prefer something vegetarian but they have a vegan version of that dish"
"Good" said JJ as Tara joined the conversation.
"And that place has a nice dance floor so maybe we can dance" he smiled at the thought.
"Sounds fun, she will love it and with some mojitos, she won't stop" commented JJ laughing.
"Oh boy, Garcia and drinks will be a bomb" she laughed remembering their last party, or maybe the videos of it because she was too drunk to remember anything "by the way Doctor Reid. When will you and Max tie the knot?" Asked the other doctor of the team.
"We just picked the day today so the invitations will come soon. She will designed them"
"Good because we have a bachelorette party" JJ smirked.
"Yeah baby... party!" Said Tara dancing alone making Luke, JJ and Matt who was arriving laughed.
"Looks like the party started without me" said the man.
"Yeah it does" said laughing Luke.
They continued talking until they saw a woman dressed in a black woman suit, high heels and brown hair walking in Emily's office.
"OMG... is she the new TA of the team?" Asked JJ.
"It looks like" said Matt.
"She looks like Ashley, my former coworker at the Fugitive Task Force Unit. She is badass and you will love her"
"Looks like we will have a new TA" commented Rossi as he walked in.
"Yeah, it's weird but we have to get use to that" commented JJ.
"It will be hard to change" said Spencer "fifteen years with the same TA is something you won't move on easily"
"You will get use to her quickly, she is really cool headed"
"Our unit is harder and I'm not trying to say your former unit wasn't, but we have to see horrible things"
"Tracking fugitives isn't easy. There are lots of people who gave them fake identities that are pretty good"
Before anyone else say something Penelope walked out the office and made them a sign to follow her in the conference room.
They did in shock. When they all walked in she turned to them "hey guys" she hugged each one then said "have a seat. Sorry I didn't have time to make tea" they laughed "anyway... I stayed all night reading your choices, all of them pretty good. The ones that stood up the most were Luke, our silver fox, and Spencer's choices. Emily and I checked their records, checked every case and there were almost a tie between Dave and Luke's, but we picked Luke's because she has an amazing record, she has something I don't... stomach for carry a gun and to look dead bodies without wanting to throw up" they all look at her "so please understand this isn't an easy job, be patient and threat her good, ok?"
They all nodded "we will and you know this team, when you prove your abilities to us, the respect will follow it" said JJ.
"Yes and don't be mean like I was with the newbies..."
"Is it an apology?" Commented Luke
"Oh shut up newbie... not because you invited me to go on a date I will be nice with you" the whole team laughed "ok my furry friends I love you and I hope you threat Ashley well ok?" They nodded and Penelope left.
Emily and Ashley walked in "ok team I have two announcements first we have a case second we have a new TA. She is Ashley Dawson, she used to be part of the Task Force of the FBI" everyone looked at her.
She had white skin, hazel eyes and she was wearing a white shirt, skirt and a jacket.
"Nice to meet you all, I'm the one who got the job, this is an outstanding opportunity and an amazing team, I just hope we could work great together" all the team smiled at her.
"Ok, let's talk about the case" said Emily looking as Ashley handled everyone a file.
"The police of Denver found Felicity Hansel, Sophie Smith and Veronica Stone dead in different parts of the city" Ashley had some troubles using the control of the TV until she understood who it worked "as you can see they were half naked with knife wounds on there chest"
"The forensic evidence shows sexual assault before the death" said Spencer reading the file.
"And the use of drugs, maybe the unsub is weak and can't control them" said Luke.
"The cause of death is a stab in the heart" said David "but look... Veronica has a head injury but the cause of death remains the same. Maybe she resisted the drugs and he has to hit her to get back the control over his victim"
"This three women were found with two days of difference so this man could escalate. Dawson looks the autopsy to see the drugs that were used" she nodded "to the rest... wheels up in twenty" all the team nodded and stood up with their files.
Luke walked to his former coworker "hey Miss D" said him smiling.
"Hey stranger" she smiled and hugged him "I heard about Phill" she said looking at him "I'm sorry, but I'm glad you could catch the son of b..."
"Hey language Miss D" she laughed "thank you and this team is amazing, you will see them do their job in automatic. We will call you and ask you to find things as fast as you can" she nodded.
"I know, I investigated the team" he looked surprised "what? I have to know were I stand" she smirked "now go you have to go to your fancy jet" he laughed and left.
Then she walked to her new office. It looked bored, FBI standard so she will have to put her own twist later. Today is her first job so she will not have much time. She turned the computer on and all the monitors turned on. Garcia's program was still there, she looked this linux interface on internet and downloaded to her computer, the user who uploaded it was BabyGirl69 so now she found out it was Garcia.
She laughed and searched what agent Prentiss asked for. Some minutes later when she calculated they were on their way to Denver, she made the call.
"Ok guys first of all the police found another body. Jennifer Anderson, 21 and she was a student"
"Ok so according to this files, the other three victims were also low risk victims. Felicity Hansel was an accountant, Sophie Smith and Veronica Stone were studying medicine and now Miss Anderson also a student" said Matt.
"Yeah nothing in common because, the second and third victims studied the same career, one was in a university and the other was part of another" said Dawson looking at them.
"Nothing in common..." said JJ "except their cause of death and the violation"
"Did you found the drugs this unsub used?" Asked Dave.
"Yes, sir. The autopsy found Lorazepam in the three victims" she said reading what she found.
"That drug is used to anxiety problems but also if you administered it via intravenous can cause low blood pressure and shallow breathing" said Spencer "can you find places where you can get it?" He looked at the screen.
She nodded "ok on my way. I will call you when I found something" the video call ended.
"Ok JJ and Matt will talk to parents of the victims, Dave and Spencer will go to the forensic examiner and Tara and Luke will go to the last scene. I will go to the police station"
Spencer texted Max they cannot see that night due to a case, she answered with 'ok be save, don't do something stupid, am I clear?' He smiled and write back 'yes ma'am' then looked at the files.
When they arrived each team went to their assigned place.
Spencer and Dave walked in the forensic lab "good afternoon Dr. Yeng, I'm SSA David Rossi and this is Dr. Spencer Reid"
"Good afternoon agents, this is the most recent victim, Jennifer Anderson. The victim has a knife wound on the chest, I checked this woman looking for semen but the man who did this used a preservative so no DNA and I'm running drug test but I'm sure she was sedated"
"Why so sure?" Asked David.
"Because of this..." said Spencer pointing at the mark on her arm "a needle mark, the unsub injected the drugs in her, when she was sedated he raped her and then killed her"
"That means he may have a private place to do all this, what I don't understand is... why does he rape them and use a knife to kill them?"
"Yeah normally killing with a knife is more personal and could imply a rape too but this guy rape and kill in a personal way"
"I think he can't use other weapons, maybe using a gun could be too loud and other methods could be harder to perform in a close space" said Spencer.
"Maybe he is doing this in an office, maybe he is even a man with medical expertise"
Meanwhile Tara and Luke check the scene where the victim was found "it's obviously a place to drop the body, no blood no signs of fight. He just dropped her here" comment Luke.
"Yes and it's not a crowded place so the unsub knew no one will find him" said Tara looking around "it's he's from here and knows the area"
Luke started to look around and saw some traffic cameras "we may be have a witness" Tara looked at him then the cameras. The man got out his phone and dial.
"Hey Alvez what's up?" Asked Ashley.
"Hey Miss D, can you check some traffic cameras where I am?"
"Yeah give me a sec" she typed his coordinates then hack the cameras "ok I got it"
"Perfect Dawson, now check the video to see if you can find our guy dropping the victim"
"Okidoki" she said and looked the videos since yesterday "there is something, I'm sending it to you" she hit send.
"We got it"
"As you can see he knew about the cameras so we can see his face but let me zoom in, can you see it?"
"Oh the jacket has a logo, can you find information about it?"
"Yes I can mister"
"Ok perfect, call me when you have something"
"Ok Alvez, bye" they hung out.
"She is good right?"
"Yes she is, let's see what she found" said Tara looking at the logo on the man's jacket.
The team reunited in the police office.
Spencer and David explained what the forensic examiner said about the victims and Luke explained everything they found and then showed then what Dawson found.
"Wait... I saw that... when I came here to a lecture when I was reinstated. It's the psychiatrists unit of the university. But this one looks older" said Spencer.
"This men could be a psychiatrist?" Said Tara.
"He isn't an angel of mercy because he doesn't kill people who are suffering, and they don't use to rape their victims" said Rossi.
"This is a psychopath and apparently a psychiatrist..." said Spencer.
JJ and Matt talk to the parents of each victims, asked who could do this to them, if someone hated them and other questions about her.
Then they both walked out of the room and headed to the group.
"Hey guys what did you find out?" They all tell them what they found then JJ said "oh... we have to ask those parents if there daughters and the husband of Felicity were watching a psychiatrist"
"That will need to wait. We have a report of a missing person, her name is Dana Tate, Spence and JJ go check the crime scene"
Luke got a call from Ashley "hey Ash what's up?"
"I found what you asked me"
"Ok you are on speaker"
"Alright, Luke asked me to search for this logo, and it is given to psychiatrists who when to an annual conference in Denver. The conference was on November 8, 9 and 10. They gave this one to all the assistants"
"Reid was right, it's the psychiatrists' logo"
"Yeah and I was looking for the list of doctors who were there but it's a long one"
"Ok we need to find someone who work in this area" commented Matt
"Good that reduce the list but I still have so many"
"Can you find who bought Lorazepam?"
"Ok that helped a lot, we only have ten"
"And can you access the list of patients?"
"No that's confidential"
They sighs then Luke said "we have ten men who bought Lorazepam but can't know who was threatening our victims"
"What if we ask the victims' families"
"Ok but first we need to give the profile" said Emily
When JJ and Spencer arrived, the BAU called the police to give the profile.
"We are looking for a man, in his forties or fifties. Controlled and methodical" started Emily.
"He is a psychiatrist who is using his accest to drugs to sedated his victims, rape them and them kill them" continued Rossi.
"This unsub is used a preservative in each rape which means he knew we could find him if he doesn't cover his tracks" said Luke "also we know he is from this area because he dropped the bodies in places with low traffic and knows where are the cameras"
"And we believe he killed those women in an office, his office, we have to watch carefully the areas where he left his victims" said Spencer "there's a similar case that we heard about from Latin America, specific from Venezuela, the Doctor Edmundo Chirinos who had thousand of photos of women he raped and killed, they were his parents"
"So this man use his patients as sexual release?" A police officer asked.
"Yes, he's a normal sexual predator but he has easy to his victims" Spencer answered "keep your eyes open"
Then all of them walked back to their office. Ashley could not access to the files of the doctors and she knew there was a missing woman and maybe the unsub had her.
She was desperate because the final key was right there but could not reach it. Then she kicked the table and a pink piece of paper fell to the floor she picked it up, unfolded it and reads it"
This job could be stressful but as David Bowie once said
We can be heroes, just for one day
Today is yours to be one.
PG.
Ashley smiles and she made some calls, asked some favors and even threatened to show some compromised pictures to the wife of certain politician and she got full access to the files.
She checked the files and looked for the victims' name. When she had the information she called Emily.
"Hey Agent Prentiss... I got access to the records"
"How...?"
"Long story, maybe later"
"Ok you are on speaker Dawson"
"Perfect, guys I found our nasty psychiatrist. His name is Daniel Freys 46, he had been the doctor of all our victims. And he had been accused of sexual assault in the past"
"That's explained why he used a preservative everytime he abused a woman" commented Spencer.
"Do you have his address?"
"Yes I just send it to your tables, go catch him" she hung up and the drove to his office.
They found the kidnapped girl who was about to get raped. Luke handcuffed him and took him away. That man has hundreds of pictures of women who were found dead but the police never connected them because mostly were homeless and prostitutes.
"So he was working in several rehab centers and he killed and raped and killed them once in a while so they never thought it was him" said Luke to Ashley on the phone.
"Ugh... creep.. glad you catched him"
"Thanks to you Ash. You did it great"
"Thank you Luke, for trusting me"
"You are welcome, see you"
The plane arrived to DC and all of them went to have dinner together "but the new pay the drinks" said Luke laughing and the whole team laughed.
OOooOOooOO
This is all for today, I hope you liked this. It was a case with our new member.