OKAY because did not upload a lot yesterday I am writing like a mad women today while my little guy is taking his nap. I feel bad because poor thing has inherited my wonderful allergies.
Just as before I still do not own Harry Potter or Criminal Minds.
"Garcia tell me you have something on this April person." Hotch said as he entered the computer haven of Penelope Garcia.
"Honestly sir at first I had nothing. I ran her full name from the application she turned into the café. April Shin Ply did not exist until about a year and a half ago. So I figured it was an alias. Turns out is is an anagram for Ryan Phillips. So that was a dead end. So I took the picture Morgan brought back after talking to Temperance. You know the one where April was employee of the month and ran it through a facial recognizer. And I got a hit." Penelope said as she feverishly typed away on her computer.
"Meet Cindy Marie Delaney age 28 from Chula Vista, California. I found her on social media. She has tons of pictures of her and Ryan. So I dug back even farther . They both went to the same high school before Ryan was expelled for fighting. She is 3 years younger then him but because he got held back so many times he was in the grade above her."
"So she was close with Ryan we already knew that but now we have her real name. Thanks Garcia anything else?" asked Hotch as he stared at the picture of the women who had taken Hermione on the screen.
"Yes the address she put down on her application was fake. Lead to an abandoned hospital. BUT I did find a lease in her name for an apartment over in Woodbridge."
"Great work Garcia. Keep trying to find anything else you can on her."
"Yes sir…" Penelope looked at Hotch before she spoke again. "Your going to find my girl right?"
Hotch looked at his technical analyst. The normally song women had tears in her eyes. He knew Penelope and Hermione had a close bond. Being left behind when the team would go on cases, the two women would get together to comfort each other. "We are going to do our best. We know who took her so we have that advantage. Plus having a couple of wizards and witches always helps." He said trying his best to reassure her.
Penelope used a hankie to dab at her eyes. "How's Spencer doing? This can't be easy on him."
"He is doing as well as can be expected. Ginny has been trying to get him to eat something but he has virtually shut down. Not even Remus can get him to talk."
"My poor boy." Penelope sighed.
"Keep looking I have to go question the messenger who brought in the package for Hermione." Hotch said as he turned to leave the room.
He made his way back to the offices and walked into an interrogation room where a young man with sandy colored hair sat.
"What is all this about?" He asked as Hotch closed the door behind him. "I haven't done anything!"
Hotch sat down before answering the young man. "This is about the package you delivered here. Do you know what was in it?"
"No way man. I just do my job. My boss told me that I had to deliver the package here and I did it. Why what was in it? Man if it was anything bad I swear to you I had no idea. This is just a job."
"Did you recognize the person who dropped it off?" Hotch said ignoring the man's questions.
"No. The office I work out of is in Lexington. I go to school at the Washington and Lee University. I travel every day from Buena Vista. I did not even see the person who dropped it off. All I know is when I got in for my shift my boss told me to take the package and deliver it here. That store just opened too so I have not been able to get to know the people who come in yet." He answered.
Hotch got the contact information for the store before he left the young man in the room, and he returned to the conference room.
Hotch walked in and went to the white board at the end of the room. Under a picture was the name April Ply. Hotch erased it and wrote in Cindy Marie Delaney.
He turned around to face the room. "Her real name is Cindy Marie Delaney. She was Ryan Phillips girlfriend. The address she gave the café was a fake however Garcia managed to find a real apartment under her alias. I also have the location of the messenger service used to deliver the package. It is in Lexington. Morgan, David, Prentiss get your gear we are going to check out the apartment first and if she is not there we are going to Lexington." Hotch turned to the tall dark skinned Wizard who was standing. "Kingsley were you able to contact the American Ministry?"
Kingsley stepped forward. "Yes. Unfortunately because Hermione was not taken by a witch or wizard they view it as a muggle crime so they won't lend us any aurors. However even though Hermione is an American citizen because of her marriage to Spencer, she is still a citizen of the British Ministry of Magic. While their hands are tied they did give us permission to help you locate her."
"That's bullshit Kingsley and you know it!" Harry shouted.
"Damn it Harry you know the laws. Chelsea Edwards is a good person. I have had to work with her before. Hermione is a British witch. Even if she wasn't they still would not get involved in a muggle investigation. As it is I had to pull some strings to allow us and that is only because this team already knows about magic!" Kingsley said as he faced the young auror.
"But you all have been given the all clear to help us?" Hotch said pulling Kingsley's attention back to him.
"Yes. Tonks, Harry, Ron, Remus, Dean and myself have all been told we can help you if we can however we are supposed to try to not use magic if we can and let you handle it. The only exception is if you can get to Hermione and we have to."
Hotch looked around the room at everyone there. Even without magic helping them they would have the manpower they needed.
"I am going with you!" Spencer said as he stood up from the chair he was sitting in.
"No your not Reid. You are going to stay here with J.J and Ginny."
"That's my wife and children you are going to find! I am going!"
Hotch walked over to where Spencer was standing until he was face to face with the young doctor.
"And that's why you will wait here with Ginny and J.J. If you are out there you will let your emotions take control. We can not risk it. We don't know what will set Cindy off and we don't want to scare her and end up with Hermione being hurt. Stay here we will contact you as soon as we know ow something."
Spencer fell back into his chair. He knew Hotch was right but he could not help feeling useless. He should have been there to help Hermione when she needed him. He had failed his wife and children.
Spencer watched as Harry gave his wife a kiss and the wizards and witch followed Hotch and the rest of his team out the door, leaving Spencer alone with Ginny and J.J.
So we have found out April's real name! It was pointed out to me in Criminally Magic by a reviewer that I overlooked the American Ministry. So I added Kingsley saying what he did to try to help this time. I will be going back and trying to fix that later once this is done. I don't know if I am going to be able to make this story as long as my last one but I do have a solid plot line I will follow including an epilogue.
Don't forget to place your opinion on the genders and names of the twins!