AN/So, I still don't like the fact that I don't own Criminal Minds--but we all have to deal :)
"JJ, do you have a minute?" Rossi knocked softly on JJ's office door.
"No, I'm busy." JJ said flatly.
Rossi ignored her instruction and entered anyway, "I thought you might like to see--"
"Dave, I'm preparing busy preparing the next briefing, I've only got a few minutes until everybody is going to be in the conference room. I'm really busy." JJ dismissed him.
"So, you don't want a copy of your certification?" Rossi ignored her dismissal and held out the paper. He chuckled as JJ snatched the paper from his grasp and looked over it happily.
"When did you get it?" She asked excitedly.
"About five minutes ago." Rossi said honestly, "I brought it here immediately--we should celebrate with the team!" He suggested, imagining a certain Unit Chief's definite excitement at learing a new connection with his friend.
"No!" JJ cried incredulously, carefully placing her certificate inside her desk.
"Why not?" Rossi asked exasperatedly.
"Because I have to brief the team in," she looked down at her watch, "three minutes and then we've got an important case---I'll tell them afterwards." JJ justified.
"You are so infuriating!" Rossi groaned, "I really think you should tell them--they'd be proud of you!" He insisted.
"Maybe I don't want them to be proud of me." JJ muttered.
"Well, fine. I'll tell them not to be proud of you and we can tell them now." Rossi proposed.
"I will tell them after the case." JJ said definitely.
Rossi just eyed her critically, their routine argument getting really old.
"Look, I promise--once this case is over." JJ promised, "But please, until then--"
"I won't say anything." Rossi grumbled the familiar end to the conversation.
Emily blew out her breath in disgust--they had nothing!--this guy was not only all over the map, he was outside the map.
Looking over at the media liaison and Unit Chief talking quietly in the corner over the press briefing that JJ had handled masterfully, Emily smirked slightly to herself at the sight of them together. THEY WERE SO CLUELESS! Suddenly, she was hit by an idea. Grinning broadly, she called to her friend loudly.
"JJ, have you looked at the case file?" Emily asked, feeling the odd looks of her colleagues--of course JJ had looked over the case--she had selected the case.
"Yeah, I have." JJ said cautiously, "Why?"
"Well, do you think we're missing something? If you were looking at it, what would you add to the profile?" Emily asked, smiling as she saw realization dawn in JJ's eyes and the pure look of hatred that was thrown her way.
"I don't--" JJ started.
"No, JJ, I think we'd all like to hear your opinion." Rossi smiled wickedly, immediately catching Emily's plan.
"No. Really." JJ insisted, "you guys are the profilers."
"Actually, the most detrimental thing to cognitive activity is repetitive thinking. A new perspective could help immeasurably." Reid smirked, happy to be in on the secret.
"It's not like it could hurt anything," Morgan prodded obliviously, "come on, JJ."
JJ threw a death glare at Emily and Rossi and then sighed resignedly, "Well, there was one thing that I was wondering about, but I'm sure that you guys have already looked at it."
"Why don't you tell us JJ?" Reid encouraged, patronizing the blonde liaison. He was extremely grateful that JJ wouldn't dare shoot him while Hotch was watching, because the look she gave him said that if the unit cheif wasn't there--he'd be walking on one leg.
"Well, everything suggests this guy is an organized killer except for the marbles thrown at the side of the victim, right?" JJ started, seeing the encouraging nods, continued "but what if he's not throwing the marbles at the side, what if he's actually placing them in a specific pattern?"
"That would suggest a level of organization that we haven't seen in many unsubs." Rossi thought out loud.
"I was thinking along the lines of OCD--Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. He's killing people methodically, what makes us think that it can't be part of a larger compulsion." JJ concluded.
The five profilers sat in silence, staring at the blonde in surprise. "Morgan call Garcia ask her to cross check the list of suspects with OCD perscriptions or diagnoses." Hotch commanded with finality.
The group scrambled at the implications that JJ's suggestion had brought. If he was acting under a compulsion, there must have been other patterns to connect the victims, patterns the team could use to find the next possible victim.
Sure enough, JJ had been right. Another victim had been saved, all thanks to the media liaison that was currently fielding final questions from the media. Finishing her press conference, JJ answered a call as Rossi could barely contain himself.
"I think JJ has an announcement for all of us." He suggested as he gathered the team. Emily and Reid smirked knowingly, as all waited for JJ to finish her call and reveal her secret to the team.
They watched as JJ maintained composure, though she did appear to be struggling slightly. Rossi deduced that it was nervousness for telling the team that threw JJ off her game slightly. Ending the call, JJ slowly approached the team. Sighing deeply, she struggled slightly.
"JJ, don't you have something to tell us?" Rossi asked excitedly.
"Yeah, come on JJ, I think we all have the right to know." Emily encouraged.
"JJ, what is it?" Hotch asked, not particularly enjoying being on the oblivious end of the group.
"I've been transferred." JJ announced as the others stared at her in shock.
AN/I know that this is short, but I thought this was the perfect place to end it--hope you liked it!