Ch.11 Family..finally
Prentiss & JJ walk into the BAU, stopping when they see Rid sitting at his desk drinking a coffee& chatting with Rossi (who was leaning against the young man's desk) The 2 women look at each other then walk over to the two men.
"Spence, hi" JJ exclaims as they approach his desk. Reid glances at the two women, & Rossi glances over his own shoulder then back to Reid. "You're fan club is here "he says teasingly. "Actually, that's Megen. We more like groupies" Prentiss teases back, getting a smile from Rossi. Reid frowns, not getting the joke. "How was your vacation?" Prentiss asks, changing the subject. "It was good" Reid says simply. The two women look at Rossi in exasperation & he holds up his hands. "Hey, I can't MAKE him tell you" he says. Again, Reid frowns in confusion.
"Spence, please tell us! We promise not to tell Morgan or Garcia!" JJ pleads, dying with curiosity. Prentiss nods in agreement as Reid looks at her then to JJ. He sits back in his seat & looks over at Rossi. "What do you think Dave?" he asks. "Well, they are your groupies & very good friends, sisters of sorts to you; so when they say they promise something, I think they mean it!" Rossi says with an impish grin. Reid nods as he pretends to ponder this, driving the two women to almost grab him by his shirt & shake him. "WE pinky promise you, Spence" JJ pleads. "JJ, this isn't junior high!" Prentiss exclaims, rolling her eyes. "Emily has a point. Other than a blood bond, which by the way, I love you guys like sisters, but I wouldn't do it with anyone, except Megen if asked. But, then again, I am married to her" Reid says, rambling in his usual way. "REID!" both women say in exasperation. "Right, a pinky promise, though not legally valid, can be considered a valid promise keep age." (Lol, I so thought this word be something Reid would totally say!) Reid says, looking at JJ (who, a while ago pinky promised him not to repeat something & he found it could be valuable to use against her if she even thought of telling those two friends anything he said) JJ looks at him, a bit sheepish as Emily, exclaims "Ok, fine we pinky promise you." Reid smirks as he holds up his pinky & the two women puts theirs around his & promised him. "Now tell us before they show up & this whole thing was a waste of time" JJ says, sounding impatient. "I took Megen to Italy for our anniversary" he tells them quietly. Both women thought that was romantic & really sweet to do that for wife. "Megen is a lucky woman "JJ says, sounding dreamy. Prentiss snorts at the look on the young blondes face. "Yes, she is" both men say in unison.
"Hey, kid! You're back!" Morgan exclaims walking in. "Hello to you too, Morgan" Reid says. "How was your vacation?" Morgan asks walking up to the young man's desk. "Good & well needed" Reid replies & takes a sip of his coffee. Morgan grins at him. (Though he knew the couple needed it. He saw how torn up Reid was after the attack & the separation between the two got to them) "How's Megen, by the way?" Morgan asks kindly. "She's good, thanks for asking. I think she's working in the lab today" Reid replies. "Megen is a lab-rat now?" Morgan teases as Reid gives him a glowering look. "I dare you to call her that to her face" Rossi says, in a tone that made Morgan start to lose his smile.
"Call me what?" Megen says coming up behind the group. The agents laugh at the look on Morgan's face when he hears her voice. (He had a deer caught in the headlights look) "What are you doing up here" Rossi asks as Reid smiles at his wife. "I asked her" Aaron says as he leaves his office & walks to the conference room. Everyone loses their smiles & follows their boss.
Reid & Megen share a look as he touches her lower back as they walk behind the others.
Garcia cheerfully greets the wedded couple as they walk. "Let's get to it" Aaron says tersely as he sits at the table. Garcia gets down to business & tells the others about the case they caught.
In the Miami Everglades, several bodies were found during a routine controlled fire. Garcia put up the pictures of the burnt bodies & shudders as she turns her head. Megen tilts her head to the side as she walks up to the screen.
"Do you see something, Megen?" Aaron asks her. Reid narrows his eyes, trying to figure out what his wife was seeing. "Garcia, could you zoom in the skulls please?" Megen asks, her head still tilted to the side. "Uh, yeah sure" Garcia says & hits a button on the remote & all the team sees is the skulls of the burnt bodies.
Megen suddenly glances over her shoulder at her husband. "Spence, do you see what I see?" she asks. Reid tilts his head like she did. "Their jaws are broken" he says in a thoughtful, lilting tone. Megen nods. "How the hell can you see that?" Morgan asks, dubious.
Megen turns to face him then glances at Reid who smiles at her. She explains & points to the cracks in the jaws of the skulls through the blackness from being burnt. "Not bad for a lab-rat huh?" she says, smiling impishly. Morgan stares at her in surprise.
Aaron clears his throat & the case is discusses, theories bounced around. "Megen, have you seen this before?" Aaron asks. Megen tells him she had & tells them of a case she once had in Louisiana. Everyone, except her husband looked at her in horror. "And I thought our job was grisly" JJ says quietly. "You should see her work around the dead, it's creepy" Emily says with a shudder. "We leave in an hour" Aaron says. "Megen, you are coming with us" he says getting up. Reid looked horrified, while Megen nods giving her husband a look.
On the way to Miami,
The team talks more about the case & Reid goes off on his usual spiels. Megen pipes in her own, which cause s the couple to banter back in forth with each other in their 'own language' (the team calls it) which; of course the team watch in interest. "It's like watching a tennis match, except with words." JJ says quietly to Emily who smiles. (She knew the couple enjoyed the banter with each other when they worked together)
At Miami PD,
As Aaron was introducing the team to the detective, Megen got an oily smile from the detective. "Dr. Nagassi, we meet again" he says. "Actually, it's Nagassi- Reid" she tells him & steps closer to Reid causing the detective to lose his smile.
Aaron steps in tells him they would like to get started somewhere & leads the detective away. "Are you okay?" Reid asks his wife in a low tone. She looks up at him & he saw repulsion in her eyes. "Just keep him away from me" she says. "Did he do something to you before?" Morgan asks quietly. Megen shudders, causing Reid to become worried. "You saw the way he looked at me when he found out I'm married to Spence & stepped closer to him" she says. A dark look comes across both of the men's faces. "You guys better get there with the others, I'm headed to the morgue" she says quietly & squeezes her husband's arm as she starts to walk away. He touches her hands with his & they smile at each other.
"Do you think he did something to her?" Morgan asks Reid (who watches Megen walk away) quietly. "If he did, Megen will tell me in her own time." Reid replies. "Let's just make sure he stays away from her" he says, looking (now) at his friend. "You're damn right, we will" Morgan says, setting his jaw. (He saw the lusty look the detective had on his face when he looked at Megen & the look he got when he found out Megen was married to Reid. He seriously was going to make sure that man wasn't around Megen.) He then puts a reassuring hand on the young man's shoulder then they walk into the room that had been set up for the BAU.
That night,
When the team stopped for the night to get some sleep, Reid stops by the morgue to wait for Megen.
She smiles at him as she walks out & sees him standing by the wall waiting for her. "Déjà vu, Spence" she says as he smiles & puts his arm across her shoulders as they walk down the hall to the exit.
They go to his room & Megen took a shower. When she got out, he could see that she needed to be in his arms. He takes her in his arms & holds her close. "Do you want to talk about it babe?" he asks quietly. "Not yet, just hold me please?" she says. He gladly obliged.
After about 10 minutes, Megen lifts her head off his chest & looks up at him.
She let out a slow breathe & told Reid what happened with the detective. (She had just graduated college & was working with another Forensic anthropologist who was called down to Miami for a case. The oily detective worked with them & made Megen very uncomfortable. He would make a point of showing up where ever she was & made comments that made it hard for her to work. It got so bad, that she told her boss & his about it. Her boss knew she had issues with men-she had on record that she had been abused- only her parents knew of the real abuse- her boss & her left the & the detective was severely reprimanded for his conduct.) "Spence, I seriously think if he got the chance, he would rape or hurt me in some way because of the trouble he got into" she tells Reid who got a dark look on his face. He steps away from her & pulls his phone out of his pocket. "Who are you calling?" she asks. "Hotch" he says grimly. She gives him a look. "He needs to know, Megen. You work with us & he is basically your boss now. HE needs to know this!" he tells her as he hits speed dial.
Megen lets a breath as she sits down the bed & listens to Reis talk with his boss about the detective.
Later, they crawl into bad & she snuggles close to him.
The next morning, Reid went to the station while Megen & Morgan went out to the Everglades. (Another body had been found) Morgan swore to Reid he would not anything happen to Megen while out there. He looked away while Reid gave Megen a lingering kiss before leaving the hotel.)
20 minutes later,
As they got out of the truck, they put handkerchiefs over their mouths'& nose. "Why do they do this?" Morgan asks Megen as they made their way through the smoke to the body. "It helps maintain the eco-system in the water here" she tells him.
They get to the body & both kneel down to examine it. Morgan almost gags from the smell while Megen literally puts her face close to the body, taking mental notes as she examines it in her own way.
"Megen, don't move" Morgan says softly. Frowning, Megen looks up at him & notices he has his hand on the butt of his gun. She then hears a soft growl from behind her.
Suddenly, the growl stops & they both freeze when they see a lot of birds taking flight from their right. Megen sees the smoke getting thicker & coughs. "Oh, God!" she says, coughing. Morgan looks at her. "What's going on?" he asks coughing. "We have to get out of here" she tells him standing. Morgan stands, his eyes widen behind his shades & he quickly grabs her wrist. "Let's move woman!" he says. Megen jerked her hand away from him, appalled that he talked to her like that. He glares at her as he grabs it again. "Hate me later, WE NEED TO MOVE NOW!" he yells. Megen blinks in surprise then they take off running as they both could hear the crackle of fire over loudness of the birds.
They make it to the truck & Morgan peels out at top speed. "I do want to see my husband again, Morgan!" she yells as the truck fishtails then her eyes widen as she suddenly sees the fire catching up to them. "Hang on!" he yells back & she is literally thrown back against the seat as he hits the gas hard & they speed out of the Everglades.
They get back to the station, smelling of smoke. Reid took one look at Megen & almost went to her. She gave him a look that stopped him. She mouthed 'later' to him & he nods.
She tells Aaron what happened as does Morgan. Aaron told them both to go shower & change. Reid wanted to go with Megen but he was needed, & Morgan told him he would bring her back.
2 hours later,
It comes to light that it had been the detective killing people just to have Megen possibly show up & he would be with her. He had gotten pissed finding out she had married Reid & tried to kill her when she was out in the Everglades with Morgan. He was arrested & charged.
On the way back home, Megen stayed awake while Reid slept against her shoulder. (She couldn't sleep, after finding out what she did in Miami, she wasn't sure she could fall asleep) Rossi looks over at her from his seat. "You got a very heavy weight on your shoulders." He says. Megen looks down at her sleeping husband. "That's not what I meant" Rossi says. Megen looks at him. "How do you ever get used to doing your job, Dave?" she asks. Rossi smiles tiredly at her. "I've done this job way before you were even thought of Megen. I'm still trying to get used to things that I see." He tells her. Megen gives him a humorless smile. "And this is why, I don't like being around alive people. I do better with the dead" she says. Rossi looks at her. "Are you thinking of leaving the field?" he asks. "I'm not sure anymore, though I'm out of my shell more because of Spence. I just don't like being the danger. The lab offered me a job that would keep me in the lab. *scoff*" Rossi looks at her, fatherly. "I take it you are interested?" he says. Megen nods. Rossi glances at the sleeping Reid. "Have you told Reid about this?" he asks. "We haven't had a chance to talk except what happened in Miami. I think he will like the idea that I won't be out in the field. Spence is very protective of me as is the others I have noticed" she says smiling wryly. "Welcome to the family, Megen" Rossi tells her. "Get some rest. We are all here for you. Know that" he says then closes his eyes. Megen glances at Reid who sighs in his sleep then sets her head back & closes her eyes.
She finally had a family. It was a good feeling.