Daily Secret Santa
A Criminal Minds Fanfic
By: Ewriter (Emma-lee)
Disclaimer: I don't own Criminal Minds; if I did there would be some Reid/JJ, Emily/Hotch, and Morgan/Penelope. But alas I don't own it. Sorry.
Hello I am detective Violante; this is my partner detective Elliot, Hartford Police, Detectives Smith and Doe from Manchester, and Detectives Milton and Gagne from Avon. We have set up the conference room over there for you to use. We are also at your disposal any time you need. We will assist you for help and just let us know," The female detective said showing the team the conference room to her right.
"Hello detective Violante, I am SSA Hotchner, this is SA Prentiss, SA Morgan, Dr. Reid, Our media liaison Jennifer Jareau, ad our technical analyst Penelope Garcia. We would like the acquaintances, students and teachers, at that school to be brought together, back at the school please," Hotch said brining his team into the conference room so they could start developing a profile.
"This guy is cruel, he over kills the victims, the three girls were stabbed twenty times, hung by hand knitted scarves, and the their thumb was chopped off. This guy has been motivated by some sort of rage," Morgan started.
"He is targeting these three girls, all three have brown hair, green eyes, were about 16 and had all their classes together. I think it was a teacher or a student; they would have an alibi in a way and are the only ones able to get away so fast. We need to interview everyone in contact with the three girls at that school. Reid, I want you and JJ looking at the people and figuring out who would have a grudge with them. Morgan, you and Garcia are going to see if there are any cameras around and see if you can tell me who did this to these girls. Emily and I are going to go talk to the people at the school. We will take Detectives Violante and Elliot. The rest will stay here. If you find anything come to the school. Em, you ready?" He asked drawing her out of the station his hand on the small of her back and they walked to the car with the two detectives already inside.
"I am SA Prentiss and this is SSA Hotchner, we are sorry for you friend, classmate, and students deaths. We are here to figure out who did it I would like to see the students Morgan Castro and Julie Brayfield along with the teachers Dr. Aramli and Mrs. Hall in the office. The rest of you need to stay put in here," Emily said motioning or the four people to come down and for the officers that accompanied them to stand in position at the exits.
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In the office
"Hi Morgan, Julie, I am SSA Hotchner. You two were the ones that found Emma-lee and Guste Casarotto's bodies correct?" Hotch asked the two children as Emily took the adults.
"Yes sir. Emma-lee and Guste were really good friends of ours. Our whole class was tight. Now we have realized it is one of us or our teachers so we are nervous. I know you must be surprised but in Biology and Chemistry we have been trained to recognize things. We know there is no way anyone could escape that fast unless they weren't escaping at all. What can we do to help you sir?" The young boy asked the agent.
"I just wanted to know if there had been anything weird about your classmates and their behavior or work ethic. Julie, Morgan have either of you seen anything?" He asked surprised at how the kids were reacting and seriously considered staying in touch, they seemed like prominent FBI recruits.
"No, as Morgan said we were a tight knit group, we all got together every Saturday to work and they helped us, we all helped each other I we got stuck. Sir, I know it seems as if we are insensitive in light of the whole tragedy, but we are a group that knows how to work first and have other time later. We learned that after the occasion of last year," Julie said quietly.
"What occasion last year?" He asked wanting to know if it could help them pick out which of the people there was the killer.
"Well one of our teachers died in a car accident. We were all really upset, Mr. Labrec, our math teacher was really shook up. I think that he may have been seeing her but that is against the rules so he wouldn't admit to anything. He hasn't been the same since. You may want to check it out. Her name was Dr. Melinda Merrian. She was pretty beat up when they got her body out of the car, she had died of something going through her a lot of times, then she was strangled by her seat belt, and her thumb on her right hand was cut off. SSA Hotchner we were wondering if we could stay in here, we figure you want to let whoever is doing your tech stuff check out the technicalities and such. We are just worried that the killer, our hypothesis is Mr. Labrec is the killer. We are just worried," Morgan said revealing the proposed killer to the agent ad also revealing the side of him that was scared.
"Yes Morgan and Julie I thank you so much for your help. I am going to give you my card and if you are ever looking to go into some field of the FBI or simply want a tour give me a call. You two seem to be people who would be good as an agent. I am going to go over with SA Prentiss. Thank you," He said hanging each of them a card then walking over to where Emily was just starting her interview.
"Well all three of the girls had straight A's. Always helping out the other kids. I feel so bad, the only reason Jen was here was because we were having a memorial for the two girls, my idea. They were very intelligent and all three wanted to work for the FBI," Mrs. Hall was saying to Emily as Hotch walked over.
"Mrs. Hall, Dr. Aramli, we were wondering if something has been weird with any of the other teachers," Emily asked.
"Yes, especially Mr. Labrec," Hotch said after he got off the phone with Garcia telling what and who she, Morgan, JJ, and Reid should check out.
"Well Greg seemed like a good guy until he became distant and upset after Melinda's death, it shook him up, and he said he had actually proposed to her the previous night. The accident occurred right in front of the school. It was sad. Do you think it was Greg that did it? Dr. Aramli asked.
"That is our suspicion. Were the technicalities of the case ever released to the teachers or students?" Emily said automatically knowing it was true what she had said even though she only knew what they were talking about because she had picked up clips of Hotch's conversation with the students.
"Yes, they released it to the teachers. Will we have to stay here overnight? We need to tell the parents if we do," Mrs. Hall asked concerned for the students.
"Yes I am afraid so. We will ring Mr. Labrec into the station with us but just in case we will keep all of you here. Thank you two so much for your help. The detectives will escort you to the rooms with the students groups. We will try to get you released as soon as possible," Hotch said as he and Emily walked into the auditorium, arrested Mr. Labrec and brought him back to the station.
They would make him wait or a night before questioning him. They had a secret Santa exchange to get to. When they got back to the station the team headed back to their hotel and the they congregated in Hotch and Emily's room to exchange presents.
Emily received a box of Connecticut blends of hot chocolate. A very thought full gift since she loved both. She also got a beautiful mug and a little stuffed dog, an animal she had always wanted but never had the time for.
In return she had given Hotch a nutcracker; it was a superman nutcracker with a smile on his face. On the bottom she put a note saying;
Dear Hotch,
I know it seems kind of odd. Growing up I always received one. My dad said to me that when I find someone I want to spend forever with I should carry out the tradition. So here is to the start.
Love Emily
He smiled at the gift and what it meat before leaning over to kiss her.
Next JJ gave her gift to Reid. It was a Mickey mouse, with a picture of his face there instead, and there was a light bulb above the head and a note that said; Spence, for you the light is always on and I love it, just like I love you. Reid smiled and then started massaging JJ's shoulders as she opened her present.
She had gotten from him a self embroidered stocking, the stocking was a light Lavender and the embroidery was a pale green. She looked at him and said, "I didn't know you could embroider," With a smile on her face.
"My mom taught me how; she made me embroider my underwear with my name. I thought this was nicer though," He said kissing her.
Penelope and Derek were also exchanging gifts. He had gone to a bunch of little shops and bout all of the princess trolls he could find for her collection and to show her she would always be his princess.
In turn she had given Derek a snow globe set, he had told her one of the many times they were alone late at night listening to each others heart beats that he had a whole collection, so she supported it.
Once they had finished they all went to get up to go to bed but before they left Penelope said, "Tomorrow's gift will be Jewelry, and yes even as the gift to the guys. See you in the morning so we can put that bastard away," She said as she and Derek went back to their room.
I hope you liked the case in this chapter. Most of the case was this chapter, a wrap up and arrest in the next. Please let me know if you have any ideas for gifts. Thanks for reading.
