"Come on Izzy, come out with us tonight. Just us girls!" Pleaded Penelope.

"I still have a ton of unpacking to do!"

"We'll come over and help you tomorrow afternoon!" JJ replied.

"You talked me into it!" She laughed.

"Talked you into what?" Morgan asked as he walked back to the bullpen.

"Girls night out!" Sang out Penelope.

"Now, wait a minute baby girl! You all are going out without me?"

"That kinda what girls night means Morgan!" Izzy said.

"I'll keep my phone on, in case I need to bail you out." He walked away shaking his head.

XXXX

She met JJ and Penelope at a restaurant from work, for a quick dinner before heading out for a drink.

"So, what line did he use."

"Morgan? He came strutting down towards me, plopped down beside me, and very Joe cool says to me You're so beautiful, I forgot my pick up line. So I look at him and ask dose that line usually work for you. He actually smiles at me, thinking I was impressed and says Yes, in a cocky way. I look at him and says it didn't tonight. I left him standing there mouth open like a fish gasping for air."

Both JJ and Penelope started laughing. "I don't think he's ever been rejected before." Penelope said.

"There's always a first." JJ laughed.

"Tell us about yourself." Penelope said a little too excitedly.

Izzy looked at her and smiled. "Why do I have a feeling you all ready know everything about me P?"

"I think you're busted P!"

"It's okay, I wouldn't expected anything less, I'm the new kid, you have questions. My mom raised me until I was ten, she was killed when we were in car accident. We lived in New York. I moved to Poplar Bluff Missouri, and was raised by her parents. I graduated from high school, went to college and majored in psychology graduated top of my class, went to FBI Academy in Quantico, graduated top of the class, went back to Missouri, worked in St. Louis and surrounding area for the last 15 yrs, got recruited to the BAU and here I am."

"Top of your class at college and FBI Academy, don't tell Reid he might get upset." Penelope replied

"I heard he has an idyllic memory."

Both women looked at her. "I did my homework too." She smiled.

They left the restaurant and went to the bar, sitting down they ordered their drinks. "Amaretto sour please" Izzy ordered.

"Welcome to Gray's...it's open Mic night. If any of you would like to sing."

Izzy hopped up. "Come on ladies"

Both women shook their heads, Izzy rolled her eyes, threw back her drink, and walked over to the stage. She whispered something to the MC, and jumped up.

"Welcome Nikki to the stage, singing Red Neck Women"

JJ and Penelope pulled out their phone and recorded her performance.

"So here's to all my sisters out there keeping it country Let me get a big 'Hell yeah' from the redneck girls like me, hell yeah"

She finished her the song to a cheer and standing ovation, she hopped down off the stage and returned to her seat with JJ and Penelope.

"Didn't know you could sing." JJ said.

"I was a cheerleader and dancer too...but I won't go showing you those talents." She laughed.

There was a tape on her shoulder. "Hay, baby you sang real good. Can I take you home?"

"No, thanks!" She turned around to talk to JJ and Penelope some more and the guy grabbed her arm. He tried to pull her out the door. "I said no thank you." She smiled.

"I said I was taking you home." He grabbed her again, having enough Izzy took his arm and pulled it behind his back and laid his face on the bar.

"Now, when a lady says no thank you. You walk away and keep your hands to yourself!" She released him, turning to the ladies. "I think I've had enough.

They said goodnight and took separate cabs home.

XXXX

The phone ringing at three am woke Izzy up. "Cooper" She answered sleepily.

"It's Hotch...we have a case in Oklahoma, we'll brief on the plane. Wheels up in thirty minutes."

"Yes." She rolled out of bed grabbed her go back, ran into the bathroom and splashed water on her face. She quickly go dressed, and ran down stairs. She opened the closet and got the lock box out, grabbing her gun. she slipped it in the holster. She grabbed her purse and headed out the door. Her cell phone rang.

"Cooper."

"It's Morgan, I'm out front. Come on."

She opened the door and he was sitting in his car waiting for her. She ended the call and walked out. "What are you doing here?"

"Figured since this was your first case with us, I'd give you a ride."

"Thanks." She climbed into his SUV. He handed her a cup of coffee.

"Figured you'd need this after last night."

"You are the best!"

"Does that line usually work for you?" She looked at him and laughed.

The drove to the air hanger, got out and boarded the plane. The rest of the team was waiting for them, Izzy sat down next to JJ.

"Did I see you get out of Morgan's SUV?"

"He picked me up. Get your mind out of the gutter. You know I fell in love with the man last night. How could I resist his pick up line!"

JJ busted out laughing. "You did woo him with your song. By the way I might have to share with the group later!"

"You wouldn't!

"You never know what the in flight movie may be!"

"What are you ladies talking about?" Asked Rossi.

"Nothing."

"Can we get started on briefing?" Hotch asked.

"Sure." Izzy said, her face turning slightly pink.

XXXX

They landed in Tulsa at six am, Hotch quickly gave orders. JJ and Spencer went to the station, Hotch and Morgan went to talk to the latest family, Rossi and Izzy went to the latest crime scene.

"What's bothering you?" Asked Rossi

"The unsubs location changed, MO changed, everything changed."

"Let me see the file."

"I don't have it, it's in the car."

"Your notes then."

"I don't have any." She saw him raise his eyebrow at her. "I have a photographic memory." She ran back to the car and got the file and handed it to Rossi.

The drove back to the station and met with the rest of the team, to compare notes. The other missing women were all young college girls, the latest one was a divorced mom of one. The other women were from Tulsa, the mom was from Broken Arrow.

"We are dealing with two different unsubs." Hotch said.

They worked together to build two different profiles, to solve two different cases.

Spencer sat down beside Izzy. "So, you have a photographic memory?"

She rolled her eyes and looked at him. "I've always hidden it."

"Why?"

"I just did, I mean I didn't play dumb cheerleader. I was a straight A student, Valedictorian. I just hid what I could do."

"You were a cheerleader?"

"I was a smart cheerleader." She laughed and pushed him. He got up and walked away from her. Morgan sat down next to her.

"Why are you beating up on pretty boy?"

She laughed at him. "He doubted my skills as a smart cheerleader."

"Wait, you were a cheerleader?" She smiled and got up walking away.

"We're ready to deliver our profile." Hotch announced.

XXXX

Team one consisted of Hotch, Spencer, and JJ they were headed to the docks. They were looking for a human tracking ring, they believed the girls were being held on a ship. They were going to be shipped out that night. Team one successfully completed their mission.

Team two consisted of Morgan, Izzy, and Rossi, they were heading to Broken Arrow to a residence, they believed the ex husband was holding the wife.

Morgan kicked in the door, Rossi and Izzy followed. They cleared the first floor, Izzy headed to the basement. A hand snaked out from the stairs causing her to the last five steps down. She landed on her back, she was a bit dazed. She heard Rossi and Morgan calling her name on the com. The unsub came at her, he fired his gun at her, she took shots to her vest. She heard Morgan and Rossi calling her again and running. She looked, aimed and fired, hitting the unsub in the shoulder. He screamed and fell to the ground.

"Unsub down." She got up, kicked the gun away, turned him over and handcuffed him. Rossi and Morgan came running down the stairs. Izzy had blood running down her face. She reached up and felt a gash on her forehead.

Rossi got to her first. "Cooper you okay?"

"Yeah, he got me in my vest." He pulled out a handkerchief and pressed it to her forehead.

"We need a medic." Morgan yelled into his com.

Izzy turned around to look for the victim, she started to walk towards a door because she heard a noise.

"Where are you going?" Morgan asked.

"To find the victim." Izzy answered.

"No you're going with the medic."

"No I'm not. I'm fine."

"You're hurt. Go get checked out."

Rolling her eyes she went with the medic and sat on the back of the ambulance. She took off her vest, and examined her bruised ribs. The medic was cleaning the gash.

"You won't need stitches. You have a concussion, so take it easy."

"Just patch me up."

The rest of the team pulled up as the medic was finishing up with her. Hotch walked over to her. "Cooper, you okay?"

"I'm fine, just bruised."

"What happened?"

"I was clearing the basement. The unsub was hiding under the stairs, he grabbed my foot, I fell the last five steps down, I was dazed, he came towards me and shot me, I took them in the vest, I got a gash in my forehead from the fall. I have a concussion. Rossi and Morgan are still in the house."

They finished up at the house, went back to the station filed their reports and left for the airport to fly home.

She leaned her head back on the seat and closed her eyes, she felt like hell. Spencer sat down next to her and handed her a bottle of water. "Are you sure you're okay?"

"I'm fine, don't worry." She smiled brightly at him. She closed her eyes to see if she could ease the throb behind her eyes. She was just about relaxed when she heard it, her performance from last night. She peeked out of one eye, towards the screen at the front of the cabin. There she was on the stage, singing, she was going to kill JJ and P.

She opened her eyes to look at the rest of the team, they were laughing and looking at her. "JJ and Penelope were to chicken to sing, besides I think I may have found my husband last night because of that performance." She smiled and closed her eyes.

"Nikki?" Morgan asked

"Izzabelle Nicole"

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The got back home late that night, Izzy got a ride home with JJ. She'd gone up stairs, changed clothes, repacked her go bag, and was curled up on her couch when there was a knock on her door. She got up and peeked out, it was Morgan, he was holding a bag of food, she let him in.

"What are you doing here?"

"You have a concussion, someone needed to stay with you."

"And you drew the short straw?"

"No I volunteered. I brought you dinner."

"Thank you, you didn't have to."

"I wanted to." He followed her into the living room, a wave of dizziness hit her. He dropped the bag of food, and wrapped his arms around her waist, he sat her on the couch. "Easy."

She closed her eyes for a minute hoping for the dizziness to pass. When she opened her eyes, her face was inches from Morgan's. "What did you bring for dinner?"

"Deli sandwiches." He straightened up, walked over and picked up the back of food and walked into the kitchen.

She watched him walk away,with disappointment. She really wanted him to kiss her.