Disclaimer; I do not own Supernatural nor Criminal Minds, I'm just playing in their sandbox.

They arrived at the airport in silence, Derek unsure what to say after Anna's quiet confession and Anna willing to just stare out the window and not talk. When they got out of the car and Anna spotted the rest of their team, she smiled, "Thanks for the ride, Agent Morgan," she said, slinging her backpack over her shoulder. "I can't believe the Beast got another flat like that."

"It's not a problem," Derek replied as he popped the trunk. "But you can call me Derek you know."

Anna shrugged, "I was taught to respect my elders and such, sir. Give me some time to get used to you." She hauled out the suitcase and her duffle easily. The duffle she slung over her shoulder and the suitcase she pulled behind her as she followed him across the lot.

"Is everything all right?" Hotchner asked them.

"My truck had a flat," Anna replied, "Agent Morgan offered me a ride."

"What's in the suitcase," Gideon asked, "we're supposed to travel light."

"Books, sir," Anna said. "I don't know what I'm going to need to know, so I'm bringing some of my books with me. These are some of the best occult reference books I have in my collection. They aren't the type of books you can go to the local Barnes and Nobles and get off the shelf either. You have to either hunt them down on-line or visit specialty bookstores to get them and they generally run between fifty to a thousand dollars depending on how old and how rare they are." She sighed, "None of these are expensive, but they're good references and if they can't answer my questions, they can point me in the right direction."

"Let's go then," J.J. suggested.

They headed through the terminal to the private gate where the team's gulfstream awaited them. Anna's steps slowed as the plane came in sight, as her breathing sped up. Derek glanced back at her, but Elle spoke up first. "Hey, I'm Elle," Elle said, dropping back to walk beside her. "Why are you so focused on the symbols on the victims?"

"In some rituals," Anna said, "victomology doesn't matter; any schmuck off the streets can be used. In others, it can be very important. For instance, there's one to summon the first demon, Lilith, which requires two children. The first is a boy who must be drained of blood; it's used to paint the symbols and seals that invoke her. The second is a girl, placed in the center of the ritual to serve as the host for Lilith. If this is the second type of ritual, then we'll know what type of person the killer is looking for, and even what he thinks he's trying to accomplish."

Derek glanced back at Anna, and noticed that she was boarding the plane with little sign of her earlier nervousness. "What do you think he's trying to accomplish?" Elle asked.

"Probably a summoning ritual," Anna replied, and glanced around, as if surprised to find herself on the plane already. "I'd say whoever it is wants a God or Goddess as opposed to, say, a demon. Demons need bodies to posses, and that works better if their victim is still alive when they show up. I'll know for certain when I can track down what those symbols mean. Depending on what their base is, they can tell a lot about the killer to. Some rituals are religious based, or have a link to a specific culture, and knowing that makes it easier to know where to look for the killer." She frowned, "Can I look at those images again, please?"

Gideon passed her a case file and she opened it, finding the image she wanted as she sat down on the couch, "There," she said, "whatever that seal is," she held it up to Elle. The image showed the victim was lying on a symbol on the ground, "That's the seal that's going to tell us what ritual this is." She blushed, "I'm sorry," she said, "I guess I'm talking too much, aren't I?" She brushed some of her hair from her face, "I guess I'm more nervous than I thought I would be about this."

"They could have removed the ropes after the ritual was complete," Derek pointed out.

Anna hummed, but didn't look up. The plane began to move and she flinched, eyes focused on the pictures from the crime scenes even as her breathing began to speed up.

"This is a mission oriented killer," Reid said, "isn't it?"

"There's no sign of a sexual component," Derek agreed.

"That means he's not going to stop, right?" Elle asked.

Derek opened his mouth to respond, but a loud thud made him look back at Anna. She lay on the floor of the plane, case file scattered around her, eyes closed. "Anna?" Derek said, aware from the angle of the floor that the plane was taking off.

"I think she just fainted," Reid observed as Hotchner slid out of his chair to kneel by the young woman.

"Reid's right," Hotchner said finally, looking at the rest of the team, "she's unconscious." Carefully, he put her back on the couch and put the file back together before claiming his seat.

"She did say she was afraid of flying," Derek commented.

"She'll have to learn to deal with it," Gideon replied. "This unsub is sadistic, though. He's cutting these symbols while his targets are still alive."

"But with the lack of a sexual component," Reid began.

"That just means he's not a sexual sadist," Derek replied. For nearly an hour, they talked about the case, ignoring the ritual aspects that their newest Agent had focused on.

Reid was sharing some statistics on ritual murders when Anna groaned and sat up, "What happened?" She asked.

"You fainted," Gideon replied from where he sat across from her, "are you feeling ok?"

"Yeah," Anna said, rubbing her forehead, "I fainted?"

"Yes," Gideon said.

Anna's laugh was forced, as was her attempt at levity, "All the things I've been through and I fainted because of a plane. Dean will never let me live this down."

"Fear is natural," Gideon replied, "but you're going to have to get a handle on it before it prevents you from doing your job."

"I'll work on it, sir," Anna said, looking away. After a few minutes of silence, she took a book from her backpack and began to read.