Garcia got out of her chair and opened her door. She peeked out into the hall way. Nobody.
"I could have sworn my door opened", she said aloud. She ventured down the hall and it was dark and empty. High-tailing it back to her office, her heels clacked against the floor as she entered her office. As soon as she stepped over the threshold, she knew something was wrong. Her monitors were dark and the lights were off. When she heard her door close, her heartbeat jumped into her throat.
"We need to talk", Luke said, his voice piercing the room's silence.
"Newbie?" Garcia said, her voice panting. "You scared me half to death." She walked over to her desk, trying to get the monitors back on. "Whaddya want? I'm busy."
"It's a power outage, Garcia. I was coming to tell you that, but you weren't in your office."
"I thought", she started. "Never mind", she said. "What do we need to talk about?"
Luke crossed the room quickly and stood a mere inches in front of her. "This."
"What? Your obvious lack of respect for personal space?" she said quietly, trying to back away.
"You don't feel this?" he said, closing in the space between them.
"I feel nothing, Newb." The lights came back on and whirring sounds filled the room. "Now, if you'll excuse me, I need to reboot…"
Garcia's office door and JJ popped her head in. "You two OK?" she said. "Emily wants us at the round table."
"On my way", Garcia said, side-stepping around Luke, leaving him watching her walk away with JJ.
"I'm so sorry Miss Prentiss", Vi said, walking up the stairs, Reid closely following her. They made their way inside of Emily's office when the lights flashed and went off, enclosing them in darkness. Instinctively, Reid reached for Vi's hand and held it tight until the lights came back on.
"That was weird; I'll have Anderson check on that. And it's Agent Prentiss, Miss Reed."
"I'm sorry", Vi said to Emily, but was looking at Reid the whole time, and Emily caught it and smiled.
"It's OK", Emily said. "Rookie mistake."
Vi stopped looking at Reid and gasped. "Rookie? You mean I got it?!"
Emily laughed despite trying to seem tough. "Yes, you're hired. Reid, meet our newest Secretary for the BAU. Although, it seems you two have gotten acquainted." Emily rose from her chair. "Let's get everyone in the conference room so we can formally introduce you."
"OK", Vi said, following Emily out of her office, with Reid trailing behind her.
"Oh and Agent Reid", Vi said, stopping in her tracks and turning towards him, "We could always dye our hair red. Then we'd be true to our names origin." She smiled brightly, and followed Emily across the catwalk to the conference room.
Reid took out his cell phone and sent a text message to Morgan.
I think I found her.