Within two hours of arriving at her new job, Kaylynn was on a jet with the team headed for Seattle, Washington. She was nervous because she had not been in the field at all, she just felt unprepared. Hotch had promised her that he would ease her into the job, so she would be at the station mostly with Garcia and JJ. She sat at the table, next to Prentiss and across from Reid, reviewing the case file while the others discussed the case.
"The extent of the wounds on the body show no signs of hesitation. This might not be the Unsub's first victim," Prentiss stated. Kaylynn looked over the image that Prentiss referred to and attempted to mask her surprise. She knew it would take a little time to get used to the graphic images, but she wasn't sure if she could keep herself from throwing up if they got worse than this one.
"Garcia, look for cases with similar MO's," Hotch stated while viewing the image on the tablet in his hand.
"On it," Garcia replied and instantly began typing furiously on her laptop.
"Says here that the first reponding officer found a lipstick stain on the victim's shirt collar," Reid stated as he continued to read through the case report.
"The victim was married, so do you think it was a love affair gone wrong?" JJ asked Reid.
"Highly unlikely. The violent nature of the wounds says otherwise," he replied.
"Why would it not be a woman?" Kaylynn asked, confused on why a woman would be ruled out so quickly.
"Women murders only make up roughly 13% of all arrests for homicide, most of which are related to domestic violence," Reid stated matter of factly. Kaylynn was slightly shocked on the amount of knowledge he had as he rambled on about the statistics of women killers. After about 10 seconds, Morgan interrupted Reid, knowing he was about to go off on another long knowledge vomit. The team continued to discuss the case till landing.
"JJ, Kay, and Garcia, go to local PD and set up camp. Morgan and Prentiss, go to the last crime scene. Reid, Rossi and I will meet up with the coroner and see what they've found on the body," he gave out the orders as always.
That night half the team sat at PD, eating takeout chinese and reviewing possible Unsub's. Kaylynn was particularly surprised that she was being trusted to review case files and compare it to the profile. Garcia had found 7 other cases with similar MO's. JJ, Morgan, Reid, and Kaylynn sat at the table reading through the suspects criminal records.
"How are you doing that?" Kaylynn asked Reid, who was reading through the case files at lightening fast speeds.
"Tell her genius," Morgan said laughing.
"I have an eidetic memory and I can read 20,000 words per minute," Reid said, slightly blushing at the extra attention.
"Jesus christ," Kaylynn said and looked back down at the case file. "Makes me feel freaking inadequate," she said, half laughing.
"Get used to it, he does this to us all every day," JJ says in response. "Ask him anything and he knows the answer."
"Yeah right," Kaylynn says back laughing.
"Try him," Morgan says, ready to have the newbie proved wrong, and surprised. Reid rolls his eyes at Morgan, still reading at an insane speed.
"Okay, fine, I will," Kay sits up in her seat and states at Reid with concentration. He looks over at her and meets her gaze, feeling slightly awkward in his own skin. He was trying to hard to fight blushing, but it was slowly creeping up on him. He was so inexperienced with women that it took some serious time to feel 100% comfortable around them, especially if he were attracted to them.
"What's the most popular song of all time?" Kay asked, unsure of the answer herself.
"Well," Reid sat up, about to ramble off an explanation. "It's really hard to quantify that answer. It can be pretty subjective, but Apple reported in 2010 that the Black Eyed Peas "I've got a feelin" was the number one download, while other sources list classics like Elton John's "Candle in the wind" and Rolling Stones "Paint it black" as the most popular songs," he rattled off to a surprise Kay.
"What's the 99th element on the Periodic table?" She chose science, which Reid quickly answered.
"That would be Einsteinium. Einsteinium was discovered in the debris of the first hydrogen bomb explosion in 1952, and named after Albert Einstein. Its most common isotope einsteinium-253 is produced in a few dedicated high-power nuclear reactors with a total yield on the order of one milligram per year," Reid rattled off again and Morgan interrupted.
"Okay thanks Reid, point proven," he said laughing and stood up. "I need coffee," he rubbed his eyes and looked at the clock. It was almost midnight.
"I'm going to join you," JJ said and they got up and walked off. Kay and Reid were alone for the very first time since they had met. He felt uncomfortable and burried his head in the cases in front of him.
"Dr. Reid, I am completely amazed by how much you know," Kay blurted out, staring at him in awe. He was so different from every person she had ever met. Not only was his handsome, but incredibly intelligent.
Reid had no idea how to respond to Kay's statement. "Um, thanks."
"Sorry, I didn't mean to make you uncomfortable," she said, feeling badly.
"No, it's fine. I am just incredibly socially awkward."
"I don't know, you seem alright to me," she stated, confused with what he meant. She looked back down at the cases and began reading through them again. Reid felt kind of bad for making her feel bad.
"You can call me Spencer," he stated. "You don't have to call me Dr. Reid."
Kay smiled. "Okay, Spencer." Reid smiled back at her and went back to reading with a smile on his face.